Bernie “Senator Wingman” Sanders, who somehow helped Machine Gun Kelly score points with Megan Fox and lit up the 2016 campaign trail with the crowd’s “Feel The Bern” vibes, has had about enough of two Democrats acting like Democrats In Name only. That’s especially the case when it comes to the Build Back Better legislation that’s been slowly moving through Congress, back and forth, with no consensus in when this thing will happen.
Or if it will happen at all. There are 50 Republicans voting down party lines and 48 Democrats doing the same while Sinema and Manchin are essentially voting Republican. When it comes to the Build Back Better Act’s child tax credit extension, Manchin shut that down, which torpedoed the legislation at least until 2022. Via Mediaite, here’s what a fired-up Sanders said to MSNBC’s Chris Hayes:
“You have 48 people in the Democratic caucus who are prepared, and a president of the United States prepared to think big. And you have two Democrats who, in my view, are kind of acting like Republicans. And to me, I respect other people’s points of view, but I do not respect the arrogance of any member of the senate who says, ‘You know what? I’m going to torpedo this entire bill, supported overwhelmingly by the American people.’
“You’ve got two people saying, “You know what? Hey, if you don’t do it my way – I don’t care what the president wants, I don’t care what 48 of my colleagues want – it’s my way or the highway.’ And that, I regard as arrogance. You can disagree. Look, I have disagreements, as you well know. You fight for your ideas but you don’t say, ‘My way or the highway.’ And that I feel very strongly about.”
Senator Bernie Sanders torches Manchin and Sinema for their “arrogance” and “acting like Republicans”. pic.twitter.com/6AZFIRlfvC
It’s a real mess! Sinema and her Denim Vest have insisted that she’s not going Republican (although she sure thinks Mitch McConnell is hilarious) and Manchin has insisted the same, but they sure won’t budge on the Build Back Better legislation. Now, it won’t see the light of day this year. And who knows what will happen in 2022.
As if being married to Ben Affleck for more than a decade, and his horrible back tattoo for part of that time, wasn’t bad enough, now Jennifer Garner has to suffer the indignation of Affleck discussing the reasons behind the collapse of their marriage. Earlier this week, the Surviving Christmas star chatted with Howard Stern about his a wide range of topics, including his struggles with alcohol, which he basically blamed on his ex-wife. Ick!
While most people who heard Affleck whine about how feeling “trapped” in his marriage was “part of why I started drinking” thought it was a bad look for the two-time Oscar winner, Garner’s friends are even more pissed off—as is Affleck’s former and now once again current partner, Jennifer Lopez. According to Page Six, people who know both Affleck and Garner are pretty disgusted by the casual way in which he blamed his alcohol abuse on his ex-wife, who reportedly staged an intervention anddrove his ass to rehab in 2018—all this when they weren’t even married anymore.
“It’s disgusting,” someone who knows the former couple told Page Six. “Jen has been the only one picking him up time and time again when he’s done horrible things—fallen off the wagon or worse. Jen stood by him because she loves him. This is the mother of his children.”
A second “well-placed source,” who didn’t want to be named, told Page Six that “Anyone who knows addict behavior knows how untrue those comments could be for any addict, but particularly Ben. It’s one of the first tenets of AA not to place blame for your disease.”
Meanwhile, other sources tell Page Six that Lopez—the original ennifer in Bennifer—is reportedly also bothered by Affleck’s comments. “[She] is pissed,” the source said. “She is getting pulled into this because she is dating him. She doesn’t want to be dragged into this.”
Also complicating the matter, writes Page Six, is the fact that Ben and the two Jens plus their kids have all been trying to spend time together. “She has met Jennifer Garner,” the source said. “She is trying to get to know her and Ben’s kids. It’s reckless and cavalier of him.”
While Garner has not addressed the situation publicly, Life & Style is claiming that Garner thought her ex’s comments were a “slap in the face.”
“Jen isn’t particularly happy with Ben’s wording on the subject of why they divorced,” the source said. “He gave an interview saying he felt ‘trapped’ in the marriage, Jen wouldn’t have used that phrase or even opened up publicly like that. It was disrespectful.”
Affleck, meanwhile, is doing damage control. On Wednesday night he appeared on Jimmy Kimmel Live to promote his new movie, the unintentionally ironically titled The Tender Bar, where he claimed that his comments were taken way out of context, saying:
“One of these websites had done the clickbait thing. I looked on it, and they had literally taken the conversation that I had had for two hours and made it seem as if I was saying the exact opposite of what I had said. I had gone on… said how much we respected each other, cared about each other, cared about our kids, put them first. It said that I had blamed my ex-wife for my alcoholism, that I was trapped in this marriage, just made me out to be the worst, most insensitive, stupid, awful guy.”
Yes—yes, it did. Maybe if Affleck were a better actor, more people would buy his defense of the interview.
Sex and the City fans were shocked when, in the very first episode of And Just Like That…, HBO’s new sequel to the beloved series, Chris Noth’s Mr. Big (SPOILER ALERT) died of a heart attack after spending 45 minutes on a Peloton. When a friend of actor/writer/producer/director Zoe Lister-Jones, who had worked with Noth in the past, asked what she thought about Big’s shocking offing, her response boiled down to three words: “F*ck Mr. Big.”
“Last week, my friend asked me how I felt about Mr. Big’s death on And Just Like That, and I said, honestly, I felt relieved. He asked why and I told him it was because I couldn’t separate the actor from the man, and the man is a sexual predator. My friend was alarmed at my word choice. And to be honest, so was I. I hadn’t thought of this man for so many years, and yet there was a virility to my language that came from somewhere deep and buried.”
Lister-Jones, 39, went on to explain that when she was in her twenties she worked at a club in New York City that Noth owned and occasionally visited. During the times that he was onsite, she noted that “he was consistently sexually inappropriate” with one of her co-workers.
That same year, Lister-Jones booked a guest spot on an episode of Law & Order, which just so happened to coincide with Noth’s return to the series after time spent filming Sex and the City. “He was drunk on set,” she wrote. “During my interrogation scene he had a 22 oz. of beer under the table that he would drink in between takes. In one take he got close to me, sniffed my neck, and whispered, ‘You smell good.’ I didn’t say anything. My friend at the club never said anything. It’s so rare that we do.”
Lister-Jones’ accusations came just hours after The Hollywood Reporter published two separate accounts of women coming forward to say they had been assaulted by Noth. The two women, who were identified by the pseudonyms Lily and Zoe (the latter just seems to be a coincidence), do not know each other but both described strikingly similar situations in which they claim to have been sexually violated by Noth.
In both cases, the women described being forcibly assaulted by Noth, with one of them referring to it as a “rape.” Though the events took place nearly a decade apart, one in 2004 the other in 2015, both women were reportedly triggered by recent publicity for And Just Like That. Reading their stories is was what led Lister-Jones to come forward:
“My experiences are small in comparison to the accounts of assault that have so bravely been shared today. But navigating predation at any level is a burden all women have to bear. And for the most part there is no accountability, and no consequence.
Chris Noth capitalized on the fantasy that women believed Mr. Big represented. And those fantasies often create environments where emotional confusion thrives. Perhaps Big’s death is the communal grief we must all face in mourning that fantasy, in releasing that male archetype we as women have been fed through popular culture, and confronting its dark and pervasive underbelly.”
Face masks have been a necessary (and potentially life-saving) part of our lives for nearly two years, but some people are still trying to “own” the system. Florida man Adam Jenne has been banned from flying United Airlines after wearing a red thong as a face covering while boarding a flight this week to protest the mask mandate. “COVID doesn’t know that we’re at cruising altitude. It’s stupid. The whole thing is theater,” the guy said, adding, “Hopefully, Spirit Airlines has a better sense of humor tomorrow.”
The Daily Show host Trevor Noah is not amused by Jenne’s sense of humor. “While we are being reminded about just how serious this pandemic is, there are still some people who are taking it just a little more lightly,” he said before playing a clip of Jenne comparing himself to civil rights icons like Rosa Parks. “Rosa Parks? My man, don’t be so modest! You’re more than Rosa Parks! If anything, you’re the Martin Luther King of white dudes comparing themselves to Black heroes for no reason.”
Noah thinks sometimes conservatives make a good point: “America shouldn’t be teaching the history of racism in schools, because then at least white people wouldn’t know who to compare themselves to after they get kicked off of airplanes for doing dumb sh*t,” he joked. You can watch The Daily Show clip above.
This year’s been another rough one so far, but there’s some excellent news: a ton of quality TV recently surfaced, and there’s more where that came from, especially from Netflix. Front and center this week is a show with an intense fandom that’s been looking forward to the bewigged Henry Cavill making his return as Geralt of Rivia, who’s tasked with hunting all of the monsters on The Continent. The season’s been two years in the making due to you-know-what, but the wait has been worth it. This season will please fans of the last batch of episodes, and it might even brings some new viewers onboard as well because all of those confusing timelines are no more.
Elsewhere, there’s plenty of Christmas related content coming your way, along with a real estate reality show that will make you long for warmer temperatures and a bigger bank account. A renowned Italian filmmaker brings his latest project to the streamer, too, and there’s an adorable movie that follows an ocean creature voiced by Rose Byrne. Who’d have thought that was ever possible? Let’s rally round our TVs and get ready to boot 2021 into oblivion. Let’s also get medieval and start knocking out those overstuffed queues. It’s binge-and-catchup-time, so happy viewing, y’all.
Here’s everything else coming to (and leaving) the streaming platform this week.
The Witcher: Season 2 (Netflix series streaming 12/17)
It’s time to go on a swashbuckling rampage through destiny, and this one is a banger. Geralt of Rivia returns for more monster hunting on The Continent. Ciri and Geralt have finally found each other (in a paternal way), and she’s clearly now in training mode. The show’s got a lot to live up to, given that it defied expectations during its debut, and Henry Cavill has also revealed that his character will somehow be less grumpy this time around. Geralt will talk more, and maybe he’ll tell humble bard Jaskier to shove off again, but he will have to enlist the guy for help, so get ready for another banger in the process. Meanwhile, Yennifer’s out on her own, and not doing so well after the Battle of Sodden, as she’s apparently working her way back toward Geralt’s neck of the woods. Killing Eve‘s Kim Bodnia will portray Vesimir, Geralt’s mentor, and Game Of Thrones‘ Kristofer Hivju will wear highly unflattering prosthetics. Good times!
Academy Award winner Paulo Sorrentino (The Young Pope) returns to HBO with this story of tragedy and unexpected joys, along with how fates intertwine. Sorrentino’s telling this story from his own hometown (Naples), so expect a deeply personal (and of course, beautiful) story, even though ultimately, it’s a story about young Fabietto Schisa and the arrival of a football legend on the scene.
Selling Tampa: Season 1 (Netflix series streaming 12/15)
Florida real estate takes center stage when an all Black, all female real estate firm decides to take charge of the Suncoast. Ambitions will run wild with everyone competing to broker the most lavish waterfront homes of all. Live (vicariously) a little.
Puff: Wonders Of The Reef (Netflix film streaming 12/17)
Rose Byrne narrates this story about a baby puffer fish who lives in a coral reef. This, of course, presents a life of great physical beauty, but it’s also a survival tale, given that he’s tinier than a human fingernail at the beginning of this film. Ultimately, this film brings us into a diverse ecosystem and teaches us about how all species in the vast oceans are somehow interconnected, no matter how different from each other they might seem.
This film revolves around three brothers in three very different relationships, and the twist here is that they’re all competing to be the first to fulfill their mother’s Christmas list. Please let this go off the rails, repeatedly.
A California Christmas: City Lights (Netflix film streaming 12/16)
It wouldn’t be the holiday season without some cheesy holiday movies, and this story revolves around a beautiful couple who runs a dairy farm and winery and loves life. However, they must trek back to the city due to unavoidable circumstances, and that threatens their romance as well.
Here’s a full list of what’s been added in the last week:
Avail. 12/13 Eye in the Sky
Avail. 12/14 The Future Diary
Russell Howard: Lubricant
StarBeam: Beaming in the New Year
Avail. 12/15 Black Ink Crew New York: Seasons 3-4 The Challenge: Season 12 The Challenge: Season 25 Elite Short Stories: Phillipe Caye Felipe
The Giver
The Hand of God
Masha and the Bear: Nursery Rhymes: Season 1 Part 2 Masha and the Bear: Season 5 Selling Tampa
Teen Mom 2: Seasons 3-4
Avail. 12/16 A California Christmas: City Lights
A Naija Christmas
Aggretsuko: Season 4 Darkest Hour
Puff: Wonders of the Reef
Avail. 12/17 Fast & Furious Spy Racers: Season 6: Homecoming The Witcher: Season 2
Avail. 12/18 Bulgasal: Immortal Souls
Oldboy
Avail. 12/19 What Happened in Oslo Avail. 12/12 JAPAN SINKS: People of Hope: Season 1 (episode 9)
And here’s what’s leaving next week, so it’s your last chance:
In case you’re unaware, having the No. 1 song in the UK on the week of Christmas is considered a prestigious honor, so much so that it’s the subject of much speculation and conversation every year. The past few years, those conversations have been dominated by popular UK YouTube personality LadBaby, who has had the top song in each of the past three years thanks to his parody covers with lyrics focused on sausage rolls, a beloved UK dish.
From 2018 to 2020, he topped the charts with, respectively, versions of “We Built This City” by Starship, “I Love Rock ‘n Roll” (re-titled “I Love Sausage Rolls”) by the Arrows (but most famously performed by Joan Jett & The Blackhearts), and “Don’t Stop Believin’” (re-titled “Don’t Stop Me Eatin’”) by Journey.
Now, he’s looking for a four-peat, and he got Ed Sheeran and Elton John to help out and join him on “Sausage Rolls For Everyone,” which is a reworked version of Sheeran and John’s new holiday single “Merry Christmas.” Considering that “Merry Christmas” is the current No. 1 song in the UK and that LadBaby has an established history of holiday success, it wouldn’t be surprising to see “Sausage Rolls For Everyone” hit the top spot come Christmas.
If the track does manage to do that, it will be a historic moment that makes LadBaby the only artist to ever have four consecutive Christmas No. 1s. He’s currently just one of three artists who has done it three years in a row, alongside The Beatles and The Spice Girls.
Speaking with the Daily Star (as Celebretainment notes), Hoyle said the collaboration was Sheeran’s idea. He also noted, “It was a surreal moment when we met Elton, and I was overcome with emotion when he started singing because it’s Sir Elton John. I went, ‘Oh my God, that’s his voice singing about sausage rolls, this is insane!’ It was a real moment. Me and my wife stood there and the whole room went silent. And he did it in one take, unlike me, who had to do it about 40 times. Talking about it just gives me goosebumps.”
The song, by the way, is a charity single, with proceeds going towards British food bank The Trussell Trust.
Watch the “Sausage Rolls For Everyone” video above.
Ed Sheeran is a Warner Music artist. Uproxx is an independent subsidiary of Warner Music Group.
2021 is finally winding down, and on the final episode of the year, Steve and Ian are celebrating with the return of Indiecasties, the semi-annual Indiecast awards show. Who will take home this year’s Indiecasties, widely regarded as the most prestigious award in indie rock? Tune in to this week’s episode to find out! Included in this installment of the Indiecasties are awards for:
“Why Isn’t This On Your List” Award: Consensus Album That is Truly Overrated
Nominees: Lana Del Rey’s Blue Bannisters, Kacey Musgraves’ Star-Crossed, Drake’s Certified Lover Boy, Iceage’s Seek Shelter, Lorde’s Solar Power, and more.
New episodes of Indiecast drop every Friday. Listen to Episode 70 on Spotify below, and subscribe wherever you get your podcasts here. You can submit questions for Steve and Ian at [email protected], and make sure to follow us on Instagram and Twitter for all the latest news. We also recently launched a visualizer for our favorite Indiecast moments. Check those out here.
Lil Durk has collaborated with a number of artists in the music industry, especially since widened his audience last year through well-performing projects and songs with Drake, Lil Baby, and more. He’s worked with both rappers and singers, but tonight marks a new first for him.
For the first time in his career, Durk finds himself in the country lane with quite the controversial artist: Morgan Wallen. Earlier this year, Wallen found himself in heavy controversy after he was caught on video using a racial slur while he was out with friends. Despite that, Wallen and Durk joined forces for their new song “Broadway Girls.”
Knowing what Wallen did earlier this year, one would believe that the song would stir up a bit of controversy, but most of the reactions it received on social media have been warm and in support of it. For what it’s worth, the artists’ demographics don’t have much obvious overlap and some may be unaware of what Wallen did (or unbothered), but in the end, it’s still a questionable collaboration.
Despite this, the song is here and altogether it amounts to a rap and country crossover record focused on women who only pay attention to Wallen and Durk because of their money and status in the music world.
You can view some of the reactions to the song below and press play on the track above.
country and rap listeners rn after Morgan Wallen and Lil Durk dropped Broadway Girls pic.twitter.com/nSqKJmW6rZ
When it comes to rappers in Atlanta, Lil Baby and Future are certainly at the top of the scene. Lil Baby’s success came within the past few years thanks to his success with projects like Harder Than Ever and My Turn as well as collaborations with the likes of Drake, Gunna, Young Thug, and Lil Durk. Future’s success, on the other hand, goes back more than a decade and it’s made him more than worthy of a place on the Mt. Rushmore of Atlanta’s rap scene. With that being said, their respective accomplishments are worth celebrating on their new single with Rvssian.
Rvssian’s new single “M&M” is all about making money and the three rappers’ ability to do it in a short amount of time. “I checked my bank account, it was negative / I checked again, I had me some M&Ms,” Baby raps on the song while Future adds, “In the streets, Pluto bigger than Jigga / Got racks to my ear — Nah, I can’t hear you.”
The new track is the latest in a string of features that Lil Baby has provided in recent weeks. They include work with Roddy Ricch on “Moved To Miami” and upstart rapper Nardo Wick on “Me Or Sum,” which also features Future. On the flip side, “M&M” comes after Future invited Ye on stage to perform with him at Los Angeles’ Rolling Loud.
You can press play on “M&M” in the video above.
Some artists covered here are Warner Music artists. Uproxx is an independent subsidiary of Warner Music Group.
6lack left the music world very impressed after he released his sophomore album East Atlanta Love Letter back in 2018. Less than a year later, he returned with his 6pc Hot EP which was highlighted by collaborations with Ari Lennox and Lil Baby. Since then, however, the Atlanta singer has been extremely quiet, reappearing to the spotlight for select guest appearances. 6lack previously confirmed that he began work on his third album, but before he begins the rollout for that project, he prepares for his big return with a 2-song release.
The songs are right in the pocket of what we expect from 6lack and why he’s become such a beloved artist. The first effort, “Rent Free,” admits to his pride getting in the way of love. While confessing to his faults, 6lack also says that his ex-lover still remains on his mind. “By Any Means,” on the other hand, is a rather short track that shows off the hip-hop side of his artistry through bars that flex his success in music. Altogether, 6lack seems happy to be back, tweeting “i missed y’all” prior to the songs’ release.
Prior to this song, he connected with Pink Sweats on “Midnight River” and Khalid for “Retrograde.” Elsewhere, he collaborated with Isaiah Rashad on “Score,” Spinall and Fireboy DML for a remix of “Sere,” and Melii on “You Ain’t Worth It.” He also earned the highest-charting song of his career thanks to his appearance on Lil Tjay’s “Calling My Phone” which peaked at No. 3 on the Billboard singles chart.
You can listen to “Rent Free” and “By Any Means” in the videos above.
Pink Sweats is a Warner Music artist. Uproxx is an independent subsidiary of Warner Music Group.
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