Month: August 2023

Christmas and Hanukkah are still months away, but it’s not too early to lock down your dad’s gift: a ticket to see Ferrari. The Michael Mann-directed movie isn’t just for dads, as everyone can and should see Adam Driver as famous car guy Enzo Ferrari and Penélope Cruz as his wife Laura. But come on.

It’s a Michael Mann movie about fast cars. It’s a dad movie (complimentary).

Neon has released the first look at Ferrari, which premieres at the 80th Venice International Film Festival this month before coming to theaters on December 25th. There’s only line of dialogue spoken in the teaser (Driver’s Italian accent is better than Jared Leto’s in House of Gucci), but the entire time I felt like I was racing towards a panic attack. Michael Mann is back, baby!

Here’s more:

It is the summer of 1957. Behind the spectacle of Formula 1, ex-racer Enzo Ferrari is in crisis. Bankruptcy threatens the factory he and his wife, Laura built from nothing ten years earlier. Their volatile marriage has been battered by the loss of their son, Dino a year earlier. Ferrari struggles to acknowledge his son Piero with Lina Lardi. Meanwhile, his drivers’ passion to win pushes them to the edge as they launch into the treacherous 1,000-mile race across Italy, the Mille Miglia.

Ferrari also stars Shailene Woodley, Sarah Gordon, Gabriel Leone, Jack O’Connell, and Patrick Dempsey.

Remember when Kim Kardashian and Kanye West were married? That was weird. Also weird: whatever the rapper and his “wife” Bianca Censori were caught doing in Italy. I’ll let TMZ paint a beautiful picture: “The two hopped on a water taxi, and that’s when things got cheeky… as Kanye’s entire backside was exposed as he tried to sit near the back of the vessel. Apparently, Kanye didn’t notice his butt was out, or maybe he just didn’t care.”

Kardashian, who called co-parenting with West “really f*cking hard,” is reportedly “embarrassed and worried” for her ex-husband. “Kim’s been so worried about the new pics that have come out with Bianca – like how will she explain it all to the kids?” an insider told the Sun. “She’s embarrassed and worried for him – he’s wandering around barefoot with champagne in the street, something clearly isn’t right.” The mysterious source added, “It’s like every time Kanye and Bianca pull these nearly-naked stunts, it reminds everyone that Kim dressed up in skintight nude outfits during the marriage.”

Does it, though? The thing I remember the most about Kim and Kanye being together is the snake thing. The outfits aren’t even in the top 10.

The insider had one more thing to say: “She’d rather put it behind her and forget about it.” The public at large agrees.

(Via the Sun)

A concert can be an emotional experience for fans, especially if it’s one of their favorite artists they’re seeing live. Emotions will definitely run high if you get dumped at a show, which is just what happened to one Chlöe fan recently. Chlöe was there for support, though, offering encouragement when she heard the news.

In a tweet shared last night (August 29), the fan wrote, “I just got dumped at @ChloeBailey concert [teary-eyed emoji] [crying emoji] she was a bad b*tch tho!! Bro just blew my night fr.” Chlöe quote-tweeted the post and added, “wtf. better off without him. onto the next!!! love you boo.”

At this point, the fan saw an opportunity and took it, replying to Chlöe, “ayo listen, if yall wanna make feel better, go stream my music,” along with a link to their Spotify artist page. Another user expressed hope that the fan enjoyed the concert regardless of the relationship status shift and she responded, “LOVVVVEEEDDD EVERY SECOND.”

Meanwhile, Chlöe recently appeared to address pregnancy rumors surrounding sister Halle Bailey, saying, “Y’all better keep my sister’s name out your mouth, thank you. Amen, hallelujah. ‘Bout to get me riled the hell up.” Somebody off camera said, “We don’t play about Halle.” Chlöe added, “No. Like, what the heck? Period.”

Last night (August 29), Doja Cat shared the cover art for her upcoming album Scarlet; While it’s fair to doubt whether this is the actual cover art given how many times Doja has changed her mind about the project, the same image appears on her official website, so it seems to be legit. Some have noticed, though, that the art is pretty much exactly the same as the cover of another album, an album that’s even coming out on the same day as Scarlet.

Pop Crave points out that spider paintings appear on the cover of both Scarlet and metal band Chaver’s upcoming album, Of Gloom, which, like Scarlet, is set for release on September 22. (Here’s Chaver’s announcement post from July 29, and here’s Doja’s from yesterday.)

There are some subtle differences between the two spiders, like the shape and position of some legs and appendages, and the shape of the fluid drop above the spider’s head. One painting isn’t just an edited version of the other, as they appear to be two distinct, albeit strikingly similar, artworks. There are more similarities than differences, though, including the fact that both covers were created by the same artist, Dusty Ray, who Chaver credited in their announcement post and who Doja credited in an Instagram Story post.

So far, neither Doja, Chaver, nor Ray have shared a public comment about the similarity between the album covers.

Scarlet is out 9/22 via Kemosabe Records/RCA Records. Find more information here.

Katy Kirby was on our 2021 list of Indie Artists To Watch thanks to her hypnotic debut album Cool Dry Place. She’s toured with acts like Sun June, Ada Lea, and more; now she’s back with a new song after signing to the label Anti-.

“Cubic Zirconia” has Kirby’s signature charm and tranquil energy. In a statement, she explained that the glimmering track is about love, admiration, and diamonds. Read what she said:

“I’ve been trying to write this song for nearly four years, but it only came into focus for me when I fell in love with a girl for the first time. It’s an attempt to say something that I don’t think I’m smart enough to articulate outside of the song — something about how much I admire when someone is unembarrassed of being explicit about the cosmetic and aesthetic choices they make for themselves. Why wouldn’t you love the little tricks of their trade — the way they wear makeup, the clothes and mannerisms that make them feel safest and most themselves — why wouldn’t these little tricks be the most endearing artifacts of their inner essence? If you loved someone, why would you not love those choices? It’s an honor to get that close to someone — close enough to see how they construct the image of themselves with which they move through the world as best they can (as we all do). Why wouldn’t that be enough?

Cubic Zirconia! A lab-grown diamond. A salute to whatever the world looks down on as “artificial” — even a defense of artifice. It seems like naturalness is not only a dangerously vague and subjective concept, but that whenever those concepts get invoked, the invoker is almost invariably being manipulative or even malicious. Insofar as the line between authentic/fake, natural/unnatural, organic/synthetic artificial/genuine is hopelessly thin. Insofar as it’s a line that shifts constantly and doesn’t seem to be in anyone’s interest except the people who’ve decided that they’re the most qualified to draw that line. What a useless concept. What an extremely suspicious concept to leverage in assessing someone’s worth. What a sanctimonious little scam!”

Listen to “Cubic Zirconia” above.

One of Donald Trump’s selling points to the American people is that he’s (allegedly!) a great and unimaginably wealthy businessman. But what if he’s not? What if there’s a reason he’s constantly begging his sometimes cash-strapped supporters for money, asking them to do things like help fix his private plane? On Monday, his eldest son even spent part of his latest podcast begging people to stop buying MAGA merch from people who aren’t him.

As per HuffPost, a reasonably clam Don Jr. told viewers interested in buying things like t-shirts emblazoned with his father’s mugshot to avoid third-party sellers, who he accused of “lining their own pockets” rather than giving it back to his dad (or just him).

“I get other people have made [a] very good living doing the MAGA merch, even if,” he said, but noted that “none of the money actually goes toward the [Trump] campaign or the cause.”

But Don Jr. would never seek to make a profit. After all, “the cause” is more important than capitalism. He claimed he wouldn’t “feel right about profiting” from his dad’s legal woes. Besides, he said, “I’d probably actually get killed in the press, thinking about it now.”

Instead, if Trumpists gave him money instead of those crafty capitalists hawking their own MAGA wares, Don Jr. made a solemn oath to funnel “all of the profits” to his dad’s legal plight, so he could “push back against some of the insanity, the miscarriage of justice.”

Sadly, some weren’t buying Don Jr.’s claims, postulating that this was simply one grifter calling out other grifters.

Don Jr.’s dad currently faces 91 charges across four separate criminal cases. His team has claimed prosecutors are working at the behest of President Joe Biden in what amounts to “election interference,” which as it happens is what he’s accused of doing in the case in Georgia.

(Via HuffPost)

Arctic Monkeys are not an act to miss. The UK band’s shows are unpredictable, and the setlist for this tour contains indie-rock classics like “Do I Wanna Know?,” “505,” “Crying Lightning,” and more. Of course, it’s also packed with tracks from their latest record, 2022’s The Car, being as it’s called The Car Tour.

As the group continues taking stages all over North America, they’re bringing a very special guest as their opener: Dublin’s post-punk group Fontaines DC. They released an album last year as well, titled Skinty Fia, the follow-up to 2020’s A Hero’s Death.

About playing for American audience, Fontaines DC frontman Grian Chatten told Uproxx about what surprises him. “I’m really surprised about how much they connect with our songs which are based on stories of life in Dublin,” he said. “To me, there’s a specificity to our lyrics that I didn’t think would translate as well as it has. And that’s been amazing to see. We played a show in Salt Lake City and I really had no idea what to expect from an audience there, with my preconceptions about what people who lived in Salt Lake City were going to be like. But it kicked off. That was amazing.”

Sometimes, great things can come from horrible people. For instance, in this season of And Just Like That, villain Che Diaz did one thing right by rescuing a sweet little kitten and convincing Carrie to adopt him. See? Not all comedians are bad. Just some.

Taking a page from Taylor Swift’s book, Sarah Jessica Parker adopted the little kitten from the set, and he made his grand Instagram debut today.

“His off-camera name is Lotus,” Parker posted on Instagram. “He and his siblings were all given botanical names when they were rescued as newborns by the @cthumanesociety. Adopted officially by the Parker/Broderick family in April 2023. He joins Rémy and Smila whom we adopted in May 2022. If he looks familiar, that’s because he is,” Parker noted, nodding to the cat’s cameo on And Just Like That. The cat had more screen time than Kim Cattrall.

On the show, the cat’s name is Shoe which…isn’t the best name. So Parker renamed him Lotus. Honestly, she could have done better. Some potential options: Sarah Jessica Paw-ker, And Just Like Cat, or Catthew Broderick. Any of these could have worked.

Now that season two is over and season three is in the works, we can hope for even more Shoe/Lotus next season. And maybe he will pee on Che Diaz’s bomber jacket.

(Via EW)

As summer winds down and fall begins, there are a few things we can always count on. One is that Starbucks will bring back Pumpkin Spice Lattes much too early and that CVS will have all of the Halloween decorations out by the last day of August. But one (more expensive) guarantee is that Apple will release something in September that they will convince you you need to buy. Last year, a lot of people did not.

But with autumn comes a new iPhone release, and the iPhone 15 is coming in right on time on September 15th (for pre-orders). According to Forbes, the upcoming series is expected to start at $799, and it only goes up from there.

iPhone 15 Plus will start at $899, while the iPhone 15 Pro starts at $1,099, and finally, the iPhone 15 Pro Max will begin at $1,299, roughly the cost of 13 Gen 1 iPod Shuffles. Those were the days!

While the prices have not yet been confirmed, Bloomberg confirmed that Apple is expected to raise iPhone prices, so it’s likely they will be in that range. Along with the prince changes, the new phones will have an updated camera while introducing a USB-C charging port, so you will need to find a way to organize even more cables in your life. Good luck!

(Via Forbes)

Oneohtrix Point Never is mostly known for his production work for pop giants like Charli XCX and The Weeknd as well as indie darlings like Soccer Mommy. The other week, he announced his new album titled Again, the follow-up to 2020’s Magic Oneohtrix Point Never.

OPN — née Daniel Lopatin — shared the lead single on Tuesday, August 29. “A Barely Lit Path” is a sprawling, cinematic journey with an intense, immersive mood created by an unlikely mix of vibrating synthesizers and a poignant orchestra. To make it even weirder, it’s the closing track of the record. It comes with a music video that captures the chaos of the track.

Earlier this year, Lopatin released eight songs for the soundtrack of part of Disney+’s animated series Star Wars: Visions Vol. 2.

Last year, OPN worked with Sophie Allison for the Soccer Mommy album Sometimes, Forever. “Sophie finds magical ways to complicate her bubblegum melodies with a subtle weirdness: a twisted chord, a bent texture, some dark comedy,” he said about the “Clean” singer. “It’s addictive to listen to all that sweet and sour stuff she has going on, so I just tried to amplify that.”

Listen to “A Barely Lit Path” above.

Again is out 9/29 via Warp Records. Find out more information here.