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Reacher has remained a Big Guy-sized hit through this year’s undercover stint for the wandering brick sh*thouse embodied by Alan Ritchson. His career has now reached such heights that Blue Mountain State has been pulled out for more fraternity antics, and Reacher has officially spun off with Neagley, based upon Maria Sten’s expanded P.I. character from Lee Child’s books. She’s the glue between seasons and his best friend, and only Neagley is permitted to rescue Reacher’s butt and have it feel believable. Those are the rules.

Well, Ritchson has been filming back-to-back movies (and Instagramming the process) on a tight schedule, but Reacher‘s fourth season will be coming, and earlier this week, Ritchson and Sten surfaced on Major League Baseball social media pages while filming as Reacher and Neagley. She, as a Chicagoan, was wearing a Cubs hat as they sat in the stands at Wrigley Field. We do know that Ritchson will be part of Neagley, too, but ambiguity remained on which show they have been filming this month.

Which Reacher Series Were Alan Ritchson And Maria Sten Filming At A Cubs Game?

That would be Neagley, which has been filming since late February.

Additionally, Ritchson Instagrammed a batch of photos that include Maria Sten and Lee Child while writing, “Stopped by the Neagley set to see my dear friend @mariasten who is absolutely crushing it.” So there you have it.

In doing so, the jacked frontman also wrote that stunts would soon be afoot for the main series, and “Season 4 is going to be the most intensely physical season yet. My body is ready.” As for filming? “Season 4 is right around the corner.”

Meanwhile, Maria Sten divulged to Collider that Neagley will revolve around private investigator exploits, but also, expect her personal life to emerge:

“Neagley has a lot going on in her life. She has a history, and she has a life lived. She has some quite severe personal issues of her own that she’s grappling with. We just get to know her better and see her grapple with these issues. For anybody who likes the character, I think it’ll be nice to get to know her a little bit better. And we have rounded up such a great cast for this season of Neagley. I’m just thrilled to get going and sink my teeth in.”

Reacher‘s first three seasons are available on Amazon with so much more coming.

Following her beloved 2024 album For Your Consideration, Empress Of is back with new music. There’s no new album cycle yet, but her latest, “Little Secret,” comes from the soundtrack of the second season of the Apple TV+ series The Buccaneers

Also appearing on the soundtrack album are Kacy Hill, Suki Waterhouse, Madi Diaz, Holly Humberstone, and more.

Meanwhile, Empress Of has some big plans for later this year, as she’s set to be one of the openers (alongside Blood Orange, The Japanese House, Nilüfer Yanya, Chanel Beads, Jim-E Stack, and Oklou) on Lorde’s tour.

Listen to “Little Secret” above and check out the full soundtrack tracklist below.

The Buccaneers: S2 (Apple TV+ Original Series Soundtrack) Tracklist

Disc 1

1. “Main Title Remix” (remix of “North American Scum” Feat. Miya Folick by Emily Kokal) (Remixed by Chloé Caillet)
2. Empress Of — “Little Secret”
3. Kacy Hill — “Chasing After You”
4. Suki Waterhouse — “Featherweight”
5. Jade Bird — “Can’t Forget”
6. Madi Diaz — “Something To Burn”
7. Holly Humberstone — “Miss You To Death”
8. BEKA — “Worry”
9. Jana Diab — “Never The Same”
10. Emily Kokal — “What Would We Do”
11. Emily Kokal — “2U”

Disc 2

1. Avawaves — “Wedding”
2. Avawaves — “Aunt Nell”
3. Avawaves — “Lizzy”
4. Avawaves — “Affairs”
5. Avawaves — “The Institution”
6. Avawaves — “To Have A Voice”

The Buccaneers: S2 (Apple TV+ Original Series Soundtrack) is out 6/18 via Interscope.

No doubt about it, Sylvester Stallone’s most recent career act has been best summed up by his Tulsa King run. The Taylor Sheridan series puts the former Rocky and Rambo frontman in fish-out-of-water territory as Dwight “The General” Manfredi, who believed that he’d be rewarded by his loyalty (after serving a substantial prison sentence) but instead found himself shipped off to Oklahoma to build a new criminal empire. The series quickly proved to be a hit on Paramount+ and ran with a speedily-spun second season filmed far away (Atlanta) from the harsh Oklahoma climate, and the addition of Frank Grillo as rival gangster Bill Bevilaqua only added to the ratings boon.

Once a third season was confirmed, it emerged that Garrett Hedlund would be returning alongside Vincent Piazza, Annabella Sciorra, and Neal McDonough. Also look for Robert Patrick, Beau Knapp, Bella Heathcote, Dana Delaney, Martin Starr, and Jay Will. A recent Variety scoop also indicated that Kevin Pollak joined as “an FBI agent who has an axe to grind,” and with social media clues indicating that production is running fast and furious, logistics on when you can watch this should be the next concern.

Does Tulsa King Season 3 Have A Release Date Yet On Paramount+?

Not yet. However, with this series not requiring a lengthy post production phase, a fall arrival seems more than possible, which would be welcome during the current Sheridrought while his viewers await more Yellowstone lore with The Madison and 1944 spin offs.

For the moment, the most enlightening peeks at Tulsa King‘s third season can be found in Frank Grillo’s Instagrammed belt buckle and Stallone wearing the snazziest suit known to mankind. Also, Neil McDonough let slip to Collider that he has now graduated to being a more villainous force as Oklahoma governor:

“Now I play the governor on this season of Tulsa King. We were with David Glasser [executive producer] last year, and everybody said, ‘Tell him your idea. Tell him your idea.’ I said, ‘David, I’d like to come back as the governor next year.’ He thought about it and said, ‘That’s a good idea.’ I didn’t hear anything for two months… and then I get the call, ‘Okay, you’re back in Tulsa King again this year. You’ll start in two weeks.’ I read the script, and on the first page: Cal Thresher becoming governor of the great state of Oklahoma.”

Dwight Manfredi, you’re in (more) trouble.

Last year’s The Bikeriders didn’t shy away from the sexiness of biker pursuits, including an unconventional love triangle involving Tom Hardy and Austin Butler, but Pillion is here to take biker romance straight into kinky territory. That promise is only heightened by Alexander Skarsgård’s starring role in this movie, which in retrospect might be a natural progression after Brandon Cronenberg’s Infinity Pool, in which Skarsgård spent some time on a leash, and Robert Eggers’ The Northman, in which he infamously threw himself into a naked battle scene atop a volcano.

Whew. It’s little wonder why Skarsgård didn’t mind downshifting intensity in Murderbot to cleanse his palate after Pillion, but that isn’t to say that he didn’t enjoy making the A24 film that recently debuted at Cannes. Quite the contrary, so let’s unlock the chains on what to expect.

Plot

The A24 stamp of approval arrived with the Cornerstone Films title’s October 2024 acquisition, and at Cannes, Pillion received a 7-minute standing ovation that seemingly places it above several other premiering titles this year. What is Pillion about? The sparse description for the Harry Lighton-directed queer love story reads as follows: “A directionless man is swept off his feet when an enigmatic, impossibly handsome biker takes him on as his submissive.”

That directionless dude would be Colin, portrayed by Harry Melling (The Queen’s Gambit, The Pale Blue Eye), who finds himself in an unorthodox romance with Ray, an imposing biker portrayed by Alexander Skarsgård (True Blood, Big Little Lies). Hints suggest that Ray will open up more as the film progresses, yet an introductory encounter between Ray and Colin includes the Dom requiring the sub to sleep at the foot of his bed. Naturally, the more sensational aspects of the movie involve the sexual relationship between the two men and the movie’s orgy scenes.

Yes, you definitely read that correctly. Skarsgård got frank with Deadline about how much he enjoyed that part of the gig:

“The sex scenes, the orgy scenes were very fun and playful. Robbie, the intimacy coordinator, was fantastic in helping because it got messy. There’s lots of people and lots of moving parts. But he was terrific in just orchestrating, choreographing it and also knowing when to step back and let us go with it and when to kind of step in. Those were exciting days, absolutely.”

The script hails from Harry Lighton as well with Cornerstone Films initially marketing the story as “equally compelling and shocking as it is funny and entertaining.” Lighton recently told Vanity Fair that the film’s graphic nature meant that certain practicalities emerged, and “[o]nce we got into the nitty-gritty, it emerges that you can’t just chuck a load of dicks on screen.” Sentiment ended up ruling some moments over sensationalism, but naturally, Skarsgård expressed that he was “very, very comfortable” with the nudity:

“I knew that it was going to be graphic, and Harry was very clear on his vision for it—when and how nudity was going to be depicted. I felt that it really served the story, and it made sense to me. I was very, very comfortable with all that. We had a really terrific intimacy coordinator named Robbie [Taylor Hunt] who was there with us the whole way.”

As for Melling, he revealed that choreography was key for the orgy scenes, and Skarsgård was “the most generous, dreamy scene partner, so what could have been quite a daunting experience couldn’t have been more different.”

Cast

Skarsgård and Melling take center stage with other cast members including Anthony Welsh, Douglas Hodge, Billy King, Lesley Sharp, Jake Sharp, and Brian Martin.

Release Date

A24 hasn’t revealed a theatrical release date yet for Pillion, which made a splash at this year’s Cannes Film Festival.

Trailer

We want to see a trailer as bad as the rest of the world, but for now, memory lane exists with Skarsgård telling Conan how much he enjoys being naked.

Following 2023’s I Told Them…, Burna Boy is back: Today (May 22), he announced No Sign Of Weakness, a new album. The news is also accompanied by “TaTaTa,” a new single featuring Travis Scott. A video for the track is set to follow tomorrow.

A press release notes the album showcases “Burna Boy’s larger-than-life charisma and unmistakable fusion of global influences with melodic pop sensibility.”

No tracklist has been revealed yet (no album cover either), but some of Burna’s recent post-I Told Them… singles include “Bundle By Bundle” (a collab with Uproxx cover star Chlöe), “Update,” and “Sweet Love.”

Speaking of Chlöe, she and Burna faced some dating rumors late last year, when the two were spotted in Burna’s home of Nigeria. They were seen enjoying Nigerian nightlife together and seemed to be physically comfortable with each other. Ultimately, though, those rumors didn’t amount to much, as “Bundle By Bundle” was released not long after the sighting and their night out was attributed to the two co-workers getting more familiar with each other. “Bundle By Bundle” ended up getting its own video, too.

Listen to “TaTaTa” above.

No Sign Of Weakness is out 7/10 via Spaceship/Bad Habit/Atlantic. Find more information here.

It’s somewhat telling that Kendrick Lamar’s latest and current tour is co-headlined by SZA. The reluctant superstar has always seemed to have one foot out of the rap spotlight, dropping records more sporadically in the past five years than in his early career. When he does drop, his projects seem distinctly disinterested in courting public favor; His last two albums were a therapeutic meditation on his personal growth over the past decade, and an ode to the muscle car he wanted growing up, respectively.

In between those projects, he dedicated some of his biggest performances to sharing his spotlight with little cousin Baby Keem (at Tyler The Creator’s Camp Flog Gnaw Carnival in 2024), SZA (on his GNX tour and his controversial but enlightening Super Bowl Halftime Show), and seemingly, the whole of the Los Angeles rap scene (at his aptly named Kendrick & Friends concert, just down the street from the GNX tour venue for his Los Angeles dates, SoFi Stadium).

Lately, it has seemed more and more like in addition to his weariness (and wariness) of stardom, he’s as disinterested in shying away from the role of superstar, and he has been in playing it. Instead, he’s entered something of a “big bro” era, using what he’s learned in his experiences to shepherd the next generation of iconoclastic talents in their own growth.

Ironically, this is after he spent the last year spitting venom at one of the artists who arguably tried to do the same for him. But clearly, the way in which Drake tried to mentor him back in 2011 rubbed him the wrong way, leaving him with not only a lifelong disdain for his “Poetic Justice” collaborator, but apparently also a burning desire to do the opposite for his own proteges.

Speaking of K. Dot’s arch nemesis, despite Kendrick’s protests that he is done with their feud, plenty of airtime during the Grand National set is dedicated to both songs from their contentious mid-year exchange and nods to their complicated history. The aforementioned “Poetic Justice” was featured on Wednesday, as was “Euphoria,” the track that arguably buried Drake before dragging him to hell on “Meet The Grahams.”

But what I was most interested in was how Kendrick would manage the “joint tour” billing with SZA. While other joint tours, like Drake and J. Cole’s It’s All A Blur tour, followed a relatively standard opener/headliner format, I knew Kendrick wouldn’t make it a point to push the shared top billing unless there was an elegant solution involved. There was: While Kendrick did indeed take the lead, every 20 minutes or so, he ceded a mini-set to his frequent collaborator, alternating throughout the evening until a three-song run of their biggest collabs: “Doves In The Wind,” “All The Stars,” and “Love” (with SZA filling in for Zacari).

Besides feeding at least half of the set time to SZA, Kendrick also allowed her the more elaborate staging. Where his stage props were resolutely restrained to the titular vehicle for which the tour is named (and a giant version toward the finale), SZA’s were much more interactive. From performing atop an elevated platform to donning a suspension harness to literally play out her fairy fantasy, floating over a transformative cocoon, and riding what my partner fondly described as the “Ant Mobile,” SZA undoubtedly earned her co-headlining status. Despite neither artist’s sets featuring any guest stars, SZA also surprised fans with an appearance from Lizzo, with whom she sang their duet, “Special.”

While Kendrick’s sets more or less followed the tracklist of his new album, GNX, with catalog hits like “Alright,” “Don’t Kill My Vibe,” and “Humble” scattered throughout, SZA’s sets were fittingly more free-flowing, jumping back and forth between fan favorites like “Consideration,” “Snooze,” and “Kill Bill.” But the best parts were when Kendrick and SZA shared the stage, which they did for standouts like “30 For 30” and “Luther.” There’s a magnetic chemistry between the two, which becomes all the more undeniable when they perform together live. It’s enough to make fans even hungrier for the potential joint project the duo teased as they embarked on the tour.

Or, at the very least, more interested in Kendrick’s next career evolution. If it is true that he’d rather take a backseat (or at least the co-pilot’s chair) to his peers and contemporaries, then it’ll be fascinating to watch what those artists are able to accomplish with his guidance and support. And if it turns out that he has a more grand (sorry) vision for his own future, triumphantly returning to his high-concept creations and expectation defying genre experiments, well then, that’d be just fine, too. Just as long as he continues to make time to be the artistic big bro that the rap business needs right now, because in that respect, he’s batting a thousand.

Chris Stapleton‘s most recent album, Higher, came out in 2023. Since then, the country powerhouse has contributed songs to two other projects: “California Sober” on Post Malone’s F-1 Trillion, and now “Bad As I Used To Be” for F1 The Album. The man loves albums starting with “F1”!

“Bad As I Used To Be” is the latest single from the soundtrack for the Joseph Kosinski film F1, following “Lose My Mind” by Don Toliver and Doja Cat and “Messy” by Rosé. It’s Stapleton at his down and dirty; the swampy riff would sound right at home at the Double Deuce.

You can listen to “Bad As I Used To Be” above, and check out the F1 The Album tracklist below.

F1 The Album Tracklist

1. Don Toliver — “Lose My Mind” Feat. Doja Cat
2. Dom Dolla — “No Room For A Saint” Feat. Nathan Nicholson
3. Ed Sheeran — “Drive”
4. Tate McRae — “Just Keep Watching”
5. Rosé — “Messy”
6. Burna Boy — “Don’t Let Me Drown”
7. Roddy Ricch — “Underdog”
8. Raye — “Grandma Calls The Boy Bad News”
9. Chris Stapleton — “Bad As I Used To Be”
10. Myke Towers — “Baja California”
11. Tiësto & Sexyy Red — “OMG!”
12. Madison Beer — “All At Once”
13. Peggy Gou — “D.A.N.C.E”
14. PAWSA — “DOUBLE C”
15. Mr Eazi — “Attention”
16. Darkoo — “Give Me Love”
17. Obongjayar — “Gasoline”

F1 The Album is out 6/27 via Atlantic Records. Find more information here.

It’s a good time to be a Dexter aficionado. The recent Original Sin prequel series, the upcoming Resurrection sequel show, and the in-the-works Trinity Killer spin off are more than viewers could have dreamed of back when Michael C. Hall’s serial killer sailed into a hurricane. Those spin offs (along with one season of New Blood) are (and will be) available on Showtime and through the Paramount+ with Showtime streaming package, and that train won’t be stopping anytime soon with word that Resurrection aims to go for multiple seasons.

Yet the bread and butter for franchise fans has been knowing that Netflix has been hosting the original series’ eight seasons on an on-and-off basis. Most recently, Dexter returned to the streaming service in June 2024, and word on the internet street is that the show might be leaving Netflix nearly as soon as it made its most recent arrival.

Is Dexter Leaving Netflix Ahead Of Dexter: Resurrection?

Unconfirmed. Netflix’s June 2025 listings do not point toward a departure for the series, although plenty of websites and subforums are stating that claim. Is it possible that the series isindeed departing Netflix after the latest year-long run? Sure. Yet neither Netflix nor Showtime has made a current statement to that effect.

If the departure does happen, then of course Dexter fans will want to know where they can watch Michael C. Hall do his impish thing with his Dark Passenger in tow. That would be Paramount+, where the Paramount+ With Showtime package is currently running $12.99 per month.

Kendrick Lamar and SZA’s Grand National Tour is rolling along, and last night (May 21), it brought the pair to SoFi Stadium in Inglewood, California. During SZA’s time on stage, she made room for a special guest: Lizzo, who came out and sang their collaboration “Special.” Find clips of that here, here, and here.

Earlier this year, Lizzo revealed she and SZA nearly started a band called P*ssy Lasers, saying, “We just always been friends, and it’s a sacred space for me in this industry. We [had] this little period of time when we were just linking up in the studio. One particular night, mind you, we were gonna start a rock band, called P*ssy Lasers. We were going to start a rock band called P*ssy Lasers with an incredible other artist who I don’t know if she even wants to be mentioned, so I’m not going to mention her.”

Check out the upcoming Grand National Tour dates below.

Kendrick Lamar And SZA’s 2025 Tour Dates: Grand National Tour

05/23 — Los Angeles, CA @ SoFi Stadium
05/27 — Glendale, AZ @ State Farm Stadium
05/29 — San Francisco, CA @ Oracle Park
05/31 — Las Vegas, NV @ Allegiant Stadium
06/04 — St. Louis, MO @ The Dome at America’s Center
06/06 — Chicago, IL @ Soldier Field
06/10 — Detroit, MI @ Ford Field
06/12 — Toronto, ON @ Rogers Centre
06/16 — Hershey, PA @ Hersheypark Stadium
06/18 — Washington, DC @ Northwest Stadium
07/02 — Cologne, Germany @ RheinEnergieSTADION
07/04 — Frankfurt, Germany @ Deutsche Bank Park
07/08 — Glasgow, UK @ Hampden Park
07/10 — Birmingham, UK @ Villa Park
07/13 — Amsterdam, Netherlands @ Johan Cruijff ArenA
07/15 — Paris, France @ Paris La Défense Arena
07/19 — Cardiff, UK @ Principality Stadium
07/22 — London, UK @ Tottenham Hotspur Stadium
07/27 — Lisbon, Portugal @ Estadio do Restelo
07/30 — Barcelona, Spain @ Estadi Olímpic Lluís Companys
08/02 — Rome, Italy @ Stadio Olimpico
08/06 — Warsaw, Poland @ PGE Narodowy
08/09 — Stockholm, Sweden @ 3Arena

Over the past few years, Miley Cyrus has performed live here and there, but there haven’t been any major tours. It doesn’t look like one will happen soon either.

In a new interview with Apple Music’s Zane Lowe, Cyrus explained why she’s not touring anymore, attributing it to a couple of primary reasons: Her sobriety journey and health issues.

She said:

“The physicality of what I’m doing, the athleticism, the chemicals in your body that are being produced when you’re at that level of… again, we talked about stress, it’s not bad, but there just is a level of high stress. And so working from the inside out, there would have to be… I have certain protocols that keep me… again, we talked about the sobriety. That’s super important to me. So part of that is keeping myself mentally, physically, spiritually, and emotionally well, and I want to emphasize the physically because of how taxing a physical live performance is.”

From there, she went on to speak about a health condition that affects her vocal cords:

“And something I wanted to mention to you: So I had the Reinke’s Edema, which is something that [is] abuse of the vocal cords. And being 21 and staying up and drinking and smoking and partying after every show does not help. But also in my case, it does not cause it. So my voice always sounded like this. It’s a part of my unique anatomy, this is what I look like. So I have this very large polyp on my vocal cord, which has given me a lot of the tone and the texture that has made me who I am, but it’s extremely difficult to perform with because it’s like running a marathon with ankle weights on. So even when I’m talking sometimes, at the end of the day I’ll call my mom and she’ll go, ‘Oh, you sound like you’re talking through a radio.’ And that’s how you know I’m really tired because it creates that ultimate vocal fry.”

Watch the full interview above.