Jontay Porter’s NBA career is over after the league’s investigations into allegations that he purposefully manipulated his own prop bets found evidence that not only corroborated that activity, but also found he bet on at least 13 NBA games via an associate’s account.
The NBA released a statement on Wednesday with the findings of their investigation, as well as the news that Porter was receiving a lifetime ban from playing in the league (which Adam Silver said was on the table earlier this month).
According to the league’s findings, Porter relayed information to known sports bettors about his health status, allowing them to bet the unders on his prop bets. One bettor placed an $80,000 parlay that netted $1.1 million in winnings. Porter made sure his prop bets went active by playing in the game, but also ensured they came in as unders by checking out early by saying he “felt ill.” That large activity on Porter’s unsurprisingly prop bets raised red flags for the sportsbooks, who flagged the activity as suspicious and alerted the league.
They also found he bet on at least 13 NBA games from January to March of 2024 while traveling with the Raptors G League affiliate, including a parlay that included the Raptors losing (the parlay lost). In total, Porter won just north of $21,000 on those NBA bets in full, which will certainly not cover the loss of a paycheck from playing professional basketball ever again.
Martin Scorsese is lining up his next (two) bangers and he already has a star in mind for one of them. The Killers of the Flower Moon director is aiming to tackle a Frank Sinatra biopic starring — Surprise! — Leonardo DiCaprio. We bet you didn’t see that one coming. What are the odds?
Scorsese will reportedly take on the Sinatra biopic after filming a new movie about Jesus starring Andrew Garfield, which actually, sounds pretty great, too. Damn, Marty, slow down.
However, Variety reports that even with Scorsese’s clout and Leo’s star power, the Frank Sinatra biopic could run into a significant snag with his estate, and then there’s Jennifer Lawrence‘s potential casting:
The legendary crooner’s daughter Tina Sinatra controls her father’s estate and hasn’t yet given her blessing to the film. But that hasn’t stopped Scorsese from putting together a killer cast that would see frequent collaborator Leonardo DiCaprio playing the singer and Jennifer Lawrence portraying his second wife, actress Ava Gardner, sources say. It was Gardner who broke up Sinatra’s marriage with Nancy Barbato, Tina’s mother.
While Scorsese works out the rights issues with Sinatra’s estate, Variety reports that Apple “would love to stay in business” with the Killers of the Flower Moon director, but Sony is reportedly the “frontrunner” for the biopic.
Abigail is the upcoming horror/slasher/babysitting movie that follows a team of thieves who hold a little ballerina hostage in the hopes of getting some ransom money. Only the sweet little ballerina is actually a bloodthirsty vampire. You can’t trust any ballerinas these days!
The movie features a stacked cast, including Melissa Barrera, Dan Stevens, Kathryn Newton, Giancarlo Esposito and Angus Cloud, who passed away in July 2023. Directors Tyler Gillett and Matt Bettinelli-Olpin shared what it was like to work with the young actor.
“It was just so evident how much fun he was having,” Gillett told Variety. “I don’t think we’ve ever worked with somebody that forces the other actors in the scene to pay attention. There’s not a false moment in anything that he does. He kind of gave everyone permission to be a little weird and take some swings that maybe they wouldn’t have otherwise, just because of how natural and charismatic he is in a scene.” Considering the absurdity of the promise, being a little weird was probably pretty beneficial.
Cloud died after he had finish filming, which means they didn’t have to do any reshoots or rewrites for the film. “Every single thing of Angus is Angus in the movie,” he says. “There’s not even an ADR line off-camera that we needed for story. It’s all Angus.” Abigail is one of two movies that Cloud had wrapped before his death, the other being Freaky Tales alongside Pedro Pascal and Jay Ellis.
Bettinelli-Olpin added, “Everybody involved really wanted to make sure that we finished the movie strong and did Angus justice. We felt a responsibility.”
The dynamic duo is back at it again. This summer, pop sensations Charli XCX and Troye Sivan are going on the hot queer tour of the summer. Today (April 17), the two announced the Sweat Tour, their co-headlining North American tour.
Over the course of their respective careers, Charli and Sivan have collaborated quite a few times, notably on the songs “1999” and “2099.” Both acts have large LGBTQ+ followings, many of whom are looking forward to seeing them when they come to town.
When do tickets for Charli XCX and Troye Sivan’s Sweat Tour come out?
Tickets for the Sweat Tour will be available for purchase beginning next Thursday (April 25) at 10 a.m. local time through a Live Nation presale. General onsale will begin next Friday (April 26), also at 10 a.m. local time. Fans can register for the presale and purchase tickets here.
See the tour dates below.
09/14 – Detroit, MI @ Little Caesars Arena
09/16 – Laval, QC @ Place Bell
09/18 – Toronto, ON @ Scotiabank Arena
09/20 – Columbus, OH @ Nationwide Arena
09/23 – New York, NY @ Madison Square Garden
09/25 – Philadelphia, PA @ Wells Fargo Center
09/26 – Baltimore, MD @ CFG Bank Arena
09/28 – Boston, MA @ TD Garden
09/30 – Chicago, IL @ United Center
10/02 – Nashville, TN @ Bridgestone Arena
10/03 – Atlanta, GA @ State Farm Arena
10/05 – Miami, FL @ Kaseya Center
10/06 – Orlando, FL @ Kia Center
10/09 – Dallas, TX @ American Airlines Center
10/11 – Denver, CO @ Ball Arena
10/13 – Phoenix, AZ @ Footprint Center
10/15 – Los Angeles, CA @ Kia Forum
10/18 – San Diego, CA @ Viejas Arena
10/20 – San Francisco, CA @ Chase Center
10/22 – Portland, OR @ Moda Center
10/23 – Seattle, WA @ Climate Pledge Arena
Charli XCX is a Warner Music artist. Uproxx is an independent subsidiary of Warner Music Group.
Long before Nicole Kidman began her long-term relationship with AMC theaters, she was committed to husband and country singer Keith Urban. The two have happily been together since 2006—which is a good run for any modern day marriage, but most certainly a Hollywood one.
And perhaps their nearly decades-long success can be partially attributed to one surprising communication rule: no texting.
While appearing on the Something To Talk About podcast in 2023, Kidman shared that she was the one who initiated the unconventional agreement.
“We never text each other, can you believe that? We started out that way – I was like, ‘If you want to get a hold of me, call me…”I wasn’t really a texter.,” the “Moulin Rouge” actress shared.
She added that while Urban did attempt texting her a few items early on, he eventually switched when Kidman wasn’t very responsive. And now, 18 years later, they only call each other.
“We just do voice to voice or skin to skin, as we always say. We talk all the time and we FaceTime but we just don’t text because I feel like texting can be misrepresentative at times…I don’t want that between my lover and I,” she told Parade
There are, of course, some pros and cons to calling over texting. Research has shown that people who call feelmore connected to one another vs. texting, with the voice being an integral component of bonding. As our society becomes increasingly more distant and lonely, finding those moments might be more important than ever.
At the same time, calling can invoke a lot more anxiety compared to texting, which could lead someone to not communicating at all. Also, I don’t know about you, but the thought of having to call my partner for mundane things like “don’t forget the eggs” would drive me crazy.
But regardless of whether or not you adopt Kidman and Urban’s no-texting rule, perhaps the bigger takeaway is that relationship longevity depends on being able to establish your own rules. One that feels good and that each partner is able to stick to. Especially when it comes to communication.
As Urban himself told E! News at the CMT Music Awards, “I have no advice for anybody,You guys figure out whatever works for you…We’re figuring it out. You figure it out. Everybody’s different. There’s no one size fits all.”
Luckily, there are many ways to have good text hygiene, without having to do away with it completely. Very Well Mind suggests to avoid texting too many questions, and to be respectful of your partner’s schedule (probably best to not text them while they’re sleeping just to say “hey,” for example). Nor should texting be used to argue or deal with conflict. Lastly, probably save the lengthy, in-depth conversations for a phone call. Fifteen heart emojis are totally fine though.
Each year in the playoffs, TNT’s Inside the NBA crew sends teams ‘Gone Fishin’ after they are eliminated from the postseason. The fellas put on bucket hats and get fishing poles out, while the graphics crew photoshops players and famous fans of the team onto a fishing boat.
It’s become an annual tradition that’s become it’s own segment on the show, and while it’s always in good fun, it gives the guys one last chance to get some jokes in before turning the page on that team. On Tuesday night, they got to send the Golden State Warriors off to the lake after the Kings eliminated them in the 9/10 Play-In Game out West, and the graphics team couldn’t help poking some fun at Draymond Green’s kerfuffles this year by having him put a fish in a headlock (on a boat named “Choke Job”), like he did to Rudy Gobert earlier in the season.
The best part of it is the only person that seems to acknowledge it is Shaq, who gets a legit laugh out of seeing the pic for the first time, while all Charles Barkley is focused on is trying to remember the name of “my man from Star Wars” — George Lucas — who they put on the boat.
Charli XCX finally revealed what she was teasing with Troye Sivan — and it’s that the two are doing a new co-headlining tour.
Titled the Sweat tour and tied to Charli’s upcoming album, Brat, they will kick things off in Detroit this September, before heading to arenas across North America. Shygirl will be opening for all dates.
For those hoping to attend, the pre-sale opens next Thursday, April 25 at 10 a.m. local time. Registration to participate in the pre-sale is available here. From there, tickets will go on sale to the general public on Friday, April 26 at the same time.
Continue scrolling for a complete list of dates.
Charli XCX & Troye Sivan’s 2024 Sweat Tour Dates
09/14 — Detroit, MI @ Little Caesars Arena
09/16 — Laval, QC @ Place Bell
09/18 — Toronto, ON @ Scotiabank Arena
09/20 — Columbus, OH @ Nationwide Arena
09/23 — New York, NY @ Madison Square Garden
09/25 — Philadelphia, PA @ Wells Fargo Center
09/26 — Baltimore, MD @ CFG Bank Arena
09/28 — Boston, MA @ TD Garden
09/30 — Chicago, IL @ United Center
10/02 — Nashville, TN @ Bridgestone Arena
10/03 — Atlanta, GA @ State Farm Arena
10/05 — Miami, FL @ Kaseya Center
10/06 — Orlando, FL @ Kia Center
10/09 — Dallas, TX @ American Airlines Center
10/11 — Denver, CO @ Ball Arena
10/13 — Phoenix, AZ @ Footprint Center
10/15 — Los Angeles, CA @ Kia Forum
10/18 — San Diego, CA @ Viejas Arena
10/20 — San Francisco, CA @ Chase Center
10/22 — Portland, OR @ Moda Center
10/23 — Seattle, WA @ Climate Pledge Arena
Some artists covered here are Warner Music artists. Uproxx is an independent subsidiary of Warner Music Group.
The 2024 NBA Playoffs will officially get underway on Saturday, although postseason basketball has already begun with the Play-In Tournament that started on Tuesday night.
Those games saw the Lakers take hold of the West’s 7-seed to set up a rematch of last year’s Western Conference Finals with the 2-seeded Nuggets, while the Kings avenged a first round loss a year ago by sending the Warriors into their offseason in the 9/10 game. Sacramento will now go to New Orleans to play for the 8-seed and the right to face the Thunder in the first round, while the East’s Play-In action will get underway on Wednesday night.
The NBA waited for the West’s seeding to get sorted out before releasing the full schedule for the first round, but teams and networks needed to get travel plans together so late Tuesday night they released the complete schedule for the first week of games, along with the dates for all 7 potential games in a series — with the understanding anything beyond a Game 4 are only if necessary.
1. Oklahoma City Thunder vs. 8. Pelicans/Kings
Game 1 (Sunday, 4/21): Pelicans/Kings at Thunder (9:30 p.m. ET, TNT)
Game 2 (Wednesday, 4/24): Pelicans/Kings at Thunder (9:30 p.m. ET, TNT)
Game 3 (Saturday, 4/27): Thunder at Pelicans/Kings (3:30 p.m. ET, TNT)
Game 4 (Monday, 4/29): Thunder at Pelicans/Kings (TBD, TBD)
Game 5 (Wednesday, 5/1): Pelicans/Kings at Thunder (TBD, TBD)*
Game 6 (Friday, 5/3): Thunder at Pelicans/Kings (TBD, TBD)*
Game 7 (Sunday, 5/5): Pelicans/Kings at Thunder (TBD, TBD)*
2. Denver Nuggets vs. 7. Los Angeles Lakers
Game 1 (Saturday, 4/20): Lakers at Nuggets (8:30 p.m. ET, ABC)
Game 2 (Monday, 4/22): Lakers at Nuggets (10:00 p.m. ET, TNT)
Game 3 (Thursday, 4/25): Nuggets at Lakers (10:00 p.m. ET, TNT)
Game 4 (Saturday (4/27): Nuggets at Lakers (8:30 p.m. ET, ABC)
Game 5 (Monday, 4/29): Lakers at Nuggets (TBD, TBD)*
Game 6 (Thursday, 5/2): Nuggets at Lakers (TBD, TBD)*
Game 7 (Saturday, 5/4): Lakers at Nuggets (TBD, TNT)*
3. Minnesota Timberwolves vs. 6. Phoenix Suns
Game 1 (Saturday, 4/20): Suns at Wolves (3:30 p.m. ET, ESPN)
Game 2 (Tuesday, 4/23): Suns at Wolves (7:30 p.m. ET, TNT)
Game 3 (Friday, 4/26): Wolves at Suns (10:30 p.m. ET, ESPN)
Game 4 (Sunday, 4/28): Wolves at Suns (9:30 p.m. ET, TNT)
Game 5 (Tuesday, 4/30): Suns at Wolves (TBD, TBD)*
Game 6 (Thursday, 5/2): Wolves at Suns (TBD, TBD)*
Game 7 (Saturday, 5/4): Suns at Wolves (TBD, TNT)*
4. Los Angeles Clippers vs. 5. Dallas Mavericks
Game 1 (Sunday, 4/21): Mavs at Clippers (3:30 p.m. ET, ABC)
Game 2 (Tuesday, 4/23): Mavs at Clippers (10:00 p.m. ET, TNT)
Game 3 (Friday, 4/26): Clippers at Mavs (8:00 p.m. ET, ESPN)
Game 4 (Sunday, 4/28): Clippers at Mavs (3:30 p.m. ET, ABC)
Game 5 (Wednesday 5/1): Mavs at Clippers (TBD, TBD)*
Game 6 (Friday, 5/3): Clippers at Mavs (TBD, TBD)*
Game 7 (Sunday, 5/5): Mavs at Clippers (TBD, TBD)*
1. Boston Celtics vs. 8. Hawks/Bulls/Heat/Sixers
Game 1 (Sunday, 4/21): 8-Seed at Celtics (1:00 p.m. ET, ABC)
Game 2 (Wednesday, 4/24): 8-Seed at Celtics (7:00 p.m. ET, TNT)
Game 3 (Saturday, 4/27): Celtics at 8-Seed (t:00 p.m. ET, TNT)
Game 4 (Monday, 4/29): Celtics at 8-Seed (TBD, TBD)
Game 5 (Wednesday, 5/1): 8-Seed at Celtics (TBD, TBD)*
Game 6 (Friday, 5/3): Celtics at 8-Seed (TBD, TBD)*
Game 7 (Sunday, 5/5): 8-Seed at Celtics (TBD, TBD)*
2. New York Knicks vs. 7. Heat/Sixers
Game 1 (Saturday, 4/20): Heat/Sixers at Knicks (6:00 p.m. ET, ESPN)
Game 2 (Monday, 4/22): Heat/Sixers at Knicks (7:30 p.m. ET, TNT)
Game 3 (Thursday, 4/25): Knicks at Heat/Sixers (7:30 p.m. ET, TNT)
Game 4 (Sunday, 4/28): Knicks at Heat/Sixers (1:00 p.m. ET, ABC)
Game 5 (Tuesday, 4/30): Heat/Sixers at Knicks (TBD, TBD)*
Game 6 (Thursday, 5/2): Knicks at Heat/Sixers (TBD, TBD)*
Game 7 (Saturday, 5/4): Heat/Sixers at Knicks (TBD, TNT)*
3. Milwaukee Bucks vs. 6. Indiana Pacers
Game 1 (Sunday, 4/21): Pacers at Bucks (7:00 p.m. ET, TNT)
Game 2 (Tuesday, 4/23): Pacers at Bucks (8:30 p.m. ET, NBATV)
Game 3 (Friday, 4/26): Bucks at Pacers (5:30 p.m. ET, ESPN)
Game 4 (Sunday, 4/28): Bucks at Pacers (7:00 p.m. ET, TNT)
Game 5 (Tuesday, 4/30): Pacers at Bucks (TBD, TBD)*
Game 6 (Thursday, 5/2): Bucks at Pacers (TBD, TBD)*
Game 7 (Saturday, 5/4): Pacers at Bucks (TBD, TNT)*
4. Cleveland Cavaliers vs. 5. Orlando Magic
Game 1 (Saturday, 4/20): Magic at Cavs (1:00 p.m. ET, ESPN)
Game 2 (Monday, 4/22): Magic at Cavs (7:00 p.m. ET, NBATV)
Game 3 (Thursday, 4/25): Cavs at Magic (7:00 p.m. ET, NBATV)
Game 4 (Saturday, 4/27): Cavs at Magic (1:00 p.m. ET, TNT)
Game 5 (Tuesday, 4/30): Magic at Cavs (TBD, TBD)*
Game 6 (Friday, 5/3): Cavs at Magic (TBD, TBD)*
Game 7 (Sunday, 5/5): Magic at Cavs (TBD, TBD)*
Avant-pop singer Charli XCX, just two months from the release of her sixth album, Brat, and Australian singer-songwriter Troye Sivan, who just teamed up with Ariana Grande, are teaming up this autumn for the co-headlining Sweat Tour. Supported by English DJ Shygirl, the tour promises in a press release to turn “iconic US and Canadian venues into raves.” Here’s how you can buy tickets:
Beginning on Friday, April 26 at 10 AM local time, you can hit LiveNation.com for the general sale, but you can sign up for the advance presale now through April 25 at sweat-tour.com. The limited-quantity artist presale begins Thursday, April 25 at 10 AM local time. You can see the list of tour dates below.
09/14, 2024 – Detroit, MI @ Little Caesars Arena
09/16, 2024 – Laval, QC @ Place Bell
09/18, 2024 – Toronto, ON @ Scotiabank Arena
09/20, 2024 – Columbus, OH @ Nationwide Arena
09/23, 2024 – New York, NY @ Madison Square Garden
09/25, 2024 – Philadelphia, PA @ Wells Fargo Center
09/26, 2024 – Baltimore, MD @ CFG Bank Arena
09/28, 2024 – Boston, MA @ TD Garden
09/30, 2024 – Chicago, IL @ United Center
10/02, 2024 – Nashville, TN @ Bridgestone Arena
10/03, 2024 – Atlanta, GA @ State Farm Arena
10/05, 2024 – Miami, FL @ Kaseya Center
10/06, 2024 – Orlando, FL @ Kia Center
10/09, 2024 – Dallas, TX @ American Airlines Center
10/11, 2024 – Denver, CO @ Ball Arena
10/13, 2024 – Phoenix, AZ @ Footprint Center
10/15, 2024 – Los Angeles, CA @ Kia Forum
10/18, 2024 – San Diego, CA @ Viejas Arena
10/20, 2024 – San Francisco, CA @ Chase Center
10/22, 2024 – Portland, OR @ Moda Center
10/23, 2024 – Seattle, WA @ Climate Pledge Arena
Some artists covered here are Warner Music artists. Uproxx is an independent subsidiary of Warner Music Group.
Not everyone can grow facial hair. This is a known fact backed by science and genetics! That doesn’t mean that they can’t try. But some people are blessed with the ability to be a real-life chia pet, like Jack Black or Keanu Reeves (just one of his many talents). Henry Cavill has been known to play some clean-shaved men in the past, but his latest role shows off his impressive mustache, which is real.
Cavill stars in Guy Ritchie’s latest flick The Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare and while most critics are praising the plot and all that nonsense, the real story here is Cavill’s powerful beard, which he grew himself. “I did indeed grow that myself,” Cavill told People of his facial hair. he has come a long way from the infamous Mustache Debacle of Justice League.
“I didn’t have someone else grow it and then just take it on,” Cavill continued, because that would just be too easy. “I wanted to have an interesting bit of facial hair for this, just to switch things up. And a twirly-whirly mustache became an option and I thought, ‘I’m just going to keep on leaning into this.’” He could consider auditioning for the role of Milburn Pennybags for Margot Robbie’s upcoming Monopoly pic.
In The Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare , Cavill portrays a fictional version of Major Gus March-Phillips, founder of the British Army’s Special Forces. He stars alongside Eiza González, Alan Ritchson, Alex Pettifer, Tig Schweiger, and Henry Golding in the flick, which hits theaters this week.
Of the hair, Cavill grew quite fond of its unruliness, saying it “became quite a fun look, and it sort of helped inform my character a bit as well, because having facial hair like that sort of implies a certain personality.”
Besides his hair, Cavill is mostly proud of his Nazi-killing tactics in the film, which is followed by some aggressive tongue movements. “It was a co-improvisation between Guy and myself,” Cavill told Variety.“Guy said, ‘I want you to have more fun with it. Stick your tongue out or something.’ And so we did and it stuck, as featured quite well in the trailer. That was the first moment where we decided Gus was going to be slightly unhinged in these moments, and that makes it more fun.” Just like a twisty mustache.
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