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At last, it is finally time for Oscar-winner Kevin Costner to wear a cowboy hat again. The very popular television series Yellowstone is somehow heading into its fifth season. It’s almost as if time is real and constantly passing us by? A trailer for the fifth season of the beloved Kevin Costner vehicle dropped on Thursday, courtesy of the Paramount Network.

The trailer teases an action and drama-packed season that focuses on the most exciting thing of all: politics in the state of Montana. The season’s ominous tagline is, “power comes at a price.” In case you haven’t heard about the very popular and ruthless show about a dysfunctional rich and powerful family (sound familiar?), here’s an official description from Paramount:

Yellowstone is a drama series that follows the Dutton family, led by patriarch John Dutton (Costner). The Duttons control the largest contiguous ranch in the U.S. and must contend with constant attacks by land developers, clashes with an Indian reservation and conflict with America’s first national park.

In season five, John Dutton and his gravelly voice will take on the role of Montana governor. Yellowstone returns for season five with a two-part premiere on Sunday, November 13 on the Paramount Network. Along with Costner, Yellowstone, from co-creators Taylor Sheridan and John Linson, stars Kelly Reilly, Luke Grimes, Wes Bentley, Cole Hauser, and Gil Birmingham.

If there’s one person you might never want to direct to “go wild,” it’s Rudy Giuliani. Yet that’s exactly what Donald Trump apparently did when it came to letting the former New York City Mayor loose on trying to convince the world that the 2020 presidential election should be overturned.

In her book, Confidence Man: The Making of Donald Trump and the Breaking of America, The New York Times reporter Maggie Haberman talks about Trump’s decision to put his old pal Rudy in charge of Operation Overturn The Election. And how it wasn’t the pair’s decades-long friendship that got Rudy the gig — but his willingness to actually attempt to claim that a totally legitimate presidential election was rigged. Which no other lawyer worth their license to practice was apparently willing to do, and understandably so.

According to The Independent, Haberman writes that Giuliani’s eagerness to embark on The Big Lie is what really sealed the deal (and his fate) on being appointed the head of Trump’s personal legal team. The book claims that Trump gave Rudy his blessing to take control of the narrative regarding the 2020 presidential election, and that all bets were off when it came to any restrictions.

“Okay, Rudy, you’re in charge,” Trump reportedly said. “Go wild, do anything you want. I don’t care. My lawyers are terrible.”

To his credit, Giuliani did indeed “go wild,” as evidenced by his press conference at Four Seasons Total Landscaping. And his goo-leaking head. And farting during a hearing. And telling an Arizona election official that “We’ve got lots of theories” about voter fraud — “we just don’t have the evidence.” And apparently being the one who, in a drunken stupor, advised Trump to just go ahead and declare victory on Election Night in the first place.

Confidence Man: The Making of Donald Trump and the Breaking of America will be released on October 4.

(Via The Independent)

If there’s one person you might never want to direct to “go wild,” it’s Rudy Giuliani. Yet that’s exactly what Donald Trump apparently did when it came to letting the former New York City Mayor loose on trying to convince the world that the 2020 presidential election should be overturned.

In her book, Confidence Man: The Making of Donald Trump and the Breaking of America, The New York Times reporter Maggie Haberman talks about Trump’s decision to put his old pal Rudy in charge of Operation Overturn The Election. And how it wasn’t the pair’s decades-long friendship that got Rudy the gig — but his willingness to actually attempt to claim that a totally legitimate presidential election was rigged. Which no other lawyer worth their license to practice was apparently willing to do, and understandably so.

According to The Independent, Haberman writes that Giuliani’s eagerness to embark on The Big Lie is what really sealed the deal (and his fate) on being appointed the head of Trump’s personal legal team. The book claims that Trump gave Rudy his blessing to take control of the narrative regarding the 2020 presidential election, and that all bets were off when it came to any restrictions.

“Okay, Rudy, you’re in charge,” Trump reportedly said. “Go wild, do anything you want. I don’t care. My lawyers are terrible.”

To his credit, Giuliani did indeed “go wild,” as evidenced by his press conference at Four Seasons Total Landscaping. And his goo-leaking head. And farting during a hearing. And telling an Arizona election official that “We’ve got lots of theories” about voter fraud — “we just don’t have the evidence.” And apparently being the one who, in a drunken stupor, advised Trump to just go ahead and declare victory on Election Night in the first place.

Confidence Man: The Making of Donald Trump and the Breaking of America will be released on October 4.

(Via The Independent)

Have you ever sat down for your annual autumnal rewatch of The Matrix series and thought, “This is great but it would be better if maybe Keanu Reeves had a dance number or two?”

Probably not, but then you start thinking “actually, there could be some really interesting choreographed sequences in here” and suddenly you’re mapping out an immersive dance experience based on the hit sci-fi blockbuster. That’s probably where director Danny Boyle came up with his idea for Free Your Mind, the upcoming choreography-based adaptation of The Matrix.

Boyle will direct the project which will debut at a new arts center in Manchester, U.K. next fall. The production is described as a “large-scale immersive performance” which will hopefully not feature any audience members swallowing various colorful pills. According to the show’s logline:

Combining the hip-hop choreography of hundreds of dancers with the latest immersive design, Free Your Mind will take audiences on a thrilling journey through The Matrix and into a new realm of possibilities. This eye-opening production will stretch across the building’s ultra-flexible spaces, responding to them and harnessing the collective energy of the moment.

The director is known for non-dancing movies like 28 Days Later, 127 Hours, and Trainspotting, so this new venture will be quite intriguing! Though, to be fair, he did win an Oscar for Slumdog Millionaire, so he knows a little bit about intricate dance sequences. It doesn’t seem like Reeves is on board, but we hear he loves showing up to dancing events unexpectedly, so maybe it will work out.

(Via Variety)

Have you ever sat down for your annual autumnal rewatch of The Matrix series and thought, “This is great but it would be better if maybe Keanu Reeves had a dance number or two?”

Probably not, but then you start thinking “actually, there could be some really interesting choreographed sequences in here” and suddenly you’re mapping out an immersive dance experience based on the hit sci-fi blockbuster. That’s probably where director Danny Boyle came up with his idea for Free Your Mind, the upcoming choreography-based adaptation of The Matrix.

Boyle will direct the project which will debut at a new arts center in Manchester, U.K. next fall. The production is described as a “large-scale immersive performance” which will hopefully not feature any audience members swallowing various colorful pills. According to the show’s logline:

Combining the hip-hop choreography of hundreds of dancers with the latest immersive design, Free Your Mind will take audiences on a thrilling journey through The Matrix and into a new realm of possibilities. This eye-opening production will stretch across the building’s ultra-flexible spaces, responding to them and harnessing the collective energy of the moment.

The director is known for non-dancing movies like 28 Days Later, 127 Hours, and Trainspotting, so this new venture will be quite intriguing! Though, to be fair, he did win an Oscar for Slumdog Millionaire, so he knows a little bit about intricate dance sequences. It doesn’t seem like Reeves is on board, but we hear he loves showing up to dancing events unexpectedly, so maybe it will work out.

(Via Variety)

The arrival of The Weather Channel’s Jim Cantore never bodes well, and Hurricane Ian continues to pack a wallop. This week, Cantore felt the brunt of Mother Nature while getting whacked by a tree in Tampa, Florida. And in Orlando, a reporter for CNN affiliate WESH performed a daring rescue of a nurse whose vehicle got trapped in rising flood waters as she attempted to make her way to work (hurricane dangers ain’t no joke). Fortunately, the parties in this story are all safe and accounted for as the storm continues to churn away.

CNN affiliate WESH reporter Tony Atkins waded into flooding caused by Hurricane Ian to assist the stranded nurse. The cable news network posted video of the heroic act, in which Tony Atkins carried the woman on his back while they made their way to slightly drier ground.

Even though the woman’s car engine probably didn’t make it, she walked away with her life and she also made it to work. As Atkins later revealed on Twitter, the woman’s daughter sent a thank you note in his direction. “Her job as a nurse hung in the balance, according to her daughter,” wrote Atkins. “So glad things worked out. #NoCarNoProblem.”

All things considered, this is a miraculous story, especially considering the damage that this storm has wrought. Here’s a WESH video showing a roof being torn off in Daytona Beach. Stay safe out there, everyone.

(Via CNN & WESH)

The arrival of The Weather Channel’s Jim Cantore never bodes well, and Hurricane Ian continues to pack a wallop. This week, Cantore felt the brunt of Mother Nature while getting whacked by a tree in Tampa, Florida. And in Orlando, a reporter for CNN affiliate WESH performed a daring rescue of a nurse whose vehicle got trapped in rising flood waters as she attempted to make her way to work (hurricane dangers ain’t no joke). Fortunately, the parties in this story are all safe and accounted for as the storm continues to churn away.

CNN affiliate WESH reporter Tony Atkins waded into flooding caused by Hurricane Ian to assist the stranded nurse. The cable news network posted video of the heroic act, in which Tony Atkins carried the woman on his back while they made their way to slightly drier ground.

Even though the woman’s car engine probably didn’t make it, she walked away with her life and she also made it to work. As Atkins later revealed on Twitter, the woman’s daughter sent a thank you note in his direction. “Her job as a nurse hung in the balance, according to her daughter,” wrote Atkins. “So glad things worked out. #NoCarNoProblem.”

All things considered, this is a miraculous story, especially considering the damage that this storm has wrought. Here’s a WESH video showing a roof being torn off in Daytona Beach. Stay safe out there, everyone.

(Via CNN & WESH)

Ed Sheeran and the folks at Pokémon have forged a strong relationship in recent times. The singer had his own Pokémon Go collaboration in late 2021 and now he’s teamed up with the world’s highest-grossing media franchise for a new song, “Celestial.”

The tune isn’t explicitly about Pokémon in its lyrics (unless you want to count the mention of a “silver lining” as a nod to Pokémon Silver), but it touches on themes of love, friendship, and dealing with adversity. The video is certainly straight-up Pokémon, though. The clip starts with Sheeran sleeping in a bedroom (decorated with plenty of Pokémon goodies) before the world turns animated and he’s woken up by an electric shock from a Pikachu. From there, things flip back and forth between reality and an animated world as Sheeran goes about his day, interacting with various creatures from the Pokémon universe. There’s even an anime sequence where Sheeran becomes a Pokémon trainer himself.

Pokémon fans may also enjoy spotting some of the more obscure items that appear in the video, like some small plastic pucks from the Japan- and Taiwan-only Pokémon Battrio arcade game from 2007 (seen in a bowl at 19 seconds in) and the 1998 Pocket Pikachu handheld virtual pet toy (on a nightstand at 21 seconds).

In a post from last week announcing the song, Sheeran explained his long relationship with the Pokémon franchise, writing:

“I started off with Pokémon cards when the craze hit primary school when I was about 7, then the tv show was on tv so I used to try and record it over the same VHS every week. After this me and my brother shared a game boy and Pokémon blue. I got a game boy colour with Pokémon yellow for my 8th birthday, obsessed was an understatement. Flash forward to me at 31 I still have the same game boy colour and still I play Pokémon silver on long haul flights. I really really love it. It gave me a proper escape as a kid into a fantasy world that seemed to go on and on, and in adult life it’s nostalgia that makes me feel like a kid again. I met the people from Pokémon when I was travelling in Japan, and we joked about me writing a song for them. But now here we are. Celestial comes out next Thursday, and the video is insanely amazing, animated by the incredible people at Pokémon. I love it, you’re gonna love it. And we all gotta catch ’em all.

The new song, by the way, will be featured in the upcoming Pokémon Scarlet and Violet games, set to release for the Nintendo Switch on November 18.

Check out the “Celestial” video above.

Ed Sheeran is a Warner Music artist. Uproxx is an independent subsidiary of Warner Music Group.

Ed Sheeran and the folks at Pokémon have forged a strong relationship in recent times. The singer had his own Pokémon Go collaboration in late 2021 and now he’s teamed up with the world’s highest-grossing media franchise for a new song, “Celestial.”

The tune isn’t explicitly about Pokémon in its lyrics (unless you want to count the mention of a “silver lining” as a nod to Pokémon Silver), but it touches on themes of love, friendship, and dealing with adversity. The video is certainly straight-up Pokémon, though. The clip starts with Sheeran sleeping in a bedroom (decorated with plenty of Pokémon goodies) before the world turns animated and he’s woken up by an electric shock from a Pikachu. From there, things flip back and forth between reality and an animated world as Sheeran goes about his day, interacting with various creatures from the Pokémon universe. There’s even an anime sequence where Sheeran becomes a Pokémon trainer himself.

Pokémon fans may also enjoy spotting some of the more obscure items that appear in the video, like some small plastic pucks from the Japan- and Taiwan-only Pokémon Battrio arcade game from 2007 (seen in a bowl at 19 seconds in) and the 1998 Pocket Pikachu handheld virtual pet toy (on a nightstand at 21 seconds).

In a post from last week announcing the song, Sheeran explained his long relationship with the Pokémon franchise, writing:

“I started off with Pokémon cards when the craze hit primary school when I was about 7, then the tv show was on tv so I used to try and record it over the same VHS every week. After this me and my brother shared a game boy and Pokémon blue. I got a game boy colour with Pokémon yellow for my 8th birthday, obsessed was an understatement. Flash forward to me at 31 I still have the same game boy colour and still I play Pokémon silver on long haul flights. I really really love it. It gave me a proper escape as a kid into a fantasy world that seemed to go on and on, and in adult life it’s nostalgia that makes me feel like a kid again. I met the people from Pokémon when I was travelling in Japan, and we joked about me writing a song for them. But now here we are. Celestial comes out next Thursday, and the video is insanely amazing, animated by the incredible people at Pokémon. I love it, you’re gonna love it. And we all gotta catch ’em all.

The new song, by the way, will be featured in the upcoming Pokémon Scarlet and Violet games, set to release for the Nintendo Switch on November 18.

Check out the “Celestial” video above.

Ed Sheeran is a Warner Music artist. Uproxx is an independent subsidiary of Warner Music Group.

Uproxx’s new sneaker show, Fresh Pair, isn’t just about dope custom sneakers. It’s a deep dive into the careers, legacy, and the ambitions of its guests, reflected in wearable pieces of art that serve as both a celebration and a gift. In the premiere episode of the series, cohosts Katty Customs and Just Blaze were joined by iconic Yonkers rapper Jadakiss who was blown away by the attention to detail and deep research that went into his custom pair of Air Jordan 1s.

“This is ill man, ya’ll something else over here,” he says. “This is a mean pair, Fresh Pair made me a mean pair! I don’t know how ya’ll are going to top these… you’re going to need to make a hall or a wall of fame, these definitely going in there. Any other mean ones you make are going to be inspired somehow by these.”

Jadakiss’ custom AJ-1s tell a story of the raspy rapper’s rise from the streets to the stratosphere, while also paying tribute to the rappers who helped shaped his career and influence his unique style. Late legends Biggie and DMX are referenced on the sneaker’s heel wing logo and Jadakiss’ life spent with Styles P and Sheek Louch in The LOX is referenced at the tongue. It’s a poetic representation of a truly storied career and watching Kiss fall deeper in love with the sneaker as he unveils the details is a must-watch — if only to hear him say “this is crazy” so many times that he’s nearly breathless.

Check out the full episode above and be sure to catch the next episode of Fresh Pair on Wednesday, October 5th.