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Since leaving The Office in 2011, Steve Carell has mainly focused on his movie career. This has proved to be a sound decision, as he’s been nominated for an Academy Award (for Foxcatcher) and made untold millions voicing Gru in the Despicable Me franchise. But he made his return to TV last year with Netflix’s Space Force, and he’ll soon star in a FX series from the creators of the all-time great show The Americans.

FX has “handed out a 10-episode order for a half-hour limited series called The Patient, starring The Office alum and written by The Americans‘ Joel Fields and Joe Weisberg,” according to the Hollywood Reporter. The plot revolves around a psychotherapist, played by Carell, who “finds himself held prisoner by a serial killer with an unusual request: curb his homicidal urges.” We’ve all been there. Here’s more:

But unwinding the mind of this man while also dealing with the waves of his own repressed troubles creates a journey perhaps as treacherous as his captivity. Carell will play Alexander Strauss, a psychiatrist who has recently lost his wife. Behind his cerebral, sensitive exterior, he has yet to plumb the depths of his own pain and loss.

It’s unknown who will play the serial killer, but I have one idea:

Now there’s the face of a depressed killer.

(Via the Hollywood Reporter)

Toronto rapper Portion comes through UPROXX Sessions with a moody performance of his tormented single “Hella Clean.” Meditating on his rags-to-riches from the trenches to his “fortress,” Portion describes the conditions of his hometown, mourns fallen friends, and celebrates his newfound success.

In a recent interview, Portion, who until very recently put out all his music independently, describes the difference in his work ethic that made Warner Music Canada take note: “When I sent ‘99 Prblms’ to the label, it took a while for them to get back, so I just shot the video myself, to get it ready,” he recalls. “I think once they saw that I wasn’t sitting around waiting for them, it showed them how serious I take my work. There’s something to do every day. Before I was signed, I’d take a month and do tons of music, and then take a month off. Now, it’s really my job.”

Watch Portion’s moody performance of “Hella Clean” above.

UPROXX Sessions is Uproxx’s performance show featuring the hottest up-and-coming acts you should keep an eye on. Featuring creative direction from LA promotion collective, Ham On Everything, and taking place on our “bathroom” set designed and painted by Julian Gross, UPROXX Sessions is a showcase of some of our favorite performers, who just might soon be yours, too.

In what was supposed to be a friendly bit of corporate synergy, the cast of Shark Tank stopped by The View on Thursday morning where things quickly went south after Barbara Corcoran made a random and extremely awkward joke about Whoopi Goldberg‘s jean size.

While discussing the first Black female guest (Emma Grede) on Shark Tank, who will be bringing her American-made denim jeans that’s made for all body types onto the show, Whoopi joked that she’ll have to see for herself. “Will they fit this COVID butt?” she said while deploying some self-deprecating humor, which was all well and good.

But then things went weird when Corcoran loudly announced, “And when you get finished with those jeans, and decide you don’t like them, give them to me. I’m gonna make two pairs!” Whoopi went immediately silent, and you can see the awkwardness in the room in the clip below:

While Whoopi stayed silent, there was one person who wasn’t having the inappropriate joke about her co-host’s weight: Ana Navarro. While ripping up her discussion cards, Navarro fired back at Corcoran and her choice of wardrobe: “Let me just tell you something. Both Sara Haines and Jill Biden wore that dress already, on TV.”

It was pure fire from Navarro who’s never been one to pull her punches, and she certainly wasn’t going to stay quiet after that palpably bad joke.

The 55th annual CMA Awards ceremony is set to go down on November 10, but at the moment, there’s some uncertainty about the event’s COVID vaccine requirements. Rolling Stone reports that while audience members are required to be vaccinated, it’s not clear if performers and presenters will face the same requirements.

Jason Isbell caught wind of this and indicated that he’s not cool with the apparent policy, as he shared a Rolling Stone tweet about the story and added a GIF of Kristen Schaal making a disgusted face.

Sarah Trahern, CMA Chief Executive Officer, said in a statement issued on October 6 (via Rolling Stone), “As we plan our return, it goes without saying that the health and safety of our guests and crew is our top priority. Due to TV production protocols and venue and local rules, we will require all ticketed audience members to show proof of full COVID-19 vaccination and wear masks unless actively eating or drinking. Both the house and backstage will comply with all applicable local health and safety regulations, as well as requirements from the television unions.”

When asked about protocols for performers and presenters, a CMAs spokesperson gave a vague answer, saying, “We are in compliance with the local health and safety regulations and requirements from the television unions.”

Neither of those statements say whether or not performers and presenters are required to be vaccinated. As Rolling Stone notes, “Under those regulations, CMA Awards performers and presenters are considered members of the production crew, who are required by SAG-AFTRA’s Return to Work Agreement to undergo regular testing but not required to be vaccinated. Individual event producers have the option of mandating vaccination for production crew and performers on any shoot, while live audiences are required to show proof of vaccination and be separated from production by a physical barrier.”

Isbell has been a firm supporter of COVID vaccines: He has canceled concerts at venues that won’t comply with his COVID safety measures, and a month ago, he spoke with Dr. Anthony Fauci about COVID safety at concerts.

Welcome to SNX DLX, our weekly roundup of the best sneakers to hit the market. In a continuation of the last couple of weeks, this time around we’ve got another short and sweet list. Those of you who are hungry for super-hyped drops that crash the servers of your favorite brands, hold out just a little longer because this month will bring us new Salehe Bembury New Balances, Gundam Wing inspired Nikes, Patrick Mahones’ psychedelic Adidas, and all of the must-cop Halloween drops — which are sure to cause some hype in sneakerhead circles. We’re just not quite there yet.

We might be stuck in the slow crawl of fall releases, but this week isn’t without its notable drops — new WMNS-exclusive Jordans, a Patta and Nike linkup, and Pharrell’s latest are just some of the exciting drops we have this time around. So let’s dive into this week’s best footwear drops.

New Balance 327 Varsity Green

No other brand this year has been able to compete with the giants that are Nike and Adidas like New Balance. Thanks to a few high-profile collaborations via Casablanca and Salehe Bembury, 2021 saw people as hyped on New Balances as they are on new Jordans.

We love to see that, and this week NB dropped a new Varsity Green colorway of their classic 327 silhouette that clearly takes inspiration from the Casablanca collaborations. We don’t usually see notable designs coming out of New Balance proper, they generally rely on collaborators to take their designs to the next level, so it’s refreshing to see something so strong drop with a price tag just under $100.

A sneaker for under $100 that is actually fashionable? That’s a no-brainer pick-up.

The New Balance 327 Varsity Green is out now for a retail price of $99. Pick up a pair at New Balance.

Nike Air Jordan 5 Bluebird

Alright, it’s settled. This year Nike dropped more dope WMNS-exclusive colorways than they did for the men probably for the first time in the footwear giant’s history. It’s. About. Time.

Featuring a powder blue suede upper, clear netting at the quarter panel, and an embroidered blue Jumpman against a reflective silver tongue with a matching Sharktooth, the Jordan 5 Bluebird is absolute eye candy and is tied with the Oreo as the best Jordan 5 colorway to drop this year.

The Nike Air Jordan 5 Bluebird is set to drop on October 7th for a retail price of $190. Pick up a pair at the Nike SNKRS app or via aftermarket sites like GOAT and Flight Club.

Nike Dunk High Championship Navy (Midnight Navy)

This week brings Dunk fans a piece of the sneaker’s history with this refresh of one of the silhouette’s original colorways from 1985. The Championship Navy, which was known simply as Midnight Navy back then, you know, in case the shoe failed, features an all-leather upper dyed in navy blue over a bright white leather base.

Rounding out that design is a vintage woven tag and a padded nylon tongue.

The Nike Dunk High Championship Navy is set to drop on October 8th for a retail price of $110. Pick up a pair via the Nike SNKRS app or on the aftermarket at GOAT.

Patta Nike Air Max 1 Monarch

Amsterdam-based streetwear brand Patta has linked up with Nike once again for a new take on the Air Max 1, which according to Patta, is apparently Amsterdam’s signature shoe.

This is the brand’s fifth Air Max 1 design, and this time around Patta has attempted to transform the look of the Air Max 1, giving the sneaker a wavy mudguard — a subtle nod to the Air Max 97 — in earthy Monarch tones over a leather and nylon upper.

The sneaker was also given the double Swoosh treatments with an embroidered white Swoosh at the forefoot as well as a more traditional Swoosh along the base.

It looks great!

The Patta Nike Air Max 1 Monarch is set to drop on October 8th for a retail price of $185.55. Pick up a pair exclusively at the Patta webstore.

Nike LDWaffle x Sacai x CLOT Cool Grey

While the fall season has been pretty slow up until this week, Sacai and CLOT have been keeping the excitement high by steadily dropping new iterations of the Nike LDWaffle. This week brings us a Cool Grey take on the shoe that features a no-sew fused mesh upper over a speckled midsole with a reflective swoosh.

That no-sew single-piece approach to this sneaker keeps it looking sleek, tight, and fresh which contrasts against the sneaker’s typical layered design.

The Nike LDWaffle x Sacai x CLOT Cool Grey is set to drop on October 9th for a retail price of $180. Pick up a pair via the Nike SNKRS app.

Adidas Humanrace Sichona Shoes

Pharrell is probably the only rapper-turned-sneaker designer that doesn’t garner the same levels of insane hype as people like Kanye West, Bad Bunny, or Travis Scott, but he’s been putting out a consistently solid output with Adidas, and this week brings his newest silhouette, the Humanrace Sichona.

The annoyingly named sneaker (“shoes” is in the name, why Pharrell?) features a flexible seamless Primeknit upper made with Adidas’ new Futurenatural technology, which promises a more comfortable fit, and drops in two colorways, a red-toned mix of Collegiate Burgundy and Screaming Pink, or a Royal Blue and Easy Coral make up.

The Adidas Humanrace Sichona Shoes are set to drop on October 9th for a retail price of $180. Pick up a pair via the Adidas Confirmed app.

Adidas Top Ten Hi ESPN

You don’t have to be a fan of ESPN or the iconic Sports Center Top Ten segment to love these sneakers, which pay tribute to the broadcasting icon and early basketball footwear, complete with a retro box.

Featuring a classic leather upper with a colorway of Cream White, Core Black, and Vivid Red, this high-top sneaker features a classic design and colorway that manages to capture the look of the OG basketball kicks of the late ‘70s and early ‘80s.

Something like this out of Nike wouldn’t surprise anybody, but from Adidas, it feels fresh and new, despite its throwback concept.

The Adidas Top Ten Hi ESPN is set to drop on October 10th for a retail price of $150. Pick up a pair via the Adidas Confirmed App.

Disclaimer: While all of the products recommended here were chosen independently by our editorial staff, Uproxx may receive payment to direct readers to certain retail vendors who are offering these products for purchase.

Everything’s coming up Pinhead. That’s an exaggeration, obviously, but it is spooky season with seasonally-appropriate content flowing on streaming, and two new Hellraiser projects are on the horizon, one being a David Gordon Greene series for HBO and the other being an entirely separate Hulu film coming from Spyglass Media Group (and Sundance-acclaimed director David Bruckner of The Night House), which has characterized the project as (via EW) as “a loyal, yet evolved reimagining.”

Part of that evolution, or so it seems, is that Pinhead is now apparently a woman, although that only applies to the film. Via Hollywood Reporter, casting news reveals that the iconic villain will be portrayed by Jamie Clayton (The L Word: Generation Q and Sense 8). Here’s a few more casting tidbits:

The new Hellraiser is coming off of wrapping production and Spyglass on Thursday revealed the cast. Odessa A’zion is starring alongside Clayton in the movie that will debut on Hulu some time in 2022. Also in the cast are Brandon Flynn (13 Reasons Why), Goran Visnjic (The Boys), Drew Starkey (Outer Banks), Adam Faison (Everything’s Gonna Be Okay), Aoife Hinds (Normal People), Hiam Abbass (Succession), and Selina Lo (Boss Level).

Yep, there’s no reason why the leader of the ritualistic, torture-loving, extra-dimensional Cenobites can’t be a woman. This reimagined film’s expected to be based upon Clive Barker’s The Hellbound Heart which was, of course, the basis of the 1987 film. Thus far, the franchise includes nine official films, in addition to the upcoming HBO series and the Spyglass-Hulu film. Notably, Barker is involved with the film, although he (at least previously) isn’t involved yet with the HBO series.

Yep, reinvigorated horror franchises are all the rage, given the (relatively) recently successful Halloween franchise, and as they say, the bowels of Hell are so hot right now.

(Via The Hollywood Reporter)

Throughout Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds‘ four decade-long career, the band have released several albums worth of music — and have written much more than that. The band compiled some of the songs that didn’t make it on their albums for the 2005 LP B-Sides & Rarities, and they’ve now returned to announce a second iteration.

Sharing the previously-unheard version of “Push The Sky Away” live with the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra, Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds announce a massive undertaking with B-Sides & Rarities Pt. II, which consists of 27 rare and unreleased tracks from 2006 to 2020. On top of that, the band plans to combine both B-Sides & Rarities LPs into a massive, seven-vinyl box set, which is slated for a release later this month.

In a statement about the new undertaking, Cave admitted that he likes B-Sides & Rarities more than any of this other albums:

“I always liked the original B-Sides & Rarities more than any of our other albums. It’s the only one I’d listen to willingly. It seems more relaxed, even a bit nonsensical in places, but with some beautiful songs throughout. There is something, too, about the smallness of certain songs that is closer to their original spirit.

B-Sides & Rarities Part II continues this strange and beautiful collection of lost songs from The Bad Seeds. I love the final side of the last disc because it reveals the small and fragile beginnings of some of my favorite Bad Seeds songs. ‘Waiting For You’ complete with bizarre ‘canning factory’ rhythm track, a gorgeous ‘Life Per Se’ deemed too sad for Skeleton Tree, and ‘Earthlings’ that some consider the finest track of the Ghosteen sessions.”

Listen to “Push The Sky Away” above and find Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds’ B-Sides & Rarities Part I & II cover art and tracklist below.

Part I Vinyl 1:

A1. “Deanna (Acoustic Version)”
A2. “The Mercy Seat (Acoustic Version)”
A3. “City Of Refuge (Acoustic Version)”
A4. “The Moon Is In The Gutter”
A5. “The Six Strings That Drew Blood”
A6. “Rye Whiskey”
A7. “Running Scared”
B1. “Black Betty”
B2. “Scum”
B3. “The Girl At The Bottom of My Glass”
B4. “The Train Song”
B5. “Cocks ‘N’ Asses”
B6. “Blue Bird”

Part I Vinyl 2:

A1. “Helpless”
A2. “God’s Hotel”
A3. “(I’ll Love You) Till The End Of The World”
A4. “Cassiel’s Song”
A5. “Tower Of Song”
A6. “Rye Whiskey”
B1. “What Can I Give You?”
B2. “What a Wonderful World”
B3. “Rainy Night In Soho”
B4. “Lucy (Version #2)”
B5. “Jack The Ripper (Acoustic Version)”

Part I Vinyl 3:

A1. “The Ballad Of Robert Moore And Betty Coltrane”
A2. “The Willow Garden”
A3. “King Kong Kitchee Kitchee Ki-Mi-O”
A4. “Knoxville Girl”
A5. “There’s No Night Out In The Jail”
A6. “That’s What Jazz Is To Me”
B1. “Where The Wild Roses Grow”
B2. “O’Malley’s Bar Pt. 1”
B3. “O’Malley’s Bar Pt. 2”
B4. “O’Malley’s Bar Pt. 3”
B5. “O’Malley’s Bar Reprise”

Part I Vinyl 4:

A1. “Red Right Hand”
A2. “Time Jesum Transeuntum Et Non Riverentum”
A3. “Little Empty Boat”
A4. “Right Now I’m A-Roaming”
B1. “Come Into My Sleep”
B2. “Black Hair”
B3. “Babe, I Got You Bad”
B4. “Sheep May Safely Graze”
B5. “Opium Tea”

Part I Vinyl 5:

A1. “Grief Came Riding”
A2. “Bless His Ever Loving Heart”
A3. “Good Good Day”
A4. “Little Janey’s Gone”
A5. “I Feel So Good”
A6. “Shoot Me Down”
B1. “Swing Low”
B2. “Little Ghost Song”
B3. “Everything Must Converge”
B4. “Nocturama”
B5. “She’s Leaving You”
B6. “Under This Moon”

Part II Vinyl 6:

A1. “Hey Little Firing Squad”
A2. “Fleeting Love”
A3. “Accidents Will Happen”
A4. “Free To Walk (With Debbie Harry)”
A5. “Avalanche”
A6. “Vortex”
B1. “Needle Boy”
B2. “Lightning Bolts”
B3. “Animal X”
B4. “Give Us a Kiss”
B5. “Push The Sky Away (Live with The Melbourne Symphony Orchestra)”

Part II Vinyl 7:

A1. “First Skeleton Tree”
A2. “King Sized Nick Cave Blues”
A3. “Opium Eyes”
A4. “Big Dream (With Sky)”
A5. “Instrumental #33”
A6. “Hell Villanelle”
A7. “Euthanasia”
A8. “Life Per Se”
B1. “Steve McQueen”
B2. “First Bright Horses”
B3. “First Girl in Amber”
B4. “Glacier”
B5. “Heart That Kills You”
B6. “First Waiting For You”
B7. “Sudden Song”
B8. “Earthlings”

B-Sides & Rarities Part II is out 10/22 via Goliath Enterprises. Pre-order it here.

Woody Harrelson is, by all accounts, a pretty chill guy, but even he has his limits, and one line-crossing fan found out what those limits are at a rooftop bar in D.C. on Wednesday.

Harrelson, who’s currently in the city shooting an HBO series about the Watergate scandal, was enjoying a night out with one of his daughters at the rooftop bar of D.C.’s Watergate Hotel when a man began taking pictures of the pair. According to witnesses (via NBC News), the man appeared to be intoxicated and, when Harrelson approached him, politely requesting he stop taking photos, things got violent. Police were called to the hotel around 11 p.m. after patrons witnessed the altercation, which started when the man refused to stop taking photos and, according to what Harrelson told officers on the scene, lunged at the actor “in an attempt to grab his neck.”

Witnesses corroborated that story, saying they saw the man lunge for Harrelson which is when the star punched the man in self-defense. Though he hasn’t been identified yet, the man was questioned by police in his hotel room and he seems to be the only one facing charges since he’s the one who allegedly instigated the confrontation.

Harrelson’s reps have yet to comment on the incident.

This isn’t the first time Harrelson’s clashed with pushy photographers either. He settled a lawsuit filed by a photographer in 2006 and got into an altercation with the paparazzi at LaGuardia Airport in 2009. So really, you’d think these guys would learn by now that harassing the actor for a photo is just not worth it.

(Via NBC News)

Go ahead and file Yosemite National Park as perhaps the most idyllic place in the world to hear impeccable folk songs. That surreal vision is now a reality with Andrew Bird and Iron & Wine’s latest “Play For The Parks” live session for La Blogothèque and Lucky Brand. The pair each star in their own two-song set on and near Yosemite’s magical Tenaya Lake and get a little help from each other in the process.

On “Manifest,” Bird begins on violin beneath the redwoods, which he then plays like a ukulele before breaking into his signature whistle and being joined by Iron & Wine’s Sam Beam on guitar. The pair sing in harmony while strolling through the redwood grove with rolled up jeans (Lucky Brand, of course) and step into the ankle deep crystalline water of the lake to finish off the song.

“No photograph can prepare a person for the scale and beauty of Yosemite, it was my first visit and I was completely overwhelmed!” Beam said of the session. “What a blessing to be able to spend it making music with Andrew Bird — and ankle deep in water to boot!”

The session is a benefit, that includes a $25,000 donation towards national parks preservation. There’s also a contest fans can enter where winners can win anything from Taylor acoustic guitars, vinyl records, a $500 Lucky Brand gift card and even framed maps of Yosemite signed by Bird and Beam.

While this was the first collaboration between the pair, they already have a show in store for next June at Red Rocks Amphitheatre in Colorado and more in store.

Check out the performances above.

This article originally appeared on 03.09.20

When we think about the era of American slavery, many of us tend to think of it as the far distant past. While slavery doesn’t exist as a formal institution today, there are people living who knew formerly enslaved black Americans first-hand. In the wide arc of history, the legal enslavement of people on U.S. soil is a recent occurrence—so recent, in fact, that we have voice recordings of interviews with people who lived it.

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Many of us have read written accounts of enslavement, from Frederick Douglass’s autobiography to some of the 2,300 first-person accounts housed in the Library of Congress. But how many of us have heard the actual voices of people who were enslaved telling their own stories?

ABC News’ Nightline with Ted Koppel aired a segment in 1999 in which we can hear the first-person accounts of people who had been enslaved taken from interviews conducted in the 1930s and 40s (also housed in the Library of Congress). They include the voice of a man named Fountain Hughes, who was born into slavery in 1848 and whose grandfather had “belonged to” Thomas Jefferson.

As Koppel says in the segment, “The results of these digitally enhanced recordings are arresting, almost unbelievable. The idea of hearing the voices of actual slaves from the plantations of the Old South is as powerful—as startling, really—as if you could hear Abraham Lincoln or Robert E. Lee speak.”

Indeed, hearing formerly enslaved people share their experiences of being bought and sold like cattle, sleeping on bare pallets, and witnessing whippings for insubordination is a heartbreaking reminder of how close we are to this ugly chapter of our history. The segment is well worth ten minutes to watch:

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