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The Crown has somehow remained Netflix’s crown jewel for five seasons running despite changing out the cast a few times while moving through the eras. The Princess Diana-focused seasons, in particular, have not been kind to the royal family, Season 4 was when the show began to sh*t on the fairy tale, and Season 5 was when the Brits began to grow particularly incensed about the unflattering portrayal of Prince Charles. Season 6 probably will not give him an easy ride, either, given that this will include (but not directly show) the untimely death of Diana as well as Charles’ remarriage to Camilla.

These days, Charles is actually King of England after decades of waiting with the show portraying him as very impatient to ascend to the throne. This will also be the first (and final) season that will be released following his coronation, but I wouldn’t expect any punches to be pulled regarding him. Netflix recently began adding a “fictional dramatization” disclaimer to promotional spots to cover their tushes, so they will likely continue to dive into controversy, although Diana’s death will be handled respectfully.

Let’s talk about what else we know about this season so far.

Plot

Expect this prestige drama’s soap operatics to hit a high note for the final excursion. Part of Season 6 will focus upon the courtship of Prince William and Duchess Kate after they met at university. As discussed above, Charles will marry his former mistress (with whom he cheated on Diana), Camilla, and Diana will move on following her divorce. Sadly, the world already knows how a car chase between the paparazzi and Diana/Dodi Fayed ended. The Queen will move through more historical milestones, and here’s a synopsis:

“A relationship blossoms between Princess Diana and Dodi Fayed before a fateful car journey has devastating consequences. Prince William tries to integrate back into life at Eton in the wake of his mother’s death as the monarchy has to ride the wave of public opinion. As she reaches her Golden Jubilee, the Queen reflects on the future of the monarchy with the marriage of Charles and Camilla and the beginnings of a new Royal fairytale in William and Kate.”

Cast

Imelda Staunton continues to follow in the footsteps of Olivia Colman and Claire Foy as Queen Elizabeth. Elizabeth Debicki will shift into a tragic new gear for another season as Diana, after Emma Corrin’s Emmy-winning turn. Dominic West portrays Prince Charles, long after the infamous tampon discussion. Jonathan Pryce is Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh, and Lesley Manville is Princess Margaret. Prince William and Kate Middleton will be portrayed by Ed McVey and Meg Bellamy, respectively speaking.

New posters feature Diana and The Queen with only one casting a visible shadow. Hmm.

Release Date

Like many high-profile Netflix releases of the past few years, The Crown will end with two halves of a final season. The first part shall arrive on November 16 and the second part on December 16.

Trailer

No Season 6 full trailer has materialized yet. However, a tease shows all three Queen Elizabeths and their dedication to duty.

As one of the biggest names in hip-hop today, Drake’s always a lightning rod for controversy and criticism, but the target on his back always gets bigger and glows brighter in the wake of a new album release. For All The Dogs is no exception, as the Canadian rapper’s eighth solo studio album has brought with it a clamorous reaction from both fans and media personalities like Charlamagne The God and Joe Budden.

Of course, this time around, Drake’s been as ready with a spicy retort of his own every time they’ve dissed him. However, even his replies are catching flak now. After Drake sent a sassy sally at Joe Budden for the former rapper’s salty review, Azealia Banks, of all people, chimed in with some scathing commentary of her own, reviving a few derogatory rumors about Drake in the process.

“Does drake know his nose job and liposuction is not hiphop??” she wrote on Instagram. “Does drake know that no one who actually understands hiphop – a culture born from oppressed, don’t reeeeeeeeallly care about his soft-toothed colonized confused mixed-race facsimile attempts to exhibit the true authenticity of an actual MC? Does drake know his desperate attempts to gangsterize Canadian ‘street life’ is an all encompassing failure in and of it itself?”

Of course, you can’t always take everything Banks says seriously. After all, if plastic surgery is a mark against Drake, Banks is standing in a glass house throwing one hell of a stone. She’s also been pretty wrong about everything from West Coast hip-hop to Cardi B’s popularity, and her comments generally reek of sour grapes and Haterade. We’ll see if Drake responds to her the same way he did Charlamagne and Budden, but to be honest, I think we’d all be better off just letting Azealia yell at the clouds.

Over the past few months, Doja Cat has become as reputed for the rollicking rollout of her new album Scarlet as she is for her dismissively witty lyrics. But no matter how spicy her rhymes or comebacks to fans’ criticism have gotten, there’s still one thing spicier: The hot sauce lineup on Complex‘s wing-themed talk show, Hot Ones.

It was only a matter of time until their paths crossed, and this week, Doja will finally take on the “wings of death” across from Sean Evans as she attempts to answer deeply researched questions with her lips, tongue, and throat burning from Da Bomb. The show’s been on a bit of a … well… hot streak of late, catching Cardi B nerding out about WWII history and Justin Timberlake doing his best to explain his lyrical delivery on one NSYNC’s biggest hits that led to an annually popular meme.

You can only imagine, with Doja Cat’s love for chaos, how truly off-the-wall her interview has the potential to get. Although Evans usually throws softballs, he’s still got plenty of (cough cough) hot topics to discuss with the rapper, from her decision to shave off her hair and eyebrows to the reception her new tattoos have received to her past as a true-to-the-heart battle rapper. So, while he probably won’t ask her about some of her weird associations with alt-right figures, she’ll still have to sweat it out as Evans grills her about her career so far.

The new episode of Hot Ones premieres on Thursday.

After failing to connect with Democratic voters despite his family name (hold onto that thought), Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has officially announced he’s running for president as an independent candidate. His wife, Curb Your Enthusiasm star Cheryl Hines, was on hand to help launch his third-party campaign, which devolved into an episode of the hit sitcom right out of the gate.

Shortly after Hines introduced her husband, he took the stage only to realize he forgot his speech. As Kennedy walked back to his handlers, he can audibly be heard complaining that he can’t read the teleprompter and that it’s upside down. This exchange goes on for a hilariously awkward amount of time, which you can see below:

Adding insult to injury, the Kennedy family responded to his presidential run by issuing a statement denouncing his entire campaign. Via CNN:

“Bobby might share the same name as our father, but he does not share the same values, vision or judgment. Today’s announcement is deeply saddening for us. We denounce his candidacy and believe it to be perilous for our country, ” Rory Kennedy, Kerry Kennedy, Joseph P Kennedy II and Kathleen Kennedy Townsend said in a statement.

As for the Republicans, there is justifiable concern that Kennedy’s run would more likely pull votes from Donald Trump than Joe Biden, so there’s some freaking out happening with Trump’s campaign.

“Voters should not be deceived by anyone who pretends to have conservative values,” a Trump spokesman told CNN. “The fact is that RFK has a disturbing background steeped in radical, liberal positions.”

In the meantime, you better believe the Curb jokes were flying on Twitter:

(Via CNN)

You can tell that a sci-fi thriller is doing something cool when Stephen King calls it “daring.” This is exactly what happened with Hulu‘s No One Will Save You, a mostly-dialogue-free new movie starring Kaitlyn Dever. It follows the Justified actress as a young woman who must go through an alien invasion all on her own. She lives in a secluded home and makes miniatures to cope with the death of her mother. Sound familiar? The movie became a solid hit for the streamer, and of course, that means the topic of sequels has come up.

Director Brian Duffield said that while sequels might be tempting for fans, he’s not sure the movie should get one. “I am not the biggest sequel guy. I joked with Kaitlyn, maybe it’s every seven years, we’ll do our Before Sunset and we’ll save you,” he told SlashFilm, referencing the Richard Linklater sequel that took place nearly a decade after the original.

Even though he was joking, Duffield says he could always whip up another story if the people want it, and, more importantly, if Hulu is on board. He added, “I could do a sequel. I have no plans to do a sequel. If enough people watched it on Hulu and everyone’s begging for it, we’ll talk. There’s not a franchise super plan in my head yet. It would take a lot of work then I’d be so stressed out that I have to come up with something.” Please don’t stress this man out! Sometimes, a sequel is not needed. Let’s learn to live with one movie at a time.

(Via Slashfilm)

Barbie is the year’s highest-grossing movie. It’s also going to be the year’s most popular Halloween costume. Barbie and Ken costumes are already selling out, so if you don’t have your pink jumpsuit, rollerblades, or acoustic guitar to cover Matchbox Twenty’s “Push,” you should do so now. Except for the acoustic guitar. That one’s easy to buy. But also, maybe don’t?

“It’s been surreal to see how popular the Barbiecore trend has become,” Oscar-winning Barbie costume designer Jacqueline Durran told InStyle. “It’s been a while since ultra-feminine silhouette and color palettes have been widely celebrated, so I think the Barbie aesthetic entered the zeitgeist at just the right time — when people were ready for something bright, light, nostalgic, and fun.”

Celebrities, in particular. Below, we’ll keep track of every famous person who dresses up as Barbie or Ken. Or, if you’re cool, Allan. Halloween is still weeks away, so for now, it’s just Olivia Wilde, who thankfully left an air hole for herself while wrapped in plastic to go as Ken for her daughter’s birthday.

Wilde actually auditioned for the role in The Wolf of Wall Street that ended up going to Barbie star Margot Robbie. “The funniest thing I heard recently was I had heard for a part that I was too sophisticated. And I was like, ‘Oh, that sounds nice.’ I like that feedback. I didn’t get the part, but I’m a very sophisticated person,” she told Howard Stern. And then I found out later that they actually said ‘old.’ I want to make a translation sheet for Hollywood that’s all the feedback your agents give you and what it really means.”

Hollywood’s ageism is spookier than any Halloween costume.

As all the late-night TV shows get back into the swing of things, that means music fans can re-acclimate to a steady stream of televised performances from their favorite artists. Stephen Colbert’s The Late Show is among the leading talk shows and the CBS program regularly brings the goods when it comes to musical guests. So, here’s who will be performing on the show for the week of October 9 to 13.

Metric — Monday, October 9

Canadian favorites Metric have been indie rock mainstays for a couple decades now and they’re ready to hit TV ahead of the October 13 release of their latest album, Formentera II.

Tuesday, October 10

There is no musical guest scheduled for the Tuesday episode, per a press release. The episode’s guests are Kerry Washington and US Representative Maxwell Frost. (Frost, though, has ingrained himself in the music community: Earlier this year, Frost met up with Phoebe Bridgers while the two both happened to be in Japan at the same time, and he joined Paramore on stage at a Washington DC concert.)

Wednesday, October 11

There is no musical guest scheduled for the Tuesday episode, per a press release. The episode’s guests are US Senator John Fetterman and Melissa Villaseñor.

Darius Rucker — Thursday, October 12

Hootie & The Blowfish leader Darius Rucker has had a successful solo career for some time now, and he’s fresh off the release of a new album, Carolyn’s Boy.

Kai Jones would apparently like a change in scenery. Jones, the No. 19 overall pick in the 2021 NBA Draft out of the University of Texas, has spent the entirety of his professional career as a member of the Charlotte Hornets. But on Monday afternoon, Jones took to Twitter and announced that he has formally requested a trade.

It’s unclear if Jones went to the front office and expressed that he wants to continue his career elsewhere or if his tweet is his trade request. At the end of September, the Hornets made the decision that Jones would indefinitely be away from the team for personal reasons. This came on the heels of some some posts on social media where he, among other things, claimed he was better than a pair of his teammates, LaMelo Ball and 2023 first-round pick Brandon Miller.

He sent similar tweets where he backed himself against Shaquille O’Neal and LeBron James, and spoke glowingly about the “new version of me.”

Jones is about to enter his third season in the league, and has spent some time over the last few years with Charlotte’s G League team in Greensboro. In all, Jones has appeared in 67 NBA games across two seasons and averaged 2.7 points and two rebounds in 9.1 minutes per game while connecting on 56.7 percent of his attempts from the field.

The musical guest lineup for Jimmy Kimmel Live! for the week of October 9-13 has been announced. The show, which returned from hiatus following the Writer’s Guild of America strike, is back for its 21st season. This week’s guests include an interesting melange of country, pop, and rock acts, including Italian glam rockers Måneskin.

Here Are The Musical Guests For Jimmy Kimmel Live! This Week

Monday, October 9 — Wilco

Chicago alt-rock veterans Wilco will kick off the week’s guests. They are currently on the road promoting their thirteenth studio album Cousin, which dropped September 29. The album was produced by Cate Le Bon — the first time the band used an outside producer in over a decade — and features the singles “Evicted” and “Cousin.”

Tuesday, October 10 — Grace Potter

In August, Grace Potter released her fifth solo studio album, Mother Road, preceded by singles “Good Time,” “Ready Set Go,” and “Lady Vagabond.” The album peaked at No. 34 on Billboard‘s Independent Albums chart.

Wednesday, October 11 — Megan Moroney

Georgia country singer Megan Moroney got Lucky earlier this year, releasing her debut solo album of that title and reaching No. 38 on the Billboard 200, riding the resurgent wave of heartland hits that have been charting well over the past 12 months.

Thursday, October 12 — Måneskin

Måneskin released their third album Rush! in January. Although Uproxx’s Steve Hyden called them a “caricature of a rock band” in his review, his opinion wasn’t totally shared, as evinced by the album charting at No. 18 on the Billboard 200 and No. 2 on its Top Hard Rock Albums chart. I guess there’s more market for butt-rock than previously imagined.

Friday, October 13 — TBA

The musical guest for Friday has not been announced yet.

Some artists covered here are Warner Music artists. Uproxx is an independent subsidiary of Warner Music Group.

For the first time in months this weekend, the weather in Austin, Texas, wasn’t unbearable. It was downright pleasant. The timing couldn’t have been better: this past Friday to Sunday was the first weekend of the Austin City Limits (ACL) Music Festival. Here are some of the best performances we saw (I intentionally left out the large-font headliners because do you really need me to tell you to see the Foo Fighters or Kendrick Lamar?).

Rina Sawayama

Every year, there’s at least one mid-afternoon artist or band that gives a headliner-worthy performance. This year, that was pop iconoclast Rina Sawayama. There were costume changes, backup dancers, audience participation, and props (anyone who says print media is dead doesn’t subscribe to the Mother Times). There were even funny bits, including one where Sawayama pretended to read instant reactions to her set on a phone. She’s a theater kid with punk energy (and a scene-stealing role in John Wick: Chapter 4).

“Hold the Girl” soared, “Frankenstein” should be on all future Halloween playlists, “STFU!” angrily transitioned into “Break Stuff” by Limp Bizkit (god yes), and “This Hell” left the crowd dancing — and yeehawing.

It was the best set I saw all weekend.

Alanis Morissette

The year is 1996. I’m in my living room in upstate New York playing the Toy Story video game on Sega Genesis while drinking Pepsi and listening to Jagged Little Pill by Alanis Morissette on my Discman. Life is good.

The year is 2023. I’m at Zilker Park in central Texas still thinking about the NFL’s Toy Story broadcast while drinking Miller Lite and listening to Alanis Morissette play songs from Jagged Little Pill. Life is, well, “good” is a strong word, but I’m happy at this moment.

Of the 12 songs Morissette played during her set, eight were from her 1995 juggernaut, one of the 20 biggest-selling albums of all-time. “All I Really Want” segued into “Hand In My Pocket,” which was followed by “Right Through You” and “You Learn,” all while Morisette — with one hand in her pocket, and another wrapped around a harmonica — stalked the stage like a lion in a cage.

The Olivia Rodrigo-inspiring songs, especially “You Oughta Know,” were as punchy as ever, but there was a moment of sweet reflection at the end. After ending her set with “Thank U” (the only showing from underrated Jagged Little Pill follow-up Supposed Former Infatuation Junkie), Morisette clapped in appreciation along with the vast crowd and said, “I love you so much. Take care of each other.” Thank u.

Yves Tumor

I didn’t plan on seeing Yves Tumor. It’s not because I didn’t want to; Praise A Lord Who Chews But Which Does Not Consume; (Or Simply, Hot Between Worlds) is one of my favorite albums of the year so far. They were an unfortunate victim of a busy schedule. But while taking the long walk from where Niall Horan was playing (a pleasant set with a sing-along cover of One Direction’s “Story Of My Life”) to get a good spot for Yeah Yeah Yeahs, I was drawn in by the music coming from the tented Tito’s Handmade Vodka stage. I couldn’t tell who was playing at first, but as I got closer and heard a monstrous guitar solo, thick reverb, and soulful vocals, I knew it could only be Yves Tumor. It was the perfect music festival moment: a performance so good — and thrillingly unpredictable — that I stopped in my tracks to listen to it.

I plan on hearing the whole set next weekend.

Yeah Yeah Yeahs

There are two kinds of Yeah Yeah Yeahs fans: those who think “Maps” is their defining song, and those who believe it’s “Heads Will Roll.” As someone who remembers when the group’s self-titled EP came out in the early 2000s, I belong to the former camp. But for my 20-year-old half-brother, who was in attendance at ACL this year, it’s the latter. Both camps were content when Yeah Yeah Yeahs played both songs back to back to close their satisfying set.

The art punk-turned-electro pop band, led by the magnetic Karen O in an Elvis-looking outfit, also dusted off “Pin” and “Y Control” (the best YYYs song imo) from 2003’s Fever to Tell. Nick Zinner’s buzzing guitar was a standout on fan favorite “Cheated Hearts,” while drummer Brian Chase (whose family was in attendance) theatrically spun his drumsticks above his head.

Yeah Yeah Yeahs have nothing to prove. But as the men and girls and everyone in between cried out to “Heads Will Roll,” you could feel the same energy that made them legends in a legendary scene.

The Walkmen

In The Walkmen standout “Angela Surf City,” vocalist Hamilton Leithauser sings, “Back to school / Back to work / Can this go on forever?”

It couldn’t: The Walkmen needed a 10-year break between tours. They’re back to work now, though, and still sound great.

I saw The Walkmen during their initial run and remember thinking, how is Hamilton’s full-throated singing voice not shredded after every show and every anthemic performance of “The Rat,” in particular. I still have that question. I also want to know how the other members of The Walkmen — guitarist Paul Maroon, bassist Walter Martin, multi-instrumentalist Peter Matthew Bauer, and beast-mode drummer Matt Barrick — sound so crisp. The Walkmen always struck me as one of the most professional rock bands of their era, and that’s still true on the reunion tour circuit.