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After NBC cancelled Manifest — a sci-fi-ish series that doesn’t aim to be logical at all, and it’s not objectively good, but it’s nonetheless entertaining in a soap-operatic way — Netflix saw their streaming figures and decided to pounce. It sure didn’t make much sense that NBC made that call at the same time that the show sat at #1 on Netflix’s chart, but it’s all working out for showrunner Jeff Rake, cast, and crew. Sure, we won’t receive the six planned seasons, but a fourth season will aim to put a bow on events in a supersized way with 20 episodes, although a firm release date (on multiple batches of episodes) remains up in the air.

We should hear more on timing soon, and hopefully, we’ll receive definitive answers on why Flight 828 disappeared off the radar for five years with everyone onboard surfacing like they’d only been gone for a few hours while life on the Earth’s surface kept trucking. Before that happens, let’s refresh ourselves on what happened at the end of Season 3. This obviously isn’t going to be a comprehensive account because, yikes, there’s a lot to catch up on before heading back into this giant mess of a show.

Key relationships repaired themselves toward the end of the Season 3, but total harmony wasn’t achieved:

— Michaela Stone and Jared Vasquez straightened out their tension, which was quite a feat after Jared decided to give up on Michaela (who, to be fair, was wishy washy about saying yes to marriage) when all Flight 828 passengers were presumed dead. She had suspected him of trying to sabotage her at work and with the cult, but he was only working undercover. And he lost his wife, probably because she sensed that he still loved Michaela. These two didn’t get back together, however, because Michaela married Zeke, who was on the brink of death, but not quite! Zeke lives, but I suspect Zeke may die inside if Michaela decides that she’s still into Jared.

– Ben and Grace Stone had long since recovered from her unintentional affair while he was in flight. They had a baby, and this caused Grace to somehow start to have callings even though she wasn’t on the 828. Olive felt left out and fell into the cult, but she appears to be out of that business. Unfortunately, Grace died in the Season 3 finale due to stab wounds after an attack by Angelina, who kidnaps baby Eden. While Grace is dying, Cal appears in her visions as a teenager, and he tells her that he’ll take care of things, and all will be well. This is wild, considering that Cal’s callings amped up and caused him even more physical suffering in Season 3.

– Saanvi went off the rails, and it seemed that all was lost with her becoming quite the obstacle and unlikeable character. Still, her callings led her to some redemption (she did kill The Major), and she sent the tailfin back where it belonged (the ocean), but this moment led to a confusing twist. Ben and Saanvi ended up back on the 828 in the midst of a calling, where Cal lets his father know that he’s outta there, whatever that means. Does Cal live or die? That remains unclear, as do all the possible implications of the government’s unknown role in Flight 828’s 5-year disappearance and the aftermath.

What should we make of the cryptic Season 4 teaser?

– Michaela and the shipyard are about as clear as mud right now. It would be nice to see a full-on trailer soon, but for now, we’ve seen Michaela walking around in very inappropriate footwear in the fine tradition of Jurassic World or something. She stumbled upon a bloody arm that looks like it has her last name and 828 etched into the skin, and there’s a heavy suggestion that she was somehow — along with Ben and Cal — predestined to be on Flight 828. My personal take here is that this is a lesson to never accept flight vouchers to take a later flight, and screw fate, but (clearly) I’m not writing this show.

From there, I can only speculate on what the show’s “Death Date” ultimately means:

Will everyone spew water and die? That oft-mentioned day — June 2, 2024 — is apparently when Flight 828 passengers are all supposed to croak. Presumably, this happening will be permanently negated at some point, but I wonder if that day was originally projected to be the series finale air date. Since that six-season plan ended up on the chopping block, I’m not sure how relevant that date is with our viewer-bound reality, but I’m sure the writers will paint themselves in or out of that corner in an entertaining way.

What of horror maestro Stephen King’s wishes for the final season?

– I love that King nerds out over this show. And I hope he live-tweets every episode as he watches. His enthusiasm undoubtedly carried some weight in Netflix’s decision to resurrect the show, and even with pandemic delays, all of this is happening when there was never any guarantee in the first place. King went in with a hashtag, and he knows good TV (and can make accurate predictions about it), so his requests are worth listening to as well.

King’s hopes are as simple but telling: “I hope they can avoid ‘It’s complicated’ and ‘Trust me.’ Otherwise, I can’t wait.”

And I gotta agree with the Cell and The Shining author. For sure, Michaela said “trust me” (or a variant) far too many times after receiving convenient crime-solving clues from voices in her head. Yet I hope that, at some point, she does get some solid nap time in. It must be exhausting to have lived through coming back from the dead only to realize that everyone was gonna think she’s nuts. As always, things are complicated in this universe, but Jeff Rake will hopefully deliver the passengers to a conclusion that’s satisfying for the audience.

Manifest is currently streaming Seasons 1-3 on Netflix.

It’s normal for everyone on the internet to think that celebrities are lying about things, mostly because everyone on the internet is skeptical all the time (as they should be) and celebrities rarely notice or respond. That is, of course, not the case for Hilaria Baldwin, who was accused of lying about growing up in Spain. As it turned out, she was in fact stretching the truth about growing up in Spain.

Recently, Baldwin has been attacked by social media users for thinking that she was faking her current pregnancy, which she announced earlier this spring while her husband was being investigated for the shooting that took place on the set of his movie Rust.

The couple already has six other children, including one that was born via surrogate nearly 6 months after they welcomed their son in 2020. While Hilaria is known to play with the truth, she did not take these accusations lightly and took to social media to dispute the rumors that she was faking her pregnancy.

“My friends made a good point about my belly, It kind of looks fake like I ate a ball,” she said on Instagram alongside a mirror pic of her very pregnant self. “I guess the psycho conspiracy theorists online with way too much time on their hands has somewhat of a point here.”

She then went on to poke fun at everyone who has “theories” about her and her pregnancy (and probably her accent). “Now you guys can go share links and theories as to what kind of ball it was that I ate. Hope you come up with something that tastes good. Please have something positive in your rants.” This is one rumor she can actually put to rest! The other one…not so much.

(Via The New York Post)

Megan Thee Stallion is moving fast with the Traumazine release. The “Plan B” rapper just shared the name of her new album earlier this week in a wicked morbid teaser clip. It’s due out on August 12 and the tracklist announcement for Traumazine shows that Megan Thee Stallion has made a lot of phone calls to gather a group of guests that includes Future, Latto, Rico Nasty, Dua Lipa, and more.

Yes, “Plan B” is among the 18 tracks on Traumazine, as is the recently released “Pressurelicious” featuring Future. Latto is featured on “Budget,” while Dua Lipa appears on the album-closing single, “Sweetest Pie.” Also appearing alongside Megan Thee Stallion on Traumazine are Pooh Shiesty, Key Glock, Jhene Aiko, Lucky Daye, and Sauce Walka, Big Pokey & Lil Keke on the “Southside Royalty Freestyle.”

Check out the complete tracklist along with the album artwork for Megan Thee Stallion’s Traumazine below.

1. “NDA”
2. “Ungrateful” feat. Key Glock
3. “Not Nice”
4. “Budget” feat. Latto
5. “Her”
6. “Gift & A Curse”
7. “Ms. Nasty”
8. “Who Me” feat. Pooh Shiesty
9. “Red Wine”
10. “Scary” feat. Rico Nasty
11. “Anxiety”
12. “Flip Flop”
13. “Consistency” feat. Jhene Aiko
14. “Star” feat. Lucky Daye
15. “Pressurelicious” feat. Future
16. “Plan B”
17. “Southside Royalty Freestyle” feat. Sauce Walka, Big Pokey & Lil Keke
18. “Sweetest Pie” feat. Dua Lipa

Traumazine arrives 8/12. Pre-order it here.

Megan Thee Stallion is a Warner Music artist. Uproxx is an independent subsidiary of Warner Music Group.

Trey Parker and Matt Stone are living a “nightmare” with their Casa Bonita dream. When will the beloved establishment finally open?

The answer to that question’s a complicated one, and first, we need to review exactly what’s going on with the South Park creators’ quest to reopen the shuttered landmark with actual “good food,” not the stuff that makes everyone only remember the fountain-waterfall attractions and maybe the sopapillas. In mid-2021, the pair announced their purchase of a Denver, Colorado Casa Bonita location, and Parker even bought a nearby home on South Park avenue, but achieving the full-on dream has turned out to be a much more long-winded endeavor than the duo’s on-the-fly approach to tackling timely episodes of Cartman and frenemies.

First, word surfaced that the eatertainment venue’s beloved fountain required demolition and reconstruction, and then Parker and Stone ‘fessed up to The Denver Post how about how their “cool” plan transformed into them pouring “all our money” into the reopening plan, and “[w]e absolutely should bail and stop spending money, but we’re committed now.”

The “all our money” thing might feel real to the (clearly) frustrated pair right about now, but fortunately, it’s also an exaggeration. In 2021, Parker and Stone signed a $900 deal with Viacom CBS to keep bringing more South Park episodes to the masses for six more seasons, along with a bunch of Paramount+ movies. That’s not too shabby for an animated show that surfaced in 1997 and introduced a piece of sentient Christmas poop called Mr. Hankey, so eventually, one can expect Casa Bonita to actually reopen in Denver, although it sure sounds like it’ll be too much trouble for anyone to fire up any of the other defunct locations across the U.S.

Fans will keep asking the “when” question, though, because childhood memories are generally better than what we’ve all been living for the past few years. And when Parker and Stone have a definitive date, surely, they’ll communicate it to the world. Hidey ho!

(Via The Denver Post & Casa Bonita on Instagram)

A year removed from a trip to the WNBA Finals, the Phoenix Mercury are currently on the outside of the playoff picture with two games left in the season.

It has been a tumultuous season in Phoenix, starting with the obvious difficulty of playing without their star center, Brittney Griner, as she has been detained in Russia since prior to the season and was sentenced to nine years in prison earlier this month — with the hope that she can eventually be brought home in a prisoner transfer. On top of all that, the team is under a new head coach, Vanessa Nygaard, after longtime coach Sandy Brondello parted ways with the team in the offseason, ultimately ending up in New York.

Trying to navigate this season has been difficult, with the bizarre Tina Charles situation that saw her reach a contract divorce with the team and then join the Seattle Storm, and some apparent internal turmoil in the locker room. Recently, the team announced that Diana Taurasi would miss the remainder of the season with a quad strain, and now their best player on the season, Skylar Diggins-Smith, will also not return for the rest of the year, as she sits out due to personal reasons.

Hopefully all is well with Diggins-Smith and anything she’s dealing with off the court, and one would think from a basketball perspective her departure would effectively end the Mercury’s playoff hopes. A loss to the Lynx dropped them into a tie with the Liberty and Dream at 14-20, with New York holding the tiebreaker, meaning the final two games against the Wings (currently 6th in the league standings) and the Sky (who hold the best record in the WNBA) will determine whether they can sneak into the postseason.

Doing so without their two top scorers and top facilitators would be nothing short of miraculous given the competition they’ll face, as Diggins-Smith led the team with 19.7 points and 5.5 assists per game this season (with Taurasi at 16.7 points and 3.8 assists per game, second in both categories). Sophie Cunningham and Diamond DeShields will now become the offensive focal points, but the personnel losses for the Mercury this season may prove to be too much to handle and they’ll very likely have to regroup and try to come up with a new plan in the offseason.

John Calipari is no stranger to ruffling feathers during his time as a college basketball coach. While Calipari has won a whole lot of games wherever he’s gone, his brash and in your face style has led to him making a whole lot of enemies over the course of his career. And on Thursday, Kentucky’s basketball coach drew the ire of a new foe: Kentucky’s football program.

Calipari wants the university to build him a new basketball practice facility, and per The Athletic, argument was that Kentucky should do it since they have always been “a basketball school.”

“Alabama is a football school,” Calipari said. “So is Georgia. I mean, they are. No disrespect to our football team. I hope they win 10 games and go to bowls. At the end of the day, that makes my job easier and it makes the job of all of us easier. But this is a basketball school. And so we need to keep moving in that direction and keep doing what we’re doing.”

Well as it turns out, the Wildcat football program — which has been on the up and up in recent years — didn’t like this. Head coach Mark Stoops saw the story on Twitter and decided to chime in by saying that the team competes in the SEC, while pointing out their recent success in bowl games.

A few players got in on the fun, too, bringing up that Calipari’s Wildcats, as a 2-seed in the NCAA Tournament last year, lost to 15-seed Saint Peter’s.

It is not often that you see football and basketball programs at the same school go head-to-head like this, so we have to imagine there’s going to be a pretty unhappy phone call or two coming from Kentucky’s AD sometime soon.

R&B fans have been eating well this year, thanks to releases from the likes of Giveon, Kehlani, and Syd and the upcoming release of SZA’s CTRL follow-up. However, one name has been missing from the lineup: Dreamville’s Ari Lennox, whose 2019 debut album Shea Butter Baby was also her last. But that may be changing soon, as the Washington, DC native recently announced that her next album is done on Twitter. “Are you guys ready??” she asked.

She’s also announced that “Hoodie,” the lead single for the new album, drops this Friday, August 12, sharing the devious cover art. The design sees Ari sitting atop a water tank in which she’s apparently trapped a man who struggles to get loose as she looks on.

The singer’s fans could use the good news after she’s had something of a rough year so far. Late last year, she ran into some trouble at the airport in Amsterdam, saying she’d been racially profiled and arrested and later remarking that she was not okay, even a month later. Then, an early appearance on a South African podcast led to the singer feeling disrespected and even expressing a wish to be dropped from her label. However, things have been looking up since Ari contributed to Dreamville’s D-Day Gangsta Grillz mixtape and changed her management. She certainly appears to be in a better place mentally, and hopefully for her fans, that translates into music that makes the wait worthwhile.

The Game looks to be dropping Drillmatic: Heart Vs Mind this week. The long-anticipated and oft-delayed album has been taking a toll on the rapper who just last week, announced he was taking a mental health break. “The past two weeks have been a nightmare for me,” he said. Adding that “Not only have I been backstabbed & betrayed. I’ve been left to pick up the pieces alone.” Hopefully, the man can find some peace once his album drops on Friday. And at the very least, the tracklist and the sheer volume of high-profile features on Drillmatic would make any artist proud.

Not only will “Eazy” with Kanye West be one of two Ye features on the album, but there’s a diverse who’s who of hip-hop names throughout the 31 tracks. From Ice-T and 2 Chainz to Jeremih, Lil Wayne, Roddy Rich, and ASAP Rocky. It’s a thoroughly insane list of guests and The Game even said that Jay-Z cleared seven samples on the album too.

Check out the full Drillmatic tracklist with features below.

1. “One Time” (featuring Ice-T)
2. “Eazy” (featuring Kanye West)
3. “Burnin’ Checks” (featuring Fivio Foreign)
4. “Voodoo” (featuring Boa Qg)
5. “Home Invasion”
6. “O.P.P.” (featuring Young Boy Never Broke Again)
7. “Outside” (featuring YG)
8. “La La Land”
9. “Change the Game” (featuring Ty Dolla Sign)
10. “How Far I Came” (featuring Roddy Rich)
11. “Heart vs. Mind”
12. “No Smoke at the Polo Lounge” (featuring Jeremih)
13. “No Man Falls” (featuring Pusha T & 2 Chainz)
14. “Chrome Slug & Harmony” (featuring Lil Wayne & G Herbo)
15. “Start from Scratch II”
16. “What We Not Gon’ Do”
17. “Fortunate” (featuring Kanye West, Dreezy & Chiller)
18. “Rubi’s Rose” (featuring Twista & Jeremih)
19. Drake With the Braids (Interlude)
20. “Nikki Beach” (featuring French Montana & Tory Lanez)
21. “Talk to Me Nice” (featuring Meek Mill, Moneybagg Yo, Blxst)
22. “Money Cash Clothes” (featuring ASAP Rocky)
23. “K.I.L.L.A.S” (featuring Cam’Ron)
24. “The Black Slim Shady”
25. “Stupid” (featuring Big Sean)
26. “.38 Special” (featuring Blueface)
27. “Twisted”
28. “Wasteman” (featuring Nipsey Hussle)
29. “Save the Best for Last” (featuring Rick Ross)
30. “A Father’s Prayer”
31. “Universal Love” (featuring Chris Brown, Chlöe Bailey & Cassie)

Drillmatic: Heart Vs. Mind is out 8/12 via State Of Gold.

Lauren Boebert’s a master at deflection, especially when it comes to crossing her at-home and legislative worlds. When Shooter’s Grill went down in flames, for example, she chattered about everything else, and in response to persistent talk of her husband exposing his bare crotch in a bowling alley, Boebert shifted the blame to the woman who had to witness the display. Jayson Boebert’s quite a character, as well, and as it turns out, he caused a real mess in their Colorado neighborhood.

As the Denver Post reveals, Jayson threw a temper tantrum after some kids (including one of he and Lauren’s sons) were dangerously playing outside. Property damage apparently occurred when kids were racing around in a dune buggy, but after a neighbor complained, Jayson reportedly exploded. No one was arrested, but Jayson seems to be the antagonist of the incident. Here’s how the Denver Post describes what went down:

The kids reportedly raced up and down the street and after the neighbors asked them to slow down “all hell broke loose,” a person described as “rp,” which typically stands for “reporting party,” told deputies. The congresswoman’s husband, Jayson Boebert, reportedly “threatened and yelled” at the person who called deputies “telling them to shut the f– up.”

That neighbor, who could not immediately be reached for comment, was reportedly very “rattled” by the incident, the documents show. Jayson Boebert “is looking to fight with everyone in neighborhood,” the reporting party told police. He “claimed someone took a swing at his son.”

The situation came to light via the American Muckrakers PAC, the same organization that went after Madison Cawthorn and got him unseated in a primary after unveiling a whole gaggle of damning statements and embarrassing videos. The PAC didn’t manage to do the same for Boebert’s primary (although they did already deliver news on an old accident, after which Boebert reportedly behaved badly, and more), but they’re presumably still hoping to push Boebert outta Congress in the November general election. And as unwittingly as it seems, Jayson seems to be kind-of doing his part.

(Via Denver Post)

Merrick Garland delivered a rare public rebuke of former President Donald Trump‘s attempts to attack the credibility of the search conducted on Mar-a-Lago earlier this week. The attorney general delivered a somber, yet pointed statement where he essentially called Trump’s bluff by announcing that the Department of Justice has filed to unseal the search warrant and property receipt. Garland also confirmed that he personally approved the decision to seek a search warrant, which was “authorized by a federal court upon the required finding of probable cause.” The warrant was also delivered to Trump’s attorneys on the day of the search, contrary to what the former president has said publicly.

During the brief press conference, Garland defended “upholding the rule of law means applying the law evenly, without fear or favor” before denouncing recent attacks on the FBI following the Mar-a-Lago search.

“I will not stand by silently when their integrity is unfairly attacked,” Garland said via CNN. “The men and women of the FBI and the Justice Department are dedicated, patriotic public servants. Every day, they protect the American people from violent crime, terrorism and other threats to their safety while safe guarding our civil rights. They do so at great personal sacrifice and risk to themselves. I am honored to work alongside them.”

In short, it was a severely damaging moment for Trump as Garland made clear that the DOJ has no problem making the search warrant public. Of course, Trump’s legal team can object, but that would fly in the face of his demands earlier in the week to release the warrant. Then again, a sense of shame has never been Trump’s strong suit.

In the meantime, the social media reactions are pouring in as folks can’t believe how the mild-mannered (and poker-faced) Garland completely rocked Trump’s whole world with his by-the-book approach:

Dark Brandon also got a new friend. Meet Dark Merrick:

(Via CNN)