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Ambulance is honestly everything I ever wanted from a movie titled Ambulance. (To the point, this one time, I openly admit the title of this piece is fully set up on a tee to be quoted on an Ambulance poster.)

When the pandemic started, oh, I don’t even know how long ago now, I wound up rewatching a lot of action movies from the late ’80s and early ’90s. Now, these are movies I knew I liked, but, rewatching them – like, actually, rewatching them; not in a passive, “it happens to be on cable” way, but, instead, “sit down and watch it from start to finish” way – something weird happened. They weren’t just something I enjoyed. They were now glorious. After 20 some years of over-the-top CGI stunts (that, somehow, seems to be getting worse), as opposed to real stunts, seeing movies that had actual car chases and stunt work made my brain short circuit a bit. Because I’m so used to seeing fake-looking CGI, my brain rarely responds. But when I watch those older movies with real stunt work – say, something like Speed – my brain thinks it’s real and starts releasing adrenaline and I feel really good. Micheal Bay’s Ambulance made me feel like this again. I watched this movie in an almost empty screening room and there were times I found myself applauding. (Bay admits the little CGI in this movie, he’s not happy with it.)

The bad news about Ambulance is, from my experience, the human body cannot release enough adrenaline to keep up with the movie, so it just kind of putters out and there’s nothing left by the end. I honestly left this movie exhausted. Not in a negative, “I didn’t enjoy this and now I’m exhausted,” kind of way. But more, “I spent all day playing touch football, or whatever, and I had a great time and now I want to go to bed.”

If you’ve seen the trailer for Ambulance, maybe you’re thinking, oh, I bet they saved most of the action scenes for this. No. Ambulance clocks in at 136 minutes and I would guess around 70 percent of those minutes are devoted to an intense car chase. Or, more specifically, an intense Ambulance chase.

There is a plot. I will explain it. Yahya Abdul-Mateen plays Will, a veteran who has been denied insurance coverage for an experimental surgery for his wife, who is desperately in need of money. The good news for Will is that his adopted brother, Danny (Jake Gyllenhaal, who is having the time of his life), is a notorious bank robber. Unfortunately for Will, Danny won’t just give him the money – Danny said it’s all currently tied up in this new heist being planned – but invites Will to join the team for a bank robbery and a split of their bounty.

As you may have guessed from the trailer, things do not go smoothly. Surrounded by police (led by Garret Dillahunt who is very good as “the person who knows what to do and how to get things done”), Danny and Will hijack an ambulance. Along with the ambulance comes an EMT named Cam (Eiza González), who is considered the best at her job. And her patient, Zach (Jackson White), a police officer bleeding out because he was shot by Will. (There’s a particularly gnarly scene halfway through this movie where Zach’s spleen explodes (I said, “Oh good god,” out loud by myself when this happened) and Cam has to perform surgery on Zach in an Ambulance that is currently involved in a car chase. What a movie.

Even going back to Armageddon, Michael Bay seems to be fascinated with people who are “the best at what they do.” Bruce Willis’s Harry Stamper was the best driller in the world, so he’s the only one who can save Earth. In Ambulance we have the best bank robber, the best EMT, the best former military soldier, the best LAPD captain, and the best bank-robbing task force FBI agent. Everyone is THE BEST. Admittedly, when everyone has been touted as the best, it did create a situation where I didn’t know quite how this movie would end. Even though a movie like this, it should be reasonably easy to guess the ending. But if everyone is the best, how can anyone fail?

If you’re looking for a movie with deeper meaning and a statement on the world today, Ambulance probably isn’t going to satisfy that urge. If you want an almost two-hour-long car chase, with real stunts and sweeping drone shots and Jake Gyllenhaal going for it as much as he’s ever gone for it before in his career, that has no ties to any existing IP or franchise (though Bay can’t resist making references to both The Rock and Bad Boys) you will like Ambulance.

Look, I’m not a scientist, but, again, chances are, during this movie, you will just run out of adrenaline. Your body will say, “sorry, tapped out, you’re on your own.” So my advice is you might want to pre-schedule in some time for a nap right after. Please make more movies with real stunts. Please make more movies like Ambulance.

‘Ambulance’ opens in theaters this weekend.

This is one convoluted mess, so let’s work through it. Jon Stewart recently pushed back at conservative writer Andrew Sullivan, who had taken umbrage following his appearance on The Problem with Jon Stewart. Sullivan was quite upset and accused the Apple TV+ booker of tricking him into a panel meant to discuss racism, with Sullivan standing alone in his perspective. He claimed to feel “ambushed,” and Stewart pushed back, calling Sullivan’s claim “nonsense” while holding onto the stance that Sullivan was fully informed of the panel’s subject matter. The former The Daily Show host also accused Sullivan of “high maintenance shenanigans” and asked, “[C]an we stop with the lazy ‘woke’ sh*t anytime someone disagrees with a conservative”?

Well, Fox News host Laura Ingraham isn’t here for stopping with the “woke” criticisms, so she torched Stewart on primetime while branding him a “race clown.”

Via Mediaite, she ranted, “The only thing funny about Jon Stewart these days is how blissfully self-unaware he is.” Then she added of the Sullivan panel, “Now, this guy was so afraid of debating Andrew Sullivan one-on-one that needed to have the whole situation be like a three against one.”

Harmeet K. Dhillon later joined Ingraham before tweeting a clip to accuse Stewart of “disgraceful pandering to race huckster Lisa Bond” during the Sullivan panel.

Well, Ingraham wanted a response, and she got one. “Hello @IngrahamAngle Thanks for taking a quick break from scaring the sh*t out of old people to cancel me!” he declared. “Don’t think of my panel as a 3 on one ambush…think of it as my new show ‘The Four’. You’re network is…how did you describe Zelensky…Pathetic!”

Also, Jon Stewart would like an edit button too, Elon Musk.

It’s kind-of wild for Stewart to be weighing in on Twitter, since he resisted joining for so long. Presumably, he’s doing so because his show is semi-weekly, not nightly (slightly inconvenient for sure). Regardless, one can expect Ingraham to do some more firing back soon.

Texas-based folk duo Hovvdy released the enveloping True Love last year on the first day of fall. Now it’s spring and they’ve unveiled a rich, jangly ballad called “Town.” Though Charlie Martin and Will Taylor are most known for their storytelling lyrics, the layered, coruscating instrumentals make the song some of their best material yet.

“Writing and recording ‘Town’ helped me break out of a relatively dark place,” Martin said about the song. “There was catharsis in almost every layer — I remember crying recording the mellotron flutes. I’m not sure why, but with ‘Town’ I wanted the instrumental to do the heavy lifting, leaning less on storytelling. In that way, the song’s meaning isn’t terribly specific, but for me it’s about missing your friends and hoping they miss you.”

The emotional intensity is embedded into the soaring guitars and the dynamic harmonies.

In our interview with the band in October, we asked them if they had any moments as a music fan when they were listening to a song and thought, “Oh, I can do this too.” Martin said, “Just realizing that, as long as you’re kind of decent or can fumble yourself through some stuff on guitar and keyboard and drums, and realizing that it’s about the layering and the chemistry of a recording. That was, I think, something we both discovered in that early bedroom pop phase.”

If one word could sum up the charm of Hovvdy, it’s “chemistry.”

Listen to “Town” above.

Tory Lanez was arrested during today’s court hearing in his ongoing assault case after a judge found that he violated Megan Thee Stallion’s restraining order against him. Rolling Stone‘s Nancy Dillon, reporting on the case from the Los Angeles court, reported via Twitter.

“Tory Lanez was handcuffed in court and remanded to custody until he posts new bail of $350,000 in Megan Thee Stallion felony assault case,” she wrote. “Judge found him in violation of discovery protective order and personal contact order.” In a follow-up tweet, she continued, “Judge David Herriford heard nearly an hour of argument about Lanez’s tweets and said some ‘seem to be clear messages’ to Megan. He added new condition to Lanez’s release that he’s ‘not to mention the complaining witness in this case in any social media.’ Trial date set for 9/14.”

The court issued a protective order against the Canadian rapper in October of 2020 after Megan accused him of shooting her in her feet. Tory was also ordered to surrender any guns he owns and ordered to pay $190,000 bail. He previously violated the protective order in 2021, when he appeared as DaBaby’s surprise guest at an eventful Rolling Loud festival in Miami. While he has maintained his innocence in the shooting, he’s also been accused of trying to manipulate public opinion via social media proxies such as DJ Akademiks.

Not everyone is excited about Harry Styles‘ upcoming third album, Harry’s House. That includes Noel Gallagher, who called Styles’ music “worthless” and accused Styles of not writing his own songs in a recent interview with Daily Star (as Yahoo notes).

“You’re not telling me Harry Styles is currently in a room somewhere writing a song,” Gallagher said. “With any joy, he’ll be surrounded by a lot of girls. I can assure you he’s not got an acoustic guitar out trying to write a middle eight for something.”

It’s worth noting that Styles is credited as a co-writer on every single track on both of his previous albums, Harry Styles and Fine Line, and on the Harry’s House lead single, “As It Was.” The former One Direction member has also penned tracks for the likes of Ariana Grande and Bleachers.

The former Oasis member also decried reality music competition shows like The X Factor, saying “The X Factor is a TV show, it’s got nothing to do with music, it’s got nothing to do with music whatsoever, and anything that has come from that, that’s got nothing to do with music.”

Styles — along with Liam Payne, Niall Horan, Zayn Malik, and Louis Tomlinson — famously formed their band One Direction on The X Factor in 2010.

This week was, in case you haven’t heard, an important week for music with the Grammys taking place on Sunday night and featuring performances from monumental stars like Olivia Rodrigo, Billie Eilish, Justin Bieber, and more. However, it was also just a great week for releases. Harry Styles returned with “As It Was,” his first new material since 2019’s critically-acclaimed Fine Line; Caroline Polachek followed up her recent, mesmeric single “Billions” with a cosmic collaboration with Flume, “Sirens.” And those are just some of the highlights.

Each week, Uproxx rounds up the best new pop releases. Listen up.

Shawn Mendes – “When You’re Gone”

Though Shawn Mendes and Camila Cabello’s split was amicable, Mendes recently started showing his more vulnerable side, opening up about the pain of heartbreak. “When You’re Gone” dives straight into that ache; it’s as honest as it could possibly be, yet the sound is relentlessly upbeat and invigorating. Despite the sad situation, the song has a texture of hope.

5 Seconds Of Summer – “Take My Hand”

The pop-punk boy band have been unleashing some killer singles recently, including this resonant, existential anthem. Living is not easy, and sometimes the years just fly by without you even realizing it; 5 Seconds Of Summer capture this disillusioned feeling well on this track, singing: “Shallow hearts for shallow minds / That ache to be alive.”

Surfaces – “I Can’t Help But Feel”

This groovy, ’70s-influenced song that bursts with unapologetic excitement and an urge to move is perfect for springtime. Its energy is absolutely contagious during a time where we all collectively need a reason to get up and dance away our problems.

Flume, Caroline Polachek – “Sirens”

This collaboration between Flume and Caroline Polachek is overdue. The Australian DJ’s intense electronic sound mixes perfectly with Polachek’s idiosyncratic pop; together, they’ve created this otherwordly song that sounds completely singular and unique.

Glass Animals – “Solar Power” (Lorde Cover)

“Heat Waves” singers had big shoes to fill with this cover of Lorde’s “Solar Power,” the anthem that kicked off her return to music last year. They did the song justice, though, using the charisma that emanates from their own music. It’s a celebration that gets bigger with each second, and by the time it ends you have no choice but to hit repeat.

Kehlani, Justin Bieber – “Up At Night”

This Kehlani and Justin Bieber collaboration is another crossover we never knew we needed. Both singers have a knack for an alluring, hypnotic blending of R&B and pop, and this combination is better than ever with both of their voices on top of it.

Harry Styles – “As It Was”

Though this song has people freaking out, it’s very tame and breezy, like Wallows or Dayglow. It’s bittersweet, lamenting the passage of time and the way things — feelings, people, places — change. The longing, though, is still here: “I want you to hold out the palm of your hand / Why don’t we leave it at that?” he sings.

Ezekiel – “I’ll Be Okay”

Hyperpop stalwart Ezekiel did not disappoint with this glitchy, disorienting track that feels like traveling to another planet in just two minutes. The different sounds and voices blend together into an addictive, hallucinogenic mélange that you can dance to at the club or listen to in your bedroom when you’re feeling down.

Sadie – “Nowhere”

This anthem by Sadie is as eccentric as Polachek and Ezekiel; her autotuned vocals are bewitching against weird sonic landscapes in a Bladee-like way. Her forthcoming EP is produced by Joe Valle (Wet) and Maya Laner (True Blue, Porches), so she’s definitely worth keeping an eye on.

Lilyisthatyou – “All About Me”

Lilyisthatyou is here to wreak havoc. That’s exactly what this unhinged anthem is looking to do, and it works: “Everywhere I go bring the drama / Blame it on my ego or your karma,” she quips in an intoxicating drawl. It brings to mind stars like Slayyyter or Kim Petras.

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

With Coi Leray’s debut album Trendsetter dropping this Friday, the New Jersey rapper stopped by The Tonight Show to show off a bit of what the album has to offer. Rather than focusing on any individual songs from the album, she chose to go with a medley of some of her hits from the past year that will appear on it, including “No More Parties,” “Twinnem,” and her new single with Nicki Minaj, “Blick Blick.”

Rocking a pair of distressed skinny jeans, a crop top, a trucker hat, and furry boots, Coi performed the songs on an airbrushed stage backed by a graffiti wall and surrounded by denim-clad dancers. She only played a snippet of “No More Parties” — understandable, considering she played the song during her previous appearance on The Tonight Show — then followed up with a chorus from “Twinnem” before going all-in on “Blick Blick.” While Nicki didn’t appear to perform her verse, Coi and her dancers ran through some choreography to allow the moment to shine.

Trendsetter will feature 20 songs, with guest appearances from Nicki, Yung Bleu, Young MA, HER, G Herbo, Lil Durk, Lil Tecca, A Boogie Wit Da Hoodie, and Pooh Shiesty.

Watch Coi Leray’s colorful performance on The Tonight Show above.

Despite attempts to downplay her QAnon nuttiness, which sadly propelled her into office, Marjorie Taylor Greene couldn’t help herself this week as the Georgia congresswoman hurled a pretty gross accusation at three Republican senators for breaking ranks and moving forward Ketanji Brown Jackson‘s Supreme Court nomination. On Monday, senators Susan Collins, Lisa Murkowski, and Mitt Romney voted to bring Jackson’s nomination to the floor while the rest of the party held strong in attempting to deny giving President Joe Biden a win. A tactic the GOP often used on his former boss, Barack Obama.

“Murkowski, Collins, and Romney are pro-pedophile,” Greene tweeted on Tuesday morning. “They just voted for #KBJ.”

While it doesn’t make her accusation any less incendiary and detached from reality, there is a method to Greene’s madness. During Jackson’s Senate confirmation hearing, several Republicans tried to latch on to a child pornography sentencing handed down by Jackson that they felt was too lenient. However, legal experts quickly weighed in that Jackson’s sentence was on par with federal guidelines and fitting for the case, which involved an 18-year-old gay man who looked at nude images of teens close to his age.

But for the QAnon crowd, who’s never met an adversary they wouldn’t accuse of being a child predator, this was fertile ground, so naturally, Greene couldn’t resist firing of a tweet. However, a quick spin through the responses shows the Georgia rep is getting absolutely roasted, which isn’t hard to do considering her close partnership with fellow GOP congressman Matt Gaetz, who is currently under investigation for sex trafficking. There were also plenty of mentions for Greene’s contemporary, Lauren Boebert, whose husband was once arrested for exposing himself to teen girls at a bowling alley.

You can see some of the reactions to Greene below:

(Via Marjorie Taylor Greene on Twitter)

After once again embarrassing herself on the national stage by bouncing around restaurants in New York after testing positive for COVID, former Alaskan governor turned failed vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin announced last week that she’s running for Congress. In what would mark her biggest return to the world of politics after resigning as governor shortly after she and John McCain lost against Barack Obama and now-president Joe Biden, Palin is running for the seat vacated by Republican Don Young who passed away in March.

However, Palin has already picked up a crucial endorsement: Donald Trump. Despite not having the best reputation for repaying people for their loyalty, Trump issued a statement backing Palin. Although, it did not include a noticeable jab at the late John McCain, who Trump has noticeably detested over the years.

“Sarah lifted the McCain presidential campaign out of the dumps despite the fact that she had to endure some very evil, stupid, and jealous people within the campaign itself,” Trump wrote. “They were out to destroy her, but she didn’t let that happen. Sarah Palin is tough and smart and will never back down.”

After catching wind of Trump’s endorsement, Jimmy Kimmel couldn’t resist taking a jab at the circus beginning to unfold. Via Mediaite:

“But I guess the Masked Singer money dried up and Sarah’s running for office,” Kimmel added, poking fun at Palin’s latest gig.

“Trump endorsing Sarah Palin is like paste-eating endorsing glue-sniffing,” cracked the host. “It’s ridiculous.”

Kimmel also poked fun at Trump’s statement referring to Palin as “tough” and “smart,” which was quite the claim. “Even for Trump, it’s impressive to fit three lies into an 11-word sentence,” Kimmel quipped.

(Via Mediaite)

Whoa, baby! Fielding questions about where babies come from can be a full-time job, especially when you’ve got a classroom full of curious kids. Most times, this big question is left to the parents, who sometimes give elaborate answers that they invariably need to correct when the child is older. I’ve heard parents tell kids that babies come from watermelon seeds that get accidentally swallowed or that a stork drops babies off on doorsteps (I’ve yet to hear where the stork gets this unsuspecting child). People can spin some tall tales in an effort to avoid answering the question of where babies come from and how they get out.

A K-5 science teacher in North Carolina decided she was going to answer questions from her curious second grade class with age-appropriate truthful answers. Nancy Bullard, 32, was preparing for maternity leave with her first child and realized she would need to inform her class that she would be out for a few months so they wouldn’t be concerned.

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Bullard told Today Parents, “I didn’t want them to get caught off guard when I stopped coming to school. Plus, I wanted to reassure them that my leave was temporary.” Bullard has a rotating group of students that come through her science lab weekly and she decided to turn her expected absence into a lesson she titled “Baby Bonanza.” During the lesson, the kids were able to draw the baby and guess his birthday, weight and time of birth.

Bullard also said the students gave her very cute parenting advice and tips on how to be a good mom. Some of this included singing the baby a song to throwing a piece of cheese on its face. The cheese was inspired by a TikTok video, the child admitted, but other gems included feeding and changing the baby, while one child suggested running away if the baby started crying.

When Mrs. B. returned to work after welcoming her first child, Sam, a baby boy, the kids were ready to learn more, and Mrs. B did not disappoint. Bullard told Today Parents, “I wanted to take a few minutes to catch up with students, introduce them to my son, and let them ask questions. When I wrote my lesson plan for this day I planned to spend about five minutes answering questions, but ended up spending nearly 20 minutes doing so.”

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The students were filled with curiosity when their teacher returned. One asked “Is it difficult to have a baby?” to which Mrs. B. responded, “Yeah, yeah it is. It’s pretty tough.” Another student asked if the baby slept with his mom and dad, while another wanted to know the big question. You know: Where do babies come from? Without missing a beat, Bullard answered like the science teacher she is, with “They come from an organ called your uterus,” while pointing to her lower belly.

Bullard explained to Today that she taught a lesson earlier in the year about organs and organ function to her kids in K-5. “Regardless of age, all my students understand the basic concept of pregnancy: There was a baby inside me, now that baby is out, and I spent maternity leave taking care of him … Students were interested, curious, and excited to get their questions answered,” the new mom said. “As a science teacher, I welcome curiosity and always strive to answer questions factually.”

The elementary science teacher shared the video on TikTok and Instagram, “Mrs. B TV,” where the video has racked up more than 7 million views across the two platforms.

May all children be so lucky as to have a Mrs. B. at some point in their school career.