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Every single week, our TV and film experts will list the most important ten streaming selections for you to pop into your queues. We’re not strictly operating upon reviews or accrued streaming clicks (although yes, we’ve scoured the streaming site charts) but, instead, upon those selections that are really worth noticing amid the churning sea of content. There’s a lot out there, after all, and your time is valuable.

TIE: 10. The Flash (CW series streaming on Netflix)

With word on the street that the upcoming The Flash movie, starring Michael Keaton and two Ezra Millers, is actually quite good, DC fans are naturally in the mood for this speedy superhero, so they’re binging one of the better CW superhero shows in existence. As well, the series recently ended its ninth and final season, so people know that they can digest it all without waiting for more. There’s some satisfaction in knowing that one can do so, and in about a week, we’ll see if the box office checks out, too.

TIE: 10. The Crowded Room (Apple TV+ series)

This project has gone through some phases, to put it mildly. Many years ago, Leonardo DiCaprio was reportedly set to star in a different version in which which he would have played a defendant who invoked a legal defense that had never been successfully used on a previous occasion. The crimes in question included a 1970s robbery and worse, all based on a real-life criminal. Apple TV+ has now tweaked things for an inspired-by-real-life series, and Tom Holland now portrays “Danny Sullivan,” who is arrested in connection with a shooting, and the situation spirals in many directions from there. It certainly takes Holland out of the Marvel mindset.

9. FUBAR (Netflix series)

This show doesn’t seem likely to evaporate anytime soon with Father’s Day on the horizon, and Netflix must have known that Arnold Schwarzenegger is still plenty bankable even while in Dad Jokes mode. He’s not exactly slaughtering an entire army without reloading anymore, but he’s doing alright and can probably kick butt better than you and I combined. This series is sort-of like Mr. And Mrs. Smith but with a father-daughter dynamic, and don’t deprive dudes of dad shows, especially when Yellowstone remains on hiatus with no signs of imminent return.

8. Reality (HBO movie streaming on Max)

At one point in time, “Reality Winner” felt like a fake name that the Internet made up as a Twitter trend, but the story was all too real. Sydney Sweeney portrays the portrays Air Force vet and former NSA translator who returns home one day to find FBI agents having descended upon the premises. So much for a nice, quiet life as a yoga/CrossFit instructor, and she soon finds out that she is S.O.L. after being accused of presenting information about 2016 election interference by Russia to the press. Sweeney’s skills are showcased here in a more textured manner than you’ve seen before now, as a seemingly ordinary 20-something whose life will soon forever be transformed.

7. Cruel Summer (Freeform series streaming on Hulu)

The second season of this soapy thriller series recently premiered after what feels like an extensive wait for fans. Don’t expect the timelines to settle down anytime soon as the show’s mysteries remain impressively resistant to prediction. Yes, there’s a dead body central to the story and characters attempting to get their stories on the same page as lies pile upon lies. Underneath it all, though, there’s an erupting friendship and a love triangle and plenty of intrigue to at least fill this sophomore season.

6. The Idol (HBO series streaming on Max)

For an HBO show, this series didn’t go off like gangbusters, although a certain scene has racked up more YouTube views than the entire first episode did at the source. The show attempts to thrive upon claimed controversy, and we’ll see if it can gain as much momentum as Euphoria creator Sam Levinson and Abel “The Weeknd” Tesfaye desired while setting out to shock the world. No one ever expected subtlety here, although the show needs to start delivering upon its promises and pep up the story to keep people’s attention.

5. Manifest (Netflix series)

Flight 828, which lost five years in the initial episode of this sci-fi soap opera, now comes in for the final leg of its rocky voyage, and thank goodness that Ghost Zeke is along for the landing. The crash landing, even? You be the judge. Creator Jeff Rake was able to pack in the final three seasons of ideas into a fourth, super-sized season once Netflix rescued this beloved show from NBC cancellation. Go find out if that Death Date junk turns out to be a made-up fear, or if Cal can save the world, or both.

4. Platonic (Apple TV+ series)

A movement to resurrect the raunchy comedy is about to arrive in theaters with Jennifer Lawrence doing the honors, and here, Rose Byrne and Seth Rogen will warm up that target audience as two former best friends who (stupidly) decide that they can still party hard despite leading adult lives, too. Rose Byrne remains underrated for her comedic sense, and Seth Rogen’s jolly laugh remains incredibly hard to resist. Come for the hangover and stay for the portrayal of friendship’s ups and downs and more ups.

3. Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse (Sony movie available for rental on Amazon)

Over three years ago, we placed this initial franchise entry at the top of our Favorite Comic Book Movies of last decade. It remains an instant classic, even as Spider-Man: Across The Spider-Verse proved to be equally fantastic. Before you go see Spot, refresh on this game-changer that proves how Disney and Sony can work harmoniously to shade in infinite facets of Spidey for the masses. You can never have too much of the Peter Parkers or enough of Gwen or Miles Morales or the rest, and if you think I’m wrong, then you clearly could use this adventure. So get in there and refresh yourself.

2. Silo (Apple TV+ series)

This series is a slow burn that’s finally receiving its due as people catch up and realize that Graham Yost has been quietly toiling away on a sci-fi sleeper hit. Those are always the most satisfying hits, aren’t they? Root for the TV underdog, much like you’ll find yourself doing for Rebecca Ferguson’s Juliette, who rises from being the only person why knows how to fix a humanity-sustaining generator to sheriff of the whole, 10,000 people-strong joint. This show’s mysteries never feel like sucker punches once the truth is finally revealed, although if you have read Hugh Howey’s trilogy of applicable novels (starting with Wool and moving into Shift and Dust), then you know that there’s much more to come, even after this season reaches a finale flourish.

1. I Think You Should Leave With Tim Robinson (Netflix series)

One thing is certain: the fandom for this show is rabid and opinionated, and even though taste in comedy can be highly specific, the people who love this series really love it. Our own Brian Grubb is one of those opinionated fans, and he whipped up a comprehensive ranking of this season’s sketches, so when you are done, mosey on over and see if you agree or disagree, and maybe even construct your own list, too. Sound absurd enough for you? Good, because that vibe fits the spirit of this show.

Amanda Nunes (23-5) earned a unanimous decision victory over Irene Aldana (14-7) to retain her bantamweight championship in the main event of UFC 289 from Rogers Arena in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. After the victory, she cut her gloves off and retired from MMA as one of the all-time greats.

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Nunes gave Aldana plenty of respect early in the fight, keeping her distance, but finding her range. Nunes earned a takedown but immediately hopped back to her feet, unwilling to engage on the ground. Aldana was hesitant to exchange, keeping her hands tight and overreacting to every feint. With about a minute remaining in the first round, Aldana caught Nunes with a nice counter right that sent the champ stumbling.

In the second, Nunes looked downstairs, with big leg kicks that started to show damage on the challenger’s lead leg. Aldana got dropped midway through the round with an easy takedown, but Nunes refused to do anything on the ground. Aldana began to let her hands go late, and Nunes responded with a combo and a nasty clinch and knee to the head. Nunes continued to pour it on late, earning a third takedown with 15 seconds remaining in the second.

The third saw Nunes bully Aldana to the ground three times, maintaining top control for most of the round. With less than a minute remaining in the round, Aldana looked exhausted and started letting her hands go. Nunes caught Aldana with another big combination followed by a clinch and knee.

Aldana opened the championship rounds with much more activity, but almost immediately ate a gigantic elbow from Nunes. The champ continued to pick apart Aldana with shot after shot, mixing up takedown attempts with elbows, front kicks, and overhand shots.

The fifth was much of the same for Nunes, who earned a takedown and maintained top position basically the entire round.

Nunes defended the bantamweight crown for the first time since winning the belt back at UFC 277 against Julianna Peña. Nunes came into Saturday night’s main event having lost just twice since 2014. She puts a bow on her career, defeating every notable women’s fighter in the UFC’s history, with wins over Ronda Rousey, Holly Holm, Cris Cyborg, Valentina Shevchenko, and Miesha Tate.

Aldana stepped up to fight Nunes when the former champion, Peña, withdrew in May due to a rib injury. Aldana won her last two bouts via knockout heading into her title tilt, last falling in 2020 in a decision loss to Holly Holm.

Friday was not a good night to be affiliated with the Miami Heat.

The team got beaten handily for the second straight game at home by the Nuggets to fall behind 3-1 in the NBA Finals as the series shifts back to Denver for Game 5. During that loss, the team’s mascot Burnie decided it’d be fun to do a bit at midcourt with Conor McGregor, who was sitting courtside for the game.

Burnie came out with big boxing gloves to “fight” McGregor, with the former UFC champ scoring a one punch knockout (and then one more on the ground for good measure).

That punch was apparently a bit more than Burnie had bargained for, as the Athletic reported on Saturday that the man in the costume had to go to the hospital to get checked out and get some pain medication before being discharged — with Barry Jackson of the Miami Herald confirming.

The story notes he is doing well now, which is good, and I feel like the lesson here is to never ask a professional fighter to punch you for a bit, even if you’re in a large, cushioned outfit. Fighters tend to not be the best at pulling punches, and the result might be some injury added to insult.

Warning: This post contains a major spoiler for The White Lotus Season 2.

The White Lotus was supposed to be a one-off. The first season of the HBO show was a limited series whose cast could not reunite because they were tourists from all over the U.S. But creator Mike White found a way to do a Season 2 anyway: He turned it into an anthology series, with only two characters returning for more. There will be more, which means White has to draw up a wish-list of destinations. And he knows of at least one future stop.

“My dream would be to hit every continent, so yeah, this is like its own continent, basically,” White said while attending a festival in Sydney, Australia which the show’s biggest star Jennifer Coolidge, as per Deadline. “We kind of have to come to Australia if we keep going.”

He added, “It would be so fun. Obviously, there’s a huge wealth of talent here and the beauty is inarguable, so it feels like it checks all the boxes.”

Speaking of, Coolidge’s character, the unimaginably wealthy Tanya McQuoid, famously ate it at the end of Season 2. That’s doesn’t mean she can’t return. Indeed, at the festival they discussed the idea of a Tanya prequel series.

“I absolutely think that’s possible, we were just talking about that,” White told the crowd. “It’s a funny idea. And making Jennifer, you know, 20 years younger, that would be fun too. I think Jennifer’s like, ‘Sure, let’s do it!’”

Coolidge even knew where Tanya should wind up. “Austalia gets my vote,” she said.

So you might see Tanya again after all, this time down under. Meanwhile, Coolidge still wants to see one of the show’s characters suffer a fate worse than Tanya did.

(Via Deadline)

Niall Horan‘s third studio album, The Show, is proving to be a hit among the fans — whether they be day-one Directioners or simply new fans of Horan’s solo music. Songs like “Heaven” and “Never Grow Up” have become instant favorites in the pop world.

The album showcases some of Horan’s most personal songwriting yet, as he shares detailed accounts of mental health, love, and heartbreak. As the album is ranking high in the Horan universe, fans are wondering if they will be able to see Horan live.

Is Niall Horan going on tour for The Show?

Horan will, in fact, tour in support of The Show, however, not until early next year.

The tour will kick off in Belfast in February 2024, then arrive to Australia following a slew of European dates. US fans will be able to see him beginning in late May of 2024.

You can see the full list of tour dates below, and purchase tickets here.

2/21/24 – Belfast, UK @ SSE Arena Belfast
2/23/24 – Dublin, IE @ 3Arena
2/27/24 – Birmingham, UK @ Resorts World Arena
3/1/24 – London, UK @ OVO Arena Wembley
3/4/24 – Cardiff, UK @ Cardiff International Arena
3/5/24 – Manchester, UK @ AO Arena
3/7/24 – Antwerp, BE @ Lotto Arena
3/8/24 – Paris, FR @ Zénith
3/11/24 – Berlin, DE @ Mercedes-Benz Arena
3/12/24 – Copenhagen, DK @ Royal Arena
3/15/24 – Stockholm, SE @ Hovet Ice Hall
3/18/24 – Lodz, PL @ Atlas Arena
3/20/24 – Munich, DE @ Olympiahalle
3/21/24 – Milan, IT @ Mediolanum Forum
3/23/24 – Madrid, ES @ WiZink Center
3/26/24 – Düsseldorf, DE @ PSD Bank Dome
3/27/24 – Amsterdam, NL @ Ziggo Dome
4/26/24 – Auckland, New Zealand @ Spark Arena
4/28/24 – Brisbane, Australia @ Brisbane Entertainment Centre
5/1/24 – Sydney, Australia @ Quodos Bank Arena
5/3/24 – Melbourne, Australia @ Rod Laver Arena
5/29/24 – Fort Lauderdale, FL @ Hard Rock Live
5/31/24 – Tampa, FL @ MIDFLORIDA Credit Union Amphitheatre
6/3/24 – Nashville, TN @ Bridgestone Arena
6/7/24 – Raleigh, NC @ Coastal Credit Union Music Park at Walnut Creek
6/8/24 – Bristow, VA @ Jiffy Lube Live
6/11/24 – Philadelphia, PA @ Mann Center for the Performing Arts
6/14/24 – New York, NY @ Madison Square Garden
6/15/24 – Mansfield, MA @ Xfinity Center
6/18/24 – Bridgeport, CT @ Hartford HealthCare Amphitheater
6/19/24 – Bangor, ME @ Maine Savings Amphitheater
6/21/24 – Saratoga Springs, NY @ Saratoga Performing Arts Center
6/22/24 – Buffalo, NY @ Darien Lake Amphitheater
6/25/24 – Cincinnati, OH @ Riverbend Music Center
6/26/24 – Cuyahoga Falls, OH @ Blossom Music Center
6/28/24 – Toronto, ON @ Scotiabank Arena
7/7/24 – St. Paul, MN @ Xcel Energy Center
7/9/24 – Tinley Park, IL @ Credit Union 1 Amphitheatre
7/10/24 – Clarkston, MI @ Pine Knob Music Theatre
7/12/24 – Maryland Heights, MO @ Hollywood Casino Amphitheatre
7/16/24 – Kansas City, MO @ Starlight Theatre
7/17/24 – Rogers, AR @ Walmart AMP
7/19/24 – Denver, CO @ Ball Arena
7/20/24 – Salt Lake City, UT @ USANA Amphitheatre
7/23/24 – Auburn, WA @ White River Amphitheatre
7/24/24 – Ridgefield, WA @ RV Inn Style Resorts Amphitheater
7/26/24 – Mountain View, CA @ Shoreline Amphitheatre
7/27/24 – Inglewood, CA @ The Kia Forum
7/30/24 – Chula Vista, CA @ North Island Credit Union Amphitheatre
7/31/24 – Phoenix, AZ @ Talking Stick Resort Amphitheatre

The Show is out now via Capitol. Find more information here.

The Toronto Raptors have spent the last month meeting with a vast number of potential head coaching candidates after firing Nick Nurse following the season.

On Saturday, word broke from ESPN’s Adrian Wojnarowski that they had finally landed on a choice, with Memphis Grizzlies assistant Darko Rajakovic apparently finalizing a deal to become Toronto’s next head coach.

The Serbian coach has been an NBA assistant since 2014, spending the first five years of his career in Oklahoma City before stints in Phoenix and Memphis. He will take over a Toronto Raptors squad that has a ton of questions to answer this summer, as they are a candidate to potentially tear things down and rebuild, with Fred VanVleet a free agent and trade rumors continuing to swirl around OG Anunoby and Pascal Siakam.

If they become sellers, then this figures to be a rebuilding job for Rajakovic with what one would expect to become a young team. If not and they choose to keep most of this core group together, he will have plenty of talent on the roster but will be tasked with figuring out how to make a lot of players with overlapping talents function together in a way they haven’t over the past two seasons.

Last week Donald Trump broke yet another record: He became the first U.S. president to be indicted on criminal charges once but twice. Congrats? This one was even a federal indictment, for his alleged mishandling of classified government documents. He could eventually become the first POTUS to wind up in the slammer — and should he be convicted of every one the charges of which he’s been accused, he would face a truly staggering amount of time in the clink.

On Friday, the day after news broke that Trump was indeed being indicted, again, the Department of Justice went and unsealed their case against him, making public the 37 charges against him. The Washington Post broke down how much jail time comes with each conviction:

1. 31 counts of willful retention of national defense information — 10 years each
2. 3 counts of withholding or concealing documents in a federal investigation — 20 years each
3. 2 counts of false statements — 5 years each
4. 1 count of conspiracy to obstruct justice — 20 years

That’s 400 years in prison — or, as the Post puts it, “longer than the U.S. has been a country.”

But that’s just one of the cases going to trial. Mediaite went and added 34 felony accounts he faces in the case by Manhattan district attorney Alvin Bragg, who’s investigating the alleged hush money payments he made to Stormy Daniels. If convicted of all those, that’s another 136 years, bringing his tenure behind bars to 536 years.

Will Trump be convicted of all 71 counts? Probably not. Hell, he might not even be convicted of any (though this seems unlikely). But if he is, he won’t only have to campaign from the slammer, but if he wins he might have to serve from it, too. Luckily for him, he’d probably have to do so from one of those cushy country club prisons where he can rant to strangers like he does at Mar-a-Lago.

(Via The Post and Mediaite)

The Saturday Night Live writers may be on strike, but their actors are still delivering on the laughs. This week, Chloe Fineman took to social media to give us an uncanny imitation of a fictional pop star from a buzzy new show.

Though only one episode of Sam Levinson and Abel “The Weeknd” Tesfaye’s new series, The Idol, has aired so far, Fineman has her imitation of pop sensation Jocelyn (Lily-Rose Depp) down to a T.

In a video shared by Fineman, the SNL actress dresses as Jocelyn, wearing a red lacy coat, and smoking cigarettes. In another clip, Fineman is seen wearing a black lingerie set and practicing choreography, recreating a scene from The Idol in which Jocelyn is practicing choreography for an upcoming music video. At one point, Fineman also recreates the shocking scene, in which The Weeknd’s character, a club owner and cult leader named Tedros, places red fabric over Jocelyn’s head, although Fineman’s recreation was less dark and more humorous.

The Weeknd caught wind of Fineman’s imitation, and simply replied with a series of crying emojis, implying that he couldn’t keep it together.

You can take a look at Fineman’s imitation above.

The Idol airs Sunday nights at 9 p.m. EST on HBO. Episodes are available to stream on Max.

Rock, pop, and now, country — it’s safe to say that Avril Lavigne has done it all. Last night (June 9) at CMA Fest 2023, Miranda Lambert brought out Lavigne during her performance at Nissan Stadium in Nashville.

Before introducing Lavigne, Lambert said she was about to “make more badass happen right now.” She then noted her “new bestie” was about to arrive to the stage, welcoming Lavigne to the performance.

Lavigne and Lambert then performed “Kerosene,” which is one of Lambert’s earliest hits. Maintaining the throwback vibe, “Kerosene” smoothly transitioned to Lavigne’s 2002 breakthrough hit, “Sk8er Boi.”

In fan-shared footage, the audience is heard cheering with nostalgia after hearing the songs that made them fans from the beginning.

In recent years, Lambert has experimented with her sound, going from country, to folk, to rock. In an interview with CNN, she revealed she’s become more comfortable switching up her musical stylings.

“There were some moments where I was being pushed in directions that I just wasn’t comfortable,” Lambert said. “So I stood my ground, but as I’ve gotten older and more into the industry, I’ve kind of relaxed in that.”

You can see some clips of the performance above.

Avril Lavigne is a Warner Music artist. Uproxx is an independent subsidiary of Warner Music Group.

Donald Trump has long loved releasing propaganda videos that make him look both strong and attacked by powerful elites. He dropped a new one Saturday, featuring a two-minute montage of the former president looking powerful while a speech — about a talented person being built up by the public only be torn down — plays on the soundtrack. If the voice sounds familiar, that’s because it’s Matt Damon. If the monologue sounds familiar, it’s because it’s from the movie Air.

The speech comes from the home stretch of the docudrama, which details Nike successful attempts in 1984 to court the collegiate Michael Jordan with both money and a shoe designed in his honor. It’s not hard — if you remove all the details about Jordan’s life — for a narcissist with a martyr complex to see how the speech could be about him, too:

“People are going to build you up, and God are they going to, because when you’re great and new, we love you. Man, we’ll build you up into something that doesn’t even exist. You’re going to change the f*cking world. But you know what? Once they’ve built you as high as they possibly can, they’re gonna tear you back down. It’s the most predictable pattern. We build you into something that doesn’t exist, and that means you have to try to be that thing all day, every day. That’s how it works. And we do it again, and again, and again. And I’m going to tell you the truth. You’re going to be attacked, betrayed, exposed and humiliated. And you’d survive that. A lot of people can climb that mountain. It’s the way down that breaks them, ’cause that’s the moment when you are truly alone. And what would you do then? Can you summon the will to fight on, through all the pain, and rise again?”

In the film, this plays over images of the real-life Jordan, as he quickly becomes an NBA superstar, as he’s raked over the coals for matters now mostly forgotten by history, as his father is murdered, etc. In Trump’s ad, this plays over images of him looking mighty and defiant — as opposed to looking like a dingleberry, which happens way more often.

It’s not clear if the Air audio clip was properly licensed, but let’s assume that it wasn’t. Let’s also assume that neither Damon, a noted Democrat, nor the film’s director Ben Affleck, who also plays frequently barefooted Nike honcho Phil Knight, would appreciate that a guy who just got indicted — again — was using their work for his own benefit.

Being associated with Donald Trump rarely pays off. Just ask his Diet Coke guy.

Air now streams on Amazon Prime.

(Via The Daily Beast)