Month: May 2022

Florence Pugh is denying rumors that she’s dating Will Poulter after photos of the two actors on a beach in Ibiza were published by the Daily Mail. While the two are both recent additions to the Marvel Cinematic Universe, Pugh wants to make it clear that they are not additions to one another’s love lives.

In a new post shared on her Instagram Stories, Pugh sets the record straight that she and Poulter are not dating, which the Daily Mail did not insinuate in writing. In fact, it stated that Pugh is still dating Zach Braff. However, what the Mail allegedly did do is run deceptively edited photos, which Pugh called out in her Instagram Stories by showing the original shots and highlighting the discrepancies.

Via FilmDaze on Twitter:

Ooookay. Man. This is getting a little silly now. No, Will Poulter and I are not dating. We went to the beach with our friends, who are always about half a metre away from us in every picture, but have been cleverly cut out/framed out so that it looks otherwise. You can LITERALLY see my best friend in the corner of so many shots and Archie’s arms at the sides.

I understand that the nature of this job is that you sometimes get your privacy bulldozed by paprazzi, but to fabricate this stuff actually does more damage than good. Thanks for saying we look sexy.. doesn’t mean we’re doing the sexy.

Pugh ended her statement by saying anyone who speculates about her relationship at Braff’s expense is engaged in “bullying.”

“On another note, a very important note. There’s no need to drag people through this,” Pugh wrote. “Regardless of your opinion on who I should or shouldn’t be with, at the end of the day if you’re complimenting someone by trolling another person.. you’re just bullying. There’s literally no need to be horrible online- no need.”

(Via Florence Pugh on Instagram)

Fox News host Tucker Carlson’s been busy as usual lately. He’s been theatrically backpedalling on “replacement theory,” claiming not to know what it is despite discussing it for quite some time. His pants are apparently now also on fire after catching wind of what former Fox News reporter Carl Cameron really thinks about him, and yup, he might be a little bit distracted. Too distracted, perhaps, to notice that his Twitter account’s bio may have been rewritten without his knowledge.

Has Tucker Carlson been hacked? Thor Benson, a writer for The Daily Beast and The Atlantic, asked this question while noticing that Tucker’s Twitter bio now claims that he’s “Fully Vaccinated” and identifies as binary while preferring the “They/Theirs” pronouns.

Now, Tucker has made it pretty clear that he’s not vaccinated against Covid and doesn’t intend to change that status. As for the pronouns, well, he’s either messing with people, or someone’s messing with they/theirs. But good for Tucker, maybe? Who knows, but as journalist Aaron Rupar pointed out, the “bio suddenly reflects inclusion and human empathy, therefore he must’ve been hacked.”

Heroes and capes comin’ at ya from the WUTangKids account.

From there, the jokes were almost too easy. “Tucker Carlson comes out as non-binary (2022)” is surely not happening, but people are sure having fun with this.

Of course, there will be naysayers. Newsmax correspondent Alex Salvi claims that Tucker’s bio’s been like this for a few weeks, although that still doesn’t explain the “why” of the situation.

Perhaps Tucker will weigh in tonight on the air. Oh boy.

The internet is all Baby Yoda this and Baby Yoda that, but where’s the love for Baby Colin Robinson from What We Do in the Shadows? I mean, sure, maybe he didn’t have the cutest introduction after blasting out of adult Colin Robinson’s corpse, and he looks creepy with an adult’s face on a baby’s body. But energy vampire tykes need love, too. In season four of the terrific vampire comedy, that love (?) will be provided by Laszlo.

FX shared the plot summary for the upcoming season of What We Do in the Shadows with Bloody Disgusting, and it confirms that Baby Colin Robinson will be back. “Laszlo struggles with the question of nature versus nurture as he tries raising Baby Colin to be anything other than an energy vampire,” it reads. “And even Guillermo finds himself on a powerful emotional track that touches on his love for his family, and for others.”

Also, Nadja will open “the hottest vampire nightclub in the Tri-State Area,” while “Nandor’s eternal search for love finally yields results.” I hope whoever it is loves Nandor as much as Nandor loves yelling “bazinga!” Here’s more:

With such terrifying locations as the secret supernatural Night Market, the Jersey Pine Barrens, and a wedding altar, and with more strange beasts, surprising guest stars, and tap dancing than ever, season four of What We Do in the Shadows continues to make the case for blood and comedy. And this time with just a touch of home renovation.

If it turns out that Baby Colin is the Jersey Devil, I will not be surprised. Delighted, but not surprised. What We Do in the Shadows returns to FX on July 12.

(Via Bloody Disgusting)

The Golden State Warriors took a 3-0 series lead on the Dallas Mavericks on Sunday night with a dominant performance on the road, effectively snuffing out the Mavs’ hopes of reaching the NBA Finals.

The NBA has never seen a team come back from a 3-0 deficit to win a series, as teams to win the first three games of a seven-game series are a perfect 146-0. The Warriors do, of course, hold the unfortunate distinction of being the only team to lose an NBA Finals after going up 3-1, but this is just not a hill anyone has ever successfully climbed and few would expect the Mavs to be the team to do it.

However, there is at least one person with an upsetting amount of confidence in Dallas to comeback from 3-0 down, as a bettor at Caesars Sportsbook has laid down $50,000 on the Mavs +3000 to win the series.

Listen, in a situation where teams are 0-146 all-time, 30-1 odds are not good enough to make this bet worthwhile at any amount, much less $50,000. I would assume this person also has a heavy investment in the Warriors to win the West from earlier this season and is taking a chance to hedge but even so, this feels incredibly dumb.

We here at Dime don’t like to see people light money on fire, so we have come up with an incomplete list of things you could do that would be a better use of $50,000.

• Donate it to an organization that helps people
• Buy two base model Honda Civics
• Put a down payment on a new house
• Buy 50,000 spicy potato tacos from Taco Bell
• Pay for the Mavs bench to stand up and celebrate for an entire game
• Put one (1) tank of gas in each of your new Civics
• Bet it all on black
• Bet it all on red
• Play (at least) five hands of blackjack with Charles Barkley
• Take the entire Mavs team to an all-inclusive resort in Cancun after they are eliminated
• Buy 50 Rex Grossman Cameo videos for Bears/Gators fans in your life
• Buy Seth Green’s stolen NFT apes
• Invest in literally anything other than ape pictures that are easily stolen via phishing scams
• Help your favorite school sign a 3-star linebacker
• Pay someone to be your personal assistant and tell you not to bet on stuff like this

This is just a start, but we are happy to work with you to come up with even more things to do with $50,000.

Last year, Taylor Swift set a major record, when Red (Taylor’s Version) sold 114,000 copies on vinyl in the week ending November 18, 2021. That was the biggest vinyl sales week for an album since Luminate (formerly MRC Data) began tracking sales in 1991. Now, though, there’s a new record-holder, as Billboard reports Harry Styles’ new album Harry’s House has eclipsed 146,000 copies in the US in its opening week.

Especially noteworthy is the fact that Harry’s House only just came out a few days ago, on May 20: The album claimed the record in just three days of sales (through May 22) and it will presumably add to its total over the next few days.

Next week will be when the new No. 1 album on the Billboard 200 chart is revealed, but this achievement is a forceful indication that Harry’s House will indeed debut on top. If it does manage to dethrone Kendrick Lamar’s Mr. Morale & The Big Steppers and take the top spot, it’ll be Styles’ third consecutive No. 1 album in the US and also his third to debut in the peak position.

Elsewhere, the past few days have been up and down for Styles: Mick Jagger took some shots at him and Styles is fresh off delivering a rocking Wet Leg cover.

David Letterman’s Netflix show, My Next Guest Needs No Introduction, premiered its fourth season last Friday, tapping musical guests Cardi B and Billie Eilish, actors Ryan Reynolds and Julia Louis-Dreyfus, and NBA star Kevin Durant for in-depth conversations and hilarious shenanigans. One guest who straddles the line between actor, musician, and even athlete is Will Smith (y’all saw that episode of Fresh Prince Of Bel-Air where Will is his school’s basketball star), who discusses the audition for his game-changing sitcom, going to therapy, and his rap origins.

Emerging in the late ’80s as one-half of the often-comedic rap duo DJ Jazzy Jeff And The Fresh Prince, Smith rose to stardom behind such wholesome hits as “A Nightmare On My Street.” However, as rap had begun to take a turn into harder-edged fare, the Grammy winners were often ridiculed for being “soft,” something that Smith has admitted in the past weighed on him. When Dave asks whether Will and Jeff felt any pressure to change lanes, Will offers that while he didn’t feel any pressure to change, he disliked that characterization.

“I hated that, being called soft,” he says. “The origin of my style and why I pursued it in that way [is] when I was about 12, my grandmother, she found my first rap book… I couldn’t even curse well. It was like, ‘Shit ass damn/Will, you the man.’ Not even good cursing. My grandmother found my rap book and wrote a letter in [the] front of my book and said, ‘Dear Willard, truly intelligent people do not have to use words like these to express themselves. Please show the world that you’re as smart as we think you are. Love, Gigi.’ And that was the reason I never cursed in any of my records.”

You can check out the full episode here.

As Donald Trump maintains his threat to run for president again in 2024, he has yet to back down from his false claim that Joe Biden stole the 2020 election. It was the impetus for his meltdown in the middle of an otherwise friendly interview with Piers Morgan, and it’s a ledge that Trump is refusing to back away from even as conservative voices plead with him to knock it off.

One such voice is Fox Business host Stuart Varney, who conducted a phone interview with Trump on Tuesday morning where he tried to convince the former president that voters are tired of hearing his Big Lie. To the surprise of no one, Trump refused to listen to reason. Instead, he argued that everyone should really “study” the 2020 election and make sure it doesn’t “happen again.” Via Mediaite:

VARNEY: I’m getting the sense that the voters just don’t want to go back to a chaotic situation or a toxic situation or a really — you know, a negative situation. They want to be positive. They want to look forward to the future and be positive.

TRUMP: Well, I understand that, Stuart. So, somebody robs the jewelry store of all the jewelry, you should just let them be alone, right? Just say, OK, he got away with it. You know, I just — I disagree with that. And a lot of people in the party disagree with that, Stuart.

Varney’s attempt to talk Trump out of pushing his Big Lie arrived on the same morning that Kellyanne Conway stopped by The View and point-blank said that Joe Biden won the election. However, while she still wishes Trump won, she understands that he’s been pumped up by advisors who lied to him that he’d win in a “landslide” and never prepared him for the possibility that he could lose. Clearly, they pumped Trump up a little too much because it’s over a year later, and he’s still refusing to let the whole thing go despite mountains of evidence and legal rulings proving that Biden won.

(Via Mediaite)

After suffering a relapse, Aerosmith’s Steven Tyler has voluntarily entered rehab and the band announced via their social media that they have to cancel their June and July Las Vegas residency tour dates. Tyler — who has struggled with maintaining his sobriety in the past — relapsed after taking pain medication following a foot surgery. An incredibly physical performer, the surgery was done in preparation for the stage in 2022, which included the residency at Dolby Live in Vegas.

This is a heartbreaking reminder that the battle with addiction is a never-ending one. Meanwhile, Aerosmith says the plan is to pick up the live dates again in September. All tickets will be refunded for the June and July dates. You can read the full statement from the band below.

As many of you know, our beloved brother Steven has worked on his sobriety for many years. After foot surgery to prepare for the stage and the necessity of pain management during the process, he has recently relapsed and voluntarily entered a treatment program to concentrate on his health and recovery.

We are truly sorry to inform our fans and friends that we must cancel our first set of Las Vegas Residency dates this June and July while he focuses on his well-being.

We will continue our 2022 dates starting in September, and we’ll let you know any further updates as soon as we can. We are devastated that we have inconvenienced so many of you, especially our most loyal fans who often travel great distances to experience our shows.

Thank you for your understanding and for your support for Steven during this time.

If you purchased your tickets via Ticketmaster, you will be refunded and will receive an email shortly with details, otherwise please contact your point of purchase for information on refunds.

Days away from the release of her full-length debut album, Baby, We’re Ascending, Haai has released a new track called “Human Sound.” On “Human Sound,” which features vocals from Kai-Isaiah Jamal and Obi Franky, Jamal recites a poem containing themes of social justice and equality, while Franky delivers soothing, transcendental vocals over Haai’s ambiently constructed beat.

Her tour kicks off today in London, and she plans to play several sets internationally this summer, as well as a slew of festival dates.

Check out “Human Sound” above and the Baby, We’re Ascending tour dates, cover art and tracklist below.

05/24 – London, England @ Corsica Studios (LIVE)
05/27 – Miami, Florida @ Floyd @ Space
05/28 – Brooklyn, NY @ Elsewhere (Roof)
05/29 – Philadelphia, PA @ Making Time @ Warehouse On Watts
05/30 – Detroit, MI @ Movement Festival
06/02 – Bristol, England @ Love Saves The Day
07/03 – Malta @ Annie Mac Presents Lost & Found
07/04 – Glasgow, Scotland @ Riverside Festival
06/06 – Ibiza, Spain @ Circoloco @ DC10
06/09 – Barcelona, Spain @ Primavera Sound
06/11 – Amsterdam, Netherlands @ Parallel
06/11 – Manchester, England @ Parklife Festival
07/12 – Wicklow, Ireland @ Beyond The Pale Festival
07/25 – Somerset, England @ Glastonbury Festival
07/02 – Herefordshire, England @ El Dorado Festival
07/03 – Breda, Netherlands @ Ploegendienst Festival
07/04 – Ibiza, Spain @ Cova Santa
07/06 – Pag, Croatia @ Hideout Festival
07/09 – Bedfordshire, England @ Lost In A Moment
07/14 – Tisno, Croatia @ Love International
07/17 – Lancashire, England @ Beat Herder Festival
07/24 – Cheshire, England @ Blue Dot Festival
08/31 – Ibiza, Spain @ Pacha
08/06 – Bruck an der Leitha, Austria @ Paradise Garden
08/12 – Cornwall, England @ Boardmasters Festival
08/15 – Malta @ Glitch Festival
08/17 – Paredes De Coura, Portugal @ Festival Paredes De Coura
08/19 – Hasselt, Belgium @ Pukkelpop Festival
08/20 – London, England @ Field Day
08/21 – Charleville-Mézières, France @ Cabaret Vert
08/22 – Ibiza, Spain @ Circoloco @ DC10
08/27 – Lincoln, England @ Lost Village
09/04 – Ibiza, Spain @ Pikes
09/07 – Vlorë, Albania @ ION Festival
09/10 – Paris, France @ Peacock Festival
10/03 – Ibiza, Spain @ Circoloco @ DC10

1. “Channels”
2. “Pigeon Barron”
3. “Bodies Of Water”
4. “Human Sound” Feat. Kai-Isaiah Jamal and Obi Franky
5. “Louder Always Better”
6. “Biggest Mood Ever” Feat. Alexis Taylor
7. “AM”
8. “FM”
9. “I’ve Been Thinking A Lot Lately”
10. “Purple Jelly Disc” Feat. Obi Franky
11. “Baby, We’re Ascending” Feat. Jon Hopkins
12. “Orca”
13. “Tardigrade”

Baby, We’re Ascending is out 5/27 via Mute Artists. Pre-save it here.

Uproxx’s How I Blew Up is back with veteran Atlanta trap producer Sonny Digital. Breaking down how he went from selling beats for just $300 to helping redefine the sound of Southern hip-hop, Sonny fondly recalls learning to make beats on his older brother’s beat machine and later downloading FL Studio. He also recounts his influences, including proto-trap mainstays like Drumma Boy and Shawty Redd, who were responsible for hits for the likes of Gucci Mane and T.I.

Sonny’s first beat to blow up was the scintillating production for YC’s 2011 song “Racks,” which also featured a then-emerging Future. “None of us were really as big as we were gonna be,” he admits. “It wasn’t really a big song to me. It turned into a big song… I sold the beat to them for $300 because I just looked at it like how I was handling business at the time.”

That’s right, the song that began Future’s rise to being one of hip-hop’s biggest stars only cost $300 — and Sonny had no idea how the business worked back then. In time, though, he became one of the most in-demand producers in Atlanta, and now has a half-dozen platinum records to his name, including hits with 2 Chainz, 21 Savage, Future, and Travis Scott.

You can watch the full episode of How I Blew Up above.