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Monday night’s news of Young Thug and Gunna’s criminal charges came as a shock to the music world. The two rappers, along with 26 members of the former’s Young Stoner Life (YSL) label were charged with conspiracy to violate the RICO (Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations) Act in connection with additional crimes that include murder, armed robbery, and participation in criminal street gang activity. Thug was apprehended at his Georgia home on Monday night while Gunna turned himself in on Wednesday. The ordeal has left some to criticize the rappers while others have come to their defense. Metro Boomin, a frequent collaborator of Thug and Gunna, was one of the people to do the latter.

In a string of tweets, Metro Boomin defended Thug and the YSL collective. “YSL is not a gang and never been a gang fool, YSL is a registered LLC and has provided countless jobs and opportunities for underprivileged black people and really just all people cause that’s how big Thug heart is,” he wrote in one tweet. In another post, Metro said the situation was another example of an influential Black figure being brought down.

“They get terrified every time an iconic black leader emerges with so much influence, respect, power, and appeal so they throw some bullshit charges together to lock him up and slow the movement down,” he wrote. “Look at American history it’s been a pattern for 100+ years.” To conclude his message, Metro shared what he believes the rappers need. “These brothers need love, support, and prayer right now not jokes, criticism, or opinions,” he noted.

Metro’s tweets come after both Thug and Gunna were denied bond in their respective arrests.

You can view the full string of tweets from Metro Boomin below.

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When it comes to horror there are few games that have done it better than Dead Space. The horror game set in space terrified players with a fantastic setting, scary but fun monsters in the Necromorphs, and some really cool powers to fight back with. The most unique part of Dead Space at the time though was how the player fought back against the Necromorphs by shooting off their limbs. Everyone knows that the key to success in a horror game is resource management and Dead Space forced players to treat every shot with the utmost care in a unique way.

These days, the ability to attack specific limbs is a little bit more common but that hasn’t changed the legacy that Dead Space left behind and that’s also why it’s really exciting that a remake is coming. First announced at E3 2021, a remake of Dead Space is on the way and on Thursday we were given a release date for the upcoming horror game.

January 27, 2023! While the tweet above doesn’t give much information about the game, the official Dead Space YouTube account has tons of new information from a showcase stream that took place earlier on Thursday. It features an in-depth look into the details of how they took such a terrifying game and made it look even scarier.

The NFL schedule release has become its own event, with a television special on the NFL Network and all 32 teams now putting out unique productions on social media to celebrate information we already knew (the teams they’ll be playing) being officially sorted into dates and times (subject to change if networks flex them in and out of spots).

Each team’s internal video and social media units spend a lot of time working on the schedule release so at 8 p.m. ET it can go live to fans, and some try to bring in a big name to make the announcement. Typically, that celebrity is a fan of the team and/or is from that city, but this year the Cowboys (who had Post Malone in last year’s schedule release video) went in the opposite direction.

Dallas brought in their biggest hater, ESPN’s Stephen A. Smith, to help them release the schedule, and he put on his cowboy hat and turned it up to 11 as only he can to help the ‘Boys announce their 17-game slate.

It’s a pretty great release video, and it’s good on both the Cowboys and Smith to embrace the absurdity of his bit, with it ultimately being a prank on Smith to splice it all together to make it look like he’d turned a corner and was now praising Dallas. It’s surely not the last time we’ll see Smith don his cowboy hat this season, but Dallas fans will hope, like in this video, they’ll get the last laugh by (finally) making another deep postseason run.

Dr. Oz has things cut out for him right now. Not only is he losing ground to “ultra-MAGA” rival Kathy Barnette in Pennsylvania’s GOP Senate race, but now Marjorie Taylor Greene is berating him over being in Switzerland a week before election day.

Spoiler Alert: Mehmet Oz is not in Switzerland, but he was there a decade ago. And for whatever reason, Greene believes that he’s there and needs to get his butt back in the U.S. to serve the GOP. Greene is undoubtedly riding high on being able to stay on her reelection ballot despite apparently lying (a lot) under oath. Sure, a veteran recently confronted her over “craziness,” but she will not be deterred. She’s also going to tweet wildly at Dr. Oz’s Edible-Face despite not realizing that she’s responding to a 2012 tweet (referring to his time at Davos’ Economic Forum).

“What are you doing there?” she tweeted as revealed in a screencap from federal attorney Ron Filipkowski. “[Y]eah Switzerland is a beautiful country, but joining the Economic Forum is 100% AGAINST America First. You should board a plane asap and come back home. Talk to REAL Americans and learn what serving THEM in the U.S. Senate would mean IF they elect you.”

I mean, does anyone else want to tell her? Nope, and maybe we should all make like this Twitter user and pretend like it’s 2012, too.

In case you do want to stay in 2022, here’s a video clip of Greene berating another reporter because he dared to ask about the Russia-Ukraine war.

Two Texas favorites will be heading to Rockefeller Studios this weekend for Saturday Night Live. Selena Gomez will host Saturday’s episode for the first time, and Post Malone will perform. Ahead of the upcoming episode, Selena and Posty joined SNL cast members Aidy Bryant and Bowen Yang for a promo video. In it, the two singers are labeled as “divas” while Posty, Bryant, and Yang inform Gomez that they sort of accidentally put ants into her pants.

Gomez’s appearance comes ahead of the premiere of season 2 of Only Murders In The Building, which streams on Hulu beginning June 28. A few weeks earlier, Malone will release his fourth studio album Twelve Carat Toothache on June 3.

Malone released Twelve Carat Toothache‘s lead single, “Cooped Up,” which features Roddy Rich. When speaking of the song, Malone told Apple Music’s Zane Lowe, “The lyrics just came so quickly. We knew what we wanted to say and we knew what we wanted to express, not only in the song but in that particular moment on the album. And yeah, it just came super naturally. I couldn’t even tell you. I was probably on the sh*tter when I wrote it [laughs].”

Continuing on the album, Malone said Twelve Carat Toothache is “the most honest record I’ve made.”

Catch Selena Gomez and Post Malone on Saturday Night Live this Saturday at 11:30 p.m. EST.

Check out the promo above.

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

Rats get a bad rap.

When people hear “rats,” the first thing many imagine is the honking huge rats in the sewers of New York. Words like “infestation” may come to mind, along with horror stories of people’s unexpected encounters with the creepy creatures.

However, such images and stories are a sharp contrast to the delightful adorableness people with pet rats associate with the word.

Our family has had several pairs of rats as pets over the years. The first pair came from a man we affectionately nicknamed Weird Al the Rat Guy, who had an entire rattery in his basement where he bred fancy rats. And after our first pair, we were hooked.

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“Fancy rats” are one breed of domesticated rat. Dumbo rats are another. These are not your NYC sewer rats. They’re smaller and cuter and smart and sweet. Yes, they do have that weird, hairless tail, but once you get past whatever willies you may have about rat rails, they’re the best.

Have you ever seen a rat eating a Cheerio with its tiny little hands with almost-opposable thumbs? You’ll never be the same.

Rats were our kids’ first furry pets and they were perfect starter pets. They’re comparatively low-maintenance, especially if you have at least two. (They’re social creatures, after all.) They’re affectionate and rarely bite. They love to play and are quite intelligent, so you can train them to respond to simple commands. (Rats have even been trained to sniff out land mines and conduct search and rescue missions.)

Their cages can get smelly if you don’t change the litter frequently enough, but females tend to be less smelly than males and rats themselves are super clean. (A rat washing its face is every bit as cute as one eating a Cheerio.)

Our first rats were babies when we got them and oh so very adorable. Allow me to convince you:

How could anyone resist those faces?

Anyway, pet rats are awesome, which is why people keep sharing a sweet video of a mama rat bringing her babies to her owner for safekeeping. Fun fact: Rats generally have between six and 12 babies in one litter. (Can you imagine having a dozen babies at once? OMG.) This mama appears to have nine or so, and she brings them one by one to the crook of her human’s arm.

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The video was posted by Whispering Grove Rattery in Atlanta on YouTube two years ago and has nearly 6 million views. It was reposted this week on Reddit, which has pushed it into virality all over again.

How could it not, though? Teeny little baby rats, a sweet mama rat and a human she trusts enough to hand her babies over to? It’s the stuff of dreams. (Or nightmares, if you really can’t get past the common squeamishness about rats. I highly recommend reconsidering, though. They really do make awesome pets.)

German photographer Christian Vieler wasn’t trying to become famous for his comedic dog portraits. He was just trying to test out a new portable flash he’d just gotten in the mail.

He tossed some treats to his dog, Lottie, to make her move quickly so he could test out the options of the flash with his camera.

“Days later, when I cleaned my hard drive, I noticed how funny the shots were,” he told CNN.

That was 2013. Nine years later, Vieler has a thriving business taking photos of people’s dogs mid-treat-toss, a website selling greeting cards, calendars, planners and more, and two popular coffee-table books showcasing hilarious doggo faces. His work has been covered by news outlets all over the world.

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He also shares his photos on Facebook and Instagram.

People absolutely adore Vieler’s catching-treats portraits and compilations of them regularly go viral on social media.

Seriously, who can resist a face like this?

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Or this?

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Or this?

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Who knew that the millisecond before a dog catches a treat would make such perfectly hilarious pictures? It happens so fast in real life, we don’t ever get to see these faces except when they’re captured on camera.

Vieler told CNN why he thinks these photos became so popular.

“I asked myself: What is the magic behind these photographs? I think the expressions of the dogs remind us of well-known feelings like desire, loss, pain or joy. And that’s what we normally don’t see that clear in the faces of our dogs,” he said.

They really do seem to add a whole other layer of personality to these pets.

Some of them are just laugh-out-loud funny.

Scrolling through Vieler’s Instagram page is a veritable feast of doggo delight. Vieler also takes absolutely gorgeous portraits of dogs when they aren’t catching treats, so there’s a little something for everyone. Highly recommend taking some time to peruse.

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And if you want to get some of this “good boy” joy into your home, check out his website as well. He is based in Germany, but his products can be purchased with free shipping to 34 other countries.

Two Texas favorites will be heading to Rockefeller Studios this weekend for Saturday Night Live. Selena Gomez will host Saturday’s episode for the first time, and Post Malone will perform.

Gomez’s appearance comes ahead of the premiere of season 2 of Only Murders In The Building, which streams on Hulu beginning June 28. A few weeks earlier, Malone will release his fourth studio album Twelve Carat Toothache on June 3.

Malone released Twelve Carat Toothache‘s lead single, “Cooped Up,” which features Roddy Rich. When speaking of the song, Malone told Apple Music’s Zane Lowe, “The lyrics just came so quickly. We knew what we wanted to say and we knew what we wanted to express, not only in the song but in that particular moment on the album. And yeah, it just came super naturally. I couldn’t even tell you. I was probably on the sh*tter when I wrote it [laughs].”

Continuing on the album, Malone said Twelve Carat Toothache is “the most honest record I’ve made.”

Catch Selena Gomez and Post Malone on Saturday Night Live this Saturday at 11:30 p.m. EST.

Check out the promo above.

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

In the final moments of the trailer for The Princess, Prince Charles shows his son the lens of a camera. He urges the boy to see the people “trapped” inside as Princess Diana looks on with the sense of deep despondency a person only accesses when hearing the absolute truth blurted out loud. It is approximately the one-trillionth camera featured in the trailer for the film, highlighting the looming terror of eyes constantly on top of the public’s favorite subject of the day. There’s no loss of irony that Princess Diana is such a compelling figure that our own destructive obsession with her warrants its own feature-length examination.

Directed by Ed Perkins, Oscar-nominated for his documentary short Black Sheep, and produced by the Oscar-winning Simon Chinn of Searching For Sugarman and Man on Wire, the doc is comprised of archival footage, personal shots and, tellingly, paparazzi video. It follows Charles and Diana’s courtship, marriage, and eventually divorce fallout through the eyes of the media and an insatiable mob gobbling up every sordid detail to come to their own conclusions. While recognizing the absurd amount of films and news specials that already tell Princess Diana’s story, Perkins said he was most interested in learning what our obsession with her says about us. “What is our relationship to not just monarch but celebrity? What was our role and perhaps our complicity in this tragic tale?” Based on the trailer, it seems like we had a lot of complicity.

Thanks to longform podcasts like You’re Wrong About and films like Spencer, Diana’s life has been reimagined in the context of what constant, oppressive scrutiny can do, especially to female celebrities. The Princess is next in line to reconsider that story, and it looks phenomenal.

(Via IndieWire)

Though most of the attention has been paid to Joel Embiid, Tyrese Maxey, James Harden and Tobias Harris, the Philadelphia 76ers have heavily relied on the contributions of veteran wing Danny Green. After taking on a reduced role with less than 22 minutes per game during the regular season, the 34-year-old Green emerged as a vital rotation piece in the playoffs, averaging 28.8 minutes per game in the first two series. Unfortunately, Green’s postseason run could now be in jeopardy, as he suffered a left knee injury during the first quarter of Game 6 against the Miami Heat on Thursday evening.

Shortly following the injury, it was revealed that Green would not be able to return to Game 6, and there is further evaluation needed. In fact, ESPN’s Adrian Wojnarowski reports “significant concern” for Philadelphia on a potentially serious knee injury.

In Green’s absence, the 76ers are limited in terms of two-way wings. Matisse Thybulle got the call immediately from Doc Rivers, but he has struggled mightily on offense in recent days. Philadelphia also has offense-first options in small-ball looks, like Shake Milton who played later in the quarter, but no perimeter player on the team’s roster can fully match the two-way value of Green in the specific role he occupies. The hope would be that Green escaped serious injury, but the 76ers must navigate at least the final three quarters of a must-win game without him and it could be a while before he’s back on an NBA floor.