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Adele is beloved for many things, including her unintended humor. But at the top of the list is her star power, proven by record attendance during her Las Vegas residency. Though Weekends With Adele was scheduled to wrap up Saturday, March 25, the recording artist just couldn’t say goodbye.

Nearing the end of her set, Adele, filled with emotion, announced that she would be extending the residency. “Playing to 4,000 people for 34 nights is not enough,” she told the crowd. The news had not yet been publicly announced, but she hinted something to the crowd, saying, “I’ll be back for a few weeks in June.” She added, “And I’m gonna film it, and I’m gonna release it to make sure that anyone who wants to see this show can see it.”

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Now all of the details have been formally made public. Adele’s Weekends With Adele residency at The Colosseum at Caesar’s Palace in Las Vegas will begin on June 16 and run through November 4. Shows will be held on Fridays and Saturdays, just like the first leg of the residency.

In the past, Adele has opened up about not viewing herself as a big touring performer. Eventually, after nearly a month into the residency, she gained confidence, stating, “I love making music, but there is something about performing live that actually terrifies me and fills me with dread. That is why I am not a big touring artist. I did it last time to prove I could do it. But this experience of being in a room this size, I think I might be a live artist for the rest of my life.”

The verified fan presale for the new Weekends With Adele dates will go on sale beginning at 10 am Pacific on Wednesday, April 5. For more information, click here.

Donald Trump has not been handling his looming indictment great. He’s lashed out, taking to his rinky-dink Twitter clone to again spout violent rhetoric and badly predict when he’ll be placed in handcuffs, which still hasn’t happened. He’s not been exactly accurate with his predictions, so take this latest one with a quarry of salt: He now thinks the case against him is no more.

“I think they’ve already dropped the case,” Trump told reporters aboard his private plane following a rally in Waco, Texas, as per Axios. “It’s a fake case. Some fake cases, they have absolutely nothing.”

Again, the last time Trump predicted something involving the Manhattan D.A. case against him, he wasn’t only wrong. He couldn’t even inspire more than a handful of supporters to protest in his name.

In the meantime, the MAGA wing of the GOP has done its part to try to and undo the case Alvin Bragg has mounted against Trump, which involves his alleged hush money payment to porn star Stormy Daniels over their alleged affair. Daniels, meanwhile, has profited off of the scandal, at least in the sense that Trump’s attacks on her have caused searches for her on Pornhub to skyrocket.

Trump also laid into Michael Cohen, who served time for the payment and has since emerged as a relentless Trump critic. Trump thinks he should be indicted all over again, this time “for all the lies he told.”

As for all his tweets about telling his fans to do a Jan. 6 redux and about “death & destruction” if he gets indicted, well, he claims he’s not fomenting something dangerous all over again. “No, I don’t like violence and I’m not for violence,” he said. But there was a “but”: “But a lot of people are upset.”

(Via Axios)

Eighteen years ago Shonda Rhimes had her first big hit with Grey’s Anatomy. Other Rhimes shows have come and gone, but her breakthrough isn’t going anywhere anytime soon: As per Variety, the show has perhaps improbably been renewed for a 20th season, despite its longtime lead and namesake, Ellen Pompeo, peacing out earlier this year.

The news means Grey’s Anatomy holds its record as the longest running primetime medical drama in TV history, a milestone it achieved long ago. ER “only” lasted 15 seasons. Grey’s Anatomy passed that long ago, but the achievement is made even sweeter by the fact that it’s chooglin’ on without the character that gave it its name.

Back in February, Ellen Pompeo finally surrendered her role as Dr. Meredith Grey, who started as a surgical intern at Seattle’s fictional Grace Hospital (later Grey+Sloan Memorial) and eventually graduated to Chief of General Surgery. Meredith decided to move to Boston (read: Pompeo decided she’d had enough), but the show didn’t go with her, staying in Seattle with whoever is still hanging around the hospital at this point. Of course, that means Pompeo can always come back for the occasional episode. It’s unclear currently if her voiceover will continue to open each new episode.

So congrats to Grey’s Anatomy, a show that may never, ever leave the television airwaves, much like The Simpsons will probably never stop creating new episodes.

(Via Variety)

On Saturday the actor Jonathan Majors was arrested in Manhattan over what the NYPD called a “domestic dispute.” He was charged with strangulation, assault, and harassment involving a 30-year-old woman.

A representative for Majors claimed he had “done nothing wrong,” adding, “We look forward to clearing his name and clearing this up.”

The incident occurred as Majors’ star was rising. He currently appears in two films on the box office Top 10: as Kang the Conqueror, the MCU’s new big villain in Ant-Man & the Wasp: Quantumania, and as the adversary in Creed III.

News of the arrest sent shockwaves about the industry and on social media. It also caused the U.S. Army to pull new ads featuring the performer.

“The U.S. Army is aware of the arrest of Jonathan Majors and we are deeply concerned by the allegations surrounding his arrest,” they wrote in a statement. “We recently released two ads in which Mr. Majors appears. While Mr. Majors is innocent until proven guilty, prudence dictates that we pull our ads until the investigation into these allegations is complete.”

Majors also appeared in the recent Sundance hit Magazine Dreams, in which he plays a bodybuilder looking to find connection in the world of celebrity.

(Via The New York Times)

Every single week, our TV and film experts will list the most important ten streaming selections for you to pop into your queues. We’re not strictly operating upon reviews or accrued streaming clicks (although yes, we’ve scoured the streaming site charts) but, instead, upon those selections that are really worth noticing amid the churning sea of content. There’s a lot out there, after all, and your time is valuable.

TIE: 10: You (Netflix series)

In case you gave up on this show due to the more muted than usual vibe of Professor Jonathan Moore, Stalker Joe does grow more interesting by the season finale. Netflix has already announced a fifth season renewal, so at least you know by that sentence that Joe is alive and well at the end of this round. That’s all we will say, however, and may Joe forever be haunted by all of his victims, even if the Internet refuses to stop lusting over him.

TIE: 10. Lucky Hank (AMC series streaming on AMC+)

Bob Odenkirk is already back on TV, even though Better Call Saul will always be missed. In this show, he portrays a professor who’s either going to have a meltdown or a midlife crisis. Maybe both. This is a darkly comedic joint, although with a decidedly different tone than the super-bleak humor found in Saul and Breaking Bad. And naturally, those are tough acts to follow up on, but Odenkirk must relish digging into a different TV character after giving us so many shades of Slippin’ Jimmy for so long.

9. Money Shot: The Pornhub Story (Netflix series)

You know what to expect here: high drama and behind-the-scenes accounts from the performers and crew associated with the adult film realm. Activists get in on the fun, too, while examining what role that the site in question has to with several controversies. Allegations will fly, and this documentary does get into the ugly, nitty gritty of things, so approach it all with a Trigger Warning.

8. Cocaine Bear (Universal Pictures film streaming on Amazon Prime)

A bear swallows up a mountain of cocaine, and he’s high and ragey as hell. Blood will spill! This film is everything that you are expecting, and that works in its favor. Praise Elizabeth Banks for taking on and directing this project, and enjoy one Ray Liotta’s final performances, along with the presences of Keri Russell, Christian Convery, Alden Ehrenreich, and (last but certainly not least) Margo Martindale.

7. The Mandalorian (Disney+ series)

The hit Jon Favreau series with Pedro Pascal and Baby Yoda brought back a franchise favorite who finally got his due. As well, the show intuitively knows how to best balance the cuteness and the adventure that this show’s audience demands. At this point, this show is the undisputed standout of the Disney+ streaming realm thus far, so there’s no reason why this joint cannot carry on indefinitely.

6. Power Book II: Ghost (Starz series)

Not to be outdone by Taylor Sheridan’s vast assembling of many Paramount shows (both of the Yellowstone variety and not so much), 50 Cent’s Power universe continues past the original series with a whole lot of drama to clean up in this third season. That includes an accidental killing and a car accident, all with Tariq St. Patrick attempting to mop up life and leave the game. However, he will soon end up back in business, which will complete his plans to regain trust and his family. Betrayal and a R.I.C.O. investigation will do that, unfortunately.

5. John Wick (Summit Entertainment film streaming on Peacock)

With Chapter 4 now in theaters, it’s only natural that people would want to watch the dog-inspired debut where John Wick’s anger all began. Get ready for the tears to flow, as well, while reliving Lance Reddick’s contributions to the franchise, which shall live on forever, quite frankly, as one of the greatest action franchises of all time. Go relive the incredible glass-box-busting scene of Chapter 3 while you’re at it. Tick tock.

4. Ted Lasso (Apple TV+ series)

Bathroom showdowns went down in the most recent installment of what is probably Jason Sudeikis’ final outing with the AFC Richmond gang in this impossibly but irresistibly chipper series. Naturally, the audience shall await word of a spinoff or a change of heart from Sudeikis and his fellow producers, but also, there’s so much new TV coming out these days that we can’t be too mad about the shows that are deciding to go out on top this year.

3. Swarm (Amazon Prime series)

This show came in like, well, a swarm, and of course, everyone was staring right at Beyonce’s overzealous fandom while watching. Naturally, this show takes things much further than reality, and Donald Glover has another buzzy yet controversial show on his hands. Watch out for a certain jump scare and be impressed at Billie Eilish’s acting turn after an entire season dropped at once on Prime Video for the binging.

2. Yellowjackets (Showtime series streaming on Paramount+)

This season had a tough act to follow up on while also risking going in too hard. Fortunately, the darkness wins and the show maintains its careful balance of intense characterization and intense happenings. This week, a musical moment and a gory moment will capture much attention, and we should all revel in how Melanie Lynskey, Tawny Cypress, Christina Ricci, and Juliette Lewis have are all pulling off the roles of their lifetimes. It took long enough, but it’s finally happening. Also, watch out for Lottie Matthews because the “Antler Queen” is back like she never left the building.

1. Succession (HBO series streaming on HBO Max)

Series patriarch Brian Cox’s recent interviews have been full of f-bombs like usual, but he also seems ready to close out this series, which is off to a roaring return with the Roy kids — Kendall, Shiv, and Roman — reeling from the betrayal of the most recent season finale. Tom somehow ended that round of episodes at the top of the pile, but that cannot last. Logan Roy won’t let anyone stay comfortable for too long under his tenure, but I am still rooting for Gerri to pull a full-on coup and take out everyone. After that d*ck pic scandal and what she’s been through for this family, she deserves the ultimate win.

Entering Saturday, the UConn Huskies looked the part as arguably the hottest team in college basketball. UConn won each of its first three NCAA Tournament games by double figures, including a total destruction of Arkansas in Sweet 16, and the Huskies showed signs of living up to the promise of a 14-game winning streak to begin the 2022-23 season. Still, Dan Hurley’s team faced what appeared to be a worthy adversary in the Gonzaga Bulldogs in a highly-anticipated Elite Eight matchup in Las Vegas.

While the first half was highly competitive, UConn asserted itself coming out of the locker room and, in the end, it was an exceedingly comfortable 82-54 victory for the Huskies to earn a trip to Houston for next week’s Final Four.

UConn established itself first, zooming out of the gate with a 9-2 run with the help of a slow start from Gonzaga’s normally high-powered offense. The Bulldogs missed eight of their first nine shots, including a pair of airballs, and UConn’s physicality was immediately evident. The Huskies hit a rough patch of their own soon after, though, and the two teams combined to shoot just 15-for-39 from the field through more than 12 minutes of action.

The scoring pace picked up from there, as Gonzaga took its first lead of the evening on a three-pointer by Malachi Smith with 6:33 to go before halftime.

That edge was quite brief for Gonzaga, as UConn immediately stormed back with the help of timely shotmaking.

Later in the half, Gonzaga star Drew Timme picked up a second foul, forcing him to the bench, and the Huskies took immediate advantage. Gonzaga continued its poor shooting with a miss in the lane and, on the other end, UConn secured back-to-back offensive rebounds to set up a three-pointer by Jordan Hawkins that gave the Huskies a seven-point edge.

That seven-point advantage mirrored the margin at the halftime break with a hat-tip to UConn’s Andre Jackson and Alex Karaban. Jackson made a beautiful, heads-up play to set up Karaban for a three-pointer on the last possession, giving the Huskies a bit of extra cushion.

While UConn was already in a favorable position heading into halftime, the Huskies created more separation with haste to begin the second half. Timme picked up his third foul in the first minute and, immediately, UConn padded its lead with five straight points, including a triple by Hawkins to force a timeout.

Making matters worse for Gonzaga, Timme was then whistled for a very questionable fourth foul with more than 17 minutes remaining. The whistle removed the perennial All-American from the floor for several minutes, and it turned out to be a death blow for the Bulldogs.

As soon as Timme went to the bench, UConn put the pedal down, scoring the next eight points. That gave the Huskies an 18-point lead and, even with more than 16 minutes on the clock, UConn appeared to be in complete control.

A run never materialized for Gonzaga, as UConn continued to dominate the proceedings. If there was any remaining doubt, it evaporated with a 13-4 run that pushed UConn’s lead to 31 points with fewer than eight minutes on the clock. That spurt was capped by the fifth three-pointer of the night from Jordan Hawkins, with the celebration undoubtedly beginning from Hartford to Storrs and beyond.

For Gonzaga, it was an ill-timed moment to have a shockingly disappointing offensive performance. The Bulldogs were always likely to struggle to stop an explosive UConn offense, but Mark Few’s team entered the night as the No. 1 offense in the country by adjusted efficiency and came off a night in which it scored comfortably against an elite UCLA defense in the Sweet 16. The Bulldogs struggled to find rhythm throughout the evening, visibly bothered by UConn’s physicality and unable to convert shots in what became a 33 percent shooting night from the floor and a miserable 2-for-20 showing from three-point range.

UConn, on the other hand, was a well-oiled machine. The Huskies scored 1.17 points per possession on offense, secured 13 offensive rebounds, and committed only eight turnovers. UConn’s balanced attack gave Gonzaga fits throughout the evening, led by Hawkins with 20 points and six triples. That offense, coupled with a valuable, multi-faceted effort from Andre Jackson (eight points, ten assists, nine rebounds) to key things on both ends, yielded impressive results.

The Huskies will now square off against the winner of Sunday’s matchup between Texas and Miami on Saturday in Houston. Regardless of opponent, UConn is expected to enter the Final Four as the betting favorite and, given the team’s performance to this point in the tournament, that placement in the pecking order makes complete sense.

Ben Simmons has not played for the Brooklyn Nets since before the All-Star break, and it sure seems like he’s not going to take the floor again this season. According to Nets coach Jacque Vaughn ahead of the team’s game against the Miami Heat on Saturday night, Simmons is unlikely to return to the team for the duration of the 2022-23 season as he deals with a nerve impingement in his back.

“For me as a coach, there’s some things that I can control, some things that I can’t control,” Vaughn said, per Tim Reynolds of the Associated Press. “What I can’t control is the impingement. What I can control is getting this group ready to play. And then in all honesty, the realism that he’s probably not going to join us for the rest of the year … certainty will come once he continues to be looked at by specialists.”

The Nets announced that Simmons had a nerve impingement on Friday. He’s missed all 16 games the team has played in the second half of the year, and after Saturday’s game against Miami, Brooklyn will only have eight more games left in the regular season.

When he has played this year, Simmons has struggled to find the All-Star form from earlier in his career. The former No. 1 overall pick has averaged 6.9 points, 6.3 rebounds, 6.1 assists, and 1.3 steals in 26.3 minutes per game this season.

The Florida Atlantic Owls’ magical NCAA Tournament run is heading to Houston. FAU took on Kansas State in the Elite Eight on Saturday evening in Madison Square Garden, and by the time the final horn sounded, the Conference USA champions and 9-seed in the East Region earned their first-ever berth in the Final Four with a 79-76 victory.

The story of the first half was Markquis Nowell and Dante Sills leading the Wildcats against a more balanced attack for the Owls. Nowell’s 15 points and 7 assists led both teams, as he was doing all his usual floor general stuff — all nine of Sills’ points, for example, came off of assists by his backcourt mate from New York City.

And yet the brilliance of Nowell was not enough, in part because Keyontae Johnson was limited to only eight minutes in the first half due to foul trouble. As a result, Florida Atlantic held a 42-38 edge at the break. Alijah Martin’s nine points led the way, and Bryan Greenlee pitched in eight. But it was two other players, Vladislav Goldin and Johnell Davis, who stuffed the stat sheet — the former had eight points, eight rebounds, two assists, and two blocks, while the latter went for six points, four rebounds, four assists, and a block.

Kansas State found something early on in the second half, as Nowell continued to do his thing while Johnson got into a groove. They opened the frame on a 14-5 run to take a lead, but with 14:32 left in the game, Johnson picked up his fourth personal foul.

With his standout teammate sidelined, Nowell kept doing everything he could to keep the Owls at bay, whether that was distributing or pulling up from Yonkers and knocking down threes.

It wasn’t enough to bury Florida Atlantic, which always seemed to have an answer from either its arsenal of perimeter scorers or Goldin. They chipped away any time Kansas State started to open up a lead, and with just over six minutes left, they pulled back in front on a dunk by the big man.

A 13-1 run by the Owls at the exact right time, mixed with Johnson picking up his fifth foul, appeared to give them the sort of breathing room they would need. Two free throws by Martin in the aftermath of Johnson’s foul capped off the run and gave them a 72-64 lead with just under three minutes remaining, but with the shoe on the other foot, it was the Wildcats’ turn to continuously chip away.

Nowell and Cam Carter both hit threes, Nowell and Ismael Massoud were nails from the free throw line, and with 23 seconds remaining, Kansas State got the Florida Atlantic lead down to one point. FAU’s Michael Forrest got it back to three points at the charity stripe after the Wildcats started playing the foul game, and on the ensuing possession, Nowell found Nae’Qwan Tomlin for a quick two.

The decision to play the free throw game did not work out the way Kansas State wanted. After Forrest hit both of his attempts at the line, the Wildcats could not even get a shot off on the game’s final possession, with Nowell and Massoud getting hounded by the Owls defenders and, eventually, Davis stripped the ball as the clock hit zero.

Four FAU players — Martin, Greenlee, Goldin, and Davis — scored in double-figures, while the team shot 26-for-54 (48.1 percent) from the field and 9-for-23 (39.1 percent) from three. Nowell’s 30 points, 12 rebounds, and five assists stole the show for KSU, but other than Tomlin’s 14 points, there wasn’t much else consistently going right for the Wildcat offense.

Florida Atlantic will play either San Diego State or Creighton in the Final Four.

Donald Trump has a habit of turning relatively obscure public officials into household names. You’d probably never have heard of Brad Raffensperger, Georgia’s secretary of state, had he not refused to help him overturn the 2020 election. And you probably wouldn’t know Alvin Bragg if he wasn’t currently maybe about to indict the former president over a hush money case. Bragg and his team do not appreciate Trump’s meddling in the case, including falsely predicting when he’d get arrested (then pilfering from his own supporters). And his staff doesn’t like GOP congressional staffers clogging up their phone lines.

As per The New York Post, a staffer on the Republican-led House Judiciary Committee got an earful after repeatedly calling Bragg’s office. It’s unclear what they sought, but by the second time they rang the office up, an annoyed staffer finally let them have it.

“Your committee has no jurisdiction over us. You’re wrong,” they reportedly told the congressional employee, adding, bluntly, “Stop calling us with this bullsh*t.”

The House Judiciary Committee, under new leader and MAGA bozo Jim Jordan, has been trying to derail Bragg’s case. Bragg and team aren’t having it, with their general counsel, Leslie Dubeck, calling their investigation “an unprecedented inquiry into a pending local prosecution.”

That said, it’s not like they’re against cooperating with the committee at some point. Dubeck said that they “request an opportunity to meet and confer with committee staff to better understand what information the DA’s Office can provide that relates to a legitimate legislative interest and can be shared consistent with the District Attorney’s constitutional obligations.”

In the meantime, Trump keeps spouting veiled violent threats against those who may put him behind bars.

(Via NY Post)

Jeff Goldblum And The Mildred Snitzer Orchestra has finally released their new EP, Plays Well With Others. On the EP, Goldblum and his band cover songs which Goldblum considers to be among the best ever written.

On one of the EP’s six songs, Goldblum And The Mildred Snitzer Orchestra teamed up with Kelly Clarkson for a cover of “Don’t Fence Me In” by Bing Crosby and The Andrews Sisters mashed up with an instrumental rendition of “Strollin’” by Horace Silver.

On the song, Clarkson delivers her impeccable vocals, while maintaining a happy, carefree demeanor over breezy instrumentation.

Goldblum actually manifested this collaboration months ago, when he was a guest on The Kelly Clarkson Show. He explained that he has a band, and would like to collaborate with Clarkson.

“If you would sing on our next little recording,” he said

Clarkson then replied, “If you would ask me.”

Goldblum then presented the idea of covering “Don’t Fence Me In,” though, at the time, Clarkson admitted she wasn’t familiar with the original song. But thankfully, she was up for a challenge that proved worthwhile.

You can listen to “Don’t Fence Me In / Strollin’” above.

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