“You can see the kicker because he doesn’t have the pads because he doesn’t tackle anybody or get tackled,” Vedder said mid-concert at MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas over the weekend. “But, you know, he was telling men, ‘Don’t forget to puff up your chest and be more masculine. Don’t lose your masculinity.’ The irony was that, when he was saying that, he looked like such a f*cking p*ssy.”
That last line earned laughter and loud cheers from the crowd.
Vedder continued, “There’s nothing more masculine than a strong man supporting a strong woman. Take that! People of quality do not fear equality.”
Eddie Vedder just called out Harrison Butker and called him the ‘P’ word here in Vegas
— Wu Tang is for the Children (@WUTangKids) May 19, 2024
As relayed by Variety, Vedder also highlighted Deep See Diver, Pearl Jam’s openers, and noted, “The singer, Jessica, and the keyboard player, Patti, they must not have believed that ‘diabolical lie’ that women should take pride in taking a back seat to their man.”
NFL senior vice president and chief diversity inclusion officer Jonathan Beane released a statement that, in part, emphasized, “[Butker’s] views are not those of the NFL as an organization.” Benedictine College’s affiliated The Sisters of Mount St. Scholastica even posted a statement condemning Butker’s speech.
However, Gracie Hunt, daughter to Chiefs CEO and owner Clark Hunt, support Butker during her appearance on Fox & Friends, as did Tavia Hunt, her mother, on Instagram. Chiefs All-Pro defensive tackle Chris Jones also posted on X (formerly Twitter) that he loves Butker in response to a Change.org petition calling for the Chiefs to cut Butker from the team.
The Chicago Bears are looking to enter a new era in 2024. After another mediocre season in 2023, the team found itself in a unique position as a team with some talent, but also getting a chance to add two real difference makers at the top of the Draft. That was thanks to trading the top pick a year ago to the Panthers, allowing Carolina to jump up for Bryce Young, and giving the Bears what became the No. 1 overall pick this year to go along with their own pick at No. 9.
After taking Caleb Williams with that first pick, the Bears decided to give him another weapon on the outside, drafting Washington star receiver Rome Odunze with their other top 10 pick. Odunze joins a suddenly loaded receiving corps in Chicago, with DJ Moore and Keenan Allen, who Chicago traded for prior to the Draft. With Williams’ abilities as a passer, the receiver trio is looking at it as an opportunity and friendly competition, with Moore saying it’ll be a race to 1,000 yards.
For Odunze’s part, he’s excited to get in the building and learn from a pair of veterans who have played the game at a high level for years. The rookie receiver spoke with UPROXX by phone last week while at the NFLPA Panini Rookie Premiere, and we discussed his whirlwind last month, building a rapport with Williams on and off the field, the process of learning a new playbook, and why the Bears aren’t shying away from the expectations.
You’re at the Panini Rookie Premiere, now, what’s the event been like? And how cool is it to see yourself on a trading card?
Oh, it’s been awesome. It’s been a good experience thus far. You know, just got here last night. This morning, been running around, meeting everybody, and it’s been a good time. To see all the other rookies as well, it’s been special. It’s been awesome. Also, being with Panini, being able to see the process of making the trading card. You know, I haven’t seen the exact rookie card yet, so I’m excited to see what that looks like and hopefully collect all the ones that I can.
What have the last few weeks been like for you since Draft night, learning you’re going to be Chicago Bear, and getting in for a quick mini camp? How are you settling into your new life as a pro?
Yeah, I think that’s exactly how it’s been. You know, it’s just been me trying to settle in with the team, with everybody in the locker room, and the city of Chicago as a whole. So, it’s been a good experience. The support and everything from the organization, from the family has all been good. So, I’m just finding my way, getting settled, trying to find a spot, trying to find my routine in it all. But, taking it day by day and it’s all a blessing. I’m super grateful for it.
You’re now paired with Caleb Williams there in Chicago. What have you been able to learn about him on the field and off the field is is y’all build a connection that obviously you hope will last a long time?
Right, I think I’ve been building the relationship on and off the field. You know, he’s tremendously talented on the field. I think everybody knows that he’s able to do whatever he wants out there with his talent level and the way he studies the game. We’ve been studying plays together. He’s been helping me learn some stuff. And I’ve been giving him my input on other things, so it’s been great. And then just being able to bond with him, grow our relationship off the field as well has been awesome. You know, both coming in as rookies, both finding our place in all of this. So, it’s been a great thing to be able to be alongside of him.
In terms of building that relationship with a quarterback on the field, each one likes a little bit of a different thing in how you come out of breaks and depth on certain routes and those sort of things. How do you try to build that rapport as quickly as possible?
Yeah, I think it just comes through reps, honestly, just continually doing something over and over and over, so you can’t mess it up again. And that’s exactly what we’re doing. Learning the offense together is a good part of that. Building that foundation for each other, so we know the standard on each and every route and how things need to be ran and how the play needs to operate. So to have someone like that back there who’s a perfectionist, who wants everything to be right on the money, I appreciate that because I’m the same way in my wide receiver play. We have those things build off one another and have that collaborative relationship on it.
And what’s the process for you learning the playbook and getting that in hand from Shane Waldron and trying to learn it all? Because you’ll probably be moving around the field a little bit with that wide receiving corps and may be in certain spots, and what’s that process been like early on?
It’s been good. You know, I’m doing all I can. It’s a lot of information that they throw at you, and the offensive playbook in the NFL, every single team, it has a lot of depth to it and a lot of different nuances that you have to learn and remember like the back of your hand. I’m just continuing that process every day. Getting the installs, looking at them, and then going out there and running the routes, making sure it’s translating to the field. Being able to do that with Caleb and all the other vets, it’s coming. It’s a process, but it’s something that I think I’m growing at a good rate. I think learning my position and my role within the offense is something that is still to be determined, but I’m willing and able to do whatever.
You and Caleb are top 10 picks, but you’re coming into a team that has kind of built up its talent on the veteran side as well, especially at your position with Keenan Allen and DJ Moore. What are you excited to be able to learn from those two guys who have been in the league and played at a really high level?
Well to start with, their routine. Just learning their routine, how they’ve been able to be in the game for this long, what they do each and every day that people don’t see on camera, and the big highlight plays on the Instagram and the Twitter, wondering what they do behind the scenes that has led them to be as great as they are. So my first thing is learning those things. Then, when it comes to on the field, all their techniques and different things that they do within the route, I just sit back there with an open mind and soak up all that I can. Because when you watch both of them play, it’s something special, something you can always take one or two notes from each and every route they run. So, just taking a step back and learning from them, whatever I can.
I know a bunch of Bears fans, and this is about as excited as I’ve seen them coming into a season. Caleb has talked about not shying away from expectations, and how important is that in changing a culture and building a winning culture? To not be afraid of talking about wanting to win and wanting to do great things?
Yeah, no, absolutely. I believe in manifestation and putting that energy out into the world and it coming back to you. You can say those things, you can have affirmations in those things and believe in them, but it’s also about putting in the work. You know what I mean? And I think we’re a team, we’re individuals that are willing to say those things and be comfortable with it. Because it’s the reality of the situation. We know we have high expectations. And we believe in ourselves. We believe in our ability. But we match the work ethic with our word. I mean, we match the belief and the words with our work ethic. So being able to do those things with Caleb, I think it is an extraordinary thing to be able to go out there and say that, and also do it as well.
In Mexico City over the weekend, Anitta launched her Baile Funk Experience tour in support of her latest album, Funk Generation. Next, she’ll play Wiltern Theatre in Los Angeles, so if you’re heading to that show, or any other upcoming date, and want to know what to expect, the Mexico City setlist should be telling.
At the May 18 performance, Anitta primarily played songs from Funk Generation, with 13 of the 25 songs she performed coming from the new album, according to setlist.fm.
Check out the setlist below, along with Anitta’s upcoming tour dates.
Anitta’s Baile Funk Experience Tour Setlist
1. “Funk Rave”
2. “Grip”
3. “Joga Pra Lua”
4. “Savage Funk”
5. “Double Team”
6. “Mil Veces”
7. “Used To Be”
8. “Love In Common”
9. “Fria”
10. “Meme”
11. “Movimento Da Sanfoninha”
12. “Sabana”
13. “Lose Ya Breath”
14. “Cria De Favela”
15. “Puta Cara”
16. “Girl From Rio”
17. “Me Gusta”
18. “Envolver”
19. “Bellakeo” (Peso Pluma cover)
20. “Downtown”
21. “Onda Diferente”
22. “Bola Rebola” (Tropkillaz cover)
23. “Rave De Favela” (Mc Lan cover)
24. “Vai Malandra”
25. “Boys Don’t Cry”
Anitta’s Baile Funk Experience 2024 Tour Dates
05/18 — Mexico City, MX @ Salon LA
05/21 — Los Angeles, CA @ The Wiltern
05/23 — Miami Beach, FL @ Filmore
05/26 — Orlando, FL @ Hard Rock Live
05/28 — Boston, MA @ MGM Music Hall at Fenway
05/29 — Toronto, ON @ HISTORY
06/01 — Chicago, IL @ Byline Bank Aragon Ballroom
06/02 — New York, NY @ Brooklyn Paramount
06/07 — Bogota, Columbia @ Lourdes Music Hall
06/09 — Lima, Peru @ CCB
06/14 — Santiago, Chile @ Basel
06/16 — Buenos Aires, Argentina @ Vorterix
06/25 — Berlin, Germany @ Metropol
06/26 — Amsterdam, Netherlands @ Melkweg
06/28 — London, United Kingdom @ O2 Kentish Town Forum
06/29 — Paris, France @ Elysee Montmartre
07/01 — Ibiza, Spain @ Pacha
07/03 — Madrid, Spain @ Sala La Riviera
07/04 — Barcelona, Spain @ Razzmatazz
07/07 — Milan, Italy @ Fabrique
07/08 — Ibiza, Spain @ Pacha
Keeping up with new music can be exhausting, even impossible. From the weekly album releases to standalone singles dropping on a daily basis, the amount of music is so vast it’s easy for something to slip through the cracks. Even following along with the Uproxx recommendations on a daily basis can be a lot to ask, so every Monday we’re offering up this rundown of the best new music this week.
This week saw Billie Eilish drop the latest Album Of The Year contender and Donald Glover refresh one of his Childish Gambino releases. Yeah, it was a great week for new music. Check out the highlights below.
Billie’s pre-release explanation about “Lunch” generated some attention, when she said, “I’ve been in love with girls for my whole life, but I just didn’t understand — until, last year, I realized I wanted my face in a vagina.” Now that the track is here, it’s a clear album highlight with a fun groove.
Childish Gambino — “Little Foot Big Foot” Feat. Lil Nudy
2020’s 3.15.20 was a relatively under-the-radar release for Gambino, in that it’s the lowest-charting album in his discography. He just gave the project another shot, though, with Atavista, a spiffed-up version of the album. He tapped Quinta Brunson for his new “Little Foot Big Foot” video, which adds to Gambino’s legacy of high-effort visuals.
Zayn — “Stardust”
Although Zayn frequently falls out of the public eye, he has been relatively consistent with solo albums since the end of his time in One Direction. His latest LP, Room Under The Stairs, is here, and songs like “Stardust” show off his new country-inspired direction.
Omar Apollo — “Dispose Of Me”
Apollo has God Said No coming out this summer and he teased it a few days ago with “Dispose Of Me.” It’s a soulful slow-burner that shows him navigating the trouble of moving on.
aespa — “Supernova”
Given how successful they’ve been, it might be surprising that aespa doesn’t have a full-length album out yet. Armageddon is set to drop soon, though, and last week’s “Supernova” is a promising taste, a fiery tune merging elements of pop, hip-hop, and more.
NxWorries — “FromHere” Feat. Snoop Dogg and October London
Between his solo work and Silk Sonic, Anderson .Paak is a busy dude. Now he’s thrown NxWorries (his duo with Knxwledge) into the mix, too, as they dropped “FromHere” last week. The Snoop-featuring tune isn’t too stylistically removed from the soulful R&B of Silk Sonic, which we’ll happily take.
Rapsody — “Back In My Bag”
After nearly five years without a new album, Rapsody dropped Please Don’t Cry last week. She’s back in her bag on, well, “Back In My Bag,” a hard-hitting number that sees Rapsody celebrating her return.
Saweetie — “Nani”
Summer’s here and Saweetie is ready: “Nani” is a light, warm-weather tune that Saweetie describes as “a record about empowering yourself to walk through any room you enter feeling beautiful, confident, and unstoppable.”
Chance The Rapper and DJ Premier — “Together”
Chance The Rapper has become a household name since his last album, 2019’s The Big Day, by being a judge on The Voice. He can still bust out a song when he wants to, though, like last week’s “Together,” which sees Chance pleading for a more unified Chicago.
Miley Cyrus — “Psycho Killer”
Miley Cyrus has proven to be fantastic when it comes to covering classic tunes, so she was a perfect artist to contribute to Everyone’s Getting Involved: A Tribute To Talking Heads’ Stop Making Sense, which just released in full. She delivers a rendition of “Psycho Killer” here, merging the original’s alternative energy with her distinct pop edge.
On Sunday (May 19), the New York Knicks were eliminated in round two of the NBA Playoffs in a blowout game 7 by the Indiana Pacers. While their loss could be attributed to any number of factors, including a litany of injuries to core players like Julius Randall, OG Anunoby, Mitchell Robinson, and Bojan Bogdanovic, one New York native has an alternative theory involving one of his own great rivals.
Nuclear-grade troll 50 Cent posted a photo on his social media feeds of Ja Rule holding and kissing the Larry O’Brien trophy, adding the caption, “If you’re wondering why the Knicks couldn’t get the W, here you have it. SMH who let this fool touch the trophy?”
I’m sure whenever Ja Rule took the pic, he was just enjoying a rare opportunity as a basketball fan, but had no idea he was feeding his longtime foe the perfect opportunity to resurrect their rivalry while making a timely joke about the Knicks’ basketball misfortunes. But we all know 50, who can’t resist the chance to poke fun at other peoples’ miscues, would have something to say about the Knicks’ loss.
The Knicks’ Playoff run is definitely over for 2024, but fans have good reasons to be optimistic about the future. Taking the potential conference champs to seven games with a roster like a disaster triage tent is encouraging, and should the group manage to remain healthy all the way through next season, they’ve got a real shot at championship contention.
Birds can be pretty amazing companions, many birds live a lot longer than dogs, giving you a buddy for life depending on when you buy one. Some parrots can live up to 50 years, while the longest living cockatoo lived to be 82-years-old, which is why if you get one of these amazing talking feathered friends, you should make plans to put them in your will. Literally, it’s advised that you put these long living birds in your will so there’s a plan in place.
But their long lifespan isn’t the reason people can’t get enough of these birds as pets. Just like children, these birds learn to mimic what you say and how you say it, which allows them to engage in endearing moments. In a video compilation uploaded to social media by @themothergothel, you get to see their adorable behavior play out in front of you. A blue ringneck parrot is captured loving on some brand new baby birds and it’s the sweetest thing.
In the video you see the bird approach a baby bird and give it a loud smooch before saying, “want to pet the baby.” Another clip shows what appears to be the same bird giving kisses to a different baby bird saying, “I love you” over and over. It’s beyond adorable and repeats again with two little nearly featherless baby birds soaking up the attention. It’s not clear if this is a bird rescue, someone that really loves birds or if it’s different birds that look and sound strikingly similar. People’s hearts melted at the interaction.
“I love that the parrot is clearly demonstrating its understanding of the expressions of endearment it has learned from you,” one person writes.
“I cannot believe parrots are real and we’re so nonchalant about it,” someone marvels.
“The bird actually transferred the love that you gave him and repeated the act to his babe,” a commenter gushes.
Parrots are indeed real and somehow we’re just used to these guys flying around talking like humans. If you needed a little serotonin boost, watch the video below and you’ll probably get more than enough to make you smile.
Amazon’s Reacher is currently filming its third season (this time with crustiness) while adapting another Lee Child book. That show won’t return until 2025, so is there a way for fans of the Big Guy to get their fix before then?
Not quite. However, there’s some positive news for a show that many hoped would keep the Reacher vibes alive. That would be Tracker, which premiered on CBS after this year’s Super Bowl and surely changed its title from The Never Game (as based upon Jeffrey Deaver’s same-named book) to remind people of Reacher and convince them to give the newer show a shot, which worked.
There’s no Big Guy here, but Justin Hartley does portray a semi-loner character who travels and does solve mysteries. Unlike Reacher, however, Colter Shaw (the “tracker” character) doesn’t stumble into crime-solving mode but does so while bounty hunting. The show captured a strong enough viewership in its first weeks for CBS to feel optimistic about greenlighting more. Now that the procedural’s season finale has aired, here’s the verdict:
The series launched Feb. 11 in TV’s best time slot – after the Super Bowl – and now ranks as the No. 1 show, according to Nielsen’s most current data, with 16 million multiplatform viewers. The network says Tracker is its most watched new series since Big Bang Theory prequel Young Sheldon debuted in the 2017-18 season.
Now that Young Sheldon is done and dusted, it’s up to Tracker to carry the ratings torch. That will likely happen in 2025, by the way, so yep, there’s a wait for both more Reacher and Tracker, but the good news is that CBS is already cracking on NCIS: Origins, which could arrive in late 2024, if you’re hankering for a new procedural fix.
“I’m not tired of being asked about it,” Howard told Entertainment Weekly. “It is a beautiful part of my history as a musician [and] changed my life. I love the music we made together. I was just listening to ‘Always Alright’; I haven’t heard it in 10 years.”
Howard added, “As far as what happens in the future, I just follow the curiosity. I feel like if there’s a beat there and the creativity’s calling me there, then that’s something that we’ll have a conversation about, me and the guys. I wouldn’t say the door’s completely closed.”
Alabama Shakes consisted of Howard, Heath Fogg, Zac Cockrell, and Steve Johnson. The Alabama-bred band was founded in 2009 and released two albums, Boys & Girls in 2012 and Sound & Color in 2015. The latter won Best Alternative Music Album and was nominated for Album Of The Year at the 2016 Grammys.
Fans at Megan Thee Stallion’s Hot Girl Summer Tour stop in Chicago got to have a taste of her upcoming tequila. Meg announced the tequila brand, Chicas, on X (RIP, Twitter.com), writing, “CHICAGO HOTTIES YOUR CHICAS IS READY yall get to have thee FIRST EXCLUSIVE TASTE OF MY NEW TEQUILA DROPPING SOON #hotgirlsummertour”
During the show, Meg also brought out the new hometown superstar, Chicago Sky rookie Angel Reese, who even made the 5’9 rapper look petite. That didn’t stop Meg from twerking on Angel as she performed, sending the energy in the United Center — ahem — sky-high.
For the remaining Hot Girl Summer tour dates, see below. You can also check out the setlist and tour merch at the links provided.
05/21 — New York, NY @ Madison Square Garden^
05/22 — Philadelphia, PA @ Wells Fargo Center^
05/24 — Napa, CA @ BottleRock Napa Valley Festival*
05/26 — Boston, MA @ Boston Calling Festival*
05/28 — Baltimore, MD @ CFG Bank Arena^
05/30 — Memphis, TN @ FedEx Forum^
06/01 — Atlanta, GA @ State Farm Arena^
06/04 — Raleigh, NC @ PNC Arena^
06/06 — Hollywood, FL @ Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino^
06/08 — Tampa, FL @ Amalie Arena^
06/10 — New Orleans, LA @ Smoothie King Center^
06/11 — Dallas, TX @ American Airlines Center^
06/13 — Austin, TX @ Moody Center^
06/14 — Houston, TX @ Toyota Center^
06/16 — Manchester, TN @ Bonnaroo Music & Arts Festival
06/17 — Denver, CO @ Ball Arena^
06/19 — Phoenix, AZ @ Footprint Center^
06/21 — Los Angeles, CA @ Crypto.com Arena^
06/22 — Las Vegas, NV @ MGM Grand Garden Arena^
07/04 — Glasgow, UK @ OVO Hydro
07/05 — Manchester, UK @ Co-op Live
07/07 — Paris, FR @ Zenith
07/10 — Amsterdam, NL @ Ziggo Dome
07/11 — Cologne, DE @ Lanxess Arena
07/14 — Dublin, IE @ 3Arena
07/16 — Birmingham, UK @ Utilita Arena
07/17 — London, UK @ The O2
07/27 — Washington DC @ Broccoli City Festival
X-Men ’97 wrapped up its fantastically-received first season last week. But will it be the only season of the Disney+ animated series?
Nope! Season 2 is in the works, although it will be awhile before it debuts.
“It’s still an animatic phase. Animation takes so long to make as I’m sure you know. There was a great bit about this in Invincible season 2,” Marvel’s head of streaming Brad Winderbaum told Comic Book. “They just nailed it so hard, it is the greatest. And it takes a long time. Because the studio wants to see how successful the first season is before they greenlight the second season there’s a lag. We were lucky enough to get the greenlight before we aired so there’s maybe less of a lag. People are just going to have to be patient with us.”
X-Men ’97 creator Beau DeMayo, who was fired before the show premiered, told a Twitter follower that he wrote “a lot” of the upcoming season before his shocking departure. “I did write a lot of season 2,” he wrote. “However, unlike Season 1, I will not be heavily involved or leading production, cast records, design, editorial, post, music, etc., nor doing any production rewrites as it relates to the creative vision of the show.”
While waiting for more X-Men ’97, you can catch up with ol’ Logan in Deadpool & Wolverine (& Taylor Swift?). Tickets are on sale now.
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