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In 2018, should-be Rock Hall members The National launched Homecoming Festival, their own event in Cincinnati, Ohio. Of that installment, Uproxx’s Steven Hyden wrote, “Homecoming is the latest example of what’s become a burgeoning trend of artist-curated festivals. Similar to Justin Vernon’s Eaux Claires, […] Homecoming is an artisanal alternative to big-time corporate festivals, with their interchangeable lineups and increasingly impersonal experiences. A festival like Homecoming, meanwhile, feels smaller, more livable (especially when it comes to lines for drinks and bathrooms), and driven by the personalities of the participating artists.”

The band has yet to revive the event since then, but now they’re finally ready to: Homecoming is returning to Cincinnati this fall, on September 15 and 16.

Aside from The National themselves, the lineup also features Patti Smith And Her Band, Pavement, The Walkmen, Weyes Blood, Arooj Aftab, Snail Mail, Bartees Strange, Julia Jacklin, The Drin, Carriers, Leo Pastel, and Ballard.

The National said in a statement, “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. 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.”

Tickets go on sale on May 19 at 10 a.m. ET. Find more information here.

Cardi B shows off the new Beats By Dre Studio Buds+ as only she can in an ear-catching ad. As the Bronx rap star’s hit single “Up” plays in the background, Cardi helps demonstrate the new earbuds’ improved characteristics: clearer calls (“Yeah, girl, she gone go broke trying to keep up with me!”), better noise canceling (“Y’all ain’t got no more ginger ale?”), and more powerful sound.

The Studio Buds+ will come in three colors — Black, Ivory, and Transparent — and boast improvements to many of fans’ favorite features like Active Noise Cancellation and Transparency modes, as well as up to 36 hours of battery. They’re available to order starting today for $169.99.

While part of the appeal of booking Cardi for your campaign is getting that signature authenticity, fans will be hoping that at least one part of the commercial — the part where she’s in the studio — is truer than the rest. We already know she’s great at talking trash and that she knows how to fill up a space with her boisterous personality, but with her debut album four-plus years in the rearview, what fans really want to know is when her next album is coming out.

Fortunately, she really has been in the studio, and she promised that her new album is “coming soon” on Instagram. In the meantime, it looks like she’s maintaining her reputation as one of the most marketable artists in the business. You can watch Cardi’s Beats By Dre commercial above.

Cardi B is a Warner Music artist. Uproxx is an independent subsidiary of Warner Music Group.

In 2005, a pair of ruby red slippers worn by Judy Garland in The Wizard of Oz went missing, prompting a 13-year search for the iconic piece of film history. The famous footwear was stolen from the Judy Garland Museum in Michigan, and sure enough, that’s where the alleged culprit has reportedly been found.

Terry Martin, a 76-year-old man who lives 12 miles from the museum, has been indicted by a federal grand jury for the theft of the missing slippers. However, little information has been provided on how Martin was identified as the main suspect.

Via Star Tribune:

The one-page indictment offered no clues about how the theft was carried out or how the FBI determined that Martin was responsible.

Reached by phone Wednesday at his home, Martin told the Star Tribune, “I gotta go on trial. I don’t want to talk to you.”

At the time of theft, the slippers were insured for $1 million, but current fair market appraisal values the slippers at $3.5 million, the U.S. Attorney’s Office in North Dakota said in a statement announcing the indictment.

After years of false leads, the ruby red slippers were recovered during a 2018 sting operation that relied on tipsters in both Michigan and Florida. Little information was provided then, either, but the feds said they were looking at a suspect.

While the FBI showed off the iconic slippers during a press conference confirming they’ve been found, the pieces of Hollywood history have yet to be publicly displayed since the heist.

(Via Star Tribune)

This fall will mark two years since Summer Walker released her sophomore album and first chart-topping project with Still Over It. It’s around this time that fans usually begin to tap their watches to signal that time is up for a new project, but luckily for them, they’ll have a new batch of songs to enjoy before then. During last month’s Dreamville Festival, Summer Walker announced her new EP Clear 2: Soft Life which marks a return to the acoustic sound that many of her core fans love.

With the release date for Clear 2: Soft Life just around the corner, let’s run through some of the key pieces of information that you need to know before it drops

Release Date

Clear 2: Soft Life will arrive on May 19 via LVRN and Interscope. It will be her fourth project in total on both labels.

Tracklist

Days before Clear 2: Soft Life was set to arrive, Summer Walker unveiled the tracklist for the project, which you can view below:

1. “To Summer, From Cole (Audio Hug)”
2. “Hard Life”
3. “How Does It Feel”
4. “Mind Yo Mouth”
5. “Pull Up”
6. “New Type” Feat. Childish Gambino
7. “Finding Peace”
8. “Set Up (2017)”
9. “Agayu’s Revelation” Prod. By Solange, Steve Lacy, and John Kirby

Features

Thanks to the project’s recently revealed tracklist, we now know that J. Cole and Childish Gambino have contributed vocals to Clear 2: Soft Life. Solange, Jay Versace, and Steve Lacy also have production credits on the EP.

Singles

Summer Walker did not release any singles ahead of Clear 2: Soft Life, but we did get a preview of “Pull Up” produced by Jay Versace. You can check out the preview below:

Merch

Summer has indeed released some merch for Clear 2: Soft Life. The pieces include an exclusively signed CD, t-shirts, and hoodies, all of which can be purchased on her website.

More Details

Two days before the EP’s release, Summer Walker shared an Instagram post that revealed her feelings about the music coming out on Clear 2: Soft Life. She wrote, “For my new listeners I wanna let it be known that CLEAR Projects are my favorite type of music to make, it’s slick the only time I actually have fun making music.” Summer added, “It’s raw it’s real it’s live. This for my day 1 fans, the rest of y’all will get y’all auto tune packed radio joints when the album come out lol.”

Clear 2: Soft Life is out 5/19 via LVRN/Interscope. Find out more information here.

The Ted Lasso Power Rankings are a weekly analysis of who and/or what had the strongest performance in each episode. Most of the list will feature individual characters, although the committee does reserve the right to honor anything from animals to inanimate objects to laws of nature to general concepts. There are very few rules here.

Season 3, Episode 10 — “International Break”

HONORABLE MENTION: Nate (the redemption tour continues apace but it’s tough to crack the top ten when you spent half an episode hiding under blankets); Sam (tough week for Sam but he’s a good man); Dani Rojas (did not enjoy Evil Dani); Jade (would pay good money to see her deal with airport staff on her trip); Higgins (spilled tea on his wiener, not ideal); Madeline Kahn (a treasure); Ted (terrible at gossip); tea (do not think I would enjoy having it spit in my face); Trent Crimm (got Beard to reveal his hometown, which is definitely going in the book); Rupert (DO NOT HUMANIZE RUPERT); Van Damme (made a save with his nose); Renee the Sewer Man (need to know everything about him); Dan (generally not good to have an internal ranking of bosses by hotness); Willy Wonka (should be in prison); Rupert’s new assistant Ms. Bread (MS. BREAD); David Hockney (a very talented little boy); Will Kitman (also a very talented little boy)

10. (tie) Keeley (LAST WEEK: Unranked)

Keeley:

• Lost funding for her company
• Cried about it
• Continued being ghosted by Jack for a while
• Got day-drunk about it
• Got her funding back thanks to Rebecca, which was nice, as I assume having a billionaire friend is, in general
• Hooked up with Roy again after he wrote an illegible note

Busy week for Keeley.

10. (tie) Mae (LAST WEEK: 4)

Mae has been running the bar for 40 years. She’s out here giving advice and pouring drinks and being everything you want out of a bartender. She knows that sad skinny girls passed out in her pub is bad for business. Mae fascinates me.

I know we only have a few episodes left and I know I make this point every week, but it would be really funny if the show devoted one of its final hours ever to a decade-spanning history of Mae and her little Richmond pub. I want to see a young Mae running hooligans out of the bar with a cricket bat. Older Mae, too. I’ll settle for a five-minute montage, but it better be set to something rowdy. Dropkick Murphys, maybe. Let’s all sleep on it.

9. “Red Right Hand” by Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds (LAST WEEK: Unranked)

Two things going on here, both true…

THING NUMBER ONE: This song has been massively overused in shows and movies for a scene where a dark and mysterious figure enters a room or town or whatever, thanks mostly to Peaky Blinders using it as the opening credits music, which usually features one or more cigarette-puffing dudes in long black coats striding straight toward the camera, usually in slow motion.

THING NUMBER TWO: It’s been overused because it’s a perfect song for that exact situation and I did enjoy them twisting it a bit for Roy and his loud tie-dye shirt.

I’m gonna play it in my car really loud when I pull into the supermarket parking lot this weekend. Just so people know. And then I’m going to spend like $30 on ice cream and junk food and ruin my new tough image. But I’ll have ice cream and junk food then. A fair trade.

8. Barbara the CFO (LAST WEEK: Unranked)

She’s a sweet woman. Don’t let her trick you into thinking otherwise. I hope she and Keeley start going to happy hour at Mae’s together. I hope she starts dating… oh, let’s say Dani Rojas. I would like to see that conversation over dinner. Dani would love her snow globe collection.

7. Sam Richardson (LAST WEEK: Unranked)

Some notes here:

• I love whenever Sam Richardson shows up to play Edwin because I love Sam Richardson and I enjoy getting to see him play a villain for once
• The man is just absurdly talented, and please go back and watch his accent work in the scene where he revealed that he booked all the fake reservations at Sam’s restaurant himself, which is funny because the character is a billionaire and could have easily paid people to do it if he wasn’t having so much fun
• Yet another reminder that Ted Lasso opened up a weird little wormhole the other week where the show Ted Lasso might exist inside the universe of Ted Lasso, which remains very funny to me

I wish I had seen that food fight at the end.

6. Roy (LAST WEEK: 2)

Roy wears colorful shirts now. It’s fine. Sometimes he rips them off and spikes them down on a parking lot and drives off topless but then he doubles back to get them. That’s fine, too. There’s growth happening here. Slow growth, yes, of course. But growth. And he finally, at long last, with the help of a foul-mouthed school teacher who was flirting poorly with him, realized the mistake he made with Keeley. I don’t know if they’re back together for real but they are definitely bonking a little, which is nice for both of them after this little run of despair. Full-on rom-com hours over there. Good for Roy.

5. Getting a little day-drunk every now and then (LAST WEEK: Unranked)

There are drawbacks to this, of course. It’s never fun when the buzz starts wearing off at like 4pm and you’re faced with the “go take a nap and screw up your sleep for the night” vs. “continue drinking and risk a night of terrible decisions” conundrum. And I do not really recommend getting wrecked alone at a bar while the sun is out because you are sad about something. That’s not great.

But still. Once in a while, maybe on one of the first Sunny Saturdays of the spring, maybe if you round up a few friends and find a little place with tables outside or a beach bar or a fun little section of town with bars and shops and stuff, it can be a good time. Keep it under control, though. A few drinks. You don’t wanna be the sloppy mess bumbling around a busy sidewalk while people are going about their day.

There’s a fine line with day-drinking. I trust you all to dance it responsibly.

4. Jamie Tartt (LAST WEEK: Unranked)

Jamie:

• Is Roy’s best friend now
• Has really great hair this season
• Wore 24 in his first match with the national team as a shoutout to Sam getting snubbed from the Nigerian team for bribe-related reasons, which was really just a very sweet and cute thing to do, especially for Jamie

Good for Jamie.

3. Rebecca (LAST WEEK: 5)

Rebecca’s big speech at the end was equal parts wonderful and unrealistic, a stirring come-to-Jesus moment for a group of billionaires that I do not for one second believe would ever happen. Good for her, though. And good for her for funding Keeley’s business, even if, like, she could have been doing that from the start, apparently? I don’t know. But extra super good for her for rejecting Rupert’s little smoochy face. Rebecca is a good egg.

Two notes in closing:

• The strategy of picturing scary people as little children is actually a very good one and something I plan to do if I ever get, like, audited or sued, as long as I can keep myself from saying “ awwww you’re just a wittle guy” to a high-powered attorney
• There was a really good thing in here — advice from Higgins, who still remained unranked mostly because I had to dock all those points for spilling hot tea on his crotch — about how the reason you’re invited into a powerful room (in this case, her being a woman and adding a splash of diversity) is less important than the fact that you’re in the room at all, and to take advantage of the opportunity regardless of why you got it

But mostly, I really must insist that you do not audit or sue me.

2. Phoebe (LAST WEEK: Unranked)

Charging Roy and his friends one pound per cuss is going to make her a millionaire by age 16. I want to see her pull up to school in a chauffeured Rolls-Royce she paid for entirely with her swear jar. She’s a brilliant businesswoman. She might end up buying Richmond from Rebecca someday.

1. Coach Beard (LAST WEEK: 7)

Peoria!!!

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The argument to wear warm clothes when temperatures dip is a rite of passage in parenting. It never fails—you’re either locked in a heated debate with a tiny human who just learned to speak a year ago or rolling your eyes as your teenager leaves the house in shorts when it’s 30 degrees outside. Reasoning with your child to put on proper pants for the weather simply evolves as they get older.

Seemingly, once kids reach a certain age, parents stop trying to convince them that coats, hats and gloves are designed to be more than closet ornaments. But it turns out that kids might be on to something, or at least know their temperature comfort levels better than the adults around them. Recently, Vox explored why children seem to be unfazed by weather that sends most adults back inside the house to grab a wool hat and a winter coat.

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This weird biological wizardry isn’t reserved for children, though. Adults have moments when they experience the same phenomenon. In the video, the host demonstrates how a 55-degree day at the beginning of fall feels like jacket conditions, while 55 degrees in the winter feels like t-shirt weather.

It turns out that our bodies have two different types of fat. We have white fat, which burns constantly as the body’s main energy source. Then there’s brown fat, the fat that kids have more of and adults produce more of during the winter months. According to Dr. Aaron Cypess, brown fat cells are much smaller than white fat cells and are packed with mitochondria. Brown fat is strategically located in the body, overlapping major blood vessels, which warms the blood that is then pumped throughout the body.

Would you look at that! Our bodies work overtime to keep us warm without us knowing what’s going on. But babies and kids have it better than adults because their bodies are filled with brown fat that peaks during the teen years and has a rave. (Ok, that’s not exactly what they said. They did say that teens have a lot of brown fat, thus explaining why cargo shorts and a sweatshirt seem like acceptable winter attire.)

Watch the video below to learn more:

According to the U.S. Department of Transportation, heavy rail transit such as subways and metros produce 76% fewer greenhouse gas emissions per passenger mile than an average single-occupancy vehicle. That makes them one of the most essential tools for fighting climate change.

However, according to a new report from CNBC, the United States is the sixth most expensive country worldwide for building rail transit.

In 2021, President Joe Biden signed the bipartisan infrastructure law that included the country’s most significant investment in public transportation. According to CNBC, the U.S. is expected to spend between $91 billion and $108 billion on local public transit through 2026. With all that money at stake, using it effectively will be key.

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“I believe that with the money coming in from infrastructure, it’s going to help us rebuild American transit,” Carmen Bianco, former President of MTA New York City Transit, told CNBC.

However, building infrastructure in the U.S., especially subways, is very expensive. This CNBC report shows that building subways in the U.S. is more expensive than in most countries because of high labor costs, overbuilt tracks and stations, and onerous regulations.

Fortunately, the video doesn’t just point out the problems with building infrastructure; it also provides solutions. Prices can be cut if Americans move away from building infrastructure with flashy designs, work with quieter equipment that allows them to build during a greater range of hours and cut down the red tape by using more state workers rather than contractors.

At a time when building trains is more important than ever, the smarter we work, the greener our future will be.

Look, you’re busy. You’ve got stuff that needs to be done today. Do you really have time to watch tiny baby goats jump in slow motion? Will that really add anything of value to your life?

Actually, the answer is yes. Because watching tiny baby goats jump in slow motion is not only exceedingly entertaining, it’s actually a simple life lesson in disguise.

These little guys hail from Sunflower Farm Creamery in Maine, where 60 (yes, 60) goats are born each year. Sunflower Farm promises that even if you didn’t love goats before, you will after watching videos from its Youtube channel showing the wee babes run, play, hop and snuggle. I mean, there’s another video showing the goats in pajamas…what’s not to love?

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But back to this one. In the video’s description, Sunflower Farm writes, “The amount of effort a baby goat puts into each hop is astounding, and only fully observed by slowing down their motion so you can see every twist and turn clearly. They leap so bravely forward. Even the youngest six, who are one week old, are full of twists and turns and side kicks.”

Yep, in the clip you can definitely see boundless energy and fearlessness in their leaps. Which, let’s be honest, might not always result in the most graceful move. And yet when you slow that action down and put on a little Tchaikovsky, it suddenly becomes a riveting ballet nonetheless.

Check it out:

The farm added that the goats aren’t merely hopping around to learn how to avoid predators. They are also simply doing it for the “joy of it.” Play in the animal kingdom is as nuanced as it is for humans, with many experts noting that some species actually don’t engage in play to develop any sort of motor or cognitive skills. They do it, seemingly, just cause.

In other words, these goats “leap because they can.” And that’s that.

Folks who watched the video seemed to agree that their spontaneous, unbridled joy was contagious.

“OMG, the sheer joy! I had no real understanding of how random their movement was! That is probably the best thing I’ve seen in months!” one person comments.

Another added, “These kids are simply experiencing the sheer joy of life bursting out of them. Absolutely wondrous to watch.”

Sure, it’s a silly little goat ballet, but Sunflower Farms argues that humans could learn a thing or two from it.

“Humans could benefit so much by practicing being more nimble, fluid, and joyful. It is so easy to get stuck in our ways, to feel heavy, and weighed down by the world. The goat kids show us that there is another way,” the video description read.

Indeed, life might feel heavy at times. But take it from a group of baby goats…jumping around for no reason at all can be the best pick-me-up. No kidding.

Editor’s Note: This story discusses suicide. If you are having thoughts about taking your own life or know of anyone who is in need of help, the 988 Suicide & Crisis Lifeline is a United States-based suicide prevention network of over 200+ crisis centers that provides 24/7 service via a toll-free hotline with the number 9-8-8. It is available to anyone in suicidal crisis or emotional distress.

Mental illness is something many people experience, but we don’t always correlate physical ailments with declining mental health. Chronic illnesses that include intense pain or some other uncontrollable condition, like seizures, can cause a person to experience depression. According to the Cleveland Clinic, “Depression is one of the most common complications of chronic illness.”

Debbie Menzies, a woman living in the Bay Area of California, knows all too well the struggles of chronic illness and depression. For decades, she had suffered unpredictable frequent seizures and deep depression, which impeded her life. Menzies was diagnosed with epilepsy as a child, but medication didn’t seem to help. After a lifetime of suffering, she decided to take her own life by jumping off the famous Golden Gate Bridge.

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San Francisco’s Golden Gate Bridge has attracted people like Menzies in the past and sees an average of 30 jumpers a year. This high number has prompted a bicycle patrol, security cameras and suicide hotline phone numbers. In 2014, Bay Area officials approved a plan to install a net under the bridge to catch people who jump, but that project keeps hitting snags and delays. As it turned out, Menzies didn’t need the net. Serendipity stepped in, not only saving her life but changing the quality of it.

When Menzies was about to jump, a bridge worker intervened by tapping the desperate woman on the shoulder and calling an ambulance. What happened next seemed to be a cosmic intervention, because while she was hospitalized, Menzies continued to experience her bizarre seizures. These seizures caused her to laugh and smile, and she also explained to CBS News that she would get electric shock sensations in her head. The hospital staff took notice and called in reinforcements.

Dr. Paul Garcia, a neurologist who only worked at the hospital a few times a year, was the doctor on call. Upon hearing about Menzies’ behaviors during her seizures, he was intrigued and completed an MRI of her brain. It was there that he spotted a small growth on her hypothalamus the size of a lemon seed. The doctor explained the hypothalamus controls a lot, including the nervous system.

Since the growth was deep in her brain, surgery was the only option for Menzies. After everything the woman had been through, the decision was a no-brainer…pun definitely intended. All the things that had to line up in order for Menzies to get the proper diagnosis and treatment is mind-boggling, but still, the procedure to destroy the growth was risky.

Menzies accepted the risk and received her surgery, which was a success. What’s even better is that it didn’t take long for the desperate woman to feel relief. Immediately after surgery, Menzies stopped having seizures and no longer experienced depression.

“It’s amazing. Talk about perfect timing,” Menzies told CBS.

You can watch the entire video below: