Imagine buying your perfect home with Zillow’s help and having hip-hop and R&B icon T-Pain stop by as your first houseguest. For first-time homebuyers Lex and Hannah, that dream scenario became a reality when UPROXX partnered with Zillow to throw the couple the ultimate housewarming party.
In the video above, the pair share their home-buying journey, one that began when Lex went on Zillow shortly after the couple got married. After browsing the market and finding the perfect place in their hometown of Austin, TX, Lex connected with a Zillow Premier Agent partner and a Zillow Home Loans Officer to help them get the home.
“Making it a one-stop shop the way Zillow has in their app just freed us up tremendously to live our lives in the interim,” Lex explains with Hannah adding, “Honestly, it was insane to me that we used Zillow from beginning to end.” But the excitement of buying their first home didn’t end once Lex and Hannah closed. The couple’s Zillow team showed up with an unexpected guest as a housewarming surprise, proving move-in days are even better when GRAMMY award-winning artist T-Pain drops by.
The artist headlined an intimate concert for Lex, Hannah, and their closest friends as guests enjoyed local fare and wore out the DIY dance floor on the happy couple’s backyard.
Watch the video above to learn more about the couple’s homebuying experience with Zillow and stay tuned for T-Pain’s performance Live From The Backyard in our upcoming second episode.
Olivia Rodrigo has a scary moment on stage at a recent Australian stop of the Guts World Tour, but fortunately, she’s alright.
Fan-shot videos like this one show Rodrigo running around the stage and pumping up the crowd. Then, she accidentally ran into a lowered part of the stage, catching herself on the edge of the hole with her arms. The moment got a big gasp from the audience, but Rodrigo quickly put anybody’s fears to rest, cheerfully saying as she emerged from the hole, “Oh my god, that was fun! I’m OK! Woah! Sometimes there’s just a hole in the stage. That’s alright!”
Rodrigo continued the fun after the show, using the video to take part in the “subtle foreshadowing” trend that’s taking over TikTok right now, in which a seemingly innocent video is frequently interrupted by split-second clips of something unexpected that happens later in the original video.
As for things going well with the Guts World Tour, Rodrigo recently announced she has a concert film on the way. The concert special is coming to Netflix on October 29 and Rodrigo said in a statement, “I am so excited to share the Guts World Tour with my fans. For those of you who didn’t get a chance to rock out in-person, now you can have the best seats in the house! And to the fans who cheered, screamed, and danced with me, I am so glad we get to do it all over again!”
BTS is largely credited with bringing K-pop to the forefront of American pop culture and remains a phenomenon worldwide, even four years after the release of their most recent album, 2020’s Be. Since then, its members have been completing their compulsory military service, and all of its members, save one, have released their own solo albums. The last member to do so is the group’s eldest, Jin, who announced his solo debut album Happy today, one month before its release date (November 15). He previously released the single “The Astronaut” to a warm reception from both fans and critics.
Per a press release from BigHit, the group’s label and talent agency, “Jin reveals his honest thoughts and feelings on what happiness means to him in the hopes that those who listen to the album will also find joy. Happy is a genuine, heartwarming gesture that invites listeners to join him on a journey to find happiness, offering them a sense of strength and comfort in their day-to-day lives.”
In June, Jin became the first BTS member to complete his enlistment, with the group reuniting to celebrate him with flowers outside the base. During his enlistment, fans sent so many letters that BigHit released a statement asking them to chill out — something most K-pop fans have no concept of to this day. That could end up being a good thing for Jin on November 15, which could see his debut do big numbers — but not as big as the group’s inevitable reunion in 2025.
Megan Thee Stallion doesn’t need a “weird” biopic to be interesting. Her life is fascinating enough as is, and it will all be on display in a new documentary.
Megan Thee Stallion: In Her Words is described as offering “unprecedented access to the multi-faceted woman behind the persona.” It follows the Houston rapper’s journey “on the road to stardom as she tenaciously navigates fame, grief, pressure, and success. The documentary unpacks Megan’s most vulnerable moments in a powerful way that allows fans to meet the real Megan Pete.”
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Megan Thee Stallion: In Her Words is directed by Nneka Onuorah, who won an Emmy for her work on Lizzo’s Watch Out For The Big Grrrls. “I feel so honored to work with Amazon MGM Studios, Roc Nation, and TIME Studios to share Megan’s story,” Onuorah said in a statement. “Her raw and beautiful spirit really shines through in the film. She is a champion for all women who deserve their truth to be heard.”
Megan Thee Stallion: In Her Words continues Megan Thee Stallion’s huge 2024. She released a No. 1 single “Hiss,” hosted the MTV Video Music Awards (and won Best Trending Video for “Mamushi” and Best Art Direction for “Boa”), and sold out arenas on her Hot Girl Summer Tour.
The Detroit Lions lost a high-profile game to the Dallas Cowboys at the end of the regular season last year on a controversial decision by the referees to wipe a successful two-point conversion off the board. Some hard feelings must’ve lingered from that game, because on Sunday, the Lions beat the hell out of the Cowboys in Dallas. Behind nearly 500 yards of total offense and a dominant display from their defense, Detroit picked up an emphatic, 47-9 win that makes clear they are one of the teams to beat in the NFC.
After the game, the fine folks with the Lions’ social media team were feeling themselves a bit. During the game, the official account for AT+T Stadium celebrated the fact that 93,644 people attended the game — an impressive number, for sure. But there was a catch: They blurred out the score, which the Lions noted and pounced on.
How anyone on the stadium’s social media team thought this would not backfire in this specific way is unclear, but kudos to the Lions for seeing an opportunity to get in on what was a pretty bad day for the Cowboys. With the win, Detroit moved to 4-1 on the year, while the Cowboys fell to 3-3 ahead of a stretch that features games against the Niners, Falcons, Eagles, and Texans.
Emilia Perez made quite the mark at this year’s Cannes Film Festival. Not in the usual way of selling to a major studio or frivolous behind the scenes drama exploding into “Spitgate” investigations online or anything. No, Emilia Perez was the subject of conversation because of its trailblazing representation and the landmark achievement that it received at the festival honoring one of its lead actresses.
The new musical crime-drama from director Jacques Audiard (Rust and Bone, Dheepan) tells the story of Rita (Zoe Saladana) a lawyer who’s assigned to help a druglord escape the authorities and undergo sex reassignment surgery with the hope of beginning a new life free from the past. While the premise is similar to previous schlocky attempts at providing provocative commentary on gender identity, Emilia Perez sets itself apart by casting Karla Sofía Gascón as the titular role. A role that undergoes quite the drastic transformation throughout the course of the film.
You see, Karla started her career as a man. Born on March 31st, 1972 in Alcobendas, Spain, Karla found herself living and working in Mexico, adopting the culture and embracing the country as her home. She flourished, working on numerous telenovellas and Mexican soap operas, eventually finding herself in a few feature films. Then in 2016 there was a paradigm shift within herself. Despite her established acting career she decided to come out as transgender and make the transition from living as a man to living as a woman.
In interviews, Karla’s said of the decision, “I do it now or I never do it. I have always known what I was and what I wanted to do but there was no opportunity to do it because I had developed in a different way”.
Like many trans women who decide to transition later in life, she faced obstacles, insults and critics wishing her death “simply for existing.” Her career was altered in surprising ways too. The roles she was getting suddenly disappeared and, aside from a few guest appearances and a Mexican celebrity version of the show Masterchef, she struggled to book anything onscreen for years. For nearly a decade she’s been rebuilding her career, determined to prove to everyone she was still just as skilled a performer as she was before transitioning.
Emilia Perez feels like the end result, the culmination of all her hard work, a movie that puts her in the spotlight working with some of the biggest names acting today such as Zoe Saldana, Selena Gomez, and Edgar Ramirez. Karla almost passed on the film entirely, fearing her telenovela past hadn’t prepared her for a musical film. And yet, the movie premiered at this year’s Cannes Film Festival, secured the coveted Jury Prize, and its ensemble of leading ladies received a Best Actress award, Karla Sofía Gascón included.
This year marks the first time that a trans performer has received an acting award of any kind at the prestigious festival. In fact, Emilia Perez has taken an award at every festival that it’s played at, setting up potential Academy Award hopes for Gascón, which would shatter glass ceilings everywhere, not only for trans performers, but also telenovela stars whose craft often goes unappreciated and overlooked.
Even without the accolades, Karla Sofía Gascón is a stellar example of representation, living proof that one can break away from a former life and build themselves up while still honoring their past and remaining authentic to themselves. Proof that, wherever your beginnings are, you can make history in a world that doesn’t want you to succeed.
Body horror movies don’t typically do well at the box office, but there’s nothing typical about The Substance.
Director Coralie Fargeat’s exquisitely gross film starring Demi Moore and Margaret Qualley has earned $25 million worldwide, making it arthouse distributor Mubi’s highest-grossing title ever. The Substance doesn’t have a streaming release date, so it should continue to do well in theaters for weeks to come. Especially after a (slightly NSFW) GIF from one scene went viral.
You can see it here, and once you do, you’ll get why everyone is making jokes about Qualley and her husband, Bleachers frontman and super-producer Jack Antonoff. “Can Jack Antonoff fight?” one user on X wrote, while another joked, “Jack Antonoff count your days.” Here’s one more: “i’ve never prayed on another human beings downfall the way i’m praying on jack antonoff’s.”
Qualley previously discussed starring in The Substance with The Sunday Times. “I’ve always wanted people to take me seriously and so I’ve done roles where I felt like that would come across, and this was something I’d never done because of that,” she said. “I leant in to being totally objectified, a completely vain character.” Qualley also revealed Antonoff proposed to her while she was filming the movie. “I was so excited that I tackled him and he cut his knee, and I flipped over a chair,” she said, “but it was cute.” They got married last August (and were swarmed by Swifties).
Drake and PartyNextDoor’s joint album may be coming soon, if we can believe what Party said during a recent interview. While appearing on OVO’s The Fry Yiy Show, Party gave an interesting update on the album’s status.
“I have had an insane week,” he said. “You guys know what’s coming for you. Party and Drake have a classic. And we, you know, we trying to put the finishing touches on it, so… Yeah, it’s a jam-packed month for me filled with the thing that I love to do the most.”
Drake first teased the upcoming collaboration during the Toronto stop of Party’s Sorry, I’m Outside Tour promoting his new album, P4. The hometown heroes surprised attendees with Drake’s appearance, then Drake surprised them again with the news that they’re putting together a new album — a welcome announcement for beleaguered Drake fans weary of catching hell online in the wake of his harrowing Kendrick Lamar battle.
Then, earlier this month, Drake liked a post promising the album’s on-track for a fall release. Party also revealed that the project will have 15 songs — although knowing these two, that could change as easily as a release date. Fans eager to hear more of the chemistry that the two artists have flashed on prior collaborations like “Recognize,” “Loyal,” and “Come And See Me” are hoping for an October release, as it would fit the title of their label, October’s Very Own, but it sounds like they are aiming to at least have it out before December.
The Tennessee Titans made a few big decisions this offseason, as the team opted to fire longtime coach Mike Vrabel and bring in a more offensive-minded coach in Brian Callahan. Part of the thought process was that this would help 2023 second-round pick Will Levis develop into a starting QB in the league after he showed flashes during his rookie campaign.
Instead, the Titans, and Levis in particular, have really struggled, as the team is 1-4. Levis has become more well-known for his reactions to things happening than his play on the field, as he leads the league in interceptions and is 30th out of 31 qualified quarterbacks in QBR. Of course, growing pains are expected, and the hope in Tennessee is he’ll be better for going through all of this, but his play still led to him coming up on Monday’s edition of First Take. Specifically, Stephen A. Smith wants to know one thing: How exactly was Levis able to get commercials as a spokesperson for mayonnaise?
Stephen A. Smith on Will Levis: “How the hell he get these commercials? See, that’s the problem with America… we got to stop rewarding mediocrity… how you gonna get a mayonnaise commercial and you playing like that? I mean come on.” pic.twitter.com/sIPlKvSRlp
“How the hell did he get these commercials, then?” Smith asked. “See, that’s the problem with America. That’s the problem with America, right there. Right there’s the problem with America. We got to stop rewarding mediocrity, you understand what I’m trying to say? You shouldn’t be able to accomplish — how you gonna get a mayonnaise commercial and you’re playing like that? I mean, come on. Come on.”
Levis, of course, has been a spokesperson for Hellman’s Mayonnaise for quite some time, and has spoken about how much he loves the product. That included an interview with us that was focused on his mayo-inspired cologne from before this season began.
Apple TV+ recently announced Murderbot (starring Alexander Skarsgård), but that isn’t the only heavyweight title coming to beef up the tech giant’s sci-fi offerings. Of course, the streaming service already has Sunny, Invasion, Foundation, For All Mankind and Monarch: Legacy Of Monsters under that label, not to mention the upcoming second seasons of the atypical worldbuilding on display in both Severance, and Silo, but now, Apple TV+ will be adapting a more challenging cyberpunk classic, Neuromancer.
You heard that right, and it’s a gamble. Let’s piece together some tidbits.
Plot
William Gibson’s debut novel, Neuromancer, is a seminal work that has been bestowed with the Philip K. Dick Award among other coveted honors and has inspired film directors, video game designers, and countless novels over the decades. Can this 1980s console-cowboys classic really work on the small screen?
Adapting this project will be a doozy, but that’s an understatement. Multiple efforts have been made over the decades to do so, including an abandoned Fox effort from Tim Miller (Deadpool) and Simon Kinberg (X-Men). In fact, the book has been called “unfilmable” for so long that it seemed that cyberpunk circles would never see Neuromancer onscreen, but Hollywood can never say never forever. Also, if Frank Herbert’s Dune can (finally) spawn a pair of successful WBD movies and another in the works, then anything is possible.
Early this year, Apple TV+ issued a a press release that revealed plans for a 10-episode first season co-created by Graham Roland (AMC’s Dark Winds, Amazon’s Tom Clancy’s Jack Ryan and JD Dillard (HBO’s The Outsider). In a joint statement, the pair declared, “[T]his collaboration marks a dream come true. Neuromancer has inspired so much of the science fiction that’s come after it and we’re looking forward to bringing television audiences into Gibson’s definitive ‘cyberpunk’ world.”
For Neuromancer, Callum Turner (Apple TV+’s recent Masters Of The Air) will embody hacker/”cowboy” Case, who will ride his console through cyberspace, and a brief series description follows:
The series will follow a damaged, top-rung super-hacker named Case who is thrust into a web of digital espionage and high stakes crime with his partner Molly, a razor-girl assassin with mirrored eyes aiming to pull a heist on a corporate dynasty with untold secrets.
Thus far, further plot details on this series remain hush hush as far as how closely the series will follow Gibson’s novel, but it’s worth noting that, if successful, this could potentially be a multisession effort. The author did, after all, complete his Sprawl trilogy with two other books, Count Zero and Mona Lisa Overdrive, for future reference.
Cast
Callum Turner will be joined by Briana Middleton as Molly. That leaves a bevy of other characters without casting news yet, but the cyber-night is young.
Release Date
Apple TV+ is growing ever-more serious about their sci-fi with a number of newly announced titles, but at this time, Neuromancer does not have a projected release date.
Trailer
As with this streaming service’s other sci-fi offerings, expect the production values to be top notch, in contrast to, say, Hackers starring Jonny Lee Miller and Angelina Jolie.
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