Month: June 2023

Coldplay’s Music Of The Spheres Tour found the band setting some very serious enviromentally-focused goals for it. They had hoped to reduce their carbon footprint by 50% from their last tour a few years earlier.

And, in a new social media statement, it seems they’ve successfully gotten closed — with a 47% reduction.

“When we first announced the Music Of The Spheres Tour, we hoped to make it as environmentally beneficial as possible and reduce our direct carbon emissions (from show production, freight, band and crew travel) by 50%,” they shared. According to Billboard, this was also verified by MIT’s Environmental Solutions Initiative (ESI) professor, John E. Fernandez.

“The band deserves significant praise in commissioning the work and acting as the vanguard for the global music industry as it begins to take seriously the reality of living and making music in the Anthropocene,” Fernandez said.

As Coldplay is continuing additional dates throughout this year, they are also working on ways to improve — with the hopes of reaching their previous goal.

“Now that we’re into the second year of the tour, we’ve started to run the entire show (audio, lights, lasers etc) from an electric battery system that allows us to use 100% renewable energy as efficiently as possible,” it added. “We have been using electric vehicles and alternative fuels wherever we can, as well as reducing waste and plastic usage to a minimum.”

The publication notes that fans have also contributed by using exercise bikes to help power the batteries needed at the shows, used shared transportation methods, and other conscious behaviors. Coldplay has also planted over five million new trees so far.

Coldplay is a Warner Music artist. Uproxx is an independent subsidiary of Warner Music Group.

Olivia Rodrigo has fans buzzing after a mysterious new countdown appeared on both her newsletter and official website.

With 27 days to go, the time ends on June 30, prompting many to speculate that her lead single from her highly-anticipated second album will drop on that Friday.

She also recently shared a photo where fans can spot a calendar behind her. On it, none other than June 30 is highlighted with a heart around it. (We love a great easter egg.)

However, the new music theory is pure speculation and very well could be something else. Rodrigo still has added more monetum to the possibiltiy given it’s been two years since her last album and she’s shared song teasers on social media.

Despite the piano instrumental that could be heard and her continued collaboration with producer Dan Nigro, her sophomore album might be cheerier and an exploration of other sounds.

“I’m definitely not as sad as I was when I wrote Sour. I’m so excited to make my next record and explore more colors and textures and feelings and grow as a human being even more. I’m really stoked for that,” Rodrigo told Elle last year.

Check out some fan reactions below to Olivia Rodrigo’s possible new music drop.

Kids will absolutely test all parts of your personality. Not out of malicious intent, but simply because kids are innocent and don’t don’t understand unspoken social rules, especially when they’re very little. One of those seemingly common sense unspoken social rules is that you don’t go to the nail salon with worms in your pockets.

Scratch that, you don’t walk around with worms in your pocket, period. That is unless you’re on a fishing boat and you’re in charge of bait and you run out of room in the canister filled with worms. I mean, there are a lot of things that would have to come into play to make having worms in your pocket socially acceptable. But kids don’t know that, and one little girl, Kylee Grace, gave her mom a shock after they left the nail salon one day.

In the video posted to TikTok, which has now gone mega-viral with over 11.5 million views, Kylee and her mom are walking down the sidewalk after getting their nails done. Jenae, the little girl’s mom, asks her daughter if she has a worm in her pocket. Then things quickly get hilariously weird.

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Kylee stops and looks like she doesn’t want to answer her mom’s question before quietly saying, “Yeah.” You guys, she has a worm in her pocket.

“Why do you have a worm in your pocket?” Jenae rightfully asks.

“I don’t know,” Kylee says.

After her mom tells her to get the worm out of her pocket, the girl holds up the earthworm and it starts moving, which again, shocks Jenae. Because how is it still alive after spending who knows how long in the pocket of a little kid? The poor little confused worm is finally released back into the wild with fresh air, but Mom’s intuition kicks in, so she asks if Kylee has any more worms.

The little girl pulls out two handfuls of live earthworms that are likely thankful that Kylee was caught so they could get back to living their best life in someone’s yard. People in the comments thought the entire situation was hilarious and some even suggested that she get a worm farm.

“I was expecting one from each pocket she grabbed the whole family,” one commenter wrote.

“Pleaseeeeeeeeeeeee get her a worm farm she deserves it man,” someone said.

“Definitely a future biologist!!! Mom get her a small aquarium fill it with soil, let her put her worms in it and WATCH her shine” another wrote.

“How she got 37 worms in her pocket but just pulled out 1. I cried,” someone commented.

@jenae92

#kidsoftictok #fearfactor #birthdaybehavior #wormszone

Some of the commenters had a very important question, where did she get all of those worms? Turns out, she stuffed them in her pockets at daycare. Look, Kylee and her worms are going places. The little girl never really admitted why she had the worms outside of her liking them, but there had to be a plan. Maybe Jenae will take some of the commenters up on their advice and buy her a worm farm to encourage her love for worms. All I know is, laundry day is going to be a weird, slimy game of Russian roulette.

Kids will absolutely test all parts of your personality. Not out of malicious intent, but simply because kids are innocent and don’t don’t understand unspoken social rules, especially when they’re very little. One of those seemingly common sense unspoken social rules is that you don’t go to the nail salon with worms in your pockets.

Scratch that, you don’t walk around with worms in your pocket, period. That is unless you’re on a fishing boat and you’re in charge of bait and you run out of room in the canister filled with worms. I mean, there are a lot of things that would have to come into play to make having worms in your pocket socially acceptable. But kids don’t know that, and one little girl, Kylee Grace, gave her mom a shock after they left the nail salon one day.

In the video posted to TikTok, which has now gone mega-viral with over 11.5 million views, Kylee and her mom are walking down the sidewalk after getting their nails done. Jenae, the little girl’s mom, asks her daughter if she has a worm in her pocket. Then things quickly get hilariously weird.

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Kylee stops and looks like she doesn’t want to answer her mom’s question before quietly saying, “Yeah.” You guys, she has a worm in her pocket.

“Why do you have a worm in your pocket?” Jenae rightfully asks.

“I don’t know,” Kylee says.

After her mom tells her to get the worm out of her pocket, the girl holds up the earthworm and it starts moving, which again, shocks Jenae. Because how is it still alive after spending who knows how long in the pocket of a little kid? The poor little confused worm is finally released back into the wild with fresh air, but Mom’s intuition kicks in, so she asks if Kylee has any more worms.

The little girl pulls out two handfuls of live earthworms that are likely thankful that Kylee was caught so they could get back to living their best life in someone’s yard. People in the comments thought the entire situation was hilarious and some even suggested that she get a worm farm.

“I was expecting one from each pocket she grabbed the whole family,” one commenter wrote.

“Pleaseeeeeeeeeeeee get her a worm farm she deserves it man,” someone said.

“Definitely a future biologist!!! Mom get her a small aquarium fill it with soil, let her put her worms in it and WATCH her shine” another wrote.

“How she got 37 worms in her pocket but just pulled out 1. I cried,” someone commented.

@jenae92

#kidsoftictok #fearfactor #birthdaybehavior #wormszone

Some of the commenters had a very important question, where did she get all of those worms? Turns out, she stuffed them in her pockets at daycare. Look, Kylee and her worms are going places. The little girl never really admitted why she had the worms outside of her liking them, but there had to be a plan. Maybe Jenae will take some of the commenters up on their advice and buy her a worm farm to encourage her love for worms. All I know is, laundry day is going to be a weird, slimy game of Russian roulette.

If you’re having trouble meeting a romantic partner, research shows you could improve your chances by getting a dog. A 2020 YouGov study found that 50% of Americans would be more willing to date someone if they had a dog, while only 9% would be less willing to do so.

Women are more interested in meeting someone with a dog (54%) compared to 46% of men.

People are more attracted to dog lovers for a pretty simple reason. They assume that those who have dogs are better at having long-term relationships. “People might infer that a dog-walking man knows how to form lasting attachments, has the resources to care for someone else (dog ownership is expensive!), and is reliable enough to do the daily work involved with dog ownership,” Theresa E. DiDonato Ph.D. writes in Psychology Today.

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A Reddit user with an unprintable name posted a story for the ages that has resurfaced because of the epic troll move his dad pulled. He secretly renamed his dog, and the son found out at the most inopportune time.

When he was 19, the Reddit user’s parents gave him an adorable Golden Retriever puppy for Christmas. Because of the spirit of the season, he named her “Holly.” The Redditor couldn’t take the dog home immediately, so it stayed with his parents for a few weeks while he got situated.

Six months later, when he took Holly in for a check-up, he learned that while she was living with his parents, his father registered her under another name with the American Kennel Club and the local veterinarian. While he waited for his dog to be called to the vet, a young woman caught his attention.

“So I’m sitting in the waiting room and a cute girl around my age comes in with a beautiful GSD [German Shepherd] pup and sits by me,” the man recounted. “Our pups start playing together so we inevitably talk. We’re hitting it off, talking about the joys and downs of puppy ownership. Then the receptionist steps up and calls: ‘Mizz Princess Hollywood?'”

Blindsided by the name, the guy felt humiliated. The name of his potential paramour’s dog didn’t make things any easier.

“Now I’m already embarrassed, but it didn’t help that while I was still standing up there, they call out ‘Bowser’ (or something else fairly masculine), and the cute girl stands up with her pup,” the Redditor wrote. “I just walked into the exam room red-faced and never saw her again.”

Instead of feeling embarrassed, a Reddit user named Sniperstar said the dog owner should have used the situation to his advantage. “[You] Should have got up said, ‘It’s a long story, but I’d love to tell you about it over coffee after this,’” Sniperstar suggested.

Sniperstar isn’t wrong in their suggestion. Studies show that, according to heterosexual women, a sense of humor is one of the most attractive qualities a man can have. But who knows if even a well-timed joke can overcome the cringe of having a dog named Mizz Princess Hollywood?

If you’re having trouble meeting a romantic partner, research shows you could improve your chances by getting a dog. A 2020 YouGov study found that 50% of Americans would be more willing to date someone if they had a dog, while only 9% would be less willing to do so.

Women are more interested in meeting someone with a dog (54%) compared to 46% of men.

People are more attracted to dog lovers for a pretty simple reason. They assume that those who have dogs are better at having long-term relationships. “People might infer that a dog-walking man knows how to form lasting attachments, has the resources to care for someone else (dog ownership is expensive!), and is reliable enough to do the daily work involved with dog ownership,” Theresa E. DiDonato Ph.D. writes in Psychology Today.

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A Reddit user with an unprintable name posted a story for the ages that has resurfaced because of the epic troll move his dad pulled. He secretly renamed his dog, and the son found out at the most inopportune time.

When he was 19, the Reddit user’s parents gave him an adorable Golden Retriever puppy for Christmas. Because of the spirit of the season, he named her “Holly.” The Redditor couldn’t take the dog home immediately, so it stayed with his parents for a few weeks while he got situated.

Six months later, when he took Holly in for a check-up, he learned that while she was living with his parents, his father registered her under another name with the American Kennel Club and the local veterinarian. While he waited for his dog to be called to the vet, a young woman caught his attention.

“So I’m sitting in the waiting room and a cute girl around my age comes in with a beautiful GSD [German Shepherd] pup and sits by me,” the man recounted. “Our pups start playing together so we inevitably talk. We’re hitting it off, talking about the joys and downs of puppy ownership. Then the receptionist steps up and calls: ‘Mizz Princess Hollywood?'”

Blindsided by the name, the guy felt humiliated. The name of his potential paramour’s dog didn’t make things any easier.

“Now I’m already embarrassed, but it didn’t help that while I was still standing up there, they call out ‘Bowser’ (or something else fairly masculine), and the cute girl stands up with her pup,” the Redditor wrote. “I just walked into the exam room red-faced and never saw her again.”

Instead of feeling embarrassed, a Reddit user named Sniperstar said the dog owner should have used the situation to his advantage. “[You] Should have got up said, ‘It’s a long story, but I’d love to tell you about it over coffee after this,’” Sniperstar suggested.

Sniperstar isn’t wrong in their suggestion. Studies show that, according to heterosexual women, a sense of humor is one of the most attractive qualities a man can have. But who knows if even a well-timed joke can overcome the cringe of having a dog named Mizz Princess Hollywood?

While marriages are by far much more egalitarian than they have been in decades past, many women will tell you that when it comes to emotional and domestic labor, they still take on the lion’s share of responsibility.

Many women are using TikTok to call out this imbalance, even going so far as to share how it led to them filing for divorce. As for Clare Brown, she’s opting to illuminate the issue in a more satirical way.

Brown has amassed over 400,000 followers on her TikTok account, where a major part of her schtick includes what she calls “flipping the script” on social issues. And as of late, it’s her focus on parenting expectations that has people—particularly fed up moms—nodding in agreement.

In a series titled “flipping the script on weaponized incompetence,” Brown pokes fun at fathers who remain willfully ignorant by asking their partners for help on even the most basic tasks, thus escaping the responsibility of pulling their weight.

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“Honey, I can’t find the pull-ups. Can you come look?” she whines in one video. Seconds later, she asks “Where do you keep the kids’ clothes? What time does school start?” delivered in perfect deadpan.

The real kicker is when Brown is handed a fake baby, and with disgust, she tells her imaginary husband, “You want me to babysit while you take a shower? She’s just going to cry for you. Why don’t you just take her with you?”

@clarabellecwb

Just tell me what to do and I’ll do it!

♬ A Day in My Life – Soft boy

Sounds absolutely ridiculous coming from a woman, right? Yeah, others caught on to that, too.

“Hearing a woman say those things sounds so ludicrous. Why do some men get away with this?! The first sign of this while dating and I’m out,” one person commented.

And since weaponized incompetence doesn’t take holidays off, Brown had a Mother’s Day Edition, (or Father’s Day, in this imaginary scenario). As Brown enters the room, she manages to wish her husband “Happy Father’s Day” and asks for help—several times—in the same breath.

“That kitchen is a disaster. Don’t worry about it today. It’s Father’s Day! You can just clean it up tomorrow,” she quips.

@clarabellecwb

I gave him a break!

♬ Jazz Bossa Nova – TOKYO Lonesome Blue

Brown also expected her husband to still have the agenda for the day mapped out, basically planning how he would be celebrated. Clearly, this was a common occurrence, given the sheer number of comments on Brown’s video. Many chose to give their own tongue-in-cheek nods to that particular experience.

“He’s so lucky you’re giving him the choice of what to do on his special day. I’m sure he has so many plans!” one person wrote to which Brown replied, “He just needs to tell me what to do, and I’ll do it!” Ah, the crux of the issue in a single sentence.

Weaponized incompetence can even be summoned at your local grocery store, apparently. In another video, Brown is seen calling her husband to ask him important questions like what aisle the juice is on or if a fuji apple is red or green, all with an exasperated voice that clearly conveys she doesn’t think she should need to do the task.

@clarabellecwb

By request: We obviously need to unwind after a long day of helping.

♬ Elevator Music – Bohoman

Again, as bonkers as this skit seemed, women could relate. The very top comment read: “I put ‘fruit—whatever’s on sale’ and my husband bought every type of fruit because ‘they were selling all of it.’”

Weaponized incompetence is certainly not a tactic solely employed by husbands to get out of household chores. It’s a term used to describe any time a person tries to skirt shared responsibilities by pretending they aren’t up to the task. As marriages rely on teamwork and trust in order to be successful, it’s easy to see why Brown and her viewers are attempting to shine a light on a serious issue, even if it is done in a lighthearted way.

While marriages are by far much more egalitarian than they have been in decades past, many women will tell you that when it comes to emotional and domestic labor, they still take on the lion’s share of responsibility.

Many women are using TikTok to call out this imbalance, even going so far as to share how it led to them filing for divorce. As for Clare Brown, she’s opting to illuminate the issue in a more satirical way.

Brown has amassed over 400,000 followers on her TikTok account, where a major part of her schtick includes what she calls “flipping the script” on social issues. And as of late, it’s her focus on parenting expectations that has people—particularly fed up moms—nodding in agreement.

In a series titled “flipping the script on weaponized incompetence,” Brown pokes fun at fathers who remain willfully ignorant by asking their partners for help on even the most basic tasks, thus escaping the responsibility of pulling their weight.

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“Honey, I can’t find the pull-ups. Can you come look?” she whines in one video. Seconds later, she asks “Where do you keep the kids’ clothes? What time does school start?” delivered in perfect deadpan.

The real kicker is when Brown is handed a fake baby, and with disgust, she tells her imaginary husband, “You want me to babysit while you take a shower? She’s just going to cry for you. Why don’t you just take her with you?”

@clarabellecwb

Just tell me what to do and I’ll do it!

♬ A Day in My Life – Soft boy

Sounds absolutely ridiculous coming from a woman, right? Yeah, others caught on to that, too.

“Hearing a woman say those things sounds so ludicrous. Why do some men get away with this?! The first sign of this while dating and I’m out,” one person commented.

And since weaponized incompetence doesn’t take holidays off, Brown had a Mother’s Day Edition, (or Father’s Day, in this imaginary scenario). As Brown enters the room, she manages to wish her husband “Happy Father’s Day” and asks for help—several times—in the same breath.

“That kitchen is a disaster. Don’t worry about it today. It’s Father’s Day! You can just clean it up tomorrow,” she quips.

@clarabellecwb

I gave him a break!

♬ Jazz Bossa Nova – TOKYO Lonesome Blue

Brown also expected her husband to still have the agenda for the day mapped out, basically planning how he would be celebrated. Clearly, this was a common occurrence, given the sheer number of comments on Brown’s video. Many chose to give their own tongue-in-cheek nods to that particular experience.

“He’s so lucky you’re giving him the choice of what to do on his special day. I’m sure he has so many plans!” one person wrote to which Brown replied, “He just needs to tell me what to do, and I’ll do it!” Ah, the crux of the issue in a single sentence.

Weaponized incompetence can even be summoned at your local grocery store, apparently. In another video, Brown is seen calling her husband to ask him important questions like what aisle the juice is on or if a fuji apple is red or green, all with an exasperated voice that clearly conveys she doesn’t think she should need to do the task.

@clarabellecwb

By request: We obviously need to unwind after a long day of helping.

♬ Elevator Music – Bohoman

Again, as bonkers as this skit seemed, women could relate. The very top comment read: “I put ‘fruit—whatever’s on sale’ and my husband bought every type of fruit because ‘they were selling all of it.’”

Weaponized incompetence is certainly not a tactic solely employed by husbands to get out of household chores. It’s a term used to describe any time a person tries to skirt shared responsibilities by pretending they aren’t up to the task. As marriages rely on teamwork and trust in order to be successful, it’s easy to see why Brown and her viewers are attempting to shine a light on a serious issue, even if it is done in a lighthearted way.

Snoop Dogg and Dr. Dre fans might have to wait a little longer for their joint Hollywood Bowl shows that were supposed to take place this month. The two rappers are throwing their full support behind the Writers Guild Of America strike that is currently taking place — and have postponed the concerts until October.

For those unfamiliar, television and film writers are currently striking for better pay and other demands from the major studios, streaming platforms, and other large production companies.

“Due to the ongoing WGA strike and the DGA and SAG/AFTRA negotiations, we have decided to postpone the shows scheduled for June 27 and June 28 at the Hollywood Bowl. We stand in solidarity with the unions and are hopeful that the AMPTP will negotiate fair deals as soon as possible and everybody can get back to work,” Snoop Dogg announced in an Instagram post.

According to The Hollywood Reporter, the duo also sent out food trucks to the striking writers who were at Paramount Studios in Los Angeles.

Before the announcement, Snoop had been a fierce advocate for the writers.

“[Artists] need to figure it out the same way the writers are figuring it out. The writers are striking because [of] streaming; they can’t get paid. Because when it’s on the platform, it’s not like in the box office,” Snoop said at a previous Variety conference.

“I don’t understand how the f*ck you get paid off of that sh*t,” he added. “Somebody explain to me how you can get a billion streams and not get a million dollars? … That’s the main gripe with a lot of us artists is that we do major numbers, … but it don’t add up to the money. Like, where the f*ck is the money?”

Check out Snoop Dogg’s postponement announcement here.

Do you think Harrison Ford owns a toy of Indiana Jones or Han Solo or Dr. Richard Kimble? (If there aren’t any Dr. Richard Kimble toys, there should be.) Maybe the better question is: has Harrison Ford ever bought a toy? The answer to both is, I assume, “no.” He does not seem like someone who would find enjoyment in a miniature version of himself, unlike the cast of Barbie, who were beaming when they were presented with dolls of their characters.

“I love it!” Margot Robbie reacted to a Barbie wearing her Perfect Day outfit from the Greta Gerwig-directed film. “[It’s] actually incredibly accurate to exactly the outfit I wear in the movie, right down to the little love heart on the show.” (There’s also a cowboy Barbie as seen in the “humiliating” set photos.) Issa Rae was equally delighted. “Shout out to Greta Gerwig,” she said, “because she was like, ‘What would your president look like?’ and I was like, ‘I just feel like she’d be in a ballgown’, and she was like ‘Done.’”

Ryan Gosling isn’t in the video, but Ken and his “Ken-ergy” was represented by Simu Liu. “This is Ken me! His hair is so perfectly coiffed, I’m a little jealous to be honest,” the Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings star said.

You can buy the dolls here and watch the video below.

Barbie opens on July 21st (unless Tom Cruise gets his way).