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Doja Cat loves to take people by surprise, whether through her artistry, personality, or wardrobe. Paris Haute Couture Week will run from today, January 23, through Thursday, January 26, and Doja Cat started the week off strong at Schiaparelli’s Haute Couture show.

The multiplatinum-certified rapper, singer, and songwriter arrived covered head-to-toe in 30,000 Swarovski crystals, which is sparking comparisons to early-career Lady Gaga:

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According to Vogue, the Schiaparelli show was inspired by Dante Alighieri’s Inferno and featured “Daniel Roseberry’s signature surreal gold-plated faces were brought to life with glistening bronze-gold face and body paint, blurring the boundaries between real bodies and inanimate objects.”

The publication had exclusive details on Doja’s head-turning look, which was handled by makeup artist Pat McGrath:

“Extending this idea of a live sculpture onto the front row, McGrath and her team adorned the singer with crimson Swarovski crystals for a ‘shimmering, scintillating and subversive look.’ ‘Collaborating with the incomparably talented Doja Cat and Daniel Roseberry was an absolute pleasure,’ McGrath says. ‘Her patience and dedication as she sat with Team Pat McGrath and I for four hours and 58 minutes to achieve the creation, covered in over 30,000 hand-applied Swarovski crystals, was truly inspiring.’”

McGrath also posted an Instagram video:

Doja Cat similarly stunned at Paris Fashion Week last year, painting her entire body gold one day or painting faux bruises and cuts on her face to symbolize Fashion Week “kicking her ass.”

After spending nearly four long years behind bars, 03 Greedo is officially out of prison — but he’s still not totally “free” just yet. Greedo shared a post on Instagram detailing the conditions of his release, which include a stay at a halfway house. Also, he says fans shouldn’t expect new music for a while, although he regrets not releasing more. His full statement reads:

Yes, I am free from prison but I am still not completely out. For anyone confused I am in a halfway house for up to 6 months with a five minute phone call a week. Where I am I just want to see my daughter and record music. I wish I could have released alot more music while I was away. So, I have this chip on my shoulder to just go record n drop at least 12 tapes before my major album and I honestly just don’t want to talk to alot of people yet. I got a lot I want to clear in my head first. So, if I’m not recording with you or laying with you. I’m not inna rush to talk after damn near 5 years. Just being honest! Salute to the GeeHive and all my supporters, I love you. Thank u for keeping me alive while I was incarcerated.
Yours Truly, Cheeto

Greedo was sentenced to 20 years in prison for drug trafficking and possession of a firearm in July 2018, and while it appears he’s been able to have his sentence reduced, receiving an early release this month, we all know that comes with conditions and stipulations that can be burdensome — especially for a well-known rapper whose lifestyle includes extensive travel and visibility (see: Meek Mill’s probation case).

During his incarceration, he released a wealth of new music recorded just before he reported to prison, and upon his release, he followed up with the Free 03 project with music recorded over the phone. While it’s frustrating that fans must wait for new music from him, it’s a relief having him out and hopefully, he can remain that way for good.

In a move that should surprise absolutely no one, Donald Trump is reportedly making moves to abandon Truth Social and return to the warm, sweet embrace of his original online love, Twitter. The former president was invited back to the social media platform shortly after Elon Musk’s acquisition was complete, but at the time, Trump abstained from the offer. Not because he’s some some sort of savvy media analyst or anything. There’s a far more simple answer: Trump would lose a ton of money if he reneged on his exclusivity contract with Truth Social.

However, Trump’s contract with Truth Social expires in June, and according to a new report, he doesn’t plan on renewing it. Via Rolling Stone:

Since late last year, former President Trump has informed several people close to him that he doesn’t want to re-up the exclusivity agreement with his social media company, Truth Social, two sources familiar with the matter tell Rolling Stone. “There’s not going to be a need for that,” is how one of the sources recalls Trump describing his soon-to-expire contractual obligation.

Ever since Musk offered Trump a chance to return to Twitter, there has been talk that Trump wouldn’t be able to resist jumping ship. The platform offers the former president the sweet dopamine rush that he was accustomed to as one of Twitter’s most prolific posters, and also, Truth Social is rapidly bleeding money and users.

Of course, the big question is whether Twitter will still be around by June. Musk has been making drastic changes since taking over the social media company, which has caused a steep drop in advertising revenue. Donald Trump could very easily be trading one digital graveyard for another if Musk doesn’t find a way to stave off bankruptcy.

(Via Rolling Stone)

Avatar: The Way of Water has surpassed $2 billion in ticket sales worldwide after spending a sixth straight weekend at the top of the box office in the United States (the first film to do so since… 2009’s Avatar).

The Way of Water joins Avatar, Avengers: Endgame, Titanic, Star Wars: The Force Awakens, and Avengers: Infinity War as the only movies to gross over $2 billion globally. That’s a lot of James Cameron, but it’s even more Zoe Saldana.

The actress appears in four of the six highest-grossing movies of all-time, thanks to her roles as Neytiri in the Avatar franchise and Gamora in the Marvel Cinematic Universe. That puts her fourth on the list of the highest-grossing lead performers, behind only Scarlett Johansson, Robert Downey Jr., and Samuel L. Jackson (the only non-MCU stars in the top 10: the Toms, Cruise and Hanks). As long as Cameron keeps making Avatar sequels, which he will, Saldana will eventually dethrone Johansson:

So far, The Way of Water has generated $598 million at the domestic box office and $1.4 billion internationally. Overseas, the standout markets are China ($229 million), France ($129 million), Germany ($117 million), Korea ($96 million), and the United Kingdom ($81 million). It’s especially impressive that Avatar 2 managed to crack $2 billion, a benchmark that’s been impossible in COVID times, because not every market is re-connecting with the Na’vi. The follow-up isn’t playing in Russia, where the original grossed $116 million, and it’s flopping in Japan with $28 million, a dramatic decrease from the first film’s $176 million haul.

Never bet against James Cameron — or Zoe Saldana.

(Via Variety)

Drake’s Apollo Theater show in New York City turned out to be quite the event. In addition to having Harlem’s own Diplomats join him on stage to perform their beloved “national anthem,” Drake ran through a career’s worth of hits ranging from his earliest radio swings like “Headlines” and “Over” to his more recent 21 Savage collabs like “Rich Flex” (“do something for meeee”) and “Jimmy Cooks,” all while roasting his Degrassi: The Next Generation character and keeping an eye out for his fans.

During the Sunday night show, a fan fell from the balcony to the orchestra pit floor, prompting Drake to pause the show and ensure her safety. “Just gotta make sure somebody’s OK,” he told the fans. The crew also had to make sure that the other fans would be safe, removing a stage light the fallen fan knocked out of place, as well as its electrical cables.

After about 15 minutes, the show resumed with an announcement that there had been no serious injuries. Upon his return to the stage, Drake promised to make up for the delay saying, “Let’s just make some noise that everybody’s okay. I feel like they had to wait like 10 minutes; we should go up a little more.” He also gave fans something else to look forward to, teasing a new project in 2023.

Drake postponed his first-ever shows at the Apollo Theater from early December to Saturday, January 21 and Sunday, January 22, and the general consensus is that he could have postponed them to January 2024 and the wait would have been worth it. From performing an exhaustive set list to teasing a potential new project, Drake brought everything to the stage.

According to Billboard, Drake’s set was just as much a visual chronicle of his journey as it was a musical one. Drake opened the show with “Over My Dead Body” from 2011’s Take Care while wearing the same basketball jersey worn by Jimmy Brooks on Degrassi: The Next Generation. Drake starred in the role from 2001 to 2009 — when he was still best known as Aubrey Graham — and he also mocked his haircut from that time elsewhere in the show.

“I wanted to make this show about gratitude,” Drake told the crowd near the top of the show, per Billboard. “This is a little story we put together about my deep love for my family, for my dear friends and for each and every one of you that have been supporting me for a long time.”

Drake also shared the stage with his Her Loss collaborator 21 Savage, Dipset, and Lil Uzi Vert across the two nights. Check out clips below.

Lil Uzi Vert is a Warner Music artist. Uproxx is an independent subsidiary of Warner Music Group.

Heading into Sundance, Jonathan Majors was already turning heads with his super jacked physique for Creed III. Majors was also packing some serious guns in the new trailer for Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania, but it turns out that neither of those roles featured the actor’s biggest body transformation.

In Magazine Dreams, Majors plays Killian Maddox, a toxic male bodybuilder who becomes a hulking beast of self-destruction and rage. The film has been garnering rave reviews for Majors at Sundance where the actor recently opened up about pushing his body to the limit for the insanely ripped performance, which involved eating 6,100 calories a day to pack on muscle mass. Via Variety:

“The normal bodybuilder works out two times a day,” Majors continued. “I’m playing Killian Maddox… Playing him you don’t f*ck around. What ended up happening is I would train two hours, two times a day for the movie and a third time after wrap. Meanwhile, you eat six times a day. Lots of chicken. Lots of elk. That’s just for me. I like it.”

Now that the role is over, Majors has scaled back his workout regimen, but not too much. The actor does have more Marvel appearances in his future, and he doesn’t mind pushing himself.

“I played football in Texas. I got an appetite,” Majors said. “I really like being physical. I like hiking and running. I’ve got dogs. I’m only 33… I got to do something to stay with it. I don’t work out three times a day anymore. Just once a day.”

(Via Variety)

On January 19, Dolly Parton turned 77 years old. Over those years, Parton has built one of the most esteemed legacies in music and in the entertainment industry more broadly. Her story is ripe for a film adaptation, and when/if that time comes, Parton has some ideas about the kind of person who should portray her. For example, they should have some boobs.

Parton was interviewed on CBS Mornings this weekend and a currently unproduced script of a biopic about her life came up. She was asked who should play her in the film and she responded, “Well, I don’t know. I think when it gets to that point, we’ll be auditioning a lot of different people. We’ll just have to see.”

The hosts then asked what qualities the actress should have and Parton continued:

“Well, she would need to have my spirit, I would think, and my personality. She’d have to have a lot of that fire and spunk. And she’d have to have some boobs, of course, whether they were homemade or whether they were for real [laughs]. She’d have to look the part, she’d have to be a little bit over-exaggerated. But hopefully… that would be pretty easy, even a boy could do that.”

Watch the interview above.

Jeremy Renner did not have the greatest start to 2023. He suffered a near-fatal snowplow accident yet miraculously seemed to be in good spirits while posting social media updates from his hospital bed. Despite the Mayor Of Kingstown star’s upbeat attitude, reports indicated that his injuries were much worse than originally reported.

Renner has now opened up more about his grueling recovery, and given that the snowplow nearly crushed him, what he’s detailing makes horrific sense. Over the weekend, he expressed endless gratitude for the support of friends, fans, and family. He also revealed that he endured 30 broken bones, which Renner vows “will mend, grow stronger, just like the love and bond with family and friends deepens.”

“Ouch” is my first response, and I’m probably not alone in that sentiment. Fortunately, fellow Avenger Chris Evans knew that it was time to seize the moment and fire up a joke. This actually sounds like something that Cap and Bucky would say to each other back in the day, but here’s Evans doing it himself: “That’s one tough mf’er. Has anyone even checked on the snowcat???”

Renner saw the response and had a ready response: “Love you brother…. I did check on the snow cat, she needs fuel.”

Given that the snowcat weighed 14,000 pounds, it’s a miracle that Renner is alive to exchange jokes with his buddy. Hopefully, his positive outlook will lead him to as smooth of a recovery as possible this year.

The first Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves trailer had dungeons (of course), dragons (naturally), and Chris Pine playing the lute (hell yeah). But you know what it didn’t have? Any dialogue from Hugh Grant, as Forge Fitzwilliam the Rogue.

The new trailer corrects this egregious mistake. You can watch it above.

“I don’t want to see you die,” he says, while Pine’s Edgin the Bard is being constricted by some worm thing (my apologies to the D&D heads out there, especially Joe Manganiello, for not knowing the creature’s name). “Which is why I’m going to leave the room.” Grant should exclusively play despere-for-attention villains from now on.

Here’s the official plot synopsis for Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves:

A charming thief and a band of unlikely adventurers undertake an epic heist to retrieve a lost relic, but things go dangerously awry when they run afoul of the wrong people. Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves brings the rich world and playful spirit of the legendary roleplaying game to the big screen in a hilarious and action-packed adventure.

Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves, which was directed by Jonathan Goldstein & John Francis Daley and also stars Michelle Rodriguez, Regé-Jean Page, Justice Smith, Sophia Lillis, Chloe Coleman, and Daisy Head, opens on March 31.