Yelling isn’t inherently funny. It can be loud, annoying, abrasive. But in the right hands (throat?), it’s hilarious. Tim Robinson joined the Mount Rushmore of comedy yellers, alongside Adam Sandler, Chris Farley, and Arnold Schwarzenegger in the “shut up” scene from Kindergarten Cop, with the first season of Netflix’s I Think You Should Leave. The instantly iconic sketch series is back for a second season next month, and based on the trailer above, there’s more great yelling moments to come.
It’s hard to get a genuine “lol” from a trailer, but Robinson got me good by screaming “hey, hold that door!” to someone down a long hallway and proceeding to slowly walk there. I also lost it at “any of these little f*ckers ever pop out of the f*cking wall?” during a ghost tour. The trailer also features guest spots from returning favorites Sam Richardson (I better not see that rat bastard Bart Harley Jarvis), Patti Harrison, and Tim Heidecker, as well as Mike O’Brien and sketch comedy legend Bob Odenkirk. Netflix also confirmed John Early, Paul Walter Hauser, and Once Upon a Time in Hollywood standout Julia Butters. I didn’t notice Conner O’Malley, but I’m hoping he’ll be in the new episodes too.
30 years ago, in the summer of 1991, Metallica released their self-titled fifth album, which kicked off their still-active streak of No. 1 albums and is one of the best-selling musical releases of all time. Now, the band is marking the occasion with a pair of special releases, both of which are set for September 10.
One is a reissue of the album that will feature a bunch of extras. The Limited Edition Deluxe Box Set, for example, features “the album remastered on 180G 2-LP, a picture disc, three live LPs, 14 CDs (containing rough mixes, demos, interviews, live shows), 6 DVDs (containing outtakes, behind the scenes, official videos, live shows), a 120-page hardcover book, four tour laminates, three lithos, three guitar picks, a Metallica lanyard, a folder with lyric sheets, and a download card.”
The other is The Metallica Blacklist, a 53-track release that features covers of the songs from Metallica. The announcement was accompanied by Miley Cyrus’ long-awaited cover of “Nothing Else Matters,” which features Watt, Elton John, Yo-Yo Ma, Robert Trujillo, and Chad Smith.
Other artists who contributed to the album include Mac DeMarco, Rina Sawayama, Weezer, Jason Isbell, St. Vincent, Pup, Corey Taylor, Cage The Elephant, J Balvin, Moses Sumney, The Neptunes, Portugal The Man, Phoebe Bridgers, My Morning Jacket, Darius Rucker, Chris Stapleton, Idles, and Kamasi Washington.
Listen to Cyrus and company’s cover of “Nothing Else Matters” above and check out the full The Metallica Blacklist tracklist below.
1. Alessia Cara & The Warning — “Enter Sandman”
2. Mac DeMarco — “Enter Sandman”
3. Ghost — “Enter Sandman”
4. Juanes — “Enter Sandman”
5. Rina Sawayama — “Enter Sandman”
6. Weezer — “Enter Sandman”
7. Sam Fender — “Sad But True (Live)”
8. Jason Isbell And The 400 Unit — “Sad But True”
9. Mexican Institute Of Sound feat. La Perla & Gera MX — “Sad But True”
10. Royal Blood — “Sad But True”
11. St. Vincent — “Sad But True”
12. White Reaper — “Sad But True”
13. YB — “Sad But True”
14. Biffy Clyro — “Holier Than Thou”
15. The Chats — “Holier Than Thou”
16. OFF! — “Holier Than Thou”
17. Pup — “Holier Than Thou”
18. Corey Taylor — “Holier Than Thou”
19. Cage The Elephant — “The Unforgiven”
20. Vishal Dadlani, DIVINE, Shor Police — “The Unforgiven”
21. Diet Cig — “The Unforgiven”
22. Flatbush Zombies feat. DJ Scratch — “The Unforgiven”
23. Ha*Ash — “The Unforgiven”
24. José Madero — “The Unforgiven”
25. Moses Sumney — “The Unforgiven”
26. J Balvin — “Wherever I May Roam”
27. Chase & Status feat. BackRoad Gee — “Wherever I May Roam”
28. The Neptunes — “Wherever I May Roam”
29. Jon Pardi — “Wherever I May Roam”
30. Sebastian — “Don’t Tread On Else Matters”
31. Portugal The Man — “Don’t Tread On Me”
32. Volbeat — “Don’t Tread On Me”
33. The HU — “Through The Never”
34. Tomi Owó — “Through The Never”
35. Phoebe Bridgers — “Nothing Else Matters”
36. Miley Cyrus — “Nothing Else Matters” Feat. Watt, Elton John, Yo-Yo Ma, Robert Trujillo, And Chad Smith
37. Dave Gahan — “Nothing Else Matters”
38. Mickey Guyton — “Nothing Else Matters”
39. Dermot Kennedy — “Nothing Else Matters”
40. Mon Laferte — “Nothing Else Matters”
41. Igor Levit — “Nothing Else Matters”
42. My Morning Jacket — “Nothing Else Matters”
43. PG Roxette — “Nothing Else Matters”
44. Darius Rucker — “Nothing Else Matters”
45. Chris Stapleton — “Nothing Else Matters”
46. Tresor — “Nothing Else Matters”
47. Goodnight, Texas — “Of Wolf And Man”
48. Idles — “The God That Failed”
49. Imelda May — “The God That Failed”
50. Cherry Glazerr — “My Friend Of Misery”
51. Izïa — “My Friend Of Misery”
52. Kamasi Washington — “My Friend Of Misery”
53. Rodrigo y Gabriela — “The Struggle Within”
The Metallica Blacklist is out 9/10 via Blackened Recordings. Pre-order it here.
Some artists covered here are Warner Music artists. Uproxx is an independent subsidiary of Warner Music Group.
For months now, conservatives have not been happy that the enhanced unemployment benefits during the pandemic have possibly given workers the opportunity to hold out for higher wages or find new, better paying jobs, and that grumbling led to some pretty ridiculous comments on Tuesday morning’s Fox & Friends.
Hosts Steve Doocy, Ainsley Earhardt, and Brian Kilmeade were particularly incensed about Layne’s Chicken Fingers, a burgeoning fast food franchise in Texas that’s resorted to paying teenagers a $50,000 salary just to keep its restaurants staffed. According to Layne’s CEO, the “small business” can’t compete with corporations like Walmart and McDonald’s, which have upped its wages to attract workers. Via Business Insider:
“We’re so thin at leadership that we can’t stretch anymore to open more locations,” he told the Journal. “I’ve got a good crop of 16- and 17-year-olds, but I need another year or two to get them seasoned to run stores.”
The $50,000 salary caused the Fox & Friends host to balk at paying teen workers this salary, and Kilmeade actually joked that they’ll be able to pay for their entire college tuition — as if that’s a bad thing!
Fox & Friends complains that people who won’t schlep back to underpaying jobs “don’t want to go back to work” and leave their recliners, and now teenagers are making too much money — so much that maybe they can pay for college, the hosts joke. pic.twitter.com/1QdWB3XEJh
Not content to stoke American’s fear of teenagers paying for their own college, the Fox & Friends crew also made sure to paint Joe Biden’s America as a crime-ridden hellhole. During another odd segment, the hosts warned viewers to stay away from Times Square and the subway because Steve Doocy saw a fight at four in the morning. We’re sure New Yorkers will get right on that.
Fox & Friends claims Times Square is too dangerous to be in and warns people to stay away pic.twitter.com/QsOBXHkbPY
Diesel confirmed that the next two movies will be the franchise’s finale, and Cardi’s role will be much more than just a cameo. “We are very much excited to evolve her character and to expand it to the finale,” he said. “She made it just in time. She came in Fast 9 just in time.”
In a separate statement, the film’s director Justin Lin had plenty of nice things to say about the newest cast member. “I love Cardi,” he gushed. “I mean, it’s amazing she showed up and within a minute she’s part of the family. And I love how when I got together with her, her and Vin were talking about the character because she’s actually really embedded into the overall universe, she’s been around for a long time and this is just the first time we are seeing her, so I’m really excited to explore that character of her. I’ll work with her any day.”
You can check out Cardi’s role in F9 this Friday, June 25.
Cardi B is a Warner Music artist. Uproxx is an independent subsidiary of Warner Music Group.
Over the past quarter-century, moviegoers have seen Jesse (Ethan Hawke) and Céline (Julie Delpy) meet and spend a night wandering around Vienna and falling in love in Before Sunrise (1995); reuniting nearly a decade later in Paris and still having that spark in Before Sunset (2004); and being an official couple spending the summer in Greece with their twin daughters and dealing with a relationship at a crossroads in Before Midnight (2013). While it’s long been assumed that a fourth film would be happening, with Hawke even suggesting in early 2020 that an entry that featured the couple in lockdown might be just what the world needs, it seems as if we might have seen the last of Jesse and Céline.
In a new interview with the French outlet Telerama, Delpy admitted that director Richard Linklater proposed the idea of a fourth Before film to her—and she turned it down. In fact, she’s been seriously considering leaving the film industry altogether… possibly to become a doctor? Here’s what she had to say:
“I often think about [leaving the industry]. A year and a half ago, I was not far from it. The hell I went through to produce my film had exhausted me. I said no to Richard Linklater for the fourth part of the Before films. I thought that maybe I could go back to school. I would make a very good doctor, for example! You give me three symptoms and I tell you what you are suffering from!”
(Someone should introduce Julie to WebMD.)
To be fair, Delpy has good reason to be annoyed with Hollywood. She’s been working as a writer, director, and producer since the mid-1990s. And while she has two Oscar nominations under her belt (for Before Sunset and Before Midnight, as she, Hawke, and Linklater share writing credits on the films) and a string of critically acclaimed directorial efforts, she’s had a tough go of getting her latest film, A Dazzling Display of Splendor, off the ground—despite having what she describes as one of the best screenplays she has ever written, plus Game of Thrones’ Emilia Clarke attached. “And yet I’m still struggling,” she says. “Non-stop. I have so many movies in my drawers that will never be shot, if you only knew! I’m fed up.”
While Delpy’s desire to walk away from it all is understandable, she admitted that her passion for storytelling is hard to deny, or ignore. “I like to create, to tell stories,” she says. “It’s stronger than me.”
So maybe there is hope that a fourth Before movie could still happen… even if it’s another decade or two before it’s released. Before Bingo, set in a nursing home, has a certain ring to it.
Every president is fair game on SNL for mockery. Apparently, no one prepped Donald Trump for this inevitability because when “Alex” Baldwin began doing his Trump impression (which Alec later described as “agony”), the then-president was incensed. The Daily Beast reminds everyone (since Trump’s Twitter account no longer exists) that he once tweeted how he wanted the feds to “look into” whether SNL was engaged in “[c]ollusion with the Democrats and, of course, Russia!” He also complained, “It’s truly incredible that shows like Saturday Night Live, not funny/no talent, can spend all of their time knocking the same person (me), over & over, without so much of a mention of ‘the other side.”
Well, Trump apparently went further than tweeting and actually started pushing for an honest-to-god investigation on the issue. He was also, apparently, incredibly peeved with Jimmy Kimmel for taking shots at him during monologues (which, again, is customary and fair game because the U.S. doesn’t pull the Russian State Television thing, and that adds a whole other shade of irony to Trump’s complaints). Here’s how the Daily Beast describes what wheels Trump tried to put into motion:
According to two people familiar with the matter, Trump had asked advisers and lawyers in early 2019 about what the Federal Communications Commission, the courts systems, and–most confusingly to some Trump lieutenants–the Department of Justice could do to probe or mitigate SNL, Jimmy Kimmel, and other late-night comedy mischief-makers.
To those who heard it, Trump’s inquiries into what federal regulations could be used to bust the likes of Kimmel and SNL was more of a nuisance than a constitutional crisis. “It was more annoying than alarming, to be honest with you,” one of these sources recalled. However, the conversations further showed, in the pettiest of ways, how the 45th U.S. president was keen on turning the country’s top law enforcers into something more akin to his own personally retained law firm.
The whole “more of a nuisance” than a “constitutional crisis” part is particularly telling, given that the Daily Beast spoke with sources who detailed how Trump was very confused and had to be told why SNL and late night sketches are protected as satire and don’t have to follow any “fairness doctrine” guidelines (which Trump mistakenly referred to as “equal time”), and he simply didn’t get it. A source told The Daily Beast that Trump persisted in asking, “Can something else be done about it?” This person claims that they tossed a form of “I’ll look into it” toward Trump, and that never happened because the Department of Justice doesn’t exactly dive into late-night comedy matters.
Of course, the takeaway here is that Trump can’t take a joke. He wanted to punish any comedy that was anti-Trump. One of his favorite words can be used to describe this situation: it’s pretty “sad.”
Indie music has grown to include so much. It’s not just music that is released on independent labels, but speaks to an aesthetic that deviates from the norm and follows its own weirdo heart. It can come in the form of rock music, pop, or folk. In a sense, it says as much about the people that are drawn to it as it does about the people that make it.
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The Killers – “Dustland” (ft. Bruce Springsteen)
The Killers have not been shy about the massive influence of Bruce Springsteen on their music over the years. Now, the two have finally teamed up for a track, a reimagining of a song off The Killers’ 2008 album Day & Age, “A Dustland Fairytale.” Springsteen says the song is his favorite in The Killers’ catalogue, and you can hear the mutual admiration radiating out of the speakers.
Gang Of Youths – “The Angel Of 8th Ave”
Speaking of The Boss, his influence is laced all through Gang Of Youth’s first track in four years. “The Angel Of 8th Ave” has frontman Dave Le’aupepe doing “the same raspy acrobatics that Bruce’s do,” writes Caitlin White for Uproxx. Though there is no official announcement of a new album from the Australian outfit, we’re waiting on the edge of our seats.
The Front Bottoms – “Voodoo Magic”
The Front Bottoms have been steadily releasing music over the last ten years are so, and 2021 is no exception. “Voodoo Magic” does what the New Jersey band does best, delivering sharp lyrics and driving acoustic-centric punk.
Soccer Mommy – “Kissing In The Rain”
The latest new music from Sophie Allison is a one-off track that arrives as part of the Dark Nights: Death Metal soundtrack. “Kissing In The Rain” “fits firmly in the Soccer Mommy discography, leaning more toward the darker, more abstract noodling of Color Theory than her debut,” writes Caitlin White for Uproxx.
Unto Others – “When Will Gods Work Be Done”
Unto Others first caught my attention when they were still under the name Idle Hands because of their unabashed approach to metal that might seem “unpopular” at the surface. After a trademark dispute, the band is back with new music under the name Unto Others, delivering the same lovable classic heaviness and melodrama that came on their 2019 album.
Meet Me @ The Altar – “Feel A Thing”
After the success of their debut single “Garden,” rising pop-punk stars Meet Me @ The Altar have announced their debut EP, Model Citizen. The announcement comes with the project’s first preview, “Feel A Thing,” which showcases the trio’s knack for massive hooks and serves as a reminder of why pop-punk became so popular in the first place.
Torres – “Hug From A Dinosaur”
Torres’ new album Thirstier doesn’t drop for about a month, but Mackenzie Scott has been steadily rolling out new tracks to tide us over. “Hug From A Dinosaur” is what Sarah Grant calls for Uproxx an “eccentric headbanger juiced up on Scott’s sour intensity.”
Goodbye Honolulu – “Over And Over”
Canadian outfit Goodbye Honolulu are prepping their self-titled debut, prefaced by the groovy, intoxicating “Over And Over.” Over warped guitars, vocalist Fox Martindale laments about what he calls “the daily repetitiveness of a monogamous relationship and the ever-growingaz numbness to things that once made one jealous.”
Indigo De Souza – “Kill Me”
Indigo De Souza is back with a brand new album called Any Shape You Take. “Kill Me” is the first taste of the record, a track that “blends heartache with the grotesque,” according to Sarah Grant for Uproxx, while “De Souza chirps in a fluffy soprano.”
Wet Leg – “Chaise Longue”
Wet Leg, the latest signing to esteemed indie label Domino Records, hails from the Isle Of Wight, a sparsely populated island off the south coast of England that is only accessible by boat. The band is introducing themselves with “Chaise Longue,” a bass-driven power pop number that channels Sonic Youth and cements Wet Leg as a band to watch this year.
Keep For Cheap – “Losing”
Minnesota is often a breeding ground for some gorgeous songwriting. Keep For Cheap is the latest in this long line, with their new track “Losing,” which is an impressive folk adventure complete with mind-blowing harmonies and distorted guitars. The quintet just finished tracking their debut album, so keep an eye out for more from them in the coming months.
Some artists covered here are Warner Music artists. Uproxx is an independent subsidiary of Warner Music Group.
J. Cole may have found an unusual way to promote his new album The Off-Season by playing pro basketball in Africa, and a successful one at that. The album dominated the Billboard charts, debuting at No. 1 on the albums chart with the year’s highest streaming year so far. Sometimes, though, the old ways are the best, so he’s also taking the show on the road this fall with The Off-Season Tour featuring two of the album’s guest rappers, 21 Savage and Morray.
The tour will hit 17 cities beginning in September with Miami, FL, and concluding in October at LA’s The Forum. Tickets go on sale beginning Friday, June 25 at 10 AM local time. You can check Dreamville.com for more information. See the full list of stops and dates below.
T-Pain is a talented vocalist, as he has proven on many occasions. His 2014 Tiny Desk Concert stands out as a shining example of that. Ultimately, though, he is best known for his songs that make use of Auto-Tune to alter the sound of his vocals. His Auto-Tuned voice dominated the music landscape in the latter half of the 2000s, but not everybody was a fan. The way T-Pain tells it, that group includes Usher, who allegedly accused T-Pain of ruining music, a moment that sent T-Pain into a long depression.
In a clip from Netflix’s This Is Pop, T-Pain tells the story about the time he and Usher were on a plane, on their way to the 2013 BET Awards:
“We were actually going to the 2013 BET Awards, and we were all in first class and I went to sleep. I was awakened by the flight attendant. She said, ‘Usher would like to talk to you in the back.’ So I got up and went back and he was like, you know, ‘How’s everything going?’ Quick small talk, no big deal. And he was like, ‘Man, I want to tell you something, man.’ I was like, ‘What’s good?’ I thought he was about to tell me something real. He sounded real concerned. He was like, ‘Man, you kind of… you kind of f*cked up music.’
I didn’t understand. Usher was my friend. He was like, ‘Yeah man, you really f*cked up music for real singers.’ Literally, at that point, I couldn’t listen. ‘Is he right? Did I f*ck up music?’ And that is the very moment… I don’t even think I realized this for a long time, but that’s the very moment that started a four-year depression for me.”
Jon Stewart is not used to finding himself at odds with fellow open-minded media personalities, but some comments he made on The Late Show With Stephen Colbert aren’t sitting well with legendary news anchor Dan Rather. Last Monday, Colbert hosted his first show in front of a live studio audience in more than a year; he welcomed his good friend and former The Daily Show boss Stewart as his guest. While it didn’t take long for the conversation to turn toward the pandemic, Stewart’s stance seemed to surprise everyone—including Colbert.
“I think we owe a great debt of gratitude to science,” Stewart said. “Science has, in many ways, helped ease the suffering of this pandemic, which was more than likely caused by science.”
Colbert, visibly taken aback, pressed further to make sure he was understanding Stewart’s comment correctly. Amazingly, he was. Though there’s no direct evidence to suggest that the COVID-19 virus was created in a lab, Stewart seems to believe in the “lab leak” theory, which suggests that the coronavirus escaped a laboratory in Wuhan, China.
“Scientists, and the very ideals of science, are under attack on many fronts,” Rather tweeted on Sunday morning. “This is dangerous and shortsighted. So I was dismayed to hear Jon Stewart add to the ‘questioning’ when he went on The Late Show with Stephen Colbert this week.”
Scientists, and the very ideals of science, are under attack on many fronts. This is dangerous and shortsighted. So I was dismayed to hear Jon Stewart add to the “questioning” when he went on The Late Show with Stephen Colbert this week. My thoughts here.https://t.co/p38C7zXvEX
Rather included a link to his Steady op-ed, where he wrote nearly 1,500 words “In Defense of Science,” in which he noted that, “A year and half later, the origins of the virus remain a mystery and China has been far from forthcoming—to say the least—about what they know, and did.” But he went on to note that “[M]ost virologists do not think that the virus has the chemical fingerprints of human engineering. But that could be perhaps a possibility. We just don’t know. And we need to try to find out, letting the facts lead wherever they may.”
Rather went on to write about the attacks against scientists like Dr. Anthony Fauci who, if we had listened to from the very beginning and not watched as he was painted as the enemy, would have likely prevented many deaths. “We can expect that from the supporters of Donald Trump,” Rather wrote, “but the words of Jon Stewart and many who share his politics show that this is not an issue that cuts neatly along partisan lines.”
The last straw for Rather was Stewart’s final comment that while he loves all scientists and that “they do such good work but they are going to kill us all.” Rather’s response? “I cannot overemphasize how dangerous this line of thinking is.”
If Rather’s criticisms aren’t enough to make Stewart rethink some of what he said, maybe the fact that Ted Cruz gave him a “Hallelujah” and “Preach, brother, preach” will.
You can watch Stewart’s full interview below, and read Rather’s full response here.
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