Billie Eilish is touring in support of her latest album, Hit Me Hard And Soft, at the moment. Notably, Finneas, Eilish’s brother and creative partner who has performed with her since the beginning, has been missing from some shows, as he’s touring behind his own album, For Cryin’ Out Loud!. Some might wonder if this means the end of an era for the two, but Eilish insists it doesn’t.
When Eilish was asked in a recent Los Angeles Times interview “if any conclusions should be drawn” about the current situation, Eilish responded, “It’s really not the end of anything. You can’t be in two places at once.”
Eilish has been setting herself up to be more autonomous when it comes to making music, though: In an interview last month, Finneas said, “I’ve been setting up Billie’s recording studio for her so she can do home production without me, because she’s very good at it! And it’s funny, I’ve been giving her, like, the bare minimum of stuff, just so that she learns it all… I’m like ‘Listen, I could give you all the stuff that I use now, but it took me years to even have a use for it. And, if I give you this basic thing, it’ll make sense to you right away.”
Chappell Roan‘s The Midwest Princess Tour kicked off in September 2023 at a venue (Springfield, Missouri’s Gillioz Theatre) with a capacity of 1,300. It came to an end 13 months later in front of approximately 75,000 people.
For the second weekend in a row, Roan performed a headliner-worthy set at ACL Fest. The setlist was essentially the same, minus her cover of “Barracuda” by Heart; she was apparently sick and on the verge of losing her voice. Luckily, Roan will have time to recover, as she’s finished with touring for the year and has only one more “show” on the schedule: SNL. Roan is the musical guest for a November 2 episode with host John Mulaney, and during her ACL performance, she may have revealed one of the songs she’s going to sing.
“Right before pink pony club she said ‘this is the last time I’m playing this in 2024 … (looks back at her band) oh wait. Just kidding no it’s not. Oops my bad!’ While laughing it off,” according to Reddit user jacoblindner. So, it sounds like “Pink Pony Club” will be one of her SNL songs. It’s likely the other will be her biggest Hot 100 hit, “Good Luck, Babe!”
Other highlights of the ACL show included a rare comet in the sky, which you can see here, and Chappell Roan becoming “Strappell Roan.” Or as one fan account put it,” chappell roan wearing a strap on stage. that’s it. that’s the tweet.”
Being a Dutton sounds stressful, given the amount of time spent worrying about losing the ranch, but Taylor Sheridan knows how to wield that worry to keep Yellowstone audience viewers coming back for more drama. Additionally, the former Sons Of Anarchy cop also appears to know when to pull the plug on a prequel series. 1883 limited itself for a single season with 1923 preparing for a second and final outing to tie up Jacob and Cara Dutton’s story. The saga might or might not be bidding farewell to present-time Yellowstone (reports of a possible continuation persist) with that series’ fifth season.
Then there’s The Madison sitting on the horizon for more present-day Yellowstone stories, but first, let’s roll out where 1923 could go before sauntering into the sunset.
Cast
A trio of prominent new cast members will surface. Jennifer Carpenter (Dexter, Dexter: New Blood, and maybe Dexter: Resurrection) will portray Mamie Fossett, a Deputy U.S. Marshall who just might have as much swagger as Raylan Givens from Justified. Janet Montgomery (This Is Us, New Amsterdam) will portray Hillary, “a thoughtful woman who does not want to see injustice go unpunished,” according to Deadline, which further reported that Augustus Prew (The Lord Of The Rings: The Rings Of Power, Players) is onboard as Paul, “a dapper, bookish, well-to-do young British man on a passenger ship.”
More good news: The Mosquito Coast co-stars still have chemistry decades later. That is to say, Harrison Ford and Helen Mirren made the trek back for this second season. Brandon Sklenar wouldn’t miss this reunion either, and we can certainly expect more elbowing by Timothy Dalton after Whitfield’s tax maneuver, as well as the return of Michelle Randolph, although actual confirmation doesn’t exist there or with Robert Patrick, Jerome Flynn, Brian Geraghty, Aminah Nieves, and/or Julia Schlaepfer.
Plot
As opposed to the overwhelmingly positive cast news above, the filming schedule has had some lingering setbacks from those Hollywood strikes. Ford and Mirren were hard at work earlier this summer, and production will carry on through the fall with the City of San Antonio revealed filming took place not only there but also throughout Texas. Don’t expect first-season locations like Malta or Africa to show up this time, but there will be portions of the series filming this fall in Butte, Montana throughout the rest of October.
The ongoing story, however, sounds more positive than news about those pesky delays. Brandon Sklenar, who portrays Spencer Dutton, has revealed how thrilled he was to resume filming after having “had all the scripts for six months.” He specified that this season’s “tone shifts a lot and it’s definitely a bit darker” but “very beautiful,” and “the finale of the series is probably one of the best things I’ve read in my life.” Can we guess that this bodes well for Spencer and Alexandra both both presumably heading to the ranch (post-duel), perhaps to help launch future Yellowstone spinoff 1944? Sklenar isn’t telling, but he sounds pumped for an inarticulate reason.
Whichever show that Spencer appears on next, however, he should figure in prominently. As the son of 1883‘s James and Margaret, Spencer occupies a particularly messy branch of the Dutton family tree that will hopefully gain more clarity before 1923 ends. Meanwhile, previous speculation that Elizabeth is Jack Dutton III’s grandmother might be dead in the water following her miscarriage, but never say never. One thing that is certain is that Whitfield will remain a pain in the Duttons’ asses after stepping up to pay those property taxes and salivating over the prospect of seizing the ranch.
Release Date
1923 won’t return until mid-2025 at the earliest. That will be more than two years after the renewal landed, but this slow return can largely be blamed on the 2023 Hollywood strikes. Additionally, Taylor Sheridan has so many other TV shows in the works and more to come, so staggered release dates are to be expected to keep the Paramount+ slate humming along nicely.
Trailer
In lieu of a trailer or released footage, we will reflect upon Taylor Sheridan discussing how he writes a zillion shows in a seemingly effortless fashion.
Kendrick Lamar has had a massive 2024 thanks to his feud with Drake, especially his No. 1 hit diss track “Not Like Us.” Naturally, the situation has fans wondering if Lamar has a new album on the way, to follow 2022’s Mr. Morale & The Big Steppers. Well, some people close to him might just be indicating that he indeed does have a project in the queue.
On October 7, Devin Malik, a Top Dawg Entertainment-affiliated producer who has worked with Lamar, tweeted a celebratory clip of Lamar rapping “Not Like Us” and wrote, “mood cause new k dot album otwwww.” Yesterday (October 13), SZA shared the tweet on her Instagram Story, seemingly indicating she either also knows of a forthcoming Lamar album or is just excited about the prospect.
Adding credence to the rumor is a report from last week, which indicated Lamar is currently organizing a “tour of major stadiums,” which would suggest he’d be touring in support of a new project. The same report claimed Lamar turned down an invitation to headline Coachella in 2025.
Meanwhile, J. Cole recently addressed dipping out of his beef with Lamar on the new song “Port Antonio,” rapping in part, I pulled the plug because I’ve seen where that was ’bout to go / They wanted blood, they wanted clicks to make they pockets grow.”
Max doesn’t have a Netflix-style “most popular” ranking, but if it did, The Big Bang Theory would probably place very high on the all-time TV list. The sitcom, created by Chuck Lorre and Bill Prady, was a huge hit over the course of its 12-season run on CBS, and based on the impressive ratings of prequel series Young Sheldon, it remains massively popular. So would you be surprised to learn that Max is working on a new The Big Bang Theory show? Bazinga!
Here’s everything we know about The Big Bang Theory spinoff, including plot details and returning cast members.
Plot
In April 2023, we learned that The Big Bang Theory creator Chuck Lorre is “developing a new comedy series” in The Big Bang Theory universe. “It is believed to be an hour-long series featuring a mostly new cast with potential for known Big Bang stars to appear in guest spots,” Variety reported at the time. Well, it’s over a year and a half later, and that’s still all we know (with the exception of some casting developments, as seen below).
If the spinoff (The Bigger Bang Theory?) ends up making it to Max, it will be the fourth show in the franchise after the original series, Young Sheldon, and the upcoming Georgie and Mandy’s First Marriage.
The Big Bang Theory ended in 2019 after Jim Parsons, who played Sheldon Cooper, decided it was time to retire The Flash shirt. “There was no factor; there was no situation that I was like, ‘Well, I’ve had enough of that.’ No. There was nothing like that. It was just… when you know, you know,” he told The Hollywood Reporter. “And you’re susceptible and thrown around by the whims of your own existence and getting to a certain age and your life changes and suddenly you just think different.”
Lorre had no interest in continuing the show without Parsons — or anyone in the main cast (including a future Jeopardy! host). “I couldn’t wrap my head around the idea of going on without the whole ensemble — and the whole ensemble is why we succeeded,” he said. “In pulling it apart and re-approaching it as a fraction of what it was just never felt right to me. I’ve seen other shows try and fail to take a character out of their realm and carry on.”
Cast
The Big Bang Theory starred Jim Parsons, Johnny Galecki, Kaley Cuoco, Simon Helberg, Kunal Nayyar, Sara Gilbert, Mayim Bialik, and Melissa Rauch. As of this moment, none of those highly-paid actors are returning for the spinoff.
But there will be some familiar faces: Kevin Sussman (who played The Comic Center of Pasadena owner Stuart Bloom), the lovable Brian Posehn (Caltech professor Bert Kibbler), and Comedy Bang Bang legend Lauren Lapkus (comic book store assistant manager and Stuart’s love interest, Denise) will all reprise their roles. More names should be announced soon.
Release Date
The Big Bang Theory offshoot doesn’t have a release date, but the Young Sheldon spinoff (yes, it’s a spinoff of a prequel), Georgie and Mandy’s First Marriage, debuts on Thursday, October 17, on CBS. Here’s a trailer.
Sunday night’s preseason game between the Knicks and Timberwolves in Madison Square Garden had a little more juice to it than we typically see out of October exhibition basketball. That’s because it was the first time the two teams met since they made their blockbuster trade two weeks ago that sent Karl-Anthony Towns to New York and Julius Randle and Donte DiVincenzo to Minnesota.
There were some hurt feelings on both sides of the trade. KAT had never played for an NBA team outside Minnesota and was deeply rooted in the community and with the team, often expressing his desire to deliver the city a title, so to be traded was a tough blow. On the other side, Randle had likewise fully embraced his status as one of the Knicks stars when it came to being in the community, and DiVincenzo, while only spending a season-plus in New York, had become a beloved figure as well. Randle was not playing on Sunday, but Towns and DiVincenzo were, and we got a clear indicator of just how raw the emotions of the trade still were from DiVincenzo during the game.
While at the free throw line, he chirped at Tom Thibodeau and the Knicks bench, saying “that’s what happens when you run the show.” Then after the game, he and Knicks assistant Rick Brunson (also the father of Jalen) got into a heated exchange and had to be separated.
Donte DiVincenzo and Rick Brunson had to be separated after exchanging words
This was Donte’s first game back in New York following the trade to Minnesota pic.twitter.com/CDt72FzEkH
It’s not exactly the type of scene you typically find after a preseason game, where it’s usually a pretty chill atmosphere with guys saying hey to each other and exchanging pleasantries. Whether this was because of DiVincenzo’s chirping at the bench while at the free throw line (at one point he says “I was talking to Thibs” during the exchange) or something more, it got a bit tense between the elder Brunson and DiVincenzo — with Jalen appearing to not enjoy any of what was happening between his friend and dad. After the game Jalen called it “words of affirmation” being exchanged, which is a very funny explanation.
As for DiVincenzo, he said his comments to Thibs were just having some fun, but that the tension with Rick Brunson was very real.
As far as clip circulating of Donte at foul line, DiVincenzo said he was joking with Thibs about not being able to finish. Donte said he never said, “Thanks for trade.” The stuff with Rick Brunson wasn’t joking, however, including when he looked at Knicks bench (not at Thibs) and…
Users online love a good twerk video. Over the years, several musicians including Uproxx cover stars Latto and Coi Leray as well Rihanna, Cardi B, and Megan Thee Stallion have showed off their sensual moves in flirty videos. But it is a new clip of Reneé Rapp her rear in a circle that has fans going wild.
Yesterday (October 12), the “Snow Angel” singer let it all wiggle out. During Reneé Rapp’s Austin City Limits Music Festival 2024 set, she decided to twerk for the crowd during an instrumental break. After a clip (viewable here) of Reneé twerking was posted online by a festivalgoer, users expressed their pleasantly surprised shock.
“Oh Megan [Thee Stallion] taught her how to THROW that thang,” joked another referring to Reneé’s collaboration with the rapper for Mean Girls musical movie.
“SHE KILLED ME WITH THIS ONE! LIKE THE SKIRT TOO?! CMONNNN ,” chimed another.
Usually, viral twerk videos prompt a challenge. But fans are banking on any of the other pop stars currently on tour like Charli XCX, Sabrina Carpenter, Chappell Roan to set up to the plate.
While all of the players involved have talked about the emotions of the trade and how they’ve worked through them and are now focused on moving forward with their new teams, it was pretty clear that the wounds are still a bit open in their first meeting with their old teams. It’s not an issue between players and their former teammates, but there’s still some sore feelings when it comes to the front offices and coaches that gave the green light to trade some key contributors.
Donte DiVincenzo showed exactly what I’m talking about when he went to the line for some early free throws, and seemed to have some words for Tom Thibodeau that ESPN’s court mics picked up.
“Thank you for the trade Thibs. Thank you for the trade… that’s what happens when they let you run the show. That’s what happens when they let you run the show” pic.twitter.com/9F8LD8YRLI
Thibodeau was standing off by the scorer’s table while DiVincenzo was taking his free throws, and DiVincenzo certainly seems to believe that Thibs was among those pushing for the trade to happen, thanking him for the trade and then saying “this is what happens when you run the show.” This is a little more spice than you usually see in a preseason game, but that’ll happen when you have two teams playing each other for the first time after a big trade.
DiVincenzo was a critical player for the Knicks in their run to the conference semis a year ago, and as Cassidy Hubbarth was noting in her report while Donte was talking to Thibs and the Knicks bench, he was pretty hurt by the trade. New York is taking a gamble by breaking up their Nova crew to bring in Towns, stripping away a bit of their depth in hopes that, when at full strength, their ceiling will be higher with the All-Star big man.
UPDATE: After the game Brunson had another exchange with Knicks assistant Rick Brunson (also the father of Jalen Brunson) and the two had to be separated as clearly emotions were high in DiVincenzo’s return to the Garden.
Donte DiVincenzo and Rick Brunson had to be separated after exchanging words
This was Donte’s first game back in New York following the trade to Minnesota pic.twitter.com/CDt72FzEkH
Several streaming services, including Netflix, Apple TV+, and Prime Video/Amazon are pulling out the Dad TV stops these days. For the latter, Reacher has been representing on the Big Guy front and will soon go “undercover” (as if that’s truly possible on a physical note), which brings to mind the constant suspension of belief required from that show’s viewers. Of course, his ridiculous sense of deduction is part of that show’s appeal, but watch out. Amazon will soon present a straight-up detective whose arm muscles aren’t too shabby either and whose abilities to suss out the bad dudes is more believable on the investigative front. In fact, he can climb inside of defendants’ heads while solving murder cases.
Alex Cross, who was previously embodied by Morgan Freeman and Tyler Perry on the big screen, will now be portrayed by Aldis Hodge (Showtime’s City On A Hill) to bring James Patterson’s whip-smart forensic psychologist to the small screen. Amazon has already renewed Cross for a second season, so let’s unfurl what we can expect from his debut outing.
Plot
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Patterson devotees will likely want to know which of the 30+ Alex Cross books will be tackled for Cross, and that answer might be unexpected because Amazon’s Reacher is adapting specific Lee Child books. However and after Kiss the Girls and Along Came a Spider received adaptations, Cross is taking a different route in fashioning a plot for the Washington, D.C.-based detective who owns a wide variety of criminals from serial killers to bank robbers.
Cross (for at least the first season) will not be based upon a specific Patterson novel. Rather, as Hodge has revealed to TV Insider, the story “is based on the foundation of Alex Cross” with creator Ben Watkins “tak[ing] the bone structure of that world and fill[ing] it up with… something completely unique,” which Hodge believes amounts to “a beautiful story.”
Do expect the first season to follow the violent death of Cross’ wife and his subsequent desire to take a work hiatus, but he ends up being the department’s only option of nailing particularly troubling serial killer (who is “a formidable opponent for Cross” with “a very specific and unique ambition that drives what he does and why he does it”), as Hodge details:
“He is absolutely looking for his wife’s killer and we explore that through the season. The greatest failure of his life is the fact that he was not able to protect his wife. It affects every facet of his life, it’s what motivates him. You get to see what love means to him after his loss … He wanted to take some time away, but instead, he gets pulled into a very serious and sinister case with a new serial killer moving narcotics and they need him to handle it.”
James Patterson spoke with LA Mag about how he “really like[s]” the ways that the show departs from his books, and he believes that readers will find the series “a little edgier,” and it’s synopsis time:
Cross is a crime thriller that follows the investigations of brilliant forensic psychologist and DC Metro Detective Alex Cross. Together with his best friend and partner Detective John Sampson, Cross delves into the psyches of America’s most insidious killers while fighting to protect his family from the dangers of the criminal world.
Cast
Aldis Hodge is the new Alex Cross, full stop. Additional cast members include Isaiah Mustafa (as Cross’ best friend, John Sampson), Juanita Jennings (as Cross’ grandmother), and Caleb Elijah and Melody Hurd (as Cross’ children), as well as Eloise Mumford, Ryan Eggold, Johnny Ray Gill, Samantha Walkes, Jennifer Wigmore, and Alona Tal. The already ordered second season will add Matthew Lillard, Jeanine Mason, and Wes Chatham.
Release Date
The eight-episode first season will drop in full on November 14. A second season premiere window to be revealed.
Trailer
Aldis Hodge’s presence hits like a fright train, so let it rip:
Ariana Grande’s plate is full of promotional obligations ahead of Wicked’s (the musical movie) theatrical release. But what is she actually eating? For weeks, users online absurdly alleged that “The Boy Is Mine” singer’s diet included human remains.
So, yesterday (October 12) Ariana Grande decided to address the cannibalism rumors during her appearance on Saturday Night Live. In the hilarious sketch, “My Best Friend’s House,” Ariana grilled the whispers with a song.
As Ariana played aloof about her murderous friend, she finds herself tempted by remaining body part discovered by investigators. “I guess I may have missed some pretty big red flags / When I was over at my best friend’s house / Yes, you did / But now I know what the deodorant and the candles / And that bucket of lye were all about / Powder and a sauce / And, sure, I never took a close look at the tapes / Or wondered why her dad was burnin’ wallets in the fireplace / And, yeah, the fridge was stuffed with food just like I said / But I think the snacks distracted me from the frozen human head / I swear I never really noticed anything weird about my best friend’s house,” sings Ariana.
Back in July, Ariana’s brother Frankie Grande took to X (formerly Twitter) to slam the rumor. “This might be the most creative and lowest y’all have ever gone,” he wrote. “Reaching new depths daily! Listen, I know my sister’s been eating the girls up for years, but this is a bit extreme! Besides, she’s vegan. See you on tour! ”
In Ariana Grande’s case it looks like revenge is a dish best served on late night television.
Watch Saturday Night Live‘s sketch My Best Friend’s House starring Ariana Grande above.
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