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It’s great to be Irish these days! Cillian Murphy just became the first Irish-born actor to win an Oscar, St. Patrick’s Day is this weekend and the Royal Family is engulfed in controversy. The Irish sure are lucky! Thanks, Ayo.

Nobody is immune to the lure of the Irish, including singer/actress Sabrina Carpenter, the rumored girlfriend of another Irish Prince, Barry Keoghan.

Carpenter joked to Vanity Fair that she was on the lookout for Murphy at an Oscar’s afterparty. “If I see Cillian Murphy, I’m probably gonna leave the party. Probably just gonna leave with him,” she said, clarifying, “I’m not gonna leave with him. I’m just gonna leave at the same time as him so I can see where he lives. So I can, like, follow his car,” Carpenter joked.

Keoghan seemed to appreciate the love for his fellow Irishman, as the actor commented with a four-leaf clover emoji and a hand-raised emoji. “”. This is love in the year 2024! A hundred years from now, the world’s most renowned archeologists will struggle to understand the complexity and context of these two emojis. Assuming smart phones still exist.

Luckily for Keoghan (and Murphy for that matter), Carpenter left with the Saltburn actor while wearing his jacket, so she must not have found Murphy after all.

Meanwhile, the delightful children of Ireland are celebrating Murphy’s Oscar win. Hopefully, they will wait a few dozen years to see Saltburn.

(Via People)

Sharon Stone revealed in her memoir that a Hollywood producer pressured her into having sex with a male co-star. “[I] had a producer bring me to his office, where he had malted milk balls in a little milk-carton-type container under his arm with the spout open,” the actress wrote in 2021’s The Beauty of Living Twice. “He walked back and forth in his office with the balls falling out of the spout and rolling all over the wood floor as he explained to me why I should f*ck my co-star so that we could have on-screen chemistry.”

Stone didn’t reveal the identity of anyone involved then, but she has now. The producer was Robert Evans, the actor was Billy Baldwin, and the movie was 1993’s Sliver, her follow-up film to Basic Instinct.

“They expected me to bring home another giant smash hit and they gave me casting approval and they gave me all these approvals, but then when it came time for me to do it they told me it was a vanity deal and I couldn’t have my approvals,” she said on The Louis Theroux Podcast podcast, according to the Daily Mail. “Then they started to try to blame me for their mistakes, and they made terrible mistakes in the way that they hired directors and cast.”

One day, Evans (who also produced The Godfather, Rosemary’s Baby, and Chinatown, three slightly more memorable movies) called Stone into his office and explained to her that “he slept with Ava Gardner and I should sleep with Billy Baldwin, because if I slept with Billy Baldwin, Billy Baldwin’s performance would get better,” she said. “And we needed Billy to get better in the movie because that was the problem. And if I could sleep with Billy then we’d have chemistry on screen, and if I would just have sex with him then that would save the movie, and the real problem with the movie was me because I was so uptight, and so not like a real actress who could just f*ck him and get things back on track. The real problem was I was such a tight arse.”

Stone added, “Now all of a sudden, I’m in the “I have to f*ck people” business.”

You can listen to the podcast below.

(Via the Daily Mail)

It has been over four full years since the death of Brooklyn rapper Pop Smoke, who helped popularize the New York drill movement and was the scene’s most well-known face and voice before his murder in 2020. This year, one of the three people accused of shooting and killing the rapper during a home invasion will go on trial; the other two, an 18 year old and a 19 year old, pled guilty in juvenile court last year.

Which leaves Corey Walker, the only defendant to be tried as an adult, who pled not guilty to murder and three other charges stemming from the home invasion. According to Rolling Stone, his trial has been set for July 25 in Los Angeles. His defense lawyer Christopher Darden — who has since been replaced — argued that Walker was not party to the the actual murder, saying he “remained outside seated in the driver’s seat” of his car, which he shared with his grandmother. However, prosecutors say Walker that while he may not have “planned” the crime as his attorney insists, he did “facilitate” it by providing weapons, casing the scene, and serving as getaway driver.

They say Walker remained in contact with the juveniles via cell phone during the robbery and that he researched the targeted item, a Rolex watch the trio later sold for just $2,000. Darden’s failed 2021 motion to dismiss the charges against Walker told his accomplices to defend themselves with a flower vase before resorting to gunplay.

This week saw the release of a ton of great new pop music. Ariana Grande made her grand return to music with a brand new album, causing the internet to play the songs on repeat and dissect all the telling lyrics. Bleachers‘ self-titled fourth album also came out, which has both danceable tunes and tracks that could soundtrack a late-night car ride.

Check out the rest of Uproxx’s Best New Pop Music roundup below.

Ariana Grande — “We Can’t Be Friends (Wait For Your Love)”

Ariana Grande waited a few years before putting out a new record with Eternal Sunshine, but the time she’s taken to herself has paid off. If the lead preview “Yes, And?” represented Grande’s carefree attitude over gossip, the follow-up single “We Can’t Be Friends (Wait For Your Love)” is still poppy, but provides more insight into the star’s emotional state during her divorce. As the album was inspired by the movie of the same title, Grande pulled visual inspiration for her latest music video also. In it, she has her memories of the relationship erased, while painfully watching them replay, then fade from view.

Bleachers — “Jesus Is Dead”

“Jesus is dead, and so’s New York,” Bleachers’ lead singer Jack Antonoff declares on one of the highlight songs from the band’s new self-titled album. Throughout the track, he mourns the loss of a particular era of the city. The bands and labels and the music scene he once was familiar with are long gone, leaving him missing it and hoping for a return. It also ends with another killer sax solo, giving the rest of the band time to shine throughout the record.

Laufey — “Goddess”

Laufey’s “Goddess” is the focus track from her forthcoming Bewitched: The Goddess Edition deluxe album — and for good reason. It is probably one of her most powerful songs across her discography so far, as she rejects the notion of being placed on a pedestal. The rising star and Grammy Best New Artist nominee described it as her “most honest” piece of work which she wrote alone at a piano.

“Someone had fallen in love with the version of me they’d seen on stage, just to find that I wasn’t what they projected once I was off stage,” Laufey described in a statement. “They deemed me to no longer be a shiny thing when the glamour wore off, reduced to skin and bone.”

Girl In Red — “Doing It Again Baby”

Girl In Red is just a few weeks out from dropping her new album I’m Doing It Again Baby. Now, she has treated fans to the title track. “I tried to force myself to write some sappy-try-hard meaningful lyrics when really all this song was supposed to be, was the soundtrack of feeling absolutely on the top of the world,” she shared about the process behind creating it.

FLO — “Walk Like This”

After FLO had an incredible 2023, they are turning up the heat even higher for the new year. As the girl group’s first new song in 2024, “Walk Like This” is a fiery and confident anthem that finds the band shouting out their men. They are also slated to perform at Coachella and NYC’s Governors Ball pretty soon, so fans will get an opportunity to hopefully sing along to the catchy jam.

Matt Champion, Jennie — “Slow Motion”

Ahead of Matt Champion’s upcoming debut solo album, he released a new collaboration with Blackpink’s Jennie called “Slow Motion.” The track starts off as a gentle ballad, with Jennie’s voice being the first introduction to pull listeners into their world. Once they’re comfortable there, Champion starts to appear in the background, then as a duet — all while the instrumental shifts to a heightened electronic beat.

Luke Hemmings — “Shakes”

Luke Hemmings from 5 Seconds Of Summer is stepping out for some more solo music. “Shakes” prefaces his upcoming album, Boy, which is set to drop in late April. “It initially started in New York as one of the earliest songs that was written for this,” he told Rolling Stone about more of the backstory and the song’s creation process. “I was experimenting with writing from other people’s perspectives and observing. Almost in a Lost In Translation way, where you’re observing the world and real life seems a bit intense. That’s where the chorus came from.”

Conan Gray — “Alley Rose”

Previous Uproxx cover star Conan Gray is carrying himself through the heartbreak and range of emotions on “Alley Rose.” Written about the downfall of his own relationship, Gray puts his entire heart on full display. “But I swore hands were made for fighting / I swore eyes were made to cry / But you’re the first person that I’ve seen / Who’s proven that might be a lie,” he sings, struggling through the pain and betrayal.

D4vd — “My House Is Not A Home”

D4vd’s “My House Is Not A Home” paints a vivid picture of the pain and heartbreak he’s felt when it comes to feeling distant from his family. He was also struggling after moving to Los Angeles, feeling lonely, and falling in love with people he probably shouldn’t have. He comes to his senses by the song’s closing lines, “The house we called our home has fallin’ to pieces on its own / I know that you’re better off alone / Babe, I could fix you but I won’t.”

Maggie Lindemann — “One Last Time”

Maggie Lindemann recently dropped her new EP, Headsplit, where she dives into all the darker aspects of relationships. On “One Last Time,” she admits she’s “losing track of who I once was” and seems to be admitting that it’s better to let go and say goodbyes than be unsure of her identity.

Monkey Man just pounded a whole bunch of awesome into the face of SXSW attendees. Following a special screening of the film, Dev Patel was greeted with a standing ovation that had the budding action stars wiping away tears after pouring everything he’s got into his directorial debut.

Monkey Man is a passion project for Patel who wrote, directed, and starred in the actioner that is already getting rave reviews coming out of Austin. There’s a reason Jordan Peele scooped up the film and made sure it got the theatrical release it deserves.

“MONKEY MAN is brutally violent, against the villains, but also against the hypocrisy of religion, the tyranny of caste, and the oppression of a corrupt government,” Josh Hurtado tweeted. “Dev Patel nailed it, bloody as hell and intense as f*ck.”

“MONKEY MAN was clearly burning a hole in Dev Patel, and I’m so glad he got it out,” Drew McWeeney wrote.

“Holy sh*t, I never thought I’d see an action sequence set to a Bloodywood song???” Matt Donato tweeted. “Dev Patel comes out swinging, stabbing, and pulverizing in his hard-hitting debut. Dev’s adoration of action cinema shines as clear influences meld with his fiery storytelling.”

“The only thing blocking Dev Patel from being the next James Bond is that he’s such a good director,” Whitlock and Pope wrote. “I just don’t think he’d want to step back from that. But the Broccolis would be nervous about how much power they’d cede by making him writer/director AND star.”

You can see more reactions below:

Here’s the official synopsis:

After years of suppressed rage, Kid discovers a way to infiltrate the enclave of the city’s sinister elite. As his childhood trauma boils over, his mysteriously scarred hands unleash an explosive campaign of retribution to settle the score with the men who took everything from him.

Monkey Man hits theaters on April 5.

To promote the release of his latest album, Insano, Kid Cudi will travel across the US and Europe, putting on live shows for his devoted fans. The 43-date Insano World Tour featuring special guests Pusha T, Jaden, and Earthgang is expected to be the ultimate musical rager to make up for its multiple delays.

The presale for the international run kicked off today (March 12). If you are hoping to grab a ticket for a show near you, continue below for pricing details, the complete tour schedule, and the official tour poster.

How Much Are Tickets For Kid Cudi’s Insano World Tour?

Based on the Insano World Tour‘s stop at Newark, New Jersey’s Prudential Center (slated for July 17), there are four ticketing tiers. For floor seats, a standing-room-only ticket in the pit will run you $160 (before fees). A pit ticket with the early-entry VIP package add-on will cost you $281 (before fees).

The next section nearest the stage (1 through 21) ranges from $89.95 to $181.50 (before fees) based on how close you are to the stage. In the 100s section, tickets run between $59.95 and $82.25 (before fees) based on the same factors.

Lastly, seats in the 200s section are priced between $49.95 and $56.25 (before fees). The password-protected presale kicks off on March 12. The general onsale date starts on Friday, March 15 at 10 a.m. local time. Find more information here.

Kid Cudi 2024 Tour Dates: Insano World Tour

06/28/2024 — Austin, TX @ Moody Center +^
06/30/2024 — Dallas, TX @ American Airlines Center +^
07/03/2024 — Nashville, TN @ Bridgestone Arena +*
07/05/2024 — Sunrise, FL @ Amerant Bank Arena +*
07/06/2024 — Tampa, FL @ Amalie Arena +*
07/09/2024 — Duluth, GA @ Gas South Arena +*
07/11/2024 — Raleigh, NC @ PNC Arena +*
07/13/2024 — Washington, DC @ Capital One Arena +*
07/14/2024 — Philadelphia, PA @ Wells Fargo Center +*
07/17/2024 — Newark, NJ @ Prudential Center +^
07/19/2024 — Toronto, ON @ Scotiabank Arena +^
07/20/2024 — Montreal, QC @ Bell Centre +^
07/23/2024 — New York, NY @ Madison Square Garden +^
07/24/2024 — Boston, MA @ TD Garden +^
07/27/2024 — Detroit, MI @ Little Caesars Arena +*
07/28/2024 — Rosemont, IL @ Allstate Arena +*
07/31/2024 — Cleveland, OH @ Rocket Mortgage FieldHouse +*#!
08/02/2024 — Cincinnati, OH @ Heritage Bank Center +*#!
08/04/2024 — Kansas City, MO @ T-Mobile Center +*
08/07/2024 — Minneapolis, MN @ Target Center +*
08/09/2024 — St. Louis, MO @ Enterprise Center +*
08/11/2024 — Denver, CO @ Ball Arena +*
08/14/2024 — Phoenix, AZ @ Footprint Center +*
08/16/2024 — San Diego, CA @ Pechanga Arena +*
08/17/2024 — Las Vegas, NV @ MGM Grand Garden Arena +*
08/20/2024 — San Francisco, CA @ Chase Center +*
08/22/2024 — Portland, OR @ Moda Center +*
08/24/2024 — Vancouver, BC @ Rogers Arena +*
08/25/2024 — Seattle, WA @ Climate Pledge Arena +*
08/28/2024 — Sacramento, CA @ Golden 1 Center +^
08/30/2024 — Los Angeles, CA @ Crypto.com Arena +^
02/25/2025 — Oslo, Norway @ Spektrum +
02/27/2025 — Hamburg, Germany @ Barclays Arena +
02/28/2025 — Berlin, Germany @ Uber Arena +
03/02/2025 — Oberhausen, Germany @ Rudolf Weber-ARENA +
03/03/2025 — Amsterdam, Netherlands @ Ziggo Dome +
03/05/2025 — Milan, Italy @ Forum Milano +
03/08/2025 — Paris, France @ Accor Arena +
03/09/2025 — Brussels, Belgium @ ING Arena +
03/12/2025 — Dublin, Ireland @ 3Arena +
03/14/2025 — Birmingham, UK @ Resorts World Arena +
03/15/2025 — Manchester, UK @ Co-op Live +
03/18/2025 — London, UK @ The O2 +

+ with Pusha T
* with Earthgang
^ with Jaden
# with Chelsea Pastel
! with Siena Bella

Kid Cudi’s Insano World Tour Poster

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Tierra Whack is just a few days away from treating fans to her anticipated debut studio album called World Wide Whack. “I really took my time with this, so I hope you all enjoy it as much as I do,” she wrote on Instagram as part of the announcement.

Over the past few months, Whack has put out a few songs to build excitement — and she might have even more things planned.

Here’s everything to know ahead of the album’s release.

Release Date

World Wide Whack is out 3/15 via Interscope. Find more information here.

Tracklist

1. “Mood Swing”
2. “Ms Behave”
3. “Chanel Pit”
4. “Numb”
5. “Burning Brains”
6. “Accessible”
7. “Imaginary Friends”
8. “X”
9. “Moovies”
10. “Difficult”
11. “Shower Song”
12. “Invitation”
13. “Snake Eye”
14. “Two Night”
15. “27 Club”

Singles

So far, Whack has released “Chanel Pit,” “Shower Song,” and most recently, “27 Club,” as singles from World Wide Whack.

Features

As of right now, there are no features on Tierra Whack’s album. This doesn’t rule out any potential ones that could happen as a remix, but nothing has been announced yet, so it is a maybe at the moment.

Artwork

Check out the cover art for World Wide Whack below.

Tour

Whack has not yet announced a tour tied to World Wide Whack, so it still could be a possibility. She is only playing one show currently, which will take place this Friday, March 15 at Webster Hall in New York City — seemingly as the album’s release show.

Veteran West Coast rapper Lichelle Marie Laws, better known as ’90s pioneer Boss, has reportedly died at the age of 54. According to multiple peers via Instagram, including Bun B, DJ Premier, and Warren G, news of the vet rapper’s passing came on Monday (March 11).

Although Boss was the first female rapper signed to the short-lived Def Jam West division of the groundbreaking label, she was originally born in Detroit. She relocated to Los Angeles after graduating high school, recording early work with DJ Quik and AMG. That work caught the attention of Russell Simmons, who signed her to the then-new West Coast division of Def Jam.

Her first and only album on the label, Born Gangstaz, released on May 25, 1993, and debuted at No. 22 on the Billboard 200. It debuted at No. 3 on the Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums chart, and produced two singles: “Deeper” and “Recipe Of A Hoe.” Its ironic content made light of Boss’ middle-class upbringing with the unrelenting gangsta rap themes popular at the time in a commentary on the twisted expectations and stereotypes placed on rappers (and Black folks as a whole) in the early ’90s.

She eventually left Def Jam after the label rejected demos for a follow-up and became a radio DJ. She released two self-funded mixtapes in the 2000s. However, from 1999 on, she suffered from renal disease; in 2021, a GoFundMe created to raise $15,000 for a needed procedure was able to reach its goal only after it was publicized by NME.

Rappers, it’s time to start a union.

Women’s History Month has been one for the books so far. However, just as some women have been praised, others have been the subject of vicious attacks online. Sadly, TikTok influencer Dylan Mulvaney falls in the latter category. To commemorate International Women’s Day (on March 8), the former Budweiser campaign star uploaded an image of herself and Lady Gaga.

While Mulvaney’s followers basked in the moment, others accused her of rage-baiting. As a transgender woman, users argued that Mulvaney had no right to celebrate the day. The comment section exploded with vile remarks, eventually leading Mulvaney to no longer allow users on the platform to post. After getting wind of the attacks, on May 11, Lady Gaga took to her Instagram page to slam the anti-trans remarks and come to the defense of her friend.

“It’s appalling to me that a post about National Women’s Day by Dylan Mulvaney and me would be met with such vitriol and hatred,” she wrote. “When I see a newspaper reporting on hatred but calling it ‘backlash,’ I feel it is important to clarify that hatred is hatred, and this kind of hatred is violence. ‘Backlash’ would imply that people who love or respect Dylan and me didn’t like something we did. This is not backlash. This is hatred.”

The “Born This Way” singer went to display her advocacy for transgender rights. “But it is not surprising given the immense work that it’s obvious we still have to do as a society to make room for transgender lives to be cherished and upheld by all of us,” she wrote. “I feel very protective in this moment, not only of Dylan, but of the trans community who continues to lead the way with their endless grace and inspiration in the face of constant degradation, intolerance, and physical, verbal, and mental violence.”

Online can be the Wild West for users navigating bullying, but Lady Gaga isn’t here for any of the madness.

After hosting the Oscars on Sunday evening, Jimmy Kimmel was right back to work the next day where he recapped the star-studded event for his Jimmy Kimmel Live! audience.

During his Monday monologue, Kimmel couldn’t resist commenting on the now-viral moment where he roasted Donald Trump in real time after the former president ranted about the Academy Awards on Truth Social.

“We had John Cena onstage naked, and somehow Trump still managed to be the biggest dick of the night,” Kimmel said.

Despite being warned by the Oscars producers to not mention Trump or engage with his rant, Kimmel did it anyway and delivered one of the most memorable moments when he quipped, “Isn’t it past your jail time?”

Via The Hollywood Reporter:

“Has there EVER been a WORSE HOST than Jimmy Kimmel at The Oscars,” Trump wrote and Kimmel later read to the crowd. “His opening was that of a less than average person trying too hard to be something which he is not, and never can be. Get rid of Kimmel and perhaps replace him with another washed up, but cheap, ABC ‘talent,’ George Slopanopoulos. He would make everybody on stage look bigger, stronger, and more glamorous.”

On Monday, Kimmel joked to the crowd that Trump’s message was “also his wedding toast to his son, Eric,” and that “he wrote this because he was upset I didn’t mention him on the show, and no one mentioned him on the show. He wasn’t getting any attention.”

While Trump was the biggest metaphorical d*ck at the Oscars, Kimmel made sure to swing things back to Cena.

“They kept demanding that we make the envelope bigger and bigger, but first of all I have to say congratulations, John Cena,” Kimmel said. “Very rarely does an idea literally push the envelope.”

(Via The Hollywood Reporter)