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2023 is here and that means a whole new year of shows, movies, and documentaries is beginning to roll out.

If you’re an ARMY, or a K-pop fan, then you might remember the Disney+ announcement from last year at the 2023 Disney Content Showcase in Singapore. The viewable streaming platform teased two BTS-related documentaries titled BTS Monuments: Beyond the Star and J-Hope’s J-Hope In The Box which both include never before seen footage of the artists exclusively for Disney+.

Announced today (January 20), out of the two projects, J-Hope’s documentary has a release date set for next month on February 17. The film will also be made available on HYBE’s social media mobile and web platform Weverse on the same day.

J-Hope In The Box will follow the BTS member’s journey to his first studio album and headlining performance at Lollapalooza last summer. According to a press release, the doc captures “every footstep he took during approximately 200 days of his journey.” In a report from Billboard, exclusive footage from J-Hope’s listening party and his set at Lollapalooza is expected to be shown.

J-Hope became the first member to release a solo project, within the last year, with his first studio album Jack In The Box. Solo projects followed his release from Jin, RM, and, soon, Jimin.

After 15 years since the band’s last time on stage together, RBD will be touring the US this summer. Last night (January 19), the Mexican pop group revealed the dates for its highly-anticipated reunion trek Soy Rebelde Tour 2023.

Anahí, Dulce María, Christian Chávez, Christopher von Uckermann, and Maite Perroni will reunite under the RBD name to tour the US, Mexico, and Brazil. Alfonso “Poncho” Herrera decided not to return for the reunion tour. The title of the Soy Rebelde Tour 2023 is a reference to the Mexican telenovela Rebelde where the band was formed in 2004. The red tie in the tour logo is an homage to RBD’s school uniforms on the show. In posts across social media, RBD celebrated the band’s return.

“It’s a reality!!!” RBD wrote in Spanish on Twitter. “We’ll see you all very soon!”

Soy Rebelde Tour 2023 will consist of 26 concert dates. RBD will visit arenas and stadiums across the US for 21 of those dates. The tour kicks off on August 25 at the Sun Bowl Stadium in El Paso. The first concert of the tour will take place near the US and Mexico border as a sign of RBD’s international appeal. On December 1, RBD will close out the tour with a homecoming concert in Mexico City.

Tickets for the Soy Rebelde Tour 2023 will be available on January 27. Fans can check out RBD’s official website for more information on the tour.

Find RBD’s upcoming tour dates below.

08/25/2023 — Sun Bowl Stadium in El Paso
08/27/2023 — Minute Maid Park in Houston
09/01/2023 — MSG in New York City
09/02/2023 — Eaglebank Arena in Fairfax
09/03/2023 — Greensboro Coliseum Complex in Greensboro
09/08/2023 — Guaranteed Rate Field in Chicago
09/10/2023 — Ball Arena in Denver
09/13/2023 — Desert Diamond Arena in Phoenix
09/14/2023 — MGM Grand Arena in Las Vegas
09/22/2023 — Miami-Dade Arena in Miami
09/23/2023 — Amway Center in Orlando
09/24/2023 — Lakewood Amphitheatre in Atlanta
09/27/2023 — Bert Ogden Arena in Edinburg
09/30/2023 — Globe Life Field in Arlington
10/01/2023 — Moody Center in Austin
10/06/2023 — Sap Center in San Jose
10/07/2023 — Golden 1 Center in Sacramento
10/08/2023 — Chase Center in San Fransisco
10/13/2023 — Viejas Arena in San Diego
10/15/2023 — Save Mart Center in Fresno
10/19/2023 — Banc of California Stadium in Los Angeles
11/17/2023 — Allianz Parque in São Paulo
11/19/2023 — Est. Nilton Santos Engenhão in Rio de Janeiro
11/24/2023 — Estadio Mobil Super in Monterrey
11/26/2023 — Estadio 3 de Marzo in Guadalajara
12/01/2023 — Foro Sol in Cuidad de Mexico

This week, That ’90s Show, the long-awaited spinoff to That ’70s Show, dropped on Netflix (not to be confused with That ’80s Show, which nobody watched anyway) and fans got to see what the gang has been up to after all these years.

The series brings back some original stars for various guest spots, including Topher Grace, Laura Prepon, Wilmer Valderrama, Mila Kunis, and Ashton Kutcher. Debra Jo Rupp and Kurtwood Smith also returned as leading players this season, along with the new gaggle of teens. There’s Leia, Donna and Eric’s daughter, who spends her summer visiting her grandparents in Wisconsin and discovering the wonders of the Foreman’s basement. Jackie and Kelso’s son Jay is also a part of the clan, along with neighbor Gwen and her brother Nate and some more schoolmates. The season follows their various misadventures while on summer break.

At the end of the season, Leia has to go back to Chicago to spend the school year with Eric and Donna, but there is a bit of a cliffhanger regarding Leia’s love interest, which leaves the potential for another season. While Netflix has yet to announce a new season, the showrunners confirmed that the long-term plan would be to have each season take place over summer break, so that the gang can be reacquainted for another season.

“They physically change, they emotionally change, their lives have changed, their goals have changed,” Creator Bonnie Turner told Variety last year. “It just was great story fodder.”

While there is no confirmation of a second season, season one began production last spring for its January release, so any potential next season would likely air in early 2024. That is, of course, assuming that Netflix decides to renew the series.

(Via Variety and Screenrant)

Sam Smith had a big 2023 with their No. 1 hit “Unholy” with Kim Petras that made LGBTQ+ history. They’re preparing for the release of their new album Gloria, arriving later this month, so they went on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon to catch fans up.

After talking about singing “Stay With Me” at the White House and changing the lyrics, Fallon asked the performer if they get starstruck. “I do, I do. With pop divas,” they dished. “If I see Rihanna or Madonna, I fall to the floor.” They then talked about how they once skipped school to see Lady Gaga, which ended with them in detention.

At the White House, Smith was alongside Cyndi Lauper to celebrate The Respect For Marriage Act. “For once our families — mine and a lot of my friends and people you know, sometimes your neighbors — we can rest easy tonight because our families are validated,” Lauper said. “And because now we’re allowed to love who we love, which sounds odd to say, but Americans can now love who we love. And bless Joe Biden and all the people that worked on this for allowing people not to worry and their children not to worry about their future. Thank you and thank you for being supportive. And hey, I will sing out to you. Thank you very much.”

Watch Smith on Fallon above.

Gloria is out 1/27 via Capitol and EMI. You can pre-save it here.

March 1 this year will mark the 50th anniversary of one of the most celebrated albums in the history of recorded music. Pink Floyd‘s The Dark Side Of The Moon is not only one of rock’s most critically hailed collections of music, it’s also one of the most commercially successful rock album ever.

It’s been certified 14x platinum in the English rock band’s home country, preserved in the US National Recording Registry of the Library of Congress, and basically laid the blueprint for psych/prog rock. The album’s cover even graces t-shirts widely available at every Target in the country. Which is why a new kerfuffle regarding the band’s anniversary imagery is so… I’m gonna go with “baffling,” although “concerning,” “infuriating,” and “hilarious” also came to mind.

Over on Facebook, the band changed its profile pic to a minimalist representation of the prism from the cover with a 50 inside of it. The zero is filled with the spectrum of light, which of course, presents as a rainbow. But somehow, conservative followers of the band (presumably, they could just be trolls on the prowl) have misinterpreted it as the rainbow flag of the gay pride movement and they are big mad in the comments.

Considering the popularity of The Dark Side Of The Moon — again, I am the hip-hop editor of Uproxx.com and I still know that album back to front, to say nothing of its nearly ubiquitous cover art — this may very well be the worst case of Fox News brain poisoning we’ve seen yet. And that’s saying something, considering these people’s sociopathic rejection of basic safety measures in a pandemic that we’re still in.

Maybe these people are just doing a bit and we all missed the joke, but all that says is we’ve reached the point where parody is practically impossible. Thankfully, the band themselves won’t let a little thing like a public backlash stop them from staying true to their beliefs. Even if, in this case, the only belief is that prisms, spectrums, and the wonders of the physical world are pretty damn cool and fun to look at.

In what’s becoming a recurring theme, Congressman George Santos saw his past come back to haunt him this week following a report that he allegedly stole the proceeds from a GoFundMe account meant for a homeless veteran’s dying dog. Santos, who now sits on two House committees, reportedly pulled off the dastardly deed back in 2016 when he was running an animal charity, Friends of Pets United, while operating under the name Anthony Devolder.

According to Patch, US Navy veteran Richard Osthoff’s dog Sapphire developed a stomach tumor, but he didn’t have $3,000 to cover the cost of surgery. Osthoff was put in contact with Santos, who set up a GoFundMe to cover the bill. However, when the campaign reached its goal, Santos allegedly vanished and Sapphire died from not receiving the surgery. To add insult to injury, Osthoff was reportedly forced to panhandle to pay for the dog’s euthanasia and cremation.

Of all the allegations against Santos, this was the most damning (so far). However, on Thursday, the congressman took to Twitter to deny the report.

“The reports that I would let a dog die is shocking & insane,” Santos tweeted. “My work in animal advocacy was the labor of love & hard work. Over the past 24hr I have received pictures of dogs I helped rescue throughout the years along with supportive messages. These distractions won’t stop me!”

Like his attempt to shoot very convincing photo evidence that he used to be a Brazilian drag queen, Santos’ denial did not go over well. In addition to his credibility being completely shot, people on Twitter couldn’t help but notice that he never denied making off with the GoFundMe proceeds for Sapphire.

You can see some of the reactions below:

(Via George Santos on Twitter)

Today Mac DeMarco releases an album of instrumentals called Five Easy Hot Dogs. How good is it? Well, it’s an instrumental album called Five Easy Hot Dogs — you do the math. At the very least, the record was a good excuse to talk about the career and legacy of one of modern indie’s most influential artists. I’m a fan though I consider myself more of a “liker” than a “lover” of his music. My co-host Ian Cohen, however, has been a vocal critic. What are Ian’s beefs? Was I able to talk him into re-considering Mac?

In our opening banter segment, we covered two of the biggest indie album announcements of the week — Boygenius’ The Record and The National’s First Two Pages of Frankenstein. First of all, we covered the most important aspects of these albums: Their covers! What’s up with that weird National album cover? Why is the Boygenius album cover already meme-able? Eventually, we get around to the music — I am higher on both acts than Ian, and I explain how digging into the bootleg tapes from The National’s 2022 tour helped set up for their very good single, “Tropic Morning News.”

In Recommendation Corner, Ian stumps for an actual book! It’s Status And Culture by W. David Marx, which explains how the titular subjects are shaped and formulated. As for me, I shouted out Mercy by octogenarian musical legend John Cale, which includes cameos by Weyes Blood, Animal Collective, and Sylvan Esso.

New episodes of Indiecast drop every Friday. Listen to Episode 122 here or below and subscribe wherever you get your podcasts. You can submit questions for Steve and Ian at [email protected], and make sure to follow us on Instagram and Twitter for all the latest news. We also recently launched a visualizer for our favorite Indiecast moments. Check those out here.

Cocaine bear is no normal bear.

For one thing, the bear has consumed cocaine, which isn’t great. For the humans who stand in the bear’s way of eating more cocaine, but mostly for the bear. There are other differences between a cocaine bear and a normal bear, however.

A normal American black bear can smell up to a mile away, climb four feet a second, and run 30 MPH, as the video below informed me. That’s impressive! But a cocaine bear smells everything, climbs 100 feet a second, and runs 75 MPH. That’s faster than any land animal — but not as fast as this cute-looking bat. Cocaine Bear 2: Heroin Bat?

Here’s the plot synopsis, in case the title wasn’t enough:

Inspired by the 1985 true story of a drug runner’s plane crash, missing cocaine, and the black bear that ate it, this wild dark comedy finds an oddball group of cops, criminals, tourists and teens converging in a Georgia forest where a 500- pound apex predator has ingested a staggering amount of cocaine and gone on a coke-fueled rampage for more blow… and blood.

Cocaine Bear, which stars Keri Russell, O’Shea Jackson, Jr., Christian Convery-Jennings, Alden Ehrenreich, Jesse Tyler Ferguson, Brooklynn Prince, Isiah Whitlock Jr., Kristofer Hivju, Character Actress Margo Martindale, and Ray Liotta (RIP), as well as a CGI bear that can’t stop doing coke, opens in theaters on February 24.

Anna Kendrick has been recovering from a difficult run in her personal life after ending an abusive relationship while her career goes full steam ahead. That includes Alice, Darling, in theaters now. The film hits close to home for Kendrick, given that the story sees her character embark upon a weekend away with friends, who fully begin to realize that something is amiss regarding her controlling boyfriend. From there, Kendrick will make her directorial debut with The Dating Game, which happens to be about a serial killer infiltrating the one-time popular set-up show.

That’s a lot, and it doesn’t help much, as Kendrick revealed, when a rapid-fire press junket left her feeling “sh*tty” due to talking about emotional abuse with 30 different journalists over the course of a few hours. Not fantastic! Also not too pleasant: grappling with the not-so-fun condition of anemia. The exhausting, potentially life-altering condition can develop over time, and then there’s the matter of rebuilding one’s iron levels, which isn’t as easy as it sounds. Iron absorption can be complicated, and to make matters less palatable, supplements can taste dreadful going down. Some of us know that they taste bad, well, coming up as well. Anna Kendrick revealed that she at least knows about the initial taste while seeking advice on Twitter.

“As an anemic little rodent,” the Pitch Perfect star asked. “[C]an I just ask: are there iron supplements that don’t taste like I’m swallowing a dirty penny?”

Soon, Kendrick’s replies were flooded with well-meaning recommendations for capsules and gummies that aren’t too disgusting. However, it was Russell Crowe’s advice that made the biggest splash: a pint of Guinness, which the Gladiator great describes as the “[b]est iron supplement on the market.”

Granted, yes, Guinness has a slight amount of iron. Maybe 3 milligrams per pint? The jury remains out there on whether it’s “good for you” like all those retro posters have claimed. Drinking one’s own weight each day wouldn’t even reach the threshold needed to rebuild sufficient iron levels, but hey, I think it’s time for a Kendrick-Crowe Super Bowl ad for this tasty beer anyway.