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With New Year’s Eve just a few days away, the Dick Clark’s New Year’s Rockin’ Eve With Ryan Seacrest event has added two new performers to the lineup. Cardi B will be airing her performance from Miami, as she is set to be playing at the Fontainebleau. Meanwhile, LL Cool J will appear live in New York, where the party is being held.

The lineup also has a ton of previously announced performers that are sure to keep the celebration going all night and keep viewers at home entertained. Right now, Megan Thee Stallion, Jelly Roll, Sabrina Carpenter, Green Day, Ludacris, Janelle Monáe, Ellie Goulding, Doechii, Thirty Seconds To Mars, Nile Rodgers and CHIC, Paul Russell, Loud Luxury, Two Friends and Bebe Rexha, Reneé Rapp and Coco Jones, Aqua, Post Malone, NewJeans, and Ivy Queen will all be making appearances — whether they are in NYC or broadcasting from another part of the globe.

Seacrest will be joined by two co-hosts: Rita Ora and Jeannie Mai. New Year’s Rockin’ Eve will air on Sunday, December 31 starting at 8 p.m. on ABC. More information about the event can be found here.

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

With New Year’s Eve just a few days away, the Dick Clark’s New Year’s Rockin’ Eve With Ryan Seacrest event has added two new performers to the lineup. Cardi B will be airing her performance from Miami, as she is set to be playing at the Fontainebleau. Meanwhile, LL Cool J will appear live in New York, where the party is being held.

The lineup also has a ton of previously announced performers that are sure to keep the celebration going all night and keep viewers at home entertained. Right now, Megan Thee Stallion, Jelly Roll, Sabrina Carpenter, Green Day, Ludacris, Janelle Monáe, Ellie Goulding, Doechii, Thirty Seconds To Mars, Nile Rodgers and CHIC, Paul Russell, Loud Luxury, Two Friends and Bebe Rexha, Reneé Rapp and Coco Jones, Aqua, Post Malone, NewJeans, and Ivy Queen will all be making appearances — whether they are in NYC or broadcasting from another part of the globe.

Seacrest will be joined by two co-hosts: Rita Ora and Jeannie Mai. New Year’s Rockin’ Eve will air on Sunday, December 31 starting at 8 p.m. on ABC. More information about the event can be found here.

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

Zack Snyder may have just launched the new sci-fi film series, Rebel Moon, on Netflix, but the director is always thinking about the next big project. In a recent interview to promote the first installment of Rebel Moon, Snyder let it slip that he’s been mulling over the idea of tackling a James Bond movie.

“It’d be cool to see, like, 20-year-old James Bond,” Snyder told The Atlantic. “The humble roots that he comes from. Whatever trauma of youth that makes you be able to be James Bond. There has to be something there.”

Considering the James Bond franchise is in a rebuilding phase following the exit of Daniel Craig, there is a chance that Snyder could be in talks as the Bond producers the next spin on the iconic spy. However, as Variety notes, the Bond franchise has been notoriously resistant to the idea of a young 007.

Here’s what longtime James Bond casting director Debbie McWilliams had to say about 007’s age:

“When we started, it was a slightly different feel,” McWilliams said about the last search for a new 007 that ended with Craig’s selection. “We did look at a lot of younger actors, and I just don’t think they had the gravitas. They didn’t have the experience, they didn’t have the mental capacity to take it on, because it’s not just the part they’re taking on, it’s a massive responsibility.”

That decision-making process led to Henry Cavill getting passed over because he looked a little too young for the part. However, could Bond producers be swayed to reconsider their stance on 007’s age? Possibly, but there’s another potential obstacle to Snyder getting a crack at the British agent: Christopher Nolan.

Nolan has unabashedly open about his love for the Bond franchise and freely admits that you can see its influence in every one of his films. The acclaimed director would love a stab at a Bond film. That said, Nolan is also on the record as one of Zack Snyder’s closest friends and biggest fan, so there’s always a likelihood Nolan could put in a good word for his old pal.

(Via The Atlantic)

Zack Snyder may have just launched the new sci-fi film series, Rebel Moon, on Netflix, but the director is always thinking about the next big project. In a recent interview to promote the first installment of Rebel Moon, Snyder let it slip that he’s been mulling over the idea of tackling a James Bond movie.

“It’d be cool to see, like, 20-year-old James Bond,” Snyder told The Atlantic. “The humble roots that he comes from. Whatever trauma of youth that makes you be able to be James Bond. There has to be something there.”

Considering the James Bond franchise is in a rebuilding phase following the exit of Daniel Craig, there is a chance that Snyder could be in talks as the Bond producers the next spin on the iconic spy. However, as Variety notes, the Bond franchise has been notoriously resistant to the idea of a young 007.

Here’s what longtime James Bond casting director Debbie McWilliams had to say about 007’s age:

“When we started, it was a slightly different feel,” McWilliams said about the last search for a new 007 that ended with Craig’s selection. “We did look at a lot of younger actors, and I just don’t think they had the gravitas. They didn’t have the experience, they didn’t have the mental capacity to take it on, because it’s not just the part they’re taking on, it’s a massive responsibility.”

That decision-making process led to Henry Cavill getting passed over because he looked a little too young for the part. However, could Bond producers be swayed to reconsider their stance on 007’s age? Possibly, but there’s another potential obstacle to Snyder getting a crack at the British agent: Christopher Nolan.

Nolan has unabashedly open about his love for the Bond franchise and freely admits that you can see its influence in every one of his films. The acclaimed director would love a stab at a Bond film. That said, Nolan is also on the record as one of Zack Snyder’s closest friends and biggest fan, so there’s always a likelihood Nolan could put in a good word for his old pal.

(Via The Atlantic)

Rootin’ tootin’ Lauren Boebert is scrambling to see if she can still root and toot in Congress for another term. This situation is somehow worse than it was for her last time around when she only won by 546 votes against Democrat Adam Frisch in a red-leaning district. These days, of course, Boebert’s preexisting polarizing position has grown even more precarious due to her being caught groping and vaping at a Beetlejuice musical production.

Months later, Boebert cannot manage to stop accidentally reminding people of this hot mess, not even when she fires off bigoted comments on the House floor. Yep, the specter of the combative congresswoman and the Democrat Bar Guy will not go away, and Boebert must have seen the writing on Colorado’s 3rd District wall after Frisch promised to fully unseat her in 2024, and that seemed destined to happen. So, she has decided upon a new strategy and took to Twitter to announce that she will jump over to Colorado’s 4th District, where she believes that she stands a better chance of winning.

This decision has come after “[a] lot of prayer, a lot of tough conversations and a lot of perspective,” and Boebert insists, “I am going to do everything in my power to represent the 3rd District well for the remainder of this term as I work to earn the trust of grassroots conservative voters in the 4th District to represent them in 2025.”

Boebert also threw a dart at “dark money that is directed at destroying me,” meaning that she’s not thrilled with how her district’s fundraising has gone. As The Daily Beast reports, Frisch’s position as the anti-Boebert has paid off handsomely, and he has long since surpassed her efforts to raise cash:

Frisch, a former member of the Aspen City Council, has been raking in more campaign cash than almost any other 2024 House candidate, reporting to the Federal Election Commission that he had raised $7.7 million so far, as Time first reported this week. Boebert, in contrast, has raised just over $2.4 million.

Let’s just say that social media does not appear to be impressed by Boebert’s decision to “jump ship” for slightly better odds as “doing public service for the people.” And the groping jokes continue unabated.

And now the matter will rest in voters’ hands for Colorado’s 4th District.

Rootin’ tootin’ Lauren Boebert is scrambling to see if she can still root and toot in Congress for another term. This situation is somehow worse than it was for her last time around when she only won by 546 votes against Democrat Adam Frisch in a red-leaning district. These days, of course, Boebert’s preexisting polarizing position has grown even more precarious due to her being caught groping and vaping at a Beetlejuice musical production.

Months later, Boebert cannot manage to stop accidentally reminding people of this hot mess, not even when she fires off bigoted comments on the House floor. Yep, the specter of the combative congresswoman and the Democrat Bar Guy will not go away, and Boebert must have seen the writing on Colorado’s 3rd District wall after Frisch promised to fully unseat her in 2024, and that seemed destined to happen. So, she has decided upon a new strategy and took to Twitter to announce that she will jump over to Colorado’s 4th District, where she believes that she stands a better chance of winning.

This decision has come after “[a] lot of prayer, a lot of tough conversations and a lot of perspective,” and Boebert insists, “I am going to do everything in my power to represent the 3rd District well for the remainder of this term as I work to earn the trust of grassroots conservative voters in the 4th District to represent them in 2025.”

Boebert also threw a dart at “dark money that is directed at destroying me,” meaning that she’s not thrilled with how her district’s fundraising has gone. As The Daily Beast reports, Frisch’s position as the anti-Boebert has paid off handsomely, and he has long since surpassed her efforts to raise cash:

Frisch, a former member of the Aspen City Council, has been raking in more campaign cash than almost any other 2024 House candidate, reporting to the Federal Election Commission that he had raised $7.7 million so far, as Time first reported this week. Boebert, in contrast, has raised just over $2.4 million.

Let’s just say that social media does not appear to be impressed by Boebert’s decision to “jump ship” for slightly better odds as “doing public service for the people.” And the groping jokes continue unabated.

And now the matter will rest in voters’ hands for Colorado’s 4th District.

It may only be a few days after Christmas, but for some of hip-hop’s elite, there’s no such thing as a vacation. J. Cole, who spent the year on an absolute tear of surprise live appearances and scene-stealing feature verses, continued his campaign at Lil Baby’s hometown show in Atlanta on Wednesday night (December 27), popping out to surprise the concertgoers with a performance of his 2014 Forest Hills Drive fan favorite, “No Role Modelz” and his Revenge Of The Dreamers III standout, “Middle Child.”

Cole’s string of surprise performances included coming out in Montreal to surprise fans at Drake’s It’s All A Blur tour as 21 Savage’s replacement. Then, he did the same thing for fans at 50 Cent’s Final Lap tour in Brooklyn. He also joined Lil Durk during his iHeartRadio Festival performance in Las Vegas to perform their collaboration “All My Life” for the first time. The next surprise came with “Pretty Little Fears” collaborator 6lack in LA, after which Cole circled back around to reconnect with Drake for the announcement of their Big As The What? tour, extending the It’s All A Blur tour in 2024.

Along the way, he dropped verses with K-pop star J-Hope, Summer Walker, his own Dreamville artist Bas, the surprising collaborators Gucci Mane and Lil Yachty, multiple tracks with Drake (including his first-ever No. 1), and Nicki Minaj. He’s had a busy year, and he STILL has yet to release his long-awaited album, The Fall-Off.

The debate as to whether or not parents should supply classroom supplies is not new. But as prices continue to rise, parents are growing more baffled as to how they can be expected by teachers to provide all the various glue sticks, colored pencils, rulers and other various items the incoming students might need.

What’s even more perplexing, however, is penalizing the children of parents who won’t (or can’t) provide them.

This was the case for Shanitta Nicole, who discovered her son received a zero grade in his new school for not bringing school supplies for the entire classroom.

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Nicole was especially surprised by this reaction since she had already gone through the effort of making sure her son had every supply he needed from the school’s list, which was slightly different than the one they previously had.

And yet, the 7th grade teacher informed her son that he was still expected to provide for the classroom, not just himself. And, thus, a zero grade, for failing the assignment, so to speak.

Even though Nicole thought the rule was “weird,” she went out and bought the bulk items, which included tissues, Clorox wipes, hand sanitizer, pencils, Expo markers, and red pens.

And yet, the next week—her son still has a zero. Concerned, Nicole emailed her son’s teacher.

“I’m like, ‘hey…my student has a 83 in the class and everything else in the class is 100s and 98s and he still has a zero for something called ‘classroom supplies.’” she said in a video.

“‘We bought the supplies anyways, but I don’t feel like it’s the parents’ responsibility to supply your classroom. And I definitely don’t think it’s appropriate to assign a grade to students based off of whether or not they’ve supplied your class with supplies. That doesn’t make any sense.’”

@shanittanicole Am I doing too much? #fyp #school ♬ original sound – Shanitta Nicolee 💖

And while Nicole’s email did get the teacher to reconcile the grade, there was no mention to her other concern regarding the responsibility for parents to provide the entire class with supplies.

“So, I emailed the principal because I just, I might be extra, but I just want to see what’s going on. Why do I have to buy supplies for the classroom?” the frustrated mom concluded.

Nicole’s video quickly went viral on TikTok, and several weighed in to agree that the teacher’s actions were misguided.

“That is so unfair!! Especially for the kids whose parents CANT afford groceries let alone classroom supplies,” one user wrote.

Another added, “You are not wrong. It is 100% ok for [the teacher] to ask for supplies, but mandate it for a grade? Absolutely not.”

And this point is truly what Nicole took umbrage with, as she noted several times in the comments. It has less to do with being asked to help and more to do with her son’s grade depending on it.

In a follow-up video, Nicole shared that the school principal did end up reaching out, notifying her that while, yes, teachers are allowed to ask for donations, it should never be mandated.

@shanittanicole Replying to @yafavv._.dancer😍😘💞😍😍💞 Graded Supplies Update #fyp #school ♬ original sound – Shanitta Nicolee 💖

“What the teacher was trying to accomplish, but it definitely wasn’t appropriate,” the principal told Nicole.

While the teacher might have not handled this situation in the best way, it goes without saying that this is a larger systemic issue—one that isn’t exactly fair to parents, teachers and students alike.

Most public school teachers spend a significant amount of their own money on classroom supplies, to an average of $673 per year, according to a recent survey of more than 1,100 educators by the Association of American Educators (AAE). That number only goes up for teachers in high poverty schools.

At the same time, according to a 2022 survey with Savings.com, the typical parent also spends nearly $600 on school supplies. Plus things like clothes, backpacks, haircuts etc.

In the grand scheme of things, there’s no use placing full responsibility or blame onto teachers or parents. Because either way, students get caught in the crossfire. This is clearly a universal burden that needs attention.

This article originally appeared on 10.5.23

The debate as to whether or not parents should supply classroom supplies is not new. But as prices continue to rise, parents are growing more baffled as to how they can be expected by teachers to provide all the various glue sticks, colored pencils, rulers and other various items the incoming students might need.

What’s even more perplexing, however, is penalizing the children of parents who won’t (or can’t) provide them.

This was the case for Shanitta Nicole, who discovered her son received a zero grade in his new school for not bringing school supplies for the entire classroom.

---

Nicole was especially surprised by this reaction since she had already gone through the effort of making sure her son had every supply he needed from the school’s list, which was slightly different than the one they previously had.

And yet, the 7th grade teacher informed her son that he was still expected to provide for the classroom, not just himself. And, thus, a zero grade, for failing the assignment, so to speak.

Even though Nicole thought the rule was “weird,” she went out and bought the bulk items, which included tissues, Clorox wipes, hand sanitizer, pencils, Expo markers, and red pens.

And yet, the next week—her son still has a zero. Concerned, Nicole emailed her son’s teacher.

“I’m like, ‘hey…my student has a 83 in the class and everything else in the class is 100s and 98s and he still has a zero for something called ‘classroom supplies.’” she said in a video.

“‘We bought the supplies anyways, but I don’t feel like it’s the parents’ responsibility to supply your classroom. And I definitely don’t think it’s appropriate to assign a grade to students based off of whether or not they’ve supplied your class with supplies. That doesn’t make any sense.’”

@shanittanicole Am I doing too much? #fyp #school ♬ original sound – Shanitta Nicolee 💖

And while Nicole’s email did get the teacher to reconcile the grade, there was no mention to her other concern regarding the responsibility for parents to provide the entire class with supplies.

“So, I emailed the principal because I just, I might be extra, but I just want to see what’s going on. Why do I have to buy supplies for the classroom?” the frustrated mom concluded.

Nicole’s video quickly went viral on TikTok, and several weighed in to agree that the teacher’s actions were misguided.

“That is so unfair!! Especially for the kids whose parents CANT afford groceries let alone classroom supplies,” one user wrote.

Another added, “You are not wrong. It is 100% ok for [the teacher] to ask for supplies, but mandate it for a grade? Absolutely not.”

And this point is truly what Nicole took umbrage with, as she noted several times in the comments. It has less to do with being asked to help and more to do with her son’s grade depending on it.

In a follow-up video, Nicole shared that the school principal did end up reaching out, notifying her that while, yes, teachers are allowed to ask for donations, it should never be mandated.

@shanittanicole Replying to @yafavv._.dancer😍😘💞😍😍💞 Graded Supplies Update #fyp #school ♬ original sound – Shanitta Nicolee 💖

“What the teacher was trying to accomplish, but it definitely wasn’t appropriate,” the principal told Nicole.

While the teacher might have not handled this situation in the best way, it goes without saying that this is a larger systemic issue—one that isn’t exactly fair to parents, teachers and students alike.

Most public school teachers spend a significant amount of their own money on classroom supplies, to an average of $673 per year, according to a recent survey of more than 1,100 educators by the Association of American Educators (AAE). That number only goes up for teachers in high poverty schools.

At the same time, according to a 2022 survey with Savings.com, the typical parent also spends nearly $600 on school supplies. Plus things like clothes, backpacks, haircuts etc.

In the grand scheme of things, there’s no use placing full responsibility or blame onto teachers or parents. Because either way, students get caught in the crossfire. This is clearly a universal burden that needs attention.

This article originally appeared on 10.5.23

Hannah Waddingham has ensured she’ll be getting one of Tom Cruise‘s in-demand coconut cakes next Christmas.

During a recent appearance on the ITV series James Martin’s Saturday Morning, the Ted Lasso star discussed working with Cruise on the eighth Mission: Impossible movie (formerly titled Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning Part Two). “I have to say, I have a real problem with anybody that goes at [Tom Cruise] now,” Waddingham said, according to Variety. “Having met him and having spent five days intensely…He is without doubt one of the loveliest and encouraging, positive and inspiring human beings I have ever met. Isn’t he gorgeous? I have no time for anyone saying anything about him.”

Waddingham’s character remains a secret, unlike her love for Cruise.

This isn’t the first time Waddingham has sung Cruise’s praises. In an interview with Live with Kelly and Mark in March, the actress said, “I’ve met plenty of fabulous people. He is one of, if not the most inspiring, encouraging, warm, tactile, friendly to everyone, engaging… I mean seriously, he and I were literally like two 12-year-olds together.”

There needs to be a scene in M:I 8 where Waddingham and Cruise sing karaoke together. She already did “Let It Go” from Frozen on Ted Lasso. Maybe they could do another Disney song? I bet Cruise has the pipes for “A Whole New World” (“Hakuna Matata” is taken).

Mission: Impossible is scheduled to come out on May 23, 2025.

(Via Variety)