Month: September 2023

Joe Jonas and Sophie Turner have released a joint statement, a day after the Jonas Brothers member filed for divorce from the Game of Thrones actress citing that their marriage of four years is “irretrievably broken.”

“After four wonderful years of marriage we have mutually decided to amicably end our marriage,” it reads. “There are many speculative narratives as to why but, truly this is a united decision and we sincerely hope that everyone can respect our wishes for privacy for us and our children.”

A petition for dissolution of marriage [was] filed by Joe Jonas on Tuesday, Sept. 5, in Miami Dade County, Florida. The petition states that “the marriage between the parties is irretrievably broken.” The petition also reads that the children have been residing with Jonas in Miami and other locations throughout the country, but that “it is in the best interests of the minor children that the parties have shared parental responsibility.” It also indicates that the couple had a prenuptial agreement.

Turner and Jonas first connected after he slid into her DMs. “We had a lot of mutual friends,” she told Harper’s Bazaar in 2019, “and they’d been trying to introduce us for a long time. We were following each other on Instagram and he direct-messaged me one fine day, out of the blue.”

You can see the Instagram statement below.

Perhaps the biggest takeaway from Drake and 21 Savage’s It’s All A Blur tour hasn’t been the music, the production, or anything performance-related like that, but the bras. A lot of brassieres have been thrown Drake’s way during the trek, and now he’s rounded them all up for a fun photo.

In the photo shared earlier today (September 6), Drake smiles with his arm spread wide. Behind him is a grid of bras, presumably all the ones that have been thrown at him on tour. Doing some quick math based on what can be seen in the photo, it appears Drake is posing with at least 600 bras.

Drake captioned the post, “Remember when we both forgot who the f*ck I was in unison…that wavelength was def a foolish one.”

On his Instagram Story, Drake also shared a video of a couple of workers unloading all the bras from the bin onto the floor, in preparation for the photo.

Some of the bras Drake has received have left him notably impressed. After seeing one, he exclaimed, “36G?! Locate this woman immediately.” In response to another bra, he said, “This is your mother’s bra that you brought to the show? Where is your mama at? You gotta send her my love. And by the way, you gotta send her my love, and you gotta tell her to get Instagram ASAP.”

Maybe all of those kids’ movies that feature personified animals getting into very human-like mischief when their owners are away are based on true events. Sure, people have put GoPros on their pets and haven’t captured any wild parties and secret conversations in a discernible language coming from their four-legged pet, but what if dogs understand more than we think and enjoy very human pleasures? Maybe some part of them is tuned into things they like that aren’t expected from human’s best friend.

A German Shepherd named Storm has certainly proven she’s been paying close attention to what humans do. In fact, she even joined the audience of a concert without her owners knowing.

In Inglewood, California, Storm decided to take her furry self on a date since clearly, her owners missed the memo on Metallica being in town. She heard the band start playing and decided to sneak away to get a better listen.

Apparently, dogs don’t need tickets or wristbands because Storm made her way into SoFi Stadium and took a seat to watch the show. People thought the poor dog was abandoned, but Metallica posted an update on their social media page explaining that Storm is just a big fan. The dog lives near the stadium and snuck out of her yard before making it to the concert.

“After a full night of taking in the show with her #MetallicaFamily, Storm was safely reunited with her actual family the next day. She had a great time listening to her favorite songs, including ‘Barx Æterna,’ ‘Master of Puppies,’ and ‘The Mailman That Never Comes,'” Metallica wrote.

The band also reminded people that they shouldn’t bring their dogs to a Metallica concert in case anyone got any ideas after seeing Storm jamming out.

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While Metallica is probably right in not bringing your dog to a heavy metal concert, it doesn’t mean you can’t make sure they appreciate your kind of music. Tell Alexa to turn the volume up to 10 and blast your favorite tunes while your dog watches you rock out on your air guitar in your living room. They’ve got to learn good music somehow. How else will they know what to play when they have their secret get togethers with the other neighborhood dogs?

In 2012, Hot Boys rapper B.G. was sentenced to 14 years in federal prison for gun possession and witness tampering. In the last few days, there have been reports that the hip-hop artist has been released. It was confirmed by HipHopDX and now videos are circulating of him out and about.

One viral clip is an Instagram Live from Birdman, who falsely claimed last year that B.G. would be out “in a few weeks” in an old Instagram Live. However, now there’s visual evidence.

Last month, however, Boosie Badazz shared that B.G. would be getting out soon. “I’m talking to him every day now,” Boosie said, according to HipHopDX. “I got the email now. I got the email set up on my phone so I can email him. “[He doesn’t have] an actual release date, but he should be home in like three, four months. They already went to the [halfway] house and checked the house where he’s coming to.”

He continued, “He got a few b*tches he want. He got a few celebrity crushes he want me to slide in their DM and tell ’em. I’m like, ‘Bruh, you gon’ have me in all kinda shi*!’ ‘I want her, tell that bitch she for me.’ Bruh, this n**** here.”

Veteran swingman Danny Green has agreed to a one-year deal with the Philadelphia 76ers, according to ESPN’s Adrian Wojnarowski.

After tearing his ACL in May of 2022, Green made his 2022-23 debut in February for the Memphis Grizzlies before being dealt to the Houston Rockets and agreeing to a buyout, at which point he signed with the Cleveland Cavaliers. Yet Green only played sparingly, seeing the court in 11 regular season games (138 minutes) and four playoff contests (40 minutes). He averaged 5.5 points and 1.3 rebounds per game, while shooting 43.2 percent from deep (16-for-37).

Because he played so little last year, it’s hard to know where Green is at in this point of his career physically and as an overall player. During 2021-22, before tearing his ACL, he remained an effective rotation player for the Sixers, though had lost a good deal of his lateral mobility, which hurt him significantly as a point-of-attack stopper. That season, he started 28 games, averaged 5.9 points and shot 38 percent beyond the arc.

Now more than a full calendar year removed his ACL injury and not trying to jockey for minutes on the fly with multiple playoff contenders, he could re-emerge as a viable rotation wing, floor-spacer and impactful defensive cog. Philadelphia will certainly hope that comes to fruition in his second stint with the organization as it searches to bolster its forward depth.

Foo Fighters have been playing tons of festivals this year. The band, who just released their 11th album, But Here We Are, have been on the roster for Outside Lands, Fuji Rock Festival, iHeartRadio Music Festival, and more.

The “Everlong” group just played Jazz Aspen Snowmass, which took place over Labor Day weekend, also featuring acts like The Lumineers, James Bay, Brothers Osborne, Old Dominion, and Grace Potter. They headlined on Sunday night, and their set featured an unexpected song: a cover of “Pretty Vacant” by Sex Pistols, performed alongside the one and only Billy Idol. It made for a satisfyingly punk experience to a hyped crowd.

Upon unveiling But Here We Are in June, the band shared a thoughtful statement on social media. “A most heartfelt & profound ‘thank you,’” they tweeted, “To Greg Kurstin, Julian Burg, Darrell Thorp, Spike Stent, John Lousteau, Oliver Roman, & Alastair Christie for helping the band walk back into the studio again, lock the door behind us, and make the most important album of our lives.”

They continued, “We certainly couldn’t have done it without you. Our love and gratitude goes beyond words. The memories and songs will last forever.”

Watch footage of the “Pretty Vacant” performance above.

On Tuesday, over two-and-a-half years after the Jan. 6 Capitol riot, a federal judge doled out the stiffest sentence yet for one of its perpetrators. Enrique Tarrio — former leader of the Proud Boys, the far right neo-fascist group that named after a line in Disney’s Aladdin — was handed a whopping 22 years. (That’s 11 years fewer than prosecutors had asked for.) Other Jan. 6 planners haven’t gotten off lightly either. In fact, some of the sentences awarded people who tried to overturn democracy are so long that it’s left Sarah Palin feeling a little blue.

As per Mediaite, the former Alaska governor and failed vice presidential candidate went on Newsmax, where host Eric Bolling lamented the extensive jailtime given to folks like Philly Proud Boys leader Zachary Rehl (15 years), InfoWars’ Joe Biggs (17), and Oath Keepers founder Stewart Rhodes (18). Bolling asked Palin what she has to say “to all these lefties,” presumably meaning the judges.

“It’s so disheartening, the examples that you’ve given, Eric,” Palin responded. “It makes the populace lose a lot of faith in our government, and that’s an understatement. Unfortunately, what this leads to, when we recognize the examples that you just gave, the two-tier different justice systems that apply according to politics, you know it makes the good guy think what’s the use in being a good guy. We’re gonna be punished, you know, we’re picked on, is what we are under this system. But we can’t feel helpless and hopeless.”

Palin sure has a strange definition of being a “good guy.” But she does have a point: Doling out harsh sentences to people who helped lead a failed coup that led to multiple deaths is a good way to discourage others from attempting the same.

Elsewhere in her Newsmax appearance, Palin offered some of her patented word salad about alleged “dismantling of our traditional justice system” and how both “Lady Liberty and Lady Justice used to be blind.” Or something!

Palin also tried to claim Jan. 6 wasn’t an insurrection but just some “people who wanted to get into the Capitol and exercise their right to protest,” while mourning the “hijacking of the language of the verbiage used” when describing that fateful day.

Palin doesn’t make too many public appearances these days, and when she does it’s either to lose a primary in the state she once led or to go to restaurants while teeming with COVID. Because putting people at risk of a deadly and highly transmissible disease is something the “good guys” do.

(Via Mediaite)

The Dallas Mavericks struggled in 2022-23, leading to a shocking situation in which the franchise missed the postseason entirely after making a deep run the previous year. That left the organization with plenty of questions heading into the 2023 offseason, headlined by the unrestricted free agency of players like Kyrie Irving and Christian Wood. While Irving’s market at the top of the league seemed more clear — and led to him, very quickly, coming to terms on a new deal to stay in Dallas — Wood finished a season in which he averaged 16.6 points and 7.3 rebounds per game in 67 appearances for the Mavs and spent months on the market.

That all changed on Tuesday night, as Adrian Wojnarowski of ESPN reported that Wood would head to the Los Angeles Lakers on a two-year deal.

Wood, who will turn 28 years old before the 2023-24 season begins, has averaged 18.1 points and 8.9 rebounds per game over the last three seasons combined with Dallas and Houston. In that time, he has shot 50.9 percent from the field and 38.1 percent from three-point distance, establishing Wood as a legitimate high-end offensive option on offense. His defensive impact is more muddled, which makes it fair to wonder how big of an impact he will have for Darvin Ham in Los Angeles, but Wood’s traits are enticing enough to demand intrigue on the market.

Last year, Zach Bryan unveiled a live album cleverly titled All My Homies Hate Ticketmaster. When he announced a tour in January, he proudly revealed that the cursed ticketing website would not be involved.

However, on Tuesday the country star shared on social media that he’s returning to Ticketmaster. “Everyone complained about AXS last year. Using all ticketing sites this year,” he wrote. “All my homies still do hate Ticketmaster but hard to realize one guy can’t change the whole system. It is intentionally broken and I’ll continue to feel absolutely horrible about the cost of tickets in an unfair market.”

When Bryan first announced his Ticketmaster-less plan, touring experts said it would be a challenge. “He could mount his own shows in public or non-Live Nation owned spaces, but that is an incredibly time-consuming logistical challenge, from liquor permits to government ordinances and independent security, ticketing, food and beverage vendors,” a source told Rolling Stone. “The less autonomous but easier maneuver is avoiding the Live Nation/TM complex wherever possible and using SeeTickets, AXS, or other less gouge-y ticket retailers. That is much less difficult, but in some markets, is impossible.”

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

Many, hopefully, spent Labor Day weekend resting up for a busy fall. Some did not. Donald Trump ranted and raved on social media. Elon Musk? He picked a fight with a Jewish organization. On Monday, the head of what was once called Twitter threatened to sue the Anti-Defamation League, who he accused of defaming him. How? By alerting advertisers to all the anti-Semitic posts that have spiked on his service since he took over. The unhinged move earned him plenty of scorn and/or mockery. And it got a firm rebuttal from the ADL itself.

In a statement provided to The Daily Beast, ADL CEO Jonathan Greenblatt called Musk’s actions “profoundly disturbing.” He pointed out that he was essentially joining an ongoing campaign promoted by anti-Semites, including white supremacist and onetime Donald Trump dinner guest Nick Fuentes, to ban the ADL. Greenblatt also pointed out that over the weekend, masked anti-Semites marched in Florida, “brazenly waving flags adorned with swastikas and chanting ‘Ban the ADL.’”

Greenblatt said he wasn’t all that worried with Musk’s threat of a “frivolous lawsuit” (which he’d probably not get around to anyway, just like his aborted cage fight with Mark Zuckerberg). He continued:

“This urgent matter is the safety of the Jewish people in the face of increasing, intensifying antisemitism. Musk is engaging with and elevating these antisemites at a time when ADL is tracking a surge of bomb threats and swatting attacks of synagogues and Jewish institutions, dramatic levels of antisemitic propaganda being littered throughout Jewish and non-Jewish residential communities, and extremists marching openly through the streets in Nazi gear. All of this is happening in a context of the highest number of antisemitic incidents that ADL has tracked in more than 40 years–and just two weeks away from the Jewish holidays of Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur.”

Greenblatt concluded by saying, “And so, this behavior is not just alarming nor reckless. It is flat out dangerous and deeply irresponsible. We need responsible leaders to lead, to stop inflaming hatred and to step back from the brink before it’s too late.”

When Musk announced the prospective lawsuit, he did so with his patented unfunny trolliness. “To clear our platform’s name on the matter of anti-Semitism, it looks like we have no choice but to file a defamation lawsuit against the Anti-Defamation League… oh the irony!” he wrote.

The move caused many to point out that Musk, whose erratic behavior and willingness to un-ban and associate with bigots, was essentially blaming his own actions on Jewish people.

Meanwhile, Musk should probably reserve his ire not for an organization that fights anti-Semitism but the former president who wants to crush the electric car (i.e., Tesla) business. But Musk will probably shoot himself in the foot on that one, too.

(Via The Daily Beast)