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Vladimir Putin’s angering people that he needs on his side, all after Russians began to flee the country in massive numbers over his war in Ukraine. This is the case, presumably, not only because Putin’s decision to wage a war was a unilateral and imperialistic one but also because the Russian people are dealing with an economic nightmare that’s not only created a non-McDonald’s atmosphere but also serious restrictions that are affecting Russians’ quality of life. Russian soldiers are also apparently shooting themselves to earn a ticket out of the hellish Ukraine warscape, and local Russian officials aren’t willing to keep sitting down as disaster continues to unfold.

The Daily Beast now relays word that, in St. Petersburg (Russia’s second-largest city), these officials are formally accusing Putin of treason. This is most certainly due to the war, which has already passed the six-month mark with no signs of winding down. And on Twitter, a deputy municipal councilman/lawmaker (Dmitry Palyuga) in the Smolninskoye district moved forward to announce the request (agreed upon by a majority of local deputies) for Putin to be charged with treason and removed as president.

The Current Time-posted letter received the Daily Beast translation:

“We believe that President Putin’s decision to begin the [special military operation] is harming Russia’s security and its citizens,” the letter reads. Notably, the lawmakers made no mention of Putin’s senseless motivations for the war, though they had previously sent him an open letter condemning his “historical fantasies” and demanding he stop the “bloodshed” in neighboring Ukraine.

The letter also needles Putin for demilitarizing Ukraine, only for the U.S. to step up and supply more weapons for President Zelensky and his troops. Ukraine sure isn’t giving up the fight, although the U.N. has issued dire warnings about how Russian troops have taken over a nuclear plant in Ukraine. Hopefully, those molotov-cocktail grandmas can eventually save the day for everyone.

(Via The Daily Beast)

It doesn’t take Benoit Blanc to solve the mystery of when the teaser trailer for Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery is coming out. It’s today!

“Aaaand here it is! The first teaser trailer for the follow up to Knives Out, GLASS ONION!” writer and director (and The Last Jedi defender) Rian Johnson tweeted. He also included a warning: “I promise no spoilers, but if you want to come in totally cold, last chance to keep scrolling…” You can watch the teaser above.

Daniel Craig returns as the world’s foremost doughnut-loving detective from the first Knives Out, which grossed $311 million at the box office and was nominated for Best Original Screenplay at the Oscars. New faces to the franchise include Edward Norton, Janelle Monáe, Kathryn Hahn, Leslie Odom Jr., Jessica Henwick, Kate Hudson, and Dave Bautista as YouTube star Duke Cody. There are unfortunately no Muppets to be found in the teaser, but there is Big Dave shooting a gun in the air while dressed in a tiny bathing suit. Which is really embarrassing, because I’m wearing the same thing.

Here’s more on what to expect:

If Knives Out was about the murderous ties of flesh and blood, Glass Onion makes a good case for being just as wary of one’s closest friends. When tech billionaire Miles Bron (Edward Norton) invites some of his nearest and dearest for a getaway on his private Greek island, it soon becomes clear that all is not perfect in paradise. And when someone turns up dead, well, who better than Blanc to peel back the layers of intrigue?

Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery comes out on Netflix on December 23.

Back in 2007, Eminem was hospitalized after overdosing on methadone in the midst of an addiction to prescription pills. (He’s now proudly sober.) He talked about that time in his life recently, revealing just how bad of a state he was in.

On Paul Pod, the podcast of Eminem’s longtime manager Paul Rosenberg, Em said of where he was at post-hospitalization, “It took a long time for my brain to start working again.”

Rosenberg then explained, “You literally were coming off of an overdose, and they had to sort of stabilize you with a few medications. And some of them took you a minute to adjust to — let’s just leave it at that. So, you’re learning how to rap again almost literally, right? Because it’s the first time, probably, you were creating without having substances in your body in… however many years, right?”

Em also noted he was “concerned” that he would have permanent brain damage.

Last year, Em said post-OD, he had to re-learn how to rap, saying of a leaked lyric about Chris Brown’s assault on Rihanna, “A lot of times, especially with the Relapse record, when I first started learning how to rap again, because of the drug situation that I went through and having to relearn a lot of things, that was one of those things that it was like, well, if it rhymes, say it. I think that being able to look back — I mean, that’s not even an excuse — but I’m just saying there was a phase I was going through with that Relapse record.”

In the trailer for Weird: The Al Yankovic Story, “Weird Al” Yankovic asks Madonna whether her song “Like a Virgin” is autobiographical. “Yes, she responds, “except for the fact that I’ve had a lot of sex.” They then make out and, presumably, get weird.

This did not happen in real life. This “Weird Al” and Madonna are played by Daniel Racliffe and Evan Rachel Wood, respectively, and Weird: The Al Yankovic Story is a satirical biopic. But the real “Weird Al,” the one who never yelled “you’re all a bunch of normals, I’m the weird one” to his bandmates, is still surprised the film got made. “I’m amazed the lawyers let us get away with this movie, frankly. But they’re like, Oh, yeah, all public figures — go for it,” Yankovic told the New York Times, which added in a parenthetical, “A representative for Madonna did not respond to a request for comment.”

Here’s more:

Daniel Radcliffe is “Weird” Al Yankovic in the unexaggerated true story about the greatest musician of our time. From a conventional upbringing where playing the accordion was a sin, Al rebelled and made his dream of changing the words to world-renowned songs come true. An instant success and sex symbol, Al lives an excessive lifestyle and pursues an infamous romance that nearly destroys him. With Evan Rachel Wood, Rainn Wilson, and an A-list cast of thousands their agents won’t let us reveal.

Weird: The Al Yankovic Story comes to the Roku Channel on Friday, November 4.

(Via the New York Times)

BTS fans who stayed up late last night or are waking up this morning are in for a pleasant surprise: The group just unexpectedly released BTS: Permission To Dance On Stage — LA, a new concert film, which is streaming now on Disney+. The premiere comes on Disney+ Day, which features programming premieres and deals for new subscribers.

The film was taped during the group’s run of sold-out shows at So-Fi Stadium in 2021, on November 27 to 28 and December 1 and 2. Permission To Dance On Stage runs for 2 hours and 11 minutes and fans note that along with performances, the film includes behind-the-scenes moments from backstage and subtitles for every song in multiple languages.

All four concerts had the same setlists for the main set, although the encores differed each night, so for an idea of what songs may be in the film, find the setlist for the December 1 performance below. Also check out the Permission To Dance On Stage trailer above.

1. ”On”
2. “Fire”
3. “Dope”
4. “DNA”
5. “Blue & Grey”
6. “Black Swan”
7. “Blood Sweat & Tears”
8. “Fake Love”
9. “Life Goes On”
10. “Boy With Luv”
11. “Dynamite”
12. “Butter”
13. “Airplane Pt. 2”
14. “Silver Spoon”
15. “Dis-Ease”
16. “Telepathy”
17. “Stay”
18. “So What”
19. “I Need U”
20. “Save Me”
21. “Idol”
22. “Spring Day” (encore)
23. “Answer: Love Myself” (encore)
24. “Permission To Dance” (encore)

It’s often said that the best things come in threes, and King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard is looking to confirm that this October when they release a trio of new albums. The group will kick the month off with Ice, Death, Planets, Lungs, Mushrooms And Lava on October 7 before coming right back with Laminated Denim on October 12, which is notably releasing on a Wednesday. Listeners will get a brief break before the Australian band finishes up with Changes on October 28.

With these three releases, King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard will have released five albums in 2022. The last three will be released in the midst of them playing their largest venues ever, with three shows at Red Rocks Amphitheater and New York’s Forest Hills Stadium. The shows will be highlighted by a limited stock of each album available for purchase.

Earlier in 2022, King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard shared Butterfly 3001 and Omnium Gatherum, clocking in at 37 songs total between the two LPs. They far exceeded their 2021 output of Butterfly 3000 and L.W, totaling at 19 songs altogether.

Check out one of the songs from the album triumvirate “Ice V” here.

Ice, Death, Planets, Lungs, Mushrooms And Lava is out 10/7, Laminated Denim is out 10/12, and Changes is out 10/28 all via KGLW. Pre-order the three-album bundle here.

The final quarterfinals match at the U.S. Open was very well the most entertaining one, as 11-seed Jannik Sinner took on 3-seed Carlos Alcaraz in a battle of two of the best young talents in tennis.

The Spaniard took the first set 6-3, but found himself in a dogfight in the second set, going the distance to a 12th game on serve, with Sinner fighting off a number of break points to stay in the set. Sinner got himself a game point opportunity and hit a monster serve out wide, forcing Alcaraz to simply stab at the ball to get it back into play, where Sinner was waiting at the service line to hit what should’ve been a winner.

However, Alcaraz, being a magician on the court somehow managed a behind-the-back shot after overrunning the ball, which seemed to stun Sinner who hit a weak drop shot that Alcaraz punished for a winner to force the game back to deuce.

Sinner would go on to win the game and force a tiebreak, but Alcaraz undoubtedly won over the crowd at Arthur Ashe Stadium with his unbelievable, instinctive behind-the-back shot that will be on highlight reels for years, as the young star continues his ascent in the world of tennis.

Jerry Seinfeld is the new face of KITH and… people don’t really know how to take it. Ronnie Fieg’s streetwear brand is no stranger to celebrity cameos, especially when it comes to eternally cool faces whose cultural cache hasn’t diminished with age (see their campaign starring Steve Buscemi) but there is something about the autumnal vibes of the FW22 line and Seinfeld’s weirdly melancholy posing that makes this particular campaign especially funny in a way that I don’t think it was intended to come across. The campaign was shot by legendary photographer Mark Seliger and shows Seinfeld in all sorts of outfits that you’d never imagine he’d actually wear, and yet somehow, look relatively normal on him.

He often looks… cool even.

While Seinfeld seems like an unlikely choice for a streetwear label that skews towards a much younger crowd, we’ve long contended that the legendary ’90s sitcom is a pretty potent source of inspiration for modern streetwear and if you’ve ever caught an episode of Seinfeld’s Comedians In Cars Getting Coffee, you’re well aware that Seinfeld’s sneaker game is ridiculously on point. That didn’t stop people on Twitter from cracking some pretty harsh — and funny — jokes at the legendary comedian’s expense.

A handful of people seem to have loved the campaign, but we’re pretty sure if KITH had landed Jason Alexander (probably an easier get, too) this would have no doubt been universally beloved. Here are some of our favorite reactions.

Ty Dolla Sign’s impact on music goes without saying. He is regularly called upon to handle other artists’ choruses, or simply provide creative energy when in the studio. While he will undeniably go down as a legend and surely has a lot more to offer, he’s also humble. One example of this came after signing the former Nickelodeon star Leon Thomas.

Thomas and Ty were recently interviewed by Rolling Stone and spoke about how their partnership came to be. In a moment that had to be special for the “Love Jones” artist, Ty Dolla Sign spoke about what hearing Thomas’ new music made him feel. “I love the way Leon speaks for himself,” the Featuring Ty Dolla Sign artist stated. “I’m gonna just be real with you: It’s giving classic. It’s giving no skips. All the way through, just ‘Oh my f*cking God!’ I’m super excited for this guy. It made me want to go back to the studio and redo my whole album.”

This is definitely high praise coming from a music veteran like Ty Dolla Sign, but it’s certainly warranted after hearing his new songs “Love Jones” and “X-Rated,” the latter featuring Benny The Butcher.

Check out Ty Dolla Sign and Leon Thomas’ full Rolling Stone interview here.

Ty Dolla Sign is a Warner Music Artist. Uproxx is an independent subsidiary of Warner Music Group.

To this day, Forrest Gump remains one of Tom Hanks’ highest grossing movies. Not only was it the top moneymaker of 1994, but it also semi-infamously beat the likes of Pulp Fiction for Best Picture (and a slew of other Oscars, including Hanks’ second in a row). Nowadays, you know what that would mean: a sequel, a franchise, maybe some spin-offs. (Lt. Dan and Bubba would both get Paramount+ series.) But back in the day, Hanks says, the discussion about whether to make Forrest Gump 2 lasted about 3 ½ times shorter than the movie. And obviously the decision was no.

“I will say that, with a long time in between, we did take a stab at talking about another ‘Forrest Gump’ that lasted all of 40 minutes,” Hanks revealed on the Happy Sad Confused podcast (as caught by IndieWire). “And then we never, we said, ‘Guys, come on.’”

There could have easily been a second Forrest Gump. The movie wasn’t exactly faithful to the novel, by Winston Groom, where, for starters, our simpleton hero is actually 6’6” and 242 pounds. There’s a lot of misadventures screenwriter Eric Roth left out, like Forrest playing in a folk band with Jenny, working for NASA, becoming a stunt man on Raquel Welch movies, even a brief dalliance as a wrestler. Groom even published a sequel, Gump & Co., the year after the movie burned up the box office. But it was not to be.

“A smart thing I did is I’ve never signed a contract that had a contractual obligation to a sequel,” Hanks explained. “I’ve always said, ‘Guys, if there’s a reason to do it, let’s do it. But you guys can’t force me.’ There is that natural inclination that is one of pure commerce that says, ‘Hey, you just had a hit, so do it again, and you’ll have a hit.’”

In other words, Hanks is saying that you don’t make a movie just to make money. Imagine that! But he did believe in the film; he even helped pay for some of it after Paramount wouldn’t pony up some extra bucks. Anyway, instead of making more Gump, Hanks simply kept reuniting with director Robert Zemeckis. That’s why we have Cast Away, The Polar Express, and the new live-action (plus CGI, of course) take on Pinocchio.

(Via IndieWire)