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Christopher Nolan‘s next film, Oppenheimer, just dropped its explosive first teaser for the biopic starring Cillian Murphy as titular maker of the atom bomb. While the preview doesn’t reveal much, it does lean heavily on the gravity of unleashing the “power of the sun” that will ultimately lead to “mankind’s destruction.” Adding to the foreboding atmosphere is a Doomsday Clock counting down to the film’s release in July 2023.

Based on the Pulitzer Prize-winning novel, American Prometheus: The Triumph and Tragedy of J. Robert Oppenheimer, the film is Nolan’s first project with Universal Studios after he ended his relationship with Warner Bros. Clearly, his new home was excited to have the director because the studio let him pack Oppenheimer with one hell of a cast.

Just check out this murderer’s row: Robert Downey Jr., Matt Damon, Emily Blunt, Florence Pugh, Benny Safdie, Josh Hartnett, Rami Malek, Kenneth Branagh, Dane DeHaan, Alden Eherenreich, and Matthew Modine. Via The Wrap:

Murphy stars as J. Robert Oppenheimer in a story that “thrusts audiences into the pulse-pounding paradox of the enigmatic man who must risk destroying the world in order to save it.”

Oppenheimer was a theoretical physicist and a professor at the University of California, Berkeley. And during wartime he was the head of the Los Alamos Laboratory, at which he was given the title the “father of the atomic bomb” for his role in the “Manhattan Project” that for World War II first developed nuclear weapons. He also supervised the Trinity Test, which is where in New Mexico the first atomic bomb was successfully detonated.

Oppenheimer opens in theaters on July 21, 2023.

Saul Goodman made his Breaking Bad debut in the episode “Better Call Saul.” Will Walter White and Jesse Pinkman make their long-awaited Better Call Saul appearance in an episode titled “Breaking Bad”? That appears to be the case, based on a listing from TV Passport. Next week’s episode is allegedly called “Breaking Bad,” with a plot synopsis that reads, “The partners escalate their enterprise to new levels.” Now, before getting too excited, the partners could be Gene and Jeff, not Walt and Jesse, although it would be very funny (and very Vince Gilligan and Peter Gould) if they threw another curveball at viewers and it was two totally brand-new characters. That would go over well with the same cranks who called “Nippy” the “worst episode ever.”

Earlier this year, Better Call Saul co-creator Gould confirmed that Bryan Cranston and Aaron Paul would reprise their Breaking Bad roles on the prequel series, while Bob Odenkirk teased that it would be multiple appearances. “[It was] so good. Seeing Bryan and Aaron playing Walt and Jesse… It’s not just one time… And it was great,” he said. There’s only three episodes left: they’re running out of time.

It would be fitting for Walt and Jesse to show up in the antepenultimate (a word I have never used before but now will say all the time) episode of Better Call Saul, considering the antepenultimate (see?) episode of Breaking Bad was “Ozymandias,” arguably the best episode in TV history. It’s hard to imagine Better Call Saul topping “Ozymandias.”

Then again, Breaking Bad, as great as it was, didn’t have Kim Wexler, so…

(Spoilers from The Boys will obviously be found below.)

With The Boys‘ most recent season finale (and that “Herogasm” money shot) in the can and a bit of a wait for the college-aged spinoff, the show’s flagship series is still keeping the Compound V burning bright with a series of imaginative-and-profane featurettes. The latest happens to be an astrological analysis, as recounted by Nate Mitchell who portrays Black Noir (RIP) and could, in fact, be back again in Season 4 as a “different” character (who might be a new Black Noir), according to showrunner Eric Kripke.

For now, though, Mitchell is here to remind me of one of my favorite annual running jokes on Twitter. That would be the late-January chorus of “[p]lease use a condom on Valentine’s Day. There are already too many scorpios.” You can’t help but giggle a little bit at that remark, yes? There are a few Scorpios who are near and dear to my heart IRL, but boy, they’re messy people: Emotional and lugubrious and reactionary and the most watery of all water signs (and I can say that as a Pisces).

Wouldn’t you know it (at least, according to Mitchell’s predictions, which I am accepting as fact because this is all fiction) test-tube kid Homelander is a total Scorpio with a side of twin-faced Gemini. It’s canon now, baby!

As is “Homelander farting.” Hey, they said it, not me.

In addition to the hit-you-over-the-head Homelander revelation, Mitchell pins Annie January as a Capricorn (her name even tells us as much) and The Deep as a showy Leo with Cancer undercurrents, and Queen Maeve gets a Pisces moon, which tells us how she really feels inside (nearly as emotional as a Scorpio, but she can keep her sh*t together a little bit more) with her Aries self blazing on the outside. I’m feeling that from her. Next, Mitchell explores all of Black Noir’s personality facets while walking through possible signs, and man, I’m not crying (you are definitely crying).

The Boys is currently streaming three full seasons on Amazon with one season of the animated The Boys: Diabolical to fill in some blanks.

Back in May, Cara Delevingne stole the show at the 2022 Billboard Music Awards, whether she was taking not-so-great photos of Doja Cat or having enthusiastic interactions with Megan Thee Stallion, which led to accusations of her “fetishizing Black women” and just being a bit too much. Now, Delevingne has spoken about that fateful night on The Tonight Show.

During an interview yesterday, Jimmy Fallon showed a photo of the Only Murders In The Building actor holding the train of Megan’s dress on the BBMAs red carpet and asked for the story there. Delevingne noted Megan invited her to join her at the show and help her memorize an acceptance speech, but Delevingne didn’t think she’d end up being a noticeable part of the proceedings. On the red carpet, Delevingne noticed Megan struggling with her train, so she helped out by moving it around for her.

She then spoke about that aforementioned Doja photo (not directly but seemingly so based on context), saying, “I walked in and I had a seat in the front row. I’m like, ‘I’m not meant to be here.’ So I was like, ‘Hi!’ And then I was getting on the floor, taking pictures. That’s what what I do because I’m like, I don’t know, I was just really excited. I was like, ‘Let me get my angle, guys, I’m a photographer!’”

She added, “I was living my best life, but people found it a bit odd, which… people find me odd, but that’s me. No shame!”

Check out the interview above.

Megan Thee Stallion is a Warner Music artist. Uproxx is an independent subsidiary of Warner Music Group.

Some like it hot, but everyone loves Netflix releasing the first trailer for Blonde, director Andrew Dominik’s biopic about Marilyn Monroe starring Ana de Armas (who looks the part) as the Hollywood legend. The NC-17 film is “like Citizen Kane and Raging Bull had a baby daughter,” Dominik said, and “a movie for all the unloved children of the world.”

You can judge for yourself in the black-and-white trailer above.

Blonde is based on the 2000 biography of the same name from author Joyce Carol Oates, who saw a rough cut of the film and called it “startling, brilliant, very disturbing & [perhaps most surprisingly] an utterly ‘feminist’ interpretation… not sure that any male director has ever achieved anything this.” Here’s the official plot synopsis:

From director Andrew Dominik, and based on the bestselling novel by Joyce Carol Oates, Blonde boldly reimagines the complicated life of icon Marilyn Monroe. Blurring the lines of fact and fiction, the film artfully explores the tension between her public and private life.

Blonde, which also stars Adrien Brody as Arthur Miller, Bobby Cannavale as Joe DiMaggio, and Julianne Nicholson as Gladys Pearl Baker, and The Adventures of Pete & Pete legend Toby Huss as Allan “Whitey” Snyder, will premiere at the 79th Venice International Film Festival before hitting Netflix on September 23.

St. Vincent is about as accomplished as musicians come. She’s won Grammys, had a top-10 album with Masseduction, earned critical acclaim, and the list goes on. One thing she hasn’t yet managed to do, though, is perform the National Anthem at a Dallas Cowboys game, despite her popularity, the fact that she’s from Dallas, and the fact that she’s tried multiple times to book that gig.

Well, Annie Clark is currently in the middle of a residency sitting in with The Late Show house band and on last night’s episode, Stephen Colbert threw his weight behind the campaign to get Clark to play “The Star-Spangled Banner” at AT&T Stadium.

During the show, Colbert took a few minutes to chat with Clark, noting that she’s from Dallas. She said she gets back to the city often because she has family there, and that there’s a bit of a “sibling rivalry” between Dallas and Austin. Eventually the conversation got to the Cowboys, with Clark noting she last followed the team in 1994. Colbert asked if she had ever sung the National Anthem at a Cowboys game and she answered, “No, but I’ve been trying to,” adding, “They have never taken me up on my offer.”

That got a sympathetic reaction from the crowd, so Colbert looked right down the barrel of the camera and addressed the NFL team directly, saying, “Cowboys: You’re passing up an enormous opportunity here. You can save money because she can accompany herself on the guitar, and if you don’t let her do this, she’s going to go off and sing the National Anthem for whatever Austin’s football team is.”

Check out the segment above.

On Thursday, August 4 at 10 am PST, swim on over to join Upworthy’s Instagram Live with OctoNation, a nonprofit organization and Facebook group that proudly calls itself “The Largest Octopus Fan Club.”

If you’re a sucker for suckers, then you have found your tribe. Not only does OctoNation have a sticker club and create epic Octo-swag (we’re talking coffee mugs, stickers, sweatshirts…all designed to delight your inner cephalopod-ophile), they also provide amazing videos and resources like Octopedia that educate the world about the many, many different species of octopuses.

For instance, have you ever heard of a Mimic Octopus?

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Look out, Meryl Streep! This species should win an Oscar for all the roles it can play. There are 15 known animals the Mimic can transform into, including the flatfish, lionfish, sea snake, brittle stars, sea anemones, jellyfish, stingray, crabs, and the mantis shrimp…just to name a few.

What about a Seven-arm Octopus?

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Don’t worry—this species does have eight arms. But that doesn’t make it any less weird. Males of this super rare species grow a mating arm under their right eye, which they use to deliver sperm to a female up to 20 times larger than he is. In a perplexing display of chivalry, he’ll then break off his mating arm so that she can fertilize her eggs. How progressive.

Seriously, just when you think you’ve learned everything there is to know about these fascinating creatures, another new surprising fact emerges from the depths. Luckily, organizations like OctoNation are here to bring the pure wonder of these squishy sea puppies to dry land. And on Aug 4th, viewers won’t only get to geek out, they’ll get to show off their creative side…and perhaps win a special prize.

Chris Adams, OctoNation’s Creative Director, will be hosting a fun drawing class so that everyone can learn how to sketch out an octobuddy of their very own. Adams designs all of Octonation’s artwork, so you know you’ll be in good hands…even if he only has two of them instead of eight. Plus, folks will be able to post their drawings onto Instagram Stories for a chance to win 1 of 5 octopus plushies. I repeat, a squishy octopus plushie could be in your possession. This is not a drill.

Mark your calendars. We hope to see everyone there. Octopuses have captured our imaginations for centuries, and yet there’s still so much to learn and love about them.

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Over the years, Britney Spears has gone through a lot both legally and emotionally. Even with the excitement of her 13-year conservatorship coming to an end, she has had to endure her father, Jamie Spears, seeking retribution for her gaining her freedom. His latest demand came in the form of the pop star appearing at a deposition, but on July 27 the presiding Los Angeles judge, Brenda Penny, ruled in favor of Britney.

At a Los Angeles Superior Court hearing, Penny finalized her initially temporary decision to deny Jamie Spears’ request for Britney to be deposed as ongoing litigation for his misconduct during her conservatorship continues. The “Toxic” artist’s attorney, Matthew Rosengart, argued there was no need for her to be deposed and it was nothing more than a vengeful act by her father and lawyers.

“Whether he believes it or accepts it, what she went through under him [was traumatic]. What would a decent dad do? He would say, ‘That’s my daughter, I love my daughter,’” Rosengart stated during the hearing. “There is still hope that he sits with his counsel and talks about doing the right thing. A deposition of Britney Spears would re-traumatize her.”

Jamie Spears’ counsel intends to appeal as they believe they are owed additional information in order to properly defend their client. However, for now, Britney is in the clear.

Last month, the Supreme Court decided to try and ruin everyone’s summer. The right-leaning bench went on a tear, releasing one radical ruling after another. Their most infamous move? Terminating Roe v. Wade. The ruling has already had disastrous effects upon the nation. And it’s even perhaps played a role in one of the judges who helped topple it ditching a side hustle.

As per Mediaite, Justice Clarence Thomas is suddenly “unavailable” to co-teach a class on constitutional law this fall at George Washington University. His reasoning was not made public, but it does come after 11,000 students at GWU, where Thomas has taught since 2011, signed a petition demanding he be fired in the wake of the Court’s draconian and unpopular rulings. Another 50 students wrote an open letter saying much the same. What’s more, his name is no longer listed as a faculty member on the school’s site.

Thomas wasn’t simply one of the justice who voted to overturn the law that for the last half century kept abortion safe and legal across the United States. He also wrote a concurring opinion, in which he suggested the bench should “reconsider” laws that protect contraception, same-sex marriage, even same-sex relationships. Incidentally, Thomas’ logic is so reckless it could endanger his own interracial marriage, too. But then, what do you expect from a party whose members will vote not to protect same-sex marriage and then go to their son’s gay marriage three days later?

(Via Mediaite)

Collaborations between artists can come about due to a myriad of ways: emails, Instagram messages, mutual friends, happening to be in the same studio at the same time, and any other coincidental happenstance. This year’s Met Gala now deserves some thanks for a musical linkup of epic proportions, as Camila Cabello has joined Stromae for a reimagined version of his song “Mon Amour.”

While the song itself is exciting, the video takes things to another level as the two place themselves in the popular television show Love Island. As the tropical bop plays in the background, Cabello, Stromae and eight other contestants navigate fights, hookups, and poolside fun before the video shifts to something beyond this universe.

Stromae told Rolling Stone that the song is about infidelity, specifically a man who ruins all of his relationships. The video follows suit, displaying a character named Quentin who gets caught cheating and has a horrific run-in with karma before he ends up by himself in the villa.

The team-up is especially significant for Cabello, who has been a longtime admirer of Stromae, as she expressed back in 2017 during a radio interview. It’s likely she did not expect their potential collaboration to be of such magnitude, but that is the beauty of bringing together musical geniuses.

Check out Camila Cabello and Stromae’s video for “Mon Amour” above.