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Swifties are one of the most passionate fan bases in all of music; Family Guy‘s latest episode addresses extreme fandom and it’s partially based on Taylor Swift’s devotees. So, publicly criticizing Swift online probably isn’t the best idea unless you want your mentions to blow up and want to have a bad time. That brings us to Mötley Crüe’s Nikki Sixx, who decided to share his thoughts about Swift, seemingly regarding the Ticketmaster/The Eras Tour situation.

On November 19, Sixx tweeted, “Is it just me or does Taylor Swift always seems likes she’s whining about something new every-time she’s gonna drop an album? #Wo[e]IsMeMarketing.”

One person questioned Sixx’s decision to send that tweet, writing, “Jeez man, you gonna call her out? I mean you’re band is big and all but the wraith of the #Swifties is not something you want take on. She’s nearly doubled your record sales and she’s 1/3 of your age. Just seems petty on your end.”

Indeed, folks came through and putt Sixx in his place, like one who wrote, “Pretty weak take. She’s prolific. She’s essentially dropped five new LPs of NEW material in the last two years, while the Crue just rehashes the same ole, same ole. And she’s def not a whiner.”

Check out some more Sixx responses below.

Lizzo is currently in the midst of her The Special Tour and she’s been putting on quite the show. In fact, SZA insists it’s the best one around: Last night, she tweeted, “Lizzo has the BEST show on earth . I cried . Pls go to a lizzo concert for your own mental health .”

This came after the two shared a touching social media exchange, with Lizzo writing, “SIZZO SUPREMACY. Thank you for making last night so SPECIAL @sza loml and friend 4L.” SZA replied, “No one like you on this earth and I’m so honored to call you my friend and SISTER love you more and more each day !!!! we don’t deserve u.”

As for what Lizzo was talking about, when Lizzo performed at the Kia Forum in Inglewood, California on November 19, SZA made a surprise appearance to join Lizzo on “Special.” This of course sparked rumors that the two have a new “Special” remix on the way. In terms of new music, what we do know is that we could be getting new SZA in the next few weeks, as she’s aiming to drop her new project, S.O.S., in December.

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

Argentina’s opener at the 2022 World Cup was viewed as a formality, as one of the favorites to win the entire tournament had lowly Saudi Arabia on the schedule. After 90 minutes (and then a whole lot more for stoppage time), a hectic game led to an all-time upset, as Lionel Messi and co. found themselves at the bottom of Group C with a shocking 2-1 loss.

Early on, it looked like the Argentinians — which entered the game on a 36-match unbeaten run — would coast to a win. In the 10th minute of action, Lionel Messi stepped up to take a penalty kick and cooly beat Saudi Arabian GK Mohammed Alowais.

Argentina would continue to score goals, but they ran into one big issue: VAR. On three separate occasions in the first half, the Argentinians scored, only for it to be wiped out by replay review.

Any soccer fan can think of a game where a team had a goals overturned by VAR, and for one reason or another, that puts the wind into the sails of the other side. And in the 48th minute, Saudi Arabia was able to break through. The ball was lumped forward and fell to Saleh Alshehri, who took a touch, got himself an angle to put a shot on frame, and slotted it past Emiliano Martínez.

Five minutes later, Saudi Arabia put themselves ahead. Salem Aldawsari was calm and composed on the ball to evade several Argentinians, giving himself a chance to get a shot off despite being at the very top of the box. Martínez had no chance against the effort, and the hand that he got to the ball was for naught.

Argentina, try as they might, could not break down a Saudi Arabia side that was hell-bent on pulling off an upset. Whether it was Alowais or someone else denying them, the No. 3 team in the world just was not able to find the goal that would let them salvage a point.

The expected goals on the day painted a picture decidedly different from the final scoreline: Argentina had 2.27 xG to 0.14 for Saudi Arabia. But ultimately, the +2200 underdogs held on to put themselves, shockingly, at the top of their group.

Last night, Machine Gun Kelly’s hazardous outfit was the topic of many conversations due to its many protruding spikes. However, there was another look that had people talking — and it was Lauren Jauregui‘s jacket, which turned out to be a bit of an optical illusion.

Many photos circulated of the confusing jacket, baffling lots of fans. The singer addressed it by tweeting the pictures with the amazing caption: “Lmfao nobody told me my jacket made my ass look like this I’m crying.” Of course it immediately went viral.

It’s been a pretty good year for the “Expectations” performer. In May, she started her own podcast called Attunement, which is about mental health that will “strengthen care for mind, body and spirit.” “Launching a podcast was my way of being able to connect with the most brilliant minds I have encountered throughout my journey here on Earth,” she wrote in a heartfelt Instagram post. “These conversations thread life moments; where we’ve been, where we’re headed and the in-between. Attunement offers a vision of a new Earth. A life long quest to care for mind, body and spirit. A dais where we can exist as we are and where we allow contrast and nuance to heal us.”

The other week, Roddy Ricch teamed up with Lil Durk for the collaborative single “Twin,” off of Ricch’s new album Feed Tha Streets 3. The track is full of financial flexes: “GLE, matchin’ Benz / And my tint, five percent / F*ck around, pay your rent,” Ricch raps. Now, to go along with it, they’ve unveiled a video to flex even harder.

The video depicts the pair dancing, shopping, and soaring through the streets out of the passenger side window of sleek cars. While they flaunt their luxury, they also flaunt their friendship as they move in sync.

Ricch just unleashed Feed Tha Streets 3 a few days ago, right after completing his two-month stint as Post Malone’s Twelve Carat Toothache Tour opener. To celebrate, the rapper literally fed the streets. “It’s Roddy Ricch, if I got any shoppers in here we just came through to pay for anybody’s groceries for the next 30 minutes,” he said in a video on his social media. “If you got your groceries and you want us to pay for them and help y’all out. We here for y’all, make your way to the register — we got y’all and we appreciate y’all. We love L.A.”

Watch the “Twin” video above.

Feed Tha Streets 3 is out now via Atlantic. Save it here.

Roddy Ricch is a Warner Music artist. Uproxx is an independent subsidiary of Warner Music Group.

So far, Avatar: The Way of Water has looked pretty chill. Trailers for the very belated sequel to the highest grossing movie ever (not adjusted for inflation) have mostly dwelled on showing new parts of Pandora. There sure has been a lot of underwater frolicking, hasn’t there? No more. Yes, there’s some aquatic tomfoolery in the film’s final trailer, but there’s new (if vague) glimpses of some of the darker business set to go down over its epic length.

Sam Worthington and Zoe Saldaña are back as Jake and Neytiri, the former human and his Na’vi betrothed. They’ve decamped for far flung regions of Pandora, raising their growing family, including Neteyam (Jamie Flatters), Lo’ak (Britain Dalton), Tuk (Trinity Bliss), and the adopted human child Spider (Jack Champion). It appears that one of them is proving a bit rebellious, which is to say willing to stand up against the invading Earthlings, including Stephen Lang’s nefarious Colonel Quaritch, who is born again, this time as a Na’vi avatar.

Director James Cameron recently revealed that he had to fight — just a little bit — to release the 2009 original the way he wanted. All that happened, though, was an exec told him to make it shorter, and Cameron just told him to “get the f*ck out of my office.” He seems to be a little less confident this time, threatening to end the series early if this new one underperforms. So if you like chilling in Pandora, better go see it when it opens on December 16.

You can watch the Avatar: The Way of Water trailer above.

It’s been almost exactly one year since EA Sports announced they were reviving their college football video game franchise, but with a new (and very simple) name: EA Sports College Football.

The immediate response from fans was jubilation, as the old NCAA Football franchise had been long been a favorite of many until it ended with the 2014 edition due to the inability to pay the players for their name, image, and likeness. With a new policy in place that allows college athletes to agree to NIL deals and sponsorships, the door was open for the franchise to return and the initial plan was for a summer 2023 release date.

Unfortunately, that appears to no longer be an attainable release date, with Matt Brown reporting on Monday night that EA was expected to make a formal announcement on Tuesday morning that the game would be pushed back to 2024.

That is obviously a significant disappointment, as fans had been extremely excited about the return of a college football video game next year, but the drought between games will move to 11 years instead of 10 with this delay. With such a delay, there will be an expectation that the game hits the ground running with all of the elements that fans loved about the first game along with some enhancements. Dynasty mode is the core of why the original game was beloved, so they better use this extra time to ensure that is built out as best as possible, and make sure the gameplay is hopefully a little less spotty than Madden.

Two years ago, Sinbad — the comedian whose fame extended to the small and big screens — suffered a devastating stroke. He still hasn’t recovered. On Monday, an update was unveiled on his Instagram and Twitter accounts, linking to a website that provides not only updates on his condition but also way for people to help the family pay his ever-mounting hospital bills.

As per the site, Sinbad — whose real name is David Adkins — suffered ischemic stroke in September 2020 resulting from a blood clot that traveled from his heart to his brain. After removing the clot, he seemed to be on the road to recovery. Then a second clot, half the size of the first, formed. He spent time in a medically induced coma, kept alive by a ventilator.

“It would be weeks before he would open his eyes, speak, or show signs of basic mobility,” the site reads. “It wasn’t long before we realized he couldn’t move his left side or simply hold his head up.”

Sinbad spent time in an acute-care facility, where he was unable to move the left side of his body. He later moved to a rehabilitation center, when he finally began to recover. In July 2021, nine months after the initial stroke, he came home, where he continues to received therapy.

“His progress is nothing short of remarkable. Limbs that were said to be ‘dead’ are coming alive and he’s taking the steps necessary to learn to walk again,” read the site. “In his own words, ‘I am not done. I will not stop fighting until I can walk across the stage again.’”

Numerous celebrities reached out in the comments of the Instgram post, including Gabrielle Union, D.L. Hughley, and india.arie. You can see the site — and make a donation — here.

It is rivalry week in college football, which also coincides with the start of the silly season in terms of coaching rumors as searches will begin in earnest once the regular season comes to a close on Saturday night.

On Monday night, the two collided when a report from a local TV sports reporter in Starkville, Mississippi (home to Mississippi State) reported that Ole Miss head coach Lane Kiffin would be stepping down from the Rebels after the Egg Bowl on Friday night to take the Auburn job. Auburn’s interest in Kiffin has been well-reported, but it was curious that this particular reporter would have this news while none of the other major college football newsbreakers (or Auburn reporters) would have it.

Thankfully, because Lane Kiffin is college football’s most online head coach, we got a swift response as he had a little fun with fans, first posting a picture of him reading a book about Egg Bowl history.

He then addressed the report itself, quote tweeting the reporter and saying it was “news to me” and shooting down his sources.

Now, Kiffin doesn’t offer any firm assurances he won’t leave Ole Miss at all (as he knows better than to do that at this point) but seems to make it clear that there won’t be any sudden change on Friday night after the Egg Bowl. Auburn’s coaching search will be fascinating to watch because they definitely want to make a splash, but any incoming coaches will have some questions about who has control over the program. Kiffin is near the top of the wishlist, but for now he’s at Ole Miss and is keeping his focus on the Bulldogs, not the Tigers, for the moment.

UPDATE: Lane wasn’t done, as he took the time to type out a fake report about the reporter leaving for another network, printed it (???), and then took a picture of that to post to Twitter.

It’s truly incredible stuff.

Black Midi are exciting for many reasons, but mostly because of their live performances. The clamorous, wandering instrumentals, the theatrical vocals, the invigoration and suspense — it all comes together at a concert to be witnessed in person. So it makes sense that on Monday they surprise-dropped a live album called Live Fire as a limited edition 12″ vinyl and released “Sugar/Tzu” as a single.

This live rendition of “Sugar/Tzu” is lively and untamed, moving unpredictably and skittishly. Upon the release of “Sugar/Tzu” as a single for their latest album Hellfire, eccentric bandleader Geordie Greep shared a statement about the track: “‘Sugar/Tzu’ imagines that in 2163 it’s possible to see a championship fight between two 600-pound men,” he said, “albeit in a so-called ‘Leadweight’ division. The fight is between Sun Sugar and Sun Tzu; the latter being a fan of the Chinese general, hoping to channel his strength; and the former looking to continue the lineage of Sugar Ray Robinson, Leonard, etc.”

To further tease fans, the band also shared a video of their drummer Morgan in a jam-out session with Mdou Moctor’s Souleymane Ibrahim. Watch Simpson and Ibrahim jam below and listen to the live version of “Sugar/Tzu” above. Find the album artwork and tracklist underneath the video.

1. “953”
2. “Speedway”
3. “Welcome To Hell”
4. “Sugar/Tzu”
5. “Lumps”
6. “Eat Men Eat”
7. “Chondromalacia Patella”
8. “John L”
9. “27 Questions”
10. “The Defence”
11. “Slow”

Live Fire is out now on Rough Trade. Get it here.