Month: February 2021

Meek Mill is the latest rap superstar to cosign the late Pop Smoke, sharing a snippet of a forthcoming music video featuring the two rappers on a suitably menacing sounding beat to his Instagram. At the time of his death, Pop Smoke was regularly in the studio recording verses for a number of guest features for rappers like Kid Cudi and Skepta, French Montana and Jay Guwapo, and Lil Tjay, which have slowly trickled out over the past year.

Pop Smoke was killed a year ago this month during a trip to Los Angeles, where a home invasion turned fatal for the New York rap favorite. News of his death was devastating for the hip-hop community, which poured out its collective appreciation at his contributions to the culture. Meanwhile, thanks to his prolific work ethic, he’s got plenty of posthumous music on the way, as well as his acting debut in Eddie Huang’s directorial debut, Boogie.

Meanwhile, Meek recently received some criticism for performing at a packed show in Houston with the pandemic death toll rising by the day. Considering he’s got his sights set on having a nine-figure income in the near future, his activity is no surprise, but perhaps he should keep putting out music like the song he teased on Instagram and find more healthy ways to pursue his goal.

Check out the snippet of Meek Mill and Pop Smoke’s Philly/New York crossover above.

Meek Mill is a Warner Music artist. Uproxx is an independent subsidiary of Warner Music Group.

This morning’s Golden Globes nominations generally open awards season, but (as you no doubt realize) that schedule is all kinds of messed up this year. Still, the awards ceremony will happen on February 28 (co-hosted by Amy Poehler and Tina Fey on separate coasts), and expect it to be messy. Also messy? The actual nominations threw one heck of a stunner about five seconds into the live-streamed list:

Best Television Series – Musical or Comedy
Emily in Paris
The Flight Attendant
The Great
Schitt’s Creek
Ted Lasso

That list mostly makes sense, yes? Well, it does in 4 out of 5 ways, all except for the first entry, Emily in Paris, which certainly has its place as airy entertainment but is almost entirely devoid of substance. That’s likely by design (it is, after all, a production from Darren Star, the king of primetime soaps), but Emily’s also held out by the French as an “insulting” depiction of the country, and it feels like an unintended personification of white privilege when it comes to the title character. And that makes things even more perplexing when it comes to the complete snub of one of the most authentic, dazzling, and Best Shows of 2020, HBO’s I May Destroy You.

Arguably, this is a fiery and fearless show that could go either way, comedy or drama. It is more of a comedy, however, because although it deals with a bleak subject (sexual assault and consent), it is spiked with pitch-black humor. It’s an enormously funny show in places, but sure, it could arguably be shuffled over to the TV Drama category. I think fans would be satisfied enough with drama. Yet look, it didn’t end up there, either.

Best Television Series – Drama
The Crown
Lovecraft Country
The Mandalorian
Ozark
Ratched

In addition, not a single acting nomination from the show materialized from the Hollywood Foreign Press Association. Snubs do happen, yes, but this feels particularly egregious, especially since Michaela Coel — who multi-hyphenated as creator, writer, star, executive producer, and co-director — received zero recognition for her stunning and layered creation. Twitter’s calling shenanigans, in a major way, on this highly influential show being bypassed for other selections (very much including Emily in Paris).

See you back here for the Globes ceremony on February 28.

Foo Fighters have been rocking consistently since the mid-90s. Over all these years, based on the wide smile Dave Grohl has been sporting a majority of the time, it seems like he has had a lot of wonderful moments with the band. That said, Grohl thinks his favorite one may have actually just happened a few months ago.

The band sat down with EW for an oral history of the band, and when asked about his favorite moment with the group, Grohl answered, “My favorite moment? It changes every year, honestly. Doing SNL with Dave Chappelle a few months ago on the day they called the election, that might be my new one.”

So it turns out, then, that the band’s promo for the episode was actually prophetic. In it, Grohl makes a nod to the then-uncertain result of the presidential election and jokes, “I’m gonna call it right now: best show ever!”

Meanwhile, one of Taylor Hawkins’ favorite Foo Fighters moments is also SNL-related, as he answered, “Playing Wembley with Led Zeppelin was pretty nuts. Paul McCartney coming into the studio and playing drums on a song that I got to sing. And every time I get to play with Roger Taylor or Brian May [of Queen], that’s really special. It’s just all so surreal. Being Mick Jagger’s backing band on Saturday Night Live, too.”

Check out the full oral history here.

Spike Lee’s Da 5 Bloods was one of the best movies of 2020, with fantastic performances from Delroy Lindo, Jonathan Majors, and Chadwick Boseman and a searing screenplay from Lee, among others. But it wasn’t nominated for a single Golden Globe. That, in and of itself, isn’t noteworthy, as the Globes are chaos defined (Emily in Paris??? But no I May Destroy You???), but Da 5 Bloods getting snubbed is worth pointing out considering Lee’s kids are this year’s Golden Globes ambassadors.

Awkward.

As the Associated Press reported, “Satchel and Jackson Lee will assume the ambassador roles for the 78th annual Golden Globes Awards… Satchel, 26, and Jackson, 23, are the first siblings of color to hold the position. Jackson is the first Black male ambassador.” Satchel, the creative director for “queer/feminist/intersectional arts and culture magazine” DRØME, said that she is “proud to carry our father’s legacy of storytelling to bring attention to communities close to our hearts,” but it’s still going to be awkward for the kids to hand a trophy to Jared Leto instead of anyone in their dad’s film.

The Golden Globes ignoring Da 5 Bloods shouldn’t hurt its Oscars chances, however. The Netflix drama was named Best Film, Best Director, and Best Ensemble by the National Board of Review; it also appeared on the American Film Institute’s top-10 list for 2020. Neither organization nominated The Prom star James Corden for Best Actor, so they should be taken more seriously than the Globes.

You can see the full list of Golden Globes nominations here.

The future of live music remains uncertain, but The Weeknd seems to think that things will be better in 2022: He has announced new tour dates in support of After Hours, which are set for next year.

The North American leg of the tour will start in Vancouver in mid-January before wrapping up in Tacoma, Washington in early May. After a few months off, The Weeknd will then tour Europe in September, October, and November. The majority of the new dates are rescheduled shows, although there are new performances included as well.

This is actually the second time the tour has been rescheduled: It was originally set for 2020, but a couple months into the pandemic, it was pushed back to 2021.

Check out the full list of tour dates below.

01/14/2022 — Vancouver, BC @ Pepsi Live at Rogers Arena
01/15/2022 — Vancouver, BC @ Pepsi Live at Rogers Arena
01/17/2022 — Edmonton, AB @ Rogers Place
01/19/2022 — Winnipeg, MB @ Bell MTS Place
01/21/2022 — St. Paul, MN @ Xcel Energy Center
01/23/2022 — Chicago, IL @ United Center
01/24/2022 — Chicago, IL @ United Center *
01/26/2022 — Milwaukee, WI @ Fiserv Forum *
01/27/2022 — Detroit, MI @ Little Caesars Arena
01/29/2022 — Pittsburgh, PA @ PPG Paints Arena
01/30/2022 — Cleveland, OH @ Rocket Mortgage FieldHouse
02/01/2022 — Toronto, ON @ Scotiabank Arena
02/02/2022 — Toronto, ON @ Scotiabank Arena
02/03/2022 — Montreal, QC @ Centre Bell
02/05/2022 — Newark, NJ @ Prudential Center
02/06/2022 — Uncasville, CT @ Mohegan Sun
02/08/2022 — Boston, MA @ TD Garden
02/09/2022 — Boston, MA @ TD Garden *
02/11/2022 — Brooklyn, NY @ Barclays Center
02/12/2022 — Brooklyn, NY @ Barclays Center *
02/13/2022 — Washington, DC @ Capital One Arena
02/15/2022 — Charlotte, NC @ Spectrum Center
02/16/2022 — Nashville, TN @ Bridgestone Arena
02/19/2022 — Kansas City, MO @ T-Mobile Center *
02/20/2022 — Tulsa, OK @ BOK Center
02/22/2022 — New Orleans, LA @ Smoothie King Center *
02/24/2022 — Houston, TX @ Toyota Center
02/25/2022 — Dallas, TX @ American Airlines Center
02/27/2022 — Denver, CO @ Ball Arena
03/01/2022 — Salt Lake City, UT @ Vivint Smart Home Arena
03/03/2022 — Portland, OR @ Moda Center
03/04/2022 — Seattle, WA @ Climate Pledge Arena *
03/06/2022 — Sacramento, CA @ Golden 1 Center
03/08/2022 — Oakland, CA @ Oakland Arena
03/09/2022 — San Jose, CA @ SAP Center
03/11/2022 — Los Angeles, CA @ The Forum *
03/13/2022 — San Diego, CA @ Pechanga Arena
03/15/2022 — Anaheim, CA @ Honda Center
03/16/2022 — Anaheim, CA @ Honda Center *
03/18/2022 — Los Angeles, CA @ Staples Center
03/19/2022 — Los Angeles, CA @ Staples Center
03/20/2022 — Los Angeles, CA @ Staples Center
03/22/2022 — Glendale, AZ @ Gila River Arena
03/25/2022 — Ft. Worth, TX @ Dickies Arena
03/28/2022 — Orlando, FL @ Amway Center
03/29/2022 — Miami, FL @ AmericanAirlines Arena
03/30/2022 — Miami, FL @ AmericanAirlines Arena
04/01/2022 — Atlanta, GA @ State Farm Arena
04/03/2022 — Philadelphia, PA @ Wells Fargo Center *
04/04/2022 — New York, NY @ Madison Square Garden
04/05/2022 — New York, NY @ Madison Square Garden *
04/07/2022 — Elmont, NY @ UBS Arena *
04/08/2022 — Buffalo, NY @ KeyBank Center
04/10/2022 — Toronto, ON @ Scotiabank Arena
04/11/2022 — Toronto, ON @ Scotiabank Arena *
04/14/2022 — St. Louis, MO @ Enterprise Center
04/16/2022 — Omaha, NE @ CHI Health Center Omaha
04/18/2022 — Austin, TX @ Moody Center *
04/19/2022 — San Antonio, TX @ AT&T Center
04/23/2022 — Las Vegas, NV @ T-Mobile Arena *
04/24/2022 — Phoenix, AZ @ Phoenix Suns Arena *
04/27/2022 — Fresno, CA @ Save Mart Center *
04/30/2022 — Spokane, WA @ Spokane Arena *
05/01/2022 — Tacoma, WA @ Tacoma Dome
09/10/2022 — Helsinki, Finland @ Hartwall Arena *
09/13/2022 — Stockholm, Sweden @ Ericcson Globe
09/15/2022 — Copenhagen, Denmark @ Royal Arena
09/16/2022 — Copenhagen, Denmark @ Royal Arena *
09/18/2022 — Oslo, Norway @ Telenor
09/20/2022 — Hamburg, Germany @ Barclaycard Arena
09/21/2022 — Cologne, Germany @ Lanxess Arena
09/23/2022 — Munich, Germany @ Olympiahalle
09/24/2022 — Berlin, Germany @ Mercedes-Benz Arena
09/26/2022 — Vienna, Austria @ Stadthalle *
09/28/2022 — Antwerp, Belgium @ Sportpaleis
09/29/2022 — Antwerp, Belgium @ Sportpaleis *
10/01/2022 — Cologne, Germany @ Lanxess Arena *
10/03/2022 — Amsterdam, Holland @ Ziggo Dome
10/04/2022 — Amsterdam, Holland @ Ziggo Dome *
10/06/2022 — London, UK @ The O2
10/07/2022 — London, UK @ The O2
10/08/2022 — London, UK @ The O2
10/10/2022 — Manchester, UK @ Manchester Arena
10/11/2022 — Birmingham, UK @ Utilita Arena
10/13/2022 — Belfast, UK @ SSE Arena Belfast *
10/15/2022 — Newcastle, UK @ Utilita Arena
10/16/2022 — London, UK @ The O2
10/18/2022 — Paris, France @ Accorhotels Arena
10/19/2022 — Paris, France @ Accorhotels Arena
10/20/2022 — Paris, France @ Accorhotels Arena
10/22/2022 — Bordeaux, France @ Arkea Arena *
10/24/2022 — Madrid, Spain @ Wizink Center *
10/25/2022 — Lisbon, Portugal @ Altice Arena *
10/28/2022 — Barcelona, Spain @ Palau Sant Jordi *
10/29/2022 — Montpellier, France @ Sud de France Arena *
11/01/2022 — Milan, Italy @ Mediolanum Forum *
11/02/2022 — Zurich, Switzerland @ Hallenstadion *
11/04/2022 — Budapest, Hungary @ Arena *
11/05/2022 — Prague, Czech Republic @ O2 Arena
11/07/2022 — Krakow, Poland @ Tauron Arena *
11/10/2022 — Mannheim, Germany @ SAP Arena *
11/12/2022 — Lyon, France @ Halle Tony Garnier *
11/13/2022 — Paris, France @ Accorhotels Arena *
11/15/2022 — Glasgow, Scotland @ SSE Hydro *
11/16/2022 — London, UK @ The O2 *

* new show

With a month to go until its release, Amazon has dropped a new trailer for Coming 2 America the long-awaited sequel to the 1988 comedy classic starring Eddie Murphy and Arsenio Hall. While the first trailer didn’t go big on the plot and, instead, focused on showcasing the two leads reuniting with the original cast, including Murphy and Hall once again playing several side characters, this latest trailer sheds more light on the story in Coming 2 America.

As Murphy’s Prince Akeem returns to New York to locate a son he didn’t know he had, he also reunites with the boy’s mother played by Leslie Jones who brings the comedy right from the jump. Tracey Morgan is also along for the ride as Uncle Reem who tags along when Akeem flies the whole family to his royal palace where he’s dealing with an unhappy family, who are not thrilled about his illegitimate son, and Wesley Snipes‘ General Izzi who’s making it very known that he plans to overthrow Akeem and become the new ruler of Zamunda.

Here’s the official synopsis:

In the sequel, Prince Akeem is set to become king of the fictional country of Zamunda when he discovers he has a son he never knew about in America — a street-savvy Queens native named Lavelle. To honor the former king’s dying wish to groom his grandson as the crown prince, Akeem and Semmi set off to America. Murphy, Arsenio Hall, and James Earl Jones are reprising their roles. Additional cast includes Tracy Morgan and Jay Pharaoh.

Coming 2 America starts streaming March 5 on Amazon Prime Video.

(Via Amazon Prime Video)

Like everyone else, Jimmy Kimmel couldn’t get enough of Mike Lindell’s unhinged interview on Tuesday. The MyPillow CEO was spewing so many baseless conspiracy theories about election fraud that even Newsmax, the Trump-loving “news” network, (legally) had to cut him off. “You know it’s bad when Newsmax is like, dial it down, buddy,” Kimmel joked before getting to the “nuttiest part of the interview,” when one of the anchors simply walked off screen. Then the host offered a conspiracy theory of his own.

“Has anyone ever looked into any kind of correlation between MyPillow and QAnon because maybe there’s something in those pillows that makes people go insane?” Kimmel asked. “Your head’s on it for eight hours every night. The guy who invented them was on crack. Who knows, they might be stuffed with mothballs and thermometer mercury.”

Of course, after Lindell’s interview went viral, he returned to Newsmax for an off-hours segment later that night. He did not bring up Dominion Voting Systems (which threatened to sue the network), but he did rant about how “cancel culture keeps on spreading” and mentioned “a documentary I put together” about the election. Kimmel might be onto something with his theory… Watch the Jimmy Kimmel Live! clip above.

A few days ago, Ariana Grande got her fans excited by revealing that she’s dropping a deluxe edition of Positions, which will feature four new tracks. She didn’t say what those songs are or who might be featured on them, which sent fans into speculation mode. One common guess/hope is that SZA will find her way onto one of the tracks, but unfortunately, SZA herself has confirmed she isn’t on the deluxe album.

A Grande fan page on Instagram asked, “SZA in positions deluxe ?! ( track15 ).” SZA herself took to the comments to debunk the rumor, writing, “Lol I wish but nah.” She definitely wants a Grande collaboration, though. In an Instagram Story from yesterday, SZA shared a tweet that reads, “SZA ft. Jhene Aiko is what the world needs right now,” and added, “I agree. Summer Too and kehlani and Ari.”

All the positive energy SZA has been putting out into the world lately seems to line up with the New Year’s resolution she shared at the end of 2020 when she tweeted, “I want better friendships 2021 so imma be a better friend.” Meanwhile, she may also be trying to get a collaboration with Frank Ocean to happen: One fan suggested that she should get Ocean to feature on a “Good Days” remix and she responded, “Imma ask [watery eyes emoji] lol.”

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

Well, Golden Globes nominations usually drop in December, but all of us know exactly what’s happened to push back life itself. Nonetheless, the 2021 Golden Globes nominations now intend to honor the most deserving TV shows and movies of the past year. This year, though, most of those movies went to streaming, which puts an interesting spin on the struggling movie business, which will hopefully prevail later this year. With that said, Sarah Jessica Parker and Taraji P. Henson announced the nominations this morning, and the Hollywood Foreign Press Association event will be hosted by Amy Poehler and Tina Fey (on separate coasts!). The 78th Golden Globe Awards air on February 28, 2021. Here are the full list of nominees.

Please follow along with the below list as we update it live.

Best Television Series – Musical or Comedy
Emily in Paris
The Flight Attendant
The Great
Schitt’s Creek
Ted Lasso

Best Performance by an Actor in a Television Series – Drama
Jason Bateman, Ozark
Josh O’Connor, The Crown
Bob Odenkirk, Better Call Saul
Al Pacino, Hunters
Matthew Rhys, Perry Maso

Best Performance by an Actress in a Television Series – Drama
Olivia Colman, The Crown
Jodie Comer, Killing Eve
Emma Corrin, The Crown
Laura Linney, Ozark
Sarah Paulson, Ratched

Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy
Maria Bakalova, Borat 2
Kate Hudson, Music
Michelle Pfeiffer, French Exit
Rosamund Pike, I Care A Lot
Anya Taylor Joy, Emma

Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy
Sacha Baron Cohen, Borat Subsequent Moviefilm
James Corden, The Prom
Lin-Manuel Miranda, Hamilton
Dev Patel, Personal History Of David Copperfield
Andy Samberg, Palm Springs

Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture – Drama
Riz Ahmed, Sound of Metal
Chadwick Boseman, Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom
Anthony Hopkins, The Father
Gary Oldman, Mank
Tahar Rahim, The Mauritanian

Best Performance by an Actress in a Limited Series or Motion Picture Made for Television
Cate Blanchett, Mrs. America
Daisy Edgar Jones, Normal People
Shira Haas, Unorthodox
Nicole Kidman, The Undoing
Anya-Taylor Joy, The Queen’s Gambit

Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture – Drama
Viola Davis, Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom
Andra Day, The United States vs Billie Holiday
Vanessa Kirby, Pieces of a Woman
Frances McDorman, Nomadland
Carey Mulligan, Promising Young Woman

Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture – Drama
Sacha Baron Cohen, The Trial of the Chicago 7
Daniel Kaluuya, Judas and the Black Messiah
Jared Leto, The Little Things
Bill Murray, On the Rocks
Leslie Odom Jr, One Night in Miami

Best Director, Motion Picture
Emerald Fennell, Promising Young Woman
David Fincher, Mank
Regina King, One Night in Miami
Aaron Sorkin, Trial of Chicago Seven
Chloe Zhao, Nomadland

Best Motion Picture – Drama
The Father
Mank
Nomadland
Promising Young Woman
The Trial of the Chicago 7

Best Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy

Best Motion Picture – Foreign Language

Best Motion Picture — Animated

Cecil B. deMille Award
Jane Fonda

Carol Burnett Award
Norman Lear

Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy

Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role in a Motion Picture

Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role in a Motion Picture

Best Screenplay – Motion Picture

Best Original Score – Motion Picture
The Midnight Sky
Tenet
News of the World
Mank
Soul

Best Original Song – Motion Picture

Best Television Series – Drama

Best Television Limited Series or Motion Picture Made for Television

Best Performance by an Actor in a Television Series – Musical or Comedy

Best Performance by an Actor in a Limited Series or Motion Picture Made for Television

Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role in a Series, Limited Series or Motion Picture Made for Television

Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role in a Series, Limited Series or Motion Picture Made for Television

After almost a week filled with film premieres, the 2021 Sundance Film Festival came to a close on Tuesday night by handing out awards for some of the films that were presented during the festival. One of the big winners of Sundance this year was Questlove who took home an award for his Summer Of Soul (…Or, When The Revolution Could Not Be Televised) documentary, which is about the 1969 Harlem Cultural Festival. He was given the U.S. Documentary Competition’s Grand Jury Prize and Audience Award and ecstatically reacted on Twitter saying, “OOOOMMMGGGGHGGG WE DID IT.”

In a statement shared by Picthfork, he expressed gratitude for receiving the award. “It has always been a dream of mine to direct films and telling this story has truly been an amazing experience,” he said. “I am overwhelmed and honored by the reception the film is receiving and want to give special thanks to Sundance, and my production partners: Radical Media, Vulcan Productions, Concordia, Play/Action Pictures and LarryBilly Productions.”

Questlove’s Summer Of Soul made its premiere at the festival and is comprised of previously unseen footage that sat in a basement for 50 years. It also flaunts appearances from Stevie Wonder, the Staples Singers, Nina Simone, Sly And The Family Stone, and other notable names.

You can read Questlove’s reactions to the awards above.