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“The fat kid at the back with the wrong f*cking shoes on.”

That’s how modern-day Kate Winslet described herself as a teenager, before Heavenly Creatures put her on the map and Titanic made her a mega-star. The actress was “consistently told I was the wrong shape,” she revealed to Vogue. “I was consistently told I would have to settle for less.” The reason she didn’t? “Cause I wasn’t going to take that sh*t from anyone.”

Winslet later discussed why she’s comfortable with nude scenes. “I know better than to waste precious energy on criticizing my physical self,” she said. “I think any woman is better off just saying: I believe in myself. It doesn’t matter what other people think; this is who I am — let’s get on with it.”

“You know I had to be really f*cking brave about letting my body be its softest version of itself and not hiding from that,” she said. In another scene she wears a bikini top. “And believe me,” Winslet said, rolling her eyes, “people amongst our own team would say, ‘You might just want to sit up a bit.’ And I’d go, ‘Why? [Because of] the bit of flesh you can see? No, that’s the way it’s going to be!’”

The Oscar-winning actress hasn’t read a review of her work since she was 21 years old (she’s 47). This, she thinks, “probably stems from having been subjected to the most awful scrutiny and judgment, and, actually, I would go so far as to say bullying, from mainstream media when I was in my 20s.”

Winslet will next appear in Lee, a biopic of war correspondent Lee Miller.

(Via Vogue)

Disgraced Ultra-MAGA devotee and newly minted Florida Man Madison Cawthorn hasn’t stopped his formerly plentiful supply of incendiary remarks, but he has apparently decided to disgust the heck out of his former supporters. That makes things awfully awkward since Cawthorn previously declared that he loves the U.S. too much to fade into the woodwork, and then again, he previously declared that he would perform a “Dark MAGA” takeover after his congressional reelection defeat.

There’s no telling if that was Cawthorn’s goal while greeting the day on the anniversary of 9/11, but he has gone full conspiracy theory in a way that’s offending his former base, as noted by Patriot Takes on Twitter:

He did so with two posts, the first one referred to above, while writing, “Where were you when the world stopped turning on that September day? The lies we were fed by the elites have defined the entire 21st century. Never trust your government, never.” In addition to essentially calling 9/11 an enormous lie by the Bush administration, he also published the following caption: “R.I.P. to the 1,455,590 Innocent Muslims who died during the US invasion for something they didn’t do.”

Cue the responses of not only “This is disrespectful” but also “Hey, maybe not today okay captain woke.” A Veteran commented, “Shame sir. While there may be a time and a place to talk about America’s mistakes, today is not that day. For those of us who remember very clearly what 9/11 did to our lives and our world this is a day of remembrance.” A former Madison fan then wrote, “I like you, but this post really disappointed me and discredits you in so many ways” while still another wrote, “Cawthorn became a Rawthorn on my side after this post! This is stupid, heartless and anti-American…. Go Away!”

Yet Cawthorn wasn’t finished. He made a car-selfie video with this caption: “Bush lied, the uni-party lied, Americans died, and now they are more powerful than ever. Anytime you think to yourself ‘oh our government would not do that.’ Remind yourself that oh yes they would.”

A few choice replies: “Save your sh*t for tomorrow. How dare you post this on a [sacred] day”; “TODAY IS NOT THE DAY FOR THIS! Just shut your mouth and have respect for the PEOPLE we lost. Nothing else matters right now. Just stop. Damnit man!”; and “I was a soldier and I went and invaded Iraq. You were a child and sat home enjoying the protection given to you by real men. Maybe take today to thank those who stood up and went to fight. Instead of mocking by we did.”

A little while back, many Republicans abandoned Cawthorn over his scandals, and most of them didn’t care what happened to him after he was voted out of the House of Representatives. And it seems like his 9/11 comments have caused those who reserved judgment to follow suit.

British broadcaster Martin Daubney just had an on-air train wreck for the ages. While covering the breaking news of an escaped terror suspect being captured by police, the GB News anchor immediately started bungling the report right out of the gate by referring to the suspect as “the terror man.” The situation got so bad that Daubney dropped an F-bomb as he struggled to salvage the situation, which he did not, much to the delight of Piers Morgan.

“First, it’s the news headlines… no it’s not – we’re going straight to me. This is breaking news – this is fast and happening,” Daubney said via The Daily Beast before realizing he’s already dropping the ball. “F*ck, it’s all gone wrong.”

The situation did not improve as he attempted to bring on a guest and referred him by the wrong name. “Joining me now for the latest is GB News Home Security Editor, Mark White, are you there, Mark?” Daubney said before realizing his latest mistake. “It’s Chip Chapman, we have Chip Chapman.”

One person who particularly enjoyed Daubney’s on-air meltdown was, as we mentioned above, Piers Morgan. Apparently, there’s some bad blood between the two conservative broadcasters, and Morgan absolutely relished watching his rival become an international laughingstock live on the air.

“GB News presenter Martin Daubney recently accused me of failing as a journalist,” Morgan tweeted. “This is Martin handling breaking news on the escaped terrorist.”

Folks on Twitter also enjoyed Daubney’s debacle, especially his off-the-cuff use of “the terror man.” You can see some of the reactions below:

(Via The Daily Beast)

Houston Rockets guard Kevin Porter Jr. was arrested on Monday morning in New York City after an altercation with girlfriend and WNBA player Kysre Gondrezick, per numerous outlets.

Porter Jr. was charged with second-degree assault and strangulation and Gondrezick was taken to the hospital with at least one broken bone and bruising, according to NBC New York. The alleged assault occurred after a night out with Gondrezick reportedly locking Porter Jr. out of their room amid a dispute, and when Porter Jr. was able to get into the room he assaulted Gondrezick.

Porter Jr. allegedly attacked the victim overnight Monday at the Millennium Hotel near Times Square. His girlfriend was taken to the hospital with at least one broken bone and bruising, law enforcement officials told NBC New York.

The alleged incident began after the pair had been out. She returned to the room, but Porter Jr. got locked out, sources said, and the altercation escalated from there.

Hotel security called police who arrested Porter Jr. and he was charged with assault and strangulation and remains in custody. The Rockets guard would be getting set for his fifth season in the NBA and fourth in Houston this fall, having recently signed a 4-year, $63 million deal that is only guaranteed for this upcoming season. The team and the NBA have not issued official statements on the matter.

After much fuss was made about the dearth of rap No. 1s on the Billboard Hot 100 in 2023, the first rap song of the year has topped the chart, breaking the drought at 54 weeks. Best of all, the song to finally bring hip-hop back to the mountaintop came from an artist who has gone to extreme lengths in the fight for her hip-hop credibility: Doja Cat.

Her Dionne Warwick-sampling single “Paint The Town Red” — which saw her rapping more than singing for the first time since her debut album in 2018 — has topped this week’s Hot 100 chart, giving her her second No. 1 after “Say So” reached No. 1 on the chart dated May 16, 2020 (thanks in large part to a guest spot from Nicki Minaj, giving Nicki her first-ever No. 1 as well, and an NSFW promise Doja later reneged on). Interestingly, the last rap song to go No. 1 was Nicki Minaj’s “Super Freaky Girl” on the chart dated August 22, 2022.

In the year leading up to the rollout for her upcoming fourth studio album, Scarlet, Doja joked that her new album would be entirely rap, then entirely R&B, then that it would be punk or inspired by rave culture. She ultimately attributed all these changes of heart to ADHD, but she’s also been a bit of a stylistic chameleon all along, even going as far as deriding her older albums for being more marketable and not as authentic to who she is.

Considering she came up under the tutelage of Project Blowed vets like Verbs in Los Angeles, hip-hop is part of her DNA — and clearly the part she’s most passionate about expressing right now. It looks like that passion is paying off.

In May, The National announced they would stage their first Homecoming Festival since the inaugural event in 2018.

“When we launched Homecoming in 2018, we were overwhelmed by the response from the community and by our renewed sense of connection to our hometown,” The National said in a statement at the time. “It was such an exciting, memorable weekend and we’ve long hoped to bring it back. We’re honored to return to Cincinnati five years later and be joined by so many of our favorite musicians and friends.”

On Friday, September 15, and Saturday, September 16, the festival will take place on The Icon Festival Stage at Smale Park in Cincinnati, Ohio. Predictably, The National will headline both nights — performing their High Violet album in full on Friday and Trouble Will Find Me in full on Saturday. It should also be noted that the band released two new singles in August.

Doors will open at 11:30 a.m. local time on Friday. Allen Lanz will perform from 1 p.m. to 1:30 p.m., followed by Carriers (2-2:30 p.m.), Bartees Strange (3-3:45 p.m.), Arooj Aftab (4:15-5 p.m.), The Walkmen (5:30-6:15 p.m.), and Pattie Smith (6:45-7:45 p.m.). The National’s headlining set is scheduled to begin at 8:30 p.m. and wrap by 11 p.m.

After doors open at 11 a.m., Saturday’s slate includes Snail Mail (3:45-4:30 p.m.), Weyes Blood (5-5:45 p.m.), and Pavement (6:15-7:45 p.m.) ahead of The National’s second headlining set, again from 8:30 p.m. to 11 p.m.

Single-day ($125 general admission or $300 VIP) or two-day tickets ($225 GA or $500 VIP) are still available at the festival’s official website.

See the full lineup and schedule below.

Jason Thomas Gordon is gearing up to publish The Singers Talk, which features interviews with singers including Bruce Springsteen, Roger Daltrey, Chrissie Hynde, Willie Nelson, Mavis Staples, Ozzy Osbourne, Robert Smith, Geddy Lee, Michael Stipe, Rod Stewart, Steve Perry, and Thom Yorke.

Gordon just shared an excerpt of his Yorke interview with Rolling Stone and in it, the Radiohead singer describes a time he got high during a concert, so much so that he couldn’t quite deliver a performance of “Everything In Its Right Place” without incident. He said:

“[Laughs.] There was one time we played in San Francisco in this really nice outdoor place, Shoreline. It was a great show, really, really fun. The audience were brilliant. Then, before the final encore, I smoked a blunt with Jonny [Greenwood]. I went back on and started playing ‘Everything In Its Right Place’ and got completely lost. I think I sang the second verse first, and then I was looking at the keyboard going, ‘What’s this?’ [Laughter.] Then, I went to sing the next verse, and I realized, I’ve just sung that, and I looked at the others, and they were all going [makes a face] ‘Get us out of this one.’ I’m just going around the riff, looking at the audience, and they’re all singing the words, and I’m going, ‘What?’ [Tries reading their lips.] I was so high, I just got up from the piano and [puts his hands up in surrender] walked off. [Laughs hysterically.]”

Gordon responded, “That’s incredible because the song only has, like, three lines in it,” to which Yorke replied, “Exactly! [More laughter.] It’s not f*cking rocket science!”

Check out more of the conversation here.

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

The most profitable venture for sportsbooks is getting people to place parlays — over the last year in Nevada, the hold percentage for casinos is an outrageous 32 percent on parlays, while blackjack is 15 percent, for comparison’s sake. As such, if you ever log into a mobile sportsbook you will notice the top is always flooded with suggested parlays trying to get you to get in on the action that pays the bills for those companies.

Usually, the sportsbooks try to put some kind of theme around each parlay or attach it to one of the personalities they partner with. The problem with this plan is, sometimes you might wade into some deep waters with your parlay theme if you are not careful. That happened on Monday with DraftKings, as they posted a “Never Forget” parlay of New York teams for 9/11, featuring the Yankees, Mets, and Jets. Unsurprisingly, that didn’t go over particularly well.

I have no idea what the chain of command is for getting parlay themes approved inside the DraftKings office, but I think it’s safe to say it will probably change now. Whoever approved that one got the company in some hot water, and they took the “Never Forget” parlay down off of the site and offered an apology on Twitter.

As always, if you are a brand thinking about doing something on 9/11 that is anything more than the most basic solemn post about the tragedy, I would advise against it.

Amy Schumer found herself caught up in a controversy on Monday morning, and because celebrities are just like us, she did what a lot of people do when they’re in trouble: Point out somebody else acting even worse.

The comedian became the target of backlash after she made a joke about Nicole Kidman in a now-deleted Instagram post. In attempt to bounce back from the controversy, Schumer fired off an apology where she trolled Ashton Kutcher and Mila Kunis for their letters of support for Danny Masterson.

Via Page Six, who captured a screengrab of Schumer’s post before it was also deleted:

“I want to apologize to all the people I hurt posting a photo of Nicole Kidman and alluding to her being an alien,” the “I Feel Pretty” star, 42, told her followers.

“I will be asking the cast of that 70s show to write letters advocating for my forgiveness,” she sarcastically continued, adding the hashtag “#takingtimetoheal.”

As for the initial joke that caused Schumer’s comments to be filled up with angry fans, the comedian joked about the robotic facial expression on Kidman’s face while the actress was attending the U.S. Open.

“This how human sit,” Schumer reportedly wrote. She was quickly accused of being “mean” and “cyberbullying” the Lioness star before Schumer eventually pulled the post. The Kutcher and Kunis quip was her attempt at a recovery, and apparently, Schumer wasn’t committed to that bit either.

(Via Page Six)

A Polish singer is under scrutiny for a doing an impression of Kendrick Lamar while employing some ill-advised language and darkening his skin for a local karaoke show. Your Face Sounds Familiar pits eight celebrities against each other to imitate artists in the hopes of winning a cash prize. However, Polish singer Kuba Szmajkowski may have overstepped when he performed “Humble” as Kendrick in full blackface with braids, and eschewed common-sense self-editing for instances of the N-word in the song — something for which Kendrick has actually censured fans in person during his own performances.

Once the clip made its way online, some fans were disappointed in Szmajkowski’s decision to perform in blackface and use the N-word, neither of which seemed strictly necessary for him to do to give an authentic performance (he won that episode, the second of the 19th season, donating the prize money to the Przystań Nadziei Foundation, which helps children with cancer).

As it turns out, the show has had a bit of a history of similar incidents, with impressions of Beyoncé and Kanye West utilizing blackface and unflattering caricatures of African American Vernacular English. Unsurprisingly, it seems rappers are very popular in Poland.

Now, obviously, there’s a lot of cultural context that the Polish might not have regarding the damaging history of such stereotypes here in the States (blackface and racial caricatures were key to minstrel shows, which contributed to negative attitudes toward Black people, including inaccurate and reductive perceptions of their tendency for laziness, stupidity, and violence — ironic considering they were forced against their will to work for free under threat of violence).

But we’re in the year 2023, we have the internet now, and all of this stuff is relatively easy to find out. There’s just no excuse and shame on everybody involved. Somehow, the US has managed to put on a similar show and get rousing performances from its contestants without the use of offensive stereotypes. Lil Yachty and his wock should probably just stay home.