Former game show host Chuck Woolery, of Love Connection and Wheel of Fortune fame, has found himself in the news of late after his outrageous and dangerous tweets calling the COVID-19 pandemic a hoax were retweeted by President Donald Trump.
Woolery, who accused the CDC, media, doctors, and the entire scientific community of lying about a pandemic that has killed more than 130,000 Americans in order to influence the 2020 election, was retweeted by Trump during one of the president’s seemingly daily Twitter tirades of spreading misinformation. The now-deleted tweet posted on Sunday, July 12, read: “The most outrageous lies are the ones about COVID 19. Everyone is lying. The CDC, Media, Democrats, our Doctors, not all but most, that we are told to trust. I think it’s all about the election and keeping the economy from coming back, which is about the election. I’m sick of it.”
On Wednesday, Woolery walked all of that back after his son tested positive for COVID-19, before apparently deleting his Twitter account entirely.
“To further clarify and add perspective, Covid-19 is real and it is here. My son tested positive for the virus, and I feel for of those suffering and especially for those who have lost loved ones,” he wrote.
The president, when asked about his retweet of Woolery’s conspiracy theory, insisted he was just “putting somebody’s voice out there” before once again making the dangerous assertion that the U.S. shouldn’t be doing as much testing as it is. Woolery’s swift retreat after having his family was directly affected by the COVID-19 pandemic tracks with just about everything going on in America, where few are able to comprehend something as being real and not an imposition on their lives until it directly impacts them.
It’s been 15 years since Keanu Reeves played a supernatural con-man in Constantine, a film adaptation of the Hellblazer comic book series from Vertigo. Considering the film never lit the box office on fire, a sequel never materialized, and the John Constantine character was later revamped for television where he bounced from NBC to The CW after that series failed to connect with viewers.
However, interest for the demon-fighting character is still there, and not just from fans. In a new interview with /Film, Constantine director Francis Lawrence reveals that he’s had talks with Reeves about a sequel, and the actor would “love” to make it happen. The only problem is that Constantine seems to be tied up in a convoluted knot of plans at Warner Bros.
We have been talking about it recently. It’s always stuck with all of us because we all love the movie, and especially realizing there’s a real cult following for this movie, it’d be fun to make. Keanu, Akiva, and I have actually talked about it. Unfortunately, I don’t even remember who has it, but with all these shared universes that exist now, with Constantine being a part of Vertigo, which is a part of DC, people have plans for these shared universes. You know, possibly different Constantines and things like that. Right now, we don’t have that character available to us for TV or movies, which is a bummer.
With Reeves returning to blockbuster prominence with the John Wick films and his upcoming return in The Matrix 4, you’d think Warner Bros. would jump at the chance to make a Constantine sequel, but apparently, they have other plans, which may have already been revealed. Back in April, HBO Max announced that it was making a live-action version of Justice League Dark with J.J. Abrams’ Bad Robot production company. Considering Constantine is a central part of that team in the comics, there’s a good chance the character is tied up with that project. But as Lawrence notes to /Film, he’s bringing Keanu to the table, which could sway conversations down the road.
On the latest episode of UPROXX Sessions, LA-based, San Diego-raised emo rapper Brennan Savage taps in for a melancholy performance of his song “From A Lonely Place” with guitarist Nedarb. Savage (his real name) was a longtime friend of the late Lil Peep and projects a similar vibe as he sings about social anxiety, introversion, and the contradiction between those feelings while still desiring human connection.
“From A Lonely Place” is the title song from Brennan Savage and Nedarb’s April EP of the same name. The two are frequent collaborators, working together since the 2016 advent of SoundCloud, where they built a following using the fuzzy, grunge-influenced style that peaked in late 2017 shortly before the death of Lil Peep from a drug overdose.
Savage and Nedarb’s performance is decidedly lower-key than prior entries from the likes of Guapdad 4000, Yella Beezy, and 1TakeJay, falling more in line with appearances from Lil Aaron and Horse Head.
UPROXX Sessions is Uproxx’s new performance show featuring the hottest up-and-coming acts you should keep an eye on. Featuring creative direction from LA promotion collective, Ham On Everything, and taking place on our “bathroom” set designed and painted by Julian Gross, UPROXX Sessions is a showcase of some of our favorite performers, who just might soon be yours, too.
In April, The Killers revealed that they were forced to delay their upcoming album, Imploding The Mirage, due to the ongoing pandemic. At the time, they didn’t give a new release date, but now, months later, they finally have: Imploding The Mirage is set for release on August 21.
Making the announcement today, the band wrote, “COVID-19 monkey wrenched us. But we persevered. Folks, mark your calendars. ‘Imploding The Mirage’ is out August 21st.”
COVID-19 monkey wrenched us. But we persevered. Folks, mark your calendars.
That announcement accompanies a new video for “My Own Soul’s Warning,” which, like the “Caution” video before it, previews the band’s short film set to accompany the upcoming album.
Additionally, the band has canceled all scheduled 2020 tour dates. They said in a statement,
“As so many of us have come to realize during the Covid-19 pandemic, the idea that we would be returning to ‘normal’ is farther along in the future than we initially thought. With that in mind, we have made the difficult decision to postpone our planned North American and Australian tour dates slated for the Fall. The safety of our fans and families is of the utmost importance to us always. We want nothing more to hit the road and play these songs for you and when the time is right, we will do just that! Be safe and be healthy. We appreciate you.”
Watch the “My Own Soul’s Warning” video above.
Imploding The Mirage is out 8/21 via Island. Pre-order it here.
Here I was, impressed by The Rock eating 1,000 calories of cod every day. That’s ordering off the kids menu compared to Padma Lakshmi’s whopping Top Chef diet.
The host revealed to Women’s Health that while filming Bravo’s food-based competition series, she (and presumably Tom Colicchio and Gail Simmons) eat between 7,000 to 8,000 calories every day. For reference’s sake, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services recommends “1,600 to 2,400 calories per day for adult women and 2,000 to 3,000 calories per day for adult men.” Top Chef requires three times that.
While working on the Bravo competition series, Padma may sample and judge more than 30 dishes an episode at the start of the season, eating upward of 7,000 to 8,000 calories a day… “My parents are diabetic,” she says. And though Padma isn’t, her doc did prescribe a preventive medication to regulate blood-sugar levels while she’s filming. “Those chefs are cooking to win, so they’re putting in as much lard and butter and salt as they can.”
To offset the days where she’s eating the same number of calories as there are in 14 Big Macs, Lakshmi secured “a doctor to monitor her weight and blood work before and after each season,” and in the before times, when going to the gym was still possible, she would work out “at least five times a week for 90 minutes.” The host/author credits pilates, in particular, for “[changing] my body. It made me strong in places I didn’t know I needed to be.”
Anyone who can down 7,000 calories in a day sounds plenty strong to me.
Britney Spears’ personal struggles have unfortunately been a matter of public interest for years. The situation came to a head in 2019 with the #FreeBritney movement, in which fans pleaded for an end to Spears’ conservatorship.
For those unfamiliar, “conservatorship” refers to the legal control Spears’ father, Jamie Spears, has had over his daughter for years. He was granted this power after a series of troubling incidents in 2007 and 2008, which included Spears spending time in rehab, shaving her head, and being placed on an involuntary psychiatric hold. In the years since then, fans have expressed concern about Spears’ well-being under her conservatorship, which led to the 2009 creation of the fan-started “Free Britney” campaign.
Although #FreeBritney has been around for years now, it gained massive public attention in 2019, as aforementioned. At the time, we published a timeline of everything that had led up to that point. A lot has happened since then, though, including some recent developments, so now is a good time to get caught up on everything that has happened over the past few months.
If you haven’t read our previous recap, first give that a look here, then return to this page and read on to learn about everything that has happened since then.
September 9, 2019: Spears’ father steps down as conservator
The singer’s father, Jamie Spears, stepped down as his daughter’s conservator, a position he had previously held since 2008. Spears’ longtime care manager, Jodi Montgomery, was named her conservator in a temporary capacity until January 31, 2020, an end date that has since been extended. Montgomery is currently Spears’ conservator, meaning she has the authority to make decisions about Spears’ personal life. However, Spears’ father maintains control over her finances.
September 18, 2019; January 23, 2020; April 23, 2020 — Court hearings
A hearing to review Spears’ conservatorship was set for September 18, 2019, but Spears was not present, while both of her parents were. Judge Brenda Penny issued no decisions on that day.
Another hearing was set for January 2020, and it became the site of protests from Spears fans demanding that the singer’s conservatorship be ended. However, the full hearing was pushed back to April, and has since been delayed again to July 22 due to the coronavirus pandemic. All temporary orders have been extended until August 22.
2019 to present — Lots of dancing
Last summer, Spears captured the internet’s attention by dancing to Billie Eilish’s “Bad Guy” with a stuffed snake. She had been dancing on Instagram well before that post and hasn’t really stopped dancing since then, either (even after a gruesome foot injury). Her Instagram account is filled with videos of her showing off moves to songs by everybody from Rihanna to Justin Timberlake (also taking the latter opportunity to address their famous break-up). Spears has also expanded into TikTok, and naturally, she’s become a star there, too.
March 4 — Retirement rumors
Jayden Federline, Spears’ 13-year-old son, hopped on Instagram Live and suggested that his mother was done with music. He said in a video, “I remember one time I asked her, ‘Mom, what happened to your music?’ And she was like, ‘I dunno, honey, I think I might just quit it.’ I’m like, ‘What? What are you saying? You know how much bank you make off of that stuff?’”
March 25 — 100-mater dash world record
Later in March, Spears took to Instagram to make an eyebrow-raising claim of her own. Spears shared a screenshot of a stopwatch app that read 5.97 seconds and said that was how fast she ran a 100-meter dash. Spears’ claim was quickly met with doubt, as that time would made her running speed virtually identical to that of the world’s fastest cheetah.
Spears later removed the post and insisted she was joking, writing, “Obviously I was joking about running the 100-meter dash in 5.97 seconds …. the world record is held by Usain Bolt which is 9.58 seconds …. but you better believe I’m coming for the world record !!!! #joking #workbitch.”
Spears revealed that she had accidentally burned down her home gym. She said in a video filmed in her gym, “I haven’t been in here for like six months because I burned my gym down, unfortunately. I had two candles and, yeah, one thing led to another and I burned it down.”
She continued in the post’s caption, “It was an accident …. but yes …. I burnt it down. I walked past the door to the gym and flames BOOM !!!!!! By the Grace of God the alarm went off after that and yippy hoorah nobody got hurt. Unfortunately now I have only two pieces of equipment left lol and a one-sided mirror gym!!!!! But it could be much worse so I’m grateful. Pssss I like working out better outside anyways!!!!”
May and June 26 — Glory reissue and “Mood Ring (By Demand)”
Spears’ most recent studio album, 2016’s Glory, had a sudden surge of renewed interest in May: It climbed to the top of the iTunes pop charts multiple times that month. Subsequently, Spears re-released the album on May 29 with new cover art. The album also featured the new song “Mood Ring (By Demand),” which was previously released (as just “Mood Ring”) on the 2016 Japanese version of the album as a bonus track.
On June 26, Spears released a pair of “Mood Ring (By Demand)” remixes.
June 24: Queen B
Spears made an Instagram post in which she called herself “Queen B,” which fans of Beyonce (aka Queen Bey) and Lil Kim (aka Queen B) did not take well.
Recent social media posts from Spears have sparked concern that Spears is asking fans for help over her conservatorship.
She shared a video in which she wears a yellow shirt and shows off some flowers she got, writing in the caption, “HOLY HOLY CRAP !!!!!! My florist surprised me today by making the flower arrangement all different colors. I was so excited I threw on my favorite yellow shirt and just had to SHARE.”
In a vacuum, that post appears to be innocent enough, but a few days ago, a fan pointed out in a comment on a previous video, Spears was told to “wear yellow in your next video” if she was seeking help. Since then, fans have speculated that the yellow shirt post was a call for help.
The next hearing pertaining to Spears’ conservatorship is set for July 22, so it remains to be seen what comes next for the embattled singer.
Founding Blink-182 member Tom DeLonge, who departed from the band in 2015, has been a longtime believer in aliens, UFOs, and conspiracy theories. Back in April, DeLonge’s theories were confirmed when the Pentagon officially declassified video footage of a UFO which DeLonge had previously released in 2017. Now, with Kanye’s official bid for the White House, DeLonge is imagining what the world would look like if he similarly decided to run for office, and it, of course, involves UFOs.
DeLonge sarcastically laid out his vision for America in a series of tweets. To begin with, DeLonge would call on great minds from universities across the country to join his Cabinet. The musician would then brainstorm ways to diminish income tax in favor of sales tax, rid the political system of parties, and finally, DeLonge would declassify all information pertaining to UFOs.
Ha- If I was President I’d employ groups of experts from Universities, Institutes and Think Tanks (think past BRAC committees) Then- erase ALL income tax (and move to flat sales tax only), erase ALL Political Parties (vote for individuals only) and finally- disclose ALL UFO info
Further explaining his platform, DeLonge said he would tap scholars to crunch the numbers and find ways to “fix” taxes, expand healthcare, and reform police even before election day.
Why cant a Presidential Canditate have teams of scholars already working on the math to fix taxes, health care, Police reform etc.. As they are spending $100m’s on ads, but never any solutions. They should have scholarly plans READY to go when they start their campaign
With the NBA season set to restart in just a few weeks, players are busy adjusting to their new realities inside the bubble in Orlando, to varying degrees of success. Two players have already broken quarantine and have been forced into isolation, while a small handful of positive tests continue to delay the arrival of some key figures as they undergo mandatory quarantine.
Aside from a few snafus — and some ongoing gripes about the quality of the food — things are going relatively well. In terms of maintaining safety, the league has asked its player to hold one another accountable, instituting a hot line that they can use to report any activity that might threaten the health and well-being of everyone involved.
The only complaint so far reportedly had to do with Jimmy Butler dribbling a basketball in his room in the middle of the night and disturbing whoever had the misfortune of landing in the room below him. Now, Lakers center Dwight Howard is claiming that one of his peers has reported him for not wearing his mask.
Dwight Howard revealed that someone inside the bubble reported him because he wasn’t wearing a mask. pic.twitter.com/jg4UePkZBJ
Howard was initially among the contingent of players voicing concerns over the restart in Orlando and had expressed some apprehension about taking part. Eventually, however, he decided to travel with his team to the bubble location at Disney World. The Lakers hold the top spot in the West going into the eight-game regular season stretch at the end of the month and are considered one of the top contenders to take home the title this season.
America’s favorite rap Black cowboy is close to saddling up and riding again. Lil Nas X says his debut album is “almost finished” in a new Instagram Story video he posted from the studio previewing clips of the new music that may appear on the completed project. In the Story, he posts both a video of himself rapping along to a new song and a text slide proclaiming that he’s “up at 4am listening to this almost finished album…” There are also plenty of “mannn” exclamations, showing his excitement for material.
.@LilNasX teases his upcoming debut album on Instagram:
He also updated his Instagram profile to read “ALBUM: 92% DONE,” implying that a release — or at least more news about the rollout — will be coming relatively soon. There’s been plenty of anticipation from fans for the project ever since his breakout song “Old Town Road” suggested a star in the making and 7 EP cuts “Panini” and “Rodeo” proved he wasn’t just a “one-hit wonder.”
Although he hasn’t spoken about the album much, fans can likely predict at least one major guest: Nicki Minaj. Nas once had a fan profile dedicated to the flamboyant rapper and has clearly modeled much of his aesthetic around her colorful costumes with some wild looks of his own. After Nas finally admitted to running the account (and the understandable reason he denied it for so long), he and Nicki reconciled via Twitter — an exchange that was prompted in the first place by Nas’ open invitation for a collaboration.
Having trouble relaxing during these uncertain times? Keanu Reeves is here to help.
In collaboration with the creators of the Calm app, HBO Max is set to deliver A World of Calm, a 10-episode series that will combine “mesmeric imagery with narration by A-list stars,” and they aren’t kidding about the star power. Along with Reeves, soothing soundscapes will be provided by Mahershala Ali, Idris Elba, Oscar Isaac, Nicole Kidman, Zoë Kravitz, Lucy Liu, and Cillian Murphy.
“Calm started life as a meditation app, but the brand has evolved far beyond that,” Calm co-founder and co-CEO Michael Acton Smith tells Deadline. “We are delighted to bring the magic behind our audio Sleep Stories to the screen for the first time. These experiences are visual Valium and will help people relax and unwind during these stressful times.”
Sticking with the theme of not worrying, A World of Calm has been created entirely in quarantine, so go ahead and set aside any concerns that you’ll have to wait for Keanu or Idris or Nicole Kidman to lull you into a blissful calm.
Here’s the official synopsis:
A timely antidote for our modern lives, each half-hour episode takes audiences on an immersive visual journey into another world. Building on Calm’s Sleep Stories – bedtime stories for grown-ups – each relaxing tale is designed to transform how you feel. Viewers will be transported into tranquility through scientifically engineered narratives, enchanting music and astounding footage to naturally calm the body and soothe the mind.
A World of Calm hasn’t set a release date as of this writing, but relax, take a deep breath. The soothing sounds of Hollywood’s top stars will be here soon.
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. I walked past the door to the gym and flames 
went off after that and yippy hoorah nobody got hurt 
. Unfortunately now I have only two pieces of equipment left lol and a one-sided mirror gym 
