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If you were wondering whether Will Smith sat down and watched Chris Rock’s Selective Outrage (so named for Will’s oddly targeted Oscars slap), live and as it happened with popcorn in hand, then the answer would apparently be “no.” Supposedly, Will hasn’t watched the special (in which Rock unloads on Will, Jada, and their publicly-aired marital drama) at all, but he surely can’t altogether avoid it. We already heard how Jada reportedly feels about the situation, given that her camp revealed that she wasn’t happy (at all) and accused Rock of being obsessed with her for “decades.”

That alleged obsession theory even built itself upon her suspicion that Rock pointedly chose to film the Netflix special in Baltimore because that’s Jada’s hometown. Yet we haven’t really heard much about Will’s emotions regarding the fallout, only that he reportedly tried to privately apologize at some point, and he couldn’t get through to Rock.

Now, a Smith source has spoken to Entertainment Tonight and passes on word that Will wishes that Rock was over it. The source adds that Will feels that he’s worked on himself and tried to make amends to no avail, and further, Will reportedly feels that Netflix made a “disgraceful” move by airing the special. In other words, Will is apparently not feeling so hot about these jokes:

“Will is embarrassed and hurt by what Chris said about him and his family in his Netflix special. He didn’t watch it, but he had people tell him what Chris said … It’s everywhere when you look online and on social media, so Will and Jada have seen comments about it … Will apologized to Chris and would like for Chris to let it go.”

It’s only natural to feel embarrassed about the whole affair, and that word can be used literally here, given that Rock dropped the theory that Will came for him out of frustration over being called “bitch” when Jada not only cuckolded him, but interviewed him on TV about the mess. It’s a complicated situation, and Rock waited nearly a year to publicly air these jokes, something that he’s almost expected to do as a comic. Naturally, that platform will keep the subject alive, and Will’s seeing that before his eyes.

However, we still haven’t heard the answer to this mystery: has Will watched those Madagascar movies (starring Rock and Jada) and experienced that brand of cinematic torture like so many millions who came before him? I can’t stop trying to make that into a thing.

(Via Entertainment Tonight)

A new album from the late Lil Keed is on the way. His estate has officially confirmed plans to release his first posthumous album, Keed Talk To ‘Em 2.

Ahead of the album, Keed has already released the motivational anthem, “Self Employed.” The upcoming album is also set to include collaborations with his YSL labelmates, including Young Thug and Lil Gotit, plus promising features from the likes of Big Sean, Trippie Redd, and Cordae.

Find the album’s cover art and tracklist below.

1. “Go See”
2. “Bags To The Sky” feat. Jetsonmade
3. “Muso Kuso” Feat. NAV
4. “SRT” Feat. Lil Gotit
5. “Hottest” Feat. Big Sean
6. “Feelings Changed”
7. “Get Money” Feat. Trippie Redd
8. “Think About It”
9. “Long Way To Go”
10. “Can’t Fall Victim” Feat. KayCyy
11. “All I Wanna Know” Feat. Young Thug
12. “Lost My Trust” Feat. Cordae
13. “Hitman”
14. “Betty Boop” Feat. Karlae
15. “Off Land” Feat. Lil Jairmy
16. “Big Bag” Feat. Young Thug and Dolly White
17. “Kick Back” Feat. Lil Gotit and StickBaby
18. “Self Employed”
19. “Love Me Again”
20. “Thank You Lord” Feat. Fridayy

Keed Talk To ‘Em 2 is out 3/17 via Young Stoner Life/300 Records. Find more information here.

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

Lots of artists have been selling parts of their catalogs for some big paydays lately, including Future, Iggy Azalea, and Juice WRLD. They all have various reasons for doing so, but I don’t think too many folks are turning down the opportunity to make more money all at once than most people could ever accumulate — or spend — in a lifetime.

The latest artist to join this growing trend is Metro Boomin, who reportedly sold part of his recording catalog to Shamrock Capital for $70 million, according to Billboard. There aren’t many details, however, as both sides of the deal declined to comment.

The size of the deal makes sense, though; depending on which portion of his publishing he decided to sell, Metro’s catalog of hits is extensive and deep, with smash hits from 21 Savage, Drake, Future, Kanye West, Migos, and more littering his resume. He’s had nearly enough songs chart on the Hot 100 to actually fill it (99 total). His own albums, like December’s Heroes & Villains, have also been massive successes in their own rights.

According to Billboard, Shamrock was founded in 1978 as Roy E. Disney’s family office; it’s also a pretty heavy investor in IP, buying catalogs from Dr. Dre and Taylor Swift, while looking at branching into film, TV, sports, and video games. It’s one of a handful of such businesses, which also include Opus Music Group and Influence Media Partners.

SZA is currently continuing her massive SOS tour — and is clearly bringing along some surprises in different cities. During the first night of her two performances at NYC’s Madison Square Garden, she was joined by Cardi B for “I Do” and Phoebe Bridgers for “Ghost In The Machine.”

During her March 7 concert in Atlanta, SZA treated fans to an appearance from Summer Walker. The duo performed “No Love,” their 2021 collaboration from Walker’s album, Still Over It.

“Take this opportunity to learn from my mistakes,” Walker shared about the song in an Apple Music interview, via Voir. “You don’t have to guess if something is love. Love is shown through actions. Stop making excuses for people who don’t show up for you. Don’t ignore the red flags. And don’t think you have to stay somewhere ’cause you can’t find better — you can and you will. Don’t settle for less — you don’t deserve it and neither does your family.”

Fans were instantly loving the fact that SZA keeps bringing out her collaborators on tour, especially Walker.

“This song is so good and the fact that they’re both on it makes it even better,” one fan replied.

“I would have simply passed away if I was there,” another added.

Check out the video of SZA and Walker performing “No Love” above. Below, find some additional fan reactions.

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

Getting jury duty is one of life’s fun little bonus side quests where you have no choice but to face the American judicial system, whether you want to or not. Some people look forward to jury duty, while others just welcome the excuse to be away from their real job for so long. But what if you get your jury duty letter, took time off work, and ended up being a part of a bonkers trial, only to learn that the whole thing was orchestrated by actors and producers? This isn’t a Nathan Fielder fever dream, it’s a new Amazon show, Jury Duty!

Jury Duty is a new mockumentary-style comedy series that takes place in a courtroom…only everyone is a scripted actor except for one particular juror, who thinks the whole thing is real. Plus– the show features the human form of sunshine, James Marsden! The show was filmed while he was working on Westworld (RIP).

By the looks of the trailer, it seems like there will be some interesting characters involved in the alleged trial, while Marsden will just be playing his usual lovely self who is not recognized by the judge. It seems like the said judge is not a fan of the hit romantic comedy 27 Dresses, so he clearly doesn’t have great judgment. Good thing he’s an actor.

The series is produced by The White Lotus’ David Bernad and The Office’s Lee Eisenberg and Gene Stupnitsky, who also penned the series. Here is the official synopsis:

Jury Duty chronicles the inner workings of an American jury trial through the eyes of one particular juror, Ronald Gladden. What Gladden doesn’t know is that the entire case is fake, everyone except him is an actor, including James Marsden, and everything that happens — inside the courtroom and out — is carefully planned.

The series will consist of eight episodes airing on Amazon’s ad-powered streamer Freevee, with the first four episodes premiering on April 7, then two more every Friday until the finale on April 21st. If only the real judicial system worked so quickly. Check out the wild trailer above.

Pop star Harry Styles isn’t on Twitter, but thanks to his recent slip-up on Instagram, he might be taking a hiatus from that social media platform as well. On Sunday (March 5), the “As It Was” singer uploaded a selfie onto his Instagram Story that sent One Direction fans into a frenzy. The image itself wasn’t the point of interest; however, what the recording artist was wearing in the photo was.

During his Love On Tour spot in Auckland, New Zealand, yesterday (March 7), the singer seemingly addressed it to the sold-out Mt. Smart Stadium.

The selfie was of Styles sporting a shirt from One Direction’s 2012 Up All Night Tour, and fans began to speculate that the theory of a potential reunion was correct. However, shortly after it was shared with his 48.3 million Instagram followers, the image was quickly taken down, which sparked another round of rumors. Some started to question whether or not Niall Horan’s comment about “constantly speaking with” his former bandmates had any truth to it.

However, Styles brushed off the rumors chalking up the deletion of the image as a simple mistake. As he engaged in a conversation with a fan in the stadium, he said, “I guess some of us have secrets,” adding, “Maybe, like some people, you want to keep something to yourself, and maybe one day you will accidentally post it to your Instagram Story.”

This wouldn’t be the first time the musician embarrassed himself in front of his beloved fans. At least this time, no designer trousers were harmed in the process.

(WARNING: Spoilers for The Mandalorian Season 3 episode “The Mines of Mandalore.”)

In the second episode of The Mandalorian Season 3, Mando makes good on his vow to travel to the planet of Mandalore thanks to the quasi-assistance of his new droid, R5-D4. While there, Mando confirms his belief that the surface of the planet is not poisoned after being ravaged by civil war and The Great Purge carried out by the Empire. Now, all that’s left to do is bathe in The Mines of Mandalore and redeem himself in the eyes of The Armorer. Naturally, things don’t go as planned.

While traversing the wreckage of Mandalore’s capital city, Mando is captured by a weird half-creature half-droid contraption that gives off major General Grievous vibes. He tells Baby Yoda to go find Bo-Katan (Katee Sackhoff), who soon arrives on-planet and opens an entire can of whoop-ass on everything in the place. Seriously, Mando should be taking notes.

With Mando now rescued, Bo-Katan leads him to the mythical mines so he can get his bath over with and restore his honor. But before Mando enters the water, Bo-Katan reads an old plague detailing how Mandalore the Great tamed the mighty mythosaur and rolls her eyes at the whole thing. She’ll be a believer very soon.

As Mando enters the water, he’s quickly pulled under and Bo-Katan dives into save him. While pulling him back, she spots a mythosaur and cannot believe what she’s seeing. The legends are true: they’re actually real. But what the heck are they?

First teased in The Mandalorian premiere by Kuiil, who chided Mando for not being able to ride a simple blurggs when his people used to ride mythosaurs, they’re massive horned creatures whose skulls are prominently featured on Mandalorian armor. However, they’ve never been shown in the Star Wars universe until now.

As for what the first appearance of a mythosaur means, nobody knows. Fans are convinced that Mando is going to ride one like Boba Fett with his Rancor, but there’s also a compelling theory that Bo-Katan will be the one to mount the mighty beast. Either way, Mandalorian fans were freaking out, and you can see some of the reactions below:

New episodes of The Mandalorian stream Wednesday on Disney+.

If you’re waiting for new music from Billie Eilish, you probably shouldn’t hold your breath. As we are a few months away from the two-year anniversary of her sophomore album, Happier Than Ever, anticipation is high for Eilish’s new era.

In December 2021, just months after the release of Happier Than Ever, her producer and brother Finneas revealed in an interview with Rolling Stone that he and Eilish had begun working on her follow-up album.

“We’ve got the net in the ocean, and we’re picking up detritus,” said Finneas. “And then you sift through all that, and you pick out the treasure, and then you have an album. I’m really excited. I think we’ve got a lot to say.”

More than a year after the interview, fans are antsy for new music. Yesterday (March 7), a fan resurfaced the interview, calling attention to the time that has passed since.

“it’s been one year and three months since this interview, you lie as much as your sister,” said the fan to Finneas.

Finneas, not one to mince words, offered a response to the fan, simply saying, “Great things take time.”

Though, if Eilish’s upcoming album follows the same two-year pattern between her 2017 EP Don’t Smile At Me, her 2019 debut album When We All Fall Asleep, Where Do We Go?, and 2021’s Happier Than Ever, we may be getting a new album from her as early as this year. She also dropped off the three-track Guitar Songs EP in July 2022.

House of the Dragon had a lot of dragons during season one, but honestly? It could have used more. A house isn’t single digit dragons; it’s at least double digits. Thankfully, the Game of Thrones prequel series is giving the people what they want (more fire-breathing, flying beasts) in season two.

“Production begins pretty shortly,” showrunner Ryan Condal revealed during an FYC event in Los Angeles on Tuesday. “In season two, you’re going to meet five new dragons.” Comic Book reports that this news “got a loud applause from the crowd,” but it’s more fun to imagine pure chaos. Chairs are thrown, curtains are torn, one guy dressed up as Syntax screams “LET’S GOOOOOO.”

George R.R. Martin also added how the novel Fire & Blood is only serving as an outline for House of the Dragon. “It was an imaginary history book,” Martin explained. “In Fire & Blood, it stated that Queen Emma Arryn dies in childbirth and the son dies [within the hour]. There is nothing about it being the most horrendous childbirth scene ever seen on TV. That’s all the work of [Condal] and his writers.”

House of the Dragon — now available in Oops! All Dragons form — is expected to return to HBO in 2024.

(Via Comic Book)

BTS’ RM recently opened up about the band’s indefinite hiatus during a new interview with EFE. Given that Jin is currently doing South Korea’s mandatory military service, the group isn’t expected to return until at least 2025.

Because of this, the remaining members have begun pursuing their solo material — and discovering who they are outside of being in one of the biggest global groups.

“After 10 years as a member of BTS, I didn’t know who I was and I wanted to know,” RM said. “I started out as a teenage rapper, then BTS came along and it was all very intense. Now that the group is inactive, I’ve gone back to thinking about the beginnings and the real reasons why I joined BTS.”

“When you are famous, staying on top is very difficult, but I think BTS will make it,” he added.

As for what he’s done with the time off, RM dropped his album, Indigo, in December of last year, which featured collaborations with Erykah Badu and Anderson .Paak. He’s also been sightseeing and taking in the art scene in Spain to gain a “timeless outlook” that will shape his future creative endeavors.

“I wanted to see artworks by Goya, Velazquez and Picasso for inspiration and I’ve been to the Prado and other museums,” RM noted. “I came to Spain because of my love of its art and, if someone learns about my country’s culture through my songs, it is an honor that makes me happy.”

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