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Beach Bunny have saved the best for last. Ahead of Friday’s release of their new album, Emotional Creature, the Chicago quartet have completed their outer space trilogy of music videos with the show-stopping “Weeds.”

It’s not just that “Weeds” might be the best single from the handful of super catchy pop-punk anthems that Beach Bunny have now released off of Emotional Creature. But the “Star Team” intergalactic pop punk video trilogy was seriously as fun to follow along with as their music is to listen to.

In the “Weeds” clip, singer Lili Trifilio rescues Star Agent Zero in the finale of the Star Wars-esque caper that she wrote. And as triumphant as the accomplished mission was (originally tasked by Bob Odenkirk no less!) it’s the song that shines so bright here, especially Trifilio’s lyrics. “‘Weeds’ felt like I was taking ownership of my emotions instead of letting my emotions drive me into despair,” Trifilio said in a statement. And she captures that so well singing:

“Like nothing matters after
Natural disaster
And I wonder
Where’s my happy ever after?
I’m obsessed, depressed, can’t seem to find no closure
What’s the point in getting dressed
If the two of us are over?”

Do yourself a favor and dig into Beach Bunny’s “Weeds” video above and check out all of the others and the some here.

Emotional Creature is out 7/22 via Mom+Pop Music. Pre-order it here.

Tonight, Pearl Jam was supposed to perform in Vienna, Austria. However, their previous performance, at Lollapalooza Paris on July 17, left Eddie Vedder worse for wear, which the band revealed today while canceling the Vienna show.

In their message, the band notes that smoke from a massive wildfire in France, along with heat and dust, was detrimental to Vedder’s voice, writing, “To all those who were anticipating a great Pearl Jam show tonight in Vienna, we were too. However, due to the extreme circumstances at the last outdoor site outside of Paris (heat, dust, and smoke from the fires) our singer Ed Vedder’s throat was left damaged. He has seen doctors and had treatment but as of yet, his vocal cords have not recovered.”

The post goes on to note, “This is brutal news and horrible timing…for everyone involved. Those who work so hard to put on the shows as well as those who give their precious time and energies to attend…. As a band, we are deeply sorry and have tried to find options to still play. And Ed wants to play. There’s just no throat available at this time…”

So far, the band has not canceled any other upcoming concerts beyond the Vienna concert.

The R. Kelly fan who was arrested last month for making threats against court officials during the singer’s trial has pled “not guilty” to a charge of making threats involving serious bodily injury or death, according to Billboard. The man, Christopher Gunn, posted YouTube videos in which he said he and unidentified others were “going to storm they office” as he flashed an image of the US Attorney’s Office in Brooklyn and named three prosecutors in the case. “[I]f you ain’t got the stomach for the sh-t we bout to do, I’m asking that you just bail out,” he says in the video.

Gunn also allegedly accepted payment for ammunition via CashApp, with users tagging their transactions with captions such as “30 rounds.. free R kelly.”

R. Kelly’s trial last September ended with the disgraced singer convicted of racketeering and sex trafficking. He was sentenced last month to 30 years in prison, as well as extensive stipulations overseeing his release. He’s due to go back on trial next month, this time in his home state, Illinois, on child pornography charges. He was put on suicide watch shortly after the sentencing, but was later removed after he sued the Brooklyn jail in which he’s currently incarcerated.

Vladimir Putin is practically a global pariah at this point due to his war on Ukraine. That dismal conflict is being met with incredible loss of life, all while his troops are rebelling and even nearly blowing up their general. For his part, Putin carries clear contempt for the will of Ukranians while lashing out at world leaders to defend his shirtless horseback riding photos from their jokes. Economic turmoil abounds while Russians can’t even enjoy McDonald’s anymore. That’s a trivial detail, but overall, it’s not great.

Putin still has a few allies, including China and the Taliban, and this week, he also flew to Iran for a meeting about conflict in Syria. And while he was waiting for a scheduled, on-camera meet-and-greet with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, one got a glimpse of exactly how little respect Putin’s drawing these days from other world leaders.

As this video from The National correspondent Joyce Karam shows, Putin was left standing there, very uncomfortable and fidgety, while Ergodan kept him waiting for nearly a minute (and it feels like forever). Putin’s face says a lot here.

As Business Insider notes, the video footage sources from Turkish state media outlet Anadolu, and there’s also plenty that’s communicated by the cameraperson’s decision to pan in on Putin’s expression. What we didn’t see here, though, is a real loss: Putin’s poop-scooping attendant is nowhere to be seen. (Perhaps that business got attended to earlier in the day? There’s no telling.)

(Via Business Insider & The National)

As we approach the back half of July, the NBA offseason slows from its furious early pace to a crawl as team executives, players, and agents all turn one eye towards vacation. With the initial pressure of getting deals done immediately gone and two months until training camp comes into focus, there’s just not much driving deals and trades at this point in the calendar.

Still, there are some teams desperate enough to continue making phone calls and trying to engage in trade talks as they know they don’t want to arrive at camp with the roster as is. The team at the top of that list is the Los Angeles Lakers, who still have a number of open roster spots and don’t seem to want to commit to rounding out their roster until they know whether they’ll have to go into the season with Russell Westbrook as their starting point guard or not.

While the league awaits any kind of indication that the Nets are going to budge from their asking price on Kevin Durant (and, subsequently, Kyrie Irving), the Lakers are looking elsewhere for a chance to bolster their rotation. According to Dave McMenamin, they have recently “reengaged” on talks with the Pacers about Buddy Hield, with two potential routes they could take to try and pry the sharpshooter out of Indiana, one being a smaller Talen Horton-Tucker focused package or a larger Russell Westbrook deal that would also look to bring Myles Turner to L.A.

Now, it takes two to tango, and after Horton-Tucker’s down year in 2021-22, it remains to be seen if he has enough value to be the centerpiece of a trade for a rebuilding team. A Westbrook (and picks) for Hield and Turner trade has been floated for months but Indiana likely will be asking for significant draft assets in return (as in, both of the L.A. picks they can trade in 2027 and 2029) and the Lakers aren’t too keen on mortgaging the future in total to get rid of Westbrook. As such, we still sit in a bit of a stalemate, but the fact that they’ve circled back to the Pacers indicates that maybe they’re willing to try something new, and Indiana might have some newfound motivation to make a deal after failing to land Deandre Ayton with their max offer sheet.

On May 24, 2022, a teenager walked into in elementary school in Uvalde, Texas, and proceeded to murder 21 people, including 19 children. In the nearly two months since the tragedy, we’ve learned that nearly 400 members of law enforcement rushed to the scene, yet it took more than an hour for the shooter to be confronted. Rather than question how the police ended up with such a clusterf*ck on their hands, lawmakers have instead offered up all sorts of utterly stupid reasons for why the shooting occurred (Texas congressman blamed those “dang smartphones”) and even dumber ideas on how to prevent further gun violence that don’t involve enacting stricter gun laws (senator Ted Cruz wants better “door control,” while governor Greg Abbott has barely even acknowledged the loss of life). On Tuesday, Trevor Noah reported on what might be one of the most pointless responses in the wake of the Uvalde massacre: clear backpacks.

As Noah explained, Texas authorities have completed their report on how well the Uvalde Police Department—who stopped cooperating with authorities shortly after the incident—handled the shooting. “And the report concluded that the cops, and I’m quoting here, ‘sucked ass,’” Noah said. However, the report also stated that even if the police’s response had been “flawless,” the end result would have likely been about the same because, as Noah explained, “someone armed with AR-15-style rifle can just do too much damage too fast.” So how can schools be better prepared to ward off such tragedies in the future? Well, Noah had an answer for that, too:

The solution to try and stop the next shooting is obvious. And no, don’t say it’s banning the AR-15s—that’s racist. The Constitution is very clear about who has rights in this country. It goes: Corporations, guns, children, then guns again, then the National Anthem, then women—but only women who are holding a gun. That’s pretty much it.

But apparently if you’re open-minded, there are lots of ways to stop school shootings without getting rid of guns.

As Noah shared, the Dallas Independent School District came up with one totally innovative solution: clear backpacks for students in 6th through 12th grades. Local news anchors and experts declared the move “relatively ineffective,” as there are plenty of places to hide a gun. And right around the 4:25 mark, a video shows a man who evaded the clear backpack rule by hiding what appeared to be 708 guns inside his pants. (“GODDAMN!” Noah exclaimed.)

Noah went on to explain that he’s “constantly amazed at how America’s constantly willing to get rid of everything except guns. Everything will be considered: ‘Ok, let’s get rid of normal backpacks. Everything is see-through now. Also, you know what, no more clothes for these kids. Yeah, yeah. They could be hiding the guns anywhere. In fact, now that I’m thinking about it, just get rid of all the kids in school. That way the guns can finally go there in peace.” Which, sadly, doesn’t far too off-base.

There’s also the simple fact that this measure completely ignores the fact that the Uvalde gunman was not a student, so wouldn’t have been required to wear a clear backpack in the first place. But any options that don’t involve reducing the number of guns in circulation or making it more difficult for people to obtain them seems to be a-ok by by Texas lawmakers, regardless of how many innocent people are murdered in the process.

You can watch the full segment above, beginning around the 2:50 mark.

The internet’s favorite geeky trio (not that one) Please Don’t Destroy, has been on fire lately. The guys not only have been stealing the show on Saturday Night Live, but they also regularly go viral over their insane skits that feel right out of a millennial humor fever dream. Now, the boys have a new project: a movie!

It will be strange to see any of their content in a form longer than 3 minutes, but they have enlisted the help of Judd Apatow, so he will probably make it work! Apatow is known for his iconic early 2000s comedies like Knocked Up and The 40-Year-Old Virgin, as well as working with just about every other talented young comedy figure of last decade or so, which makes all of this feel right.

The movie will be written by Please Don’t Destroy, which is compiled of Ben Marshall, John Higgins, and Martin Herlihy. Apatow will produce the film, which reportedly centers on three life-long friends who become disillusioned with everyday life, so they set off to find a buried treasure on a nearby mountain. Hopefully, it’s not inspired by real life?

In addition to writing the movie, Marshall, Higgins, and Herlihy will also star in and executive produce the film. Production for the film has already begun in North Carolina, with additional cast members expected to be announced in the coming weeks. Perhaps they can use some of their new star power to get Taylor Swift on board.

(Via Variety)

Last week, 50 Cent announced that he was not only producing, but also acting in a new horror movie called Skill House. The film is said to be centered on the perils of social media and it will be Directed by Josh Stolberg, who was at the helm of slasher horror flicks like Jigsaw and Spiral. The thing is, according to a tweet sent by Stolberg, Skill House is not only a total bloodbath, it’s so gory and nauseating that a cameraman, “passed out and the camera crashed to the ground” while filming an especially bloody scene.

Stolberg’s tweet detailed the incident: “Yikes!!! We shot a kill scene last night and the camera operator became so nauseated that he passed out and the camera crashed to the ground. Had to stop down for a 1/2 hour. He’s okay now but… get ready for some crazy sh*t!”

50 Cent was clearly impressed with how his horror film is so scary, that it’s debilitating his crew and he posted about on Instagram saying, “he camera fell to the ground while filming, This sh*t is gonna be crazy for real.”

Skill House, produced by 50 Cent’s G-Unit Film & Television company, is set to be released in early 2023 according to Deadline. Besides 50, other stars include TikTok-er Ryan Hall and MMA fighter Paige VanZant.

A recently published report from Luminate (the US music market monitor that provides data for Billboard charts) indicates that the popularity of new music is shrinking. Meanwhile, Variety got Luminate to collect data on the best-selling albums on vinyl from the first half of 2022, and the resulting top-50 list seems to support that trend.

Harry Styles’ Harry’s House is No. 1 on the list, but it’s the only album in the top 10 that was released this year. Olivia Rodrigo’s 2021 album Sour comes in at second, Kendrick Lamar’s Good Kid M.A.A.D City (2012) is third, Fleetwood Mac’s Rumors (1977) is fourth, and Tyler The Creator’s Call Me If You Get Lost (2021) is fifth. After Harry’s House, the next album on the list that was released in 2022 is Red Hot Chili Peppers’ Unlimited Love, which sits at No. 12.

Elsewhere, Pink Floyd’s Dark Side Of The Moon is No. 15, while The Weeknd’s Dawn FM is No. 22 and Drake’s Take Care is No. 47, both albums representing the Canadian artists’ only appearances on the chart. The timing of this is fortuitous for Pink Floyd’s Roger Waters, who recently declared in regards to Drake and The Weeknd, “I am far, far, far more important than any of them will ever be, however many billions of streams they’ve got.”

Check out the full top-50 list below.

1. Harry Styles — Harry’s House (294,000 physical LP album sales)
2. Olivia Rodrigo — Sour (165,000)
3. Kendrick Lamar — Good Kid M.A.A.D City (129,000)
4. Fleetwood Mac — Rumours (126,000)
5. Tyler The Creator — Call Me If You Get Lost (98,000)
6. Nirvana — Nevermind (87,000)
7. Beatles — Abbey Road (84,000)
8. Prince — Purple Rain (80,000)
9. Childish Gambino — Awaken My Love (79,000)
10. Taylor Swift — Folklore (79,000)
11. Taylor Swift — Red (Taylor’s Version) (78,000)
12. Red Hot Chili Peppers — Unlimited Love (78,000)
13. Billie Eilish — Happier Than Ever (77,000)
14. Harry Styles — Fine Line (75,000)
15. Pink Floyd — Dark Side Of The Moon (73,000)
16. Kanye West — The College Dropout (73,000)
17. Tyler, The Creator — Igor (72,000)
18. Tame Impala — Currents (71,000)
19. Adele — 30 (69,000)
20. Billie Eilish — When We All Fall Asleep, Where Do We Go? (63,000)
21. Arctic Monkeys — AM (61,000)
22. The Weeknd — Dawn FM (54,000)
23. Bob Marley — Legend (54,000)
24. Lana Del Rey — Born To Die (53,000)
25. Taylor Swift — Evermore (52,000)
26. Amy Winehouse — Back To Black (52,000)
27. Jack White — Fear Of The Dawn (52,000)
28. Michael Jackson — Thriller (51,000)
29. Childish Gambino — Because The Internet (50,000)
30. Mitski — Laurel Hell (49,000)
31. Ghost — Impera (48,000)
32. Kendrick Lamar — To Pimp A Butterfly (48,000)
33. Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers — Greatest Hits (48,000)
34. Kendrick Lamar — Damn. (46,000)
35. Creedence Clearwater Revival — Vol. 1-Chronicle-20 Greatest Hits (44,000)
36. Queen — Greatest Hits (44,000)
37. Beatles — Let It Be (43,000)
38. Lumineers — Brightside (43,000)
39. Billie Eilish — Don’t Smile At Me (43,000)
40. Chris Stapleton — Traveller (41,000)
41. Lin-Manuel Miranda, Encanto Cast — Encanto (41,000)
42. Led Zeppelin — Led Zeppelin 4 (40,000)
43. Marvin Gaye — What’s Going On (40,000)
44. Various Artists — Guardians Of The Galaxy: Awesome Mix Vol 1 (40,000)
45. Taylor Swift — Fearless (Taylor’s Version) (40,000)
46. ABBA — Gold: Greatest Hits (39,000)
47. Drake — Take Care (38,000)
48. Madvillain — Madvillainy (38,000)
49. Various Artists — Vol. 2 Guardians Of The Galaxy (36,000)
50. Rex Orange County — Who Cares? (36,000)

Some artists covered here are Warner Music artists. Uproxx is an independent subsidiary of Warner Music Group.

Batman Returns is not only the weirdest superhero movie ever made — it also features the “hottest scene” in cinema history. That’s according to Britney Spears, at least, who took to Instagram to share her appreciation for Michelle Pfeiffer’s iconic performance as Selina Kyle / Catwoman.

“I feel like she’s the most charming… sexy… and alluring woman… this scene is probably the hottest scene I’ve ever seen in my life,” Spears wrote about the moment in the 1992 film where Selina makes her Catwoman costume. “Of course, @michellepfeifferofficial whom I’ve never met is the character… she is sick in this movie in the most conventional way possible!!!”

The pop star praised Pfeiffer’s Catwoman for giving “hell a whole new meaning… I respect that… there’s been a lot of remakes since then well damn tons, but honestly I don’t think anyone can come even close to that scene alone.”

Spears doesn’t think Pfeiffer has any idea who she is (she does), despite being one of the most famous people on the planet, “but I just want to let her know a silly girl from the South has always thought she was a freaking God and I have so much respect for her it’s kind of insane!!! Thank you for doing your craft in such a beautiful way,” she wrote.

I feel the same way as Spears, but about this scene from Batman Returns.

You can read Spears’ post below.