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No one really knows what “Pushin P” means, but that hasn’t stopped the trend sparked by Gunna’s DS4EVER single (and his newfound habit of abusing the blue “P” emoji) from spreading like wildfire on Instagram and Twitter. Trend-conscious brand accounts are always on the lookout for memes to co-opt, from Drake’s Certified Lover Boy cover to the red flag emoji craze, so of course, everyone from IHOP to Nike is now “pushin P” on social media — and Gunna unsurprisingly approves, considering it all amounts to free promotion for his No. 1-selling album.

Referred to on Emojipedia as the P Button (its official Unicode title is “Negative Squared Latin Capital Letter P”), the emoji has taken over on Twitter. The International House of Pancakes tweeted, “We’re always pushing ancakes,” while Nike’s account claimed, “We had an internal meeting, and without getting into details, we’re pushin all year.” Gunna was only too happy to big up IHOP’s tweet, declaring, “IHO Pushin.” NBA teams like the Memphis Grizzlies, restaurants like WingStop, and even the freaking Teletubbies are dropping the P Button all over the timeline.

Meanwhile, over on Instagram, one-woman brand Kim Kardashian got in on the fun, captioning a bikini photo, “Beach arty.” Gunna reposted the photo to his Instagram Story, adding, “Capital !!”

The one person adopting the slang that Gunna likely wouldn’t approve of is Freddie Gibbs, the Indiana rapper with whom Gunna has been feuding over snitching accusations. Gibbs has been sarcastically jacking the slang on his Instagram burner as a way to troll Gunna for a lackluster diss record on his new album. However, Gunna probably isn’t paying it too much mind in the wake of his monster first week (and likely second) — he’s way too busy, well, pushin P.

Come April, London’s Holly Humberstone will be gracing the festival stage at Coachella. From there, she’ll be going on tour with Olivia Rodrigo and she’s on one heck of a ride since releasing her The Walls Are Way Too Thin EP last November. Now she has just dropped her first single since the EP came out in the nostalgic “London Is Lonely.”

The song describes the feeling of being in a new home for the first time. Humberstone realizes that her new life is ahead of her while looking back to the past. It’s a sweet examination of the anxiety that arises from this feeling, especially in pandemic times. It’s an honest song that will surely be well-received on tour alongside Rodrigo’s equally emotional tunes.

Humberstone shared a statement on what the song means to her:

“I wrote ‘London Is Lonely’ back in February 2020 right before the pandemic hit here in the UK. I had just moved out of my childhood home down to London and had spent the past few months feeling really trapped and alone in my tiny flat with strangers. London felt so intense and although there were so many people around me, I felt even more isolated and like I didn’t belong. I kind of lost myself in the city. I didn’t exactly know who I was anymore, and so going home and writing felt like my safe space to process everything. It’s funny now listening to the song almost two years on, post-pandemic, and feeling like nothing much has changed at all. I’m still trying to find my place here and make it my home and so it felt right to put this song out into the world right now, when so many other people are probably feeling lost right now too.”

Listen to “London Is Lonely” above.

It’s been more than 25 years since Michael Mann’s Heat arrived in theaters and forever altered people’s lists of perennial favorite movies. In addition to being one of the greatest heist films ever committed to celluloid, the movie marked the first time that Hollywood icons Robert De Niro and Al Pacino had ever shared any real screen time (no, that dissolve shot from The Godfather: Part II doesn’t count). Now, Mann is ready to unleash a new chapter of the beloved crime drama—well, several of them—in the form of Heat 2, a new novel he wrote with award-winning scribe Meg Gardiner, which will be published this summer.

Deadline was the first outlet to break the news about the novel, which will serve as both a prequel and a sequel to the 1995 film. “It’s been my intention for a long time to do the further stories of Heat,” Mann told Deadline. “There was always a rich history or backstory about the events in these people’s lives before 1995 in Heat and projection of where their lives would take them after.”

The book will mark Mann’s first novel, and the first title from Michael Mann Books, which is part of HarperCollins’ William Morrow imprint. It may or may not reveal the genesis of Pacino’s “great ass!” According to Deadline:

The novel Heat 2 starts one day after the events of the film, with a wounded Chris Shiherlis [played by Val Kilmer in Heat] desperate to escape LA. The story moves to both the six years preceding the heist and the years immediately following it, featuring new characters and new worlds of high-end professional crime, with highly cinematic action sequences. The venues range from the streets of L.A. to the inner sanctums of rival Taiwanese crime syndicates in a South American free trade zone, to a massive drug cartel money-laundering operation just over the border in Mexico, and eventually to Southeast Asia. Heat 2 explores the dangerous workings of international criminal organizations with full-blooded portraits of its male and female inhabitants.

Heat 2 will be published on August 9th. You can watch an original trailer for the tome below.

(Via Deadline)

Notoriously elusive rising rapper Snot is not only known for keeping himself tightly swathed in one of his signature hoodies, but he’s recently proved himself a force to be reckoned with. His 2020 albums Beautiful Havoc and Tragedy paired him up with the likes of Flo Milli, Denzel Curry, and Iann Dior and put him on the map with hits like “Gosha” and “Like Me.” Now, Snot is gearing up to kick off the new year with a new album.

The rapper officially unveiled details around his Ethereal album. In line with the announcement, Snot cleared his entire Instagram feed, leaving room for his Ethereal album cover to speak for itself. The LP is set to drop in mid-February and features a number of collaborations with rappers like ASAP Rocky, Trippie Redd, Lil Yachty, Kevin Abstract, and more.

Check out Snot’s Ethereal album cover and tracklist below.

1. “My World (Intro)”
2. “Doja” Feat. ASAP Rocky
3. “Blue Moon” Feat. Teddi Jones
4. “Go!”
5. “5:00 AM”
6. “Alone” Feat. Trippie Redd
7. “Set” Feat. Lil Yachty
8. “Eye Eye Eye” Feat. Kevin Abstract
9. “Euphoric”
10. “Halle Berry” Feat. Juicy J
11. “How U Feel” Feat. Joey Bada$$
12. “Fighting Me”
13. “Attachment”
14. “Once Upon A Time (Outro)”

Ethereal is out 2/11 via 300 Entertainment. Pre-order it here.

Snot is a Warner Music artist. Uproxx is an independent subsidiary of Warner Music Group.

For the better part of a year, there have been rumors that The Batman will be boasting a seriously long runtime when the Matt Reeves-directed film starring Robert Pattinson hits theaters in March. Well, now, we know the final number, and it’s official: The Batman is long. Clocking in at two hours and 55 minutes, The Batman will be the longest solo Batman movie (Batman V Superman and Justice League don’t count), and the second-longest theatrical superhero movie ever behind Avengers: Endgame, which beats the Pattinson film by a mere six minutes.

Via The Hollywood Reporter:

The upcoming movie, which flies into theaters on March 4, centers on Bruce Wayne’s earlier days of fighting crime. The film is full of Batman’s rogues gallery, so it is bound to be complex. Paul Dano plays The Riddler, a serial killer pursued by Batman. Zoë Kravitz plays Catwoman and Colin Farrell appears as the Penguin.

There’s bound to be discussion about releasing a movie this long in the middle of a pandemic, particularly after Spider-Man: No Way Home demonstrated that moviegoers will flock to the theaters for massive superhero tentpoles. (In Warner Bros.’ defense, The Batman will start streaming on HBO Max after just 45 days.) However, there has been talk of The Batman being delayed because of the surge in COVID cases. While WarnerMedia CEO Jason Kilar recently told Puck News that the studio feels “good” about the film’s March 4 release date, he did confirm that they are “certainly paying attention to everything going on with Omicron” and “we’re gonna watch it day by day.”

(Via The Hollywood Reporter)

Melody’s Echo Chamber (aka Melody Prochet) established herself as a psychedelic favorite with her 2012 self-titled debut album, but unfortunately, albums have been few and far between since then. She followed it up with 2018’s Bon Voyage and that’s her most recently released album. Thankfully, a new one is on the way, as today, she announced Emotional Eternal, which is set for release on April 29. She also shared a video for “Looking Backward” today, a spacey and groove-driven single.

Press materials describe the album as “a glorious consolidation of the lessons learned along the way, seen through the eyes of someone who has taken a step back, and who can see clearly as a result.” Prochet also says of the new song, “‘Looking Backward’ is a vivid, nonchalant, poetic march to the Unknown. I wrote the lyrics on my way to Stockholm, in transit at the airport, there was a man creating light reflections with his watch and playing with light on the floors and walls. It felt like an act coming from a source of pure creativity, it made me happy to catch it and inspired me to write the song.”

Director Hyoyon Paik also noted of the video, “It was a truly joyful experience to tap into Melody’s world and use my CGI skill to visualize it. This piece demonstrates how artists can utilize digital avatars and CGI to deliver a grander and more immersive narrative in this exciting time, where the digital world and reality are integrated more than ever before.”

Watch the “Looking Backward” video above and find the Emotional Eternal art and tracklist below.

1. “Emotional Eternal”
2. “Looking Backward”
3. “Pyramids In The Clouds”
4. “The Hypnotist”
5. “Personal Message”
6. “Where The Water Clears The Illusion”
7. “A Slow Dawning Of Peace”
8. “Alma_The Voyage”

Emotional Eternal is out 4/29 via Domino. Pre-order it here.

Here’s a fun trivia question to ask your family the next time there’s an interminable lull in the conversation: “Which Oscar winner did Martha Stewart date?” If you guessed “Shrek,” I’m sorry, but that’s incorrect. The correct answer is Anthony Hopkins.

“I dated Sir Anthony Hopkins but broke up with him because I couldn’t stop thinking of him as Hannibal Lecter,” Snoop Dogg’s best friend revealed on The Ellen DeGeneres Show. “I have a big, scary house in Maine that’s way by itself on a hundred acres in a forest and I couldn’t even imagine taking Anthony Hopkins there. I couldn’t because all I could think of was him eating… you know.”

What does Martha have against liver and fava beans? Oh. Right.

Stewart didn’t specify when she dated the actor, but considering she divorced her first husband in 1990 and The Silence of the Lambs came out in 1991, it was probably in the early 1990s. Or maybe it was 1996. Cannibalism was very popular in 1996.

This isn’t the first time that Stewart has discussed her fling with Hopkins. “Oh, I loved [Anthony], but he was… scary. I was going to invite him up to Maine; I have this beautiful home in Maine… but then I reconsidered because I saw that movie again,” she told Howard Stern during a 2006 interview. He replied, “Do you want someone eating your brain while you are sitting in your beautiful dining room in Maine?”

If he wore this outfit…

… maybe.

(Via BuzzFeed)

Bob Saget’s wife Kelly Rizzo has spoken about her husband for the first time since his sudden death earlier this month. Rizzo and Saget would have celebrated their three-year wedding anniversary later this year. Rizzo spoke to GMA about her experience since his death on January 9th, just one day after performing on his stand-up tour.

“Everything I’ve been surrounded by has been a reminder of him and a memory of him,” she said. “It’s been very, very sad, but very beautiful.”

“I love you so much and I can’t wait to see you tomorrow,” was the last text Rizzo received from Saget, who was on his way back to his hotel room in Orlando, Florida at the time. “He was happy and just loving what he did. It made him so happy to bring laughter to people,” she said.

Rizzo called attention to Saget’s last Instagram post, a selfie with a heartfelt reflection on what would ultimately be his last show: “I’m back in comedy like I was when I was 26. I guess I’m finding my new voice and loving every moment of it.”

“He just wanted to spread love and laughter and he did it so amazingly.” Rizzo continued, “I am just so proud of him because he truly brought people together. I was just so honored to be his wife and to be a part of it.”

Rizzo also spoke to The Today Show this morning, “Anyone he met and even spent any time with at all, he told them he loved them endlessly and tirelessly. And that was his entire message. If you knew Bob, and he loved you, you knew it. There was never, ever a doubt in your mind.”

Many of Saget’s peers and friends have spoken about the late comedian, including Jimmy Kimmel, and the cast of Saget’s hit comedy Full House. His impact clearly reaches far and wide.

Watch Rizzo’s moving interview with Hoda Kotb below.

Since 1970, the New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival has been a diverse reflection of music and culture in America. With over a dozen stages showcasing artists, chefs, and thinkers alike, the music and arts festival takes over the heart of New Orleans every year. Trouble is, it’s been a few years since the festival has been able to operate as both the 2020 and 2021 editions were cancelled because of conditions surrounding the COVID-19 pandemic. But if there’s anything that New Orleans has proven over time, it’s that the spirit of the city can endure anything and she’ll be ready to host the newly announced monster slate of artists for the 2022 edition, from April 29th to May 8th.

Taking place across two weekends, the primary headliners include The Who, Stevie Nicks, Foo Fighters, Jimmy Buffet, Luke Combs, Lionel Richie, Erykah Badu, The Black Crowes, and Willie Nelson. And that just really scratches the surface of the literally hundreds of acts appearing at the fest this year. There’s a bevy of NOLA staples on the roster like Trombone Shorty & Orleans Avenue, Big Freedia, The Revivalists, Preservation Hall Jazz Band, Tank & The Bangas, and The Dirty Dozen Brass Band. But there’s also notable acts from across the spectrum like Death Cab For Cutie, Norah Jones, Jason Isbell & 400 Unit, Ziggy Marley playing the songs of Bob Marley, and Kool & The Gang.

Get more details on the fest, check out the full lineup of performers across both weekends, and get your tickets here.

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

Big news in the candy world today. As part of a new campaign to ensure that the M&M characters represent the world around them, Mars has announced that the colorful characters, who appear in TV commercials and movie theater advertisements, will now have a “more dynamic, progressive” look that focuses on their personalities instead of their gender and appearances. (Read: they’re done trying to make everyone horny with the green one.)

Via CBS News:

The most notable changes include the green M&M’s redesign, which will exchange the white heeled go-go boots she was given in 1997 for “cool, laid-back sneakers to reflect her effortless confidence.” Mars had received criticism for the green M&M’s sexy characterization. The green M&M will also be “better represented to reflect confidence and empowerment, as a strong female, and known for much more than her boots.”

In addition to de-sexualizing a chocolate candy cartoon, Mars will also highlight the orange M&M’s mental health struggles, and yes, you’re reading all of this right. This is actually happening:

The orange M&M, who has an anxious personality, will “embrace his true self, worries and all.” But the orange M&M’s shoe laces will now be tied to represent his cautious nature. According to Mars, the orange M&M is “one of the most relatable characters with Gen-Z,” which is the “most anxious generation.”

Needless to say, the internet had lots of thoughts about a candy company coming right out and saying, “Hey, could you guys please not want to have sex with the green one? Seriously.”

You can see some of the reactions below:

And, finally, this last one really gives you something to think about. Where’s the societal urge to make this bold, radical change happen?

(Via CBS News)