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The ‘Workaholics’ Cast Is ‘Deeply Butt Hurt’ That A Movie Based On The Show Has Been Canceled

Workaholics was one of Comedy Central’s biggest hits in the 2010s, running for seven seasons and launching the careers of Adam DeVine, Blake Anderson, Anders Holm, and Jillian Bell. The show, which wrapped up in 2017, was going to be turned into a movie on Paramount Plus, until the streaming service decided it didn’t fit into their “global” strategy. I’d argue people hating their dead-end jobs is a global experience, but alas.

“Welp, Paramount + decided to cancel the Workaholics movie. Obviously, this news is the loosest butthole. We were supposed to begin filming in 5 weeks! P+ told us don’t fit their new ‘global’ strategy…” DeVine wrote on Instagram. “We are deeply butt hurt about this decision because we were so excited to bring the weird one last time.”

The Righteous Gemstones star continued:

“I’m butt hurt that I don’t get to work with my best friends again. I’m butt hurt for the fans, and I’m butt hurt for our loyal crew, and other cast members who are now going to have to scramble to find new jobs. We are out to other streamers, and hopefully we will get to make this insanely fun movie somewhere else.”

If only there was a squad that could save Workaholics: The Movie

(Via Indiewire)

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Don Cheadle Only Had Two Hours To Sign His Giant MCU Deal (While He Was At A Laser Tag Birthday Party)

Even though Don Cheadle is an award-winning celebrated actor, it wasn’t smooth sailing to land a Marvel role. It’s a hefty commitment, after all. Still, when Cheadle got the call that Marvel wanted him to play James Rhodes in Iron Man 2, he only had the length of one laser tag game in order to make the decision. Does this sound a bit like a Disney Channel Original Moie premise to you? Maybe! But it happened.

While reflecting on the character, Cheadle told GQ that he almost didn’t land it due to some poorly-timed phone calls. “I was at my kid’s laser tag birthday party. They called me and said, ‘This is what’s happening and we’re giving you the offer. If you don’t say yes then we’re going to the next person. This is going to happen very fast,’” Cheadle recalled. He then said he was given an hour to decide, which gave him enough time to destroy the competition at his child’s birthday party.

He added, “So we played laser tag for two hours and I was talking to my wife and we thought about it and talked to my agent and tried to get as much information as we could.” Of course, early on in Marvel’s beginning phases, they probably didn’t know where the franchise was going, but this was around the time of Iron Man 2, when Marvel was really getting its bearings.

The Marvel team reportedly told him: “It’s going to be these ‘Avengers’ and this is what it is, so you have to say yes or no…this is what it is and you’ve got an hour.” Obviously, Cheadle took the role and went on to play Rhodes/War Machine in six Marvel films and multiple shows.

Next up, Cheadle will lead Armor Wars, his own Marvel film. It’s really good he decided to take that call, though maybe it was bad for his flourishing laser tag career. We will never know.

(Via IndieWire)

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Monsta X Are Attracted To Toxicity In Their ‘Beautiful Liar’ Music Video

If you’re attracted to red flags, then this may be the song for you. (Or if you’re a Monbebe whose been waiting for new Monsta X, this is obviously for you.)

Almost a year since releasing their last album Shape Of Love, Monsta X made their long-awaited return with their twelfth EP, Reasons, and lead single “Beautiful Liar” today (January 9). Carrying powerful and addictive electric guitar riffs on a bed of pop and rock instrumentals, “Beautiful Liar,” co-written by members Hyungwon, Joohoney, and I.M, “expresses the reason for love being found in the most extreme and dangerous relationships” according to an official press release.

Donning in red and black outfits, with scenes surrounding themselves in everything toxic (peep the sets with shards of glass, thick ropes, and chains), Monsta X has successfully executed, and perhaps introduced, the walking red flag concept in K-pop with “Beautiful Liar.”

In addition, the latest EP signifies Hyungwon, Joohoney and I.M initiative as producers as they explore a “diverse variation of genres.” Released under Starship Entertainment, this marks the group’s first comeback since contract renewals, including member I.M’s leave from the label but not the group.

Check out the full tracklist to Monsta X’s 12th EP, Reasons, below.

1. “Beautiful Liar”
2. “Daydream”
3. “Crescendo”
4. “Lone Ranger”
5. “Deny”
6. “It’s Okay”

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Gracie Abrams Will Drop Her Debut Album ‘Good Riddance’ Before Opening On Taylor Swift’s ‘The Eras Tour’

Gracie Abrams cried “real tears” when Taylor Swift called “Wish You Were Sober” by Conan Gray, Uproxx’s August 2022 cover star, a “masterpiece” in March 2020. Now, Abrams is set to serve as one of the openers on Swift’s The Eras Tour, which starts on March 17 at State Farm Stadium in Glendale, Arizona. Abrams will have a bunch of new material to perform, too.

Today, January 9, Abrams announced that her debut studio album Good Riddance will drop on February 24, and then, she’s embarking on a headlining tour of her own. It all begins this Friday, January 13, with lead single “Where Do We Go Now?”

“It’s difficult to imagine these songs living anywhere other than my most secret places, but @aarondessner reminded me that holding space for brutal honesty in songwriting is kind of the whole point,” Abrams wrote on Instagram alongside the presumed cover art. “I feel an unbelievable amount of gratitude for the opportunity to have made this album. Writing this record allowed me to grow up in ways I needed to. It forced me to reflect and be accountable. It allowed me to walk away from versions of myself that I no longer recognized. It allowed me to let go.”

She continued, “There will never be enough words to describe the gift that is Aaron’s friendship. He is one of the very few people in this world capable of making others feel safe to their core when they are exploring the parts of themselves that are most raw. He is rare and generous. Thank you all for your support. I’m so nervous. I’m so relieved. I hope with my whole heart that there’s something in here that makes you feel less alone. I’ll be thanking you all for the rest of my life for taking this record and making it yours. FEBRUARY 24TH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! AHHH.”

The Good Riddance Tour is scheduled to start its 17-date North American run on March 7 in Chicago. Tickets will go on public sale this Friday beginning at 10 a.m. local time. Fans can additionally sign up here to gain early access tomorrow, January 10.

Abrams and Dessner, acclaimed founder of The National and favored Swift collaborator, previously worked together on her 2021 EP This Is What It Feels Like. Last April, Abrams released the acoustic-driven, introspective single “Block Me Out,” produced by and co-written with Dessner. “Difficult” followed in October, also produced by Dessner.

Good Riddance is out 2/24 via Interscope Records. Pre-save it here.

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Dr. Dre Thrashes ‘Hateful’ Rep Marjorie Taylor Greene For Using His Music Without Permission

Someone should do a study about conservative and/or kooky politicians (mainly Donald Trump) using recording artists’ music without permission because it really seems like an ongoing, baffling trend. It’s like they do no research into the musicians’ politics or the songs’ meanings before hijacking them for rallies and campaign ads that don’t really do much to endear them to people outside their increasingly contracting bases.

The latest to join this trend is Georgia Representative Marjorie Taylor Greene, a well-known far-right conspiracy theorist (and Trump disciple) whose wacky antics have drawn criticism throughout her short tenure in Congress and helped throw the Republican party into complete disarray over its embrace of the tinfoil hat set. In a video posted to her social media, she struts around the Capitol in a red trenchcoat to the tune of Dr. Dre‘s 1999 hit “Still D.R.E.,” apparently connecting the “guess who’s back” ad-lib from the song’s intro to her return to the Capitol after all the shenanigans over the House Speaker vote last week.

Unfortunately, “MTG” didn’t get the song cleared with D.R.E., who lambasted the Congressperson in a statement to TMZ. “I don’t license my music to politicians, especially someone as divisive and hateful as this one,” he reportedly said. While he didn’t reveal if he was taking legal action as many of his peers have (although I wouldn’t be surprised to see a DMCA takedown forthcoming), it’s pretty clear he isn’t happy to be even tangentially associated with someone who was removed from literally all her committee roles by a unanimous vote from Democrats and 11 of her own party members.

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The ‘You’ Season 4 Trailer Suggests That Someone Is Turning The Tables On Stalker Joe And His Newfound Beard

Joe Goldberg has a new life and a new beard, but that doesn’t mean that he can quit his stalker ways. Someone’s onto him.

That’s the vibe on display in the trailer for You Season 4. The Penn Badgley-starring series brings back Netflix’s disturbingly popular (even to Badgley himself) serial killer, who has traded out identities over the seasons, but he always stays loyal to his greatest love of all: books. This time around, he’s moved to England, where he’s adopted a new title, Jonathan Moore, and he’s somehow become a professor.

That’s right, Badgley will soon be staring into the souls of unsuspecting college students and those whose adult lives also involve academia. Penn Badgley previously admitted to feeling “icky” about how intense Joe looks in a poster, yet as this trailer shows, not everyone is unaware of his tricks. In fact, he’s got a stalker of his own. Who could it be? Well, he’s killed Love and Beck and Benji and several other people. Tati Gabrielle’s Marienne is shown in the trailer looking afraid of him, so that probably rules her out, but someone is messing with Joe and knows what he’s done. From the season synopsis:

After his previous life went up in flames, Joe Goldberg has fled to Europe to escape his “messy” past, adopt a new identity, and, of course, to pursue true love. But Joe soon finds himself in the strange new role of reluctant detective as he discovers he may not be the only killer in London. Now, his future depends on identifying and stopping whoever’s targeting his new friend group of uber-wealthy socialites…

He may also now be obsessed with a new character played by Charlotte Ritchie, so yep, Joe will never change. A new poster continues to provide teasers with this Twitter caption from Netflix: “There’s an imposter among us.”

You returns on February 9.

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Rauw Alejandro Revealed When Tickets For His Anticipated ‘Saturno World Tour’ Will Go On Sale And It’s Soon

Rauw Alejandro is gearing up to tour the US this year. Yesterday (January 8), the Puerto Rican superstar revealed when tickets for his hotly-anticipated Saturno World Tour will go on sale.

Back in December, Alejandro announced the tour dates for his Saturno World Tour. On March 5, he will kick off the US leg of the tour in Tampa, Florida. Alejandro will visit all the major cites across the country up until May. The venues where the concerts will be held will be unveiled when tickets go on sale on Wednesday, January 11. Fans can sign-up at discoversaturno.com for information on the tour.

Alejandro will be joined on the Saturno World Tour by the Jabbawockeez. Back in November, the acclaimed dance troupe joined Alejandro for his performance at the Latin Grammy Awards. Alejandro sang a medley of songs from his Saturno album that included “Lejos del Cielo,” “Más De Una Vez,” and “Punto 40.”

Alejandro spent Christmas and New Year’s Day with his girlfriend, Spanish pop star Rosalía, in Tokyo, Japan. For the latter holiday, the Latin music power couple had an epic karaoke session to classics by Lady Gaga, Cher, and Daddy Yankee. Alejandro is also nominated at the 2023 Grammy Awards. His EP Trap Cake, Vol. 2 faces Bad Bunny, Daddy Yankee, Maluma, and Farruko in the Best Música Urbana Album category.

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‘The Last Of Us’ Was Partially Inspired By A Terrifying ‘Planet Earth’ Clip

HBO’s The Last of Us will remain faithful to the games that it’s based on, but it won’t be identical. “I have played The Last of Us about 12 times. I know how it ends. I love the journey. And we promise, there will be surprises along the way,” co-creator Craig Mazin said. “If you’ve played the game, I promise you there are things that you don’t know that are coming that will blow your mind.” One of the changes is how the Infected-causing virus that wipes out much of humanity spreads — say goodbye to spores; hello, tendrils.

One similarity between the much-anticipated TV show and games, however, is the fear you’ll feel after learning that the “Cordyceps brain infection,” which causes the civilization-destroying fungus, isn’t science-fiction gobbledygook; it’s a real thing.

Naughty Dog developers [the studio behind The Last of Us] created the idea for the Cordyceps brain infection after they were inspired by an episode of the BBC documentary Planet Earth titled “Jungles,” narrated by Sir David Attenborough. In the episode, it features an infected ant being killed by Ophiocordyceps unilateralis, as well as showing a variety of other insects and arachnids that were killed by different species of the fungus.

“It was all based on the idea that the more numerous a species becomes, the more likely it is to be preyed on by this fungus,” The Last of Us creator Neil Druckmann told Mashable in 2013. Fortunately, the likelihood of fungus bursting through your skull is low.

That won’t stop me from adding this to my list of worst ways to die, however.

The Last of Us premieres on HBO on January 15.

(Via Fandom)

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Snoop Dogg’s New Funko Store In Inglewood Finally Brings The Hobby Shop To The Hood

Los Angeles’ geography is a confusing, expansive wonder. Long Beach is a good 20-30 minutes (and a couple of freeways) away from Inglewood. But the two cities are inextricably linked by culture and demographics — and especially by music. Consider that on Dr. Dre’s 1999 hit single “The Next Episode,” the producer shouts out both alongside his hometown, Compton. His guest on the song, longtime rhyme partner Snoop Dogg, was also instrumental in the rise of Inglewood indie rapper D Smoke, in addition to Dre, Snoop, and a colorful cohort of longtime collaborators taking over the recently constructed SoFi Stadium for the Super Bowl’s halftime show last year.

So it makes sense that Snoop Dogg already has a store, Snoop Dogg Clothing, in Inglewood, right across from the stadium on the corner of Praire Ave. and Arbor Vitae St. It also makes sense that when he was looking for a home for Tha Dogg House, his new retail partnership with the Funko toy company, he’d take over a former 7-11 in the same corner strip mall, where he held a neighborhood launch party on Friday. The store — modeled after a convenience store like the one it replaced — houses Snoop’s new collection of Funko Pop! figures and an impressive array of recording artists, athletes, and pop culture icons from the collectible giant.

But what makes the store special is its location; historically, there haven’t been many hobby shops in the hood. South LA hasn’t exactly been a hotbed of nerd culture, but from the boom in media specifically targeted to the “Blerd” demographic — from the 2015 coming-of-age comedy Dope (which is set, of course, in Inglewood) to the wealth of social media influencers in that space like Julian Green (bka Straw Hat Goofy) — it’s clear that the demand has always been there, even if it was obscured by the one-dimensional gangland perception of LA’s inner-city neighborhoods.

“The beauty of Inglewood is the only thing changing about Inglewood is everything,” Snoop told Uproxx at the store’s opening. “And to be able to have a relationship with the city and to be able to have a plaza like this to bring some businesses that normally you would see in Hollywood or Beverly Hills or different areas like that is something the city needs. Inglewood’s been good to me and we’re gonna keep adding on, business after business.” He also admitted to being an avid Funko collector himself, saying that his favorite is “the one with the pigtails and number 20 jersey on with the football,” as only befits a Long Beach Eastsider.

The opening was attended by Los Angeles luminaries like radio royalty Big Boy and Inglewood’s own D Smoke, as well as social media stars such as Straw Hat Goofy (a Compton native) and other influencers from the Black geek space. Packing into the store, fans were able to be the first to purchase the Snoop Dogg Pops — mine has pigtails and a basketball jersey, a nod to the Doggfather’s close friendship with the late, great Kobe Bryant, and his Lakers fandom (Snoop insists that the only Clippers Pop, Kawhi Leonard, being on a bottom corner shelf was a coincidence). As always, Snoop graciously offered photo ops to practically everyone in attendance, even granting a fun moment to one fan when he learned her selfie was a video.

On a personal note, Tha Dogg House represents something I would have loved to have in my neighborhood growing up as a lonely nerd thinking no one else in Compton shared my interests. To see an icon like Snoop Dogg so openly embracing the hobbyist space in a place where such a thing would have once been considered weird and worthy of bullying doesn’t just give kids affirmation, but it also offers a look at the value of such hobbies. After all, if Snoop can have a Pop, and bring so many celebrities to the hood, it also shows there’s a bridge to more opportunities outside of it — not to mention, creating some of those same opportunities at home, which is just as important. That kids can grow up feeling like it’s okay to be a geek and not a gangster makes Tha Dogg House a worthy new addition to Inglewood’s changing landscape.

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Le Sserafim’s Huh Yunjin Shares Her Thoughts About Idoldom On ‘I ≠ Doll’

Just a couple months after their debut, LE SSERAFIM‘s Huh Yunjin (or Yunjin, for short) was adamant on changing the idol industry. While she may still be considered a K-pop rookie with less than a year under her belt, the Korean-American artist is already doing so with the music she’s putting out by herself and as a member of LE SSERAFIM.

Releasing her second self-produced single “I ≠ DOLL” today (January 9), Yunjin delivers a Konglish (Korean and English) pop rock track with trap elements that conveys some of her personal thoughts since debut, and the spectacle of being an idol.

“Sometimes appearance becomes the main criteria by which one judges another,” Yunjin says in an official press release. “‘I ≠ DOLL’ expresses these moments that I have experienced myself and is also told from the third-person perspective of someone who could have experienced them. I hope the song’s message will resonate with many people.”

Releasing an animated music video with the track, to which Yunjin herself illustrated the main character, shares the inspiration behind it.

“I wanted to make a character who is at heart multi-dimensional appear two-dimensional and flat on purpose. I thought it’d be interesting to portray a subject that is not so simple in a simple manner.”

“I ≠ DOLL” is now available on all streaming platforms and LE SSERAFIM’s official YouTube channel. Her first self-produced single “Raise y_our glass” from LE SSERAFIM’s 100 day anniversary is also available for stream as of today as well.