The official trailer for Britney Vs Spears just dropped, showing how filmmakers relied on several people close to the singer to explain her legal situation. Along detailing how Spears has been “silenced to speak about anything that’s really going on” with her legal battles, the film also questions the legitimacy of the case for the singer to remain in the conservatorship. The trailer even goes so far as to say that the length of Spears’s conservatorship constitutes as “an epic fail of the legal system.”
Britney Vs Spears is set to be available to stream on Netflix starting September 28. It was directed by Erin Lee Carr, an award-winning documentarian whose other films like How to Fix A Drug Scandal can also be found on Netflix.
It is exceedingly rare for NBA teams to make gigantic changes to their front office a week before the start of training camp, but the Minnesota Timberwolves decided to do just that on Wednesday afternoon. The team announced its decision to part ways with president Gersson Rosas, with owner Glen Taylor saying in a statement, “Today, the Minnesota Timberwolves parted ways with President of Basketball Operations Gersson Rosas. As an organization, we remain committed to building a winning team that our fans and city can be proud of.”
Making this sort of change at any point in the NBA calendar is a gigantic decision, but considering the timing (and the fact that the Timberwolves’ hat has prominently been in the ring in the race to trade for Ben Simmons), Rosas’ ouster comes as a shock to many. In a potentially bad bit of news for the team, one such person who is shocked appears to be superstar big man Karl-Anthony Towns, who took to Twitter in the immediate aftermath of the news and posted three letters that get a point across.
Australian punks Amyl And The Sniffers are back in a big way on their sophomore album Comfort To Me, which dropped earlier this month. Despite a more polished studio sound, the band’s brash and snotty songwriting is still on full display here, with driving arrangements and shredding solos.
To celebrate the new album, guitarist Dec Martens sat down to talk Blood Sugar Sex Magik, opening for Foo Fighters, and Seinfeld in the latest Indie Mixtape 20 Q&A.
What are four words you would use to describe your music?
Rock band from Melbourne.
It’s 2050 and the world hasn’t ended and people are still listening to your music. How would you like it to be remembered?
Hopefully they won’t have to remember it, hopefully we’re still playing with hip replacements like all the other rock bands
What’s your favorite city in the world to perform?
Hamburg.
Who’s the person who has most inspired your work, and why?
Lobby Loyde, he’s the godfather of Aussie rock. He played loud and looked cool and that’s how I try to be myself.
Where did you eat the best meal of your life?
In Porto, Portugal. We ordered a Portuguese style chicken and chips and it was insane. Everyone had grease on their fingers but it tasted so good.
What album do you know every word to?
Blood Sugar Sex Magik by Red Hot Chili Peppers.
What was the best concert you’ve ever attended?
I saw Power Trip play at Roskilde and it was sick.
What is the best outfit for performing and why?
I’m still trying to figure that out myself, but can’t go wrong with a tshirt, jeans and some doc’s
Who’s your favorite person to follow on Twitter and/or Instagram?
Ringo Starr.
What’s your most frequently played song in the van on tour?
“Bow River” by Cold Chisel.
What’s the last thing you Googled?
How to sound interesting in an interview.
What album makes for the perfect gift?
One that’s signed by the artist and worth lots of money.
Where’s the weirdest place you’ve ever crashed while on tour?
We had a weird hotel room in Brussels with three single beds lined up and an open showers like a change room for a footy club and two toilets one which had poo on it
What’s the story behind your first or favorite tattoo?
I was in Brisbane hungover, it was nice and humid. I was with our booking agent and he got a call asking if we’d play with Foo Fighters for a stadium show. He got off the phone and we compared credit cards while cleaning up spilt washing powder. Then I got on a bus and got “BAD BOY FOR LOVE” tattooed.
What artists keep you from flipping the channel on the radio?
If AC/DC comes on, it stays on.
What’s the nicest thing anyone has ever done for you?
My mum raised me and taught me all her wisdom. She also paid all my public drinking fines up until the last one. No one can top that
What’s one piece of advice you’d go back in time to give to your 18-year-old self?
Wear more black, oversized shirts aren’t cool either.
What’s the last show you went to?
I saw COFFIN play at The Tote.
What movie can you not resist watching when it’s on TV?
Seinfeld.
What would you cook if Obama were coming to your house for dinner?
Steamed Hams.
Comfort To Me is out now on ATO Records. Listen here.
Around this time last year – OK, exactly at this time last year — Fleet Foxes fans found themselves blessed with a brand new album. Shore was something of a surprise for listeners, who didn’t know that Robin Pecknold had been busy crafting the follow-up to 2017’s Crack-Up and finished it during quarantine. To celebrate the one-year-anniversary of that auspicious release, the band are sharing a new video today for the track “Featherweight.”
Like plenty of their visuals before now, the animated clip was created by Robin’s brother, Sean Pecknold, an impressive artist in his own right in the visual world. The “Featherweight” video was actually directed by Robin and Sean together, and the clay stop-motion has long been a part of the band’s storytelling aesthetic. The visual follows the story of a hawk with a broken wing, and becomes a larger story about success and second chances.
“When I made the first Fleet Foxes video using clay stop-motion, I fell in love with the tactile quality of the technique and never looked back,” Sean said in a press release. “There is something really special about creating animations in the real world. The process is more physical and more immediate than clicking away at a mouse and getting red-eyed.”
Earlier in the month, Andy Shauf introduced us to a very chill rubber ducky in his lyric video for “Spanish On The Beach.” Now, the Canadian singer-songwriter has announced that he’s actually releasing a new album, Wilds, in just two days(!). The songs, including last year’s “Jeremy’s Wedding,” are taken from the same sessions as his last album, 2020’s The Neon Skyline. Additionally, Shauf has shared “Jaywalker,” which is written from the perspective of someone wandering across the street, not checking for cars.
Opening up about writing 50 songs for The Neon Skyline sessions, Shauf told Uproxx‘s Steven Hyden last year: “That was just a result of doing it the way I did, where I didn’t know what was going to happen. I would write a batch where one main point has to happen, and then write four songs in that direction, and then be like, ‘Oh, that’s terrible.’ Then those songs are scrapped and I have to write four more.”
Listen to “Jaywalker” above and check out the Wilds art and tracklist below.
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1. “Judy (Wilds)”
2. “Spanish On The Beach”
3. “Jaywalker”
4. “Call”
5. “Television Blue”
6. “Green Grass”
7. “Wicked And Wild”
8. “Believe Me”
9. “Jeremy’s Wedding (Wilds)”
Training camp will begin around the NBA next week, which isn’t usually the time to make major personnel changes in your front office, but the Minnesota Timberwolves have done just that, firing their president of basketball operations, Gersson Rosas, a month before the start of the new season.
Team owner Glen Taylor put out a very vague statement that doesn’t go into any detail regarding why Rosas was let go, but the timing raises an awful lot of eyebrows.
“Today, the Minnesota Timberwolves parted ways with President of Basketball Operations Gersson Rosas. As an organization, we remain committed to building a winning team that our fans and city can be proud of.”
With new ownership coming in soon and the Wolves reportedly making their interest very well known for Ben Simmons on the trade market, there’s plenty going on in Minnesota at the moment for a team that now needs to find a new lead decision maker. Per Dane Moore, there has been some “dissension” for some time in the front office and that divisiveness apparently led to Rosas’ ouster.
For quite some time now there has been dissension in the Timberwolves front office and organization, sources say.
Moving on from Gersson Rosas is not an out of the blue development. In a critical year, with new ownership, the Wolves decided to act now rather than delay.
There will surely be more reporting to come on what led to the sudden change, but it doesn’t exactly paint the best picture of a franchise that has long struggled to find much in the way of stability. As for a replacement, Jake Fischer of Bleacher Report brought word that new ownership is fond of Sixers GM Elton Brand.
In wake of Gersson Rosas’ departure, word has circulated among league sources since Summer League that incoming Minnesota Timberwolves owners Marc Lore and Alex Rodriguez have communicated they are fond of Sixers general manager Elton Brand. A name to keep an eye on here.
R. Kelly is currently on trial facing charges including sex crimes, human trafficking, child pornography, racketeering, and obstruction of justice. After the prosecution had several alleged victims come forward to detail the reported abuse they faced at the hands of the R&B singer, Kelly’s defense team is now making their case. But just after the singer failed to produce one of his own witnesses, Kelly is now reportedly opting out of testifying on his own behalf.
During his hearing on Wednesday, Kelly told the judge that he won’t be taking the the witness stand to defend himself, per a report from Billboard. “You don’t want to testify, correct?” US District Judge Ann Connelly asked during the proceeding, to which Kelly replied: “Yes, ma’am.” Apparently, Kelly’s main reason is that he wants to avoid cross-examination from prosecution.
Kelly’s defense team is expected to rest their case on Wednesday evening, making way for closing arguments. Kelly’s defense case has been relatively brief and primarily relies on employees and other associates who agreed to discredit the sex crime allegations on the singer’s behalf. Per Billboard‘s report, most witnesses claimed they never saw Kelly abuse anyone, with one mentioning they only ever saw the singer being “chivalrous” to his love interests. Another witness, however, admitted on the stand that they owed Kelly for their career success and hoped to see him win the case.
On the other hand, the prosecution in Kelly’s case have brought a number of witnesses to the stands. One witness claimed they saw Aaliyah, who was under age when she met Kelly, in a sexual situation with the singer. Another woman accused Kelly of horrific and abusive sex crimes, including a forced abortion.
A controversial post by the Winter Haven Police Department in Florida has dredged up a unique debate over whether it’s acceptable for a seemingly desperate father to steal from a multi-billion dollar corporation.
On Saturday, the police department posted security camera footage of a man pushing a shopping cart with his two young children at a local Walmart. According to the police, the man attempted to buy diapers and baby wipes but his card was declined at the self-checkout.
The man left the store then returned without the children to buy the products with a different card which was also declined.
The man then left the store with the items without paying.
The police department posted a photo of the man on its Facebook page with a snarky comment. “So when your card is declined and you try another one with the same result, that is NOT license to just walk out with the items anyway,” the department wrote.
(The original post by the Winter Haven Police Department did not obscure the man’s face.)
The police department posted the images and description of the crime in an attempt to find the man and charge him with shoplifting. According to Winter Haven police, Walmart has a zero-tolerance policy and wants the man to be arrested.
This post rubbed a lot of people the wrong way because the man was caught stealing necessities for his children. He wasn’t stealing alcohol or a television set. Diapers are not cheap and there are a lot of people struggling to make ends meet during the pandemic.
The post received well over 1,000 comments with many offering to pay for what the man stole.
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There were also a lot of people who thought the police department acted in poor form by shaming a man who committed a crime to provide necessities for his children. Many called the department directly to say they believe the charges should be dropped.
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It’s impossible to know what type of pressure the man was under when he decided it was better to steal the diapers and wipes instead of paying for them. If he had access to money at home but didn’t feel like making a second trip, then stealing the diapers was clearly wrong.
But if the man was down on his luck and had no other options then one can understand his decision. If he didn’t, he would have been forced to neglect the health of his young children which is also morally reprehensible.
Regardless if you agree with the man’s actions or not, his children shouldn’t have to go without clean diapers.
Some in the comments said that there are community resources available to parents who need help affording diapers and he should have reached out to one of those organizations before he decided to steal.
Whether the man was right to steal or not, comes down to all of our personal values. But the positive thing that has come out of the story is the number of people who were willing to help the man by paying for his diapers. It shows that there are a lot of kind-hearted people out there that are looking for ways to help those in need.
It was also heartening to see the number of people who criticized the police department for shaming a man that committed a crime out of what appeared to be desperation. The police have a duty to uphold the law, but that doesn’t mean it’s right for them to shame parents who are in need.
The last we heard from Flint, Michigan native BFB Da Packman, the jokester rapper was preparing his debut release, Fat N****s Need Love Too. Today, he becomes the latest guest on UPROXX Sessions, bringing his unique, off-kilter lyrical sensibilities to a boisterous performance of “Weekend At Solomon’s,” a standout from the album. Rocking a Day-Glo Balenciaga long-sleeved shirt, BFB swaggers through chuckle-inducing bars like “I had a fat mama, dawg, I dare you n****s blame me.”
BFB is part of a wave of rappers emerging from Michigan by embracing a behind-the-pocket flow marked by smirking, tongue-in-cheek punchlines. He stands apart from them with his externally-facing outlook; while rappers like Babyface Ray, Icewear Vezzo, Rio Da Yung OG, and Sada Baby are more insular, preferring to work within their tight-knit but growing circle, Packman has stretched out beyond the Great Lake State, pulling rappers from all over into his orbit on Fat N****s Need Love Too. While the album does feature locals like DDG, Payroll Giovanni, and Sada Baby, it also employs appearances from Buffalo brick rap powerhouse Benny The Butcher, XXL Freshman Coi Leray, the stoner avatar Wiz Khalifa, and maniacal standup comic Zack Fox. Packman also recently featured on Guapdad 4000’s “Alpha” remix, popping up in whiteface to represent a pernicious Permit Patrick.
Watch BFB Da Packman perform “Weekend At Solomon’s” for UPROXX Sessions above.
Ted Lasso is a good show, no matter what the dreaded Discourse says. But it’s also done a lot of good for this world for introducing Brett Goldstein to a wider (non-British) audience: me. Ted Lasso introduced Brett Goldstein to me. I wish I had known about the actor and comedian, who won an Emmy over the weekend for his performance as lovable grouch Roy Kent on the Apple TV+ series, sooner because then I could have flown to Europe in 2017 for the express purpose of seeing him perform The Muppets Christmas Carol in six minutes. It would have been worth every cent.
As spotted by Twitter user Bryant Covelli, Goldstein sang his way through a medley of the holiday classic’s finest musical moments, including “One More Sleep ’til Christmas,” “Marley and Marley,” “Thankful Heart” (his Michael Caine impression is solid), and my personal favorite, “It Feels Like Christmas.” He even brought props, much to the delight of the woman recording the video who’s losing her freaking mind. I do not blame her.
“So. For Parkinson’s UK, Amusical made my Muppets dream come true at their excellent gig. I wasn’t going to post this video, but then I thought, if you watch it and like it, please feel free to donate to Parkinson’s UK as they do excellent work,” the YouTube video description reads. “As for the wonderful night, I have to thank the amazing Dave Cribb for putting the music together, Kiri McLean and Jayde Adams for being hilarious and kicking the roof off and to the house band for keeping up with all sorts of mixed signals, and to Hannah Martin for making sure my sister Tara Goldstein didn’t hurt anybody and to the audience for letting me get away with it. So here it is. The Muppet Christmas Carol in 6 minutes. Thank you very much. Please give generously and Merry Christmas.”
I need to hear Goldstein say “Muppets dream” in his Roy Kent voice.
Anyway, this video was uploaded four years ago, but you can still donate here. Come on, don’t be a Scrooge. And as always, please remember: light the lamp, not the rat.
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