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Just this week we named the Jordan 3 White Cement Reimagined one of the 20 best sneaker releases of the year. The sneaker was a recreation of the 1988 original with a slightly aged midsole for vintage vibes and when it hit the Nike SNKRS app it featured a price tag of $210.

That’s a pretty steep price, so if you skipped out on this drop because of the price we don’t blame you. If that’s a decision you’re regretting you’ll be happy to know you find the shoe on aftermarket sites for just above retail price, or, you could try your luck at your local Ross, where according to several Twitter users, you can pick up the pair for $84.99.

One of the best sneaker releases of the year for under $100? That’s a great f*cking deal.

Brand new sneakers showing up at Ross is nothing new, but hitting up Ross is a gamble — you never know what you’re going to find. As a big-time Ross fan, my advice is this: go to Ross looking for deals, not specifics, and you’ll always leave happy.

Having said that, because this is Ross we’re dealing with you’re lucky if you’re going to be able to find a pair of the White Cement, let alone one in your size. But they’re there, so if you want to try your luck and hit up a couple of Ross’ in your neighborhood, at best you’ll find a pair, and at worst you’ll come up with something to resell or some new furniture.

Happy hunting!

Even though it’s currently the 14th highest grossing movie of all time, Barbie gobbled up all the bucks despite being not being a franchise movie. It’s not even getting a sequel (though it might — maybe, maybe not — get a Ken spinoff). What it did do was inspire toy company Mattel to do the next big thing: launch one of them cinematic universes. They’re making one for Hot Wheels, one for Rock ‘Em Sock ‘Em Robots, one for Polly Pockets, one for Barney, even one for the Magic 8 Ball. They just announced another one. Thing is, it’s already been parodied by SNL.

Back in April, during the episode hosted by Ana de Armas, the show aired a send-up of Barbie, which was still a few months from conquering the world’s multiplexes. In the pre-taped fake trailer, they joked about the most ridiculous Mattel toy line they could turn into a movie: the American Girl line, which was launched in 1986 and which featured dolls of various ethnicities.

But instead of a feel-good romp, the film would delve into each one’s tragic backstories. One lived in grim Victorian times. Another was a prisoner of war. One is a runaway slave. Another simply has glasses.

“Not all dolls live in a dream, some are bigger, younger, sadder, some dolls are American Girls,” says the narrator. “Did all their family members die of old timey diseases? Absolutely.”

Anyway, jump half a year and this SNL sketch is becoming a reality.

Per Entertainment Weekly, the film will be written by Lindsey Anderson Beer, of Pet Sematary: Bloodlines, who in a statement praised the “historically accurate” dolls” and swore that her film based on them would tackle “issues of girlhood in a real and compelling way.”

That does kind of make it sound a lot like the trailer, which is so historically accurate that two of the living dolls die of cholera.

(Via EW)

Last December, SZA released SOS, her highly anticipated sophomore album that wildly outperformed her expectations, spending 10 nonconsecutive weeks at No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100. She’s in the headlines this December as well.

This week, SZA teased Lana, which has been billed as the deluxe version of SOS. She also sat down with Apple Music’s Zane Lowe to reflect on the past year.

Just over 26 minutes into the 52-minute conversation, SZA said something that caused fans to do a double-take. She explained that she “was never quite certain” about her viability as an artist, and she “really only did music to prove a point.” Lowe asked to whom she wanted to prove a point. SZA said, “When I started making music, it was to my ex-fiancé because he was paying for everything. My food, my clothes, where I lived, and he was eight years my senior, so I was so co-dependent.”

Time out. Ex-fiancé? SZA keeps her private life private, so some people were surprised to hear that she had previously been engaged, though she also briefly mentioned him to Rolling Stone earlier this year.

“When we talk, she doesn’t divulge her ex-fiancé’s identity, though she describes him as a fashion designer who doesn’t post on social media,” Rolling Stone‘s Mankaprr Conteh wrote in October. “They became unengaged five or six years ago, she says, having been together for a total of 11 years and engaged for five. I do some quick maths and conclude that they must have started dating around the time she was in high school. ‘I was fresh from high school,’ she concurs.”

SZA hasn’t publicly offered up much detail about ex-fiancé — and it doesn’t seem like she plans to — but she damn sure wouldn’t tell us if she’s ever been married. Based on everything we do know, though, it would seem that she has never been married. She did give Conteh insight into her mindset toward relationships moving forward, as excerpted below:

“Having spent her youth ‘around a n***a, up under a n***a, trying to get up under a n***a, like, needing that constant validation, companionship, like scared to be by myself and sh*t,’ she’s now concerned she won’t settle into another relationship while she’s in her prime, as if when she’s older she won’t still be the incredible beauty she is now.

‘I feel like I have more to offer than the way I look and my energy, but it’s like, I’m human, that sh*t is all-encompassing,’ she reasons. ‘I want to stunt like me when I meet the person I envision me being with. I envision them falling in love with me the way I am. But I guess it’s like I have to release that idea. Maybe it’s because I don’t know if I’ll like the way I am later?’”

After rising through the ranks of the DIY Chicago music scene, one of indie rock’s most exciting new acts, Friko, are preparing the release of their debut album, Where We’ve Been, Where We Go From Here.

Made up of vocalist/guitarist Niko Kapetan and drummer Bailey Minzenberger, Friko’s debut album features whip-smart, frenetic ballads about getting older and growing up. “One of the main things we want to do as a band is talk about what’s happening right now and everything we’re feeling, with an honesty and directness that gets through to people,” Kapetan said in a statement. “I hope that our music helps everyone feel more deeply, but in a way that goes beyond just reacting to the songs.”

Head of the release of their album, which is out February on ATO Records, Kapetan and Minzenberger sit down with Uproxx to talk Modest Mouse, Thai food, and Lord of the Rings in our latest Q&A.

What are four words you would use to describe your music?

Kapetan: Visceral, Cathartic, Dynamic, Fun.

It’s 2050 and the world hasn’t ended and people are still listening to your music. How would you like it to be remembered?

Kapetan: We put all of ourselves into it and it makes people feel youthful and whole in some way.

Minzenberger: I hope it is remembered as being lively and emotional. We try to put our all into every show; I hope that it can be remembered as a space where people can let things go, even momentarily.

Who’s the person who has most inspired your work, and why?

Kapetan: From the beginning probably my dad. He’s the one who introduced me to a lot of music that is still my favorite music and showed me how to play guitar when I was 7 or 8. He was also the only one who heard all the music I was writing in middle and high school ‘cause I wouldn’t share it anywhere else.

Minzenberger: I would also say my dad. Him playing guitar around the house when I was growing up inspired me to start playing myself, and he really kick-started my passion for music (as well as my sister). I have learned so much from both of them.

Where did you eat the best meal of your life and what was it?

Kapetan: Thai Lagoon, it’s our go to Thai place right by us in Humbolt Park and it’s the best Thai food I’ve ever had. We have it like once or twice a week lol.

Minzenberger: A few months ago some friends of mine threw a lovely dinner party in their backyard. They had a beautiful table setup with name cards, flowers, and a full dinner and drink menu. One of the courses was a butternut squash pasta that blew me away. Both the dinner and the company were a dream.

Tell us about the best concert you’ve ever attended.

Kapetan: The Microphones at Thalia Hall was so incredible, they only played Microphones in 2020 and the bass was so impactful, it was the most I’ve cried at a show ever.

What song never fails to make you emotional?

Kapetan: “Bankrupt On Selling” by Modest Mouse.

Minzenberger: “Reason To Believe” by Karen Dalton.

What’s the last thing you Googled?

Kapetan: The “Supreme” Brick.

Minzenberger: “Fritz Glarner”

Where’s the weirdest place you’ve ever crashed while on tour?

Kapetan: There was this hotel that ended up being inside a church and the church was in this boarding school town and we had no idea how we’d got there. This was by Carleton College in Minnesota.

Minzenberger: I stayed in a tiny cabin on a campground that took about an hour or so to find this past summer. We got to the property at midnight and drove around in loops looking for it; it ended up being perched on top of a really thin, steep, gravel-covered hill. We weren’t given the cabin number when we rented it, so we had to look around in the dark with no service. The journey to finding it was the weird part! Definitely an adventure.

What’s your favorite city in the world to perform and what’s the city you hope to perform in for the first time?

Kapetan: Other than Chicago, Urbana-Champaign house shows are always so fun, also New York. I really hope to play Berlin, Germany, or Hamamatsu, Japan.

Minzenberger: Chicago is definitely my favorite, but New York has always been a blast. Chaotic, but a lot of fun.

What’s one piece of advice you’d go back in time to give to your 18-year-old self?

Kapetan: Don’t go to college for one year and dropout, just do the music thing when you graduate high school, it’s just gonna put you in debt and nothing else haha.

Minzenberger: Remember the importance of sleep and real rest!

What’s one of your hidden talents?

Kapetan: I can do 500 juggles with a soccer ball on a good day.

Minzenberger: I can make a water-drop sound by flicking my cheek.

If you had a million dollars to donate to charity, what cause would you support and why?

Kapetan: Right now Doctors Without Borders to help the people and especially children of Gaza.

What are your thoughts about AI and the future of music?

Kapetan: I can only hope its impact will be as minimal as possible. There will be a place for AI as there is with any type of technology, but hopefully not in music.

Minzenberger: I agree with Niko here, as well. AI can be a useful tool depending on the context, but the thought of it being used to create music is worrisome to me.

You are throwing a music festival. Give us the dream lineup of 5 artists that will perform with you and the location it would be held.

Kapetan: Yuck, Sufjan Stevens, The Replacements, Frank Ocean, David Byrne, Held in Vancouver BC Canada

Minzenberger: Westerman, Cocteau Twins, Alex G, The Sundays, Kate Bush, Somewhere near the Smoky Mountains.

Who’s your favorite person to follow on social media?

Minzenberger: My sister! She is a really talented ceramic artist, and runs a studio in Chicago (The Digs). I love keeping up with her work! @zoe.minz.ceramics.

What’s the story behind your first or favorite tattoo?

Kapetan: I’m reallyyy looking to get more the next couple years but as of right now I’ve only got two, and my first one is “xo” which I got in honor of the Elliot Smith album with the same name.

Minzenberger: I have a Clary Sage flower tattooed on my side. I was on a long trip with a good friend of mine a few years ago, and while we were stopped in Portland I impulsively decided it was time to get that tattoo done (I had been thinking about it for a while). The artist that I wanted to get it from was booked out for months, but ended up having a cancellation a few days before we left town. It felt serendipitous, and I love it!

What is your pre-show ritual?

Kapetan: We huddle and do 3-5 deep breaths and hype each other up as much as possible. Also tequila sours right now.

Minzenberger: Yes, the huddle and breaths! It helps a lot to calm down and connect with one another.

Who was your first celebrity crush?

Kapetan: Emma Stone.

Minzenberger: Aragorn from Lord of the Rings.

You have a month off and the resources to take a dream vacation. Where are you going and who is coming with you?

Kapetan: I would take all my bestest friends to Greece (Because I am Greek and have never been).

Minzenberger: I would love to spend time in the Smoky mountains with close friends and my sister! Staying in a cabin and hiking/swimming/camping sounds perfect.

What is your biggest fear?

Kapetan: Falling into a pit of snakes.

Minzenberger: Probably the ocean. It’s beautiful and I have a lot of reverence for it, but it definitely scares me.

Where We’ve Been, Where We Go From Here is out 2/16 via ATO Records. Find more information here.

It has now been about six and a half years since Jay-Z asked and answered, “What’s better than one billionaire? Two,” on “Family Feud” from his confessional album 4:44. In that time it’d be reasonable to wonder whether his wife Beyoncé has joined him in billionaire status since he crossed that threshold in 2019. With her Renaissance World Tour grossing half a billion alone — before you throw in a $22 million opening weekend for the film project that came out of it — she can’t be far off, right?

So…

Is Beyoncé A Billionaire?

Not yet, but she is close. According to Billboard, which reported on Forbes‘ latest estimates of Beyoncé’s wealth, the “Flawless” singer’s net worth has grown since Forbes listed her at No. 48 on its annual ranking of “richest self-made women” (ha) in America. Back then, she sat around $540 million. But then the receipts for the Renaissance tour came in, adding $100 million after taxes. Then, Forbes took another look at its valuation of her catalog, putting that at around $300 million. Finally, adding in Parkwood Entertainment and her joint holdings with Jay-Z — such as a $200 million mansion in Malibu — Forbes estimates Beyoncé’s net worth to be around $800 million. Not to poke any sore spots but you have to wonder if she’d have cleared that last $200 million with a renewal of her Adidas deal, which ended in February with a loss on Adidas’ side. Maybe she’ll be able to get Ivy Park back up and running and clear that final hurdle.

Earlier this year Apple TV+ dropped the limited series Platonic, which reunited Neighbors couple Seth Rogen and Rose Byrne. The two were a fantastic pair the first time they teamed up, for the Neighbors films, and for their second they decided to do things a bit differently: Instead of playing spouses, they were, well, just really, really good friends. The results were so charming that people demanded more, despite it, again, being a one-off. So any word on that? Yes and no.

Rogen and Byrne recently spoke to The Hollywood Reporter, who asked them, point blank, if there were would be Season 2, the whole “limited series” classification be damned.

“Yeah, it looks like we’re going to do more,” Rogen replied.

Alas, following Rogen’s positive response was a more pragmatic editor’s note, pointing out that Apple TV+ has not confirmed more Platonic is en route.

Rogen admitted that he was simply being practical, if not paranoid, about wanting to do more Platonic before it was even seen by the public:

“Honestly, we had talked about it during the first season, but I get really nervous about how it’s going to be received. I’m not a count-your-eggs-before-they-hatch guy. I’ve done that thing where I drive around Friday night of opening weekend for my movies and go to the theaters and there’s no one in them. I really just wanted to see if we were happy with it when it came out — and if everyone else was happy with it. I was kind of nervous about how high my standards were for what we were doing, and I wanted to make sure that we could actually do it. And then once I saw that we could, I was like, “OK, we should keep doing it.

So if you liked Platonic, or simply enjoy how Byrne, a serious thespian who’s proven herself skilled at comedy, and Rogen, a comic actor who’s a pretty good serious thespian himself, there’s (probably, maybe) going to be more of them together.

(Via THR)

In a new interview with Zane Lowe, SZA revealed that she first started making music to prove a point to her ex-fiancé. She’s talked about this mysterious individual before — at least, in print — but for many fans, the real surprise of this story was that SZA has an ex-fiancé (because nobody reads anymore, y’know?).

In the quote, she said, “Some people choose music as a career and they feel very certain about what they’re doing and why they’re doing it… I really only did music to prove a point… When I started making music, it was to my ex-fiancé, because he was paying for everything… I was a college dropout still bartending at the strip club, so I felt like I lacked value. So when I started trying to make music, it was this thing I didn’t have to try at, that I was randomly good at.”

So, who is SZA’s ex-fiancé? Well, she hasn’t revealed many details about him. In this interview, she says he was a “designer” and his ex-girlfriends were all lawyers, businesswomen, and artists. That doesn’t exactly narrow it down. Meanwhile, when she’s previously talked about him, as she did in a Rolling Stone feature earlier this year, she noted that he’s a Capricorn, which… again, tells us less than nothing (I’ll save my zodiac girlies rant for another article).

Rolling Stone also noted that the SOS song “Nobody Gets Me” is about this mysterious suitor, and says he proposed before she went on tour. However, per the line, “You was feelin’ empty, so you lеft me,” it seems that he couldn’t handle her newfound fame and broke things off. There aren’t any other identifiers in this song, but perhaps when the deluxe version of SOS, Lana, drops soon, SZA will reveal more.

In addition to the Power spin-offs, 50 Cent, STARZ, and company have another hit on their hands with BMF. The show, which recounts the story of Detroit’s notorious Black Mafia Family, completed its second season in spring 2023. After releasing just two episodes in season two, STARZ went ahead and renewed the show for a third season. Fast-forward to today and we’re just months away from the start of the third season which comes complete with new cast members and an official premiere date.

With all that being said, here’s everything you need to know about BMF season three:

Release Date

BMF season three premieres March 1, 2024 on STARZ. The show’s third season will debut less than a year after season two concluded on March 17, 2023, with a season finale that watched Meech pack his things and head south for Atlanta.

Cast

Most of the main cast will return for the show’s third season. This includes Demetrius Flenory Jr. as Demetrius “Meech” Flenory, Da’Vinchi as Terry “Southwest T” Flenory, Russell Hornsby as Charles Flenory (Meech and Terry’s father), Michole Briana White as Lucille Flenory (Meech and Terry’s mother), Eric Kofi-Abrefa as Lamar Silas, Myles Truitt as B-Mickie, Steve Harris as Detective Von Bryant, La La Anthony as Markaisha Taylor, Kelly Hu as Detective Veronica Jin, and Laila Pruitt as Nicole Flenory.

The recurring cast for season three is also expected to stay the same. Some of the expected names include Snoop Dogg as Pastor Swift, Serayah as Lori Walker, Jerel Alston as Kevin Bryant, Mo’Nique as Goldie. Season three will also feature some new names in the cast including 2 Chainz as Stacks, Ne-Yo as Rodney “Greeny” Green, and Michael King as RIP.

Plot

Here is the official synopsis for season three of BMF:

Season three of BMF resumes the storyline inspired by brothers Demetrius “Big Meech” Flenory (Demetrius Flenory, Jr.) and Terry “Southwest T” Flenory (Da’Vinchi), who established one of the most infamous crime families in the country known as, Black Mafia Family. We kick off Season Three in the early ’90s when the Flenory Family has reinvented themselves. Meech has moved to Atlanta on a mission to build up the BMF empire in the south that he and Terry created in Detroit. The series continues to humanize the choices of the brothers’ business and their pursuits of the American Dream.

Trailer

STARZ has yet to release a trailer for season three of BMF. The platform did share a small preview as a part of STARZ’s fall and winter 2023/2024 trailer, which you can watch below:

How Many Episodes Are In BMF Season 3?

Season three of BMF is expected to have ten episodes, just like the show’s previous two seasons. Here is the expected schedule for episodes in the third season of BMF:

• March 1: Episode 1
• March 8: Episode 2
• March 15: Episode 3
• March 22: Episode 4
• March 29: Episode 5
• April 5: Episode 6
• April 12: Episode 7
• April 19: Episode 8
• April 26: Episode 9
• May 3: Episode 10

How To Watch BMF Season 3

BMF season three episodes will be available to stream weekly through the STARZ app. They will also air weekly on the STARZ television channel.

When Do New Episodes Of BMF Season 3 Come Out?

New episodes in BMF season three are available to stream on the STARZ app every Friday at 12 am ET/PT. The new episodes will also air on the STARZ TV channel at 8 pm ET/PT.

‘BMF’ season three debuts on STARZ on March 1, 2024. Seasons one and two are available now to stream on the STARZ app.

Draymond Green is once again at the center of the conversation around the NBA after his latest ejection (his third in 15 games this season) for swinging around wildly and hitting Jusuf Nurkic in the head.

Green was given a Flagrant 2 and is likely going to be given another suspension by the league, as this incident came less than three weeks from his return to the Warriors after serving a 5-game suspension for putting Rudy Gobert in a chokehold. Green apologized after the game to Nurkic, saying he was just trying to sell a call, which isn’t a great excuse for clocking someone upside the head when the initial contact was a hand on a hip. Nurkic said he was just glad he didn’t get choked like Gobert, noting that it seems Green has some issues going on right now that extend beyond the basketball court he needs to sort out, saying succinctly “that brother needs help.”

Considering Green is fresh off a 5-game suspension that clearly did not have the intended effect of curbing these kinds of actions, many have been speculating on how long the league will have Green sit after this latest incident. On ESPN’s NBA Today, Kendrick Perkins called on the league to send a serious message, saying Green should be suspended for “at least” 25 games.

Now, it would be shocking if the league handed out a 25-game suspension to Green, but Perkins isn’t alone in being fed up with Green’s antics and calling for the NBA to bring the hammer down. The NBA has typically not handed out long suspensions for plays like this, as it was not escalating an ongoing scuffle like when he choked Gobert, but was something that happened in the run of play (but clearly was excessive and unnecessary). That said, they’ve made it clear his past actions are being counted against him and will be considered in future punishments. As such, it’s hard to know what exactly the league will do here, and it’ll be impossible for the league to satiate everyone when it comes to what they decide.

He may go by Dwayne Johnson nowadays, but to some of us he’ll always be The Rock. He was the first wrestler to transition into a successful film career (sorry, Hulk Hogan), paving the way for the always welcome John Cena. When Johnson started doing movies full-time, he not only dropped his nom de plume, but he also wouldn’t do movies where he did some wrasslin’. (The exception: playing himself in 2019’s Fighting with my Family.) But now, at long last, he’s doing a movie where he kicks some butt in the ring, albeit for a different sport.

Per The Hollywood Reporter, Johnson has signed on to star in The Smashing Machine, which concerns real-life MMA star Mark Kerr. What’s up with that title? For one thing it’s Kerr’s nickname, due to his “no holds barred” style of fighting. It’s also the title of a 2003 HBO documentary that chronicled his storied career, which spanned from the late ‘90s through the late aughts, as well as his addiction to pain killers.

So that’s cool, but also cool is who will make it: Benny Safdie, aka one-half of the Safdie brothers, aka one-half of the team that made Good Time, Uncut Gems, as well as excellent movies like Heaven Knows What and The Pleasure of Being Robbed. Benny’s been off on his own lately, away from his brother Joshua, mostly to do acting. He made a very good Edward Teller in Oppenheimer, to say nothing of his work on The Rehearsal opposite Nathan Fielder and Emma Stone. This will be his first solo directorial effort, so we’ll see what a Safdie brothers movie is like when it’s only one bro.

(Via THR)