2000’s How the Grinch Stole Christmas is Jim Carrey’s third highest-grossing movie to date (and possibly ever), but he nearly quit after his first day on set over the makeup process. “The first day was eight and a half hours and I went back to my trailer and put my leg through the wall,” he said on The Graham Norton Show in 2014. “I [explained to director] Ron Howard I couldn’t do the movie.” Makeup artist Kazuhiro Tsuji told Vulture that Carrey was “really mean to everybody” (the Man on the Moon crew can relate), so Grinch producer Brian Grazer “came up with a brilliant idea,” Carrey called it, which was to hire a CIA operative to train the actor in techniques to overcome torture.
On Monday, Guardians director James Gunn tweeted, “Just heard from our makeup folks at @LegacyEffects that yesterday #GotGVol3 officially passed the World Record for ‘the most makeup appliances created for a single production’ (surpassing The Grinch). Congrats, guys! Thanks for keeping practical effects alive!”
Just heard from our makeup folks at @LegacyEffects that yesterday #GotGVol3 officially passed the World Record for “the most makeup appliances created for a single production” (surpassing The Grinch). Congrats, guys! Thanks for keeping practical effects alive!
It’s fitting that Guardians of the Galaxy Vol 3. would be the film to break How the Grinch Stole Christmas‘ makeup record. Gamora and the Grinch are both green, and both movies have baby versions of “adult” characters. Except Baby Groot is cute; Baby Grinch came from the depths of Hell to haunt me. I haven’t known peace since 2000.
Cursed.
Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 opens on May 5, 2023.
The 26th Webby Awards are coming up, taking place on May 16 at Cipriani Wall Street. Meant to honor online creativity, a handful of the nominations, which have just been announced, include artists like Megan Thee Stallion, Billie Eilish, Ariana Grande, Questlove, and other personalities.
Megan’s “Thot Sh*t” is nominated for Music Video, General Video; Grande’s r.e.m. beauty is nominated for Fashion & Beauty, General Websites and Mobile Sites; Eilish is nominated for Oculus Quest 2, her collaboration with Beat Saber, for Media & Entertainment, Branded Entertainment. The full list of nominees can be found here.
According to the Webbys, over 14,000 entries were submitted and only 12% were chosen for nominees by the International Academy of Digital Arts and Sciences. Voting is now open until Thursday, April 21. “The Webby Awards has been honoring the very best in digital innovation and creativity for 26 years,” said Claire Graves, the president of The Webby Awards. “This year’s nominees represent more than innovation. They are the coolest, most creative, most shared, watched, listened to, most breathtaking, moving, and talked about work on the Internet. We’re so proud to recognize them today.”
Megan Thee Stallion is a Warner Music artist. Uproxx is an independent subsidiary of Warner Music Group.
Woods played in a father-son event in December that allowed him to play using a golf cart to get around, and it was clear that his swing was making a full recovery. The bigger question was whether he could handle the rigors of a PGA Tour event, walking 72 holes over four days and all the stress that places on his leg. For months, Woods has been making more and more public appearances and was never willing to fully rule out playing at this year’s Masters — while also being careful not to get everyone’s hopes up.
However, the last two weeks it has gone from feeling like a long shot we’d see Tiger prowling around Augusta National Golf Club to feeling like a lock, as he’s been on the grounds practicing and playing, testing that leg over and over. On Tuesday, Woods met with the media in the most anticipated pre-tournament press conference ever, and indicated that, as of today, he was in fact planning on playing in the tournament.
That is the first confirmation from Woods, who noted he still will play nine more holes on Wednesday to see how his leg reacts to more of the strenuous walk that is Augusta National, but barring something unforeseen, he’ll tee it up on Thursday with the best golfers in the world. As for expectations, it should come as no surprise that Tiger believes he can win another green jacket, noting that his golf game is far from the concern right now.
Reporter: Do you think you can win the Masters this week?
No one moves the needle like Tiger Woods and that’s been the case for 25 years, when he first won a green jacket back in 1997. Making his return at the place where his legend truly began feels right, and in the words of Chubbs, he’s going to play and by god, he’s going to win.
This week, news broke that Tesla/SpaceX CEO Elon Musk had purchased a 9.2% stake in Twitter, and the SEC filing came as a surprise, given that the SEC has also put the brakes on him by requiring him to get approval for “material” tweets about Tesla. It wasn’t clear (at the time) whether Elon would have any say in how Twitter operates or whether he was a passive investor, and Lauren Boebert hopped all over the place in excitement, claiming a free-speech victory in a move that seemed premature.
Well, maybe there was something to that. Twitter has now revealed (via Hollywood Reporter) that Elon is officially on the board of directors for the social media platform. In a new filing, in fact, the agreement is good until 2024, at least. The move’s also conditioned upon Elon not purchasing “more than 14.9 percent of Company’s common stock outstanding.”
That says a lot, both good and bad (remember, Elon made noises about starting his own platform not too long ago), but the bottom line is this: Elon will apparently have a say in the day-to-day operations of Twitter. And to that end, he’s tweeting something that will have Twitter users on his side: “Do you want an edit button?”
Well, in that case… a lotta people have asked for an edit button along the way. Ice-T has put forth a compelling case even while pointing out that, yes, people have made arguments against it. Yet if Twitter can provide an edit button (for correcting innocent typos, for example) and also allow for visible edit history (like Facebook does), then maybe it’s really worth giving the people what they want.
And Elon might get credit if this happens, which would be quite something, considering that Twitter tweeted this on April 1: “we are working on an edit button.”
Indie music has grown to include so much. It’s not just music that is released on independent labels, but speaks to an aesthetic that deviates from the norm and follows its own weirdo heart. It can come in the form of rock music, pop, or folk. In a sense, it says as much about the people that are drawn to it as it does about the people that make it.
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Red Hot Chili Peppers — Unlimited Love
Red Hot Chili Peppers returned with the ambitious album Unlimited Love this week, a 17-track epoch that marked their first studio LP in six years. The album is fun but also contains surprising depth, combining breezy hooks with groovy chords (thanks to the return of guitarist John Frusciante) and proving RHCP haven’t lost their edge.
Machine Gun Kelly — Mainstream Sellout
Machine Gun Kelly is no stranger to critics, something he’s self-aware about on his newly No. 1 album Mainstream Sellout. The pop-punk inspired LP features ripping power chords and catchy choruses. While MGK has moved away from making rap music, the album includes a number of high-profile guest verses by rappers like Lil Wayne, Gunna, and Young Thug.
Christian Lee Hutson — Quitters
Frequent Phoebe Bridgers collaborator Christian Lee Hutson dropped his reflective sophomore album Quitters. The project is filled with wistful, ballad-like tracks which sometimes include a thoughtfully arranged orchestral section. Over all, the album shows Hutson’s timeless and resonating sound.
PUP — The Unraveling Of PupTheBand
Beloved Toronto emo rockers PUP dropped their energetic LP The Unraveling Of PupTheBand this week, a polished album that expertly combines both self-effacing humor and generalized dread into a collection of smart and catchy songs. Tracks like “Totally Fine” cope with the band’s newfound fame over spirited riffs with others like “Cutting Off The Corners” have more cathartic melodies.
Pillow Queens — Leave The Light On
Dublin-based four-piece Pillow Queens‘ sophomore album Leave The Light On arrived on Friday. To draw inspiration for the album, the band looked inward. The result is a vast and complex 10-track project exploring contradicting truths within themselves: To be soft-yet-hard, delicate-yet-muscular, alone-yet-together.
Angel Olsen — “All The Good Times”
Fresh off a soulful collaboration with Sharon Van Etten, Angel Olsen has some exciting news about her solo music. This week’s lulling track “All The Good Times” officially announces her seventh studio album Big Time. The tender ballad is infused with some country twang and details the experience of coming out as queer to her parents in her 30s.
Kevin Morby — “Rock Bottom”
Prolific artist Kevin Morby continues the roll out of his album This Is A Photograph with the upbeat, folksy single “Rock Bottom.” The track was written as a tribute to the late Jay Reatard and is inspired by some of the Memphis greats who made boundary-pushing music in their time, but didn’t get recognition until after their death.
The BLSSM — “Not Today”
LA-based musician The BLSSM is a rebel without a cause in their latest track, “Not Today.” The ’90s grunge-inspired anthem is about focusing on all the good life has to offer. About the single, The BLSSM said: “It was written about the small nuances of joy I thieve, collect, and steal to keep in my pocket to get me through an ever rat-race agenda of wanting more, wanting everything and wishing.”
Beach Bunny — “Fire Escape”
On the heels of their buzzy 2020 album Honeymoon, Chicago-based four-piece Beach Bunny returned with a new single and album announcement. Their electrifying track “Fire Escape” opens with a burst of energy before singer Lili Trifilio details the all-too-familiar feeling of being paralyzed by nerves. The track heralds their LP Emotional Creature, which is set for a July release.
Kelly Lee Owens — “Sonic 8”
Two years following the release of her intricate album Inner Song, producer Kelly Lee Owens is ready for a new era of music. Releasing a pair of singles this week, “Sonic 8” and “Olga,” Owens is readying the release of LP.8, an album inspired by her subconscious. Contrasting the ethereal “Olga,” “Sonic 8” features a jarring mix of high-pitch synths and brassy beats.
NoSo — “David”
LA-based musician NoSo returned with the dreamy coming-of-age tune “David.” The song points to their upcoming debut album Stay Proud Of Me and is an energetic and wildly catchy single inspired by a bittersweet dream.
Some of the artists covered here are Warner Music artists. Uproxx is an independent subsidiary of Warner Music Group.
New music from Future may be coming sooner than we think. In a series of tweets, the “Jumping On A Jet” rapper said he may drop a new project in the next few weeks.
Last night, Future tweeted, “Scooter said drop album this month,” referring to his friend and frequent collaborator, Young Scooter, not to be confused with Scooter Braun, manager of Kanye West and Justin Bieber.
In February, Future dropped a single called “Worst Day,” on which he says “Valentine’s Day the worst day.” Last weekend, Future joined Gunna for a performance of “Pushin’ P” on Saturday Night Live. He also collaborated with Lil Durk on the single “Petty Too,” the video of which shows the rappers treating lady friends to a private shopping spree.
While he did not reveal an actual release date for new music, Future implored us to “stay ready stay woke.”
Future’s upcoming album will mark his first since 2020’s High Off Life, which featured collaborations with Youngboy Never Broke Again, Travis Scott, and Drake, the latter of whom appeared on the hit single “Life Is Good.”
The Los Angeles Lakers are rapidly nearing the end of their season, as they currently sit in 11th in the West, two games behind the Spurs with four games to play and San Antonio holding the tiebreaker for the 10-seed.
The eulogies have already begun for this Lakers team, with players lamenting what could’ve been had they stayed healthy, while some prominent figures, like Magic Johnson, are already looking ahead to how the Lakers will approach this summer. It’s all fairly jarring to see a LeBron led team bowing out before the postseason, particularly in the new expanded play-in era, but there will be plenty of time for assessing what went wrong and where blame should be assigned for this season’s failure.
One person who is a mortal lock to take some of the fall for this season is Frank Vogel, as the Lakers head coach is expected to be fired as soon as the season officially ends — with it coming as a mild surprise he made it through this season in full. Vogel’s been on the hot seat since the slow start and was nearly fired midseason, and the lack of marked improvement in the back half of the season has sealed his fate. The bigger question is who will replace him, with some major names currently at the helm of playoff teams leading the way.
According to Jake Fischer of Bleacher Report, two big names come up the most among league personnel when discussing the Lakers soon-to-be vacancy: Doc Rivers of the 76ers and Quin Snyder of the Jazz.
As Marc Stein first reported, Utah Jazz head coach Quin Snyder is perhaps most often mentioned by league figures as a possible Vogel replacement. For now, Snyder remains entrenched in Utah and told Andy Larsen of the Salt Lake Tribune: “My focus is on our guys and our team. And as I said, addressing hypotheticals in these types of questions in any form I feel like is disrespectful.”
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Doc Rivers, the Philadelphia 76ers’ head coach, is another active bench leader being mentioned by league personnel as a potential Lakers candidate. Rivers’ tenure in Philadelphia has also come into question of late, spurred by team president Daryl Morey’s deadline acquisition of James Harden and the mounting speculation that followed about a potential reunification with Harden’s former Rockets head coach Mike D’Antoni.
Fischer notes that there is some question as to whether Snyder would want the Lakers job over other opportunities that could be available to him, namely replacing Gregg Popovich in San Antonio, where job security is far greater. As for Rivers, he’s noted as a possible replacement for Snyder in Utah given his connection to Danny Ainge who is now in the Jazz front office. Still, it’s clear the Lakers plan on going big game hunting (again) for their next head coach, and the prospect of coaching LeBron and Davis will certainly be alluring, given what we saw as the potential in 2020.
However, the last time the Lakers went through this process they banked on prestige and the chance to win a title as being enough to lure the biggest names in coaching to their sidelines, only to see them balk at lowball offers and go elsewhere — namely Tyronn Lue. Whether they’ve learned their lesson this time remains to be seen, because the situation in L.A. is even worse this go around, as they’re coming off of a performance we’ve never seen from a team that had LeBron healthy for the majority of the season, which proves the floor in L.A. is lower than previously imagined. If they want Snyder or Rivers or someone else to pick them over other jobs (including the ones they currently have), they’ll have to come with not just a great pitch on what they’re going to do with the roster, but also be willing to pay like one of the top jobs in the NBA.
If they don’t, the search gets murky once again, with Kurt Rambis’ name (somehow) appearing once again in rumors, among others.
Unfortunately for her, a judge disagreed, granting Cardi’s request for the court to order Tasha K to delete the offending posts and stop making new ones. According to Billboard, Tasha now has five days to delete 21 posts about Cardi per a “permanent injuction” imposed by Judge William M. Ray preventing her from posting references to the rapper in the future — especially with regard to sex work, STIs, or drug addiction.
Tasha K — real name — Latasha Kebe was previously ordered to pay nearly $4 million in restitution, with $2.5 million in damages and $1.3 million in legal costs, after a jury found her liable for defamation, invasion of privacy, and intentional infliction of emotional distress.
Cardi B is a Warner Music artist. Uproxx is an independent subsidiary of Warner Music Group.
Back in October, Travis Barker and Kourtney Kardashian got engaged after the Blink-182 drummer’s grand, romantic beach proposal. Now, after a few months of being engaged, it appears the two have gone ahead and officially tied the knot.
Barker popped up at this past weekend’s Grammys, drumming as HER, Lenny Kravitz, and others performed Kravitz’s “Are You Gonna Go My Way.” Barker’s night apparently didn’t end there, as TMZ reports that after the show, Barker and Kardashian made their way to a Las Vegas (where this year’s Grammys were hosted) wedding chapel at around 1:30 a.m. and got married, complete with a marriage license and an Elvis impersonator conducting the ceremony. TMZ notes having the Elvis impersonator officiate the ceremony was important to the couple.
Furthermore, TMZ notes that following the ceremony, there will be “several” other celebrations of the marriage.
This is Kardashian’s first marriage; While she and Scott Disick have three kids together, they were never actually married. As for Barker, this is his third go at matrimony, as he was previously married to Melissa Kennedy for nine months in 2002 and to Shanna Moakler for about two years before filing for divorce in 2006.
Blink-182 is a Warner Music artist. Uproxx is an independent subsidiary of Warner Music Group.
It’s been about four years since Joyce Manor‘s last album, Million Dollars To Kill Me. Since then, they’ve reworked old material and dug up unreleased songs with Songs From Northern Torrance, as well as remade their crashing 2011 self-titled debut in honor of its ten-year anniversary. Today, they’ve finally returned with brand new music, announcing their sixth studio album 40 Oz. To Fresno. The single “Gotta Let It Go” is out today.
“Gotta Let It Go” is an invigorating, building anthem that shows frontman Barry Johnson using his voice to his advantage by yelling, singing, and even coming close to screaming. 40 Oz. To Fresno was produced by Rob Schnapf, who also produced Cody, and the band recruited Motion City Soundtrack’s Tony Thaxton on the drums.
“This album makes me think of our early tours, drinking a 40 in the van on a night drive blasting Guided By Voices and smoking cigarettes the whole way to Fresno,” Johnson stated.
Watch the video for the searing “Gotta Let It Go” above. Check out the 40 Oz. To Fresno artwork and tracklist below, as well as the band’s upcoming tour dates.
Joyce Manor
1. “Souvenir”
2. “NBTSA”
3. “Reason To Believe”
4. “You’re Not Famous Anymore”
5. “Don’t Try”
6. “Gotta Let It Go”
7. “Dance With Me
8. “Did You Ever Know”
9. “Secret Sisters”
04/11 — Salt Lake City, UT @ The Union
04/13 — Denver, CO @ Mission Ballroom
04/15 — Royal Oak, MI @ Royal OakMusic Theater
04/16 — Chicago, IL @ Radius
04/18 — Pittsburgh, PA @ Stage AE
04/19 — Cleveland, OH @ Agora Theater
04/20 — Baltimore, MD @ Rams Head
04/22 — NYC @ Terminal 4
04/23 — Boston, MA @ Roadrunner
04/24 — Philadelphia, PA @ Franklin Music Hall
04/26 — Richmond, VA @ The National
04/27 — Atlanta, GA @ The Eastern
04/29 — Orlando, FL @ Hard Rock
04/30 — Nashville, TN @ Cannery Ballroom
05/03 — Dallas, TX @ The Factory In Deep Ellum
05/04 — San Antonio, TX @ Vibes Event Center
05/06 — Tempe, AZ @ Marquee Theater
05/07 — Los Angeles, CA @ Shrine
05/08 — San Francisco, CA @ The Warfield
05/10 — Portland, OR @ McMenamins Crystal Ballroom
05/11 — Seattle, WA @ Showbox SoDo
40 Oz. To Fresno is out 6/10 via Epitaph Records. Pre-order it here.
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