Friday night’s game between the Boston Celtics and the Philadelphia 76ers was a hotly-contested affair, and in the game’s fourth quarter, a scary looking incident occurred between Joel Embiid and Grant Williams. Both Williams and Jaylen Brown tried their best to corral a loose ball, but were unsuccessful in their efforts, as both players hit the deck and couldn’t reel it in.
The two players dove for it right near Embiid, who tried his best to hop over the pair of Celtics players. That didn’t quite happen, because when Embiid went to land, his right foot connected with the back of Williams’ head, which sent the Boston forward’s face right into the hardwood.
Joel Embiid unintentionally stomps on Grant Williams’ head while hustling for a loose ball.
— CJ Fogler account may or may not be notable (@cjzero) May 6, 2023
It did not look good at all and there was a little bit of blood, which led to Williams briefly coming out of the game to get medical attention. But somehow, this must not have been nearly as bad as it looked, as Williams was able to come back into the game shortly after. The two actually discussed the moment, with Embiid apologizing and Williams saying he knew the league MVP was going for the ball.
— CJ Fogler account may or may not be notable (@cjzero) May 6, 2023
We’ll have to wait until after the game to find out if anything happened to Williams — who Celtics coach Joe Mazzulla trusted to battle with Embiid for stretches of the game — that he was able to play through.
For Toosii‘s brand new remix of his already Top 20 hit, “Favorite Song,” he brought Khalid along for the ride this time.
“I’m on the stage right now / Singing your favorite song,” Toosii notes in the chorus, which they sing together. “Look in the crowd / And you’re nowhere to be found as they sing along.”
“Now you’re right back where you started / And it hit me the most / ‘Cause I care for you and that’s how it goes / And I’m there for you like nobody knows / Since the day I met you, I told you, I won’t turn back / I’m locked in forever and, baby, I promise that,” Khalid adds in his individual verse.
“I’m excited to have Khalid join me on this track,” Toosii said about the collaboration, according to Hypebeast. “He has such a dope and unique voice and I think it really takes an already amazing song to the next level. I’ve been wanting to collab with him on the right track for a while and I think we picked the perfect one.”
Toosii’s new album, Naujour, is also set to drop this summer — with this remix potentially finding its way onto the tracklist.
Check out Toosii’s new remix of “Favorite Song” with Khalid above.
Naujour is out 6/2 via South Coast Music Group/Capitol Records. Find more information here.
It’s not uncommon to hear something outside of your house, especially if it’s close to trash pick-up day. Raccoons and stray cats treat an overflowing trashcan like a holiday dinner, and even if you weren’t sure if you heard something or not, the torn trash bags confirm your suspicion.
This is a pretty universal experience in America, so hearing a rustle under your house typically conjures images of a trash panda that got stuck. But for one family, the noises weren’t coming from a raccoon at all. In a viral video on TikTok that has over 10 million views, a couple is outside looking for the source of the noises they’ve been hearing. The woman is filming at a fairly safe distance, while the guy investigates their crawl space.
Everything is going well. They hear what sounds like a hiss and with relief exclaim that it’s a raccoon.
They were wrong. Like pee your pants, everyone for themselves, wrong.
As the man tries to move whatever is blocking access to the crawl space, he stands back and sprays something into the small opening. Another man is seen holding a broom to help shoo the little mask-wearing friend on its way, when the panel that closes the area starts to move, right before it busts open from the inside.
In that moment, the man forgot he had a wife and a friend. He ran as he yelled, “Oh, it’s a bear!”
If you live in an area that frequently has bear sightings, it’s important to remember that bears like to hide in dark cool places, like crawl spaces or under a pool deck. So secure your crawl spaces and other areas around your home that might make a bear think it’s a good place to take a long nap. No one wants to explain why they hurdled their kids and stiff-armed their grandma to get back into their house.
Usually when we think of corsets, the words suffocation, fainting and shifting organs probably come to mind.
This is certainly what Bernadette Banner has come across in the comments section of her Youtube channel, where she shares all kinds of fashion history education. The general consensus is that Victorian women were either all incredibly tiny or that they went to extremely dangerous lengths to achieve the highly exaggerated signature silhouette of the era, which was to have the bust 10 inches larger than the waist, with the hips 15 inches larger. 34-26-36, for example.
This notion is certainly backed by Hollywood, where we normally see women of that time period being laced up so tightly they can barely breathe, suffering under the crushing weight of whalebone and the patriarchy.
As Banner breaks down in her video below, this is not entirely true. In reality, Victorian women deployed numerous different strategies that are nothing at all like we see in movies. One tactic is, dare I say, shockingly modern.
Tactic #1 Reduction
Okay, so first things first—some women did reduce their waste size through corset use alone. However, Banner notes that this really only worked for those who had a larger, softer, body type. By comparison, people with more athletic or thin body types wouldn’t be able to get much reduction in their waistline, and certainly not without effort, pain and discomfort.
“This is something that Hollywood very often misinterprets when it’s presenting historical periods,” Banner says, saying that normally a very thin actress is cast and then corseted down.
Having a naturally thin person in the role isn’t a problem, she adds, as “every body type existed all throughout history.” The real issue is that costume designers try to further reduce their waists with an uncomfortable corset to achieve an hourglass look, rather than augmenting the hips and the bust.
Which brings us to…
Tactic #2 Augmentation
Why cinch when you can stuff, amirite? This strategy is fairly straightforward
Banner demonstrates this by augmenting her own slim silhouette as she puts on a corset pre-padded at the hips and bust (though padding over the corset was also done…fashion is eternally nuanced). Since the corset is actually very flexible, she can also breathe and move easily.
From here, women would add in frills, fluffs, bustle and petticoats of varying sizes to get the desired ratio.
Tactic #3 Illusion
We’ve discussed clever placements of what goes on under the dress. But Banner explains that Victorians would also create an illusion of an hourglass with their outer garments as well. It’s not coincidence that this time period is when we had the “largest skirts in history,” Banner says. But it’s not just fluffy skirts—there were also puffy sleeves, elongated shoulder lines or shoulder padding, and special jackets, coats and belts to “trick the eye into seeing a very specific shape.”
Banner again demonstrates this scheme as she puts on her skirt with a tight waistband and wide, flat sash. Though with all the layering her waist is about an inch larger than it was before, it nonetheless looks smaller. The contrast is evident when she throws on the blouse and skirts sans the “sculptural understructures.”
Tactic #4 Image Manipulation
That’s right. You thought Photoshop was a new concept? Guess Again!
The ability to manipulate an image has been around almost as long as photography itself, and was “profuse in the late 19th century,” Banner says. Everything from waste shape to facial features to even skin texture could be altered.
Basically, just as you would never trust a too-perfect picture you see on social media, Banner warns you to similarly “never trust a picture of a Victorian. Especially when the waist looks absolutely impossibly tiny.”
And now the real question: Why do we think all Victorian women were tiny?
Banner answers that too. A major reason is the number of tiny garments that have survived from the time period. However, these pieces probably were only worn by young girls for a shorter amount of time, therefore endured less wear and tear.
In conclusion, Victorians were not ubiquitously impossibly small. They were simply masters of illusion, who created a mirage so convincing we still believe it today.
Heightened beauty standards still exist today—the rising popularity of cosmetic procedures is a clear indicator of that. While this might not inherently be a good or bad thing, more and more women are risking their health (not to mention their finances) in order to achieve that which is physically impossible. Banner argues that folks in the 21st century can perhaps take a lesson or two from Victorian women when it comes to achieving seemingly impossible aesthetic ideals without causing oneself harm.
As she astutely put it, “History teaches us that there are other options.”
You can find even more of Banner’s fascinating fashion history videos on Youtube.
After fans spotted the other members of Boygenius helping Phoebe Bridgers set up for her first night opening Taylor Swift’s Eras Tour, it was clear something was in store. And it was. Tonight, during the first of Swift’s three Nashville shows, Bridgers was joined by her fellow band members, Julien Baker and Lucy Dacus, to play some songs from their new album.
Boygenius united to perform “Not Strong Enough” which was sprinkled in after Bridgers played selections from her solo records.
— PHOEBE BRIDGERS UPDATES (@ThePhoebeRoom) May 6, 2023
From there, she performed “Graceland Too” with just Baker. Bridgers then closed out the set with the entire band by doing her Punisher breakout song, “I Know The End.” Other songs on the setlist included “Moon Song” and “Motion Sickness.”
PHOEBE PLAYED I KNOW THE END IN THE RAIN PEOPLE (ME) DIED HER WHOLE SET WAS MAGIC pic.twitter.com/0mzbIbHuHt
— kristen & the six (@swaying_daisies) May 6, 2023
— nicole (Nashville N1 & N2!) (@swiftiieeeeee) May 6, 2023
Ahead of Bridgers joining Swift’s stacked lineup of opening acts, she also shared her excitement for the opportunity on social media. The Instagram picture featured a childhood photo of Bridgers on a tiny stage, as part of a Radio Disney “Singing Like A Star” contest — and now she is playing a massive stadium show.
For fans who couldn’t catch any of this weekend’s Nashville Eras Tour dates, there is also a chance for Boygenius to reappear, as Bridgers will also play dates in Philly, New Jersey, and Foxborough.
Check out videos of Boygenius appearing as special guests and other parts from Phoebe Bridgers’ opening Eras Tour set above.
Joel Embiid ascended to the highest mountain top that an individual basketball player can reach earlier this week, as the Philadelphia 76ers star took home the NBA MVP award for the first time in his career on Tuesday night, beating out Nikola Jokic of the Denver Nuggets and Giannis Antetokounmpo of the Milwaukee Bucks. Embiid learned he won the award that night, while Philadelphia was in Boston for Game 2 of their Eastern Conference Semifinal series. And on Friday night, Embiid got to address a raucous crowd in Philadelphia for the first time since he took home the award.
During a speech to the frenzied fans at the Wells Fargo Center prior to Game 3, Embiid received the award from NBA commissioner Adam Silver. At one point, Embiid was joined by his son, Arthur, who ran out to him while he stood at center court and moved the Sixers’ star center to tears.
“This, honestly, he’s the main reason why I’m really here,” Embiid said of his son. “Becoming a father changed my whole life. I just wanted to show him a good example and I’m glad he’s here with us.”
Beyond his son, Embiid’s parents joined him as he accepted the award.
Joel Embiid’s parents Thomas and Christine absolutely beaming tonight ahead of Joel being presented with the MVP pic.twitter.com/Q5O3hlwJJg
Oneohtrix Point Never, Daniel Lopatin’s project, has now dropped some new music for the soundtrack of part of Disney+’s animated Star Wars: Visions Vol. 2 series. Specifically, he provided the score for “The Pit,” which is one of the shorts included in the anthology.
This time, he released eight songs for the Star Wars show — which perfectly dropped on May 4. Some of the titles include “Despair” and “Follow The Light.”
Lopatin has dabbled previously in the realm of other soundtracks, including being a frequent collaborator of the Safdie brothers for their Good Time and Uncut Gems films. He also recently worked with Guillermo Del Toro, making “The Viewing Suite” for his Netflix show, Cabinet Of Curiosities, last year.
As for other projects that Lopatin has in the works, he confirmed earlier this year that he’s working with The Weeknd again. This time, they’ll be doing a soundtrack for a feature film from Trey Edward Shults.
“We had some very fruitful conversations,” Lopatin told GQ in 2020 about his work with the pop star, along with why it continues. “After I went and worked on the album on my own, the conversations kept on going.”
Check out Oneohtrix Point Never’s new soundtrack for “The Pit” from Star Wars: Visions Vol. 2 below.
There’s a moment in the second to last episode of Bupkis where John Mulaney shares a pretty universal truth about his friend, Pete Davidson: “I don’t know what it’s like to live it (Davidson’s life), but god damn do we love watching it.”
We all know the origin story and the myth of Davidson, the bong and dong comedy king; how his dad died on 9/11, how his mom lives with him in Staten Island, the rapid ascent by way of revealing Weekend Update desk bits on SNL and the support of Lorne Michaels (who produces Bupkis), the carousel of famous women that he’s dated (Kim K, Ariana Grande), the Kanye beef, the drugs and mental health issues he’s wrestled with. And if you don’t know about all of Davidson’s adventures and misadventures, believe me, there’s enough content out there to get you caught up quick (smash those hyperlinks, baybeee). For nearly 10 years, we’ve all been obsessed with him, even if we don’t always know why and he doesn’t always know what to do with the attention. He’s really good at selling projects that capitalize on it, though.
The Judd Apatow-directed and Davidson co-written King Of Staten Island (Dave Sirus, who co-wrote with Apatow and Davidson also co-created Bupkis) acts as a pseudo-Davidson origin story, swapping details out to not technically be considered biographical. Imagine an alternate universe where Davidson doesn’t get into SNL and this might be what that would look like. Now we have Bupkis, a semi-autobiographical tale that’s more exaggerated and absurd (with gun-toting thrill rides and pervy Ray Romano hallucinations) with true-to-life touches around the public fixation with Davidson, his brushes with suicidal ideation, his drug addiction, and his efforts to clean up and go to rehab, including a much-publicized stint during the filming of the show.
At the start, Bupkis seems more consumed with establishing Davidson as the maladjusted leader of a group of drug-addled lost boys and a burden on his family. He’s got a good heart, a common thread in these kinds of Davidson-starring stories, which also includes his work in Big Time Adolescence, which wasn’t based on his life even though it’s basically the same character (Jason Orley, who wrote and directed that film, also directs 3 episodes of Bupkis, including the season finale).
The initial version of the show is outrageous, kinda crude, and a great hang. The dynamic between Davidson and Joe Pesci (who plays his grandfather) yields a lot of treasure (Edie Falco, as Davidson’s mom, is also great), but as Pesci’s character becomes more stern and disappointed in Davidson’s repeated fuck ups, the fun fades some. Pesci’s “Pop” is no longer a part of the crew, getting some kicks in and talking tough on his way out the door after revealing a cancer diagnosis. Now he’s part of the moral center of a quarter-life coming-of-age show that progressively becomes more concerned with Davidson’s spiral, reinforcing the idea, over and over, that Davidson’s character is a boy in a world where he needs to become a man.
So, is this some kind of 8-episode exercise in self-flagellation with Davidson airing his self-grievances and failures? Maybe, but the point seems less about pointing to (or glamorizing) the bad behavior and more about adding a little more humanity and dimension to the overall myth of Davidson, which is a runaway train of a narrative that unfairly defines who he is. Bupkis feels like it’s about Pete Davidson trying to have some influence on the wave that he’s ridden, for better or worse, across his entire career. A futile but interesting endeavor.
Jumping back to Mulaney for a moment (and the mutually self-deprecating yet casual scene between him and Davidson really is a tremendous highlight), there’s a line in his new special, Baby J, that has really stuck with me (and which resonates after watching Davidson tell a version of his own story): “Likeability is a jail.”
Entitlement blooms when it comes to celebrities and the details around their descent. We think we’re owed the full story, full contrition, full access. One can either shrug and surrender to that or look for more balance. Mulaney chose to bleed for his audience, but he also refused to comment substantially on his divorce or his new marriage. At one point, Mulaney even clarifies the obvious: these are the addiction stories he’s willing to tell us, not everything that happened. As confessionals go, it’s pretty controlled. Which, to some might seem slick or disingenuous, but to me seems really honest about the transaction. “I’m going to give you 25% of the story and then we’re going to move on to other things because I don’t want this to define your relationship to me any more than it has to.” This is made clear by the fact that he refuses to deviate from the visual and stylistic ID that he’s established as uniquely his over the last decade or so. New chapter, not a new book. Keep it moving.
Davidson is very much in the same kind of likability jail and dealing with those same unfair expectations and fixations. Moreso, because so much of his comedic style is tied into the notion of him as a drug-addled eternal adolescent. The thing is he might be compounding the problem by focusing so much of his work on trying to explain what it’s like to live his life and justify our interest in watching it.
In Bupkis, Davidson is Davidson, a goofy kid who falls ass-backwards into a dream life of comedy, sex, and indulgence when it comes to drugs and fun. But he’s also self-aware, conflicted, effortlessly charming, and heartful in a way that makes it real easy to root for him, especially in gentler moments when he’s courting his on-again-off-again girlfriend, exploring fatherhood as an option, trying to be there for the people who have been there for him, and trying to take rehab seriously. I really like that character and the show itself, but I really don’t want a 2nd season. Bupkis shows, once again, that Pete Davidson is a hell of a writer and actor who owes it to himself to play characters besides Pete Davidson more often. The real pathway to controlling the narrative comes from blowing it up. Will he ever really try? The real question is, will we ever let him succeed if he does?
All episodes of ‘Bupkis’ are available to stream on Peacock now.
In an already busy week for Ed Sheeran, between winning his lawsuit and releasing his new album, Subtract, he also revealed that he’s entering the fitness realm with a new audio partnership at Peloton.
“I feel like, in the last few years, people are just a bit more open about talking about things, just because you’re not getting the embarrassment of it. Because people are willing to listen, you don’t feel like you’re putting yourself out there as much,” Sheeran said in the 30-minute outdoor walk class, where he talks to instructor Jon Hosking, according to People Magazine.
However, he also pointed out the strangeness of opening up about private struggles, especially in a public occupation, “I think it’s mad weird putting it out, because suddenly, like, strangers know stuff that you’ve been dealing with privately.”
Later in the workout, Sheeran also applied this to how it affected making his new album, as he was dealing with the loss of a friend and some other recent struggles.
“The thing I’ve realized from writing Subtract is that everyone is going through something at some point and everyone has something that they’re dealing with and they just don’t talk about,” he said. “All the subjects on this album, me and my family sort of dealt with them as a family. You don’t go on social media and go ‘Hey guys, this is happening this week, isn’t this hard?’ But putting it into songs somehow makes it palatable.”
Peloton riders can now access Ed Sheeran‘s audio workout walks through the app, which also corresponds to May’s Mental Health Awareness Month.
Ed Sheeran is a Warner Music artist. Uproxx is an independent subsidiary of Warner Music Group.
You don’t often hear about male cats hanging around much after kittens are born, but maybe it’s because they don’t live with the mama cat. It could also be because most indoor cats are fixed, so cat dads don’t get to flex their parental abilities. But there’s a cat family on TikTok that has been shattering the tomcat stereotype, because Santos, who recently welcomed kittens with his partner, Poppy, is showing people how it’s done.
In the first video, Poppy is in labor, and Santos, the black cat, is right by her side. He climbs into the box and offers support through gentle touches with his paws. His attentiveness to the laboring mother of his kittens is making humans take notes. Santos looks to not only rub the orange tabby cat’s back while she’s laboring but give her snuggles when the babies are born.
If they weren’t cats it would look like a supportive soon-to-be dad taking care of his laboring wife. The fact that they’re cats just ups the “aww” factor.
But the cuteness overload didn’t end with the first video. Santos and Poppy’s owner uploaded a couple of updates that not only continued to show that Santos is an attentive partner, but an involved dad as well. Are there “how to be a dad” classes for cats that we don’t know about? Judging by the comments, Santos may be needed to teach the class to some human dads out there.
“That kitty had more affection than ALL my exes put together,” one woman wrote.
“Human fathers should be taking tips,” another wrote, complete with a nail painting emoji.
While there are plenty of human dads out there that are extremely supportive partners, commenters were focused on how a cat could be more intuitive than those humans who are not.
Best dad award goes to Santos ❤️🐈⬛ PS My boy has been neutered (thanks for the correction) not too long ago, she will also be fixed whenever shes ready #catsoftiktok #fyp #babydaddy #dadcat
In a different video, the papa cat is left to make sure the kittens go potty while mama cat takes a break. The entire series of videos is beyond cute and a must watch for a serotonin boost.
🐈⬛ still the best dad (Dont worry, he is fixed now and its all under supervision) #catsoftiktok #babydaddy #kittensoftiktok #lovestory
And while the black cat makes an excellent dad, this will be his only chance at fatherhood. After many comments around getting the cats fixed, the person who runs the cat account reported that he is indeed fixed now and Poppy will also be spayed soon. For now, people can just enjoy the happy cat family content. Who knows, maybe Santos will pop the question and we’ll get a cat wedding to look forward to.
🐈⬛ still the best dad (Dont worry, he is fixed now and its all under supervision) #catsoftiktok #babydaddy #kittensoftiktok #lovestory
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| boygenius performing ‘Not Strong Enough’ at the Eras Tour!
