It makes sense that there would be injuries while making the John Wick movies. People are always getting thrown through glass windows, or falling down stairs, or in the case of one real-life accident, a stunt performer had their head cut “open.” But Keanu Reeves found making a comedy more painful than an action movie, probably becahe he shattered his kneecap like a “potato chip.”
During Monday’s episode of The Late Show, Reeves discussed a scene from Good Fortune, the upcoming comedy written and directed by Aziz Ansari that also stars Seth Rogen, Keke Palmer, and Sandra Oh. “I was filming a scene with Aziz Ansari and Seth Rogen and we were in a cold plunge,” he told host Stephen Colbert. “I was loving it, I was standing there, and we finish the scene, and you know when you’re cold and you’re [shuffling]? I had a bathing suit and a towel, and you put it over your head and you do the cold shuffle?”
I want to take a moment and suggest there be a dance called The Keanu Shuffle. It involves looking awkward but cool, and occasionally saying “woah.”
Anyway, please continue Keanu.
“I’m doing the cold shuffle in this room that had protective carpets down and then… there was like a little pocket, and my foot got caught in the pocket in the shuffle, and then I went [down], but [my knee] didn’t follow. And then, in slow motion, I went falling. My arms came out, but then my knee failed because it’s got some stuff, and I spiked it. And my patella — kneecap — cracked like a potato chip.”
“Comedy’s hard, man,” Reeves quipped.
The actor was spotted with crutches on the Good Fortune set, but Ansari praised him at CinemaCon 2024 for being “such a trooper.” Reeves was quickly back to work following the injury, and the only thing he couldn’t film was “some scenes where he needed him to do salsa dancing, which we need to pick up. He was like, ‘I’ll do it!’ We’re like, ‘Keanu, calm down. We’ll do the salsa dancing once your knee’s healed.’” If I can’t get The Keanu Shuffle off the ground, I’ll settle for footage of Reeves salsa dancing.
You can watch The Late Show interview above.
Good Fortune does not currently have a release date.
Facebook is no longer just your mom’s favorite place to share embarassing photos.
The social media platform has grown in popularity for young users and creators who enjoy forming connections with like-minded individuals through groups and events.
Many of these users even take things offline, meeting up in person for activities like book clubs, brunch squads, and Facebook IRL events, like the recent one held in New York City, and sharing how they use Facebook for more than just social networking.
“Got to connect with so many people IRL at an incredible Facebook pop up event this past weekend!” creator @Sistersnacking said of the event. So many cool activities like airbrushing, poster making + vision boarding, a Marketplace photo studio, and more.”
Tay Nakamoto, a designer known for her whimsical, colorful creations, attended the event and brought her stunning designs to the public. On Facebook, she typically shares renter-friendly hacks, backyard DIY projects, and more with her audience of 556K. For the IRL event, she created many of the designs on display, including a photobooth area, using only finds from Facebook Marketplace.
“Decorating out of 100% Facebook Marketplace finds was a new challenge but I had so much fun and got it doneeee. This was all for the Facebook IRL event in NYC and I got to meet such amazing people!!” Nakamoto shared on her page.
Also at the event was Katie Burke, the creator of Facebook Group “Not Wasting My Twenties.” Like many other recent grads at the start of the pandemic, she found herself unemployed and feeling lost. So she started the group as a way to connect with her peers, provide support for one anopther, and document the small, everyday joys of life.
The group hosts career panels, created a sister group for book club, and has meetups in cities around the US.
Another young creator making the most of Facebook is Josh Rincon, whose mission is to teach financial literacy to help break generational poverty. He grew his audience from 0 to over 1 million followers in six months, proving a growing desire for educational content from a younger generation on the platform.
He’s passionate about making finance accessible and engaging for everyone, and uses social media to teach concepts that are entertaining yet educational.
No matter your interests, age, or location, Facebook can be a great place to find your people, share your ideas, and even make new friends IRL.
After coming to fame via High School Musical: The Musical: The Series and finding some early success with his music career, Joshua Bassett is ready: His debut album, The Golden Years, is out soon. Before the project drops, here’s everything you need to know about it.
Release Date
The Golden Years is out 7/26 via Warner Records. Find more information here.
Tracklist
1. “Biting My Tongue”
2. “The Golden Years”
3. “Dancing With Tears In My Eyes”
4. “Don’t Let Me Down” Feat. Jenna Raine
5. “Cherry Blossom”
6. “Circles”
7. “Wildfire”
8. “Little Rita”
9. “Would Ya Tell Me”
10. “Mirror”
11. “Look How Far You’ve Come”
07/30 — Phoenix, AZ @ Arizona Financial Theatre
08/01 — Irving, TX @ The Pavilion at Toyota Music Factory
08/02 — Houston, TX @ 713 Music Hall
08/03 — Austin, TX @ Austin City Limits Live at The Moody Theater
08/05 — New Orleans, LA @ Fillmore New Orleans
08/06 — Jacksonville, FL @ Daily’s Place
08/08 — Atlanta, GA @ Coca-Cola Roxy
08/09 — Birmingham, AL @ Avondale Brewing Co.
08/10 — Nashville, TN @ Ryman Auditorium
08/12 — Raleigh, NC @ Red Hat Amphitheater
08/13 — Charlotte, NC @ Skyla Credit Union Amphitheatre
08/14 — Baltimore, MD @ Pier Six Pavilion
08/16 — Philadelphia, PA @ The Met Presented by Highmark
08/17 — Boston, MA @ MGM Music Hall at Fenway
08/20 — New York, NY @ Radio City Music Hall
08/21 — Toronto, ON @ Massey Hall
08/23 — Rochester Hills, MI @ Meadow Brook Amphitheatre
08/24 — Chicago, IL @ Byline Bank Aragon Ballroom
08/25 — Minneapolis, MN @ Armory
08/27 — Denver, CO @ Fillmore Auditorium
08/28 — Sandy, UT @ Sandy Amphitheater
08/30 — San Francisco, CA @ Bill Graham Civic Auditorium
09/01 — San Diego, CA @ Cal Coast Credit Union Open Air Theatre at SDSU
09/03 — Los Angeles, CA @ YouTube Theater
09/16 — Dublin, IE @ 3Olympia Theatre
09/17 — Belfast, UK @ Ulster Hall
09/19 — Glasgow, UK @ O2 Academy
09/20 — Birmingham, UK @ O2 Academy
09/22 — Manchester, UK @ O2 Apollo
09/23 — London, UK @ Eventim Apollo
09/25 — Brussels, BE @ La Madeleine
09/27 — Amsterdam, NL @ Melkweg
09/29 — Paris, FR @ Salle Pleyel
10/01 — Barcelona, ES @ Razzmatazz
10/03 — Milan, IT @ Fabrique
10/05 — Munich, DE @ Muffathalle
10/06 — Cologne, DE @ Carlswerk Victoria
10/07 — Berlin, DE @ Huxleys Neue Welt
10/09 — Copenhagen, DK @ Vega
Every time a new sports video game comes out, the first few weeks bring a ton of viral videos of insane things happening, often due to bugs or glitches that need to get patched out. However, with EA Sports College Football 25, some of the insanity is cooked into the game on purpose, because college football is at its best when things are going crazy and the developers wanted to bring that to the game (as frustrating as it can be).
That’s why passing is so hard and tackling is also much more difficult than usual as a combination of new hit stick tuning and players being rated lower in that skill — just 49 players of the thousands in the game being rated 90 or above in tackling. As a result, it’s hard to figure out what viral clips coming out are going to end up as things that get patched up and what are simply the crazy things that can happen in the game. With that in mind, a clip went viral early this week of an online matchup between Penn State and Arizona in which the Penn State kicker morphed into Tecmo Bowl Bo Jackson on a fake field goal pass on an extra point, as he ran backwards all the way inside his own red zone, breaking dozens of tackles, before turning upfield and running it in for the two-point conversion.
I have no idea why you would turn and run back this far, but it’s extremely funny watching the kicker (who might actually be a backup QB, as 17 is the number of Ethan Grunkemeyer on the current roster) shake off tackle after tackle before somehow getting back upfield with a wall of blockers and cruising in for the two-point score.
Like most online debates, this one was started by an account expressing a “hot take” with which fans took issue. “There’s not a single thing Vince Staples does better than J. Cole,” it wrote. Within an hour, the challenge was met by a dissenter who wrote, “I’m a J. Cole fan but Vince does just about everything better than Cole.” Thus, we were off to the races, with various voices chiming in to make their points or refute others’.
I’m a J. Cole fan but Vince does just about everything better than Cole https://t.co/eoAgphoSct
Of course, the funniest response came from Staples himself. As fans pitted the two rappers against each other, Vince had a characteristically cheeky response, tweeting, “You n****s need jobs” and following up with, “So passionate about hip hop but I’ve yet to see one of you weird ass n****s break dance.”
We here at Uproxx support both rappers, but tend to agree with Vince here: There are far more interesting things going on in the culture than subjective comparisons of “who’s better.”
Still, if that’s your thing, you can check out more responses below.
I hate hip hop twitter because they always have these dumbass takes to look cool. Vince Staples can’t do a SINGLE THING better than J. Cole besides somehow sound more boring. I love Vince but Cole has done too much for this game carrying the essence of hip hop for the past decade https://t.co/194UXFX0k8
vince staples discography is better than j cole by like miles…. plus Vince is actually interesting and has amazing beat choices https://t.co/UwUJJecpLq
There’s no other way to put what happened in 2020 and 2021 (no, not COVID): BTS became the biggest band in the world.
During that time, the group was the most significant name in K-pop and was emblematic of the genre’s growing popularity among English-speaking listeners. In the summer of 2020, “Dynamite” debuted at No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100, making BTS the first-ever all-South Korean group to top the US charts. Hell, it was big enough to dethrone “WAP,” Cardi B and Megan Thee Stallion’s year-defining mega-hit, from its No. 1 spot. It was a major moment in K-pop history, perhaps the biggest one ever.
In 2022, though, the inevitable, a turning point that fans knew for years would eventually come, happened: The hiatus. You see, in South Korea, as BBC News puts it, “all able-bodied men aged 18-28 must serve [in the military for] about two years. The seven BTS members had been allowed to put off starting their military service until they turned 30.”
The group’s members — Jin, Suga, J-Hope, RM, Jimin, V, and Jung Kook — were all nearing the maximum age, so they had no choice but to fulfill their military obligations. BTS was on pause.
Here’s the thing about this hiatus, though: Two years later, it hasn’t felt like much of a break.
Over the past couple years, BTS members have been busting out solo projects left and right and up and down and left again. Not even BTS proper has completely taken the time off, dropping the single “Take Two” in the summer of 2023.
The BTS musical universe has been so full during the “hiatus” that it’s worth going over in detail, so here’s a break-down of what each BTS member has been up to and what they have on the way.
Jin
The BTS Army took Jin’s military enlistment particularly hard: In January 2023, Big Hit Music asked fans to chill out with sending Jin mail because he was receiving too much of it.
Jin did eventually return the love, though, with the October 2022 solo single “The Astronaut.” It’s a bit misleading to call it a “solo” song, though, as it was co-written with Kygo and Coldplay, the latter of whom also performed on the track (and even played it on Saturday Night Live).
He also made time to reunite with Halsey (after guesting on her 2019 song “Suga’s Interlude”) on “Lilith (Diablo IV Anthem).” On top of that, he immortalized his solo tour with D-Day: The Movie, a theatrical concert film.
J-Hope
While the hiatus may have initially seemed like a nightmare to fans, it was during this time that J-Hope made a longtime dream come true, when he collaborated with his rap idol, J. Cole, on the joint single “On The Street.”
Beyond that, he pulled the curtain back for fans with the release of his J-Hope In The Box documentary in February 2023. He also dropped his debut solo album Jack In The Box in July 2022 and followed that up with the March 2024 EP Hope On The Street Vol. 1. The latter also served as the soundtrack to a documentary series of the same name.
RM
RM has just gone ahead and had a full solo career during the hiatus. In December 2022, he released his debut solo album, Indigo, then quickly followed that with a second, Right Place, Wrong Person, in May 2024.
Across both projects, RM greatly expanded his professional contact list, as he collaborated with Erykah Badu, Anderson .Paak, Mahalia, Little Simz, Domi And JD Beck, and Moses Sumney, among others. Indigo single “Wild Flower” also become his first solo song to hit the Billboard Hot 100 chart, simultaneously topping the World Digital Song Sales chart.
Jimin
Jimin had a similar journey to RM, as he’s also shared two albums during the hiatus: Face in 2023 and Muse just days ago. He one-upped RM in a major way, though: Face single “Like Crazy” went No. 1 on the Hot 100, becoming the first song by a South Korean solo artist to ever do so.
On top of that, fans can soon expect to see a more casual side of Jimin: It was announced earlier this month that he and Jung Kook are teaming up for Are You Sure?!, a new travel show that is set to debut on August 8.
V
V has only put out one album during the hiatus: Layover, from September 2023. It was a good one, though: It managed to peak at No. 2 on the Billboard 200 chart despite only featuring six tracks; The more songs an album has, the more streams it tends to rack up, and the higher chart potential it has, but Layover still crushed it despite being a short project.
He also just released Type 1, a new 224-page photobook that is described as “a collage of V’s personal taste.”
Jung Kook
Jung Kook has had perhaps the biggest hiatus of them all. His 2023 album Golden was No. 2 in the US, the project spawned the No. 1 single “Seven” (featuring Latto), and he had two top-5 singles beyond that with “3D” (a Jack Harlow collaboration) and “Standing Next To You.” Speaking of the latter song, he also recruited Usher for a remixed version of it.
As far as his future, there’s the aforementioned travel show with Jimin, as well as I Am Still, which we don’t know the true nature of yet, but it has been speculated that the project is some sort of documentary.
This whole hiatus situation has gone to show just how mighty the BTS machine is. Even when the group was on break, there was a plan in place: Let the members show off their solo sides and flesh out the details of the BTS musical universe. It’s saying something that the end of the hiatus could actually be considered bittersweet, for those who have grown attached to what a member or two have been doing on their own.
A hiatus at the peak of their power wasn’t necessarily an ideal scenario for BTS. Given how well the break went, though, it’s not impossible they actually come out of it even stronger than before. That’s a scary/exciting thought.
Kehlani continues to be one of R&B’s finest on her latest album, Crash, which just dropped in June. Now that fans have had a minute to process the album, it’s onto the next item on the agenda: Today (July 23), Kehlani announced the Crash World Tour.
The run will feature FLO and Anycia and it runs for a couple months. It starts in Minneapolis on September 4 before wrapping up in San Francisco on November 2. During that stretch, Kehlani will also find herself in Chicago, Toronto, Brooklyn, Los Angeles, and more.
Tickets first go on sale with a Citi pre-sale starting on July 23 at 2 p.m. local time. Following that will be the general on-sale on July 26 at 10 a.m. via Kehlani’s website.
Check out the list of tour dates below.
Kehlani 2024 Tour Dates: Crash World Tour
09/04 — Minneapolis, MN @ Armory
09/06 — Chicago, IL @ Byline Bank Aragon Ballroom
09/10 — Detroit, MI @ Michigan Lottery Amphitheatre
09/11 — Toronto, ON @ Scotiabank Arena
09/13 — Bridgeport, CT @ Hartford HealthCare Amphitheater
09/14 — Camden, NJ @ Freedom Mortgage Pavillion
09/17 — Boston, MA @ MGM Music Hall at Fenway
09/18 — Fairfax, VA @ EagleBank Arena
09/20 — Brooklyn, NY @ Barclays Center
09/21 — Portsmouth, VA @ Atlantic Union Bank Pavilion
09/23 — Louisville, KY @ The Louisville Palace Theatre
09/24 — Atlanta, GA @ Lakewood Amphitheatre
09/25 — New Orleans, LA @ The Fillmore New Orleans
09/27 — Miami, FL @ FPL Solar Amphitheater at Bayfront Park
09/28 — Tampa, FL @ Yuengling Center
10/01 — Raleigh, NC @ Red Hat Amphitheater
10/02 — Charlotte, NC @ Skyla Credit Union Amphitheatre
10/08 — Houston, TX @ 713 Music Hall
10/11 — Dallas, TX @ The Pavilion at Toyota Music Factory
10/12 — Rogers, AR @ Walmart AMP
10/15 — Denver, CO @ Fillmore Auditorium
10/16 — Salt Lake City, UT @ Rockwell at The Complex
10/18 — Seattle, WA @ Climate Pledge Arena
10/19 — Portland, OR @ Theater of the Clouds
10/21 — Vancouver, BC @ Doug Mitchell Thunderbird Sports Centre
10/23 — Wheatland, CA @ Hard Rock Live
10/25 — San Diego, CA @ Viejas Arena
10/26 — Las Vegas, NV @ Michelob ULTRA Arena
10/29 — Phoenix, AZ @ Talking Stick Resort Amphitheatre
10/30 — Los Angeles, CA @ Kia Forum
11/02 — San Francisco, CA @ Chase Center
Muna lead singer Katie Gavin has announced her first solo album. What A Relief, which she described as “Lilith Fair-core,” is coming out on October 25 on Phoebe Bridgers’ Saddest Factory Records. “This record spans a lot of my life – it’s about having a really deep desire for connection, but also encountering all the obstacles that stood in my way to be able to achieve that, patterns of isolation or even boredom with the real work of love,” Gavin said. “What A Relief explores and portrays it honestly, without shame.” One of the songs, “As Good As It Gets,” includes a guest spot from Mitski.
Gavin also released a video for first single “Aftertaste,” which you can watch above.
“That song takes place inside of the magnetic force, when I’m really drawn to somebody and still feeling like it’s gonna work,” she said about the track. “Sometimes it’s fun to surrender to that feeling – I think a lot of songwriters have a strong relationship with romantic fantasy.”
She continued, “I thought this song would be a good place to start because to me it kind of serves as a bridge, sonically and thematically, between MUNA’s world and the world we are going to with the solo record. ‘Aftertaste’ is a sweet song about carrying a torch for someone, realizing that you are going out to concerts and parties hoping to run into them there. The song is a playing out of a fantasy, really, both because it involves confessing your crush and finding out that it is reciprocated.”
Check out the video above and find the album artwork and tracklist below.
Katie Gavin’s What A Relief Album Artwork
saddest factory records
Katie Gavin’s What A Relief Tracklist
1. “I Want It All”
2. “Aftertaste”
3. “The Baton”
4. “Casual Drug Use”
5. “As Good As It Gets” ft. Mitski
6. “Sanitized”
7. “Sketches”
8. “Inconsolable”
9. “Sparrow”
10. “Sweet Abby Girl”
11. “Keep Walking”
12. “Today”
What A Relief is 10/25 via Saddest Factory Records. Find more information here.
Last year’s installment of the psychedelic-leaning Southern California festival Desert Daze ended up getting canceled. Now, though, the 2024 edition is locked and loaded: Set for October 10 to 13, Desert Daze has announced its 2024 lineup today.
Heading to Lake Perris this year are Jack White, Cigarettes After Sex, Alex G, The Mars Volta, Thundercat, Fleet Foxes, 100 Gecs, Sleep, Liz Phair, De La Soul, Marc Rebillet, DIIV, and Danny Brown, as well as Death From Above 1979 doing a 20th-anniversary performance of the album You’re A Woman, I’m A Machine.
Beyond that, the lineup also includes Molchat Doma, The Kills, Floating Points, Power Trip, Beach Fossils, Unwound, Shintaro Sakamoto, All Them Witches, Mount Kimbie, Otoboke Beaver, Say She She, Temples, Converge, Souls Of Mischief, Drab Majesty, Alan Sparhawk, Wisp, Charlotte Adigéry + Bolis Pupul, Shabaka, Yu Su, Nick Hakim, Sextile, Frankie And The Witch Fingers, Rival Consoles, Hinds, Glare, The Chisel, Jesus Piece, Boogarins, Sasami, Sessa, Etran De L’aïr, Skinshape, Khun Narin, Tropical Fuck Storm, Wine Lips, Marlon Funaki, Archer Oh, Derya Yildirim & Grup Şimşek, Jjuujjuu, É Arenas, Friko, Snõõper, Black Sabbath Cover Band Rehearsal, Mariachi Queens Reyna De Los Angeles, Freak Slug, Margaritas Podridas, Glixen, and Daiistar.
Other highlights from the festival will include a Kathleen Hanna book reading of her memoir Rebel Girl: My Life As A Feminist Punk, Temples’ 10th-anniversary performance of their debut album Sun Structured, and a showcase from LA-based label and promoter Jazz Is Dead.
Festival, parking, and camping passes will be available starting July 26 at 10 a.m. PT. Early bird prices start at $299 for the weekend, and more information can be found on the festival website.
The USA men’s basketball team has been playing with an 11-man roster during the exhibition slate as they’ve been trying to buy Kevin Durant as much time as possible to recover from a calf strain. However, the past two weeks have apparently not been enough to get KD on the court for the Olympics opener this weekend against Nikola Jokic and a tough Serbia team, as Brian Windhorst reported on Tuesday that Durant met with Steve Kerr and it was decided he’ll sit for a bit longer.
Kevin Durant Injury Update :
“I think Team USA is gonna be playing Serbia without Kevin Durant… Steve Kerr met with him today and they decided he needs more time with that strained calf… They could fly in a replacement for KD but that’s not gonna happen”
As Windy notes, Kerr was Durant’s coach in 2019 when the star forward came back from a calf strain early and tore his Achilles in the NBA Finals. While Durant insists that isn’t influencing his approach to returning from this strain, it’s hard not to believe it’s leading Kerr and Team USA to err on the side of caution when it comes to bringing him back.
Windhorst also says there will not be a second replacement player joining the roster after Derrick White stepped in after Kawhi Leonard’s departure, and Durant will continue to be on the roster with the plan being for him to play at some point. In the meantime, Team USA will need to shake off a couple rocky performances against South Sudan and Germany to close their showcase slate as they face what should be their toughest game of the group stage against Serbia on Sunday, July 28 (11:15 a.m. ET).
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