Earlier today, GameStop’s official Twitter account tweeted that the Xbox Series X model was now available to purchase through their Xbox All Access package. However, within two hours of the tweet — posted at 7 AM PST this morning — the console was reported as sold out. In addition, customers who were able to snag one of the coveted next-generation systems were faced with a variety of obstacles, such as broken links and the consoles being marked as ‘not available’ until the page was refreshed multiple times.
The available consoles were offered as part of the Xbox All Access package, a subscription program that allows buyers to pay $35 per month for 24 months at a 0% APR interest rate–provided they are approved. In addition to the system, the package included a subscription to Xbox Game Pass Ultimate, which costs $15 per month when bought separately. Xbox Game Pass Ultimate, which also includes Xbox Live Gold and EA Play, gives players access to more than 100 titles, ranging from high-budget hits such as Grand Theft Auto V and Outriders, as well as dozens of up-and-coming independent titles.
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After the 24-month payment plan ends, buyers will completely own their new console and have paid a grand total of $840. While that seems a hefty sum for the $500 console, the package winds up saving customers $20, as two years of Game Pass Ultimate runs $360 and would push the grand total without Xbox All Access to $860.
For those feeling frustrated by the console’s lack of availability, you’re not alone. Since its November 10, 2020 release date, the Xbox Series X has consistently been in high demand and low stock. One of the best ways to keep tabs on when the console is available is to follow the Twitter accounts of retailers such as GameStop and Best Buy.
Since launching her solo career in the early 2010s, fans have been waiting a while for a new album from the Australian artist; She released By The Horns in 2012 and hasn’t dropped a new record since then. That changes later this month, though, when she will release Sixty Summers. She previously previewed the album — which was co-produced by St. Vincent and features The National’s Matt Berninger and Bryce Dessner — with “Fire In Me,” and now she’s back with a video for the song.
The dark, movie-like clip features Lord Of The Rings actor David Wenham alongside Stone herself, and press materials draws comparisons between it and Mad Max and The Walking Dead. Stone says of the visual, “The song is about a fire that drives you. The video echoes different aspects of that fire. We wanted the story to show both the will for survival and the natural urge to be good and do good, against the beauty and harshness of the outback.” She also previously said of the song, “For me, ‘Fire In Me’ was about creating a feeling of pure energy. I love the feeling when the music sounds like what the lyrics mean.”
There are far too few movies with Black superheroes. There are even fewer movies with Black female superheroes. Whoopi Goldberg is hoping to change that.
In an in-depth profile with Variety, Goldberg revealed that she’s writing a movie about an “older Black woman” who acquires superhero powers. “Since I was a little kid, I’ve been obsessed with superheroes,” she said. “They’re all saving the earth all the time. But do you know who’s really going to save the earth? Old Black women.”
The EGOT winner (Emmy: Outstanding Special Class Special for Beyond Tara: The Extraordinary Life of Hattie McDaniel; Grammy: Best Comedy Album for Whoopi Goldberg: Original Broadway Show Recording; Oscar: Best Supporting Actress for Ghost; and Tony: Best Musical for Thoroughly Modern Millie) is one of the only famous people left who hasn’t played a superhero in a movie. Unless you count Deloris in Sister Act as a superhero, which you absolutely should. It’s unclear whether Goldberg, 65, would play the Earth-saving superhero, but that is something I would enjoy seeing.
Goldberg also discussed how long she plans to stay on The View:
“I’m there until I don’t think I can do it anymore, but I’m not there yet,” she says. “As long as they allow me to do both [acting and hosting], I can do it. The minute they say, ‘No, you can’t,’ then I have to figure out what to do.”
Her superhero’s first act of kindness: getting Meghan McCain booted from The View.
No matter what she does, it seems as though Lizzo cannot escape critics. However, Lizzo takes a lighthearted approach to her haters, trolling people for questioning her weight and having very open discussions about the body positivity movement. But seeing as we live in a society that upholds unrealistic beauty standards, even Lizzo admits to occasionally airbrushing her selfies. That’s why the singer opted to ring in Taurus Season by sharing a completely unedited, naked photo with her over 10 million followers.
Lizzo shared the photo to her Instagram page Tuesday. “WELCOME TO TAURUS SEASON,” Lizzo wrote in the photo’s caption. “To celebrate I wanna give y’all this unedited selfie.. now normally I would fix my belly and smooth my skin but baby I wanted show u how I do it au natural.” The singer also mentioned that she’s partnering withe the brand Dove, saying that the company is “helping to reverse the negative effects of social media and changing the conversation about beauty standards.”
Many celebrities like Jonathan Van Ness, Grimes, and even Marc Jacobs expressed their support. But Lizzo’s friend SZA was perhaps the most vocal. In the comment section, SZA applauded Lizzo’s beauty: “It’s you having no blemishes at ALL lol .. sigh I jus admire u Fren,” she wrote. “I wanna drop the FaceTime pics.”
Lizzo is a Warner Music artist. Uproxx is an independent subsidiary of Warner Music Group.
“The hood” figures prominently into many a rap song, but most often, it’s in a context of poverty, trauma, and violence as artists detail their rags-to-riches success stories, contrasting their humble beginnings with their newly lush surroundings. However, Fayetteville, North Carolina trapsoul artist Morray flat-out refuses to let that narrative continue to be the only one dominating hip-hop’s expansive landscape. In his new video for “Trenches,” he expresses love for his hometown, lifting it up instead of denigrating it by informing listeners of all the positive that comes from a proletarian upbringing in the hood.
“I got love for the ghetto, love for the hood,” he croons on the chorus. “Love for the people that turn the bad into good.” The video flashes imagery of neighbors, friends, crew, and family at play, cooking out, and watching over children as Morray explains that “everything is easier if you believe.” He also shows off his pitbull puppy and the energetic dance moves that first endeared him to fans who discovered his music via viral clips of his impromptu choreography.
“Trenches” follows “Quicksand,” “Kingdom,” “Switched Up,” and “Big Decisions” as the fifth single from Morray’s upcoming debut album Street Sermons, due April 28 via Pick Six Records/Interscope. You can pre-save the album here.
DMX’s music is great for a lot of things; contemplating complex emotions, increasing the energy at sporting events, and starting fights at a moment’s notice. All those things are expected — he was the sort of artist whose lyrics nearly always matched the vibe of his songs — but as it turns out, DMX is pretty effective in the area of natal care as well, as Action Bronson learned during the birth of his son. Appearing on the Joe Rogan Experience podcast this week, Bronson shared the story he wished he could have told DMX before the rap legend’s passing.
According to Bronson, his wife had a difficult, 17-hour labor, accompanied by Peruvian flute music (they were in the Andes at the time), facing an impending C-section due to the difficulty and length of the labor. After the doctor advised the couple that time was running out before they would need the surgery, Bronson told the attendees to cut the flutes and drop DMX’s “Ruff Ryder’s Anthem.” As Bronson tells it, upon the first refrain of “”Stop, drop… that motherf*cker jumped out of her. I swear on everything! It’s on camera! It’s on film! As soon as the Peruvian flute music stopped and DMX came on, he f*ckin’ heard the dog and… just jumped out. It hurts my f*ckin’ heart that I was never able to tell him that.”
Netflix continues to roll into 2021 with more content than we could ever possibly consume, and that’s an excellent conundrum to face. For sure, there’s always a lot of variety coming from the streamer — how does Netflix keep doing this, especially a year into the pandemic? no one really knows — and the challenge is how to pick the best offerings that are worth your time. That’s where we come in, hopefully, to dig into the impressively massive list of offerings and emerge with a handful of suggestions that would be great picks for your queue.
The best of the best selections here include a Zack Snyder film that returns him to his (excessive) basics, the return of a Parks and Rec star to the public eye, and a superhero series that makes a very handsome actor look nearly unrecognizable. There’s also a compelling true crime documentary (Netflix is really beefing up on that end) and a thriller starring an actress who really should have won an Oscar by now. You can’t go wrong with spending some time diving into this month’s goodness.
Here’s everything coming to (and leaving) Netflix in May.
Army Of The Dead (Netflix film streaming 5/21)
Zack Snyder’s pretty much the current King of Streaming after Justice League for HBO Max on the superhero front, and he’s spreading his love around over at Netflix. Army of the Dead (which takes Snyder back to his zombie roots after 2004’s Dawn of the Dead remake) tackles a plague of the undead in Las Vegas. Not only that, but a group of mercenaries are attempting to pull off the most masterful heist ever, and those zombies look surprisingly intelligent. Dave Bautista’s character wants to nail down $50 million all for himself, so don’t count the humans out, and Tig Notaro (who replaced Chris D’Elia) is capturing the Internet’s fancy, so maybe we shouldn’t #AlwaysBetOnDead after all.
Master Of None: Season 3 (Netflix series streaming TBA)
Alright, so the above trailer is from Season 2, but it’s been awhile since we’ve seen Aziz Ansari’s brainchild do its thing (and a refresher couldn’t hurt) and that’s not even (officially, at least) down to the pandemic. Ansari’s been largely out of the public eye following sexual misconduct allegations, although he did emerge a few years ago for an insightful comedy special that goes a long way to show that he’s still got a lot of material under his belt. No details on a third season synopsis have materialized yet, but considering that Ansari appeared to be gazing inward for that stand-up special, we can expect even more social commentary coming with the comedy.
Jupiter’s Legacy (Netflix series streaming 5/7)
Kick-Ass and Kingsman creator Mark Millar is to thank for this epic superhero series, starring a heavily bearded Josh Duhamel as The Utopian. He’s the head of a superhero family that’s hoping to pass the torch to a new generation, but (surprise) things aren’t going smoothly on that end. Yes, this description does evoke shades of Robert Kirkman’s Invincible (currently running on Amazon), but the vibe is a less R-rated and also entertaining on its own accord. No spoilers here, but there are twists involved with this family’s ethics as heroes, and the show answers to a lot of questions left open by Marvel Studios’ The Avengers.
The Sons of Sam: A Descent into Darkness (Netflix documentary film streaming 5/5)
Netflix continues to delve deeper into the true crime realm with new selections every month, from the ongoing Unsolved Mysteries to Murder Among The Mormons and Joe Berlinger’s haunting Crime Scene anthology series. Now, the streamer is taking on the case of serial killer David Berkowitz, a.k.a. “Son of Sam,” who was arrested and convicted after a stream of murders in the late 1970s. New Yorkers felt a sense of relief after Berkowitz could no longer stalk the streets, but journalist Maury Terry (author of Ultimate Evil) didn’t rest easy. He felt convinced that Berkowitz had a partner, at the very least, and this limited documentary series will dive down the rabbit hole with him.
Love, Death + Robots: Volume 2 (Netflix series streaming 5/14)
Two years ago, Netflix previewed adult-animated anthology series Love, Death & Robots, from co-executive producers David Fincher and Tim Miller, with the “messed up audiences only” label. Comfortingly, it sure looks like not a whole lot has changed for the show’s vibe. As with the Emmy-winning first season of this show, this trailer tells us to expect more existential “robots-gone-wild” but fewer of them (along with “naked giants” and “Christmas demons”), as the series included eighteen short films in the initial round but will crank out eight more for this second batch. All will keep the seemingly infinite number of animation styles going, including a very simple looking installment that, uh, involves a poop-scooping robot. Otherwise, expect several genres (including sci-fi, horror, fantasy and comedy) to gain more of the spotlight with mind-bending stories, some frivolous and some thought provoking but all entertaining.
The Woman In The Window (Netflix film streaming 5/14)
After HBO’s Sharp Objects, no one needs convincing to believe that Amy Adams is quite adept at playing a woman on the verge. Here’s she’s portraying a woman (who is, yes, in the window) who either saw something terrible happen across the street or at least believes as much. She’s agoraphobic, and her neighbor does indeed disappear, so there’s that. Yet since this is a psychological thriller from director Joe Wright, so one can guess that the resolution (which is based upon the best selling novel of the same name) will be anything but straightforward.
Here’s the full list of titles coming to Netflix in May:
Avail. TBA AlRawabi School for Girls
Amy Tan: Unintended Memoir
Halston
Mad for Each Other
Master of None
Racket Boys
Ragnarok: Season 2
Avail. 5/1 Aliens Stole My Body
Angelina Ballerina: Season 5 Angelina Ballerina: Season 6 Back to the Future
Back to the Future Part II
Back to the Future Part III
Barney and Friends: Season 13 Barney and Friends: Season 14 Best of the Best
Dead Again in Tombstone
Due Date
Fun with Dick and Jane
G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra
Green Zone
Hachi: A Dog’s Tale
JT LeRoy
Madagascar 3: Europe’s Most Wanted
Mystic River
Never Back Down
Notting Hill
Open Season
Resident Evil: Afterlife
Resident Evil: Extinction
S.M.A.R.T Chase
Scarface
SITTING IN LIMBO
Stargate
State of Play
The Land Before Time
The Land Before Time II: The Great Valley Adventure
The Lovely Bones
The Pelican Brief
The Sweetest Thing
The Whole Nine Yards
Under Siege
Waist Deep
Your Highness
Zack and Miri Make a Porno
Zombieland
Avail. 5/2 Hoarders: Season 11 Avail. 5/4 The Clovehitch Killer Selena: The Series: Part 2 Trash Truck: Season 2
Avail. 5/5 Framing John DeLorean
The Sons of Sam: A Descent into Darkness
Avail. 5/6 Dead Man Down
Avail. 5/7 Girl from Nowhere Jupiter’s Legacy Milestone Monster
Avail. 5/8 Mine
Sleepless
Avail. 5/11 Money, Explained
Avail. 5/12 Dance of the Forty One
Oxygen
The Upshaws
Avail. 5/13 Castlevania: Season 4 Layer Cake
Avail. 5/14 Ferry
Haunted: Season 3 I Am All Girls
Jungle Beat: The Movie
Love, Death & Robots: Volume 2 Move to Heaven
The Strange House
The Woman in the Window
Avail. 5/16 Sleight
Avail. 5/18 Sardar Ka Grandson
Avail. 5/19 The Last Days
Sabotage
Small Town Crime
Who Killed Sara?: Season 2
Avail. 5/20
Hating Peter Tatchell
Special: Season 2
Spy Kids: All the Time in the World
Avail. 5/21 Army of the Dead
Jurassic World Camp Cretaceous: Season 3 The Neighbor: Season 2
Avail. 5/22 Sam Smith: Love Goes – Live At Abbey Road Studios
Avail. 5/25 Home
Avail. 5/26 Baggio: The Divine Ponytail
High on the Hog: How African American Cuisine Transformed America
Nail Bomber: Manhunt
Avail. 5/27 Black Space
Blue Miracle
Eden
Soy Rada: Serendipity
Avail. 5/28 Dog Gone Trouble
Lucifer: Season 5 Part 2 The Kominsky Method: Season 3
Avail. 5/31 Dirty John: The Betty Broderick Story
Here’s the full list of titles leaving Netflix in May:
Leaving 5/1 Hoarders: Season 10
Leaving 5/3 War Horse
Leaving 5/5 Hangman
Leaving 5/6 City of God: 10 Years Later
Lockout
Leaving 5/7 The Chosen Ones
House at the End of the Street
Leaving 5/10 Quartet
Leaving 5/14 Sherlock: Series 1-4
Leaving 5/18 Trumbo
Leaving 5/29 American Crime: Seasons 1-3 My Week with Marilyn
The One I Love
Leaving 5/31 50 First Dates
Act of Valor
All Dogs Go to Heaven
The Blair Witch Project
Brokeback Mountain
The Boy
Deliver Us from Eva
The Help
I Now Pronounce You Chuck and Larry
Julie & Julia
Marauders
Milk
Miracle
National Lampoon’s Christmas Vacation
Prosecuting Evil: The Extraordinary World of Ben Ferencz
The Pursuit of Happyness
The Scorpion King 2: Rise of a Warrior
The Scorpion King 3: Battle for Redemption
Soul Surfer
Striptease
Waiting…
The Las Vegas Raiders got waves and waves of criticism on Tuesday evening for their tweet in response to the Derek Chauvin verdict. Instead of responding to Chauvin being found guilty on all charges related to the murder of George Floyd with a statement about the long march towards justice and the need for law enforcement to no longer uphold institutions of systemic racism, the Raiders tweeted out “I CAN BREATHE.”
The tweet got pinned to the top of their Twitter account, and eventually, owner Mark Davis explained what happened: this was a directive that came from him; the wording (he claimed) came from Floyd’s brother; he did not know that NYPD officers wore this after the killing of another Black man, Eric Garner; and that while he apologized for any hurt it might have caused, Davis will not have the Raiders delete the tweet.
The reaction was swift, both in terms of excoriating the Raiders and, once it was evident Davis was behind this, severely critiquing him. In the early hours of Wednesday morning, LeBron James joined in, expressing a pretty common sentiment that this is unbelievable.
The conservative commentator paid a visit to Tucker Carlson yesterday to preach forgiveness for Chauvin, a former Minneapolis police officer who murdered an unarmed Black man named George Floyd last summer. Floyd’s tragic death sparked protests and demonstrations calling attention to the systemic problems within our justice and policing systems so Chauvin’s trial was always going to be polarizing. For many, the guilty verdict represents much-needed accountability for law enforcement. For Beck, it represented an opportunity to appear on camera and urge us all to be more like the Amish.
No, seriously. Beck told Carlson he was discouraged by the responses to Chauvin’s conviction.
“This takes another man who got up one day and wasn’t thinking, ‘I’m going to kill somebody,’ away from his family — perhaps for the rest of his life,” Beck said before referencing a mass shooting that happened within the Amish community over a decade ago. “I wish we could be a little more like the Amish. When the gunman came in and killed a lot of their children, they mourned with [for] their children but they also went and mourned with the killer’s family.”
Beck seemed to be referencing a shooting that happened in 2006 in which five Amish girls were killed. The community reportedly attended the funeral of the gunman, showing support for the shooter’s family. He went on to complain that the focus of Chauvin’s guilty verdict seemed to be solely on our need for “collective justice.”
glenn beck saying we should also mourn chauvin because he’ll most likely die in prison. and I’d just like to say
We could point out the differences between a civilian carrying out a mass shooting and a police officer using his authority and position of power to kill an unarmed Black man. We could also point out that, as lovely as Beck’s story about forgiveness is, it’s never the responsibility of victims or their families to offer that to perpetrators, but we’re pretty sure this guy just wouldn’t get it.
Seeing as Dinosaur Jr. has been making music for nearly four decades, they’re no stranger to album rollouts. The band has been previewing their upcoming Kurt Vile co-produced LP Sweep It Into Space with a handful of breezy singles. On Wednesday, Dinosaur Jr. returned once again to further tease the album with the claymation video “Take It Back,” which also arrives with an exciting tour announcement.
About the visual, director Callum Scott-Dyson explained his vision:
“[I] really wanted to use the creature on the front of the album sleeve for Sweep It Into Space as an inspiration and springboard for its own little adventure, exploring some simple notions of creation, dependence, coming of age and searching for another like yourself. I wanted to mix those themes with my style of stop motion animation, everything being very DIY and handmade, using any materials I could get my hands on to bring the idea to life and give it a surreal and otherworldly feel. I’ve always been a really big fan of Dinosaur Jr, so I was working extra hard to do something that could add to such an awesome track and sit alongside it.”
Watch Dinosaur Jr.’s “Take It Back” video above and check out their Sweep It Into Space 2021 and 2022 tour dates below.
05/22/21 — Swanzey, NH @ Cheshire Fairgrounds
05/23/21 — New Haven @ CT Westville Music Bowl
07/27/21 — 07/30/21 – Big Indian, NY @ Camp Fuzz
09/07/21 — Montreal, QC @ Corona Theatre
09/09/21 — Toronto, ON @ Danforth Music Hall
09/10/21 — Pittsburgh, PA @ Venue TBA
09/11/21 — Detroit, MI @ Majestic Theatre
09/13/21 — Madison, WI @ Majestic Theatre
09/14/21 — Minneapolis, MN @ First Avenue
09/16/21 — St. Louis, MO @ The Pageant
09/20/21 — Omaha, NE @ The Waiting Room
09/21/21 — Kansas City, MO @ Truman
09/23/21 — Austin, TX @ Moody Theater @ ACL Live
09/24/21 — Houston, TX @ White Oak Music Hall
09/25/21 — Dallas, TX @ Canton Hall
09/27/21 — Birmingham, AL @ Saturn
09/28/21 — Bloomington, IN @ The Bluebird
09/30/21 — Columbus, OH @ Athenaeum Theatre
10/01/21 — Cleveland, OH @ Agora
10/02/21 — Ithaca, NY @ State Theatre
11/12/21 — Nashville, TN @ Brooklyn Bowl
11/13/21 — Atlanta, GA @ Masquerade
11/15/21 — Carrboro, NC @ Cat’s Cradle
11/16/21 — Washington, DC @ 9:30 Club
11/18/21 — Philadelphia, PA @ Union Transfer
11/19/21 — New Haven, CT @ College Street Music Hall
11/20/21 — Brooklyn, NY @ Brooklyn Steel
11/26/21 — Northampton, MA @ Academy of Music
11/27/21 — Boston, MA @ House Of Blues
02/03/22 — Pioneertown, CA @ Pappy’s and Harriets
02/04/22 — Las Vegas, NV @ Brooklyn Bowl
02/05/22 — Salt Lake City, UT @ The Depot
02/07/22 — Spokane, WA @ Knitting Factory Music Hall
02/08/22 — Vancouver, BC @ Commodore Ballroom
02/10/22 — Seattle, WA @ Showbox at Market
02/11/22 — Portland, OR @ Wonder Ballroom
02/12/22 — Portland, OR @ Wonder Ballroom
02/15/22 — Sacramento, CA @ Ace of Spades
02/16/22 — San Francisco, CA @ The Fillmore
02/17/22 — San Francisco, CA @ The Fillmore
02/19/22 — Los Angeles, CA @ The Fonda
02/20/22 — Los Angeles, CA @ The Fonda
02/22/22 — San Diego, CA @ Observatory North Park
02/23/22 — Phoenix, AZ @ Crescent Ballroom
02/25/22 — Albuquerque, NM @ El Rey Theatre
02/26/22 — Denver, CO @ Ogden Theatre
Sweep It Into Space is out 4/23 via Jagjaguwar. Pre-order it here.
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I am WHEEZING at this Whoopi Goldberg reaction to Meghan McCain. 
