Category: Viral

Following the explosive events of the Succession season finale, a bloody yet relieved Roman Roy (Kieran Culkin) is seen sitting down to a bar where here he’s notably served a martini, the favorite drink of his seemingly lost lover Gerri (J. Smith-Cameron). It’s a quiet scene that sees Roman smile down at the drink, leaving an ambiguous ending to the youngest Roy sibling after suffering years of abuse from his family. However, one line could’ve sent things in a more definitive direction.

In a new interview to discuss Succession racking up an impressive number of Emmy nominations, longtime series director Mark Mylod opened up about his thoughts on the characters’ post-finale lives. He also revealed Roman’s cut line from the finale that series creator Jesse Armstrong previously teased, but never divulged.

Via The Hollywood Reporter:

The line we cut I am happy to share. He walked into the bar where, in our head there was a barman he already knew from fairly regular visits, and the line was, “What up, motherfucker?” Which was a bookend to the very first line of dialogue that we heard Roman speak back in season one, episode one. I imagine that Jesse’s intention there was to show the cyclical nature of Roman’s journey. That for all that illusion of evolution, on some level those four seasons over which we followed Roman was some kind of fever dream, and he finds himself right back where he started.

While the finale gave Roman a more open ending, Mylod is also of the mind that the youngest Roy is pretty much doomed, emotionally, thanks to his father’s abuse.

“I feel that character has a lifetime of wearing a mask,” Mylod said. “It’s a false setting to slip behind it and pull up the drawbridge, emotionally. His long-term happiness or contentment, I don’t feel optimistic about that. His ability to connect in any meaningful way is so torpedoed by his upbringing that I fear for any emotional connection of meaning. But I don’t fear for his physical well-being. I think he can wear that mask so efficiently, it probably feels like the real him sometimes to be that witty, deliberately offensive court jester.”

Succession Seasons 1-4 are available for streaming on Max.

(Via The Hollywood Reporter)

You know you’ve really made it when they start naming scientific discoveries after you. Keanu Reeves has his fungus, Taylor Swift has her little bug, and even ABBA has a spider named after them, even though it has probably never seen Mamma Mia! and therefore doesn’t deserve it (fake fan). But now Harrison Ford is getting his own snake, which would offend Indiana Jones even more than Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull did.

Ford inspired a newly-discovered snake, Tachymenoides harrisonfordi. Why did it have to be snakes? The species was named after the actor to thank him for his ongoing commitment to conservation. The man also has a spider and an ant named after him, for the record.

“These scientists keep naming critters after me, but it’s always the ones that terrify children,” Ford told Entertainment Weekly. “I don’t understand. I spend my free time cross-stitching. I sing lullabies to my basil plants, so they won’t fear the night.” This is a lot to process because, realistically, basil plants should be fine after dark. It’s the sunflowers that really should fear the night.

Ford then claimed he was joking (?) and continued, “In all seriousness, this discovery is humbling. It’s a reminder that there’s still so much to learn about our wild world — and that humans are one small part of an impossibly vast biosphere. On this planet, all fates are intertwined, and right now, one million species are teetering on the edge of oblivion. We have an existential mandate to mend our broken relationship with nature and protect the places that sustain life.” While he was probably trying to be optimistic this more or less just confirmed that we are all doomed.

Can we focus on the real news here? Ford probably has a cross-stitch Etsy shop out there somewhere and none of us even know.

(Via Entertainment Weekly)

It’s hard to believe that we have gone nearly one year without a dragon-related incident, but that doesn’t mean they aren’t on the horizon. Production on season two of House of the Dragon is currently underway, and even though we likely won’t get to see the ice-blond dragon-tamers until next summer, director Clare Kilner recently spoke with The Hollywood Reporter about what to expect from season two of the hit series. She did not, however, give an update on Matt Smith’s hair extensions but that will likely come at a later date.

Controversially, the second season will be much shorter than the first, clocking in at eight episodes, though Kilner says they are still filled to the brim with the three D’s: drama, dragons, and Daemon (hopefully). “There are eight wonderful episodes with so much happening in every episode, and we have trouble, at times, bringing them down to one hour. Ryan [Condal]’s decision was to give it a good opening and a good ending, and they’re jam-packed with emotional and visually exciting events.” How much more visually exciting can you get?

Season one was also split up between two main parts, with the first acting as a prequel of sorts. While season two won’t follow that structure, Kilner says it was an integral part of the story, in order to see the character arcs play out in context. “We’re really invested in these characters now and understand where they came from — especially with the fighting between [the characters as] kids and what they did to each other — and the effect of that feels very present in this season.”

As for the cast and crew, Kilner notes that there is a different feel on set after the global success of the first season. “I think [the cast is] more settled, because they’ve seen it, too. It’s scary doing a new show that you know is going to be huge and have this global impact,” Kilner said. “They’ve come in this season more relaxed, and there’s a sense of family. Everybody knows one another and wants to do good work, and they know their characters so much better.” Not only do they know the characters, but they also know how audiences will react to certain storylines. So maybe less deteriorating flesh this season, yes? Hopefully.

(Via The Hollywood Reporter)

Rootin’ tootin Lauren Boebert will surely have some thoughts about this development, given her criticism of Bidenomics. If she doesn’t weigh in, then her congressional frenemy, Marjorie Taylor Greene, will probably do so. Otherwise, this is a story that doesn’t require too much fancy introduction (I am not fancy) because it somehow involves U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen inadvertently consuming “magic mushrooms” (in a dish called jian shou qing) after someone else did the ordering at a restaurant in China.

On CNN, Erin Burnett broached the subject because this incident apparently sent people flocking to this restaurant chain, Yi Zuo Yi Wang (In and Out, not a U.S.-based burger joint), in order to share the experience. And Yellen sounded pleased to spill the details:

“There was a delicious mushroom dish. I was not aware that these mushrooms had hallucinogenic properties. I learned that later … [I] read that if the mushrooms are cooked properly, which I’m sure they were at this very good restaurant, that they have no impact. But all of us enjoyed the mushrooms, the restaurant, and none of us felt any ill effects from having eaten them.”

Yes, she “enjoyed” this fun fungi, for what it’s worth. And in my twisted brain, that’s not even the best part of this story. Rather, consider that this conversation happened after a quick segue from discussing the Russian ruble’s rapid fade at the hand of Putin. He would probably enjoy some mushrooms right about now in order to escape the embarrassment.

(Via CNN)

This Wednesday, August 16, tickets will go on sale for Gucci Mane & Friends, a one-night-only concert in Atlanta featuring the trap rap godfather and several of his frequent collaborators, as well as artists from his label, The New 1017. The show is billed for October 17th at The Tabernacle in Atlanta, coinciding with the release of Gucci’s new album, Breath Of Fresh Air. While the guest list is apparently being kept under wraps for the time being, considering Gucci’s long list of contemporaries, peers, and pupils, it’s sure to be star-studded and worth the surprise.

Artists currently signed to The New 1017 who might make appearances include BiC Fizzle, BigWalkDog, Enchanting, Hotboy Wes, KATO2X, Li Rye, Lil Zay, Mac Critter, Sett, and TLE Cinco. Unfortunately, Foogiano and Pooh Shiesty are both currently incarcerated while Big Scarr died last December from an accidental overdose. Meanwhile, former artists or acts that have collaborated with Gucci include OJ da Juiceman, Young Scooter, Peewee Longway, and Migos, while Gucci has most recently collaborated with up-and-coming talents like Lil Baby, Roddy Ricch and Nardo Wick, Kodak Black, and 21 Savage, so any number of the above names could put in appearances.

Tickets for the show go on sale at 10 AM and more information can be found here. You can pre-order Breath Of Fresh Air here.

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

(WARNING: Spoilers for Top Boy will be found below.)

By this time next month, the Top Boy saga as we know it will have come to an end as the show is set to conclude things once and for all after its upcoming third season. Since its debut in 2011, originally as Top Boy: Summerhouse, fans have been captivated by Top Boy and everything that the crime drama has had to offer. The last time the show delivered a collection of episodes was in the spring of 2022 for season two of Top Boy. That season ended in an extremely shocking manner as (SPOILER INCOMING) series favorite Jamie (played by Michael Ward) was ruthlessly killed by Gerard “Sully” Sullivan (played by Kane Robinson). Jamie’s death will not be taken lightly by some, and the events that come after that are what will take up season three of Top Boy.

So ahead of its release, here’s everything you need to know about season three of Top Boy.

Release Date

Season three of Top Boy will premiere on Netflix on Thursday, September 7. The entire season will be available to binge, or watch at your own pace, on the platform on that date.

Cast

The cast for season three of Top Boy includes the following main cast members: Ashley Walters as Dushane Hill, Kane Robinson as Gerard “Sully” Sullivan, Jasmine Jobson as Jacqueline “Jaq” Lawrence, Simbi Ajikawo as Shelley, Hope Ikpoku Jnr. as Aaron Tovell, Araloyin Oshunremi as Stefan Tovell, Lisa Dwan as Lizzie, Saffron Hocking as Lauryn Lawrence.

New additions to the cast this season include Barry Keoghan (The Banshees of Inisherin) and Brian Gleeson (Bad Sisters & Peaky Blinders) who will both play members of a close Irish crime family.

Plot

Here is the official synopsis for season three of Top Boy:

Sully’s actions at the end of the last series have rewritten his business rules with Dushane. As new shared problems arise, everything they’ve built comes under threat from forces outside and within their empire. Can they coexist by the rules of the road they’ve lived by their whole lives in a world that is changing before them? Or can there only be one Top Boy?

Trailer

Here is the official trailer for Top Boy season 3:

How Many Episodes?

There will be six episodes in Top Boy season 3. All of the episodes will be available to stream once the new season debuts on September 7.

Where To Stream

Season three of Top Boy can be streamed on Netflix on September 7 and 3am EST/12pm PST. All six episodes in the season will be available at this time. Seasons one and two of both Top Boy and Top Boy: Summerhouse are also available to stream now on Netflix.

‘Top Boy’ returns to Netflix on September 7. Seasons one and two of ‘Top Boy’ are available now to stream on Netflix.

For the second time in three seasons, the Philadelphia 76ers and their general manager, Daryl Morey, are entangled in a trade request from their southpaw starting point guard following a second-round, Game 7 flameout. This year, it’s the man who Philadelphia traded Ben Simmons for in James Harden, who exercised his $35.6 million player option in late June under the belief he’d be traded, with eyes set on the Los Angeles Clippers.

Nearly two months later, Harden remains a Sixer and a recent report indicated the team intends to enter training camp with him on the roster and have halted trade negotiations. That news has not resonated positively for Harden, who “has no plans” to participant in training camp. While on tour in China, the All-Star point guard empathically called Morey a “liar” and said he’ll “never be part of an organization that he’s a part of” on Monday. Those declarative comments seem to be merely the initial rollout of Harden’s frustrations and plans.

“This is only the beginning,” ESPN’s Ramona Shelburne said. “This is just the beginning of what James Harden is going to do to make life very uncomfortable for the Philadelphia 76ers going into training camp.”

Shelburne juxtaposed it to Simmons’ holdout two years ago, noting that Simmons was absent from training camp, stayed away from the team and didn’t make much noise.

“That’s not gonna happen here with James Harden,” she said. “This is going to be very uncomfortable. … The phrase I kept hearing was, ‘this is just the beginning.”

With two months until camp starts, we’ll have to wait to see what exactly an escalation on Harden’s part looks like, but it’ll be fascinating to watch from the outside (and likely pretty miserable on the inside for the Sixers until there’s a resolution).

Do you remember your first kiss? I don’t. Is this me being in denial over how bad it was? Possibly! But I’m 99 percent certain it wasn’t as awful as Salma Hayek‘s first kiss.

“In Coatzacoalcos, my little town in Mexico,” the actress told W magazine when asked where her first kiss took place. “It was very memorable. I wanted to taste good, so I kept putting honey on my lips. And then I said, ‘What did it taste like?’ And he said, ‘Like honey,’ but it’s the cliché — that’s what they say.”

Hayek kept putting the honey on her lips, however, and before long, the House of Gucci star had “an infestation of ants in my bedroom. I burnt my mouth. Something that started real romantic turned out to be kind of disastrous.” That sounds like a Taylor Swift lyric (if Taylor Swift wrote a song about ants biting her lips while they were slathered in sticky honey — there’s still time!).

In the same interview, Hayek also discussed her infamous bikini scene in 1996’s From Dusk Till Dawn. “I had to be in a bikini for half of the small time that I was on-screen, and I had to dance with a snake, which I have a phobia for. So it seemed like a really bad job, but that I really needed at the time,” she said. Hayek is “shocked” that people still remember the scene.

I don’t know how to continue without things getting weird, so, um, please enjoy Salma Hayek yelling “like Ricky Ricardo” on 30 Rock.

(Via W magazine)

Back in May, Blxst told Uproxx that he and Bino Rideaux were working on the third installment of their popular Sixtape series. Today, we now know when exactly they plan to release it. Blxst shared the project’s artwork and release date on Twitter — never calling it “X,” sorry, Elon — and prompting a fan furor over the hotly anticipated project. The third Sixtape is due September 1, a little over two years since Sixtape 2 and a little over a year since each rapper released their most recent solo projects (Before You Go, by Blxst, dropped last April, while Bino’s Sorry 4 Tha Wait II followed in July).

https://x.com/blxst/status/1691494178612555806

While Bino has been pretty low key since releasing Sorry 4 Tha Wait II, Blxst has been in high demand as rap’s current go-to hook master. As he says in the lyrics to his fan-favorite No Love Lost single “Pressure,” “He the new Nate Dogg / He the West back bone.” He proved as much by providing catchy choruses to tracks from Tyga and YG (“West Coast Weekend“) and Roddy Ricch (“Passionate“), as well as a posthumous release from Nipsey Hussle featuring DJ Drama and Jeezy (“Raised Different“).

Sixtape III is out 9/1 via EVGLE / Out The Blue/Def Jam and Red Bull Records.

Kristaps Porzingis was part of the biggest trade of the NBA offseason (so far), as he was dealt from Washington to Boston in a three-team blockbuster that saw the Celtics send Marcus Smart to Memphis to bring in the star big man.

Porzingis is coming off of one of the best seasons of his career, as he averaged 23.2 points and 8.4 rebounds per game on 49.8/38.5/85.1 shooting splits. Boston’s hope is that Porzingis can give their offense a different dimension and alleviate some of the pressure placed on Jayson Tatum and Jaylen Brown’s shoulders on that end of the floor. The question with Porzingis has always been his availability rather than his ability, as he’s been highly productive when healthy, but has also suffered a number of injuries over his career.

Last year he was able to play in 65 games, the most he’s appeared in since his second season in the league, and Boston is banking on him staying healthy after giving up a key piece of their team to get him. Unfortunately, that goal is already off to a rocky start as Porzingis announced on Tuesday that he is dealing with plantar fasciitis in his foot that has forced him to withdraw from the Latvian national team ahead of the FIBA World Cup at the end of this month.

The rough Google translation of Porzingis’ tweet reads as such:

It is difficult, I feel very responsible to myself and the supporters of the Latvian national team, but a decision has been made that I will not play in the World Cup.

After several weeks of recovery and a repeat MRI examination, the plantar fasciitis of my foot still prevents me from being on the field in full readiness.

This joint decision has been made by both the medical staff and coaching staff of the national team, as well as the Celtics team – with the advice and opinion that it is now necessary to continue the recovery process.

Such a decision is not easy to make, but I promise that I will be there and support the team as much as I can.

Hopefully Porzingis can rest and get his foot healthy by the time training camp starts in October, but it is a bit concerning for a big man who has dealt with lower body injuries in the past to be starting the season with a plantar fasciitis issue. The Celtics will be holding their breath that he can make a full recovery and not suffer any setbacks during the season, but it will be a concern after making such a bold move to bring him in this summer.