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Game 1 of the Nets-Celtics first round series was an instant classic, featuring sensational individual performances from Kyrie Irving and Jayson Tatum, with the latter swiping a win away from Brooklyn with a buzzer-beating layup.

Irving’s 39-point effort wasn’t quite enough to get the Nets a win, but it was clear that he was embracing his villain status in the TD Garden. The former Celtic is now reviled in Boston for how he left, and he hears it from the crowd every time he touches the ball. On Sunday, he gave it right back to the fans on a few occasions, including one that the ABC broadcast highlighted where he gave fans the middle finger after drilling a long-two in the corner.

While Jeff Van Gundy and Mark Jackson had plenty of jokes about it, the league didn’t find it as funny and hit Irving with an unsurprising $50,000 fine on Tuesday.

It’s the standard procedure at this point, but it is a situation where the league continues to punish players for responding in kind to what they are hearing from fans, who don’t face the same zero-tolerance policy on profanity. Irving certainly didn’t seem worried about the fine to come in his postgame press conference and we’ll see what more he has for Celtics fans in Game 2 on Wednesday night.

On December 31, 2001, Rudy Giuliani proudly graced the cover of TIME as the Person of the Year for his heroic unifying of New York following the 9/11 terrorist attack on the city. Here was a famed prosecutor who was already known for taking on the mob in the courtroom, and now, he was being heralded as “America’s Mayor” for his decisive action during an historic event. It was the type of momentum that could propel an ambitious politician like Giuliani into the White House, but unfortunately for Rudy, it was all downhill from there.

After stirring up political scandals of his own thanks to shady dealings with former New York Police Commissioner Bernie Kerick, a penchant for drinking, and a light pinch of cousin-dating, Giuliani got sucked into Donald Trump‘s vortex where he came out the other end a political pariah and the target of multi-billion dollar lawsuits for pushing election fraud conspiracy theories. And it’s exactly that descent that will be featured in a new musical documentary, Rudy! A Documusical, debuting at the Tribeca Film Festival this year.

Via Entertainment Weekly:

Directed and written by Oscar-nominated filmmaker Jed Rothstein (Killing in the Name), the film — which debuts as part of the 2022 Tribeca Festival lineup — is billed as “the definitive Rudy Giuliani documentary, charting his fall from the cover of [Time] to the parking lot of Four Seasons total Landscaping.”

As of this writing, there’s been no word on whether Giuliani’s wild wine lady Mellissa Carone will be featured in the documentary, or if an entire musical number will be dedicated to that time Rudy farted during a public hearing. God willing, both will be in there. Fingers crossed.

(Via Entertainment Weekly)

If there’s one thing Donald Trump is actually very good at, it’s failing miserably at business. Like a Bizarro King Midas, everything Donald touches seems to turn to sh*t—whether it’s still-laughable Tour de Trump or the lawsuit-plagued Trump University. Yet somehow, the former president persists, presumably with the belief that his next business venture will be the one that finally sticks. From the way he talked about Truth Social, the social networking site he created as revenge for being permanently banned from Twitter, Trump may have believed that this would be his unicorn. Alas, it was not to be.

Just six months after first announcing Truth Social, which was set up suspiciously quickly and utilized some shady business practices, the site hasn’t really quite launched as it has failed bigly at essentially every turn. First, they were accused of stealing code from another platform (classic Trump!), then it just turned into an outright clusterf*ck. Even Trump himself has only ever posted on it once, though that could be because the site’s technology is absolute shite, as The Daily Beast reports.

According to The Daily Beast, the problems began (or, well, worsened) on Monday morning, when the website DownDetector reported that the site was flooded with outage reports beginning around 7 a.m. and that it wasn’t until approximately 3:30 p.m.—more than eight hours later—that the issues seemed to be getting resolved. One user called the day’s experience “the worst I’ve ever seen.”

But Devin Nunes, who actually abandoned his congressional seat in order to serve as CEO of Trump Media, promises that he and his team are on the case. Which should make Trump Social users feel about zero percent better.

(Via The Daily Beast)

Gang Of Youths’ latest album, “Angel In Realtime,” is one of this year’s most powerful releases. Led by singer Dave Le’aupepe, the Australian rock band bring vibes reminiscent of U2’s arena-ready explosiveness and Arcade Fire’s stacked instrumental arrangements. It’s really Le’Aupepe’s songwriting that defines the sound enacted on the piercing new album about coping with the death of his father and learning to move forward. Last night, they played “In The Wake Of Your Leave” on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon and it was downright spiritual.

Performing as a six-piece, it showcases the lineup that Gang Of Youths will be bringing to their US and Canada tour dates that start later this week. The uptempo drums and a fiery violin elevate the emotions for Le’aupepe to sing lasting lyrics like, “It quakes and moves. Then breaks, then shatters over me. In shapes of all these quiet sacred things I need.” There’s both an electric guitar and Le’aupepe on an acoustic, which builds into a dense and comprehensive rock and roll strings mini-section. It’s a jolt of energy for sure.

Watch Gang Of Youths perform “In The Wake Of Your Leave” on The Tonight Show above.

Gang Of Youths is a Warner Music artist. Uproxx is an independent subsidiary of Warner Music Group

Even though the marriage rate in the United States is on a steep decline, chances are that the majority of kids growing up today will get married at some point in their lives. If current trends continue, about half of those will end in divorce.

Research published in the Couple Family Psychology journal found that the top five reasons for divorce are a lack of commitment, infidelity, too much conflict, getting married young and financial problems.

Wouldn’t it be great if we were taught from a young age how to be a good spouse so we could avoid these pitfalls? But in American culture, most of us aren’t taught the specifics of how to have a happy and healthy marriage. Most of us tend to pick things up from watching the married people in our orbit, most likely our parents.

Look how well that’s going.

Artist Doug Weaver had a much different upbringing. His mother, Mickey, made a curriculum for him and his two older brothers when they were kids to help them be great husbands when they got married.

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“When I was a kid, my mom did this thing for me and my two older brothers called ‘Husbands in Training,'” he explained in a TikTok video that has more than 5.9 million views. “It was a full, multiple-level curriculum on how to be a better husband.”

Weaver says the training covered topics from chivalry to eating to a rather uncomfortable discussion on “the ethics of the porn industry.” His mother also stressed the importance of listening to women and identifying when another man may be giving them trouble.

“There was a lot of really good stuff in that curriculum,” Doug said. “There were things like what to do if your spouse says something and the information they give is wrong. How to handle it if they say something wrong in public versus in private, when it is appropriate to correct them and when it isn’t.”

Weaver’s mother was also way ahead of her time because she made a big deal about teaching her sons the importance of consent. “We talked about consent, we talked about the basics of respecting and honoring women and listening to women, and all of the things that really just make you a decent human being,” Doug explained.

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The lessons were so powerful that even Weaver’s father decided to take the course. “A lot of the things that we were learning from my mom were things that he was never taught growing up,” Weaver said. “So, he decided he also wanted to take ‘Husbands in Training.'”

The course officially ended when Weaver and his brothers got married. “My mom even made certificates of completion that she signed and gave to each of us on our wedding day,” he shared in his TikTok clip.

However, the video Weaver shared was so popular on TikTok that he’s making his mother’s course available to the general public. “After posting about ‘Husbands in Training’ on TikTok, the TT community really wants my mom to produce content about raising boys to be good men,” he wrote on a GoFundMe fundraising campaign last month.

The overwhelming response to Weaver’s TikTok has inspired a new YouTube channel to spread Mickey’s lessons far and wide. But it has also made a lot of people realize that teaching people how to be great spouses is a lifelong journey and should be a major part of child-rearing. Learning how to be a good spouse shouldn’t just be something we pick up by accident.

Lil Nas X is set to make his voice-acting debut on an upcoming episode of The Proud Family: Louder And Prouder. The episode, appropriately titled “Old Towne Road,” begins streaming tomorrow on Disney+, and viewers will see Lil Nas X as a country singer named June Bug.

In the episode, Trudy (Paula Jai Parker) tracks her mother-in-law, Suga Mama’s (Jo Marie Payton) family history, leading the Prouds on a trip to Oklahoma. During their trip, Bobby Proud (Cedric The Entertainer) joins June Bug’s country band.

When Bobby asks June Bug where he can plug in his keytar, June Bug replies, “Nah cuh, I’m the only one who plays guitar around here,” then proceeds to hand him a washboard. “Give this a try, cuh, I love that for you.”

The band proceeds to play the hit that started it all for Lil Nas X, “Old Town Road.”

Lil Nas X is one of several musicians who were announced last year as guest stars for The Proud Family revival. Normani, Jaden, Chance The Rapper and Lizzo are also set to guest star this season.

Check out a sneak peek above.

Some of the artists mentioned are Warner Music artists. Uproxx is an independent subsidiary of Warner Music Group.

When an actor is set to reprise their role from nearly two decades ago, they tend to ease into it a bit. Take Jamie Lee Curtis, for example, who would appear every so often in a Halloween movie, before giving the series an emotional conclusion.

That’s not the case for Hayden Christensen, who is preparing to return as Anakin Skywalker in the upcoming Disney+ series, Obi-Wan Kenobi. Christensen famously left his character behind and didn’t return to the famous franchise until now. Obviously, a lot has changed since he last played Anakin in 2005, and he needs to do his research.

To prepare for his role, Christensen decided to dive straight into his character’s lore and watch The Clone Wars and Rebels, two character-heavy animated shows set in the Star Wars universe. The actor spoke to Entertainment Weekly to discuss how he got ready to re-immerse himself into the universe.

“It was interesting,” Christensen told EW. “They did a lot with these characters in those shows. And they did further explore the relationship. There was interesting stuff there to learn about. It was great fun getting to go back and re-immerse yourself in this world that just continues to grow and become more and more vast.” A lot has changed since Christensen last starred in a Star Wars movie, most notably the fact that it’s now a giant Disney property, and there are several dozen new characters.

Christensen will reunite with co-star Ewan McGregor for the series. McGregor also admitted that he marathoned all Star Wars movies to prepare to return to the universe. “I watched them from start to finish,” McGregor told EW. “All nine movies. Just to get back in that world.” Perhaps if they really wanted to immerse themselves in the universe, they would visit Galaxy’s Edge and wait in line for The Rise Of The Resistance ride for several hours.

This isn’t the last time Christensen will reprise his role as Vadar/Anakin: last fall, Disney also announced that he would appear in the upcoming Ashoka series based on the female padawan who should have had her own show a long time ago!

Obi-Wan Kenobi premieres on May 27th on Disney+.

As we get deeper into spring, more fall festivals are being announced, including news ones like Frantic City in New Jersey and now Format in Bentonville, Arkansas. The latter was just announced today, taking place from September 23 to 25. It’s not just music-oriented; it also involves art and technology. But it will have over 50 music acts, including Rüfüs Du Sol, Phoenix, Khruangbin, Beach House, The War On Drugs, Nile Rodgers & Chic, the Flaming Lips, Jungle, and Herbie Hancock.

The three-day event will be at the Sugar Creek Airstrip. The announcement states that it will be a “multidisciplinary experience, combining a mind-expanding music lineup featuring some of the greatest acts on the festival scene with immersive installations by dynamic visual and performing artists, site-specific commissions, and architectural interventions.” While there will be main and side stages, the festival will also have more unconventional and interesting spaces for musicians to perform, such as forest enclaves, pavilions, barns, and speakeasies.

Along with musicians, the roster for artists is packed, featuring Doug Aitken, Nick Cave, Jacolby Satterwhite, Pia Camil, Marinella Senatore, Maurizio Cattelan’s Toiletpaper Magazine, John Gerrard in collaboration with Richie Hawtin, Justin Lowe & Jonah Freeman, Sissel Tolaas, Charlap Hyman & Herrero, and more.

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

Along with Coachella, San Francisco’s Outside Lands festival is easily the most comprehensive music fest on the West Coast. While last year’s heavily-costumed edition took place over Halloween weekend as pandemic precautions delayed it a few months, Outside Lands 2022 is back to its usual early-August weekend and the newly announced lineup has a little bit of everything. Green Day, SZA, and Post Malone are headlining the three-day affair, which goes down from August 5th to 7th at one of the greatest venues in country, Golden Gate Park.

The first batch of artists on the lineup following the primary headliners is likewise stacked with Jack Harlow, Phoebe Bridgers, and Weezer coming next. Also performing are Lil Uzi Vert, Ilennium, Kali Uchis, Disclosure, Mitski, Anitta, and Mac DeMarco. And while this is looks like a top-heavy affair on the surface, there’s a seemingly endless list of diverse acts that standout like Pusha T, Kim Petras, Dominic Fike, The Marías, Larry June, Wet Leg, Pussy Riot, Robert Glasper, Griff, Cassandra Jenkins, L’Rain, Duckwrth, and more.

The SOMA Tent also makes its return this year, making it so that the indoor dance music tent seems to be here to stay. While it’s a bit antithetical to the concept of “outside” lands, it was obvious that the festival needed to bring this type of element into the fold so this year’s acts like Claude VonStroke, Tokimonsta, Dixon, and others could play in the club-like atmosphere that their music is best suited for.

Tickets to Outside Lands 2022 are on sale now here and check out the same link for the full lineup and additional details.

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

Phil Collins and ex-wife Orianne Cevey, Collins’ third wife, have had a long and complicated relationship. They married in 1999 and divorced in 2008, with Cevey receiving a $47 million settlement from Collins. However, they reunited in 2015: Collins told Billboard in January 2016, “I bought [a house in Miami] about six months ago. I’m actually back with my third wife — I haven’t really talked about it. We’ve been together for a while, and nobody’s noticed.”

Things soured after that, though, when Cevey eventually took over Collins’ mansion with her then-new husband. Speaking of the husband, there have been fascinating developments there, too. Cevey married Thomas Bates secretly in 2020 but they’re now in the midst of divorce proceedings. That process has been enlightening, as Page Six reports Cevey found Bates (while still living with Collins) on a male escort site called Cowboys 4 Angels, where Bates described himself as a “sexy intellectual.”

Divorce paperwork reads, “At the time the parties met, Husband was employed by an escort service. […] The Wife selected Husband through the escort service and insisted on dating him. The parties’ relationship rapidly progressed into a meaningful romantic relationship. Wife persuaded Husband to leave the escort service to marry her.”

The situation took a turn after they left Collins’ home. The paperwork notes of an incident in which Bates returned to his and Cevey’s shared home after spending Thanksgiving with his family:

“Wife, who has a ferocious temper, threatened Husband with bodily harm (by cutting off his private parts) when he asked for his clothes and personal property. The Wife, who has earned a 3rd degree black belt designation and is trained in boxing, previously physically assaulted Husband on several occasions prior to separation. On one occasion, Husband had to scream for the housekeeper to help him exit the house to avoid Wife’s assault. […] Husband voluntarily vacated the marital residence for his safety.”

The divorce was made public in December 2021, when Cevey wrote on Instagram of the dissolution of her marriage, “I believe the emotional distress of the COVID quarantine caused me to act in ways and do things that were out of character.”