Earlier this year, Lana Del Rey joined the growing list of artists who have recently dealt with stalking and trespassing incidents around their homes, which includes DaBaby, Taylor Swift, and Drake. As for Lana Del Rey, she’s dealt with multiple incidents involving the same stalker, and as a result, she was recently awarded a temporary restraining order against them. According to TMZ, a judge gave Del Rey the order and set a hearing for next month to revisit the issue. The temporary restraining order states that the alleged stalker, a man named Eric Everardo, must stay at least 100 yards away from Del Rey and her sister.
The first incident between Del Rey and Everardo dates back to February of this year when the man visited the singer’s home without permission. It was here that Everardo allegedly stole one of Del Rey’s vehicles — a Jaguar — which he was later criminally charged for. More recently, Del Rey says Everardo came back to her home earlier this month and left a bag with a disturbing letter inside it. The note relayed his desire to see her again. Everardo is also accused of texting Del Rey’s sister on multiple occasions between February and this month which explains why the singer’s sister was included in the restraining order. It is unclear how Everardo obtained Del Rey’s sister’s number.
In more positive news, Lana Del Rey’s manager recently confirmed that she has a new album “coming soon.”
If ever there were a man gullible enough to sign a billion-year contract in exchange for a dead sci-fi writer’s demented idea of power, it would probably be Tucker Carlson. And on Monday night, he looked to be about one step closer toward embracing Scientology when he traveled all the way back to 2005 to replay Tom Cruise’s infamous rant against psychiatry and antidepressants while being interviewed by infamous creep Matt Lauer on the typically lighthearted Today show.
Carlson conceded that the reaction to Cruise’s appearance, in which the actor—who, by the way, is not a doctor—stated that “there is no such thing as a chemical imbalance” and that SSRIs (selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors), which are typically used to treat depression and anxiety, “are very dangerous… mind-altering antipsychotic drugs” was an immediate backlash. “Everyone in the media agreed, ‘Tom Cruise is crazy! He is in cult! Shut up!’ A lot of people thought that,” Carlson said. “We may even have thought that.”
But now, as Mediaite reports, Carlson thinks that Cruise—who was spouting various talking points of Scientology’s anti-psychiatry stance—may have been on to something. He went on to cite a few studies that “made Tom Cruise look a little less crazy.” (Note his empathetic use of the word “crazy” while attempting to reaffirm the actor’s position that “chemical imbalance” is just something big pharma made up to market antidepressants.)
According to the Fox News host’s research, birth defects, violent crime, and post-SSRI sexual dysfunction are all possible side effects of taking antidepressants and similar medications. And it’s that last one that seems to be most concerning to him: “If it steals your sex drive, maybe it’s stealing your soul?” Or even your thetan?
You can watch Tucker’s full rant over on Mediaite here.
Sometimes the best new R&B can be hard to find, but there are plenty of great rhythm-and-blues tunes to get into if you have the time to sift through the hundreds of newly released songs every week. So that R&B heads can focus on listening to what they really love in its true form, we’ll be offering a digest of the best new R&B songs that fans of the genre should hear every Friday.
Here are some more on the new music front that you should check out:
Xavier Omar — Blurr
Xavier Omar’s last project came in 2020 with If You Feel. With help from Masego, Mereba, and others, the project grew to be one of the more memorable releases in the R&B world. Two years later and Omar is back in action with his new EP Blurr. It’s a six-track effort composed of five songs and one skit with appearances from Kyle Dion and Pat Junior.
India Shawn — Before We Go (Deeper)
India Shawn’sBefore We Go project was a sharp body of work from the Los Angeles singer as it stood as her first project since 2015’s Outer Limits. Seven months after the release of Before We Go, Shawn returns with its deluxe reissue, Before We Go (Deeper). Seven songs and features from Ambre, Cory Henry, and Kaye Fox are now found on the project.
Kyle Dion — “Dance For Me”
Kyle Dion’s focus was to have fun on his third album Sassy and that’s exactly what he did on the 2021 project. Well, with its first anniversary not too far away, Dion is ready to have the fun continue with an upcoming deluxe reissue. After “Hazy” and “Spoon & Bang,” Dion adds “Dance For Me” to the list of great samples from the upcoming deluxe.
Savannah Re — “About U”
Finally, after a wait that’s lasted almost two years, Toronto singer Savannah Re is ready to begin the journey towards her upcoming second project. She kicks things off with “About U,” which presents her fight to end an unrequited love. Savannah sees the true value in their growing relationship, and all she wants is that her partner view it the same way.
Ruger — The Second Wave (Deluxe)
At the end of 2021, Nigerian afrobeats singer Ruger released The Second Wave with just four songs attached to it. After earning himself some more attention, he returns with a deluxe take of the project with four additional tracks. “Girlfriend” proves to be the fan-favorite while “WeWe” showcases his impressive versatlity.
Rory, Raahiim & Shantel May — “Not Me”
Rory Farrell — yes, that Rory, like the one from the Rory & Mal Podcast — is releasing a project soon. No, he isn’t rapping or singing on it, but he is playing a DJ Khaled-esque role and bringing talented artists together for songs. An example of that comes on “Not Me” with Toronto singers Raahiim and Shantel May. It’s a sweet and tender record that follows his first official single, “I Want You But You’ll Never Know…” with Alex Isley and Shelley.
Vedo & OG Parker — “Come First” Feat. Baby Tate
After releasing their “Face Down” collaboration, singer Vedo and producer OG Parker have announced their While You Wait. They shared news about the project with their new single, “Come First” with Baby Tate. The highly sensual record sees Vedo and Tate showcasing their selfless ways and emphasis on making sure their partner is satisfied during a passionate moment of intimacy.
Kirby — “Pineapple Cognac”
Philly singer Kirby continues her 2022 year with the slow-burning “Pineapple Cognac.” She uses the drink to form a comparison with her love and how it trumps that of other women this mysterious man seems fixated on. It follows “New D” and her 2021 project, Sis. He Wasn’t The One.
Zyah Belle — “Not The One” Feat. Tempest
After dazzling us with her Who’s Listening Anyway project last year, Bay area singer Zyah Belle quickly saw that a lot of people were indeed listening. With that, she’s back with her second single of the year, “Not The One” with Tempest who also appeared on Who’s Listening Anyway. The new record is a confident and slightly brash song that both Zyah and Tempest use to make it clear that they are not like the other women in the world.
Gabrielle B. — “Undeniable”
Last year was a fairly quiet one for LA singer Gabrielle B. Hopefully this year is a more active one for her, but for the time being, we can enjoy her new single “Undeniable.” The extremely sweet and tender record watches her wave a white flag and surrender her guard to a love that she finally sees as long-lasting and perfect for her.
Some artists covered here are Warner Music artists. Uproxx is an independent subsidiary of Warner Music Group.
Long before Jack Quaid’s Hughie experienced the A-train induced trauma that led him to start pounding Compound V like it was going out of style, he was part of the vast ensemble cast in the first The Hunger Games movie. He’s since starred as part of the equally vast ensemble cast in the newest Scream incarnation, and he’s a much more recognizable face these days. Whereas back in the day, his biggest claim to fame was being a District 1 career tribute named Marvel, who displayed some of the unsettling smile-factor that one would expect from the offspring of Dennis Quaid and Meg Ryan.
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A close up, if you will. It’s a face that’s up to no good:
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Jack also received plenty of grief for what Marvel did: He killed the beloved Rue, who was a friend to Katniss even when they were supposed to be mortal enemies. Previously, people called the actor out on Twitter after realizing that Jack played that dastardly role, and this led to Jack apologizing with an “Oh sh*t that’s right. Sorry.” He added, “I was brainwashed by my luxurious District 1 upbringing. But yes incredibly sorry.”
Well finally (via Indiewire), the time has come for a confrontation, but it worked out well! At this past weekend’s San Diego Comic-Con, Amanda and Jack came face to face in an E! News panel (which you can view on TikTok), and Amanda declared that she had finally forgiven him for “killing” her. He responded, “Yes! Yes! Thank you Amandla. Oh my god, people were spitting on me in the streets for years.”
Granted, those “streets” might actually be Twitter, but Quaid did endure plenty of ribbing whenever people stumbled upon the Panem reruns on cable TV. To update the situation: Jack Quaid did carry out the physical motions of killing Rue, but he’s very very sorry. And now, we have closure.
Of the many superlatives that Donald Trump could legitimately lay claim to—most impeached president, biggest liar, and most hated president among the contenders—most persecuted person in the history of America isn’t one of them… unless you ask the former president directly. Over the past few days, Trump has told the same story about “a friend” (which arises suspicion) pointing out that he’s been so busy fighting off all that persecution that he hasn’t even stopped to think about just how persecuted he has been—and Seth Meyers, for one, isn’t buying it.
On Monday night, Meyers recapped some of the most bizarre moments from this weekend’s Turning Point USA Student Action Summit, a conservative conference held in Tampa where Ted Cruz appeared on the stage like a goddamn rockstar, complete with smoke machines, and Trump trotted out his latest “woe is me” claim.
“Trump repeated a line he had also used at one of his rallies last week, that he is the most persecuted person in American history,” Meyers said, before cutting to a clip of the former POTUS in which recalled being told this very thing by “a friend” and at first dismissing the idea as a bit too strong. But when he had time to think about it, he realized that it very well may be true. Trump just “didn’t have time to think about being persecuted because I was fighting persecution.” Which might make sense, if “fighting persecution” meant doing whatever it takes to defend the outright lies you’ve told to the American people. The whole narrative was almost too comical for Meyers to even take:
I like the idea that this didn’t occur to Trump until “a friend” suggested it. Is this where he gets all his ideas? ‘You know, Donald, I was thinking, your situation kind of reminds me of, well, the Salem Witch Trials. It’s almost like it’s a hunt… for witches, Donald. You know, like a Witch Hunt…
I love that he never names the friend… I also love the idea that Trump sat back and thought about it after he finished conjugating ‘persecuted.’ He just sat back and came to the conclusion that yes, his friend was right. I’m sure he was just sitting in his study with a pipe and smoking jacket, surrounded by walls of books, comparing himself to other historical examples. ‘Famous persecuted Americans, let’s see: there’s me, there’s Rosa Parks, there’s Ruben ‘Hurricane’ Carter. I guess out of those three it’s gotta be me if it’s those three.’
Meyers’ opinion is that Trump is desperately embarrassed by the outtakes aired by the January 6th committee last week of the former president trying—and failing—to give a speech on January 7, 2021, in which he attempted to condemn the violent acts of the previous day… but kept getting hung up on the word “yesterday” (which, let’s face it, is always a tricky one—what with its three syllables).
Meyers was even more amused by the physical gestures Trump made while attempting to deliver his speech and being tripped up by words like, well, yesterday. “He looks like he’s surrounded by a swarm of invisible bees. Does he literally think he can fight off the word with his bare hands?”
Come mid-September, we’ll have a new Death Cab For Cutie album, as Asphalt Meadows is set for release on September 16. They announced the album back in May, and now they’ve made their first late-night TV appearance in support of it, popping up on The Late Show With Stephen Colbert last night to perform their latest single, mid-July’s “Here To Forever.”
Ben Gibbard and company have been together for about a quarter of a century now, so they’re more experienced than just about any other indie band still kicking around today. That well-aged polish showed during the Colbert performance, as the group delivered a confident and engaging performance of the upbeat single that has a sound that ought to feel comfortably familiar to longtime DCFC fans.
Gibbard previously said of the track in a statement, “It’s a song both about our impermanence and the anxiety of these times. It’s also about wanting to believe in something bigger even when it feels like nothing is out there.”
Watch Death Cab For Cutie perform “Here To Forever” on Colbert above.
Asphalt Meadows is out 9/16 via Atlantic. Pre-order it here.
Death Cab For Cutie is a Warner Music artist. Uproxx is an independent subsidiary of Warner Music Group.
One of the splashiest signings of the WNBA offseason was the Los Angeles Sparks landing former Aces star Liz Cambage, but less than a season in, the two sides have decided to part ways.
On Tuesday morning, a report from Khristina Williams of Girls Talk Sports TV indicated that Cambage wanted out of L.A. and had “quit on the team,” which created quite the stir among WNBA fans.
According to multiple sources, Liz Cambage wants out of LA.
Cambage reportedly “quit” the team, sources tell @GrlsTlkSportsTV.
All of that was followed by an official announcement less than two hours later that Cambage and the Sparks had agreed to a “contract divorce,” similar to what happened with Tina Charles in Phoenix earlier this season. The official statement was complimentary of Cambage and appeared to try and make this seem as amicable as possible, although it’s clear it wasn’t exactly a clean break if someone with the Sparks is willing to tell a reporter Cambage “quit.”
“It is with support that we share Liz Cambage’s decision to terminate her contract with the organization,” Sparks Managing Partner Eric Holoman said. “We want what’s best for Liz and have agreed to part ways amicably. The Sparks remain excited about our core group and are focused on our run towards a 2022 playoff berth.”
It continues what has been a tumultuous year for Cambage, who is facing allegations of using a racial slur towards the Nigerian basketball team that led to her exit from the Australian national squad prior to the Olympics. It’ll be interesting to see who looks to bring the former All-Star in, as she averaged 13.0 points and 6.4 rebounds per game for the Sparks prior to her exit.
“There were several times I thought he should die,” David Harbour told Variety. “I certainly thought that in the beginning, because he was so destroyed and hell bent on destruction. Then when it seemed like he went in season three, I was happy for him.” But the Emmy nominee had a change of heart, probably when he learned he would hold a sword in the latest season. “As he’s being resurrected as the man he wants to become, it would almost be nicer to keep him alive. Let’s see what they choose,” he said.
Harbour also discussed his dramatic weight loss. “I don’t want to play the same notes. So I said let’s go for it and have him lose weight and shave his head and do something that is such a dramatic difference from season three,” he said. Harbour apologized to all those who are mourning his dad bod, but don’t worry, “I will tell you this: David Harbour will have dad bods in the future, I have no doubt,” he joked.
It’s been over 16 years since That ’70s Show aired its series finale, but the show has never stopped being a popular mainstay in syndication and on streaming networks. Knowing that the Fox sitcom is still a powerhouse with viewers, Netflix greenlit a new spinoff series, That ’90s Show, which reunites almost all of the original cast (with the obvious exception of Danny Masterson).
Among the returning cast are real-life couple Ashton Kutcher and Mila Kunis, who met on the show that launched both of their careers. So when the offer came to reprise their roles on That ’90s Show, the two knew it was the right thing to do.
“Mila and I were contemplating it,” Kutcher told Variety at the red carpet premiere of B.J. Novak’s Vengeance. “We thought, ‘Listen, we’re only in the position that we’re in because of that show, so let’s just go back and do this. We just went back and had fun for a week. It was so random and fun.”
While Netflix has yet to announce a release date for That ’90s Show, more details about the spinoff have been trickling out. Via Variety:
“That ’90s Show” is set to follow Eric (Topher Grace) and Donna’s (Laura Prepon) daughter Leia Forman (Callie Haverda) as she visits her grandparents for the summer. Kurtwood Smith and Debra Jo Rupp are returning from the original cast to once again play Red and Kitty. The series, set in 1995, will follow a new generation of Point Place kids and includes newcomers Haverda, Ashley Aufderheide, Mace Coronel, Maxwell Acee Donovan, Reyn Doi and Sam Morelos.
According to Variety, Kutcher and the original cast will make guest appearances throughout the series, which will prominently center on Red and Kitty trying to wrangle another generation of youngsters. “It’s really funny,” Kutcher said. “The new cast is phenomenal.”
The latest season of Stranger Things is full of musical connections, most notably with the use of Kate Bush’s “Running Up That Hill.” At the center of Season 4’s musical universe, both within the show and beyond it, is Joseph Quinn, aka Eddie Munson: He famously performed Metallica’s “Master Of Puppets” on the show, Doja Cat took an interest in him, and the “Chrissy, Wake Up” remix is a viral phenomenon. Now, Quinn has made his late-night TV debut on The Tonight Show and talked about all those things (except Doja, unfortunately) with Jimmy Fallon.
During the chat, Fallon made the not-so-true claim that after Stranger Things, “Master Of Puppets” became “the No. 1 song in the country.” (It was No. 1 on the iTunes rock chart earlier this month, but the real “No. 1 song in the country” is whatever is on top of the Billboard Hot 100, not a genre-specific chart from a single platform. “Master Of Puppets” did, however, enter the Hot 100 for the first time earlier this month, debuting at No. 40.)
In response, Quinn quipped, “I get no royalties, though.” He went on to say of performing the song, “It was kind of nerve-wracking. It was at a weird point in the pandemic where no one had seen any live music for ages. It was me and Gaten [Matarazzo] and it was so fun. I was nervous but it was kind of like a rock concert and I got to feel like a rock star for one night, and that was pretty great.”
Fallon then played the famed “Chrissy, Wake Up” remix from Schmoyoho (aka The Gregory Brothers, who are also known for remixes like “Bed Intruder Song“). Quinn commented, “I think I probably got about 15 minutes today where that wasn’t flying around in my head, so it’s nice to have it back. Yeah, I think it’s so funny, well done.”
Check out Quinn’s full Fallon interview above.
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