As The Flash prepares to zoom into theaters this week, the film will be DC Studios’ first stab at tapping its own multiverse of characters following a similar move by Marvel with Spider-Man: No Way Home. Much like that film brought back former Spider-Man actors Tobey Maguire and Andrew Garfield, The Flash will reportedly pull from various incarnations of DC Comics heroes from across the decades.
Obviously, the return of Michael Keaton and Ben Affleck as their versions of Batman are in the mix. The two have been prominently featured in trailers, but that’s just the tip of the iceberg. The Flash will reportedly feature even more Batmen and the same goes for Superman. Here’s what we know so far:
BATMAN
— According to reports, George Clooney’s Batman will have a cameo in the post-credit scene that has been left out of advance screenings to prevent leaks. (Clearly, that didn’t work.) The actor has repeatedly joked about never putting on his Batsuit with its infamous Bat-nipples again after starring in the critically derided Batman and Robin, but it looks like Clooney is well-versed in the art of superhero movie secrecy.
— In a more controversial move, Adam West’s Batman is also reportedly shown in the film but only briefly. We’d like to say West is the only deceased actor who makes a cameo, but well, hold that thought.
SUPERMAN
— Director Andy Muschietti already let this one out of the bag. Nicolas Cage has a cameo in the film as his live-action version of Superman that never came to be after Warner Bros. infamously pulled the plug on Superman Lives, which was set to be directed by Tim Burton. Cage would’ve been the first actor play Superman in a motion picture after Christopher Reeve’s iconic performance of the beloved character. Speaking of…
— Yup, they did it. In another controversial move, Christopher Reeve’s Superman is apparently seen several times in The Flash despite the beloved actor passing away in 2004.
— George Reeves’ Superman from the classic TV series also isn’t safe, but like West’s Batman, he’s only shown briefly in The Flash.
Justice League
— On top of the various Supermen, The Flash will also feature Helen Slater’s Supergirl from the 1984 film, and both Jason Momoa and Gal Gadot will reportedly have cameos as Aquaman and Wonder Woman.
Pop culture has become a neverending intermingling of media formats and personalities. What was once indie is now pop and what once existed in just a song has found new avenues in which to manifest itself. We’re living in a world where The National’s Aaron Dessner is now Taylor Swift’s go-to producer; deepening the indie and pop Venn diagram. And the spheres are increasingly extending beyond musical collaborations.
Indie artists like Dessner, Blood Orange’s Dev Hynes, and Daniel Lopatin of Oneohtrix Point Never are routinely being pegged to score the soundtracks to notable films. And while films they’ve scored like Cyrano, Queen & Slim, and Uncut Gems, respectively, have found varying levels of success, Grizzly Bear’s Daniel Rossen and Christopher Bear composed the score to director Celine Song’s A24-released Past Lives, a film that has become 2023’s first Oscar favorite.
“It still is a little bit of a mystery how it all came together,” Bear, Grizzly Bear’s drummer, jokes on a Zoom call. ”Grizzly Bear’s music was licensed in the past for films, but we’d never scored anything together, that’s for sure,” Rossen, the band’s guitarist and co-lead vocalist, adds.
Rossen says he’d never scored anything himself — at all — before this, and relished modestly in the new experience, especially given Grizzly Bear’s standstill since their last album, Painted Ruins, came out in 2017. Bear had helped Rossen “in a pretty involved way” on his 2022 solo album, You Belong There, providing drums and percussion for it. And while that laid a foundation for this newfound partnership, scoring a movie together was a new frontier.
“It’s been a while since we had worked on anything together so it was an exploratory thing to see what that would mean for both of us, given our separate studio setups for me in Santa Fe and Chris in LA,” Rossen says. ”I felt like it was a bit of a rediscovery process for us too, figuring out the scoring.”
While Rossen is new to scoring, Bear had scored the HBO series High Maintenance, where Past Lives star Greta Lee was briefly featured as far back as 2012. They said there was initial interest in some of Grizzly Bear’s music for the film, but the how and why of their involvement stops there. When you consider that Past Lives marks Song’s directorial debut, she’s clearly establishing her aesthetic across the board and the errr…grizzly pair, is a part of that. It’s likely that her film will help boost Rossen and Bear to be the next indie musicians in line to make a concerted push into Hollywood. And it’s one heck of a start.
Past Lives was a standout at Sundance in January as well as at the Berlin Film Festival the following month. It’s already out in LA in New York and will have its widespread release in theaters nationwide on June 23. It currently has a 97% score on Rotten Tomatoes and a Metascore of 93 on Metacritic, where it’s marked as a “must-see.” Out now, the soundtrack features Rossen and Bear’s grounding 15-track score, plus Sharon Van Etten’s Zach Dawes-produced “Quiet Eyes.”
The romantic drama tells the story of a Korean ex-pat (Lee) who moved to Canada in her youth and then eventually to New York City. She cultivates an online relationship of sorts with her childhood sweetheart (played by Teo Yoo), which fizzles in the long distance. She then eventually meets and marries a New Yorker (played by John Magaro) until one day Yoo comes to visit them in New York and she has to confront her past and present feelings for both men. It’s a story that’s a very real one for a number of immigrant Americans, packed with emotional nuance that hasn’t been told with this much candor on the big screen; an amazing and brutal reminder of the past and an essential story in today’s America.
All the while, Bear and Rossen manage to capture the passage of time beautifully with their music. As Song’s film jumps from time periods and cities with an incredible flow, the composers find ways to stitch senses and memories together. Big cellos and wistful keys guide a scene during a montage of the characters communicating intercontinentally. Shots of New York City and Seoul seesaw along with the evocative strings and gentle synths of “Crossing II” and “Why Are You Going To New York.” It’s a gorgeous score that captures love, longing, nostalgia, whimsy, hope, coincidence, and anxiety in its many forms, and then some. Through it all, the music transcends whatever the language being spoken is and builds the artfulness of Past Lives’ scenes and locales.
Bear explains that while working remotely in their respective studio spaces, he and Rossen built a sort of matrix of emotions for plotting out sounds. A visual that they could use to keep things focused throughout the film’s many arcs.
“In the end, we had started developing those thoughts and where those themes would reappear into a color-coded graph where we’d say, ‘these three things are related because they’re telling this story,’” Bear says. “And then there’d be certain cues mainly focused on one of the themes in the film but maybe more of a theme related to Nora (Lee) and Arthur’s (Magaro) relationship, but then also still leaving in hints from her childhood relationship. We’d figure out interesting ways of intermingling those while simultaneously trying to do that so it’s not overbearing or bonking over the head…to let the viewer have their own feeling and have their own emotional interaction.”
It’s just Rossen and Bear playing every single instrument on the score. There’s no backing orchestra in a grand studio to support them. Bear played piano and applied different synth textures, while Rossen played guitar and piano while adding more acoustics “around the edges,” including cello, an upright bass, and “little horn parts.” Bear dipped into expansive synth arrangements, percussion, and vibraphone, angling to assign each instrumental “a character that was unique.”
“Chris really took a strong lead in a lot of the score,” Rossen says. “Not that he didn’t do that in Grizzly Bear, but we had slightly more set roles in the band and this was a lot more open.”
As for the state of the band, they contend that Grizzly Bear is in the same place it has been for the past six years: Not split up and just up in the air. “The band exists as an idea dislodged from time,” Rossen jokes. I semi-seriously suggest to them that it’s only a matter of time before a certain corporate promoter approaches them about a band reunion for a nostalgic festival appearance. Rossen takes that in stride and chides that, “I always say eventually we’ll get desperate and do our Vegas casino tour.”
But they give off the sense that a reunion is far from imminent. Bassist/producer Chris Taylor lives in Spain, while singer Ed Droste has been pursuing a new career as a therapist. Meanwhile both Rossen and Bear have put out solo projects in recent years and now this score. But if the attention that Past Lives is getting continues to grow as the film reaches its widespread release date later this month, there might be a lot more film composing gigs in the future for them.
“This felt like a big one, like an important role,” Bear says. Before Rossen adds, “I think we’d be into doing something like this again, yeah.”
It’s hard to go anywhere without hearing the lyrics “I’m outta town, thuggin with my rounds” thanks to Sexyy Red’s Tay Keith-produced summer anthem, “Pound Town,” which is why she had to stop by Uproxx to speak to our very own Cherise Johnson and gives the lay of the land with “Sexyy Red’s 5 Laws of Pound Town.”
While the song is raunchy, downright fun and easily relatable, there are rules you must follow when you go to Pound Town. The first law of Pound Town is: Condoms. Sure, Sexyy is all for having a good time, but safety and sexual health comes first! The rest of the laws follow the same tone of responsibility, fairness, and hygiene.
With mind-blowing lyrics like “my coochie pink / my booty hole brown,” the self-proclaimed hood hottest princess speaks on what a night in Pound Town is like in its descriptive, adrenaline-fueled glory. It’s really the best place to be for showing out, but in a fresh and safe way.
Watch Sexyy Red’s 5 Laws Of Pound Town with UPROXX below.
Sexyy Red’s rise to fame has also been studded with a Nicki Minaj collab, who is featured on “Pound Town 2,” the remix for the viral hit. Sexyy also just released her new album Hood Hottest Princess, which features eleven songs proving exactly why she’s a star.
It’s hard to go anywhere without hearing the lyrics “I’m outta town, thuggin with my rounds” thanks to Sexyy Red’s Tay Keith-produced summer anthem, “Pound Town,” which is why she had to stop by Uproxx to speak to our very own Cherise Johnson and gives the lay of the land with “Sexyy Red’s 5 Laws of Pound Town.”
While the song is raunchy, downright fun and easily relatable, there are rules you must follow when you go to Pound Town. The first law of Pound Town is: Condoms. Sure, Sexyy is all for having a good time, but safety and sexual health comes first! The rest of the laws follow the same tone of responsibility, fairness, and hygiene.
With mind-blowing lyrics like “my coochie pink / my booty hole brown,” the self-proclaimed hood hottest princess speaks on what a night in Pound Town is like in its descriptive, adrenaline-fueled glory. It’s really the best place to be for showing out, but in a fresh and safe way.
Watch Sexyy Red’s 5 Laws Of Pound Town with UPROXX below.
Sexyy Red’s rise to fame has also been studded with a Nicki Minaj collab, who is featured on “Pound Town 2,” the remix for the viral hit. Sexyy also just released her new album Hood Hottest Princess, which features eleven songs proving exactly why she’s a star.
The 2023 NBA Draft is next week, and unsurprisingly, there seem to be an endless supply of rumors about players, picks, and whatever else that could shake up the order of things beyond the San Antonio Spurs picking Victor Wembanyama first overall. In recent days, one of the more prominent rumors is that the New Orleans Pelicans are willing to make a big move up the board in an effort to bring in G League Ignite guard Scoot Henderson.
The Pelicans are able to put together quite the package of picks, as they have a number in their war chest of assets from the trades that sent Anthony Davis to the Los Angeles Lakers and Jrue Holiday to the Milwaukee Bucks. But according to ESPN’s Brian Windhorst on Wednesday’s edition of Get Up!, folks around the league wonder if New Orleans may be willing to put its former No. 1 overall pick on the table in an effort to catapult themselves to the top of the draft.
.@WindhorstESPN explains the likelihood of the Pelicans trading Zion Williamson and moving up in the draft to go after a guy such as Scoot Henderson pic.twitter.com/OoqZ3Scs4L
“It makes you not take too far of a leap to wonder, and the league is certainly wondering, if the Pelicans are gonna make, for the first time truly, Zion Williamson available ahead of next week’s draft,” Windhorst said. “To get up to that level in the top-5, you have to consider a player of this caliber, who’s obviously had injury history, a little bit of offseason drama recently. So, don’t know if anything’s gonna truly develop there, but I think it’s fair to say based on my conversations, there’s an eye being kept towards whether the Pelicans would make Zion Williamson available ahead of trying to get into that top end of the draft.”
It would, obviously, be a gigantic development if the Pelicans were to put Williamson on the table in trade talks, but it’s worth mentioning that there hasn’t been any clear indication they have done that. For how excellent Williamson has been when he’s gotten on the floor during his NBA career, he’s only been able to appear in 114 games across four seasons due to injury issues, which included only 29 games this past season.
The 2023 NBA Draft is next week, and unsurprisingly, there seem to be an endless supply of rumors about players, picks, and whatever else that could shake up the order of things beyond the San Antonio Spurs picking Victor Wembanyama first overall. In recent days, one of the more prominent rumors is that the New Orleans Pelicans are willing to make a big move up the board in an effort to bring in G League Ignite guard Scoot Henderson.
The Pelicans are able to put together quite the package of picks, as they have a number in their war chest of assets from the trades that sent Anthony Davis to the Los Angeles Lakers and Jrue Holiday to the Milwaukee Bucks. But according to ESPN’s Brian Windhorst on Wednesday’s edition of Get Up!, folks around the league wonder if New Orleans may be willing to put its former No. 1 overall pick on the table in an effort to catapult themselves to the top of the draft.
.@WindhorstESPN explains the likelihood of the Pelicans trading Zion Williamson and moving up in the draft to go after a guy such as Scoot Henderson pic.twitter.com/OoqZ3Scs4L
“It makes you not take too far of a leap to wonder, and the league is certainly wondering, if the Pelicans are gonna make, for the first time truly, Zion Williamson available ahead of next week’s draft,” Windhorst said. “To get up to that level in the top-5, you have to consider a player of this caliber, who’s obviously had injury history, a little bit of offseason drama recently. So, don’t know if anything’s gonna truly develop there, but I think it’s fair to say based on my conversations, there’s an eye being kept towards whether the Pelicans would make Zion Williamson available ahead of trying to get into that top end of the draft.”
It would, obviously, be a gigantic development if the Pelicans were to put Williamson on the table in trade talks, but it’s worth mentioning that there hasn’t been any clear indication they have done that. For how excellent Williamson has been when he’s gotten on the floor during his NBA career, he’s only been able to appear in 114 games across four seasons due to injury issues, which included only 29 games this past season.
Halsey finally has a new label home after parting ways with Capitol earlier this year. Today (June 14), Variety reported that the “So Good” hitmaker has signed to Columbia Records.
The news of Halsey signing to Columbia arrives almost a year after their public fallout with Capitol. Last May, Halsey shared a since-deleted TikTok, in which she claimed that Capitol was blocking her from releasing her single, “So Good.”
“I’ve been in this industry for eight years and I’ve sold over 165 million records and my record company is saying I can’t release [the song] unless they can fake a viral moment on TikTok,” read text that was placed in the video.
While some people believed that this particular TikTok was the fake viral moment itself, Halsey later took to Twitter to vent about their frustrations with their label.
I’ve been minding my own business on tour taking care of my baby. Four albums deep. Coasting. I’m way too established to stir something like this up for no reason or resort to this as a marketing tactic but now I’m in too deep so there’s no going back
“I’ve been minding my own business on tour taking care of my baby,” they said. “Four albums deep. Coasting. I’m way too established to stir something like this up for no reason or resort to this as a marketing tactic but now I’m in too deep so there’s no going back.”
Back in April, upon the announcement of Halsey leaving Capitol, their management team noted in a statement that a new era is underway.
“[W]e are excited about exploring a new partnership and sharing new music with fans,” said Anti-Pop’s Jason Aron and Anthony Li.
Halsey finally has a new label home after parting ways with Capitol earlier this year. Today (June 14), Variety reported that the “So Good” hitmaker has signed to Columbia Records.
The news of Halsey signing to Columbia arrives almost a year after their public fallout with Capitol. Last May, Halsey shared a since-deleted TikTok, in which she claimed that Capitol was blocking her from releasing her single, “So Good.”
“I’ve been in this industry for eight years and I’ve sold over 165 million records and my record company is saying I can’t release [the song] unless they can fake a viral moment on TikTok,” read text that was placed in the video.
While some people believed that this particular TikTok was the fake viral moment itself, Halsey later took to Twitter to vent about their frustrations with their label.
I’ve been minding my own business on tour taking care of my baby. Four albums deep. Coasting. I’m way too established to stir something like this up for no reason or resort to this as a marketing tactic but now I’m in too deep so there’s no going back
“I’ve been minding my own business on tour taking care of my baby,” they said. “Four albums deep. Coasting. I’m way too established to stir something like this up for no reason or resort to this as a marketing tactic but now I’m in too deep so there’s no going back.”
Back in April, upon the announcement of Halsey leaving Capitol, their management team noted in a statement that a new era is underway.
“[W]e are excited about exploring a new partnership and sharing new music with fans,” said Anti-Pop’s Jason Aron and Anthony Li.
It includes eight of Nicks’ solo albums: Bella Donna (1981), The Wild Heart (1983), Rock A Little (1985), The Other Side Of The Mirror (1989), Street Angel (1994), Trouble In Shangri-La (2001), In Your Dreams (2011), and 24 Karat Gold: Songs From The Vault (2014), according to a press release.
Additionally, fans will also get a Rarities compilation in the box set, with both remastered and lesser-known tracks included.
There will be a number of formats to buy, including a 10-disc CD set, a digital version, and the limited 16-LP set for around $300 — which is limited to 3,000 copies. All will be available on July 28, and more information can be found here.
Until then, Nicks has shared the remastered version of “One More Big Time Rock And Roll Star” that fans can check out above. Continue scrolling for the full Rarities tracklist across 3 LPs.
Side One
1. “Blue Lamp”
2. “Sleeping Angel”
3. “Garbo”
4. “Violet And Blue”
Side Two
1. “One More Big Time Rock And Roll Star”
2. “Battle Of The Dragon”
3. “Real Tears”
4. “Sometimes It’s A B*tch”
Side Three
1. “Love’s A Hard Game To Play”
2. “Desert Angel”
3. “Mirror, Mirror”
4. “Inspiration”
Side Four
1. “Thousand Days”
2. “God’s Garden”
3. “Somebody Stand By Me”
Side Five
1. “Free Fallin’”
2. “Reconsider Me”
3. “If You Ever Did Believe”
4. “Crystal”
Side Six
1. “Touched By An Angel”
2. “Not Fade Away”
3. “My Heart”
4. “For What It’s Worth”
It includes eight of Nicks’ solo albums: Bella Donna (1981), The Wild Heart (1983), Rock A Little (1985), The Other Side Of The Mirror (1989), Street Angel (1994), Trouble In Shangri-La (2001), In Your Dreams (2011), and 24 Karat Gold: Songs From The Vault (2014), according to a press release.
Additionally, fans will also get a Rarities compilation in the box set, with both remastered and lesser-known tracks included.
There will be a number of formats to buy, including a 10-disc CD set, a digital version, and the limited 16-LP set for around $300 — which is limited to 3,000 copies. All will be available on July 28, and more information can be found here.
Until then, Nicks has shared the remastered version of “One More Big Time Rock And Roll Star” that fans can check out above. Continue scrolling for the full Rarities tracklist across 3 LPs.
Side One
1. “Blue Lamp”
2. “Sleeping Angel”
3. “Garbo”
4. “Violet And Blue”
Side Two
1. “One More Big Time Rock And Roll Star”
2. “Battle Of The Dragon”
3. “Real Tears”
4. “Sometimes It’s A B*tch”
Side Three
1. “Love’s A Hard Game To Play”
2. “Desert Angel”
3. “Mirror, Mirror”
4. “Inspiration”
Side Four
1. “Thousand Days”
2. “God’s Garden”
3. “Somebody Stand By Me”
Side Five
1. “Free Fallin’”
2. “Reconsider Me”
3. “If You Ever Did Believe”
4. “Crystal”
Side Six
1. “Touched By An Angel”
2. “Not Fade Away”
3. “My Heart”
4. “For What It’s Worth”
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