Category: News

Things could have gone considerably better for the Chicago Bulls in the first half of their matchup with the Philadelphia 76ers on Tuesday evening. At the half, Joel Embiid led Philly to an emphatic, 73-42 lead that meant Chicago was going to need a miracle if it was going to win its second game in a row.

Once things rolled into the second half, we got a pair of pretty funny moments involving Andre Drummond. Early on in the third quarter, Drummond went to work against Embiid in the post, and was actually able to get a decent look at the rim. The issue was that he didn’t get the cleanest attempt off, so he threw the ball completely over the rim, caught it, and got hit with a travel.

Fast forward a few minutes later and Drummond, after setting a screen and rolling to the rim, got a clear lane for a dunk. The problem he ran into was Drummond either didn’t realize how far away from the rim he was or didn’t get quite as much lift as he anticipated, so he got blocked by the very front of the rim.

Drummond has had some good games in recent days, particularly as a rebounder. Still, he’ll probably want to have both of these back … and the fine folks at Shaqtin’ a Fool are probably really happy that Drummond is giving them some material.

Beyond Wonderland SoCal is returning to NOS Event Center in San Bernardino this March. The festival boasts an incredible line-up of electronic dance music musicians, including Alesso, Benny Benassi, Paul Oakenfold, and several others.

Taking place over the course of two days (March 22 & 23), EDM fans can look forward to a trippy Alice In Wonderland-themed extravaganza, with several stages designed to captivate each fan’s vision. “[G]uests are welcome to explore immersive art installations, interactive experiences, costumed performers, and many other whimsical festival moments,” reads a press release.

With such an exciting line-up and a magical concept behind it, fans can’t wait to get their hands on tickets to Beyond Wonderland SoCal 2024. And, they’ll be able to get tickets pretty soon.

Tickets for Beyond Wonderland SoCal 2024 officially go on sale this Friday, January 5 at 1 noon PT. Fans will be able to purchase tickets here. On Friday, fans can buy Two-day GA, GA+, and VIP tickets. They will be able to pay full price outright, or put the tickets on layaway for a downpayment of $9.99.

You can see the full Beyond Wonderland SoCal 2024 line-up above.

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

A federal judge is poised to unseal hundreds of court documents involving Jeffrey Epstein, the financier and convicted sex offender who died in his jail cell in 2019. Whose names will be contained within? There’s been much, sometimes reckless speculation, but real money is on Prince Andrew and Bill Clinton. (There might be some cameos from Robert F. Kennedy Jr., too.) Aaron Rodgers, no stranger to what could be called outside-the-box thinking, seemed to predict one absolutely unexpected name could be in there, too.

Per The Daily Mail, Rodgers made his weekly appearance on The Pat McAfee Show, when he brought up the Epstein client list, a favorite topic of his. At one point he said, maybe jokingly, maybe not, “There’s a lot of people, including Jimmy Kimmel, who are hoping that list doesn’t come out.”

McAfee, recognizing Rodgers’ obsession with the list, joked that he’d be “waiting in his wine cellar” for the names to come out. Rodgers replied, “I’ll tell you what, if that list comes out, I will definitely be popping some sort of bottle.”

Where on earth did Kimmel’s name come in here? Could it have something to do with Kimmel dragging Rodgers last year? On his late night show, the host called him a “tin foil hatter” and a “Green Bay Wack-packer” before showing a clip of him talking about the Epstein documents being unsealed.

Whatever the case, Kimmel was not amused.

“Dear Aasshole,” Kimmel tweeted/Xed, “for the record, I’ve not met, flown with, visited, or had any contact whatsoever with Epstein, nor will you find my name on any “list” other than the clearly-phony nonsense that soft-brained wackos like yourself can’t seem to distinguish from reality. Your reckless words put my family in danger. Keep it up and we will debate the facts further in court.”

The world will have to wait some more to see who’s mentioned in the unsealed Epstein documents. And they’ll have to hold their breath about whether or not the former Jeopardy! guest host has gotten himself sued by a late night talk show king.

(Via The Daily Mail)

This spring, Beyond Wonderland SoCal will return to the NOS Events Center in San Bernardino, California. The line-up boasts some of the biggest names in electronic dance music, including Alesso, Paul Oakenfold, Benny Benassi, and several others.

Beyond Wonderland SoCal 2024 will take place on Friday, March 22 and Saturday, March 23, as headliners “go down the rabbit hole to discover multiple storybook-themed areas inspired by the iconic Alice In Wonderland,” according to a press release. These stages include The Queen’s Domain, Bassrush-hosted Mad Hatter’s Castle, Lost In Dreams and Insomniac Records’ Caterpillar’s Garden, Basscon and Dreamstate’s Cheshire Woods, Factory 93’s The Looking Glass, and Night Trip and RNBW’s Sea of Wonder.

With an exciting and diverse line-up in place, EDM lovers are dying to get tickets.

When do tickets for Beyond Wonderland SoCal 2024 come out?

Fans will be able to purchase tickets beginning Friday, January 5, at noon PST. Fans can purchase Two-day GA, GA+, and VIP tickets here. Fans who wish to purchase their tickets on layaway may do so for a $9.99 down payment.

You can see the full Beyond Wonderland SoCal 2024 line-up above.

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

When he first entered the 2024 Republican presidential race, Vivek Ramaswamy came out swinging — which is to say he said things so dumb Chris Christie took a break from blasting Donald Trump to drag him instead. He’s not had much luck since then. His fellow candidates sure don’t like him. Heck, his polling is so weak he didn’t even qualify for CNN’s forthcoming GOP debate. Instead he’s decided to pull a Trump and hold a competing event, even though Trump could at least have actually gone.

“Forget @CNN’s fake Iowa “debate” on Jan 10 which will be the most boring in modern history,” Ramaswamy tweeted/Xed on Tuesday. “We’re doing a live-audience show that night in Des Moines with @Timcast instead. Won’t hold back.”

Ramaswamy then proceeded to lay out all the ways CNN has been mean to him, including “disgracefully” cutting away from his town hall as he launched into some conspiracy theories (or, as he put it, “uncomfortable truths”) about the Jan. 6 riot. He also didn’t like some CNN commentators who called him out for things like rhetoric that’s “one step away from Nazi propaganda” as well as “damaging to the country.”

When CNN announced they were holding a GOP debate, the only participants allowed on the stage were those who scored at least 10% in “three separate national and/or Iowa polls of Republican caucusgoers or primary voters that meet CNN’s standards for reporting.” Here’s how Ramaswamy’s doing, according to The Daily Beast:

According to Real Clear Polling, Ramaswamy has not hit 10 percent in any survey of Iowa GOP voters since October, reaching a high of 8 percent in an Emerson poll last month. Overall, his polling average in the state is 5.9 percent. Furthermore, national polls have Ramaswamy sitting just above 5 percent, with no recent survey showing him in double digits.

Ramaswamy isn’t the only Republican candidate who didn’t make CNN’s cut. Chris Christie will also have to sit this one out. The only ones attending the event will be Nikki Haley and Ron DeSantis. This town hall is intended for Iowa voters; both Ramaswamy and Christie may qualify for the one they have planned later for New Hampshire. Trump, of course, has been skipping all the debates, including this one, figuring he’s so far ahead of everyone in the polls he doesn’t need to bother.

Ramaswamy’s campaign has struggled of late. They even announced they were no longer buying ads in early primary states, which the candidate tried to spin as a money-saving venture. He’s also vowed to pull his name from ballots that have announced they were banning Donald Trump over that whole insurrection thing.

(Via The Daily Beast)

2024 will mark 20 years since the release of Green Day‘s American Idiot album. Often hailed as one of the band’s most significant projects, the album was a controversial release at the time, notably with its title track.

On “American Idiot,” vocalist Billie Joe Armstrong sings “I’m not a part of a redneck agenda,” alluding to American conservatism. 20 years later, some viewers were shocked when Armstrong replaced the line with “I’m not a part of the MAGA agenda” during a performance on Dick Clark’s New Year’s Rockin’ Eve. The apparent controversy comes as a surprise to a lot of fans, as Green Day has always been vocal in their criticisms toward American politics, as well as the concept behind American Idiot.

What is Green Day’s American Idiot about?

American Idiot arrived years after 9/11, in the wake of the Bush era and the Iraq war. While much of the songs contain allusions to Bush and American politics, songs like “American Idiot,” “Holiday,” and “Jesus Of Suburbia” were overtly political, criticizing Bush and the Bush administration.

Songs like “Boulevard Of Broken Dreams” and “Wake Me Up When September Ends” were less political in tone, but the latter was used in a PSA following Hurricane Katrina.

You can see the aforementioned performance of “American Idiot” above.

Selena Gomez fans are anxiously waiting for her fourth solo studio album, which has been nicknamed SG3 (as it marks her third on Interscope). Her most recent album, Rare dropped four years ago, and featured hits like “Lose You To Love Me” and “Look At Her Now.”

Last year, Gomez dropped the catchy ladies anthem “Single Soon,” celebrating a break-up on the horizon. Since then, fans have been dying to hear more.

However, today (January 2), Gomez revealed that her upcoming album may be her last. She explained on the Smartless podcast that because she’s always balanced acting and music, she’s beginning to feel worn out.

“I started having a lot of fun with music and then touring was really fun,” she said. “But I was doing my TV show at the same time [2007’s Wizards Of Waverly Place] and I just found it really fun so I just kept going but the older I get, the more I’m kind of like, I would like to find something to just settle on.”

Elsewhere in the episode, she shared she’d rather shift her focus to her acting projects, like Hulu’s Only Murders In The Building.

“I do feel like I have one more album in me but I would probably choose acting.”

At the time of writing, Gomez has not yet announced an official title or release date for her upcoming album.

The Carolina Panthers have had an awful season, going 2-14 through 16 weeks, ensuring they have the worst record in the NFL. Making matters worse, the Panthers don’t even get to enjoy the fruits of that labor, as they traded their first round pick to the Bears back in April to move up and take quarterback Bryce Young first overall.

That pick, to this point, has not yielded the expected results and there’s a lot of work to be done for the Panthers to build an offensive roster that can compete, even in a woeful division like the NFC South. The Panthers will also look to hire yet another new head coach, as owner David Tepper will look to make his third full-time hire in six years after firing Frank Reich less than a year into his tenure in Carolina. Tepper has come under fire from many for being impetuous and meddling, and his public image took yet another hit in Week 17.

During the Panthers latest loss in Jacksonville, a 26-0 shutout at the hands of backup QB C.J. Beathard, Tepper’s frustrations boiled over and he threw a drink on fans below his luxury box before storming away. That, unsurprisingly, was viewed as unacceptable by the NFL, which has fined Tepper $300,000 for the incident.

That’s not a huge amount of money for Tepper, but it does make that a very expensive beverage and the Panthers owner is going to need to keep his emotions in check while watching his team going forward, no matter what noise is coming his way from outside the luxury box.

What if — and hear us out — conservatives aren’t as righteous as they claim to be? The prospective nominee for the party’s presidential ticket in 2024 is an alleged cheater and disgusting boaster with 91 criminal indictments against him. Even those low on the totem pole aren’t so hot either. Per The Daily Beast, a failed candidate for Pennsylvania’s lieutenant governor is now facing multiple charges of buying booze for teens, one of whom she allegedly punched in the face.

That person is Clarice Schillinger, a “parental rights” activist, Donald Trump cheerleader, and prominent anti-lockdown voice who has been accused of inviting 20 minors, ranging from 15 to 18, to an “underage drinking party” at her rented home back in September. The party featured a bar “stocked with alcoholic beverages to include New Amsterdam vodka and Malibu Bay Breeze rum.”

“Schillinger not only provided the alcoholic beverages, but poured shots and drank along with the minors, even participating in drinking games,” reads the affidavit.

Around midnight, though, things went south, after a “disturbance broke out between the intoxicated adults which caused the minors to wanted [sic] to leave.” Around 3 a.m. police were called to Schillinger’s residence, after a call from the mother of a 16-year-old boy who claimed he’d been assaulted by adults.

The boy, listed in the affidavit as “A.M.,” said that Schillinger’s then-boyfriend became “intoxicated” and punched a 15-year-old boy in the face. He then lured A.M. to the second floor, where he punched him in the face. Schillinger then took her turn, punching him in the area of his left eye. That prompted the minors to start leaving.

“Schillinger’s mother then chased A.M. around the kitchen area before assaulting a 17-year-old female (identified as G.H.),” reads the affidavit. “This portion of the evening was recorded from [sic] two separate phones.” Schillinger is also accused of punching another minor “three times on the left side of his face/chin area.”

Schillinger was charged the following month. She’s scheduled to appear in court for a preliminary hearing on January 29. Schillinger blames all of this on an “angry ex-boyfriend.”

It wasn’t the first time the cops had been called to Schillinger’s residence last fall. Mere days beforehand, on September 24, officers who were summoned to her property found “[m]ultiple beer cans” and “approximately 20 minors that fled into the house upon police arrival.”

(Via The Daily Beast)

The annual dance music festival Beyond Wonderland is returning to the NOS Events Center in San Bernardino, California on Friday, March 22 and Saturday, March 23. The festival will include six stages, art installations, interactive experiences, costumed performers, and more. The Chainsmokers, Benny Benassi, and Alesso are among the performers listed on the lineup, while tickets go on sale this Friday, January 5 at noon PT. You can find more information here. See below for the full lineup, in alphabetical order.

999999999
A-Trak b2b Derrick Carter
Afrojack b2b R3hab
Alesso
Alignment
Aluna b2b Kaleena Zanders
A.M.C
Andrew Lux
Andrew Rayel
Andy C
Anfisa Letyago
Angerfist
Atmozfears & Sound Rush: 2/1
Bart Skils b2b Joyhauser
Basscon
Bassrush Experience
Benny Benassi
Biscits
Black Tiger Sex Machine
Black V Neck
Blossom
BOU
Bryan Kearney
Calussa
Chris Lorenzo
Clawz
Coone
Crankdat
Creeds
Crystal Skies
Dabin
Diesel
Dillon Francis b2b Valentino Khan
Discovery Project
Dreamstate
Dustin Husain
DZMA
Eli Brown b2b Lilly Palmer
Factory 93 Experience
Fatima Hajji
Flava D
Frosttop
Funtcase
Gareth Emery Presents: Decade
Ghastly
GRLSKOUT
Hamdi
Hartshorn
Haylee Wood
Highlnd
HOL!
HVDES
I Hate Models
Infected Mushroom
Insomniac Records
ION
J.Worra
Jason Ross
Jawns
Jia
Jorza
JoyRyde
Julian Jeweil
Justin Credible
Kanine
Keltek
Kill The Noise b2b Trivecta
Kyle Walker b2b Sosa
Kyle Watson
Kyruh
Last Heroes
Level Up
Lost In Dreams
Madeon (DJ Set)
Madgrrl
Marauda
Max Styler
Mefjus with Daxta MC
Metta & Glyde
MISS DRE
Muerte
Night Trip Presents
Nightfunk
No Redemption (Tchami x Malaa)
Nurko
OddKidOut
Odd Mob
Omnom
One True God
Paul Oakenfold
Pickle
RaeCola
Ravell
Rezz
RNBW Presents
Sara Landry
SAYMYNITTI
Shay De Castro
SIDEPIECE
Skepsis
Slander
Spartaque b2b Brennen Grey
Subtronics
Sullivan King
Taylor Torrence
Techno Tupac
The Chainsmokers
TNT
Tony Romera
TRYM
Tsu Nami
Vini Vici
Walker & Royce b2b VNSSA
Wax Motif
Whethan
Will Sparks
Zeds Dead