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Here’s the good news: Loki is returning for season two. Of the three Marvel Cinematic Universe shows to premiere on Disney+, it’s the best suited for more seasons (WandaVision is over, while The Falcon and the Winter Soldier will return as Captain America and the Winter Soldier). It’s fun watching Tom Hiddleston be a god/rascal; Sylvie is a great addition to the MCU; and maybe we’ll see more Lokis. Which brings me to the bad news: there’s still no confirmation of an Alligator Loki spinoff… yet.

The season two announcement was made during the end credits of the season one finale, “For All Time. Always,” not unlike how The Book of Boba Fett teaser premiered during the final episode of The Mandalorian season two.

There’s no word on when Loki will return, but here’s what Marvel’s schedule looks like for the rest of 2021 and 2022.

September 3, 2021: Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings
November 5, 2021: Eternals
December 17, 2021: Spider-Man: No Way Home
Late 2021: Ms. Marvel
Late 2021: Hawkeye
March 25, 2022: Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness
May 6, 2022: Thor: Love and Thunder
July 8, 2022: Black Panther: Wakanda Forever
November 11, 2022: The Marvels
2022: Moon Knight
2022: She-Hulk
2022: Secret Invasion
2022: The Guardians of the Galaxy Holiday Special

Loki should be in the Guardians special. He could play some holiday-themed tricks on Star-Lord. That’s something the entire family can enjoy.

Wednesday night’s Game 4 between the Milwaukee Bucks and the Phoenix Suns very well could set the tone for the rest of the series. If the Suns can win and go up 3-1, it makes them overwhelming favorites to win the series and gives them a chance to wrap things up in a home Game 5.

If the Bucks win, however, this becomes a 2-2 series and perhaps gives Milwaukee a real chance at coming back. Winning both games at home is exactly what they need to do to make a comeback seem realistic, making Wednesday an essential game. To do that, they probably need another good outing from Jrue Holiday (who had 21 points on 8-for-14 shooting, including 5-for-10 from three) in Game 3 and a better game from Khris Middleton (who had 18 points on 6-for-14 shooting). For the playoffs, Middleton is averaging 22.8 points per game and 43.1 percent shooting and 34.2 percent from three.

The onus also seems to be on the Suns to make adjustments for Game 4. Giannis Antetokounmpo had a standout game in Game 3, dropping 41 points on 14-for-23 shooting and 13-for-17 shooting from the free throw line to with 13 rebounds and six assists. Antetokounmpo not only looked fully healthy despite hyperextending his knee 10 days ago, but he punished the Suns in a way he had not yet in the series. His Game 3 performance was decisive, aggressive, and the kind of outing that blew up any strategy that at least kind of worked for the Suns.

Now, Phoenix has to make adjustments to counter what Milwaukee did in hopes of slowing Antetokounmpo, at least a little bit. Otherwise, he easily could score 30-plus again, particularly if he makes his free throws.

Game 4 TV Info

Tip Time: Wednesday, July 15; 9 p.m. ET
TV Network: ABC

Game 4 Betting Lines (via DraftKings Sportsbook)

Series Prices: Suns (-250), Bucks (+200)
Spread: Suns +4.5 (-115), Bucks -4.5 (-105)
Total: Over 220 (-112), Under 219.5 (-109)
Money Line: Suns (+155), Bucks (-180)

Game 4 Player Scoring Props (via DraftKings Sportsbook)

Jae Crowder O/U 10.5 Points (Over -105/Under -122)
Brook Lopez O/U 10.5 (-125/+105)
Chris Paul O/U 21.5 (-120/+100)
Deandre Ayton O/U 16.5 (-110/-110)
Jrue Holiday O/U 19.5 (-110/-110)
Devin Booker O/U 27.5 (-120/+100)
Mikal Bridges O/U 11.5 (-120/+100)
Giannis Antetokounmpo O/U 26.5 (-125/-103)
Khris Middleton O/U 24.5 (-110/-110)
PJ Tucker O/U 5.5 (+110/-130)
Bobby Portis O/U 6.5 (-115/-105)
Cameron Payne O/U 6.5 (-125/+105)

With a resume that features collaborations with a number of artists across many genres, Ty Dolla Sign has solidified himself as one of the guest verse kings in the music industry. It’s a title that eventually pushed him to name his third album Featuring Ty Dolla Sign. With a long list of guest appearances that highlight his ability to find chemistry with whoever he shares a song with, Ty submits another example by standing beside Dwn2earth for a remix of his 2020 track, “Don’t Play With Me.” The original song is housed on Atlantis, a project Dwn2earth released last year, and the new update also comes with a new video featuring the duo.

In the visual, Ty and Dwn2earth bring their talents to a strip club where they spend most of the night throwing money into the sky. While they’re certainly enjoying their time there, the duo also takes a moment to issue a stern warning to the special woman in their respective lives. They ask that she moves cautiously and carefully consider her choices as anything that they deem disrespectful will not be tolerated.

The video arrives after Ty joined DVSN and Mac Miller on “I Believed It.” Ty and DVSN then promised a joint album for fans in the near future after releasing the song. As for Dwn2earth, he’s been fairly quiet since dropping Atlantis last summer.

You can watch the video for “Don’t Play With Me” above.

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

Sacha Baron Cohen must know the law better than some lawyers. The performer is no stranger to being sued, fearlessly putting himself in the law of not only potential lawsuits but, sometimes, potential death. (Surely you’ll never be brave enough to perform a song mocking far-right COVID skeptics to their faces, while they’re armed..) But these legal actions tend to die on the vine, just as one particularly big one did on Tuesday.

As per The Wrap, a judge has sided with Baron Cohen in a $95 million lawsuit filed by Roy Moore, the infamous former senate candidate who has been accused of pursuing relationships with underage girls. Moore appeared on This is America, Baron Cohen’s Showtime show, in which the host posed as an Israeli anti-terrorism expert named Erran Morad. He told Moore that he had a device that could detect sex offenders, at which point the politico wannabe put the kibosh on the interview.

Moore accused Baron Cohen of intentional emotional distress and fraud, making the claim that the interview left him defamed. But one Judge John P. Cronan argued his claims were “barred by both a waiver clause in the agreement that Judge Moore signed prior to the interview and also by the First Amendment of the U.S. Constitution.” Judge Cronan added, “The court agrees that Judge Moore’s claims are barred by the unambiguous contractual language, which precludes the very causes of action he now brings.”

The majority of the many lawsuits filed against Baron Cohen tend to die in similar ways, partly thanks to the good ol’ First Amendment, as well as plaintiffs’ inability to prove that they’ve suffered financial hardships from not coming off great in his various shows and movies. (No doubt any company wanting to do business with him also knows to lawyer the hell out of his stuff before it’s made public.)

The news arrives on a big day for Baron Cohen-related lawsuits. Earlier in the day, he himself filed one against a cannabis company for using the likeness of Borat in a billboard.

(Via The Wrap)

T-Pain is certainly one of the most unique acts to come about in the last two decades. The singer used auto-tune in a way that no one had before, which helped him stand out in his early days, and by the late 2000s he was one of the most popular artists around. So when it comes to originally, T-Pain knows a thing or two. Perhaps that explains why he unleashed such a passionate rant towards the unoriginality he’s witnessed in the industry during a recent livestream on Twitch.

“Stop doing that!” he yelled while speaking about rising artists who copy others. “Do something else, you’re not original! Give me some original sh*t!” He continued, “Stop! Just f*cking do something else! God damn it! Do some different music! We have all the sh*t you’re doing. Lil Uzi Vert is already doing it. Lil Baby is already doing it. DaBaby is already doing it. It’s literally two n****s with Baby in their names that’s already doing all the music you want! Do something else! That’s it!”

The singer concluded his rant with one final request. “Stop sending me this bullsh*t!” he said. “And then get mad when I don’t like it. Jesus god-damn tap-dancing Christ!”

You can watch the full rant in the video above.

Lil Uzi Vert is a Warner Music artist. Uproxx is an independent subsidiary of Warner Music Group.

If you thought Nicolas Cage, one of Hollywood’s most unpredictable thespians, playing Joe Exotic was too good to be true, then you were sadly right. The Oscar-winning actor broke the news to Variety that he is no longer on deck to play the eccentric star of Amazon’s take on the Netflix doc series Tiger King: Murder, Mayhem and Madness. What’s more, that version, at least, may no longer be happening at all.

“I read two excellent scripts, which I did think were excellent,” Cage told the publication, “but I think Amazon ultimately felt that it was material that had become past tense because it took so long for it come together. They felt at one point that it was lightning in a bottle, but that point has since faded into the distance and it’s no longer relevant.”

That strongly suggests Amazon is no longer interested in the story of a zookeeper-turned-presidential candidate who is currently serving for, among other federal charges, two counts of attempted murder. But sources tell Variety they may simply take the series to other outlets.

If you’re bummed about this, consider two things. There’s already at least one other Tiger King adaptation in the works, with Kate McKinnon and John Cameron Mitchell. (The former will play Carole Baskin, the animal rights activist Joe, né Joseph Allen Schreibvogel, is convicted of trying to kill.) For another, you can always drown your sorrows in many other excellent Nicolas Cage performances you can watch, among them the new drama-thriller Pig, in which he plays a truffle hunter in search of his kidnapped swine.

(Via Variety)

In just a few days, the late Pop Smoke’s second posthumous album, titled Faith, will be released. It’s an effort that his management spent months teasing after the success of his first posthumous album, Shoot For The Stars, Aim For The Moon, became one of the most popular albums of 2020. Just before Faith arrives, the tracklist for the project gets unveiled by the late rapper’s team.

Faith will have 21 songs, two longer than the standard edition of Shoot For The Stars, Aim For The Moon. While potential guest features for the album have yet to be revealed, some rumored names include Cardi B, Dua Lipa, Kodak Black, and Lil Tjay. Cardi may have accidentally revealed that a possible collaboration between her and Pop exists after she posted a screen-recording of her phone that showed she was listening to a song called “CB POP.”

You can check out the tracklist for Faith below.

1. “Coupe”
2. “Beat The Speaker”
3. “More Time”
4. “Genius”
5. “Demeanor”
6. “30”
7. “Merci Beaucoup”
8. “Top Shotta”
9. “Woo Baby”
10. “Bout A Million”
11. “Good News”
12. “8-Ball”
13. “Tell The Vision”
14. “Back Door”
15. “Manslaughter”
16. “What’s Crackin”
17. “Mr. Jones”
18. “Spoiled”
19. “Brush Em”
20. “Try It”
21. “Outro”

Faith is out 7/16 via Victor Victor Worldwide/Republic. Pre-order it here.

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

It’s pretty clear that Travis Barker and Kourtney Kardashian are two happy lovebirds, the couple having been seen on multiple occasions enjoying each other’s company. The two were first rumored to be a thing at the beginning of the year, which was later confirmed to People by a source close to the couple, who said, “They’ve been dating for about a month or two. They’ve been friends for a long time but it’s turned romantic.” Six months later, it seems like the two couldn’t get any closer after Kardashian channeled her inner vampire with Barker on Instagram.

In a post on Barker’s Instagram, Kardashian left an interesting comment, writing, “I want to suck your blood.” Barker seemed to be all in on the spooky action, replying, “@kourtneykardash My favorite [blood drop emoji].” One fan was a bit put off by Kourtney’s initial message, commenting, “okay too much calm down,” but it seemed to do nothing to affect the couple’s blood thirsty feelings for each other.

Prior to this, Travis Barker connected with Willow to rock an underground show in their video for “Transparent Soul.” It came after he and Bebe Rexha delivered a chaotic video for “Break My Heart Myself.” He also connected with KennyHoopla for their collaboration “Hollywood Sucks.”

There’s a torrent of books coming out about Trump’s presidency, which tend to focus on the home stretch, when he lost re-election and became the first to pretend like he hadn’t. We’ve heard such stories as Eric Trump blaming data analysts for his father losing, but now we know about something that happened much earlier. According to Michael Wolff’s Landslide: The Final Days of the Trump Presidency (as per Axios), among the many who’ve come under 45’s easily stoked ire were Brett Kavanaugh, the second of three justices he named to the Supreme Court for a lifetime gig.

Kavanaugh, like Neil Gorusch and Amy Coney Barrett, Trump’s other two Supremes, hasn’t been the nightmare many on the left expected — so far. That’s left Trump arguably as furious with him as progressives. He told Wolff, during interviews for the book, that he was “very disappointed,” whom he thought “hasn’t had the courage you need to be a great justice.”

Trump essentially had buyer’s remorse. “There were so many others I could have appointed, and everyone wanted me to,” he told Wolff. He then all but admitted that he wasn’t fit to serve on the highest court in the land. “Where would he be without me? I saved his life. He wouldn’t even be in a law firm. Who would have had him? Nobody. Totally disgraced. Only I saved him.”

Among the cases Kavanaugh didn’t lean pro-Trump on was the most important of all: overturning the election. Instead the Court quickly dismissed cases that made their way to the top as frivolous. Trump was big mad at all three justices, but, Wolff says, he “reserved particular bile for Kavanaugh.”

“I had plenty of time to pick somebody else,” Trump told Wolff. “I went through that thing and fought like hell for Kavanaugh — and I saved his life, and I saved his career. At great expense to myself … okay? I fought for that guy and kept him.”

Kavanaugh was seen as a safe choice for Trump until he went through the confirmation hearings that resulted in his Supreme Court seat. That’s when he was accused of sexual misconduct from an alleged incident during his high school years. But this certainly lends credence to the claim that Trump wanted his three Supreme Court appointees to bend the law in his favor.

(Via Axios)

The Los Angeles Clippers’ run to the Western Conference Finals happened in part without Kawhi Leonard. The team’s All-NBA forward suffered a knee injury during the team’s second round series against the Utah Jazz, and while they were able to come out on top in that matchup, they ultimately did not have the firepower with Leonard on the sideline to beat the Phoenix Suns.

While we did not know exactly what happened to Leonard, the injury to his knee was bad enough that he didn’t play with a spot in the NBA Finals on the line. And on Tuesday evening, we finally got an answer as to what happened, as the Clippers announced that Leonard needed to have surgery on his knee to repair an ACL that he partially tore. The good news, per the team, is that surgery went well.

“Kawhi Leonard underwent successful surgery today to repair a partial tear of his right anterior cruciate ligament,” the team announced. “There is no timetable for his return.”

Leonard has the potential to become an unrestricted free agent this summer, although it’s unclear whether this would have any impact on his plans during the offseason. A first-team All-NBA selection this year, Leonard averaged 24.8 points, 6.5 rebounds, 5.2 assists, and 1.6 steals in 34.1 minutes per game.