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This year Post Malone has added more tattoos to his body than he has music to his discography, but the rapper continues to earn accolades for his craft. Following his major win at the Billboard Music Awards, which saw him take home nine separate trophies, it was announced that Malone’s track “Sunflower” with Swae Lee has now been RIAA-certified Diamond.

It’s not often that a musician can say their song has achieved Platinum status ten times over, but Malone can claim the feat on three occasions. “Sunflower” follows Malone’s songs “Rockstar” and “Congratulations” in earning a Diamond certification. The momentous achievement was confirmed by Malone’s manager Dre London in a post on social media. “We’ve come so far staying on the right train in our lane keeping focus like a camera lens,” London wrote in congratulations. “Set your goals high & don’t stop till you get there! The path from dreams to success really exists!

Prior to earning his impressive certification, Malone did make some appearances on other artists’ releases to hold them over until his next LP. Back in June, Malone appeared with Tyla Yaweh in the track “Tommy Lee.” He then lended a verse on Ty Dolla Sign’s “Spicy,” which appears on the singer’s recently-released record Featuring Ty Dolla Sign.

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

Donald Trump has still refused to concede the 2020 election to Joe Biden despite a growing consensus among national news media (and some on-air counseling from Fox News personalities) that Biden has enough electoral votes to deny the president a second term. Many Republican leaders have followed suit despite Biden assembling a transition team and beginning the necessary steps to take control of the government in January. But one sign that America is potentially heading in a new direction came when even Fox News cut into a Trump surrogate’s press conference at the White House to dispute misinformation.

On Monday, Fox News host Neil Cavuto aired a press conference with White House press spokesperson Kayleigh McEnany that veered directly into outlandish conspiracy theories about voter fraud without, once again, offering any sort of proof that voter fraud happens on the scale that could have possibly “stolen” the election from Trump.

This time, however, Fox News actually cut off the press conference to point out the Trump campaign’s lack of proof. They made the decision not to air more of this talk unless evidence would be presented of the rampant voter fraud that Trump and his allies claim Democrats and the news media has allegedly encouraged.

“Unless she has more details to back that up,” Cavuto said. “I can’t in good countenance continue showing you this.”

It’s a remarkable moment, both that Fox News would willingly dispute something the president clearly wants the network to broadcast. But it also shows just how long people have expected the news network to simply play favorites for Trump despite all evidence or reason. That’s something that as many reporters have noticed, is changing at Fox News, starting with the network’s decision to call the state of Arizona for Joe Biden in a move that reportedly made Trump furious for days afterward.

It’s also worth noting, however, that Fox News hosts like Sean Hannity continue to peddle in the whims of the president, even if world leaders and plenty of other people see the writing on the wall of Trump’s presidency. But old habits die hard, and on Monday, at least one of them seemed to have died in a significant way at Fox News.

After securing back-to-back No. 1 albums with Good Intentions earlier this year, Nav decided to drop yet another project. The rapper shared his record Emergency Tsunami Friday, which boasts features from the likes of Lil Baby, Young Thug, and Gunna. Celebrating the release of his second LP of the year, Nav and Lil Baby teamed up to flaunt their success in the stormy “Don’t Need Friends” video.

The visual opens with Nav remaining calm in the face of a towering thunderstorm. Nav then joins Lil Baby to show off their chains while rapping about others being jealous of their rise to fame. The two aren’t fazed though, as they know they can lean on their wealth for comfort rather than waste time with two-faced friends. “Whole pool heated up and it cost a hundred thousand / ‘Cause I left this sh*t runnin’, I can turn nothin’ to somethin’ / Book me a show and I fly out the country / I eat at Nobu when I get the munchies,” Nav raps.

Just ahead of Nav’s album release, the rapper teased the upcoming project with a brazen trailer. Nav stitched together recognizable scenes from the 2009 Korean natural disaster film Tidal Wave, apt scenery to present an album titled Emergency Tsunami.

Watch Nav’s ‘Don’t Need Friends’ video with Lil Baby above.

Emergency Tsunami is out now via XO Records. Get it here.

Frozen burritos are always there for you. They’re the quintessential hangover meal, late-night stoner nibble, and an old-school post-work snack. A simple flour tortilla stuffed with beans, protein, spicy sauce, and cheese hits a very nostalgia-driven sweet spot for so many of us. Naturally, people are gonna have strong opinions about them.

To help us find the best frozen burritos on grocery store shelves, we hit up Ranker. After thousands of votes, a top ten list emerged that’s… well, it’s pretty hard to argue with. Maybe the masses are better with frozen foods than they are with alcohol?

Check the list below and let us know what you think. Uproxx’s own definitive ranking is on the way!

10. Red’s All Natural Burritos

The Burrito:

It feels like Red’s should get some more love on this list. The brand has a solid organic line with plenty of burrito fillings with serious heft and good ingredients in play. The fact that there are still real pieces of individual ingredients — like beans, meat, peppers, and so on — makes for a nice change from the reddish mush in several other entries on the list.

The Best Flavor:

Grab the All Natural Steak Burrito. It’s big, bold, and full of enough actual steak, peppers, and beans that helps this one feel like more than just another snack.

9. Las Campanas Burritos

The Burrito:

This feels more like a number ten if you ask us. Las Campanas are fine… for what they are. This is squarely in the “mush inside of tortilla”-territory and suffers from a certain blandness that’s either endearing (if you were raised with these) or a bit of a disappointment (if you weren’t).

That being said, these do make for decent chimichangas if you thaw and then fry them.

The Best Flavor:

Grab a Red Hot Beef. You really need a flavor punch with these frozen burritos and the Red Hot delivers just that.

8. Evol Burrito

The Burrito:

Whole Food’s answer to the frozen burrito is … fine. There’s a sense of real ingredients in the tortilla. But, these burritos are always on the bland side with a lack of deep seasoning. If you have a drawer full of Taco Bell salsa packs, you’ll be all set. If not, you might want to buy a bottle of hot sauce to douse this burrito.

The Best Flavor:

Grab the Bean, Rice, and Cheddar. The meatier versions of this burrito line tend to be a tad dry or under-seasoned. The classic bean, rice, and cheese is perfectly suitable — especially if you have a tub of guacamole to use as a dipper.

7. Patio Burritos

The Burrito:

Patio is exactly a middle-of-the-road frozen burrito. The mushy filling neither shines nor disappoints. It’s the sort of burrito you get at two-in-the-morning from a 7-Eleven while stoned and then end up kind of regretting around 2:15.

The Best Flavor:

Grab a Beef and Bean Hot. This is another burrito where you need more bang for your buck when it comes to spice. While this burrito won’t have you dreaming of your next indulgence, it will fill you up without any overly offensive aspects.

6. Don Miguel Burritos

The Burrito:

These burritos are another frozen snack that is perfectly fine for what they are. Maybe it’s the years of growing up with a big box of these from Costco in the freezer at home, but the tortilla filled with cheesy and reddish burrito mush does feel like it tasted better than the others.

These also make for an easy and tasty chimichanga if you want to take the time to fry them up.

The Best Flavor:

Grab The Bomb! This is a hefty burrito of beef, beans, and cheese all mushed into a 1,000 calorie burrito with a nice hit of spice.

5. Reynaldo’s Jumbo Burritos

The Burrito:

These are legitimately big burritos with distinct flavors that hold up. The 10-ounce burritos are big enough that you really only need one. The ingredients are a nice bridge between the mush fillings and real pieces of beans, meats, and rice.

The Best Flavor:

Grab a Beef and Potato jumbo burrito. Potato is always a solid add-in to any burrito and really helps this one stand out from the crowd.

4. Amy’s Kitchen Burritos

The Burrito:

Amy’s are probably the best all-around burrito on this list (especially if we discount nostalgia). The ingredients hold their integrity, they’re also high-quality and organic. And these burritos tend to always be pleasantly tasty and filling.

The Best Flavor:

Grab a classic Beans and Rice burrito. Don’t expect too much spice built into the burrito. We highly recommend grabbing a solid hot sauce for dabbing each bite.

3. Jose Ole Burritos

The Burrito:

These are solid frozen burritos. They really should be in the number one slot, all things considered. The tortilla always holds up. The filling mush is bold and clearly flavored and seasoned. Yes, this is just a frozen burrito but it gets the job done and you don’t feel regret after eating one (or two).

The Best Flavor:

Grab the Steak and Cheese Chimichanga. Look, you can’t beat a chimichanga, so getting to enjoy a chimichanga without having to fry it is a win. Plus, this burrito has a decent filling with real flavors built in.

2. El Monterey

The Burrito:

El Monterey burritos are fine but certainly not a number two on the market. The fillings tend to be on the bland side and the tortillas are a bit listless. There’s also a bit of a greasy factor that makes these somewhat messy for your hands. It’s not ideal.

The Best Flavor:

Grab a Beef and Bean Red Chili. Our tip would be to skip the microwave and fry one up instead. It’ll add a little more stability to the burrito’s form and amp up the flavors.

1. Tina’s Burritos

The Burrito:

Tina’s at number one feels perfectly acceptable. The burrito is a standard flour tortilla wrapped around bean mush, cheese, and meat. Tina’s frozen burritos aren’t going to blow your mind, but they’re absolutely going to satisfy a craving. And sometimes that’s enough.

Plus, the nostalgia factor is huge here.

The Best Flavor:

Grab a Red Hot Beef. The mix of spice, actual beef, and mushy beans makes for an easy burrito experience that you won’t regret 20 minutes later.

While details about Jordan Peele’s next film are still under wraps, Universal has announced a release date for the Us and Get Out director’s latest project: July 22, 2022. As Deadline notes, this places the film exactly one week after the new release date for Fantastic Beasts 3, which has been pushed back following the recent forced resignation of Johnny Depp.

Despite the secrecy surrounding Peele’s next project, the writer/director provided a roadmap for his future projects shortly after the success of Get Out, which should provide a taste of what to except from his new film. Via IndieWire:

“I have four other social thrillers that I want to unveil in the next decade,” Peele said at the time. “The best and scariest monsters in the world are human beings and what we are capable of especially when we get together. I’ve been working on these premises about these different social demons, these innately human monsters that are woven into the fabric of how we think and how we interact, and each one of my movies is going to be about a different one of these social demons.”

On top of prepping his new film, Peele also produced the next installment in the heavily-anticipated Candyman franchise, which he chose not to direct based on his faith in Nia DaCosta, and also because Peele prefers tackling his own original stories.

“I’m way too obsessed with the original tales in my head,” Peele told Empire back in April. “I probably wouldn’t be any good. But Nia has a steady manner about her, which you don’t see a lot in the horror space. She’s refined, elegant, every shot is beautiful. It’s a beautiful, beautiful movie. I’m so glad I didn’t mess it up.”

(Via Deadline)

Instead of making one very good film, Widows and 12 Years a Slave director Steve McQueen has made five very good-sounding (and probably very good!) films. Small Axe is an anthology series coming to Amazon Prime Video where each episode is “inspired by real-life events about ordinary people showing courage, belief, and resilience to overcome injustice and achieve something transformative in their West Indian community,” according to the official plot synopsis. Each installment, including “pure musical euphoria” Lovers Rock, has a different cast, including John Boyega.

“In our mainstream education system, we don’t learn about these specific stories,” the actor told the Hollywood Reporter about Small Axe, which takes its name from a Jamaican proverb. “Any historical information I know about Black British history, about me as an African, and then also the Caribbeans as well, is mostly from community stuff. Various different extracurricular activities that I would take outside of school was the only place that expanded our knowledge on other parts of our history that wasn’t just Henry VIII.” Small Axe also stars Letitia Wright, Malachi Kirby, Shaun Parkes, and Sheyi Cole.

Here’s the release date schedule.

1. Mangrove (November 15)
2. Lovers Rock (November 22)
3. Red, White, and Blue (November 29)
4. Alex Wheatle (December 6)
5. Education (December 13)

Watch the trailer above.

Phil Collins and Orianne Cevey, his wife of nearly 16 years, ended their second marriage back in August. While the two parties were on the same page about the official split, there were disagreements when the time came to divide up property. Cevey, claiming that Collins promised a $33 million dollar Miami mansion, took matters into her own hands when she stormed the property with four armed guards last month. Now, Cevey is further defending her stake in the mansion.

In new documents filed in the case, according to TMZ, Cevey noted a deciding factor in ending their marriage — and it was Collins’ alleged poor hygiene. Cevey claims that when they rekindled their relationship back in 2015, Collins offered her an ultimatum. The singer reportedly promised a 50 percent stake in the property if she divorced her then husband. Cevey took Collins up on the offer, but reportedly claims things started to take a turn when the singer became increasingly secluded.

Cevey alleges that Collins lived in a “state of squalor,” refusing to brush his teeth and even shower for upwards of an entire year. According to Cevey, Collins’ hygiene was so unbearable that their sex life suffered as a result. “Philips stench became so pervasive that he became a hermit, refusing to interact personally with any people,” Cevey reportedly claimed.

Phil Collins is a Warner Music artist. Uproxx is an independent subsidiary of Warner Music Group.

Industry (HBO, 10:00pm EST) — Settle in for the series premiere of a Succession-esque series that should appeal to the Euphoria-digging crowd. Five 20-something grads will take on the London investment landscape, and expect mystery and sexy intrigue while their personalities collide. Working-class and old-money types will joust while Nabhaan Rizwan plays a character who dresses like (in the words of his HBO description) a “modern ‘master of the universe.’” Will their hard work and dedication pay off, or will they need to dig dirty and deep to remain indispensable?

Undercover: Season 2 (Netflix) — Take two advances into the illegal weapons trade in Europe, specifically in Belgium. More violence, treachery, and temptation will go down while everything gets completely out of hand, as usual!

Food Wars! Shokugeki No Soma: Season 5 (HBO Max, Crunchyroll Collection) — The final season of the beloved anime TV series already aired in Japan in April. Be prepared for tears toward the end with fingers crossed for a spinoff.

Filthy Rich (FOX, 9:00pm EST) — Kim Cattrall’s still huffing her way through this melodramatic series full of power struggles following a Christian TV magnate’s death.

The Tonight Show With Jimmy Fallon — Kaley Cuoco, Megan Rapinoe, 21 Savage x Metro Boomin

Late Night With Seth Meyers — John Legend, Sarah Cooper, and Carter McLean sits-in with the 8G Band

In case you missed these weekend picks:

The Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Induction Special — (Saturday, HBO 8:00 p.m.) Settle in for a virtual ceremony — hosted by genuine nice guy and rock god Dave Grohl — to honor this year’s inductees: Whitney Houston, The Notorious B.I.G., Depeche Mode, The Doobie Brothers, Nine Inch Nails, T-Rex, and Ahmet Ertegun. Special guests will include Luke Bryan, Diddy, Miley Cyrus, Don Henley, Billy Idol, Iggy Pop, Alicia Keys, Chris Martin, Lin-Manuel Miranda, Bruce Springsteen, St. Vincent, Ringo Starr, Gwen Stefani, Charlize Theron, and Nancy Wilson.

The Mandalorian: Chapter 10 (Disney+ series) — The Baby Yoda star vehicle puts the cutest little guy in genuine peril this week after last week’s turn from Timothy Olyphant as the coolest marshal in the galaxy. Rewatch the Olyphant episode, too. Go for it.

More than 60,000 American wild and domestic horses were needlessly slaughtered for human consumption in 2019. Although they aren’t killed in the U.S. due to a ban passed in 2006, horses are often purchased or rounded up by middlemen and taken to Canada or Mexico where they are slaughtered for their meat.

While the idea of eating horse meat sounds disturbing to most Americans, it’s considered a delicacy in Mexico, Switzerland, Kazakhstan, Belgium, Japan, Germany, Indonesia, Poland, and China.

The horses are killed or rendered unconscious with gun bolts to the brain before they are bled out and then processed to be shipped out for food.

The most grievous aspect of the problem is that we could make it go away overnight. The Safeguard American Food Exports (SAFE) Act of 2019, H.R. 961/S. 2006 which permanently bans horse slaughter in the U.S. and prevents the export of horses for the same purpose, has bipartisan support in Congress and 80% of the American people.

Upworthy had the pleasure of speaking with actress Bo Derek (“10,” “Tarzan, the Ape Man,” “Tommy Boy”) to tell our readers how they can help her and Horses in Our Hands make the final push to end this awful and unnecessary practice.

Horses in Our Hands is the only equine welfare-specific organization lobbying Congress for the permanent ban on horse slaughter during the current legislative session.

Derek fell in love with Andalusian horses while scouting locations for “Bolero” in 1983. When she returned home, she became a horse breeder and a trick rider. She has had up to 22 horses on her California ranch, but these days she’s down to five.

via Horses in Our Hands

Derek has a deep relationship with horses that’s been developed from spending countless hours in the saddle and stable.

“I’ve developed a sense of their body language that’s tuned to very high sensitivity,” she told Upworthy. “But you have to spend a lot of time with animals to be able to develop that understanding. But once you do you find they’ll never lie to you.”

The relationships she forged with horses have helped her evolve as a person as well. “If you spend a lot of time around animals your instincts become a bigger part of your life,” she said.

Derek has been an active part of the movement to end the slaughter of American horses for food for over 18 years and she’s was also a racing commissioner in the state of California. She says one of the biggest roadblocks to getting legislation passed is the Cattlemen’s Association lobby that fears any regulation of four-hooved animals could eventually be applied to cattle.

“They believe it’s a tipping point that will have cascading consequences for their industry.” Derek said. “Which, I don’t believe, but they seem to take a hard line on that.”

Derek says that if legislation is passed protecting horses from slaughter there should be no problem finding proper care for the extra animals.

“About a million horses die naturally or are euthanized every year in this country,” she said. “So yes, the country can definitely absorb 60,000 more.”

But she laments the spectacular amount of money and time that has been put into solving the issue.

“Our politics is out of control. I found it obscene and vulgar the money that was spent on both sides of this issue for 60,000 horse carcasses. Why fight so hard to keep this practice going?” she wondered.

“The biggest lobbying firms have been spending billions of dollars on this issue,” Derek said. “It’s so crazy.”

Even though she has dealt with the rigors of Washington and Sacramento for over two decades, Derek still remains positive for the future of America’s horses because she’s seen what happens when people take action.

“If people contact Speaker Nancy Pelosi it would make a huge difference. The one thing I did find while I was working in Washington is that when people write their congressman it really does make a difference,” she said.

“I’ve had congressman call me and say, ‘Bo, please tell them to stop with the phone calls. Ok, you have our vote,'” she adds.

Derek believes that the best way to end the slaughter of American horses for food is to bombard their congressmen’s office with phone calls and emails. “Seen it happen many times and it works,” Derek said.

Horses in our Hands has been ramping up its efforts to get the SAFE Act passed by asking people like you call and write your representatives in Washington to get them to pass the bill.

Since this past May, they have managed to have 66,000 supporter letters submitted to members of the U.S. House and Senate via the organization’s website.

Click here to get the phone number and email address for your congressman. Ask them to pass the SAFE Act to end horse slaughter.

Click here to contact Speaker Pelosi.

When Mississippi State ran onto the field on Saturday in a game versus Vanderbilt they did so while proudly waving the state’s new flag. On Election Day, 68% of Mississippi voters approved “The New Magnolia” by graphic designer Rocky Vaughan to be the state’s new official symbol.

The flag replaces a 126-year-old banner that incorporated a version of the Confederate battle flag.

Senior defensive end Kobe Jones, a native of Starkville, Mississippi, carried the flag to lead his team on the field. “I was very proud to finally get to wave a flag that unites all Mississippians,” Jones said after the game. “That was a huge moment for me and the whole state.”

The moment was perfectly encapsulated by Shaun King on Instagram. “Today, a Black player for Mississippi State ran onto the field with their BRAND NEW FLAG, without having to compromise his integrity,” he captioned a photo of Jones.

Mississippi State running back Kylin Hill was instrumental in pushing the state to change its outdated banner that paid homage to a movement rooted in slavery. “Either change the flag or I won’t be representing this State anymore & I meant that .. I’m tired,” Hill tweeted in June.

Hill responded to critics by sharing his own experience living under the Confederate banner. “Unlike rest I was born in this state and I (know) what the flag mean,” he tweeted.”

Hill opted out of this season after his second game due to an injury. He hopes to be a top pick in the 2021 NFL draft.

Lawmakers in Mississippi passed a bill in June to retire the old flag in favor of one that isn’t blatantly racist. “This is not a political moment to me but a solemn occasion to lead Mississippi’s family to come together, to be reconciled and move on,” Governor Tate Reeves said after signing the bill.

After the state ditched its old flag, it received over 3,000 submissions for a new design. The only prerequisites being it must read “In God We Trust” and be free of any Confederate imagery.

The design that eventually won features a magnolia in its center surrounded by twenty stars. The stars symbolize Mississippi’s history as the twentieth state admitted to the union. The flower is “a symbol long-used to represent our state and the hospitality of our citizens,” the Mississippi Department of Archives and History said.

That’s a far cry from the previous flag which featured a symbol of bigotry and oppression.

Election Day was surreal for Vaughan, who couldn’t believe his design was approved by such a margin. “My phone was blowing up,” Vaughn said according to WTVA. “Watching the numbers just kept rising and I was like ‘wow, this is gonna happen,'” Vaughan explained.

Vaughn believes his flag received overwhelming support because of its attractive design. “It looks good,” said Vaughan. “It looks great, and I knew if it was pleasing to the eyes it would be more acceptable and an easier transition.”

“Every time I see it, I’m, I know I’m going to just stop and stare for a little bit and be thankful,” he added.