Month: December 2023

It’s eight years later, and Star Wars fans are still giving Adam Driver a piece of their mind about what his character Kylo Ren did in The Force Awakens. In the first installment of the sequel trilogy set 30 years after the events of Return of the Jedi, Kylo Ren is the son of Han Solo and Princess Leia, who’s seduced to the Dark Side by Supreme Leader Snoke. When father and son share reunion in the film’s climax, Kylo does the unthinkable by murdering the legendary pilot.

During a recent appearance on Who’s Talking to Chris Wallace, Driver revealed that Star Wars fans have consistently given crap about the patricide ever since.

“Somebody reminds me about that every day,” Driver told Wallace (via Entertainment Weekly) before conceding, “Not every day, but yeah. It used to be more but now it’s probably once a month somewhere.”

Obviously, killing Han Solo is a huge deal in the world of Star Wars, but Driver shared that working with Harrison Ford made it surprisingly easy despite all of the emotions involved.

“Obviously, John Williams wasn’t playing in the background and it was very emotional actually, shooting it with Harrison,” Driver said. “Harrison was so generous and contemplative and to me that was a great moment on set, actually, even though it was his death.”

Star Wars: The Force Awakens is available for streaming on Disney+.

(Via Entertainment Weekly)

Billie Eilish isn’t quite ready to drop an album, which will be her first since 2021’s Happier Than Ever, but her drops aren’t limited to music. In November, Eilish’s “Eilish No. 3” perfume arrived in an all-red bottle, and she designed red sneakers to match. This morning, December 1, Eilish announced her all-red Nike Air Alpha Force Lows will drop soon.

Eilish shared photos of her wearing the new colorway and instructed her followers how to buy them in her Instagram caption, writing, “”My newwwww @nike air alpha force lows [heart exclamation emoji] available december 5th on my website & december 8th on the SNKRS app [!!].”

Eilish did not specify how much her new Nike Air Alpha Force Lows will cost. However, she released two Nike Air Alpha Force Low colorways in August, and each pair retailed at $130. Some sizes are still available on Eilish’s official store. Eilish’s store also has select sizes of the Billie Eilish x Nike Air Jordan 1 KO ($170), Air Force 1 “Mushroom” ($170), Air Force 1 High ’07 Sequoia ($170), and Air Force 1 Low SP Sequoia ($130), and Air Force 1 Low White ($130). See all of the options here.

Eilish will next appear as the musical guest on Saturday Night Live on December 16 — her third time serving as the musical guest on SNL.

There are countless Halloween movies (both the holiday and the franchise) and we all know how many Christmas movies Hallmark churns out every year, but there is one holiday that doesn’t get any movie representation, and that’s Thanksgiving.

Assuming you haven’t seen Thankskilling, there are no fun movies to watch after you’ve had your meal (unless you opt for the awkward Thanksgiving scene in Spider-Man). Eli Roth saw the opportunity and took it by making Thanksgiving, a perfect movie with an extremely un-Googleable name. And now there another one is in the works.

Roth confirmed via Instagram that a Thanksgiving 2 is underway, aiming for a 2025 release. He posted a video announcing that the slasher will get a sequel, “We want to out-do ourselves, make it better than the first one,” he said. He captioned the video, “BREAKING NEWS! John Carver will kill again! @thanksgivingmovie sequel is a GO!!! Thank you everyone who supported ORIGINAL HORROR in theaters!!! Go see it now on the big screen while it’s in cinemas, sequel set for release in 2025! Taking a year to really get the script right, working on it starting today!”

Thanksgiving follows a group of teens living in the aftermath of a deadly Black Friday sale, which inspires a Thanksgiving killer who will stop at nothing to make sure there are no leftovers (get it?). The film stars 2023’s Sexiest Man Alive Patrick Dempsey alongside Gen Z whisperer Addison Rae, Milo Manheim, Jalen Thomas Brooks, Nell Verlaque, and Rick Hoffman. And there is a killer but I won’t spoil it.

(Via People)

Entertainers have a simple holiday wish, stop throwing sh*t onstage during performances. Just when you thought the gross trend had died off, news of its resurgence flooded social media.

While in Los Angeles for Rod Wave’s Nostalgia Tour stop on November 29, “Waste My Time” singer Ari Lennox fell victim to an attendee’s desperate and unacceptable cry for attention. Lennox was nearly hit with what appeared to be a water bottle hurled by a concertgoer. Lennox verbally ripped the fan a new one as the crowd cheered her on. Yesterday (November 30), for the tour’s next stop in Oakland, Lennox sported a helmet just in case someone tried the stunt again.

In a video shared by a fan, Lennox fiercely swayed onstage to her song “Shea Butter,” she temporarily rethought things. “Hey, Oakland. My name is Ari Lennox… I don’t know should I keep this thing on or what,” Lennox asked the crowd.

Lennox is known for her sharp sense of humor, but given the injuries sustained by Bebe Rexha in June, when she was hit in the eye with a phone, musicians aren’t willing to take any chances. Latto was nearly willing to grapple with one fan at Rolling Loud Germany who threw something at her. Hell, Cardi B took it a step further by throwing her microphone at a concertgoer who splashed her with water.

Fortunately for Lennox, the show went off without any new incidents.

Some artists covered here are Warner Music artists. Uproxx is an independent subsidiary of Warner Music Group.

(WARNING: Spoilers for the most recent Power Book III: Raising Kanan episode will be found below.)

It took a little over a year, but at long last, Power Book III: Raising Kanan has returned for season three. The first episode aired last night and it picks up right after the events of the season two finale. Raq and Marvin are recovering from shooting wounds, Kanan no longer trusts his family after discovering the truth of his past, and Detective Howard and Detective Burke’s working relationship comes to an end after a shocking conclusion to the episode. So much will be explored in season three, but will that be it for the Power Book III: Raising Kanan story?

Will There Be A Power Book III: Raising Kanan Season 4?

Yes! Prior to the start of Power Book III: Raising Kanan season three, STARZ announced that the show had indeed been renewed for a fourth season. “We’re thrilled to continue Kanan Stark’s story, and for fans to see how the events of his formative adolescent years continue to mold him into the cold-hearted villain they were first introduced to in ‘Power,” Kathryn Busby, President of Original Programming for STARZ, said in a statement. “We are quite sure that after viewers see the battle lines being drawn between Raq and Kanan on this epic upcoming third season that they will demand more.”

There isn’t a timetable for the start of Power Book III: Raising Kanan season four, but in the meantime, you can enjoy season three episodes as they air weekly on Fridays on STARZ.

New episodes of ‘Power Book III: Raising Kanan’ are available on the STARZ app on Fridays at 12:00 am ET/PT and on the STARZ TV channel at 8:00 pm ET/PT.

Billie Eilish will return to Saturday Night Live as the final musical guest of the year on Saturday, December 16. She’ll probably perform “What Was I Made For?,” her Grammy-nominated song for the Barbie soundtrack, and she might even wear her newest Nike sneakers.

On Friday morning, December 1, Eilish announced her next colorway and silhouette with an Instagram carousel. The photos show Eilish wearing all-red Nike Air Alpha Force Lows with an all-camouflage outfit. “My newwwww @nike air alpha force lows [heart exclamation emoji] available december 5th on my website & december 8th on the SNKRS app [!!]” she captioned the post.

Eilish has been relatively inactive musically this year — outside of “What Was I Made For?” — but she’s kept fans fed on the sneaker front. In March, Eilish debuted her “low in white” Nike Air Force 1 silhouette. By August, she unleashed her unique touch on Nike Alpha Force Lows in black and white as well as the “White/University Red-Black” colorway made famous by Michael Jordan in 1988 (as pointed out by Complex).

Eilish has been collaborating with Nike since 2021, beginning with two Air Jordan designs made from 100-percent vegan and sustainable materials. In April 2022, she dropped the Air Force 1 Billie “Mushroom.”

Ahead of the newest Billie Eilish x Nike release next Tuesday, December 5, peruse past styles on Eilish’s official store here.

For live music lovers based in Southern California, tonight (December 1), iHeartRadio’s Jingle Ball LA is the hottest ticket in town. Well, that’s if you aren’t to the theaters for Renaissance: A Film By Beyoncé. The annual holiday tour kicked off over the weekend with a stop in Tampa, Florida. On Tuesday, November 28, Dallas/Fort Worth, Texas, concertgoers were treated to a special night. Now, it’s the greater Los Angeles area’s turn. So, who is performing at iHeartRadio Jingle Ball LA tonight?

So far, the confirmed performers for iHeartRadio Jingle 2023 are Olivia Rodrigo, Niall Horan, AJR, Sabrina Carpenter, Miguel, Doechii, Flo Rida, (G)I-DLE, and P1Harmony. The show, which is presented by Capital One, will bring pop, R&B, and rap fans together to the Kia Forum. Given the history of the evening, it wouldn’t be odd if a few hometown heroes made a surprise cameo on stage.

The remaining 2023 iHeartRadio Jingle Ball Tour stops this month include Chicago, Detroit, New York, Boston, Washington DC, Philadelphia, Atlanta, and Fort Lauderdale. Find more information here.

But if you cannot snag tickets to any of the concerts listed above, thanks to the series’ backing by ABC, you can watch the television broadcast on the network on Thursday, December 21, at 8 p.m. ET. The day after, the program will be available to enjoy on Hulu.

Mr. Skin, the long-time chronicler of nude scenes in TV shows and movies, has an entire page dedicated to “Boobs Covered in Whipped Cream.” The most famous example is Ali Larter in 1999’s Varsity Blues (shaving cream was used as a stand-in for whipped cream), but there’s also Chris Evans in Not Another Teen Movie, which I contend is one of the funniest comedies of the early 2000s, and, somehow, Lucy Lawless in Xena: Warrior Princess. (Mel Magazine looked into the history of the whipped cream bikini — it’s an informative read.)

A recent entry in the canon is on Obliterated, a new Netflix show from Cobra Kai creators Jon Hurwitz, Hayden Schlossberg, and Josh Heald. The show is about an elite special forces team who thwart a deadly threat to Las Vegas — only to learn the bomb was a fake, so they have to find the real one before it’s too late. But when they think it’s mission accomplished, they celebrate with booze, sex, and a food-based swimsuits. In the pilot episode, NSA agent Maya, played by Kimi Rutledge, learns that the dream girl of her crush, Chad (Nick Zano), is Ali Larter in Varsity Blues, and, well, I’ll let Decider take it from here.

Dressed in dessert, Maya enters McKnight’s hotel room and says, “Hey, cowboy. I think I’ve got a cure for your Varsity Blues.” But [her] sexy declaration is immediately followed by a “what the fuck?!” as she discovers that [Chad] just hooked up. The cherry on top of this embarrassingly sexy sundae? One of her cherries falls off.

Captain America still did it best. You can watch Obliterated on Netflix.

(Via Decider)

Anthony Edwards has established himself as one of the most magnetic stars in all of basketball, both on and off the court. This usually leads to guys getting rewarded with big opportunities away from the game, which Edwards is going to get a little later this month when adidas drops his first signature sneaker, the AE1.

It’s a really cool opportunity for Edwards, who as part of the rollout of the new shoe identified the one guy he wants to see wear the AE1 during a game: Kevin Durant. The problem, as Edwards acknowledged, is that Durant is a Nike athlete, but he still hopes to see the Phoenix Suns star throw them on one time.

Durant got wind of this and decided to have a little fun, making clear that he’s Nike for life.

As it turns out, the people at adidas figured that this was a perfect opportunity to get a few jokes off at KD’s expense. First, they made the decision to talk some sh*t to the future Hall of Fame inductee before bringing up the fact that Durant famously has admitted to using burner accounts on whatever we’re calling Twitter this month.

Just one man’s opinion, but I think this is going to make it less likely that Durant will ever wear Edwards’ sneakers in a game.

If you’ve been on social media today (the Taylor Swift-related sides of it, specifically), you’ve seen beef brewing between celebrity gossip account Deuxmoi and Tree Paine, Swift’s longtime publicist, over a rumor about one of Swift’s past relationships. So, what’s going on here?

Why are Taylor Swift’s publicist Tree Paine and celebrity gossip social media account Deuxmoi beefing?

First, a bit of context: Deuxmoi has spread some Swift rumors that turned out to be inaccurate before. There were a couple dating ones from earlier this year, for example, like suggestions that Swift was romantically involved with Jason Sudeikis and Formula 1 driver Fernando Alonso. They haven’t always been wrong, though. Deuxmoi claimed in August 2022 that Swift was planning a tour, then The Eras Tour was announced that November. Then, this past September, they claimed Swift and Travis Kelce went on a date, and sure enough, Swift went to her first Chiefs game later that month. So, Deuxmoi isn’t always incorrect, but some might argue there’s a bit of a “you miss 100 percent of the shots you don’t take” approach to the rumors and gossip on their platform.

Now, let’s fast-forward to present day.

What did Deuxmoi say about Taylor Swift and Joe Alwyn?

This week, Deuxmoi, reiterating a claim it has made before, wrote in an Instagram Story, “She DID have a ceremony in either 2020 or 2021 in the UK and it was described to me as a ‘marriage’ by more than one person. It was NEVER made legal. I will die on this hill! Put it on my tombstone! I have no reason to lie, I could give a sh*t what she does!!!!! I’m sorry she didn’t tell you guys about it in a song but just because she doesn’t sing about something doesn’t mean it didn’t happen!!!”

What did Tree Paine say about Deuxmoi’s Taylor Swift and Joe Alwyn marriage rumor?

Paine saw the Deuxmoi post and was compelled to respond, tweeting on November 30, “Enough is enough with these fabricated lies about Taylor from Deuxmoi. There was NEVER a marriage or ceremony of ANY kind. This is an insane thing to post. It’s time for you to be held accountable for the pain and trauma you cause with posts like these.”

How did Deuxmoi respond to Tree Paine?

On their Instagram Story, Deuxmoi shared some messages from others in support of their Swift gossip. One person, for example, wrote, “‘pain and trauma’… are very strong words. I understand why they’d be bothered, but Tree (and Taylor) are livid. Of all things, why are they so angry about this particular claim that they felt the need to respond?”

Deuxmoi themselves wrote in another Story, “Well I make zero dollars from lying… can publicists say the same [shrugging emoji]. Also, to relate something that is in reference to something that happened years ago to ‘pain & trauma’ after what just happened seems like a poor choice of words. Either way, I apologize to Taylor.”

What are Swifties saying about Deuxmoi after the Joe Alwyn marriage rumor?

Deuxmoi is facing some online criticism over the Swift/Alwyn rumors. One person tweeted, “Not sure why anyone takes anything DeuxMoi, a source who posted that they’d heard those submarine people were still alive and shared that Woody Allen was hosting SNL last season, says seriously.” Somebody else shared, “I want to know what deuxmoi’s idea of ‘I make zero dollars’ from lying looks like… those subs are not free & neither is that book,that’s before we even get into the merch, podcast & ads. Salacious gossip sells even if not true. She is making a tonne of income off of all of this.”

Paine has not responded to Deuxmoi’s retort, and neither Swift nor Alwyn have publicly addressed the situation.