With the release of his propulsive new single, Jean Dawson announces the impending release of his new album. With Glimmer Of God slated for release on October 18, Dawson shares the propulsive “Houston,” an introspective track about trying to get closer to heaven. “Ima lose my soul tonight,” he croons on the chorus. “Only for the moment, right, I / Sink into the lonely night / Dancing with my own desire, higher / We can get higher.” You can check out the track below.
A press release describes Glimmer Of God as the San Diego native’s “most honest work and deeply riveting work to date,” and is inspired by Modest Mouse, Prince, Stevie Wonder, and Zapp with Roger Troutman. The album follows a string of successful singles from Dawson including “No SZNS” with SZA, “Die For Me” with Lil Yachty, and his Boohoo EP. In addition to marking the Glimmer Of God release date, October 18 will also be the first night of its accompanying tour, for which you can see the dates below.
Jean Dawson Glimmer Of God Tour Dates
10/18 – Minneapolis, MN @ Varsity
10/19 – Milwaukee, WI @ The Rave II
10/20 – Chicago, IL @ House of Blues
10/22 – Columbus, OH @ Newport
10/24 – Detroit, MI @ Saint Andrews
10/25 – Toronto, ON @ Opera House
10/27 – Montreal, QC @ Studio TD
10/29 – Boston, MA @ Paradise
10/30 – New York, NY @ Irving Plaza
110/1 – Philadelphia, PA @ TLA
11/02 – Washington, DC @ 9:30 Club
11/03 – Charlotte, NC @ Underground
11/05 – Nashville, TN @ Basement East
11/06 – Atlanta, GA @ Buckhead Theatre
11/09 – Houston, TX @ House of Blues
11/10 – Austin, TX @ Emo’s
11/12 – Mesa, AZ @ Nile Theater
11/13 – San Diego, CA @ Observatory North Park
12/02 – Denver, CO @ Cervantes Ballroom
12/04 – Salt Lake City, UT @ Complex – Grand
12/06 – Portland, OR @ Hawthorne
12/07 – Vancouver, BC @ Rickshaw
12/08 – Seattle, WA @ Showbox
12/10 – San Francisco, CA @ August Hall
12/12 – Los Angeles, CA @ Fonda Theatre
12/14 – Mexico City @ Supremo
What do the following films have in common: Parasite, Titane, Triangle of Sadness, Anatomy of a Fall, and Anora? A few things, actually: they’re all excellent movies that you should watch (especially the one about a woman who has sex with a car, and then becomes pregnant with the car’s baby); they were all distributed by Neon; and they’re the last five winners of the Cannes Film Festival’s highest prize, the Palme d’Or. However, of the first four, only one also won Best Picture at the Academy Awards: Parasite. Could Anora be next?
Anora stars Better Things breakout Mikey Madison as a sex worker who marries the son of a Russian oligarch, played by Mark Eidelstein. It was written and directed by Sean Baker, who should have received loads of nominations from the Oscars for his last two films, The Florida Project (emphatic, devastating, unforgettable) and Red Rocket (a brilliantly prickly depiction of the Trump era without being explicitly about Trump). But both were snubbed. It does not appear history will repeat itself with Anora.
Outside of the Palme d’Or, Anora was also the second runner-up for the People’s Choice Award at the Toronto International Film Festival. That might sound like a minor achievement, but the last film to pull of the same feat was Parasite. As IndieWire film critic David Ehrlich joked, “I’m the worst Oscar prognosticator in the world but I choose to believe this means something.”
Gold Derby believes it does, too; Anora is listed among the frontrunners to receive a Best Picture nomination at the 2025 Oscars. So does Variety, IndieWire, The Hollywood Reporter, and Awards Watch. That’s a strong showing for a movie from the guy who created Greg the Bunny about a sex worker.
About that: it’s not that the Oscars have ignored depictions of sex workers (or “call girls,” among other less-progressive terms) in the past. Julia Roberts was nominated for Pretty Woman, for instance, as was Elisabeth Shue for Leaving Las Vegas. Elizabeth Taylor and Jane Fonda even won for BUtterfield 8 and Klute, respectively. Heck, the first Best Actress winner ever was Janet Gaynor, who “tries to prostitute herself” in 1928’s Street Angel. But none of those films were nominated for Best Picture (even if Klute should have been).
So why does Anora have a chance if the Academy also hasn’t been receptive to Baker’s work in the past? It checks a lot of boxes: Anora is “heartbreaking but hilarious,”“endearing,” and “timely and thoughtful.” But most of all, it’s “crowd pleasing,” and in a year without an undeniable phenomenon like Oppenheimer, that could be enough to put it over the top for Best Picture (see: CODA and Everything Everywhere All at Once). Anora, the character, is impossible to not root for, and on January 17, 2025, when the Best Picture nominations are announced, a lot of people will be rooting to hear her name.
To paraphrase Tom Petty: last dance with Venom, one more time to kill the pain.
Venom: The Last Dance is the third and final film in star Tom Hardy’s Venom trilogy, which surprised everyone with its goofiness in 2018’s Venom and then made Venom a queer icon in 2021’s Venom: Let There Be Carnage. How can The Last Dance up the ante? Two words: Venom Horse. But we’ll get there.
Here’s everything to know about Venom: The Last Dance, including plot details, the cast, and when it comes out in theaters.
Plot
Let’s begin with the official plot synopsis: “In Venom: The Last Dance, Tom Hardy returns as Venom, one of Marvel’s greatest and most complex characters, for the final film in the trilogy. Eddie and Venom are on the run. Hunted by both of their worlds and with the net closing in, the duo are forced into a devastating decision that will bring the curtains down on Venom and Eddie’s last dance.” The big bad this time is Knull. Think trying to act normal when all you want to do is munch on a lobster in a fish tank is tough? Try facing off against the eldritch god of darkness and the creator of the symbiotes!
OK, now the time has come to talk about Venom horse.
The obvious highlight of the Venom: The Last Dance trailer is Venom taking over a horse, and dragging Eddie Brock for a ride like a Sabrina Carpenter-sized human getting pulled by their very large dog. It’s the kind of Looney Tunes charm that makes Venom stand out from other comic book movies.
“If the mission statement is commercial, blockbuster, action, and superhero movie, how can we imbue a sense of something that’s fun and different?” Hardy told Forbes about Venom: The Last Dance, which was written and directed by Kelly Marcel. “What’s going to entice people that they have a memory, they have a moment, they have an event? This comes from us who are really, really caring about this.” The rumored popcorn bucket helps.
Hardy is pulling for an R rating after Venom and Venom: Let There Be Carnage were both rated PG-13. “By the third one, we’ve been given so much creative support to do – to push it. It’s a much wider piece and there’s much more love – not that there was not love in the last ones,” he said. “We’ve been allowed to put more of our ideas into it and I’m really excited to see how they land.”
Cast
Venom: The Last Dance stars Tom Hardy as Eddie Brock and Venom, obviously. I’m only half-joking when I boldly proclaim that he should be nominated for an Oscar for the Venom voice alone.
The rest of the cast includes Chiwetel Ejiofor, Juno Temple, Rhys Ifans, Stephen Graham, Peggy Lu, and Alanna Ubach (neither Michelle Williams nor Jenny Slate are expected to return, although, amusingly, they’re both in the same upcoming FX series). Sony is keeping the identity of the actor playing baddie Knull a secret, but everyone from Ifans (who previously played Lizard in The Amazing Spider-Man and Spider-Man: No Way Home) to Norman Reedus has been rumored. Maybe it’ll be one of Hardy’s Peaky Blinders co-stars!
Release Date
Like Magic Mike before him, Venom makes his Last Dance on October 25 (the weekend after Anora and before Here). I’m just saying, Eddie and Venom would make a cute couples costume for Halloween.
Trailer
Please enjoy the trailer for Venom: The Last Dance below.
The promising future for Jaz Karis’ is finally here. The London singer released her debut album Safe Flight today and it surpasses all expectations laid before her prior to its release. The 13-track release documents the journey and creative processes that led to Safe Flight and how, in making the album, Karis in a way left home to begin a new independent chapter in her life.
“This past year or so, I have traveled back and forth between London & Los Angeles so much that I hadn’t realized how much my life was changing before my eyes,” Karis said in a press release for the album. “The title Safe Flight felt fitting due to the amount of times I had heard it this past year, it also felt like I was embarking on a new journey, which is exactly what this album has been for me.” Karis’ feeling of starting a new chapter comes from the fact that just one song on the album was made in her hometown of London, with the rest mostly taking shape in Los Angeles, as well as New York City, Atlanta, Texas.
In the end, Safe Flight is a soaring and impressive debut from Karis that also doubles as a tasteful melting pot of R&B flavors. Karis delivers excellent traditional R&B ballads like “Love Me” and “Prayer” while impressing just as much with duets through the Mahalia-assisted “Nice Girls” and “Met You At A Bar” with Tone Stith. Karis brings us to the tropics and dazzles on “Tequila” with Reekado Banks, “Sims Castaway” with Juls, and “Chill On Me” with June Freedom. The diverse project reaffirms both Karis’ talents and her stardom.
Together with the release of Safe Flight, Uproxx caught up with Karis to spotlight her for this week’s Uproxx Music 20 column. Scroll down to learn more about the London singer’s inspiration, influences, and aspirations.
My earliest memory of music is a pink toy I used to carry everywhere with me, and it played different loops on it. I used to make songs to the loops and I still remember my first limerick to this day.
Who or what inspired you to take music seriously?
I think I’d have to say at the time it was Alicia Keys. I played piano and her song was the first song I ever recorded in the studio, I saw myself in her.
Do you know how to play an instrument? If so, which one? If not, which instrument do you want to learn how to play?
Yes, I play the piano.
What was your first job?
My first ever job was a receptionist at a music studio and they gave me free studio time in exchange.
You get 24 hours to yourself to do anything you want, with unlimited resources: What are you doing? And spare no details!
Turning off my phone, flying first class with my friends and family to the Caribbean, and sipping a rum punch on the beach listening to Safe Flight.
What are your three most used emojis?
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What’s a feature you need to secure before you die?
Drake.
If you could appear in a future season of a current TV show, which one would it be and why?
Black Mirror because I love it so much! It tells such a cool story, and they always end up coming true, so I feel like I’d get an inside on what’s coming.
Which celebrity do you admire or respect for their personality, and why?
Mysterious crooner 4Batz draws Atlanta trap mainstay Lil Baby out from hiatus on his new single, “Roll Da Dice.” In the video, which went live 12 hours after the single’s release, the unlikely duo literally play a game of craps between shots of their amorous efforts. The song is a mellow banger on which the two artists sing the praises of a romantic interest.
4Batz is coming off his headlining Thank U, Jada tour after releasing his debut mixtape, U Made Me A St4r. His meteoric rise may have been driven by the mystery surrounding his relationship with Drake after the OVO founder’s appearance on 4Batz’s breakout single, “Date @ 8,” but since then, he’s worked overtime to prove he earned it.
Lil Baby, meanwhile, has had kind of a quiet 2024, stepping away from social media at the end of 2023 until his album is finished. Since then, he’s only appeared on a handful of big releases, including Central Cee’s “Band4Band” and Tay B’s “All Ten.” Fans waiting on a follow-up to his 2022 album It’s Only Me have certainly had time to build up an appetite to find out where “Crazy” and “350” — Baby’s last-released singles — will end up.
You can watch 4Batz and Lil Baby’s video for “Roll Da Dice” above.
Kendrick Lamar isn’t the only current or former member of the Top Dawg Entertainment family with a movie coming out next year.
An R-rated buddy comedy starring SZA and Keke Palmer will release in theaters on January 24, 2025. There’s no official title or even plot details yet, but Variety reports that the cast also includes Lil Rel Howery, Janelle James, Keyla Monterroso Mejia, Maude Apatow, Katt Williams, Joshua Neal, Aziza Scott, Patrick Cage, and Amin Joseph. Lawrence Lamont is attached as director, while Rap Sh!t showrunner Syreeta Singleton wrote the screenplay.
Palmer and SZA previously teamed up in 2022 when the Nope actress hosted SNL with the “Kill Bill” singer as her musical guest.
SZA is currently working on her third studio album, Lana, and first since 2022’s SOS broke records.
“You know, this round, I actually don’t want to say anything,” she told The Hollywood Reporter when asked about the album earlier this year. “Just because I feel like I do myself a disservice because you can shift the energy of the album. You got to let it form itself. Because I’m not really forming anything. I’m just kind of here while energy is forming and I’m just trying to allow it to do what it needs to do, and my voice just follows whatever the frequency is. So I feel like I want to allow it to finish shaping itself and form itself before I speak on it and possibly change the trajectory of what it could be. But I will say I’m in a beautiful space creatively and I feel just very new.”
Indigo De Souza is an indie fixture on the road. In fact, the “You Can Be Mean” singer just announced a fresh set of performance dates alongside Lil Peach. Despite her hectic touring schedule, Indigo De Souza has managed to squeak out a new project.
Today (September 20), De Souza dropped a surprise EP, Wholesome Evil Fantasy. The project follows her 2023 album, All Of This Will End. Although it isn’t a full-length release, it includes three fresh tracks — “Wholesome,” “Evil,” and “Fantasy” — for supporters. Each of the songs were revealed as one-off songs, but when paired together, they create a sonic story.
In a statement, De Souza discussed the significance of the EP. “These songs come from the spiciest, most goofy, glitter gloss place in my psyche,” she wrote. “I wasn’t really thinking very hard when I wrote them. My baseline existence can be pretty heavy and complicated, but these songs made me deeply joyous the whole time I was working on them.”
De Souza later shared a note about her past releases, writing, “Most of my songs have come from the deepest, darkest, most heartbroken place. It feels good to just make something fun for once.”
Continue below for more information about the project, including the album cover and tracklist.
Indigo De Souza’s Wholesome Evil Fantasy Album Cover Artwork
Loma VIsta Recordings
Indigo De Souza’s Wholesome Evil Fantasy Tracklist
1. “Wholesome”
2. “Evil”
3. “Fantasy”
Wholesome Evil Fantasy is out now via Loma Vista Recordings. Find more information here.
2024 has been terrific for Gunna fans. The rapper released his latest album, One Of Wun, in May. Around the same time, he launched his Bittersweet tour. The tour wasn’t that long, though, spanning the course of about a month and change. In case you missed him the first time around, there’s good news: Gunna just announced Wun Of Dem Nights, a new set of tour dates.
The run kicks off in late November and will feature stops in Washington DC, Brookly, Boston, Connecticut, Atlanta, Houston, Dallas, Las Vegas, and Los Angeles.
Tickets for these shows will be available beginning with an artist pre-sale on September 23 at 9 a.m. local time. The general on-sale starts September 24 at 9 a.m. local time, via Live Nation. There are also VIP packages that include premium tickets, early entry into the venue, exclusive merch item, and even a photo with Gunna. More information is available here.
Find the list of dates below.
Gunna’s 2024 Tour Dates: Wun Of Dem Nights
11/19 — Washington, DC @ The Anthem
11/21 — Brooklyn, NY @ Brooklyn Paramount
11/22 — Boston, MA @ MGM Music Hall at Fenway
11/23 — Wallingford, CT @ Toyota Oakdale Theatre
11/27 — Atlanta, GA @ ONE Music Fest
11/29 — Houston, TX @ 713 Music Hall
11/30 — Dallas, TX @ South Side Ballroom
11/02 — Las Vegas, NV @ Drai’s Nightclub
11/04 — Los Angeles, CA @ Hollywood Palladium
Well, this is embarrassing. For the first time in the history of this column dating back to 2017, we are 1-9 over a two-week span. It’s been disastrous in every way, rankings from picks I would make again (hello, Titans) to picks that never had a chance (hello, Panthers). Alas, we press on with an aim toward finding our sea legs. Hey, at least there is a long way to go in the 2024 season.
Before diving into the Week 3 slate that we can only hope will be more favorable, let’s establish the hideous baseline.
Week 2: 0-5
2024 Season: 1-9
Come get these winners.
Indianapolis Colts (PK) over Chicago Bears — Caesars
The Colts are 0-2, and we’re buying low. Neither loss was particularly lopsided, even as Week 2 was somewhat alarming against Malik Willis and the Packers. Anthony Richardson should also be more comfortable at home, and here is a stat that will cover a few of ours picks today: In the last ten years, NFL teams with 0-2 records are 42-23-1 (65 percent) against the spread in Week 3 when facing an opponent that is not 0-2. This isn’t a huge “trends” column, but this one is up our alley. Buy low.
Tennessee Titans (-2.5) over Green Bay Packers — FanDuel
I can’t believe I’m doing this again, but we have principles. Will Levis might be a “no thanks” forever if this doesn’t get home, but the Titans fit the 0-2 stat cited above. Also, Tennessee has been the “right side” in both losses, and this is an instance in which we’re probably getting Malik Willis on the road on the other side. There is a small chance that Jordan Love plays and, if he does, I won’t love this. But we’re laying the small number.
Seattle Seahawks (-4.5) over Miami Dolphins — Widely Available
We’re laying more than a field goal? That’s right. We are. I’ve been higher than the market on Seattle every week this season, and this is also an explicit fade of the Tua-less Dolphins. Take us there, Geno.
TEASER: Philadelphia Eagles (+8.5) over New Orleans Saints and Cincinnati Bengals (-1.5) over Washington Commanders — Widely Available
The Saints have been one of the more positive stories of the season, and they look amazing. I’m still a bit skeptical that they should be laying points against Philadelphia, and we love a good Wong teaser leg that sends a competent team from +2.5 to +8.5. On the other side, Cincinnati is 0-2, playing at home, and facing a team that is remarkably flawed in Washington. Let’s ride.
Jacksonville Jaguars (+5.5) over Buffalo Bills — BetMGM
One more time, we’ll ride with an 0-2 team in dire need of a bounce-back. Candidly, I am quite high on the Bills in the aggregate, but nabbing +5.5 is a good idea. Hopefully, Jacksonville will actually unearth Christian Kirk and maybe even let Trevor Lawrence use his legs a bit.
After the success of SZA’s SOS and Doechii’s Alligator Bites Never Heal, it looks like Top Dawg Entertainment is going all-in on the girlies, and we’re here for it. The Los Angeles-based label has signed its third woman, Ethiopian alt-pop singer-songwriter Alemeda. You may remember her from her UPROXX Sessions performance of “Gonna Bleach My Eyebrows” in 2022, and since then, not only have there been plenty of other singers adopting that cosmetic choice, but Alemeda herself has built a growing fanbase as her alt-pop style caught on through artists like PinkPantheress and FKA Twigs.
Today, Alemeda released FK IT, her debut EP for TDE, featuring three all-new songs, “Below The Belt,” “I Already Dug Your Grave,” and “Not Asking For Much,” in addition to prior releases like “I Hate Your Face,” “Guys Girl” and the aforementioned “Bleach.” The project picks up threads from SZA’s pop-punk experiments on SOS and similar songs from the likes of Fousheé’s new project Pointy Heights, like “Feels Like Home.” “Below The Belt” “I Already Dug Your Grave” are upbeat riffs on the Disney pop-punk Alemeda says she grew up on as a kid in Arizona, while “Not Asking For Much” slows things down for a bit more bite. It’s a bit of a departure from “Gonna Bleach My Eyebrows,” which took more inspiration from UK garage and 2-step.
The versatile project is a worthy introduction to Alemeda for newcomers and an exciting look at the future of the formerly hip-hop-centric TDE. You can check out FK IThere.
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