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The MCU will (almost certainly) be getting its first-ever R rating when Deadpool 3 arrives next year, which will be a big deal: Of the 31 films they’ve released theatrically thus far, all of them have been a nice-but-not-that-nice PG-13. (This was a bummer for Sam Raimi fans last year.) Time was that rating meant you could drop one, maybe even two f-bombs. No one in Hollywood really does that anymore, which is a shame. But if a new clip from the next Marvel movie is to be believed, it looks like they’re finally really embracing the rating.

A new clip from Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 dropped Friday and it finds our heroes on Earth, with most of them scrambling to figure out old Earth technology. That’s to say Nebula can’t for the life of her suss out how to open what looks like an American car from the 1970s. Honestly the way this particular car door used to open would probably be tricky to anyone not from this planet. But Nebula’s inability to crack it makes Chris Pratt’s already anxious Star-Lord so flustered that he yells, “Get the [bleep] door!”

The word is bleeped, but you don’t need to be a professional lip reader to know that Peter Quill is definitely saying “f*cking.”

This fine detail was caught by The AV Club, and it begs the question: Is this an MCU first? Yes and no. Some of the Netflix-era Marvel shows had some f-words (plus some other R-rated material). There have been some censored deployments, as in Garry Shandling’s angry senator telling Tony Stark, “F*ck you, buddy.” Alas, that was shown as it was on live TV, so it was censored. ScreenRant helpfully broke down all the time someone almost says it but is cut off after the first two letters. But no one has been able to complete the word, and the clip suggests this is the MCU’s maiden fully-uttered “f-*-c-k.”

Then again, a couple things could still happen. They could dub in a “hell” or something over top Pratt clearly saying “f*cking.” (They could even deepfake it so it looks like he’s not saying the f-word.) The clip could also be edited for the final cut, or not make it at all. If so, that would be an f-word tease, which would indeed be strange. These films are meant for all ages, including children, but the kids need to learn about the f-word sooner or later.

Guardians of the Galaxy Vol 3 opens on May 5.

(Via The AV Club)

The Philadelphia 76ers are heading to the Eastern Conference Semifinals. Philly went into Brooklyn for Game 4 of their series against the Nets on Saturday afternoon, and despite the fact that Joel Embiid did not play in the game due to a knee sprain, the Sixers picked up a 96-88 win to complete a sweep and set up a showdown with either the Boston Celtics or the Atlanta Hawks.

Doing it without Embiid was particularly impressive, as Philadelphia has struggled for years to remain afloat with their MVP center sidelined. Still, while the Sixers managed to pick up a win without him, Tobias Harris made clear after the game that he would strongly prefer that the big fella gets healthy sooner rather than later, as he was asked by TNT’s Allie LaForce what his message is for Embiid as he watched the game from home. Harris, without missing a beat, said “hurry up and get your ass back out here.”

Harris came up big in Embiid’s absence, as he led the 76ers with 25 points and 12 rebounds. Philly managed to get double-digit scoring from four other players: James Harden, Tyrese Maxey, De’Anthony Melton, and Embiid’s replacement, Paul Reed, who led the team with 15 rebounds in 32 minutes of work.

Weekend two of Coachella keeps cranking out the surprises. Last night (April 21), two generations of rock came together, as Dave Grohl joined Wet Leg for a special performance of “Ur Mum” from their 2022 self-titled debut album.

When Rhian Teasdale and Hester Chambers of Wet Leg typically perform “Ur Mom,” they often ask the audience to join in with their “longest and loudest scream”. When they asked the Coachella audience to join in and scream, Grohl emerged from the side of the stage and made a surprise takeover of the microphones, delivering one of his signature banshee screams.

Much of the audience was surprised but thrilled as Grohl nailed the scream.

“Ur Mum” is a favorite of Wet Leg fans, as many fans have found comfort in the song having dealt with break-ups. But since dropping their debut album, Teasdale revealed in an interview with Coup De Main that she has since let go of that anger and resentment she had when writing the song.

“[I]t’s kind of cool to document that headspace that I was in at the time because I definitely couldn’t write a song like that now, because I’m just not angry at anyone,” she said. “I’m actually really in love. So who knows what kind of music we’ll be writing for the second album.”

You can check out a clip of the performance above.

Usually a fake punt is a remarkably tricky thing. There are tons of moving parts, all of which are designed to take advantage of a return team that could either get caught sleeping or lose someone that goes for a big gain.

And then, there is this fake punt from Saturday afternoon’s XFL game between the Orlando Guardians and the St. Louis Battlehawks. Orlando found itself facing a fourth-and-21 in the second quarter from deep in its own territory after a three-and-out, which meant the punt team was going to go out there. It’s a situation where teams should probably never fake punt, but instead, the Guardians opted to run a fake punt where their punter threw up a jump ball that somehow worked. Mac Brown took the snap, didn’t even pretend like he was going to punt, and lofted a duck to former NFL tight end Jordan Thomas.

The whole thing worked out better than anyone could have hoped, as Thomas overpowered the defender, caught the ball, and took off up the field. He knifed his way through the Battlehawk defense, made a few men miss, and 84 yards later, he was in the end zone. As for Brown, this was the second week in a row that he’s showed off his arm on a fake punt, only the last time he did this, it didn’t quite end in a score.

A bad Kaytranada collaboration doesn’t exist. And the prolific DJ and producer has proven that with his star-studded albums 99.9% and Bubba. Last night (April 21), Kaytranada brought out several guests who have given his songs the magic touch over the years.

Early in the set, HER joined Kaytranada in a performance of their collaboration, “Intimidated.”

Shortly after, Tinashe arrived to the stage to perform “The Worst In Me” from Kaytranada’s 2019 album, Bubba. During this performance, Tinashe displayed her signature silky, futuristic vocals, while grooving flawlessly to the beat.

In another surprise, Kaytranada and Anderson. Paak threw it all the way back to 2016 for a performance of “Glowed Up” from 99.9%. As Anderson says on the song’s opening line, this magical pairing between him and Kaytranada proves that there still ain’t a damn thing you can tell them.

This comprehensive set proved that Kaytranada doesn’t miss, and in the coming weeks, he’ll have even more hits in his arsenal.

Next month, Kaytranada and Aminé will release a collaborative album called Kaytraminé.

In the meantime, you can see some clips from the performance above.

Kaytraminé is out 5/12 via CLBN and Kaytranada Music.

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

Pretty much anyone who is anyone in music joined the Gorillaz last night (April 21) during their electrifying Coachella set.

While they may still be hot off the release of their eighth studio album, Cracker Island, the band went through several of their hits during their set.

Early in the set, Beck popped out for a performance of “The Valley Of The Pagans” from Gorillaz’s 2020 album, Song Machine, Season One: Strange Timez.

Immediately after, Thundercat arrived to the stage to perform the Cracker Island title track.

About midway through the set, Bad Bunny joined Gorillaz for a performance of “Tormenta,” a fan-favorite from Cracker Island.

Artists and frequent Gorillaz collaborators Yasiin Bey, Hypnotic Brass Ensemble, and Bootie Brown joined Gorillaz for a few of their other songs.

Toward the end, Gorillaz performed their breakthrough hits. For the penultimate song, they delivered a special rendition of “Feel Good Inc.” with hip-hop group, De La Soul.

Del The Funk Homosapien joined Gorillaz to close their set with their 2001 single, “Clint Eastwood.”

Per Consequence, Gorillaz lead vocalist Damon Albarn closed the set saying, “I’m sorry, but weekend two is better than weekend one.”

You can see clips of the performance above.

Gorillaz is a Warner Music artist. Uproxx is an independent subsidiary of Warner Music Group.

Daniel Craig hasn’t actually played James Bond in three-and-a-half years, having wrapped up his last day of shooting his swan song, No Time to Die, back in 2019, months before the pandemic ruined everything. We still don’t know who will replace him. (Though rumor is it might be a certain former Kick-Ass star.) The search to follow Pierce Brosnan was a big deal, too, and though it eventually went to an incredibly respected actor, there was another acclaimed thespian from the U.K. who auditioned — and, he believes, blew it by cracking a silly joke.

Matthew Rhys — who went on to a perfect vaunted career himself — recently spoke to The Times of London (as caught by Deadline), where he looked back on his days pre-The Americans. One fun anecdote (apart from playing one of the killers on the final-ever Columbo) was trying out for 007 in the mid-aughts.

“Very intimidating,” is how he described the experience. “We were just told to wear a dark suit and read Casino Royale.”
As such, he was caught off-guard when they hit him with a surprise question: What would he do differently from past Bonds?

“I just remember going, ‘Ah.’ I was so not anticipating that question,” Rhys recalled. “And then I was like, is it a trick question? Are they waiting for people to go, ‘I wouldn’t do anything. He’s perfect’?”

He also didn’t think he should say, “Oh, it’s been a bit one-note for a few decades, hasn’t it? I think we can drop the misogynistic jokes,” so he tried a joke. “I’d give him a limp. I said, ‘Limp?’ Nothing. ‘Eye patch?’ Nothing.”

Rhys didn’t reveal what exactly he said (unless he just said “Ah”). But whatever his reply was, it was clearly insufficient. He imagined Craig coming in after him and replying, simply, “Gritty Reboot? Job done.”

So you didn’t get Matthew Rhys having his nuts hit with a big metal ball by baddie Mads Mikkelsen. But you did get him rebooting Perry Mason and battling a bear high on cocaine.

(Via Deadline)

Ahead of another glamorous performance at Coachella, Kali Uchis has shared the video for “Moonlight,” a fan-favorite from her third studio album, Red Moon In Venus.

In the video for “Moonlight,” the camera zooms in on a dollhouse, in which, Uchis and a group of her lady friends are seen getting glammed-up with make-up, preparing Uchis for a special night with a certain somebody.

“I just wanna get high with my lover / Veo una muñeca cuando miro en el espejo / Kiss, kiss / Looking dolly, I think I may go out tonight / I just wanna ride, get high in the moonlight,” Uchis sings over a smooth, romantic track.

Later in the video, she is seen dancing on the hood of a car, as she is floating on top of a space river near the moon — fitting for an out-of-this-world performance. Shortly after, a Uchis makes a return to the dollhouse, peering through the window, as if up to something exciting.

Uchis will perform tomorrow night (April 23) on the Coachella stage. She is also set to kick off her Red Moon In Venus tour this coming Tuesday (April 25) in Austin, Texas. During select dates on her upcoming tour, Uchis will be supported by UK pop artist, RAYE.

In the meantime, you can watch the dreamy “Moonlight” video above.

Meghan McCain left The View about a year and a half ago, eventually being replaced by someone who used to work for the guy who regularly slammed her late dad. She didn’t have a great time. Some of the things her co-hosts said to her, including on-air, were legitimately hurtful. Luckily she’s finally found made “peace” — as she states at the beginning of what winds up being a scathing takedown of the show.

In an op-ed for The Daily Mail, McCain writes about what she describes as her “very public, very nasty breakup with an infamous ex-boyfriend.” At first it sounds like she’s finally in a good place, writing that she’s “at peace with that part of my professional life.”

She then goes on to describe how relieved she feels when another former View host trashes the joint, including two-time co-host Rosie O’Donnnell and Jenny McCarthy. “In a way, it’s validating,” she writes. “I wasn’t crazy. They were.”

McCain repeats a tale she’s told before: How colleague Joy Behar was cruel to her upon her return from maternity leave. Her telling the crowd and TV audience that they didn’t miss her was made all the worse by her suffering from a “severe case of postpartum anxiety for which I had to be medicated.”

She also says she was pushed off discussing certain “Hot Topic” subjects by her co-hosts. Whoopi Goldberg, she claims, wouldn’t let her discuss the Bill Cosby rape allegations, which led to his imprisonment.

Another was the revelation that then-Virginia governor Ralph Northam had worn blackface in a decades-old medical school yearbook. That, too, was shot down. She claims the reason was because a) a photo from the 1970s had also recently resurfaced showing Behar wearing darkened skin at a Halloween party, and b) the same thing happened to Ted Danson, who wore blackface while dating Goldberg in the early ‘90s.

“We weren’t allowed to talk about it because of Whoopi and Joy Behar,” McCain writes.

McCain argues that, though she was hired to be the “conservative voice,” but she came to believe “it’s not the Republican extremists that they hate. They hate anyone with a different point of view.

“The only way to survive on that show is to be vanilla pudding,” she writes. “Say nothing controversial with the elites, bow down, and don’t actually do the job you were hired to do, which is voice your authentic opinions.”

Despite making “peace” with her time on the show, McCain soon finds herself writing, “may the bridges I burn light the way.”

You can read the full op-ed at The Daily Mail.

Ahead of another promising weekend at Coachella, Boygenius stopped by Jimmy Kimmel Live! for a special late-night performance.

Last night (April 21) the trio performed “Not Strong Enough” from their full-length debut album, The Record. During their performance, Boygenius — which is comprised of Phoebe Bridgers, Lucy Dacus, and Julien Baker — strummed their guitars and delivered harmonious vocals, while joined by an all-women backing band. In the background were television screens, with static and white noise on display.

After the performance, the ladies embraced, with Bridgers and Dacus kissing Baker on either cheek, solidifying their cozy, sisterly bond.

This weekend, Boygenius is set to perform Coachella for the second time tonight (April 22) on the Outdoor Theatre stage. Last weekend, their performance garnered much buzz, as they showed their support for the transgender community and reproductive rights.

“Trans lives matter, trans kids matter,” said Dacus. “We’re gonna fight it and we’re gonna win.”

“And abortion rocks, and f*ck [Florida governor] Ron DeSantis,” added Bridgers.

Over the course of the past few months, Boygenius has been killing the performance game. Back in March, they performed at the Austin-Bergstrom Airport to fans arriving for SXSW.

You can check out the performance of “Not Strong Enough” above.