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In August 2021, The Weeknd’s hit single “Blinding Lights” broke the record for the most weeks ever spent on the Billboard Hot 100 chart. It hung on for a couple more weeks after that before leaving, so it currently sits at 90 total weeks. All the while, Glass Animals had been making a run for the record themselves with their former No. 1 single, “Heat Waves.” Now, they’ve done it: On the new Hot 100 dated October 22, “Heat Waves” comes in at No. 21 for its 91st total week on the chart.

So, here’s how the all-time ranks look now:

1. Glass Animals — “Heat Waves” (91 weeks)
2. The Weeknd — “Blinding Lights” (90 weeks)
3. Imagine Dragons — “Radioactive” (87 weeks)
4. Awolnation — “Sail” (79 weeks)
5. Dua Lipa — “Levitating” (77 weeks)
6. Jason Mraz — “I’m Yours” (76 weeks)
7. The Weeknd and Ariana Grande — “Save Your Tears” (69 weeks)
8. LeAnn Rimes — “How Do I Live” (69 weeks)
9. OneRepublic — “Counting Stars” (68 weeks)
10. LMFAO — “Party Rock Anthem” Feat. Lauren Bennett and GoonRock” (68 weeks)

The band’s Dave Bayley told Billboard of the achievement, “Wow, all I can say is wow. Many of you know when I wrote this song I was writing about missing someone I loved very dearly. Never in my wildest dreams did I think that it would lead to so much love and connection across the globe. You all have done that. Thank you to everyone who has helped this song reach so many people. You know who you are. Thank you.”

Some artists covered here are Warner Music artists. Uproxx is an independent subsidiary of Warner Music Group.

House of the Dragon himbo Criston Cole is the least chill character on TV (it was a one-night stand — get over it, bro), but the actor who plays him has a good sense of humor about how much everyone hates him. In an Instagram Story, Fabien Frankel shared a meme that reads “this man is the nastiest skank bitch I’ve ever met. DO NOT TRUST HIM. He is a fugly slut,” along with a photo of the vengeful knight. The House of the Dragon fan who created the meme put it best: “The actor seems like a great person and has been absolutely nailing the role haha. Dislike the character, but respect the actor.”

Frankel also recently spoke to the New York Times, where he was asked if Criston is still in love with Rhaenyra. “First love is first love. I think everyone will always love the person that they fell in love with for the first time,” he said. “From the first time you hear a beautiful piece of music, you’ll always love it, even if you’ve heard it a hundred times, because you remember that first time you heard it. So yeah, he will always love Rhaenyra.” It would be a romantic sentiment — if Criston wasn’t a murderous creep.

The House of the Dragon season finale is this Sunday, October 23.

(Via the New York Times)

Blink-182’s iconic lineup of Tom DeLonge, Mark Hoppus, and Travis Barker is officially back and fresh off the release of a new single, “Edging.” They’re back on social media, too, and they’ve been having fun on TikTok, like in a new video in which DeLonge eviscerates a fan’s suggestion for how Blink-182 should have announced his return.

The video shows DeLonge reacting to comments on an October 3 Reddit post titled “How would you announce Tom’s return if you were blink’s social/PR manager?.” The post instructs commenters, “Try to genuinely predict and/or make up the most ridiculous method/wording they could announce that Tom is back in the band with.” DeLonge comes across a comment about unveiling the reunion at a football game and says, “Maybe a football game with the Dallas Cowboys? No! I’m not into hanging out with sex addicts,” presumably in reference to voyeurism allegations that were in the news earlier this year.

The video then cuts to Hoppus looking at the thread and he says, “Huh! I appreciate all your thoughts and all your ideas, but uh… sadly, there is not a chance in Hell Tom DeLonge is welcome back in this band. Not happening.”

It would seem Barker had nothing to add, as he doesn’t appear in the video.

That football comment, by the way, is a wild read, so check it out below.

“10/16/22 – Sunday Night Football. Dallas Cowboys Vs Philadelphia Eagles. It’s the middle of the second quarter. Eagles are winning 7-10. The Cowboys are driving down the field but suddenly the game comes to a halt as all of the lights go out in the stadium. The lights come back on and Travis Barker is at the 50 yard line behind a drum set. He plays an epic 8 minute drum solo while Mark wheels out a cage from the stadium tunnel to the middle of the field. Who’s in the cage? Matt Skiba. Travis finishes his solo and Mark starts a speech thanking Matt for his time in blink-182, but says now he has to be sacrificed. Matt breaks out into a show tune style song begging for his life. Mark considers it, and decides he will let Matt live if they play Bored to Death good enough. The football players are all very confused at this point. Referees hand Mark and Matt their guitars and they rip through bored to death and it’s great. Mark says Matt can live and blink can operate as a 4 piece. In unison everyone in the stadium yells ‘A 4 piece?!’ And immediately after that colorful lights and lasers start flashing all over the stadium as the first chords of Dumpweed are played. Everyone looks up to the sky to see Tom parachuting down to the stadium while playing guitar. The rest of the band joins in and plays Dumpweed as Tom descents into the stadium. Matt even gets to get out of his cage. Tom lands and at the end of the song he and Mark have funny banter. Everyone in the stadium laughs. It’s classic. The new 4 piece blink-182 go on to play a 6 hour concert in the middle of the stadium. After it’s over they all get into a spaceship that says ‘BLINK-182 TOUR COMING THIS SUMMER’ on it. They blast off back to California as Travis Drum Solos from a drum set attached to the side of the spaceship. People are cheering and crying. The football players decide the game isn’t important anymore and they’re just glad everyone had fun. Everyone goes home to buy their tickets to the upcoming summer tour. The world is finally at peace. Tom is back.”

One of the most talked-about theoretical reunions in all of music is that of Oasis. Despite the famously contentious relationship between brothers Noel and Liam Gallagher, every now and then, there’s a glimmer of hope that the group will reform. Noel has yet again been asked about it and this time, he had a thought-provoking response.

On an episode of Pub Talk, Noel was asked if an Oasis reunion is in the cards and he quipped (as NME notes), “Uh… would you go on holiday with your ex-missus?”

He continued, “As funny as this sounds, Oasis sell as many records now per year as we did when we were together. We’re as popular now in the eyes of the people as we ever were, and I’m happy with it. If we got back together, it would be a circus and there’s no point. Just leave it as it is. I’m happy, he’s [Liam] doing his thing. He’s still selling out Knebworth. It’s like, mate, good luck to you, do you know what I mean?”

To Noel’s point, in 2020, “Wonderwall” became the first song from the ’90s to top a billion streams on Spotify, so there’s definitely still an interest in the band’s older material today despite a lack of new activity from the group.

Watch Noel’s full Pub Talk interview below.

If there are K-Pop groups that can push the boundaries of being unapologetic for being themselves and celebrating womanhood, (G)I-DLE is, by far, most definitely one of them.

Following their chart-topping single “TOMBOY” off their first studio album I Never Die earlier this year, (G)I-DLE makes their comeback with a burlesque twist in their latest single “Nxde.” The alternative pop track “metaphorically expresses the authentic, true self of one as nude” with lyrics full of “sarcasm at the provocative views on the word,” according to a press release from CUBE Entertainment shared yesterday (October 17).

Soyeon, (G)I-DLE’s leader and the mastermind behind “Nxde” dives deeper into the meaning of the song during the album’s showcase.

“Your true self isn’t you with makeup on, but your bareface is,” she begins to explain. “You don’t call it ‘makeup-less face.’ It’s just a face. I think that’s how I saw ‘Nxde.’ You wearing the real version of yourself. So that’s how the song was made, and it’s a song in the alternative pop genre that adopted the melody of ‘Habanera,’ the aria of ‘Carmen‘ the opera.”

The music video compliments the song’s messaging when the members pay homage to Marilyn Monroe becoming blonde bombshells.

“Time-wise, when Marilyn Monroe was active as a star, she was the blonde beauty, being consumed as a sex symbol. The standards change with time. Nowadays, if you carry designer brand bags, then people would judge you by your looks. Each era has a different stereotype. If you look like a nice person, then you’re a nice person. If you don’t look like one, people would think you have quite a temper. To tackle that, we wanted to focus on the time when Marilyn Monroe was active, so all of us decided to go blonde,” Soyeon closes out.

“Nxde” is the first track off of (G)I-DLE’s fifth EP. The new project consists of track written by members Yuqi, Minnie, and Soyeon.

Check the full tracklist to [I love] below.

1. “Nxde”
2. “LOVE”
3. “Change”
4. “Reset”
5. “조각품 (Sculpture)”
6. “DARK (X-file)”

NFL fans were treated to another barnburner on Monday evening, with the Denver Broncos taking on the Los Angeles Chargers. Denver’s offense has scuffled throughout the season but, with the Broncos also putting out an elite defensive product on a weekly basis, Russell Wilson and company routine find themselves in close-fought games and this was no different against a division rival. In fact, 60 minutes was not enough to determine the winner, as the Broncos and Chargers headed to overtime in a 16-16 matchup.

In an overtime period that did not feature a single first down for either team, the big swing of the night occurred when the Broncos muffed a punt in their own territory to set up the Chargers in great field position.

It was a terrific play by the Chargers punt coverage to push a blocker into the return man, forcing the muff without committing interference, but it’s also a dreadful play by the Broncos return team to allow that to happen. Moments later, Chargers kicker Dustin Hopkins converted a 39-yard, walk-off field goal, cementing his status as arguably the standout of the night with four field goals despite an ailing leg.

By nature of zero first downs in the entire overtime period, one could guess this was not the most aesthetically pleasing game, and that would be correct. Denver repeatedly had issues on offense, producing fewer than 100 total yards in the second half and cooling off considerably after a strong start. Los Angeles averaged only 3.6 yards per play in their own right, battling offensive line injuries and problems the entire night, and Justin Herbert’s nine-yard pass to set up the game-winning field goal may have been the single biggest play of the evening.

From here, the Broncos will be aiming to right the ship following a 2-4 start, though Denver can at least take solace in a defense that is unquestionably excellent. Los Angeles stole a victory on an off night and, with the victory, the Chargers are 4-2 and hanging around the playoff picture. Still, this was not a game to write home about, and the prime time malaise has been an object of criticism for football fans across the country.

For comic book movies, an R-rating isn’t necessarily the kiss of death. Deadpool, Logan, and Joker have all leaned into it, and reaped the benefits. (Birds of Prey, meanwhile, struggled at the box office.) The producers of Black Adam — which promises the DCEU’s most powerful, if not necessarily the most do-gooding, sorta-hero — weren’t prepared to go that far. But they went right up to the line.

As per Collider, the comic’s line’s latest blockbuster let star Dwayne Johnson kill so many bad guys that it had to go through four passes with the MPAA before they gave it a family friendly-ish PG-13. Indeed, producer Beau Flynn said they only got the official rating “maybe four or five weeks ago.”

Flynn said they made “a lot of edits,” but added that they “never compromised; we never had to cut a scene.”

Finding that alchemy — being gritty without barring most teens from buying a ticket — was tricky. “We really wanted to make sure that we honored the character of Black Adam,” said producer Hiram Garcia. “One of the things he’s known for is his aggression and violence, and to do a Black Adam movie that didn’t have that just wouldn’t have been authentic. So we always went into this knowing that we were going to push it as far as we did.”

And so instead of a watered-down, nice guy Black Adam, the film “does kill openly a lot of bad guys,” actor Aldis Hodge, who plays Hawkman, told Collider in a separate interview. “I think it’s important to know he’s killing bad guys — for the sake of the people that he’s protecting and for his moral compass. But along with that, it really is a backdrop to the real conversation that we’re having in terms of, what is good and evil? What is right and wrong? And to what extent do you go, to what lengths do you reach to accomplish what you believe is actual justice?”

Besides, those rawer moments may always wind up on the Blu-ray.

Black Adam hits theaters on Oct. 21. You can read Uproxx‘s interview with co-star Pierce Brosnan here.

(Via Collider)

The New York Yankees were supposed to play host to the Cleveland Guardians on Monday night for Game 5 of the ALDS, but after two hours of delays, the game was called due to rain and postponed to Tuesday at 4:07 p.m. ET, so as not to run into the start of the NLCS later that night.

Aside from the logistical nightmare upcoming for the teams of having to play on Tuesday and then fly to Houston for Game 1 of the ALCS on Wednesday, it’s a massive change for fans that were at the stadium ready for the game on Monday night — with MLB choosing to offer nothing in the way of official updates for a solid two hours. Given that the game has now been moved from a night time start to a late afternoon start still happening during normal work and school hours, you’d think they might be willing to offer refunds on tickets and then resell them to those who are able to go — but you would be wrong.

MLB and the Yankees will not be offering any refunds or exchanges “pursuant to MLB ticket policy,” which is frustrating for fans who may now find themselves unable to go.

Instead, those fans that might not be able to get out of work during the day to get to the Bronx for a 4 p.m. start will have to do the work themselves to try and sell the tickets on the secondary market — which is, luckily, an easier option nowadaya. I’d expect a decent number of seats hitting places like StubHub overnight, but it’s annoying to have to deal with that and the frustration of not being able to watch a big playoff game.

When Aashish Nalawade graduated from Teesside University, in Middlesbrough, England, last June, no one was more proud of him than his daughter, Shivaee. As Aashish took the stage to accept his diploma, his daughter screamed “Congratulations, daddy” and the whole auditorium burst out in laughter.

After he blew her a kiss and shouted, “I love you” she replied passionately, “I love you, daddy!” Then, the proud father accepted his diploma.

The moment has gone viral on Instagram because it’s super adorable and a bit of a role reversal. Usually, we see parents cheering on their children as they graduate, not the other way around. This video shows that kids can be just as proud of their parents as they are of them.

Aashish’s accomplishment was extra special because he moved away from his family to the U.K. to get his master’s degree at the age of 34 after his daughter was born in 2019. “I was hesitant–going back to studies after 10 years felt odd, but my wife’s support encouraged me. So I quit again, and began applying. I finally got into a university in the UK,” he said according to Tuko.

The family was reunited in the U.K. in August 2020.

Aashish was twice as proud when he received his degree. “My heart melted along with all the others present,” Aashish said of his daughter’s outburst. “Rather than the graduation award, I felt ‘being father to my daughter’ is the biggest accomplishment and achievement to me.”

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The video has melted countless hearts on social media, too.

“What a precious and beautiful memory made between a father and daughter! Blessings on your family! Congratulations on your graduation!” Maritza Hernandez wrote on Instagram.

“This seriously made my day. I’m freaking teary-eyed at work. This was just Beautiful. Period,” Monica v Sanford added.

Kanye West has often flirted with going rightwing. You might remember him brandishing a MAGA cap while on SNL. Recently, though, he’s gone all-in. Earlier this month, Fox News aired a lengthy sit-down with their biggest star, Tucker Carlson, who tried to paint him as a brave free-thinker who dares to push against liberal norms. Then he started spewing anti-Semitic garbage. Thing is, he’d already done that before…while talking to Tucker. They just edited them out. The outtakes leaked, however, and the network still ain’t happy.

As per The Daily Beast, Fox News execs are “full-on freaked out” that portions of Kanye’s Tucker interview were unwittingly made public, and they’ve conducted a search for the “mole” who disseminated them.

It’s not the first time the network has sought a leaker. In 2012, a Bill O’Reilly producer handed behind-the-scenes footage to Gawker. In less than 24 hours, they’d found their man and escorted him out of the building. They’re not so quick-on-the-draw this time. It’s been almost a week since Vice published the Kanye-Tucker videos, which suggests the leaker may have learned from the previous leaker’s mistakes.

In the leaked outtakes, West spouted some out-there anti-Semitic conspiracy theories, including that Planned Parenthood is trying to “control the Jew population,” who are actually Black people. He cited the beliefs of Black Israelites, some of whom have been deemed “outspoken anti-Semites and racists” by the Anti-Defamation League. He also claimed that actors had been “placed into my house to sexualize my kids.” These bits, alas, did not make the Fox News final cut. Wonder why.

(Via The Daily Beast)