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Has The Bear won a lot of awards? Yes Chef.

The latest additions to the FX show’s trophy case includes Outstanding Lead Actor (Jeremy Allen White), Outstanding Supporting Actor (Ebon Moss-Bachrach), Outstanding Supporting Actress (Liza Colón-Zayas), and Outstanding Directing (creator Christopher Storer), all from the Emmys, as well as Best Actor – Television Series Musical or Comedy for the Golden Globes (Allen White) and pending nominations at the Critics’ Choice Television Awards, Directors Guild of America Awards, and Screen Actors Guild Awards.

The awards stockpiling will likely continue once The Bear returns for season 4, which should be sooner rather than later.

Here’s everything we know about the upcoming season.

Plot

Just to refresh your memory: The Bear season 3 ended with Carmy confronting Chef Joel McHale at Michelin-starred Ever; Sydney having a panic attack while throwing a party at her place; and Richie reuniting with Jessica, who previously appeared in the best episode of the show. The final shot of the season shows Carmy walking down the street when the review of The Bear hits the Chicago Tribune. “Motherf*cker,” he exclaims before looking upwards.

Will season 4 pick up from there?

It’s unclear, as plot details are scarce. We do know, however, that both seasons weren’t filmed at the same time, at least not entirely (it sounds like some of season 4 is in the can). That was the original idea since stars Jeremy Allen White, Ayo Edebiri, and Ebon Moss-Bachrach have packed shooting schedules with other projects, but according to The Playlist, “the plan was scrapped as [season 4] scripts weren’t ready in time.” The expectation is that season 4 will resume filming in “February/March time.”

You know Carmy is going to be a sad sack whenever The Bear is back (we get it, you love Claire, jeez), but what about Cousin? “I know where he’s going,” Moss-Bachrach told Rolling Stone about Richie. “I think there’s a lot of things that happen in the third season… seeds planted in the third season that really come to bloom in the fourth season. I think it will be a very, very exciting, chaotic, cathartic season, and yeah, I guess I’ll just leave it there.”

As for whether season 4 will be the final season, here’s what FX honcho John Landgraf had to say about that:

We really don’t know. These decisions are really creative decisions. It was Sterlin Harjo who made a decision that Rez Dogs was a three-season series. And so it’s really Chris [Storer’s] decision on The Bear. It’s about, how much more story does he have to tell? I mean, obviously, I’m hoping he has more than one more season of story to tell. But not to the extent that if there was one great season or three mediocre ones, I’d rather have one great one. You just have to follow the creative.

Landgraf also confirmed to Variety that The Bear will stick with the all-at-once binge model rather than weekly episodes. “Unfortunately, you can’t get to everything for every one of your fans, every one of your consumers that they want,” he said. “I wish I could take the request from every fan of The Bear and give them just the version of it that they want and if they want it weekly, I wish I could give it to them weekly. But I think the show itself that Chris makes is designed to be consumed as a season in many ways.”

Cast

Unless a certain Fantastic Four actor decides to go method and starts clobberin’ his co-stars, the entire main cast from season 3 will be back. That includes Jeremy Allen White as Carmy, Ayo Edebiri as Sydney, Ebon Moss-Bachrach as Richie, Lionel Boyce as Marcus, Liza Colón-Zayas as Tina, Abby Elliott as Natalie, Matty Matheson as Neil Fak, Oliver Platt as “Uncle,” and, more likely than not, Molly Gordon as Claire. Might we see Jamie Lee Curtis again, too? If she wants another Emmy, then, yes, definitely.

Release Date

The Bear appeared in Disney+’s “Coming In 2025” sizzle reel, so while no exact date has been announced, season 4 will premiere sometime this year. Most likely “sometime summery,” according to Edebiri.

Trailer

Here’s that aforementioned 2025 preview:

Sticks and stones may break Julia Michaels’ bones, but she has a secret weapon of her own. The “Weird” singer won’t allow heartbreak to hold her back.

On Michaels’ new single “Scissors,” she enlists the help of Maren Morris to take a stab back at the stinging pain of a lost love. “You wanna say goodbye, I’m not crying rivers / If you wanna cut ties, I’ll get the scissors, baby / I don’t mind, I’m not even bitter / If you wanna cut ties, I’ll get the scissors, baby,” sings Michaels.

As a fairly recent divorcée, Morris seemingly pulled from her own romantic history when she sang: “You should know about me / When it comes to lovers, I’m not repetitious / I know I look it, but I’m not that precious / You don’t have to stay the second we get finished so.”

In an interview with Rolling Stone, Michaels opened up about the track’s inspiration. “‘Scissors’ is a funny way of saying that I’m unbothered,” she said. “My skin is thick. I’m not pressed if someone wants to leave. Half the time I don’t want them to stay either.”

Michaels and Morris aren’t held back by heartache: Instead, they used it to craft yet another anti-heartbreak anthem.

Listen to “Scissors” above.

Lily Allen is opening up amid rumors that she and her husband of five years, Stranger Things star David Harbour, are getting divorced.

On this week’s episode of the Miss Me? podcast, the singer told co-host Miquita Oliver that she’s “finding it hard to be interested in anything… I’m really not in a good place. I know I’ve been talking about it for months, but I’ve been spiraling and spiraling and spiraling and it’s got out of control.”

Allen also shut down speculation that Harbour found her in a “crack den.”

“I do want to reassure people, because there will be speculation because of the amount of time that I’m going to be taking away that I’m going to drug rehab, and I’m not,” she said, according to BuzzFeed. “I’ve not relapsed. There’ve been some horrible blind items on the internet about me being found by my husband in a crack den being surrounded by men. I don’t know who’s spreading these vicious rumors, but that’s not true.”

Allen reportedly caught Harbour using celebrity dating app Raya, leading to their alleged separation. “Lily has never even looked at anyone since she met David,” a source told The Daily Mail. “She is devastated. He broke up with Lily a month ago. He was meant to be on holiday with her in Kenya over Christmas.”

You can listen to the Miss Me? podcast below.

Sesame Street has an astounding history of celebrity guest stars, so much so that appearing on the show is something of a right of passage. Well, some more folks are about to join the club.

A new season, the show’s 55th, debuts on January 16 via Max. Featured guests were announced, and they include Reneé Rapp (on the January 16 episode), Michael B. Jordan (January 23), Samara Joy (February 6), Noah Kahan (March 6), SZA (April 10), Chris Stapleton (July 24), Jonathan Van Ness (August 21), and Billie Jean King (August 28).

As for what to expect from the upcoming season, executive producer Sal Perez says in a statement, “New episodes of Sesame Street will help young viewers understand and express their feelings, learn new mindfulness practices, and as always, have a blast with their favorite furry and funny friends. Whether it’s taking a volcano breath when angry, learning to give yourself a hug when frustrated, or wiggling it out when disappointed, we are empowering children with the strategies to help build resiliency and the foundational skills for emotional well-being.”

SZA shared a photo from the Sesame Street set back in March 2024 and she was beyond excited, writing, “GODS TIMING !!! FOLLOW YOUR DREAMS AND SAY THEM OUTLOUD !!NEVER GIVE UP !! ANYTHING IS POSSIBLE I BELIEVE IN YOU !!”

As fires rip through Los Angeles, rapper Chuck D wants to put an end to anyone misinterpreting Public Enemy‘s “Burn Hollywood Burn” as a sick celebration of the devastation.

The song, from 1990 classic Fear Of A Black Planet, “is a protest song extracted from the Watts rebellion, coined by the magnificent Montague in 1965 against inequality when he said ‘burn baby burn’ across the air,” he wrote on Instagram. “We made mind-revolution songs aimed at a one-sided exploitation by a industry. Has nothing to do with families, losing everything they have in a natural disaster. Learn the history. Godspeed to those in loss.”

In the caption, Chuck D wrote, “PRAY 4 LA.”

The California fires have displaced over 130,000 people, including many musicians. “Me and my children’s home is gone,” Jhené Aiko wrote on Instagram. “Burned to the ground with all our things inside. Lord have mercy. Thankful we still have each other. Starting from scratch. My heart is so heavy.” A GoFundMe was launched for DIIV frontman Zachary Cole Smith after his house burned down, while Speedy Ortiz’s Sadie Dupuis put together a spreadsheet for music industry folks who have been affected by the fires.

You can find more resources here.

J-Hope was discharged from his military service in October, and now some major plans are underway: The BTS member just announced 2025 tour dates for the Hope On The Stage tour.

The shows are primarily in Asia (including a tour-opening, three-night stint at Seoul’s KSPO Dome), but there is a run of North American tour dates in March and April, with two-show stops in Brooklyn, Chicago, Mexico City, San Antonio, Oakland, and Los Angeles. Ticket information about the US shows has not yet been made available.

Meanwhile, J-Hope also teased new music, seemingly coming in March, with a new teaser video, above.

Find the full list of tour dates below.

J-Hope’s 2025 Tour Dates: Hope On The Stage

02/28 — Seoul, South Korea @ KSPO Dome
03/01 — Seoul, South Korea @ KSPO Dome
03/02 — Seoul, South Korea @ KSPO Dome
03/13 — Brooklyn, NY @ Barclays Center
03/14 — Brooklyn, NY @ Barclays Center
03/17 — Chicago, IL @ Allstate Arena
03/18 — Chicago, IL @ Allstate Arena
03/22 — Mexico City, Mexico @ Palacio De Los Deportes
03/23 — Mexico City, Mexico @ Palacio De Los Deportes
03/26 — San Antonio, TX @ Frost Bank Center
03/27 — San Antonio, TX @ Frost Bank Center
03/31 — Oakland, CA @ Oakland Arena
04/01 — Oakland, CA @ Oakland Arena
04/04 — Los Angeles, CA @ BMO Stadium
04/06 — Los Angeles, CA @ BMO Stadium
04/12 — Manila, the Philippines @ SM Mall of Asia Arena
04/13 — Manila, the Philippines @ SM Mall of Asia Arena
04/19 — Saitama, Japan @ Saitama Super Arena
04/20 — Saitama, Japan @ Saitama Super Arena
04/26 — Singapore, Singapore @ Singapore Indoor Stadium
04/27 — Singapore, Singapore @ Singapore Indoor Stadium
05/03 — Jakarta, Indonesia @ Indonesia Arena GBK
05/04 — Jakarta, Indonesia @ Indonesia Arena GBK
05/10 — Bangkok, Thailand @ Impact Arena
05/11 — Bangkok, Thailand @ Impact Arena
05/17 — Macau, China @ Galaxy Arena
05/18 — Macau, China @ Galaxy Arena
05/24 — Taipei, Taiwan @ NTSU Arena
05/25 — Taipei, Taiwan @ NTSU Arena
05/31 — Osaka, Japan @ Kyocera Dome Osaka
06/01 — Osaka, Japan @ Kyocera Dome Osaka

Steven and Ian begin with a quick Sportscast about their respective favorite NFL teams — the Packers and the Eagles — facing off in the playoffs in the weekend. They also review the (unlikeable) programs left in the College Football Playoffs. From there, they discuss the recent album announcement by Japanese Breakfast and whether they like her new single. They also look at the lineup for this year’s Bonnaroo and whether it confirms Steven’s suspicions about festivals being in a downturn. Then they review the latest release by Ethel Cain, Perverts, and whether it is deliberately aimed at alienating her more pop-minded fans.

In Recommendation Corner, Ian talks about the “Ozark Mountain emo” band Pomfret while Steven recommends the new solo record by Geese singer Cameron Winter.

New episodes of Indiecast drop every Friday. Listen to Episode 221 here and subscribe wherever you get your podcasts. You can submit questions for Steve and Ian at [email protected], and make sure to follow us on Instagram and X (formerly Twitter) for all the latest news. We also recently launched a visualizer for our favorite Indiecast moments. Check those out here.

Earthgang is less than three months removed from their latest album, Perfect Fantasy, but it doesn’t look like they have any intentions of resting on their laurels in 2025. Today, they released the video for “Electric,” the fourth official music video from the album following “Blacklight,” “U Gotta” featuring Q-Tip, and “Love You More” featuring T-Pain. This time around, they’ve recruited Palm Beach rapper Cochise as their support, and demonstrate some “electric” chemistry alongside him in a clip filled with trippy visuals.

The video opens with an expensive-looking green screen shot, but Olu isn’t feeling the proximity of the camera to his face. When he protests, he sets off a dispute with the director that brings his partner-in-rhyme to his aid. Leaving the studio, the two Atlanta rappers stroll through the city before they get a ride from Cochise. All around them, special effects enhance their performances, with floating cars, cracking walls, and of course, arcs of electricity accentuating every moment. They end the video with a Southern rap staple: a trip to the strip club, where they work out the last of their frustrations before returning to the studio in a much better mood than when they left.

You can watch Earthgang’s “Electric” video featuring Cochise above.

Perfect Fantasy is out now via SinceThe80s / Dreamville / Interscope. You can listen to it here.

Debí Tirar Más Fotos, the title of Bad Bunny’s new album released earlier this week, roughly translates to I Should Have Taken More Photos. Naturally, in the spirit of that sentiment, the video for “Baile Inolvidable” (“Unforgettable Dance”), which he released today, follows the Puerto Rican superstar as he takes classes to learn one of the traditional dances of Latin American culture: Salsa.

The class is a joyful experience for all involved — even if Benito’s expression suggests more self-consciousness than his classmates. However, as he envisions himself paired with a gorgeous partner on a spotlit dance floor, he summons the suavemente to put on a performance worthy of the ballroom kings who combined mambo, Rumba, swing, and tap into a pillar of community and culture.

Speaking with Zane Lowe on Apple Music, Bad Bunny said “Baile Inolvidable” is his favorite track from Debí Tirar Más Fotos. “The whole composition, it was in my mind way before the song was created,” he said. “The whole song is made with new young musicians from Puerto Rico. All of them are 20 years old, 21, 22 they’re really young kids, straight from the Escuela Libre de Música, it’s like the public music school from Puerto Rico.”

You can watch Bad Bunny’s “Baile Inolvidable” video above.

Debí Tirar Más Fotos is out now via Rimas Entertainment. You can listen to it here.

Thousands of residents of northwest Los Angeles County have been evacuated from their homes as a result of a group of unseasonal wildfires ravages the area. Among them is singer Jhené Aiko, who shared via Instagram that her home has burned down, leaving her “starting from scratch” (you can see the posts here).

“Me and my children’s home is gone,” she wrote. “Burned to the ground with all our things inside. Lord have mercy. Thankful we still have each other. Starting from scratch. My heart is so heavy.”

Over the past few years, California’s regular brush fires have worsened as a result of climate change, as well as droughts that have dried the area out more than usual. The fires currently burning have taken over areas that would normally not see such powerful fires due to the Santa Ana winds carrying burning embers at high speeds.

Exacerbating the issue were recent cuts made to Los Angeles’ wildfire preparedness by its current city administration in favor of funding for the LAPD. The fires have also burnt down landmarks such as recording studios where fan-favorite albums by Nicki Minaj and Doja Cat were created, and longstanding institutions are being threatened. If you are in Los Angeles or would like to help, Uproxx has compiled a list of resources here.