Notoriously elusive rising rapper Snot is not only known for keeping himself tightly swathed in one of his signature hoodies, but he’s recently proved himself a force to be reckoned with. His 2020 albums Beautiful Havoc and Tragedy paired him up with the likes of Flo Milli, Denzel Curry, and Iann Dior and put him on the map with hits like “Gosha” and “Like Me.” Now, Snot is gearing up to kick off the new year with a new album.
The rapper officially unveiled details around his Ethereal album. In line with the announcement, Snot cleared his entire Instagram feed, leaving room for his Ethereal album cover to speak for itself. The LP is set to drop in mid-February and features a number of collaborations with rappers like ASAP Rocky, Trippie Redd, Lil Yachty, Kevin Abstract, and more.
Check out Snot’s Ethereal album cover and tracklist below.
1. “My World (Intro)”
2. “Doja” Feat. ASAP Rocky
3. “Blue Moon” Feat. Teddi Jones
4. “Go!”
5. “5:00 AM”
6. “Alone” Feat. Trippie Redd
7. “Set” Feat. Lil Yachty
8. “Eye Eye Eye” Feat. Kevin Abstract
9. “Euphoric”
10. “Halle Berry” Feat. Juicy J
11. “How U Feel” Feat. Joey Bada$$
12. “Fighting Me”
13. “Attachment”
14. “Once Upon A Time (Outro)”
Ethereal is out 2/11 via 300 Entertainment. Pre-order it here.
Snot is a Warner Music artist. Uproxx is an independent subsidiary of Warner Music Group.
For the better part of a year, there have been rumors that The Batman will be boasting a seriously long runtime when the Matt Reeves-directed film starring Robert Pattinson hits theaters in March. Well, now, we know the final number, and it’s official: The Batman is long. Clocking in at two hours and 55 minutes, The Batman will be the longest solo Batman movie (Batman V Superman and Justice League don’t count), and the second-longest theatrical superhero movie ever behind Avengers: Endgame, which beats the Pattinson film by a mere six minutes.
The upcoming movie, which flies into theaters on March 4, centers on Bruce Wayne’s earlier days of fighting crime. The film is full of Batman’s rogues gallery, so it is bound to be complex. Paul Dano plays The Riddler, a serial killer pursued by Batman. Zoë Kravitz plays Catwoman and Colin Farrell appears as the Penguin.
There’s bound to be discussion about releasing a movie this long in the middle of a pandemic, particularly after Spider-Man: No Way Home demonstrated that moviegoers will flock to the theaters for massive superhero tentpoles. (In Warner Bros.’ defense, The Batman will start streaming on HBO Max after just 45 days.) However, there has been talk of The Batman being delayed because of the surge in COVID cases. While WarnerMedia CEO Jason Kilar recently told Puck News that the studio feels “good” about the film’s March 4 release date, he did confirm that they are “certainly paying attention to everything going on with Omicron” and “we’re gonna watch it day by day.”
Melody’s Echo Chamber (aka Melody Prochet) established herself as a psychedelic favorite with her 2012 self-titled debut album, but unfortunately, albums have been few and far between since then. She followed it up with 2018’s Bon Voyage and that’s her most recently released album. Thankfully, a new one is on the way, as today, she announced Emotional Eternal, which is set for release on April 29. She also shared a video for “Looking Backward” today, a spacey and groove-driven single.
Press materials describe the album as “a glorious consolidation of the lessons learned along the way, seen through the eyes of someone who has taken a step back, and who can see clearly as a result.” Prochet also says of the new song, “‘Looking Backward’ is a vivid, nonchalant, poetic march to the Unknown. I wrote the lyrics on my way to Stockholm, in transit at the airport, there was a man creating light reflections with his watch and playing with light on the floors and walls. It felt like an act coming from a source of pure creativity, it made me happy to catch it and inspired me to write the song.”
Director Hyoyon Paik also noted of the video, “It was a truly joyful experience to tap into Melody’s world and use my CGI skill to visualize it. This piece demonstrates how artists can utilize digital avatars and CGI to deliver a grander and more immersive narrative in this exciting time, where the digital world and reality are integrated more than ever before.”
Watch the “Looking Backward” video above and find the Emotional Eternal art and tracklist below.
Domino Records
1. “Emotional Eternal”
2. “Looking Backward”
3. “Pyramids In The Clouds”
4. “The Hypnotist”
5. “Personal Message”
6. “Where The Water Clears The Illusion”
7. “A Slow Dawning Of Peace”
8. “Alma_The Voyage”
Emotional Eternal is out 4/29 via Domino. Pre-order it here.
Here’s a fun trivia question to ask your family the next time there’s an interminable lull in the conversation: “Which Oscar winner did Martha Stewart date?” If you guessed “Shrek,” I’m sorry, but that’s incorrect. The correct answer is Anthony Hopkins.
“I dated Sir Anthony Hopkins but broke up with him because I couldn’t stop thinking of him as Hannibal Lecter,” Snoop Dogg’s best friend revealed on The Ellen DeGeneres Show. “I have a big, scary house in Maine that’s way by itself on a hundred acres in a forest and I couldn’t even imagine taking Anthony Hopkins there. I couldn’t because all I could think of was him eating… you know.”
What does Martha have against liver and fava beans? Oh. Right.
Stewart didn’t specify when she dated the actor, but considering she divorced her first husband in 1990 and The Silence of the Lambs came out in 1991, it was probably in the early 1990s. Or maybe it was 1996. Cannibalism was very popular in 1996.
This isn’t the first time that Stewart has discussed her fling with Hopkins. “Oh, I loved [Anthony], but he was… scary. I was going to invite him up to Maine; I have this beautiful home in Maine… but then I reconsidered because I saw that movie again,” she told Howard Stern during a 2006 interview. He replied, “Do you want someone eating your brain while you are sitting in your beautiful dining room in Maine?”
Bob Saget’s wife Kelly Rizzo has spoken about her husband for the first time since his sudden death earlier this month. Rizzo and Saget would have celebrated their three-year wedding anniversary later this year. Rizzo spoke to GMA about her experience since his death on January 9th, just one day after performing on his stand-up tour.
“Everything I’ve been surrounded by has been a reminder of him and a memory of him,” she said. “It’s been very, very sad, but very beautiful.”
“I love you so much and I can’t wait to see you tomorrow,” was the last text Rizzo received from Saget, who was on his way back to his hotel room in Orlando, Florida at the time. “He was happy and just loving what he did. It made him so happy to bring laughter to people,” she said.
Rizzo called attention to Saget’s last Instagram post, a selfie with a heartfelt reflection on what would ultimately be his last show: “I’m back in comedy like I was when I was 26. I guess I’m finding my new voice and loving every moment of it.”
“He just wanted to spread love and laughter and he did it so amazingly.” Rizzo continued, “I am just so proud of him because he truly brought people together. I was just so honored to be his wife and to be a part of it.”
Rizzo also spoke to The Today Show this morning, “Anyone he met and even spent any time with at all, he told them he loved them endlessly and tirelessly. And that was his entire message. If you knew Bob, and he loved you, you knew it. There was never, ever a doubt in your mind.”
Many of Saget’s peers and friends have spoken about the late comedian, including Jimmy Kimmel, and the cast of Saget’s hit comedy Full House. His impact clearly reaches far and wide.
Watch Rizzo’s moving interview with Hoda Kotb below.
Since 1970, the New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival has been a diverse reflection of music and culture in America. With over a dozen stages showcasing artists, chefs, and thinkers alike, the music and arts festival takes over the heart of New Orleans every year. Trouble is, it’s been a few years since the festival has been able to operate as both the 2020 and 2021 editions were cancelled because of conditions surrounding the COVID-19 pandemic. But if there’s anything that New Orleans has proven over time, it’s that the spirit of the city can endure anything and she’ll be ready to host the newly announced monster slate of artists for the 2022 edition, from April 29th to May 8th.
Taking place across two weekends, the primary headliners include The Who, Stevie Nicks, Foo Fighters, Jimmy Buffet, Luke Combs, Lionel Richie, Erykah Badu, The Black Crowes, and Willie Nelson. And that just really scratches the surface of the literally hundreds of acts appearing at the fest this year. There’s a bevy of NOLA staples on the roster like Trombone Shorty & Orleans Avenue, Big Freedia, The Revivalists, Preservation Hall Jazz Band, Tank & The Bangas, and The Dirty Dozen Brass Band. But there’s also notable acts from across the spectrum like Death Cab For Cutie, Norah Jones, Jason Isbell & 400 Unit, Ziggy Marley playing the songs of Bob Marley, and Kool & The Gang.
Big news in the candy world today. As part of a new campaign to ensure that the M&M characters represent the world around them, Mars has announced that the colorful characters, who appear in TV commercials and movie theater advertisements, will now have a “more dynamic, progressive” look that focuses on their personalities instead of their gender and appearances. (Read: they’re done trying to make everyone horny with the green one.)
The most notable changes include the green M&M’s redesign, which will exchange the white heeled go-go boots she was given in 1997 for “cool, laid-back sneakers to reflect her effortless confidence.” Mars had received criticism for the green M&M’s sexy characterization. The green M&M will also be “better represented to reflect confidence and empowerment, as a strong female, and known for much more than her boots.”
In addition to de-sexualizing a chocolate candy cartoon, Mars will also highlight the orange M&M’s mental health struggles, and yes, you’re reading all of this right. This is actually happening:
The orange M&M, who has an anxious personality, will “embrace his true self, worries and all.” But the orange M&M’s shoe laces will now be tied to represent his cautious nature. According to Mars, the orange M&M is “one of the most relatable characters with Gen-Z,” which is the “most anxious generation.”
Needless to say, the internet had lots of thoughts about a candy company coming right out and saying, “Hey, could you guys please not want to have sex with the green one? Seriously.”
You can see some of the reactions below:
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Garrison Brothers is one of the most beloved and lauded craft distilleries in the U.S., and when you taste their juice it becomes really easy to understand why. Even their entry-level Small Batch Bourbon is pretty damn stellar, all things considered, and their more aged expressions are truly special.
We’re certainly not alone in thinking that Master Distiller Donnis Todd makes some serious magic happen down in Hye, Texas. So today we decided to rank all seven of their core bourbon offerings.
What makes this whiskey truly unique is that Todd isn’t “restricted by hundreds of years of bourbon heritage,” as he puts it. That means he can push the boundaries of bourbon from fermentation all the way to barreling and finishing to find only the best for us to drink. Beyond that, Texas is proving to be a great place to make whiskey, in general. There’s something about the terroir, the hot Texas sun, and the attitude of the folks working down there that seems to add an extra “wow” factor (especially when so much of what we know about bourbon is defined by Kentucky).
For this ranking, I’m going off of taste alone. I’ve been lucky enough to get to try all of these bourbon whiskeys over the last few months and again just last week. And, wow, these are some great bottles. Just for clarity, this is a ranking of their bourbons (I’ll cover their rye another time). Let’s get right into it!
Garrison Brothers is a true grain-to-glass experience from Hye, Texas. The juice is a wheated bourbon made with local, Texas grains. That spirit is then aged under the beating heat of a hot Texas sun before the barrels are small-batched (with only 55 barrels per batch), proofed with local water, and bottled.
Tasting Notes:
There’s a caramel apple note on the nose next to a bit of dry straw, worn leather, and … what feels like Cinnamon Toast Crunch. That cereal nature continues through the palate with a sugary and buttery shortbread note mingling with hints of vanilla cake frosted with lemon cream leading to a touch of orange oils. The end is very long and warm with a bit of cinnamon that ultimately leads back to the caramel apples plus just a touch of dry campfire smoke at the very end.
Bottom Line:
This is a great entry into the brand. It’s so accessible, sippable, and just … nice. In any other list, this would rank way higher, especially for a “small batch” bourbon. I really dig this on the rocks or neat, but it makes a killer cocktail.
This single barrel expression is all about highlighting the craft distillery’s grain-to-glass process. The juice is made from a mash of 74 percent local white corn, 15 percent estate-grown soft red winter wheat, and eleven percent Canadian malted barley. That spirit is then rested for three to five years, or until the barrel is just right to be proofed and bottled with no other fussing whatsoever.
Tasting Notes:
There are going to be clear notes of cedar, cherry, old leather, vanilla, caramel corn, and sour apples on the nose. The palate should edge towards that sweet cherry with a counterpoint of dry cedar next to Red Hots, angel food cake, more apple, and a touch of spicy tobacco leaf. The end is long and warming with spicy cinnamon, white sugar cubes, and a cedar box full of tobacco.
Bottom Line:
This is an “Ah-Ha!” bourbon. Everything comes together in balance on the palate and makes total sense. It’s great on the rocks or neat. Though, if you’re not afraid of mixing up a Manhattan, you’ll be in for a real treat.
This is technically a “flavored” whiskey but it’s nothing like any other flavored bourbon you’ve ever had. This is Garrison’s Small Batch Bourbon that’s then infused with Burleson’s Texas Wildflower Honey. That means that the bourbon was transferred to a steel tank for storage. In the meantime, those empty barrels were rebuilt into smaller wooden cubes and dipped into the honey until they were completely honey-laden. Those cubes were then put into the steel vats of bourbon to infuse the juice over seven long months.
Tasting Notes:
The nose opens with clear bourbon notes that worn leather, dry straw, and apple next to elderflower, ripe peaches and apricots, and a touch of raw honey. That honey note creates a bridge to the palate which is full of wildflowers, orange oils, cinnamon buns with a little pecan, and a final honey drizzle that’s almost creamy. The finish is a balance between the rich honey vibes and the clear sense of bourbon with cinnamon spice, dry pecans, and orange oils all slowly soaking into a pot full of honey.
Bottom Line:
What blows my mind is that the honey isn’t the star of the show. The really feels like the perfect balance of bourbon and honey that’s still 100 percent a whiskey and not a honey liqueur that’s cut with some bourbon. This is great any way you want to drink it. That being said, try it in a whiskey sour.
This limited edition release from last year. The whiskey is an eight-year-old bourbon (Garrison’s oldest release so far) that finished in rare French Limousin oak casks. After just under three years in small, 25-gallon new oak barrels, the whiskey was transferred to eight custom barrels and left to rest until 2021.
Tasting Notes:
Rich vanilla comes through on the nose, kind of like a Dr. Brown’s Cream Soda, with a hint of sassafras, hazelnuts in white chocolate, and almost chalky milk chocolate next to saltwater taffy wax paper wrappers. The palate luxuriates in that hazelnut and white chocolate as the vanilla becomes super creamy with notes of toasted coconut blending with that milk chocolate and more hazelnut for a bespoke Almond Joy vibe with a hint of warmth underneath it all. The finish is smooth AF with that vanilla cream and white chocolate combining for a soft landing.
Bottom Line:
This is the perfect dessert bourbon. It’s so soft, sweet, and bold. While you can pair this with a dessert (something like a poppy seed, marzipan, hazelnut crumble), you can also just drink that as your dessert dram and be 100 percent happy.
Cowboy Bourbon has become Garrison Brother’s signature bottle of whiskey. The juice from Texas is from barrels that are hand-selected for their depth and deliciousness and then aged for a few more years before being small-batched. The whiskey is then bottled as-is — with no filtering or cutting — leaving you with the purest essence of what great Texas bourbon can be in every single sip.
Tasting Notes:
There’s a rush of very sharp cinnamon sticks next to a pile of wet cedar shingles and an almost Chinese hot mustard spice and miso edge that’s as baffling as it is enticing. That spicy/umami nose makes you want to dive into this sip. Once you do, you’re greeted with an apple pie overflowing with walnuts, spices, and syrupy brown sugar encased in a flaky lard pie crust as spicy plum puddings sit next to more cedar and a throughline of caramel. The end turns to velvet as a vanilla tobacco vibe arrives to calm everything down and numb your tongue with a buzz.
Bottom Line:
This is so goddamn tasty. The only reason it’s not number one or tied for it is that it’s a little hot. This is best poured over a rock or two to let it both bloom but while calming it down a touch so it’s not quite as much of a punch in the face. Or maybe that’s what you’re looking for. We’re not here to judge!
This whiskey is hewn from 90 30-gallon barrels of four-year-old bourbon that were transferred into 26 59-gallon Tawny Port casks for a final maturation of nearly two years. That juice was then bottled as-is after a touch of water was added.
Tasting Notes:
The nose on this bursts with raspberry, blackberry, redcurrant, and blueberry all stewed with plenty of holiday spices and folded into a cobbler topped with dense buttery buttermilk biscuits. The palate leans into the spice with a focus on clove, nutmeg, and a very small whisper of anise as the berry turns more towards a fresh strawberry with dark chocolate-covered espresso beans chiming in on the mid-palate. That chocolate-bitter vibe drives towards a finish full of cinnamon-spiked dark chocolate tobacco leaves, stewed plums, and a dollop of floral honey.
Bottom Line:
This is just f*cking delicious. There’s nothing else to really say.
This much-lauded Texas bourbon is the highwater mark of what great whiskey from Texas can be. The juice is aged in Ozark oak for four years and then finished in oak from Minnesota for another year, all under that blazing West Texas sunshine. The bourbon is then small-batched, proofed with Texas spring water, and bottled at a healthy 115 proof.
Tasting Notes:
You’re greeted with a real sense of a corn-syrup-laced pecan pie next to hazelnut bespeckled cinnamon rolls and creamy milk chocolate with a hint of vanilla tobacco lurking in the background. That chocolate drives the taste towards a mint-chocolate ice cream vibe (heavy on the chocolate part) with small dashes of holiday spices, hard toffee candies, worn leather, and a flourish of cedar boxes full of more dried tobacco leaves. The end circles back around to all that sweet and chocolatey creaminess with a final slice of perfect pecan pie on a slow fade.
Bottom Line:
It might feel like a cop-out having a tie. But these last two are just too good to pick between, sorry. This whiskey feels like the culmination of everything that’s great about Garrison Brothers. It’s just delicious from top to bottom and amazing neat or on the rocks.
For celebrities, getting recognized by fans in the street is a common occurrence (unless you’re Tony Hawk and people only sort of recognize you). There are also instances that celebrities get confused with other celebrities, like the time ESPN got dragged for confusing Future and 2Chainz on Instagram. But Rage Against The Machine’s Tom Morello has perhaps the best story about mistaken celebrity identity and it involves a bus tour and the 2010s MTV show Jersey Shore.
Morello shared the hilarious story on Twitter. A few days ago, the musician was on a hike when a Hollywood tour van stopped him. Apparently, the driver thought he was a member of the Jersey Shore cast. Instead of clarifying that he is actually a Grammy Award-winning musician and not a meme-worthy reality TV star, Morello decided to play along with the entire ordeal. He even let the people on the tour take pictures of him.
“I was hiking today when one of those ‘Hollywood Tours Of The Stars Homes’ vans pulled up,” Morello said on Twitter. “The driver says on the bullhorn ‘Hey I recognize you from somewhere! Are you one of those Jersey Shore guys??’ I reply, ‘Absolutely.’ And everyone in the van took a photo.”
I was hiking today when one of those “Hollywood Tours Of The Stars Homes” vans pulled up. The driver says on the bullhorn “Hey I recognize you from somewhere! Are you one of those Jersey Shore guys??” I reply, “Absolutely.” And everyone in the van took a photo.
After starring in one of 2021’s best movies (The Lost Daughter), Dakota Johnson has two more promising features premiering at this year’s virtual Sundance Film Festival. Cha Cha Real Smooth follows a direction-less college graduate working as a bar mitzvah party starter (Cooper Raiff) who befriends a young mother (Johnson) and her autistic daughter, while Am I OK? stars Johnson as a 30-something who comes out, and how that effects her relationship with her best friend (Sonoya Mizuno).
Am I OK? is the directorial debut from comedian Tig Notaro and her wife, Stephanie Allynne (the extremely good One Mississippi), with a screenplay written by The Ellen DeGeneres Show head writer Lauren Pomerantz. How did Johnson end up starring in a movie penned by someone close to her nemesis? Well, it involves Coldplay.
Notaro first met Johnson after Johnson’s boyfriend, Coldplay’s Chris Martin, emailed out of the blue to ask if Notaro could perform stand-up at Johnson’s 30th birthday party. The two hit it off and stayed in touch, with Notaro reaching out as she and Allynne were looking to cast their debut feature as co-directors.
Notaro told the Los Angeles Times that Johnson, who’s also listed as a producer on Am I OK?, is somebody who “knows what she’s doing, and she knows what she wants to do. There’s no confusion there. There’s so many people that take on producer roles that are silently sitting by, and that’s just not the case with her.”
Chris Martin, for introducing Tig to Dakota Johnson, you are almost forgiven for “Fix You.” Almost.
Cha Cha Real Smooth premieres at Sundance on January 23, while Am I OK? debuts on the 24th. You can find more information about both films here.
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