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Vice President Kamala Harris’ 2024 presidential campaign has just secure yet another A-list backer. Today (September 10), Taylor Swift, announced her formal endorsement of Kamala Harris.

In a lengthy post, the “Everything Has Changed” singer outlined her decision and addressed claims that she supported Donald Trump’s campaign, all while poking fun at Trump’s VP choice JD Vance’s remarks about “childless cat ladies.”

Swift isn’t the only musician to show her support for the Harris-Walz campaign. Rap stars Quavo and Megan Thee Stallion used Harris’ Atlanta rally to verbalize their support in various ways. Even Beyoncé authorized the use of her song “Freedom” for Harris’ presidential campaign video. Although that isn’t an official endorsement, it is extremely close to it.

Read Taylor Swift’s full endorsement statement below.

Like many of you, I watched the debate tonight. If you haven’t already, now is a great time to do your research on the issues at hand and the stances these candidates take on the topics that matter to you the most. As a voter, I make sure to watch and read everything I can about their proposed policies and plans for this country.

Recently I was made aware that AI of ‘me’ falsely endorsing Donald Trump’s presidential run was posted to his site. It really conjured up my fears around AI, and the dangers of spreading misinformation. It brought me to the conclusion that I need to be very transparent about my actual plans for this election as a voter. The simplest way to combat misinformation is with the truth.

I will be casting my vote for Kamala Harris and Tim Walz in the 2024 Presidential Election. I’m voting for Kamala Harris because she fights for the rights and causes I believe need a warrior to champion them. I think she is a steady-handed, gifted leader and I believe we can accomplish so much more in this country if we are led by calm and not chaos. I was so heartened and impressed by her selection of running mate Tim Walz, who has been standing up for LGBTQ+ rights, IVF, and a woman’s right to her own body for decades.

I’ve done my research, and I’ve made my choice. Your research is all yours to do, and the choice is yours to make. I also want to say, especially to first time voters: Remember that in order to vote, you have to be registered! I also find it’s much easier to vote early. I’ll link where to register and find early voting dates and info in my story.

With love and hope,

Taylor Swift
Childless Cat Lady

On August 30, the tragic news of Fatman Scoop’s passing shattered the hip-hop community. Since then several of the late musician, hype man, and radio personality’s former collaborators including Missy Elliott, Ciara, and more heartfelt tribute.

Now, the world can pour out their love for him at a public ceremony. Today (September 10), Fatman Scoop’s family announced that Harlem’s Apollo Theater will host his ‘Celebration Of Life.’ The service is scheduled for Thursday, September 12.

“Please join the Freeman family in the celebration of Isaac “Fatman Scoop” Freeman at the Apollo this Thursday,” read the post (viewable here).

Although the posture featured BET’s logo, it is unclear if the network will broadcast the service. No featured speakers or performers have been announced for Fatman Scoop’s ‘Celebration Of Life.’ However, the image does indicate that this is a public ticketed event. Find more information here.

In a statement shared by the family, they briefly eulogized his life, writing:
“FatMan Scoop was not just a world-class performer, he was a father, brother, uncle and a friend. He was the laughter in our lives, a constant source of support, unwavering strength, and courage. FatMan Scoop’s legacy is of love and brightness, it will reside in our hearts and memories forever.”

Come September September 12, a more robust speech is sure to move the late culture icon’s supporters to tears.

The supply of live music programming has been plentiful. However, many concertgoers’ budget to attend these aren’t. Kacey Musgraves seems to understand that. Today (September 10), the “Irish Goodbye” singer announced her partnership with Amazon Music which will save supporters a pretty penny.

Back in April, Kacey Musgraves announced her Deeper Well World Tour. Tickets for the shows quickly began to move during pre-sale. But, in case you didn’t secure access to Musgraves’ stop in a city near you, thanks to Amazon Music you fans catch a livestream of the tour.

On September 20, as Musgraves takes over Seattle, Washington’s Climate Pledge Arena, Prime Members will have the chance to stream it live. Starting at 7:30 pm local time, users can log into to catch the show. Father John Misty and Nickel Creek are listed as special acts for the night. However, it is unclear if their sets will make the broadcast. Find more information here.

Kacey Musgraves 2024 Tour Dates: Deeper Well World Tour

09/11 — Grand Rapids, MI @ Van Andel Arena *
09/12 — Rosemont, IL @ Allstate Arena *
09/15 — Greenwood Village, CO @ Fiddler’s Green Amphitheatre *
09/19 — Vancouver, BC @ Rogers Arena *
09/20 — Seattle, WA @ Climate Pledge Arena *
09/23 — Sacramento, CA @ Golden 1 Center *
09/24 — San Francisco, CA @ Chase Center *
09/27 — Glendale, AZ @ Desert Diamond Arena *
09/28 — Las Vegas, NV @ T-Mobile Arena *
10/01 — San Diego, CA @ Pechanga Arena San Diego *
10/03 — Inglewood, CA @ Kia Forum *
10/04 — Inglewood, CA @ Kia Forum *
11/06 — Laval, QC @ Place Bell #
11/07 — Toronto, ON @ Scotiabank Arena #
11/09 — Baltimore, MD @ CFG Bank Arena #
11/10 — Pittsburgh, PA @ PPG Paints Arena #
11/12 — Louisville, KY @ KFC Yum! Center #
11/13 — Columbus, OH @ Schottenstein Center #
11/15 — Brooklyn, NY @ Barclays Center #
11/16 — Brooklyn, NY @ Barclays Center #
11/21 — Houston, TX @ Toyota Center #
11/22 — Dallas, TX @ American Airlines Center #
11/23 — Dallas, TX @ American Airlines Center #
11/26 — Austin, TX @ Moody Center #
11/27 — Austin, TX @ Moody Center #
11/29 — Tampa, FL @ Amalie Arena #
11/30 — Hollywood, FL @ Hard Rock Live at Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino Hollywood #
12/02 — Orlando, FL @ Kia Center #
12/05 — Charlotte, NC @ Spectrum Center #
12/06 — Nashville, TN @ Bridgestone Arena #
12/07 — Nashville, TN @ Bridgestone Arena #

+ with Madi Diaz
* with Father John Misty and Nickel Creek
# with Lord Huron and Nickel Creek

Uproxx cover star Chlöe is a sucker for a good contemporary R&B ballad. But the “Boy Bye” singer has proven to be a mastermind when it comes to electronic fusion.

Her latest album, Trouble In Paradise, showcases Chlöe’s balance of the worlds. On her latest single, “Shake” featuring Jeremih, blends her R&B likeness and love of EDM. The official video is just as fun.

In the twerk-filled visual directed by Boma Iluma, Chlöe shows off the NSFW side of carnival. Back in July, Chlöe posted her glorious ‘Queen Of Hearts’ costume, which broke the internet. Now, it has been the centerpiece of the visual.

As Chlöe makes her way around the celebration, there is a sea of people enjoying one another’s company (whining waists, clapping cheeks, and all).

Over on Instagram, Chlöe spoke about the inspiration for the video. “I wanted to drop something special for you guys in honor of ‘Trouble in Paradise’ being out for a month,” she wrote. “Enjoy this video to ‘Shake.’ Watch the full thing on my YouTube channel. I want those booties bouncing and shaking.”

Watch the full video for Chlöe’s new single “Shake” featuring Jeremih above.

Trouble In Paradise is out now. Find more information here.

The dominant topic in the WNBA this season has been the arrival and play of Caitlin Clark, and her budding on-court rivalry with fellow rookie Angel Reese. The two have been competing since high school and met in back-to-back years in the NCAA Tournament, with Reese’s LSU Tigers beating Iowa for a national title in 2023 and Clark’s Hawkeyes getting revenge in the Elite Eight this year. Now in the WNBA on the Fever and Sky respectively, their games have consistently broken WNBA viewership records on various networks.

However, the conversation about the two young stars has gotten out of hand, as they’ve become proxies in culture war arguments beyond the world of basketball. It’s seemingly impossible for anyone to have a relatively tame thought on Clark and Reese, but Shaq finally provided a reasonable take on the two young stars. Shaq is extremely close with Reese, as he’s been a longtime supporter as a fellow LSU alum, with his production company launching Reese’s new podcast and also playing a role in her being with Reebok. Despite that, Shaq has been incredibly impressed by Clark, calling her the “real deal” after watching a recent Fever-Sky game from courtside, and thinks the two are destined for greatness.

When asked about his Inside the NBA colleague Charles Barkley‘s comments on other WNBA players being petty and hating on Clark on USA Today’s “Sports Seriously”, Shaq explained that it’s all part of the process for any young star that’s breaking into a new professional league — and, of course, getting a jab in at Barkley.

“There’s envious jealousy, there’s professional jealousy,” O’Neal said. “Sure there’s a lot of people who are professionally jealous. I am. I’m professionally jealous of a lot of people. I’m professionally jealous of Steph (Curry), he makes $60 million. But hey, that’s life. You gotta also understand that we’re not just going to give it to you because everybody else is giving it to you. You still gotta earn it. Chuck had to go through that, I had to go through that, so I understand what everybody’s doing. Yeah you’re great, but you ain’t that great yet. Calm down. We still got Diana Taurasi, we still got A’ja Wilson, if you’re gonna give (Caitlin) props make sure our girls that are dominating in this league get the same props.”

“Loudmouths like Chuck are talking about hating — it’s not hating,” O’Neal said. “It’s like, you’re good but let’s slow it down a notch. As good as Caitlin Clark is, we’ve had a lot of young ladies who have been doing good (before) and not getting props. People like props and they want to feel good when you’re talking about (their league) … it’s not hating. Everybody has to wait their turn.”

It’s a refreshingly normal take from Shaq regarding Clark, and we’ve already seen how Clark is steadily earning that respect from the established stars by performing on the court — which is how it goes in every pro sports league. It’s also a bit funny for him to talk about being “professionally jealous” of NBA guys that make a ton of money, days after his latest spat with Rudy Gobert.

In the age of novelty popcorn buckets, the Dune bucket was the initial pioneer, paving the way for the Minion buckets and Beetlejuice drinks that have since popped up in theaters. The Dune: Part Two popcorn bucket went viral earlier this year for… reasons and quickly ushered in the next generation of novelty movie items. But whose idea was it?! That would be Zinc Group, an advertising company that has been churning out buckets for the biggest blockbusters.

In a new interview with Slate, Zinc’s VP of business development, Rod Mason and global creative director Marcus Gonzalez express excitement and confusion over the success of their buckets. “The funny thing with Dune Part Two, as you’re probably aware, was the actor strike last year. The movie was supposed to be released in November, but it got moved to March 2024,” Mason explained. That means there was an empty room filled to the brim with worm popcorn buckets, just waiting to be discovered. “Still, all of the popcorn buckets were produced last summer. They were delivered and they were just sitting in warehouses all over the world.”

Despite the frenzy that followed, Gonzalez says they are still surprised by how creative and dedicated some fans are. Almost…too creative maybe, as some fans have been creating their own Sandworm/Xenomorph hybrid. He said, “Now there are people combining the Dune bucket with the Xenomorph that we just put out for Alien Romulus. The back of the head conveniently fits inside the mouth of the worm, which it’s like … what? Who takes a look at those two things and goes, ‘Hey …’” It’s probably the same people who spend $31 on some alcoholic Beetle juice.

Even though they might not be getting used for their intended purpose, the popcorn bucket movement is seemingly just beginning. Mason said that companies are reaching out to collaborate on all different types of products and tie-ins. “It’s just astonishing. We are receiving very regular inquiries as to what we can do for TV shows, professional sports teams, professional sports leagues—pretty much everybody,” Mason explained.

So where do we do from here? More popcorn buckets. Mason added, “It’s really become part of the zeitgeist. It’s one of these weird things that everybody wants to have fun with. Now, as to whether the trend will continue, who knows? We’ll have to see, because obviously there’s a bar that’s been set. We’ll see where it goes.” For now, we will just have to hope and pray that Keanu Reeves’ head becomes the official Sonic 3 popcorn bucket.

(Via Slate)

Of all the people upset about the NFL announcing Kendrick Lamar as the headliner for the 2025 Super Bowl halftime show, nobody is more upset than Nicki Minaj. The Young Money rapper lambasted the NFL’s music partner, Roc Nation, and especially Roc Nation’s owner, Jay-Z, for what she believed was a snub at her onetime mentor Lil Wayne. With the Super Bowl returning to New Orleans next year, many fans believed Wayne was a shoo-in for the headlining gig — a presumptuous assumption, to be sure — and Minaj let her disappointment do the tweeting.

While she is going out of her way to defend her former mentor, one of Jay-Z’s past proteges quickly did the same for him. Memphis Bleek, who came up under Jay’s wing throughout the late ’90s and early 2000s, had a chuckle about the whole situation on Twitter, writing, “N****s is mad mad,” alongside a video of Jay giving an interview to Hot97. In the video, Jay posits, “When you hear people’s gripe against me, it’s always about what I didn’t do for them… They don’t say I did anything to them, they say I didn’t do something for them.”

Although Bleek didn’t name names, it’s pretty clear from his response that he thinks the backlash against Jay comes mainly from folks who think the rap titan owes them something. And as the beneficiary of Jay’s largesse, Bleek himself can tell you, the dinner with Jay ain’t all it’s cracked up to be. Being associated with him doesn’t automatically grant one success — but some folks still want to ice skate uphill, you know?

Dave Grohl made a shocking statement on Instagram on Tuesday, announcing that he recently became the father of “a new baby daughter, born outside of my marriage.”

“I plan to be a loving and supportive parent to her,” the Foo Fighters leader wrote. “I love my wife and my children, and I am doing everything I can to regain their trust and earn their forgiveness. We’re grateful for your consideration toward all the children involved, as we move forward together.”

Grohl and his wife, Jordyn Blum, have been married since 2003. They have three children together, born in 2006, 2009, and 2014, respectively (the family attended the 2023 Grammys together).

Grohl told the story of how they met in a 2007 interview with Q magazine. “I met Jordyn one night in 2001,” he said. “Taylor [Hawkins] and I were hanging out at the Sunset Marquis whiskey bar. Taylor was the looker. I mean, girls would send him drinks. Some bombshell comes up and starts talking to Taylor. I was just out of a Tenacious D session. I’ve got Vans trainers on, no socks, dirty shorts and a dirty T-shirt, surrounded by beautiful Hollywood.”

He continued, “She waved her friend Jordyn over. I was like, “Oh my God. Not a chance!” So I’m just having some drinks and acting like a jackass. And by the end of the night I was pissed and I’m staring at her going, ‘You’re my future ex-wife.’ So she gave me her number: ‘Jordyn, your future ex-wife.’”

You can read the post here.

Tomorrow (September 11), Suki Waterhouse is set to present at the 2024 MTV Video Music Awards. Ahead of the VMAs, though, Waterhouse has released her new video for Memoir Of A Sparklemuffin cut “Model, Actress, Whatever.”

The video sees Waterhouse on a film set, getting yelled at as her acting performance is less than perfect. From there, she sings the somber song as she goes through an action movie scene in quite the contrast from the song’s tone.

It’s set to be a big week for Waterhouse, as aside from all the aforementioned, Memoir Of A Sparklemuffin is coming out this Friday, September 13. A press release previously said of the new album, “She leans on an ever-evolving sonic palette to convey what she’s feeling — whether it be folky Americana, nineties alternative, turn-of-the-century indie, or handcrafted otherworldly pop.”

In more personal news, she recently had her first baby with Robert Pattinson, and she shared the first photo of the child in April. Beyond that, she’s set to spend the rest of the year on The Sparklemuffin Tour, which kicks off later this month, takes November off, and then traverses North America in December until a few days before Christmas.

Watch the “Model, Actress, Whatever” video above.

Memoir Of A Sparklemuffin is out 9/13 via Sub Pop. Find more information here.

Netflix has been known to cancel fan-favorite shows after the three season mark, when a show tends to grow more expensive and just when the getting is not merely good but irresistible. Now I’ll never know what terror that Zombie Olyphant would have wreaked upon, say, a snotty real estate agent portrayed by Joel McHale. Fortunately, the streaming service recognized the game it had in Outer Banks, so that the aftermath of finding the gold deserved more reflection while shining light on additional perilous adventures for the Pogues.

The soapy mystery-thriller series will return for a fourth season — a vaunted status for any streaming series to achieve, so let’s talk about what John B. devotees can expect from the central group’s next gamble, which involves a reverse time jump:

Plot

First, the Pogues will be attempting to be regular young people with regular lives, albeit in a gorgeous setting. They even crafted their own commercial for a new “island essentials” business, the Kildare County Surf Shop:

The good times won’t last, however. Outer Banks will travel back in time after the their season ended with an 18-month leap into the future that came with an eye toward Blackbeard’s treasure. The fourth season will follow the El Dorado gold discovery and subsequent attempts for the group to live “a ‘normal life’ running a tour-based business at their “new safe haven,” which they are calling “Poguelandia 2.0.” That peace doesn’t last long, according to the season’s description:

But after some financial setbacks, John B, Sarah, Kiara, JJ, Pope, and Cleo take Wes up on his offer, drawn back into the “G” game for a whole new adventure. But before they know it, they’re well in over their heads, with dangerous new enemies hot on their heels racing them to the treasure. Meanwhile, their problems are only growing, and they’re forced to question their past, present, and future – who they really are, has it all been worth it, and how much are they willing to risk?

Naturally, new forces will be maneuvering around them. Those include a face familiar to The Walking Dead: The Ones Who Live viewers. Pollyanna McIntosh will portray “Dalia, a revolutionary-like leader and worldly baddie on a plunder who comes face-to-face with the Pogues.” Those who viscerally recall the trash-compactor episode of The Walking Dead might sense an ominous cloud forming, so watch out, Pogues.

Cast

Prepare to see another John B.-centric season starring Chase Stokes. He will be joined by Madelyn Cline (Sarah Cameron), Madison Bailey (Kiara), Jonathan Daviss (Pope), Rudy Pankow (JJ), Carlacia Grant (Cleo), Drew Starkey (Rafe), Austin North (Topper), Pollyanna McIntosh (Dalia), Brianna Brown (Hollis Robinson), Rigo Sanchez (Lightner), Fiona Palomo (Sofia), J. Anthony Crane (Chandler Groff), Cullen Moss (Shoupe), and Mia Challis (Ruthie).

Release Date

Netflix is doing the split-season thing with this season. The first five episodes will stream on October 10 with five more to follow on November 7.

Trailer

Going for gold is never enough: