Month: June 2023

On Tuesday, June 6, it was reported that Lil Tjay was restrained by security guards backstage at the Hot 97 Summer Jam during an altercation. A video captured the rapper being held back as he tried to fight.

Now another video is circulating social media in which the 22-year-old appears to be arrested in New York City. In the clip, he can be heard saying to police officers, “No, bro. Hell no. What’s in the car? I don’t know what’s in the car. Don’t touch me. There’s no firearm in the car.” This was all caught during his Instagram Live.

Though viewers assumed he was being arrested for possession of a firearm, TMZ has reported that it was for reckless endangerment while shooting his music video.

In January, Lil Tjay was detained for gun possession while on his way to film a music video with Ice Spice. Only a couple of weeks after that, he was arrested for missing court, according to his attorney, Dawn Florio. “Lil Tjay was not rearrested for another gun charge,” the attorney said. “He was excused from appearing in court last Friday by the arraignment Judge. Another Judge revoked his bond and put him back in jail for missing court on Friday even though he was told by the first Judge that he did not have [to] appear.”

On Tuesday, June 6, it was reported that Lil Tjay was restrained by security guards backstage at the Hot 97 Summer Jam during an altercation. A video captured the rapper being held back as he tried to fight.

Now another video is circulating social media in which the 22-year-old appears to be arrested in New York City. In the clip, he can be heard saying to police officers, “No, bro. Hell no. What’s in the car? I don’t know what’s in the car. Don’t touch me. There’s no firearm in the car.” This was all caught during his Instagram Live.

Though viewers assumed he was being arrested for possession of a firearm, TMZ has reported that it was for reckless endangerment while shooting his music video.

In January, Lil Tjay was detained for gun possession while on his way to film a music video with Ice Spice. Only a couple of weeks after that, he was arrested for missing court, according to his attorney, Dawn Florio. “Lil Tjay was not rearrested for another gun charge,” the attorney said. “He was excused from appearing in court last Friday by the arraignment Judge. Another Judge revoked his bond and put him back in jail for missing court on Friday even though he was told by the first Judge that he did not have [to] appear.”

In Game 2 of the NBA Finals between the Miami Heat and Denver Nuggets, Nikola Jokic logged 41 points and a playoff-low four assists as Miami stole homecourt advantage with a 111-108 victory. Because of the Heat’s win and Jokic’s abnormally low assist total, as well as some quieter-than-usual nights from Jokic’s supporting cast, a prevailing storyline was that Miami opted to defend Jokic like a scorer and take away his playmaking opportunities.

After the game, ESPN’s Ramona Shelburne began asking Erik Spoelstra about the narrative that the Heat had turned Jokic into a scorer. Before Shelburne could finish her question, however, Spoelstra cut her off to express his frustration about the idea that someone as great as Jokic can be turned into solely a scorer or passer.

A day later, on NBA Today, Shelburne revealed that Spoelstra texted her and apologized, saying he wasn’t sure why he responded the way he did to that question.

“First of all, Erik Spoelstra and I are fine. We talked after the game,” Shelburne said. “He watched that clip back and texted me this morning, ‘Sorry, I don’t know why I said that.’ It was fine. In the heat of the moment, after a game like that, when things are intense, people say things and nothing is personal, especially during this time of year, during the Finals.”

There clearly appears to be no animosity between Spoelstra and Shelburne, and it’s nice to see how quickly both parties moved past the viral clip. Spoelstra’s gesture is thoughtful, even if Shelburne didn’t seem bothered by his response and understands it’s simply the nature of these pressers sometimes.

In Game 2 of the NBA Finals between the Miami Heat and Denver Nuggets, Nikola Jokic logged 41 points and a playoff-low four assists as Miami stole homecourt advantage with a 111-108 victory. Because of the Heat’s win and Jokic’s abnormally low assist total, as well as some quieter-than-usual nights from Jokic’s supporting cast, a prevailing storyline was that Miami opted to defend Jokic like a scorer and take away his playmaking opportunities.

After the game, ESPN’s Ramona Shelburne began asking Erik Spoelstra about the narrative that the Heat had turned Jokic into a scorer. Before Shelburne could finish her question, however, Spoelstra cut her off to express his frustration about the idea that someone as great as Jokic can be turned into solely a scorer or passer.

A day later, on NBA Today, Shelburne revealed that Spoelstra texted her and apologized, saying he wasn’t sure why he responded the way he did to that question.

“First of all, Erik Spoelstra and I are fine. We talked after the game,” Shelburne said. “He watched that clip back and texted me this morning, ‘Sorry, I don’t know why I said that.’ It was fine. In the heat of the moment, after a game like that, when things are intense, people say things and nothing is personal, especially during this time of year, during the Finals.”

There clearly appears to be no animosity between Spoelstra and Shelburne, and it’s nice to see how quickly both parties moved past the viral clip. Spoelstra’s gesture is thoughtful, even if Shelburne didn’t seem bothered by his response and understands it’s simply the nature of these pressers sometimes.

Last year, Wilco returned with their new album, Cruel Country. after celebrating the 20th anniversary of their classic album Yankee Hotel Foxtrot.

They’ll be hitting the road this fall. On Tuesday, June 6, the band announced tour dates in the United States to follow their stints in Europe and the United Kingdom. It kicks off in Kansas at the end of September and ends in Arkansas at the end of October. There’s an additional date in Mexico in December.

Find the full tour dates below.

08/10 — Cochran, BE @ Lokerse feesten
08/12 — Aranda de Duero, ES @ Sonorama Festival
08/14 — St. Feliu de Guíxols, ES @ Festival Porta Ferrada
08/16 — Marbella, ES @ Starlite Marbella
08/17 — Alicante, ES @ Plaza de Toros
08/19 — Portugal, ES @ Paredes de Coura Festival
08/20 — Vigo, ES @ Espazos Festival
08/22 — Ramonville St. Agne, FR @ Le Bikini
08/24 — San Mauro Pascoli, IT @ Acieloaperto Festival
08/25 — Turin, IT @ TOdays Festival
08/27 — Utrecht, NL @ TivoliVredenburg [SOLD OUT]
08/28 — Utecht, NL @ TivoliVredenburg
08/30 — London, UK @ 02 Forum Kentish Town
08/31 — Wiltshire, UK @ End of the Road Festival
09/02 — Edinburgh, UK @ Usher Hall
09/03 — Birmingham, UK @ Moseley Folk Festival
09/05 — Manchester, UK @ The Bridgewater Hall
09/06 — Belfast, UK @ Mandela Hall+
09/08 — Dublin, IE @ 3Olympia Theatre + [SOLD OUT]
09/09 — Cork, IE @ Cork Opera House +
09/25 — Wichita, KS @ Wave *
09/26 — Tulsa, OK @ Cain’s Ballroom *
09/28 — Dallas, TX @ South Side Ballroom *
09/29 — Austin, TX @ Moody Amphitheater @ Waterloo Park *
10/01 — Albuquerque, NM @ Kiva Auditorium *
10/03 — Scottsdale, AZ @ Scottsdale Civic Center East Bowl Stage *
10/04 — Los Angeles, CA @ The Theatre at Ace Hotel *
10/05 — Los Angeles, CA @ The Theatre at Ace Hotel *
10/06 — Los Angeles, CA @ The Theatre at Ace Hotel *
10/08 — Monterey, CA @ Rebels & Renegades Festival
10/11 — Los Angeles, CA @ The Bellwether *
10/13 — Santa Barbara, CA @ Arlington Theatre *
10/14 — Berkeley, CA @ Greek Theatre*
10/16 — Portland, OR @ Keller Auditorium *
10/17 — Seattle, WA @ Paramount Theatre ^
10/18 — Seattle, WA @ Paramount Theatre ^
10/20 — Salt Lake City, UT @ Eccles Theater ^
10/22 — Denver, CO @ Mission Ballroom ^
10/23 — Omaha, NE @ The Astro Theater ^
10/25 — Kansas City, MO @ Midland Theatre ^
10/26 — St. Louis, MO @ Stifel Theatre ^
10/27 — Bentonville, AR @ The Momentary ^
12/02 — Wed. Dec. 6 – Riviera Maya, MX @ Sky Blue Sky (Hard Rock Hotel)

+ w/ Anna Miekie
* w/ My Brightest Diamond
^ w/ Nina Nastasia

Last year, Wilco returned with their new album, Cruel Country. after celebrating the 20th anniversary of their classic album Yankee Hotel Foxtrot.

They’ll be hitting the road this fall. On Tuesday, June 6, the band announced tour dates in the United States to follow their stints in Europe and the United Kingdom. It kicks off in Kansas at the end of September and ends in Arkansas at the end of October. There’s an additional date in Mexico in December.

Find the full tour dates below.

08/10 — Cochran, BE @ Lokerse feesten
08/12 — Aranda de Duero, ES @ Sonorama Festival
08/14 — St. Feliu de Guíxols, ES @ Festival Porta Ferrada
08/16 — Marbella, ES @ Starlite Marbella
08/17 — Alicante, ES @ Plaza de Toros
08/19 — Portugal, ES @ Paredes de Coura Festival
08/20 — Vigo, ES @ Espazos Festival
08/22 — Ramonville St. Agne, FR @ Le Bikini
08/24 — San Mauro Pascoli, IT @ Acieloaperto Festival
08/25 — Turin, IT @ TOdays Festival
08/27 — Utrecht, NL @ TivoliVredenburg [SOLD OUT]
08/28 — Utecht, NL @ TivoliVredenburg
08/30 — London, UK @ 02 Forum Kentish Town
08/31 — Wiltshire, UK @ End of the Road Festival
09/02 — Edinburgh, UK @ Usher Hall
09/03 — Birmingham, UK @ Moseley Folk Festival
09/05 — Manchester, UK @ The Bridgewater Hall
09/06 — Belfast, UK @ Mandela Hall+
09/08 — Dublin, IE @ 3Olympia Theatre + [SOLD OUT]
09/09 — Cork, IE @ Cork Opera House +
09/25 — Wichita, KS @ Wave *
09/26 — Tulsa, OK @ Cain’s Ballroom *
09/28 — Dallas, TX @ South Side Ballroom *
09/29 — Austin, TX @ Moody Amphitheater @ Waterloo Park *
10/01 — Albuquerque, NM @ Kiva Auditorium *
10/03 — Scottsdale, AZ @ Scottsdale Civic Center East Bowl Stage *
10/04 — Los Angeles, CA @ The Theatre at Ace Hotel *
10/05 — Los Angeles, CA @ The Theatre at Ace Hotel *
10/06 — Los Angeles, CA @ The Theatre at Ace Hotel *
10/08 — Monterey, CA @ Rebels & Renegades Festival
10/11 — Los Angeles, CA @ The Bellwether *
10/13 — Santa Barbara, CA @ Arlington Theatre *
10/14 — Berkeley, CA @ Greek Theatre*
10/16 — Portland, OR @ Keller Auditorium *
10/17 — Seattle, WA @ Paramount Theatre ^
10/18 — Seattle, WA @ Paramount Theatre ^
10/20 — Salt Lake City, UT @ Eccles Theater ^
10/22 — Denver, CO @ Mission Ballroom ^
10/23 — Omaha, NE @ The Astro Theater ^
10/25 — Kansas City, MO @ Midland Theatre ^
10/26 — St. Louis, MO @ Stifel Theatre ^
10/27 — Bentonville, AR @ The Momentary ^
12/02 — Wed. Dec. 6 – Riviera Maya, MX @ Sky Blue Sky (Hard Rock Hotel)

+ w/ Anna Miekie
* w/ My Brightest Diamond
^ w/ Nina Nastasia

Last year, Wilco returned with their new album, Cruel Country. after celebrating the 20th anniversary of their classic album Yankee Hotel Foxtrot.

They’ll be hitting the road this fall. On Tuesday, June 6, the band announced tour dates in the United States to follow their stints in Europe and the United Kingdom. It kicks off in Kansas at the end of September and ends in Arkansas at the end of October. There’s an additional date in Mexico in December.

Find the full tour dates below.

08/10 — Cochran, BE @ Lokerse feesten
08/12 — Aranda de Duero, ES @ Sonorama Festival
08/14 — St. Feliu de Guíxols, ES @ Festival Porta Ferrada
08/16 — Marbella, ES @ Starlite Marbella
08/17 — Alicante, ES @ Plaza de Toros
08/19 — Portugal, ES @ Paredes de Coura Festival
08/20 — Vigo, ES @ Espazos Festival
08/22 — Ramonville St. Agne, FR @ Le Bikini
08/24 — San Mauro Pascoli, IT @ Acieloaperto Festival
08/25 — Turin, IT @ TOdays Festival
08/27 — Utrecht, NL @ TivoliVredenburg [SOLD OUT]
08/28 — Utecht, NL @ TivoliVredenburg
08/30 — London, UK @ 02 Forum Kentish Town
08/31 — Wiltshire, UK @ End of the Road Festival
09/02 — Edinburgh, UK @ Usher Hall
09/03 — Birmingham, UK @ Moseley Folk Festival
09/05 — Manchester, UK @ The Bridgewater Hall
09/06 — Belfast, UK @ Mandela Hall+
09/08 — Dublin, IE @ 3Olympia Theatre + [SOLD OUT]
09/09 — Cork, IE @ Cork Opera House +
09/25 — Wichita, KS @ Wave *
09/26 — Tulsa, OK @ Cain’s Ballroom *
09/28 — Dallas, TX @ South Side Ballroom *
09/29 — Austin, TX @ Moody Amphitheater @ Waterloo Park *
10/01 — Albuquerque, NM @ Kiva Auditorium *
10/03 — Scottsdale, AZ @ Scottsdale Civic Center East Bowl Stage *
10/04 — Los Angeles, CA @ The Theatre at Ace Hotel *
10/05 — Los Angeles, CA @ The Theatre at Ace Hotel *
10/06 — Los Angeles, CA @ The Theatre at Ace Hotel *
10/08 — Monterey, CA @ Rebels & Renegades Festival
10/11 — Los Angeles, CA @ The Bellwether *
10/13 — Santa Barbara, CA @ Arlington Theatre *
10/14 — Berkeley, CA @ Greek Theatre*
10/16 — Portland, OR @ Keller Auditorium *
10/17 — Seattle, WA @ Paramount Theatre ^
10/18 — Seattle, WA @ Paramount Theatre ^
10/20 — Salt Lake City, UT @ Eccles Theater ^
10/22 — Denver, CO @ Mission Ballroom ^
10/23 — Omaha, NE @ The Astro Theater ^
10/25 — Kansas City, MO @ Midland Theatre ^
10/26 — St. Louis, MO @ Stifel Theatre ^
10/27 — Bentonville, AR @ The Momentary ^
12/02 — Wed. Dec. 6 – Riviera Maya, MX @ Sky Blue Sky (Hard Rock Hotel)

+ w/ Anna Miekie
* w/ My Brightest Diamond
^ w/ Nina Nastasia

A lot of very stellar — over-qualifyingly stellar — actors have been employed by the MCU over the years. Early on, in only their fourth-ever outing, they nabbed no less than Sir Anthony Hopkins. Over the course of six years and three films, he played Odin, father to Thor in that titular wing of the film series. It’s not exactly back-breaking work; like many British thespians, he’s both a brilliant actor and a fine ham. Still, it doesn’t seem like he misses a gig he hasn’t done in years.

The New Yorker has a new, sprawling look at the Marvel Cinematic Universe, which just turned 15 if you peg it to the release of the original Iron Man. It’s an alternately revelatory and withering look at a mega-franchise that, as the headline puts it, “swallowed Hollywood.” It even ends on a grim note, noting some pricy layoffs and, thanks to some underperforming titles, what appear to be the signs of “Marvel fatigue.”

Buried in it (as caught by Indiewire) is a quote from Hopkins, who, the piece notes, is now known to some generations “not as Hannibal Lecter but as Thor’s dad.” Hopkins’ take on his time as ruler of Asgard isn’t much more encouraging.

“They put me in armor; they shoved a beard on me,” Hopkins explained. “Sit on the throne, shout a bit. If you’re sitting in front of a green screen, it’s pointless acting it.”

Hopkins’ last dance with the MCU was in 2017’s Thor: Ragnarok, when Odin croaked. He’s done just fine since then. He won a second Oscar for The Father, as an aging man losing his sense of memory. He was also fine in last year’s Armageddon Time. And of course, he’s very good on Twitter. He’s doing fine without Kevin Feige.

(Via The New Yorker and IndieWire)

Nearly ten years ago Jared Leto won an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor. Cut to today and he’s mostly known for acting weird on sets of movies that even he makes fun of, and for trying to be the weirdest person at the annual Met Gala. (This year he at best tied with Doja Cat, who had almost the same idea.) On Monday he added yet another exhaustingly unexpected twist to his CV: He scaled a hotel in Berlin.

As per Entertainment Weekly, Leto was seen climbing the brick wall of Hotel de Rome, a five-star hotel in Germany’s capital. He had no harness, which made it all the more impressive/irritating, though it naturally drew a crowd and images and videos of it hit social media.

No one knows why Leto decided to climb the walls of a five-star hotel in Berlin. Reps for him have yet to respond to requests for comment.

Back during the first Monday in May, Leto appeared at this year’s Met Gala in a giant cat costume. It wasn’t immediately known who was inside the get-up, but when it turned out to be the erstwhile Jordan Catalano, few were exactly surprised given his history of out-there Met Gala costumes. Alas, not only did Doja Cat also show up as a cat — with legimitiately impressive make-up to boot — but both were upstaged by the real surprise star of the to-do: an actual cockroach.

(Via EW)

Nearly ten years ago Jared Leto won an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor. Cut to today and he’s mostly known for acting weird on sets of movies that even he makes fun of, and for trying to be the weirdest person at the annual Met Gala. (This year he at best tied with Doja Cat, who had almost the same idea.) On Monday he added yet another exhaustingly unexpected twist to his CV: He scaled a hotel in Berlin.

As per Entertainment Weekly, Leto was seen climbing the brick wall of Hotel de Rome, a five-star hotel in Germany’s capital. He had no harness, which made it all the more impressive/irritating, though it naturally drew a crowd and images and videos of it hit social media.

No one knows why Leto decided to climb the walls of a five-star hotel in Berlin. Reps for him have yet to respond to requests for comment.

Back during the first Monday in May, Leto appeared at this year’s Met Gala in a giant cat costume. It wasn’t immediately known who was inside the get-up, but when it turned out to be the erstwhile Jordan Catalano, few were exactly surprised given his history of out-there Met Gala costumes. Alas, not only did Doja Cat also show up as a cat — with legimitiately impressive make-up to boot — but both were upstaged by the real surprise star of the to-do: an actual cockroach.

(Via EW)