Month: July 2023

Congratulations to Margot Robbie. She’s the star of one of the biggest movies of 2023 (and the most underrated movie of 2022), and 6,731 people think she has “beautiful” feet. Equally important achievements.

The Barbie star spoke to Cinema Blend about the internet’s fascination with her feet, which she showed off in the Greta Gerwig-directed film’s trailer and in a memorable scene in Once Upon a Time in Hollywoodx.

“The very first time I Googled myself,” she said (there’s your first mistake), “you know how when you type something into Google and it predicts what the rest of it is going to be? I’d started working and I was on some things and I hadn’t Googled myself before, and so I wrote in ‘Margot Robbie’ and before I finished writing ‘Robbie,’ ‘Margot Robbie feet’ came up.”

Specifically, her Wikifeet, where 97 people think Robbie has “ugly” feet. Are there feet trolls? There must be (and I don’t mean Danny DeVito).

Robbie continued, “I clicked on it and realized that there were pictures zoomed in on my feet and people were writing about them and someone had made a video compilation of footage of my feet and I was like, ‘oh wow, this is like a thing. I didn’t realize.” Instead of feeling icked out, the actress said that she’s “really flattered that people are excited about my feet. I think that’s lovely. I am, genuinely. I don’t feel weird about it. I am actually like, that’s nice.” Robbie really wants to be cast in Quentin Tarantino’s final movie, huh?

(Via CinemaBlend)

This might sound hard to believe, but Ted Cruz was once best known for being incendiary in a way that doesn’t involve his ill-advised decision to flee to sunny Cancun during a deadly Texas ice storm. That tail-between-the-legs outing eclipsed most of Ted’s shenanigans, including the time that he hid in the bushes at the border and filmed himself.

Yes, Ted was once cringey without also being famous (and, as is the case lately, raging over the Barbie Movie). This came to light when he ran for president in 2016, through tidbits from his mid-1990s stint as a Supreme Court clerk for then-Chief Justice William Rehnquist. Ex-colleagues of Ted’s did speak to the New York Times about how Ted used to irk them during basketball breaks by shouting “my bad!” while he “elbowed wildly.” This tidbit didn’t surprise at all, but could Ted one day be back and wearing those robes?

Such a reality is conceivable, according to GOP presidential candidate Vivek Ramaswamy, who has apparently been raising mega campaign funds while Meatball Ron DeSantis is beginning to lose steam (and he didn’t have much to begin with) in the primary race. And if Vivek ends up being the GOP nominee (he’s already besting Mike Pence in polls) because Trump headed to prison (an actual possibility), then Supreme Court Justice Ted Cruz could be a thing.

Ramaswamy threw down that prophecy on Twitter, where he named his top picks for federal courts. Here’s why he likes Cancun Cruz:

Ted Cruz, U.S. Senator, Texas
– Fought for the Constitution and against left-radical court-packing.
– Champion of religious liberty who was the 2017 American Legion Religious Liberty Award winner.

So, prepare yourself for Ted Cruz, The Princess Bride lover and Barbie hater, having a shot at lording over one of the most powerful positions in the land. For a lifetime appointment. Eek.

This might sound hard to believe, but Ted Cruz was once best known for being incendiary in a way that doesn’t involve his ill-advised decision to flee to sunny Cancun during a deadly Texas ice storm. That tail-between-the-legs outing eclipsed most of Ted’s shenanigans, including the time that he hid in the bushes at the border and filmed himself.

Yes, Ted was once cringey without also being famous (and, as is the case lately, raging over the Barbie Movie). This came to light when he ran for president in 2016, through tidbits from his mid-1990s stint as a Supreme Court clerk for then-Chief Justice William Rehnquist. Ex-colleagues of Ted’s did speak to the New York Times about how Ted used to irk them during basketball breaks by shouting “my bad!” while he “elbowed wildly.” This tidbit didn’t surprise at all, but could Ted one day be back and wearing those robes?

Such a reality is conceivable, according to GOP presidential candidate Vivek Ramaswamy, who has apparently been raising mega campaign funds while Meatball Ron DeSantis is beginning to lose steam (and he didn’t have much to begin with) in the primary race. And if Vivek ends up being the GOP nominee (he’s already besting Mike Pence in polls) because Trump headed to prison (an actual possibility), then Supreme Court Justice Ted Cruz could be a thing.

Ramaswamy threw down that prophecy on Twitter, where he named his top picks for federal courts. Here’s why he likes Cancun Cruz:

Ted Cruz, U.S. Senator, Texas
– Fought for the Constitution and against left-radical court-packing.
– Champion of religious liberty who was the 2017 American Legion Religious Liberty Award winner.

So, prepare yourself for Ted Cruz, The Princess Bride lover and Barbie hater, having a shot at lording over one of the most powerful positions in the land. For a lifetime appointment. Eek.

During J Balvin’s new interview with Rolling Stone, he revealed that not only has he made a full EDM-inspired album, but he also has another collaborative one planned for next year. A few months ago, Sheeran had also teased the project through the same outlet, but a lot of it is still under wraps.

Balvin decided to join forces with Ed Sheeran once more after the two had worked together on his past songs, “Forever My Love” and “Sigue.”

“I was in New York at Christmas for shows and we decided to have one day in the studio that led to so so much more,” Sheeran shared in a statement at the time, via Variety. “He wanted to bring me into his world, and I wanted to bring him into mine. It was a proper challenge learning Spanish for this and I had so much fun doing it.”

Balvin has since expressed similar thoughts about how the two of them working on a full-length collaboration came to be.

“It came about in an organic, natural way. We met; we had coffee; we’d run into each other at the same gym, at the hotel,” he told Rolling Stone. “That’s going to be another album that will offer a lot to talk about because it’s like merging two worlds.”

Until then, J Balvin will lead fans into the electronic solo album with the eventual lead single, “Click Click Flash,” according to the publication.

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

During J Balvin’s new interview with Rolling Stone, he revealed that not only has he made a full EDM-inspired album, but he also has another collaborative one planned for next year. A few months ago, Sheeran had also teased the project through the same outlet, but a lot of it is still under wraps.

Balvin decided to join forces with Ed Sheeran once more after the two had worked together on his past songs, “Forever My Love” and “Sigue.”

“I was in New York at Christmas for shows and we decided to have one day in the studio that led to so so much more,” Sheeran shared in a statement at the time, via Variety. “He wanted to bring me into his world, and I wanted to bring him into mine. It was a proper challenge learning Spanish for this and I had so much fun doing it.”

Balvin has since expressed similar thoughts about how the two of them working on a full-length collaboration came to be.

“It came about in an organic, natural way. We met; we had coffee; we’d run into each other at the same gym, at the hotel,” he told Rolling Stone. “That’s going to be another album that will offer a lot to talk about because it’s like merging two worlds.”

Until then, J Balvin will lead fans into the electronic solo album with the eventual lead single, “Click Click Flash,” according to the publication.

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

Doja Cat became a household name thanks to pop-leaning hits like “Say So,” but that’s not the space the rapper/singer wants to be in anymore. In a new interview with V Magazine, Doja spoke about the “palatable, marketable, and sellable” music she’s made, and how she’s excited to be doing something different now.

Doja said:

“I have thrown fits my whole career because I have been making music that didn’t allow me to have a mental release. I have been making music that is palatable, marketable, and sellable, that has allowed me to be where I am. Now I am making music that allows me to express the way I feel about the world around me. […] These upcoming projects are going to be very different compared to everything I have done and I am excited about that. I do not care if people are not.”

She also noted, “I do not consider myself a rock star. I have made pop music. I’m currently making rap, soul, and R&B music with jazz elements. But this is a representation of how I feel. When I wear black, when I wear metal, or very scantily clad outfits… it’s all a representation of how angry, liberated, and sexual I am.”

Read the full interview here.

Doja Cat became a household name thanks to pop-leaning hits like “Say So,” but that’s not the space the rapper/singer wants to be in anymore. In a new interview with V Magazine, Doja spoke about the “palatable, marketable, and sellable” music she’s made, and how she’s excited to be doing something different now.

Doja said:

“I have thrown fits my whole career because I have been making music that didn’t allow me to have a mental release. I have been making music that is palatable, marketable, and sellable, that has allowed me to be where I am. Now I am making music that allows me to express the way I feel about the world around me. […] These upcoming projects are going to be very different compared to everything I have done and I am excited about that. I do not care if people are not.”

She also noted, “I do not consider myself a rock star. I have made pop music. I’m currently making rap, soul, and R&B music with jazz elements. But this is a representation of how I feel. When I wear black, when I wear metal, or very scantily clad outfits… it’s all a representation of how angry, liberated, and sexual I am.”

Read the full interview here.

There’s supportive mothers. There’s overbearing mothers. Then there’s mothers who call you during your first day of work to say that they love you — and also that your bosses are morons. Jesse Watters‘ mother is the third kind of mother. And she did it on live television.

On Monday, the new Tucker Carlson hosted his first episode of Jesse Watters Primetime; it was a “stale” and “snoozy” premiere, except for how it ended. Watters’ mom, a Democrat, called in and offered guidance on how her son can avoid the same fate as Carlson (and Bill O’Reilly, for that matter). “I want to say congratulations, honey bun, we are so proud of you and your accomplishments and you’ve worked so hard. Now let’s aim to have you keep your job,” she said. “To that end, I do have some suggestions.”

Her first suggestion: “Do not tumble into any conspiracy rabbit holes. We do not want to lose you and we want no lawsuits.” Watters’ mom continued, “In keeping with the Hippocratic Oath, do no harm. We need you to be kind and respectful. You yourself mentioned that humble is a stretch, so I get that. Use your voice responsibly to promote conversation that maintains a narrative thread. There really has been enough Biden-bashing and the laptop is old. Perhaps you could suggest that your people take less interest, for example, in other people’s bodies and talk about that.”

She also suggested that Donald Trump “return to his earlier career on television. Everyone in his audience could wear a red hat.”

Is it too late to give Jesse Watters’ mom the Tucker timeslot instead?

(Via Mediaite)

In late 2012, will.i.am and Britney Spears teamed up for “Scream & Shout,” and it turned out to be a hit: It topped charts around the world and managed a No. 3 peak on the Billboard Hot 100, and just a couple months ago, the song’s video reached a billion views on YouTube. Now, the pair is getting back in the saddle with a new collaboration that’s set to drop today (July 18).

will.i.am and Spears shared a teaser video for “Mind Your Business” yesterday, which starts by looking back at their previous collab with the lyrics, “You are now rockin’ with will.i.am and Britney, b*tch.” It then offers a brief snippet of the new song, which sees Spears singing, “Mind your business, b*tch.” The video notes the song is set to arrive today.

will.i.am all but confirmed the collaboration in a recent interview, saying with a smile, “Yeah, there’s been things in the works, things that we’ve done in the past.” He also noted, “We’ve done cool things together, and I’m so happy that she’s on this new journey and shining. She’s still got hurdles, but you know what, we’re all there to support her.”

The song isn’t out yet, but there’s a pre-save link here.

Chlöe’s island vacation in May to celebrate the conclusion of her first tour as a solo artist was simply an intermission. The “How Does It Feel” singer took to social media to announce that her In Pieces Tour is far from over.

For fans that were unable to catch the Swarm actress during the tour’s initial run, they will have another chance starting with her appearance at Sol Blume 2023. Singer Rose Gold will join Chlöe on the road as the tour’s supporting act.

The In Pieces Tour will stop in Anaheim, Phoenix, Denver, Toronto, Charlotte, Tampa, and more for its second wing. The tour will officially kick off on August 22 in San Diego, ending in Fort Lauderdale in September.

View the full tour schedule below. Tickets for the In Pieces Tour are on sale now. Find more information here.

08/20 — Sacramento, CA @ Sol Blume
08/22 — San Diego, CA @ The Observatory
08/23 — Anaheim, CA @ House Of Blues
08/24 — Phoenix, AZ @ The Van Buren
08/26 — Denver, CO @ Ogden Theatre
08/29 — Minneapolis, MN @ First Avenue
08/31 — Cleveland, OH @ House Of Blues
09/01 — Indianapolis, IN @ Old National Centre
09/02 — Grand Rapids, MI @ The Intersection
09/04 — Toronto, ON @ Phoenix Concert Theatre
09/06 — Norfolk, VA @ Norva Theater
09/07 — Charlotte, NC @ The Fillmore
09/09 — Tampa, FL @ Ritz Ybor
09/10 — Fort Lauderdale, FL @ Revolution