Month: November 2020

Sia has been teasing a new project this year, although it’s not a traditional album. She directed, co-wrote, and co-produced a movie called Music, which is set to have a limited theatrical released by IMAX in February 2021. Now she has revealed that around that time, a soundtrack album, Music – Songs From And Inspired By The Motion Picture, will also be released.

Alongside that news, Sia also shared a new song, “Hey Boy.” The sub-3-minute track is a quick dose of bouncy pop in which Sia expresses a desire for some male company, singing, “Not going to be single, not tonight / Am I going to be single all my life? / I want you to stop and come on by / ’cause you know what us single women like.”

This is the third song Sia has dropped from the movie/album, following “Courage To Change” (which dropped in September) and “Together,” which she released back in May.

Meanwhile, Sia has kept busy in recent months by dropping yet another David Guetta collaboration and teaming up with Ozuna and Doja Cat.

Listen to “Hey Boy” above.

Music — Songs From And Inspired By The Motion Picture is out 2/12/2021 via Monkey Puzzle/Atlantic.

Some artists covered here are Warner Music artists. Uproxx is an independent subsidiary of Warner Music Group.

The one thing we should always give NBA decision-makers in the aftermath of the Draft is time. Everyone has their favorite prospect or the guy they think has no business being in the league, but across sports, drafting is about playing the odds. You measure the likelihood that a player can translate his skill to the pros, the likelihood that your franchise can make him better, and the likelihood that he will stay out of trouble and make good decisions as a professional away from the team facility.

When giving grades out — an annual tradition that, of course, is part of the whole fun of this stuff — it’s important to keep all that in mind. While I may think that Obi Toppin was not the best player available at No. 8 to the Knicks, Toppin just spent the whole college season looking like a pretty incredible scorer and athlete. Challenging New York’s decision-making is one thing, but using our own views of Toppin as a player is where we can get into trouble.

That said, looking solely at value and probabilities can still be a clarifying way to determine who did the best at the 2020 NBA Draft. Keeping all that in mind, here are our winners and losers from last night.

Winners

Golden State Warriors

Say what you will about James Wiseman, but the perception of him swung way too far in the negative over the course of the year. Fans didn’t get to see him play for about a calendar year and he faced questions about his decision-making on the floor, all as traditional big men continued to look over-matched in the NBA playoffs. Yet underneath all that still remains a player who has a decent chance to be a Defensive Player of the Year candidate and who, in Golden State, will be able to fill a very specific role that should help him acclimate to the NBA. Toss in landing Nico Mannion, who was seen by most as a fringe first-round prospect, at No. 48, and the Warriors should feel good about what they did.

Philadelphia 76ers

Daryl Morey wasted no time remaking the Sixers’ roster, and the results are promising so far. We’ll include the trade to get off Al Horford’s salary and nab Danny Green as part of this deal, even if it cost them a first-round pick. Then at No. 21, they snagged a guy in Tyrese Maxey who had no business falling so far. They then scooped up two Morey specials, high-upside players whom analytics love, in Arkansas sharpshooter Isaiah Joe and DePaul big man Paul Reed. Last, Philly flipped Josh Richardson and a second-round pick for Seth Curry, who can be the J.J. Redick replacement they’ve needed. Altogether, Philly was able to add shooting and shot creation in just about every move, plus Paul as a flier. The roster looks a whole lot better and more suited to compete for a championship now than it did last week.

Dallas Mavericks

It’s rare that both teams win a trade, but the Curry-Richardson swap with Philly should work out well on both sides. Dallas was also able to land athletic forward Tyler Bey with the No. 36 pick from that trade, and Bey is a guy who’d been mocked to them as high as No. 18. With that 18th pick, the Mavs went for a different athletic wing in Josh Green, who I believe may never come around on offense but fills a need as a perimeter defender to play alongside Luka Doncic. To replace Curry, the Mavs took Tyrell Terry with the first pick of the second round. Terry could play for them right away and space the floor. All around a strong night focused on needs on the perimeter for Dallas.

Memphis Grizzlies

It’s as if the Memphis front office is just an AI programmed only with articles written by Draft nerds. That’s not to say those decisions are always right, but certainly it’s worked out so far, with the likes of Brandon Clarke and De’Anthony Melton overperforming dramatically last season. Desmond Bane and Xavier Tillman, two selections this season, appear to be strong candidates to do the same this season. The Grizzlies even came away with toolsy and brilliant Gonzaga big man Killian Tillie on a two-way deal after Tillie fell due to medical problems over the past two years. A near-playoff team in 2020, Memphis added to their depth and upside long-term.

Sacramento Kings

Nothing truly special for the Kings last night, but as they prepare to potentially lose Bogdan Bogdanovic and look to mend their relationship with Buddy Hield, the organization did a solid job of restocking the cupboard. They lucked out when Tyrese Haliburton fell to them at No. 12, then again when Mississippi State forward Robert Woodard did the same at No. 40, then one more time at No. 43 with Jahmi’us Ramsey. Haliburton can really play, and there’s a decent chance at least one of their second round selections become rotation players, which is more than some teams can say.

Detroit Pistons

New lead executive Troy Weaver approached this Draft exactly as the leader of a team without much talent should, digging for more picks whenever possible and targeting players with the capacity to improve over time while the Pistons rebuild. Again, it’s fine to quibble with the specific selections, and Isaiah Stewart at No. 16 feels like a reach right now, but all three of the players Detroit picked in the first round (including Killian Hayes and Saddiq Bey) look like they could be in the NBA for a long time, while the flier they took at No. 38 with athletic Vanderbilt guard Saben Lee is promising as well. The Pistons still don’t have an obvious star but the roster is now far deeper with young talent.

Losers

Los Angeles Clippers

What’s going on here? While certainly Luke Kennard feels like a more trustworthy piece of a playoff rotation than Lou Williams or Reggie Jackson at this point due to Kennard’s decent size and strong shooting and passing ability, the Clippers gave up Landry Shamet to get him. That’s the same Shamet who, about 18 months ago, was the centerpiece of the Tobias Harris trade with Philly. After that, the Clips took two players in Minnesota big man Daniel Oturu and JuCo wing Jay Scrubb, who are different players but have in common the fact that it’s really hard seeing either contribute immediately. A weird night for a team that needs to nail the moves on the margins this year in order to be better-suited for a championship in 2021.

Boston Celtics

The house of cards fell on Danny Ainge once again. In true Celtics fashion, the week began with dreams of Jrue Holiday or Myles Turner (which could still happen) and so far has culminated in Aaron Nesmith, Payton Pritchard, and draft-and-stash guard Yam Madar. A cautionary tale for the Thunder and Pelicans that having all the picks in the world only works if you either nail the selections or make a good trade with the picks before you make them. Nesmith’s shooting can help if he’s healthy, and Pritchard had a good collegiate career, but this was generally a weird Draft for Boston.

New York Knicks

Not to pile on about the Toppin pick, but that’s a pick you make if you think you have your superstar already, which is sort of how the Knicks continually operate. Their other pick was to reach big time on Immanuel Quickley, the Kentucky tweener guard who can shoot but needs to work on most other aspects of his game to get to an NBA level. This Draft won’t make or break the Knicks, but they could have done a lot better to increase their ceiling long-term. It was evident they decided they wanted to come away with their guys, but at least in the case of Quickley, it stands to reason they could have traded down and gotten more assets before selecting him.

Phoenix Suns

Despite only making one pick in the Draft, the Suns emerge as a loser because of value. Last year, they were able to trade to secure Dario Saric while moving back five spots to get their guy in Cameron Johnson. This time around, it seems they missed the step of trading back and instead just took their guy anyway in Jalen Smith. With clear fits for the Suns’ fun roster like Devin Vassell and Tyrese Haliburton available, Phoenix went with a guy who, while fun to watch and likely to get better, doesn’t have a clear role positionally or with how the Suns seem to want to play.

With her debut studio album Fake It Flowers, UK singer Beabadoobee is leaving no doubt that she pulled from the ’90s alt-rock movement as her musical inspiration. Now bringing her music to late-night television, Beabadoobee brought her full band to perform a lively rendition of her recently-released record’s lead single “Care.”

Armed with her electric guitar, Beabadoobee rolled through a revved-up version of her power-pop track. Further leaning into her vintage aesthetic for the performance, the singer tied a floral arrangement to her microphone stand while her drummer proudly sported a mohawk and a Fugazi shirt.

Ahead of her late-night performance, Beabadoobee chatted with Uproxx about array of inspirations she brought to her debut effort. Along with saying her album would fit perfectly in the ’00s coming-of-age dramas But I’m A Cheerleader and The Craft, Beabadoobee said she hopes the record resonates with her listeners. “If one person can relate to at least one song on this album, that means I’ve done something right,” she said. “The whole idea behind Fake It Flowers is something I was supposed to tell someone, but couldn’t. Writing this album helped me a lot with my problems, and hopefully, it can help someone out there too.”

Watch Beabadoobee’s “Care” performance on Kimmel above.

Fake It Flowers is out now via Dirty Hit. Get it here.

Drinking a good cocktail is easy. We’d argue that making a good cocktail should be easy too. And yet… have you ever stared at a cocktail menu and thought, “what the hell is all this?” Yeah, us too.

It’s okay if you don’t know the difference between Martini and a martini (one’s a vermouth brand while the other is a cocktail made from gin or vodka). It’s also okay if you don’t know that you need to muddle the cherry and orange peel in an old fashioned no. 2 and not an in an old fashioned no. 1. And no one needs to memorize a ten-ingredient tiki drink unless, maybe, you work at a rum bar. (Insider secret: even the best bartenders use recipe books for the rare and harder cocktails while mixing.)

There’s a lot to know, is what we’re saying. And no one can know it all.

To help you on your cocktail journey, we’ve compiled a list of six easy cocktails to try at home. You don’t need any Hamilton Beach countertop mixers. You don’t even need much specialty equipment, besides a cocktail shaker. Even then, you can use an old Bell Jar with a lid in a pinch. You can spend a little cash on a crystal mixing jug, or you can just use an old pint glass.

Ease is the key today. Drinking (and mixing as a hobby) should be fun.

Two quick things before we dive in:

1. Pre-chill your glasses. If you can, keep some in your freezer (at least) overnight. This gives your cocktail a longer shelf life once it’s poured and adds that little something extra.
2. Use deeply frozen ice. Set your freezer as low as it can go. Pop ice cubes out of the trays, bag them up, and store the bag close to the back. If you have one, store your bagged ice in a chest freezer. The colder your ice, the better your cocktail is going to be.

Dry Gin Martini

The Drink:

This is the one cocktail everyone should be able to make. A dry gin martini is simple yet overflowing with subtle nuance. This is the sort of drink that you need to stir up a couple of times to get exactly right.

Once you hit a stride, you’ll be whipping these drinks up non-stop.

Supplies:

• Cocktail glass or Nick And Nora glass
• Fruit peeler or cocktail stick
• Barspoon
• Jigger
• Mixing jug
• Strainer

Ingredients:

• 2.5-oz. dry gin
• 0.5-oz. dry vermouth
• Ice
• Lemon peel or green olives

Method:

• Add gin and vermouth to a mixing jug.
• Top with ice.
• Stir until the outside of the mixing jug is ice-cold to touch.
• Strain the drink into a pre-chilled glass.
• Garnish: Either spritz lemon oils over the drink and drop in the peel or spear a couple of olives and drop them in the glass.
• Serve.

Variations:

There are almost endless variations on this drink. You can shift the amount of vermouth to the point of 1:1 gin:vermouth or to 10:1 gin:vermouth — at that point you’re basically just washing the cocktail glass out with the splash of vermouth and then dumping it out.

You can also use vodka instead of gin. Or add cocktail onions as a garnish to make a Gibson. And if you insist, you can shake it instead of stir it, but only if you’re dealing with a vodka base.

Play around and find the martini that speaks to you.

Manhattan

The Drink:

If you can make a dry martini, you can make this classic. It’s the exact same concept only with whiskey in place of gin, sweet vermouth in place of dry vermouth, and a dash of bitters to give it a little more color.

Supplies:

• Cocktail glass or Nick and Nora glass
• Fruit peeler
• Cocktail stick
• Barspoon
• Jigger
• Mixing jug
• Strainer

Ingredients:

• 2-oz. rye whiskey
• 1-oz. sweet vermouth
• 3 dashes Angostura Bitters
• Ice
• Orange peel
• Luxardo cherry

Method:

• Add the bitters, whiskey, and vermouth to a mixing jug.
• Top with ice.
• Stir until the outside of the mixing jug is ice-cold to touch.
• Strain the drink into a pre-chilled glass.
• Spritz the drink with the orange oils from the orange peel and discard.
• Spear one cherry (two if you must but not more than that) and drop it into the glass.
• Serve.

Variations:

The easiest change up with a Manhattan is to switch out the bourbon or rye for a smoky single malt from Scotland, creating a Rob Roy. You can also change this up by making it a black Manhattan (with Amaro Averna), dry Manhattan (with dry vermouth instead of sweet vermouth), or perfect Manhattan (with equal parts sweet and dry vermouth).

Moreover, brandy and dark rum make for excellent bases that marry well to sweet vermouth and bitters. If you’re using a dark rum, add in a measure of Curaçao to make an El Presidente.

Daiquiri

The Drink:

This Cuban masterpiece is one of the most satisfying and thirst-quenching cocktails on the list. The seemingly simple emulsification of light rum, fresh lime, and sugar exemplify Cubano cocktail culture. And while this feels like a very “summery” drink, don’t sleep on shaking one up in the dead of winter to remind you of summer (and get some vitamin C into your system).

Supplies:

• Cocktail glass or Nick and Nora glass
• Knife
• Barspoon
• Jigger
• Cocktail shaker
• Handheld citrus press
• Strainer

Ingredients:

• 1.5-oz. white rum
• 0.75-oz. fresh lime juice (usually one lime depending on size)
• 0.75-oz. simple syrup
• Ice
• Lime Peel

Method:

• Add the rum and fresh lime juice to a cocktail shaker.
• Top up with ice.
• Affix the lid to the shaker very tightly and shake until the outside of the shaker is ice-cold to touch.
• Strain the drink into a pre-chilled glass.
• Spritz lime oils onto the top of the drink and drop in the peel.
• Serve.

Variations:

The Papa Doble — or Hemingway Daiquiri — is probably the most iconic variable. But we all know the “frozen” version of the daiquiri is the most popular. Still, you’ll need that Hamilton Beach mixer if you want to tackle those.

Whiskey Sour

The Drink:

This is a classic drink that takes things up a notch. You do need a little more shaking skill, since you’re dealing with raw egg white. But in the end, this is only one more step than the daiquiri. And when you nail this frothy textural treat of a cocktail, you’ll really have taken a step up the mixing ladder.

Supplies:

• Rocks glass
• Knife
• Barspoon
• Jigger
• Cocktail shaker
• Handheld citrus press
• Strainer

Ingredients:

• 1.5-oz. bourbon or Irish whiskey
• 0.75-oz. fresh lemon juice (around a half of a lemon depending on size)
• 0.75-oz. simple syrup
• 1 egg white
• Ice
• Luxardo cherry

Method:

• Add the whiskey, fresh lemon juice, simple syrup, and egg white to a cocktail shaker.
• Affix the lid tightly (without ice) and shake vigorously for at least 30 seconds to emulsify.
• Open the shaker and top up with ice.
• Re-affix the lid tightly and shake until the shaker is ice-cold to touch.
• Strain the drink into a pre-chilled glass.
• Spear a cherry and balance on the lip of the glass.
• Serve.

Variations:

This is another cocktail that has plug-and-play adaptability. I really dig making Islay sours with lime instead of lemon and a nice dose of smoky whisky. Switch up the citrus for orange juice and the base spirit for a dark rum or even Amaretto. It’s sometimes nice with a viscous port wine float on top.

And yes, you can drop out the egg white. But, that’ll completely change the texture of this drink. Once you master the egg white version, you’ll never go back to the non-egg white variation.

Champagne Cocktail

The Drink:

Okay, this is technically the easiest cocktail on this list. You really aren’t “mixing” anything with this one. There’s no stirring, no shaking, no measuring. Yet, if you have a nice and dry Champagne (think Bollinger or Roederer), this cocktail can really take it to the next level by basically amping it up with a touch of bitters and sugar.

Supplies:

• Champagne flute
• Barspoon
• Fruit Peeler

Ingredients:

• Champagne
• 1 white sugar cube
• 4 dashes Angostura Bitters
• Lemon peel

Method:

• Balance the sugar cube in the bowl of a barspoon and hit it with four dashes of bitters.
• Let the cube soak in the bitters for about 20 to 30 seconds.
• Drop the sugar cube into the bottom of a pre-chilled Champagne flute.
• Top with ice-cold Champagne.
• Spritz the oils from the lemon peel over the drink and drop in the peel.
• Serve.

Variations:

There’s some debate about whether adding an ounce of brandy or Cognac to this is the real “classic” version. Whatever the history of the drink might be, you can definitely add an ounce of good brandy to the flute before you pour in the Champagne. You can also switch up the sugar cube to a bar spoon of, say, grenadine, which — when paired with a nice brandy — really amps this drink up.

That all leads to the delightful Prince of Wales. This variation has the brandy or whiskey addition to the sugar and bitters with an additional pour of Bénédictine liqueur and pineapple, orange, and/or lemon garnishes.

Negroni

The Drink:

Anyone can make a Negroni. If you can pour booze into a glass, you can make one (just like the cocktail above). The brilliance of this drink is that, yes, you can spiff it up by stirring it in a mixing jug and spritzing orange and lemon oils everywhere. But … you don’t have to.

You’ll find that at nearly every cafe and bar across Italy this drink will be built in the glass with no fanfare whatsoever. And that’s just fine.

Supplies:

• Rocks glass
• Knife
• Barspoon
• Jigger

Ingredients:

• 1-oz. Campari
• 1-oz. sweet vermouth
• 1-oz. dry gin
• Ice
• Orange wedge

Method:

• Fill a rocks glass with ice.
• Add gin, vermouth, and Campari.
• Stir a few times.
• Add orange wedge.
• Serve.

Variations:

The easiest variations to play with are the boulevardier (bourbon instead of gin), sbagliato (prosecco instead of gin), Americano (fizzy water instead of gin), and negroski (vodka instead of gin). Then, of course, there’s the Campari spritz which marries Campari to equal parts fizzy water and prosecco.

Finally, there are variations in what you can do with the Campari. I’ve seen Campari bottles with big rosemary sprigs in the bottle to add a savory, almost earthy, body to the base of the drink. A friend of mine has been infusing her Campari with fresh habanero chilis to make spicy mezcal negronis and they rule.

The point is with this cocktail — and all of the cocktails above — is to practice them, master them, and then make them your own. Experiment, play, and, most importantly, have fun.

Early last month, The Walking Dead aired what was originally meant to be the final episode of its tenth season, which culminated in the death of Beta and the end of The Whisperer war. In the six months between the penultimate episode and the finale, however, AMC announced an end date for the long-running series: There will be six bonus episodes in the 10th season, and a 24-episode final season that will take the series to the end of 2022, when AMC will launch a Carol and Daryl spin-off.

A release date for the six bonus season 10 episodes has now been announced. The series will complete the 10th season beginning on Sunday, February 28th, although the six episodes will be available on AMC+ several days early on Thursdays. AMC has also released episode titles and descriptions for each episode, which are unusually insightful. The first episode will explore Maggie’s whereabouts since leaving Alexandria; the second will fill in blanks in Daryl’s life in between the time that Rick disappeared and Daryl rejoined the group with Dog; the third is an adventure specific to Aaron and Gabriel; the fourth follows Eugene, Ezekiel, Yumiko, and Princess, although they are separated in the episode. The fifth episode sees Carol and Daryl separate, and the season finale is “Here’s Negan,” which explores the origins of Jeffrey Dean Morgan’s character.

The names of the episodes in order are “Home Sweet Home,” “Find Me,” “One More,” “Splinter,” “Diverged,” and the aforementioned “Here’s Negan.”

We already knew that Jeffrey Dean Morgan’s wife, Hilarie Burton, would have a guest role in “Here’s Negan,” as Negan’s wife, Lucille. AMC is also announcing that Robert Patrick (Terminator 2) will play a character named Mays, while Okea Eme-Akwari is joining the series as Maggie’s friend, Elijah (he may be the masked ninja).

AMC has also released another clip from a table read, this one from “One More,” the episode involving Aaron and Gabriel and guest actor Robert Patrick.

The Walking Dead returns on February 28th. Fear the Walking Dead, meanwhile, will air its midseason finale this Sunday. No announcement has yet been made about when it will return.

Meltdown King Rudy Giuliani — whose recent hits include shouting on Fox Business over his Borat 2 scene and the Four Seasons Total Landscaping debacle, where he addressed the press while sandwiched in between a sex shop and a crematorium — is getting “it” done again. This time, he not only doled out the type of bonkers press conference that people expect, but Rudy added a few extra touches. While he reiterated the voter-fraud conspiracy theories that Donald Trump has fashioned into his daily Twitter bread-and-butter, the audience also received a My Cousin Vinny reference and something else that feels unintentional, but you never really know with this crowd?

Rudy (who can often be seen dabbing at himself with a handkerchief) started losing his hair dye in the middle of the press conference. It began to run down his face in a comical fashion. It was surreal.

It was also horrific and comical and, well, everything that one would expect from the general counsel of a president who keeps falsely insisting that he won the election.

This led to plenty of jokes, including some obligatory Wizard Of Oz mentions and others that feel on-point for whatever Rudy was attempting to accomplish.

What a mess. Well, at least this tweet’s prediction didn’t happen?

Eddie Vedder has maintained a solo presence outside of Pearl Jam over the years, like his 2011 album Ukulele Songs and a smattering of singles, collaborations, and performances here and there. Last night, for instance, he performed solo for “Ventures Into Cures,” a virtual charity event that benefited EB Research Partnership, the nonprofit Vedder co-founded with his wife Jill to help find a cure for epidermolysis bullosa, a genetic skin disorder. He played two songs, “Matter Of Time” and “Say Hi,” and now he has released them both.

He shared a studio version of “Matter Of Time,” but a live performance version of “Say Hi.” Vedder says the former song was “written for everyone worldwide afflicted with Epidermolysis Bullosa (EB),” while the latter was “written for Eli Meyer, a brave 6-year-old afflicted with Junctional Epidermolysis Bullosa. The song is inspired by the #ComeSayHi movement, an initiative started by Eli’s siblings to ‘Come Say Hi’ to Eli to learn about EB.” Vedder fans may recognize “Say Hi,” as it’s a song has has performed some over the years.

These songs aren’t Vedder’s only releases of recent months. In September, he shared “Cartography,” which was part of Vedder’s soundtrack for Return To Mount Kennedy.

Watch the “Matter Of Time” and “Say Hi” videos above.

Wale is back with another confessional, emotive anthem to play when you’re alone in your room at 3 AM after a few too many drinks. In “Flawed,” he admits that “everybody flawed, I could never need you,” but that he wishes the object of his affection well despite breaking things off. “I could never hate you,” he sighs, “You cool with everybody, guess I’m everybody too.” Meanwhile, guest rapper Gunna praises the loyalty of a potential paramour but says “I couldn’t see me house wifin’ you.” “Flawed” also marks the two dreadlocked rappers’ first collaboration, arriving with a stylish, black and white video that shows off their shared gift for dressing up.

While Wale is a year removed from his last album, 2019’s mature Wow… That’s Crazy, he’s kept himself visible throughout the year, mainly through a string of collabs with longtime friends like Big Sean and IDK. He also released an EP, The Imperfect Storm, and continued to support Wow… with the statement video for “Sue Me” after cutting his tour for the album short.

On the other hand, Gunna has been dropping video after video for his own album, Wunna, highlighted by “Blindfold” with Lil Baby and “Dollaz On My Head” with Young Thug. Meanwhile, his list of feature verses includes the intensely viral “Lemonade” by Internet Money, “Fox 5” with fellow YSL rapper Lil Keed, and “Blind” from DaBaby’s deluxe version of Blame It On Baby

Watch the “Flawed” video above.

Wale and Gunna are Warner Music artists. Uproxx is an independent subsidiary of Warner Music Group.

Reports began to circulate on Wednesday afternoon that Klay Thompson suffered a lower leg injury of some seriousness. It was soon reported that the Golden State Warriors’ fear was that Thompson had suffered a torn achilles tendon in his right leg, and on Thursday afternoon, that ended up getting confirmed.

According to Adrian Wojnarowski of ESPN, Thompson did indeed tear his achilles, which means that NBA fans will go without watching him play for the second year in a row — Thompson missed all of the 2019-20 campaign with a torn ACL in his left knee that he suffered during Game 6 of the 2019 NBA Finals, while the achilles tear is in his right leg.

In a bit of relatively good news, Wojnarowski reports that Thompson is expected to make a full recovery.

Still, this is obviously terrible news, both for the Warriors and for basketball fans, as Thompson is a joy to watch. The soon-to-be 31-year-old wing suffering two catastrophic injuries in a row obviously bodes poorly for his ability to look like himself going forward, but even beyond that big-picture look at how those impact him, it’s just brutal that a player of his caliber has to go through this sort of thing again.

Golden State held the No. 2 pick in the 2020 NBA Draft on Wednesday night, opting to take a center in Memphis big man James Wiseman.

Action Bronson’s released his anticipated Only For Dolphins album back in October to expand on his multifaceted career. Now following up the record, Bronson tapped Hologram and Meyhem Lauren to join him in a cinematic video to their collaborative track “Mongolia.”

Directed by Zev Deans, the “Mongolia” video opens with the rapper on the run from two gunmen. Bronson is holding onto a silver briefcase, which is handcuffed to a gnarly severed hand. After he successfully gets away, Bronson hands off the package to Hologram, who then delivers his verses. Hologram successfully passes the coveted briefcase to a disguised Meyhem Lauren who is able to ward off the attackers once and for all.

In other Bronson news, the rapper recently revealed that he auditioned for a role in the upcoming Matrix reboot, but didn’t end up getting the part: “I definitely didn’t get the role. I would have known, I would’ve acted in it. I would have been in a f*cking harness hanging off a wire from a bridge or something. I definitely read for it, though, but it was bizarre. It was during COVID and the reading was over the phone. It was just a weird situation. I’m better in person, I have to charm you. You’ve actually got to see the whole me. It’s not good to just get a snippet of me over the phone, you know? You have to really take in the Baklava experience.”

Watch the “Mongolia” video above.

Only For Dolphins is out now via Loma Vista. Get it here.