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Harry Styles is giving one lucky winner (and a friend) the chance to win a trip to his Harryween show on October 31 at Los Angeles’ Kia Forum. The pop star partnered with the non-partisan voter registration group Headcount for a “Good To Vote” initiative, with the hopes of encouraging fans to vote in this year’s midterm election.

In addition to the randomly selected winner and guest attending the show, they will also receive airfare, a hotel, and a merchandise pack with a hand-signed poster by Styles. For those looking to enter, volunteers from Headcount will also be at Styles’ Love On Tour stops across NYC, Austin, Chicago, and LA, allowing attendees to check their voter registration status at the shows.

Styles has been vocal in the past about his stances. In May, the musician partnered with Everytown For Gun Safety during his North American Love On Tour leg, pledging a donation of $1 million that was matched by Live Nation.

“Along with all of you, I have been absolutely devastated by the recent string of mass shootings in America, culminating at the latest in Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, Texas,” he shared in an Instagram statement. “On our North American tour, we will be partnering with Everytown who work to end gun violence, donating to support their efforts, and sharing their suggested action items. Love, H.”

He also shared support for President Biden during the 2020 election. “If I could vote in America, I’d vote with kindness,” he wrote on Twitter.

More information on Styles’ Harryween partnership with Headcount is available here.

There are lots of covers of Kate Bush’s “Running Up That Hill” out there — Placebo, Meg Myers, Kim Petras, Coldplay, Car Seat Headrest. Many were done after the song’s recent revival caused by Stranger Things, which led to it topping the global Billboard chart decades after its 1985 release.

Pop star Rita Ora is the latest musician to take a stab at it. Whereas most renditions stayed true to the original, Ora added… something of her own twist, which prompted lots of mixed reactions. She performed it at the Rock In Rio MultiShow festival in Brazil, and a video of it was shared by BCharts. It has far more quote-tweets than retweets, which is normally not a good sign. It’s just her isolated vocals and the only recognizable part of Bush’s song is her lyrics. She doesn’t follow the melody or rhythm; no instruments are used either.

Some users compared it to Fergie’s notorious National Anthem performance. Other users are praying that Bush never sees this. Many stated that they could not make it through the whole video even though it’s less than a minute. Really, the only positive comments are people saying they have to respect how ridiculous it is. So, props to her for that!

After famously losing an Emmy at the virtual ceremonies in 2020 (what a wild ride that year was) Ramy Youssef is back in action. Youssef’s brilliant A24-produced comedy Ramy will return for its third season in just a few short weeks, and we finally have the first look at the highly anticipated set of episodes.

Season three of the show will follow Ramy as he goes through both “spiritual” and financial debt and finds the meaning of life…while living in New Jersey. The series also stars Laith Nakli, Hiam Abbass, Amr Waked, May Calamawy, Dave Merheje, and Mohammed Amer.

Throughout the newest trailer, fans get a glimpse into Ramy’s family and their various endeavors: Ramy’s sister Dena encourages their mother to go to therapy, which is met with immediate pushback, Uncle Naseem proclaims himself as “politically fluid” and Stevie gets himself a girlfriend, played by model Bella Hadid in her first acting role. As per the official description:

Caught between a religious Muslim community who believes life is a moral test and a millennial generation that doubts an afterlife exists, Ramy and his family navigate spirituality in their politically-divided New Jersey neighborhood.

Ramy returns for its third season on September 30th on Hulu. Check out the trailer above.

Plenty of rappers have had label squabbles recently, and it looks like Roddy Ricch has joined the ever-growing list. He’s been promising fans the third edition of his Feed Tha Streets mixtape series for some time, and despite his label, Atlantic, not counting it as an album against his contract, he still plans to put it out for the sake of his supporters.

In a post on Instagram, Roddy shared a screenshot of a text message between him and his managers. Roddy writes, “The label don’t wanna count Feed Tha Streets 3 as an album cuz it’s always been a mixtape series but the fans need it so let’s drop when I get off tour.” This announcement was met with excitement by fans in his comments section — and with skepticism in others.

Due to the lukewarm response to Roddy’s last full-length album, Live Life Fast, some believe Feed Tha Streets 3 could be a make or break moment for him. In reality, there’s no such thing — artists’ careers have always had peaks and valleys and now, thanks to social media and streaming, they can at least weather those storms without worrying about trying to appeal to everyone and focus on their own fan bases — which is apparently exactly what Roddy intends to do with Feed Tha Streets 3.

Roddy will be on tour with Post Malone on the Twelve Carat Toothache Tour until November 15, when the tour concludes in his hometown, Los Angeles, at Staples — sorry, Crypto.com Arena (ugh). Considering his penchant from dropping in December, maybe we can expect that tape sometime around Christmas.

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

Disney has been slowly but surely churning out its live-action adaptations of classic animated films. There was Beauty and the Beast, Cinderella, and Mulan all without the last few years, and that was just the beginning. We recently endured the Pinocchio rollout which was, uh, not as well-received as Disney might have hoped. But we all love Tom Hanks anyway. Now, the upcoming Little Mermaid adaptation is starting to come together, and we might finally have a worthwhile live-action adaptation that Disney is hoping for.

After a dazzling first teaser showed off Halle Bailey as Ariel, many fans are starting to get excited about the upcoming film, which will hit theaters in May of next year. While we’ve only gotten a glimpse of Ariel, the rest of the cast has been confirmed, and filming wrapped last summer, so here is what we know.

Hamilton’s Daveed Diggs will be voicing Sebastian, King Triton’s crab advisor who watches over Ariel while she embarks on her various adventures. Triton himself will be portrayed by No Country For Old Men’s Javier Bardem. Room’s Jacob Tremblay will lend his voice to Flounder, the tropical yellow fish who hangs around Ariel as she daydreams about the Above World, while Scuttle the seagull will be voiced by Awkwafina.

As for Prince Eric, Jonah Hauer-King will play the dashing human who is rescued by Ariel. Hauer-King stepped in after Harry Styles turned down the role due to scheduling conflicts. Styles has other movies to focus on, anyway. Finally, the evil Ursula will be portrayed by Melissa McCarthy.

Bailey posted a heartfelt message to her cast and crew after they wrapped, saying that they welcomed Bailey to her first movie set with open arms and nothing but kindness.

The Little Mermaid is expected to hit theaters on May 26th, 2023.

John Oliver’s most recent deep dive tore into Dick Wolf’s all-too-easy road to justice on TV, particularly with the Law & Order franchise. Perhaps most excruciating are cases that can’t possibly be compared to Law & Order: SVU, where those “especially heinous” cases (steered by “the dedicated detectives who investigate these vicious felonies [who] are members of an elite squad”) are generally wrapped up within an hour, including commercial breaks. That reality doesn’t stop the franchise from being wildly popular to the point where a crossover event is on the way later this month.

Still, Oliver called out the franchise, which includes not only the flagship series and SVU but also Organized Crime. That final series plays more of a long game, but that’s beside Oliver’s point, through which he dragged the Dragnet-obsessed Dick Wolf for his “fantasy” portrayal (i.e., “entertaining” and not slow as molasses with often frustrating results) of justice. This made a relevant Emmys skit (starring Mariska Hargitay and Chris Meloni) very awkward, but on social media, some scrutiny was going down.

In response to the episode, a surprising perspective arrived. Diane Neal, who played ADA Casey Novak on SVU for over a decade, reached out to her followers on Twitter. “Did any of you watch @LastWeekTonight with @iamjohnoliver ? about the depiction of #lawenforcement on #svu giving victims who report sex crimes in real life unrealistic expectations,” Neal tweeted. “[T]hat the cops will care or crimes will be solved?”

Well, Neal heard from a lot of people who felt burned by their visits with law enforcement. And that makes sense, given that dockets are jam packed, and cops are busy as hell, and protectors aren’t perfect. And Neal agrees that “[I]f #OliviaBenson #svu were real, there would be a LOT more justice.” She then added, “I’m embarrassed to admit, I used to think the way it worked on the show was like real life. Then I found out the hard way I was wrong.”

Neal further shared a tip of one prosecutor, who warned sexual assault survivors that SVU isn’t like real life, and the actress declared, “That is a great and honest way to talk to victims.”

And to answer a Twitter user who relayed how survivors almost universally regret reporting sexual assaults, Diane got really real: “I feel that 100%.”

Casey Novak (and Olivia Benson) would be proud.

Joe Biden‘s team hasn’t really been known for its online game. The current president is as old school as it gets, preferring more traditional forms of campaign messaging and smacking down malarkey with a witty retort when the need arises. However, going into the midterms, his team has leaned into the Dark Brandon memes populating Twitter and stepped up Biden’s presence on the social media platform. Plus, who can resist a chance to dunk on Rick Scott? It’s practically irresistible.

On Tuesday evening, the Florida senator made a big deal about heading to the White House to personally deliver his latest plot to save the country.

“[Joe Biden] said he wished he had enough copies of my Rescue America plan, so I stopped by the White House today to make sure he did,” Scott tweeted along with a picture of himself holding the bill. “Thanks for spreading the word, Joe!”

However, what Scott didn’t plan for was Biden’s team calling his bluff and making sure Americans know exactly what he plans to do much-needed programs. Within hours of Scott’s tweet, they already added a new page to Biden’s website just to drag “Rescue America.”

“Couldn’t agree more, Rick,” Biden tweeted. “And if anyone else wants to read your plan to put Social Security and Medicare on the chopping block, they should go to joebiden.com/rickscottsplan.”

You’d think Scott would’ve anticipated this move considering he got burnt by Biden’s team just a few weeks ago. The Florida senator tried to attack Biden for being on vacation. Instead, Scott found himself getting dragged for being on a yacht in Italy at the same time. Whoops.

(Via Joe Biden on Twitter)

Just weeks before he was shot to death in an apparent robbery attempt, PnB Rock said rappers being robbed was “common” and described a confrontation with LA gangbangers. Appearing on DJ Akademiks’ Off The Record podcast, Rock and Akademiks discussed what some have called a trend of rappers being murdered in LA, including Nipsey Hussle in 2019, Pop Smoke in 2020, and Drakeo The Ruler in 2021. “It’s more than three [rappers getting robbed],” he asserted. “N****s be gettin’ their sh*t took. It don’t be spoken about… now it’s so common.”

PnB Rock was killed on Monday when a man reportedly accosted him while dining at Roscoe’s Chicken House Of Chicken And Waffles in South Central, demanding he hand over his jewelry while brandishing a gun. Police say there was a struggle, and at the end of it, PnB Rock had been shot. He was pronounced dead less than an hour after the initial shooting was confirmed by credible sources. His passing brought a wave of mourning from the hip-hop community.

In a bitter twist, PnB Rock had told Akademiks during their interview, “I never got robbed, ever in my life. I ain’t gonna say ‘never’ because I don’t like saying ‘never’ — I’m not superstitious — but I haven’t been robbed.”

You can watch the full interview above.

There was a notable shake-up in the United Kingdom monarchy recently, as has been widely reported by now: Queen Elizabeth II died at 96 years old last week, at which point Prince Charles III immediately ascended to the throne and took on a new title, King Charles III. Billie Eilish shared a moment with Charles and other members of the royal family not long ago, which she looked back on in an interview.

In a new conversation on Australian radio show Fitzy & Wippa, Eilish noted she met Charles; Camilla, Queen consort of the United Kingdom; Prince William; and Kate Middleton at the UK premiere of No Time To Die in 2021. The whole thing was far less formal than she was anticipating.

She said, “I had it all ready to go. I was studying what the etiquette was supposed to be. I was ready to curtsy, I was ready to not shake a hand, I was ready to not ask questions, and [laughs] not speak unless I was spoken to. I was so worried about it, too, I was like, ‘Oh, I’m not going to know how to do it.’ And they all walked and they were like [does handshake gesture], ‘Hey, what’s up, how are you, how’s it going?’”

Check out the interview clip above.

During his near-20-year football career, Brett Favre and the people around him always tried their damndest to present the legendary quarterback as the kind of guy who wore Wrangler jeans and drove an old-school pick-up with a mutt riding shotgun. Then he started playing golf with Donald Trump and endorsing him for re-election, and everything went to shit. (OK, he was also accused of being a dick pic-sending fiend in 2010, but even that story quickly died down.)

But it turns out that the Hall of Famer might not be as all-American as he has portrayed himself over the years. Unless the new definition of “patriotism” is committing welfare fraud — in order to build a volleyball arena, of all things.

Earlier this month, news first broke that Favre was at the center of an investigation into possible welfare fraud. According to reports, the athlete conspired with nonprofit founder Nancy New (who was arrested alongside her son Zach in early 2020 and pleaded guilty) and former Mississippi governor Phil Bryant to re-route at least $5 million of state funding earmarked for welfare recipients into the building of a new volleyball stadium at the University of Southern Mississippi, where Favre’s daughter attends college and plays the sport.

Now, Mississippi Today’s Anna Wolfe is reporting that recently reviewed text messages show Bryant coaching Favre on how to write a proposal that would get him funding from the Mississippi Department of Human Services in order to build the new facility. Messages between Favre and Nancy New, meanwhile, indicate that he was aware of the potential for blowback should the press ever discover where this money came from, and that he took precautions to insulate himself from any media scrutiny:

Bryant, meanwhile, has spent years denying these claims — even though he apparently floated the idea of having his name on this fancy-schmancy new volleyball Mecca.

While neither Bryant nor Favre have so far been charged with anything regarding the scheme, New pleaded guilty to 13 felony counts, so the walls are closing in.

When asked by Mississippi Today whether he had spoken with the governor about the new volleyball stadium in 2020, Favre responded with a simple “no.” Bud Holmes, Favre’s lawyer, has also staunchly denied it as well, stating that: “Brett Favre has been honorable throughout this whole thing.” (Alleged dick pics excluded.)

It’s also worth noting that Favre’s alleged net worth is $100 million.

(Via Mississippi Today)