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Angering her co-hosts on The View is practically Meghan McCain‘s signature move at this point, but on Monday, things reached a whole new level when McCain finally caused Whoopi Goldberg to lose her cool. During a contentious segment on Marjorie Taylor Greene‘s controversial remarks comparing mask mandates to the Holocaust, McCain attempted to deflect the conversation away from Greene, a fellow Republican, and on to a recent spate of anti-Semitic violence. It’s a tactic McCain tried to pull last week in regards to Matt Gaetz, and once again, it led to a shouting match with Joy Behar.

However, this time around, the situation exploded even further when Whoopi attempted to throw to commercial. Obviously, the panel was running out of time, but instead of remembering how TV works, McCain started yelling, “Why are you cutting me off?” which was the final straw for Whoopi.

“I’m cutting you off because we have to go, Meghan!” a visibly frustrated Whoopi yelled, causing McCain to sheepishly look down. “Why do you think I’m cutting you off?”

You could tell the situation was going south earlier in the segment when it was McCain’s turn to talk (at the 5:53 mark below). After attempting to change the subject, she began ranting about people being “red-pilled” to never criticize The Squad, and you can audibly hear Whoopi sigh at her remarks before the clip ends:

After the red pill comment, McCain and Behar butted heads after the veteran The View co-host said she “resented” McCain’s accusation that the show looks the other way when it comes to anti-Semitism. Via Mediaite:

Not wanting to give an inch, McCain shot back “I resent a lot of things, so we’re even.”

“I’ve been talking about anti-Semitism for 25 freaking years,” Behar fired back. “Don’t tell me what I’m supposed to be saying, Meghan. You do your thing and we do ours.”

Clearly, McCain took Behar up on our offer to do her thing because moments later she was yelling about being cut off and getting put her in place by Whoopi for it.

(Via The View on Twitter)

The Utah Jazz fell flat in Game 1 of their first round series with the Grizzlies on Sunday night, losing 112-109 in a game that didn’t feel that close for much of the second half. The two big issues for Utah were turnovers and shooting, as they had 14 turnovers on the night to just nine for Memphis and shot a putrid 25.5 percent from the field.

It was a poor showing and after the game one couldn’t help but wonder how it could’ve gone differently had Donovan Mitchell been able to go after he was a late scratch due to his continued recovery from a right ankle sprain. It’s the 17th straight game Mitchell has missed for the Jazz, but this absence was different in that he had said after shootaround that he was “ready to go” and expected to play. When word broke that wouldn’t be the case, it came as a surprise to many, including Mitchell and his teammates, like Rudy Gobert.

After the game, Mitchell voiced his frustrations a bit on Twitter in the form of a tweet apologizing to fans and saying, “I wish I could say more,” about the situation.

That hinted at some behind the scenes turmoil in Utah, which we got reported out in a bit more detail by Brian Windhorst and Tim MacMahon of ESPN on Monday morning. They said Mitchell was “incensed” by the late scratch and that this “deepened tensions” that have apparently been lingering for some time regarding the cautious nature of how Utah is handling his return from injury. It’s not a surprise that the Jazz are looking to protect their star who they invested heavily in this past offseason for the long-term, but it’s also understandable why Mitchell wants to be back on the floor ASAP.

The Jazz, as the 1-seed, are in a position they haven’t been in during this current run and they have to feel like this year presents as good of an opportunity to make a Finals run through the West as any because of their homecourt advantage. That is something they’ve now lost for this first round series as they’ll need to take a game in Memphis at some point after losing Game 1, and that it ended up being a three-point game after Memphis led by as many as 17 will only add to Mitchell’s frustration that his presence would’ve yielded a different outcome.

This isn’t the first time there’s been some internal fraying in Utah that’s been reported, as last year there were ample reports of issues between Mitchell and Gobert that have been squashed since. Now Quin Snyder and company have another job to do on top of making adjustments for Game 2, as they apparently need to get Mitchell back on the same page with the organization.

Marjorie Taylor Greene continues to embarrass the heck out of the Republican party following her temper tantrum over masks on the House floor, which left her with a $500-lighter paycheck while she accused Pelosi of subjecting congresspeople to a Holocaust-style environment. MTG has apparently never heard of Godwin’s law and decided to suggest that she’s being made to wear the Star of David. In response, multiple GOP lawmakers (including Rep. Liz Cheney, Rep. Adam Kinzinger, and Rep. Peter Meijer) slammed her “evil lunacy,” but this didn’t appear to ruffle Greene.

Nope, the congresswoman from Georgia kept on doing her thing. Not only did she double down on the Holocaust remarks, but she went back to her random-seeming tweets about “communism” and such. In the process, she clashed with Robert Reich, who served as Labor Secretary under Bill Clinton and also worked as part of Barack Obama, Gerald Ford, and Jimmy Carter’s administrations. Still, Greene didn’t appear to know who the heck he was and thought Reich was some rando when he tweeted, “Can we all agree that Marjorie Taylor Green must be expelled from Congress?”

Greene took time to correct him for misspelling her last name, and then she misspelled “Berkeley” while revealed her complete lack of knowledge as to Reich’s identity. She wrote, “Don’t know you, but when I saw Berkley in your bio, I got it. Just put the hammer and sickle with it.” Greene then added, “Being a communists professor, you’ve never done the real hard work that builds the economy, you just teach ideas that will destroy it.”

Then Greene decided to go off on Berkeley for being, in her words, “funded heavily by China.” She then declared, “Again back to communism. These people are everything wrong in America and they are taking over like kudzu. Let’s throw them out.”

This, of course, led to Twitter responses galore, including one user who branded her as “the loud drunk lady at the end of the bar.” This user also pointed out that Berkeley must be “failing badly” at being a “communists college,” given that their alumni includes dozens of billionaires.

People are also wondering if Greene even knows what communism means, or simply that it’s something that Republicans are supposed to hate. Does she know anything about Berkeley as well? The jury is out. Also, complaining about a misspelling in a tweet before going on to misspell “Berkeley” is pretty rich.

The RX is Uproxx Music’s stamp of approval for the best albums, songs, and music stories throughout the year. Inclusion in this category is the highest distinction we can bestow, and signals the most important music being released throughout the year. The RX is the music you need, right now.

Whether you love Olivia Rodrigo or not, the impact of her debut album Sour on modern pop ethos will outlast anyone’s positive or negative feelings — including her own. The album is a smash, straight out of the gate, carried by the commercial success of 2021’s biggest single, “Drivers License,” and building more momentum with the top-ten placement of its second (and best) single, “Deja Vu,” and the fan-favorite, pop-punk-cribbing “Good 4 U.” Even after these three bangers, the other eight tracks on Sour are arguably even better, with all but three sticking to the rather one-note breakup storyline that the initial singles ushered in.

But after a year where the future of the music industry seemed uncertain due to the impact of the pandemic on live music, it’s sort of a relief that a brand new artist can still have this kind of universally-acclaimed debut. A dearth of new releases, festivals and shows didn’t weaken the industry at all, instead it seems to have driven fans’ devotion to new heights. Whether it’s teenagers on TikTok or millenials who have been prepared for a pop storyteller like Olivia by the preceding generation of stars like Taylor Swift and Lorde, Rodrigo’s ability to quickly ingest contemporary references and incorporate them into her own sound is a blueprint for how a new wave of pop stars could find success. Like hip-hop’s endless self-referential cycles, that kind of world-building — but in the pop realm — is exactly what makes Sour an instant classic.

Olivia’s introductory track, the slow-burning, torchy “Drivers License” doesn’t have a lot of company on her debut full-length, out this past Friday, and that’s also a good thing. The hit single became something of an anomaly for a pop song in the streaming era, doing hip-hop numbers and turning the sometimes-Disney star into a global sensation in what felt like an overnight push. The truth is, Tim Federle, creator and showrunner for High School Musical: The Musical: The Series (yes, that’s really the show’s name) realized quite quickly that Rodrigo was a songwriting genius of her own when she began filing original music for the show, starting with her first-ever release, “All I Want.” Federle told Billboard that when he hit Olivia up for a song the script called for, it only took her three days to produce that initial track. “I sent Olivia this email, being like, ‘I think Nini needs a song, and I think you should be the person who tries to write it,’” he said. “And I remember three days later, Olivia was sort of sheepishly like, ‘I’ve got a little something, do you mind if I show you?’”

Since then, she’s put the sheepishness to bed, even if a handful of the best songs on the short 34-minute record do deal directly with insecurity, anxiety, and the monumental challenges plenty of Gen Z kids are facing. The strongest track on the whole album, “Jealousy, Jealousy,” speaks directly to the comparison-panic that constant surveillance on Instagram and other social media can breed, “Brutal” takes off the rose-colored glasses of youth and spills out highly-relatable pop-punk angst, and though it might the weakest, “Hope Ur OK” explores some of the more troubling backgrounds of kids from her past in a way that immediately evokes Conan Gray’s “The Story.” Gray is perhaps the only other Gen Z songwriter who is on par with Rodrigo, and though he hasn’t quite hit the record-breaking No. 1 single threshold that she has, his gigantic streaming numbers indicate a similarly-electrified fanbase. Both of these songwriters were born and raised on Taylor Swift, and it isn’t surprising that their reverence for her informs an intimate, soul-baring style that’s catapulted them both to the top.

The bulk of Sour follows a very well-tread path for an acolyte of Taylor Swift — barn-burning anthems about the men who will never get away from the sound of the women who love them. “Traitor” runs down all the ways betrayal can happen in a relationship that have nothing to do with physical behavior, while “Favorite Crime” accepts the culpability for willingly participating in a relationship that betrays the self. “Happier” is a song that’s quite depressing, already drawing more comparisons to Taylor’s own evermore track “Happiness,” and the heartbreaking “One Step Forward, Three Steps Back” interpolates the piano melody from “New Year’s Day,” to chronicle a rollercoaster relationship instead of a settled partnership.

In that same vein, “Good 4 U” is so close to Paramore’s cult hit “Misery Business” that fans have almost created a new economy around populating TikTok with mashups. Radiohead fans pointed out “Deja Vu” sounds like “No Surprises,” and some people think “Drivers License” sounds like Lorde’s first album. If you’re bothered by these sampling and mirroring techniques, then odds are Sour is not for you, but who can blame Gen Z for adopting the sampling and recontextualizing format the internet has made into a culture of its own? The very best thing that Sour does is illustrate Olivia’s understanding of the last two decades of pop music, and when you’re only eighteen, that’s an impressive feat. As her own cultural scope widens, and her relationship history expands, no doubt her sound will, too. Staying sour is an option, but with a debut like this, her next few years are looking sweet.

Sour is out now via Geffen. Get it here.

As part of his ongoing efforts to encourage Americans to get vaccinated against COVID-19, Parks and Recreation star Nick Offerman stopped by The Medi Hasan Show on Sunday night and detailed why his fan-favorite character, Ron Swanson, would get the vaccine despite his staunch libertarian views.

According to Offerman, Ron would initially be opposed at the very idea of getting a vaccine pushed by the government, but his second wife, Diane (Lucy Lawless), would quickly set him straight, and in the end, he’d do the right thing. Via The Recount:

“Ron, I think at first would, of course, scoff at a vaccine, and say, ‘I’ve never been to the doctor. I rely on my preternatural immune system to protect me.’ But then his wife, Diane, played by the great Lucy Lawless, would step up and say, ‘Hey, buddy, you’re no longer alone here. You got me, I teach at a school, we got kids to worry about. Your responsibilities are no longer limited to your own body.’

“So, once he was convinced of that, he’s a good guy. And once a good guy sees that he’s taking care of others and that it’s for the common good, of course, he would get the damn vaccine.”

Offerman will take his battle against vaccine hesitancy directly to Washington later this week. The Hill reports that the actor will appear before the House Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Wednesday for a special hearing titled “A Shot at Normalcy: Building COVID-19 Vaccine Confidence.”

(Via The Recount on Twitter)

All it takes is one watch of the Marvel’s M.O.D.O.K. trailer to understand why we aren’t seeing the big-headed villain make his big MCU debut: M.O.D.O.K. is weird, and unfortunately, the MCU historically shies away from embracing “weird” in their villains. Funnily enough though, the trailer barely scratches the surface of how strange the Hulu series is. Sure, the comedy, violence, stop-motion animation, and wacky hi-jinks do a lot of the heavy lifting there, but the series also features several obscure villains many might not have heard of. For those longing to know a bit more about Melter or Fin Fang Foom, we’ve got you covered.

1. Armadillo

Like most villains, Armadillo was drawn to a life of evil-doing through desperation. Antonio Rodriguez, aka Armadillo, was your average Texas man living a quiet life alongside his wife when she was suddenly stricken with a crippling and unknown disease. After every scientist he turned to proved unable to help them, he turned to a criminal scientist, Dr. Karlin Malus. Malus agreed to cure Rodriguez’ wife if he agreed to be his test subject for an indefinite period of time. Naturally, he agreed, and thus Armadillo was born. In Marvel’s M.O.D.O.K., Armadillo is one of the villains who joins up with M.O.D.O.K. in episode 4. We also see him arguing with his ex-wife, which is actually canon! Turns out that after all that, she still decided not to stick around.

2. Poundcakes

Poundcakes, real named Marian Pouncy, is a former female wrestler and one-fourth of the all-female wrestling team Grapplers. After rising frustrations due to being consistently paid less than her male, wrestling counterparts, Poundcakes the rest of the Grapplers (Letha, Screaming Mimi, and Titania) decided they were done playing nice. The team took up infamous oil company Roxxon on their offer of outfitting them in prize-winning gear if they agree to a life of crime, and thus a small team of villains was born. In Marvel’s M.O.D.O.K., Poundcakes is also one of the five members of M.O.D.O.K.’s heist gang in episode 4.

3. Melter

While Melter joins up with M.O.D.O.K. to get back at Captain America in Marvel’s M.O.D.O.K., there are few heroes who have a bigger bone to pick with Iron Man. Melter was an industrialist providing firearms and other weapons for the US government when a safety inspection team discovered he was cutting corners and using poor materials to build his company’s weapons. The US, therefore, stopped buying from him and gave his contract to his competitor Tony Stark (aka Iron Man), driving him into bankruptcy. Much like Stark, however, Melter has a brilliant mind and designed the Melting Ray a weapon capable of melting literally anything. He went on to be one of the founding members of the Masters of Evil, making him probably one of the bigger names on this list.

4. Angar the Screamer

Prior to undergoing a medical procedure gifting him enhanced, hallucination-inducing screams, David Angar was merely a peace-loving social activist. In hopes of elevating his activism, Angar volunteered to undergo a vocal chord altering experiment and entered a machine created by hero and Guardian of the Galaxy Moondragon. While Moondragon had hoped to make another hero with her invention, Angar was ultimately led astray after the incident and entered a life of crime. In Marvel’s M.O.D.O.K., Angar the Screamer is another member of the shield heist crew.

5. Tenpin
Like Poundcakes, Tenpin is a villain most commonly associated with a small and strange c-list villain team — and he isn’t even the biggest name on the roster. Tenpin, real name Alvin Healey, was working as a juggler alongside his brother Elton when the pair of them caught the eye of Charles Last aka Ringleader. He invited the men to join him in his villain group, The Death-Throws, where they would serve essentially as mercenaries. In Marvel’s M.O.D.O.K., he is the last of the five villains who joins up with M.O.D.O.K. in episode 4.

6. Hexus the Living Corporation

Just as it sounds, Hexus is a living corporation. They have no physical form and are a concept. Hexus is parasitic and grows through invading planets and feeding off that world’s resources until it is completely depleted. They also possess the power to brainwash populations, which they use to compel humans to feed their greed. When Hexus reaches maturity, they release spores that spread across the galaxy and cause the parasite to infect other planets. Honestly, I think a very fun fact that best helps comic book fans understand Hexus a little bit better is knowing that Grant Morrison, a comic book writer known for his sharp political commentary, created him. In Marvel’s M.O.D.O.K., we find out Hexus is the entity pulling the strings at one of the show’s major corporations.

7. Super-Adaptoid

Created by Tony Starks’ rival, Justin Hammer, Super-Adaptoid is an android that can copy the equipment and powers of any superhero. However, while created by Hammer industries, the model is most closely associated with A.I.M. and has been used primarily by M.O.D.O.K. throughout the comics. While Super-Android absolutely serves a more comedic role in Marvel’s M.O.D.O.K., they ultimately act pretty much the same and are seen at the beginning of the series servings as M.O.D.O.K.’s smoothie machine and housekeeper.

8. Arcade

While both Green Goblin and Carnage have been called Marvel’s equivalent to DC’s Joker, you wouldn’t be wrong to draw a parallel between the “Clown Prince of Crime” and Arcade. You see, much like Joker, Arcade has given many different accounts of his life with no substantial proof to back a single one. Also like Joker, Arcade uses campy comedy to conceal his brutal nature. In the comics, he sends most of his victims Murderworld, (an amusement park filled with deathtraps) to kill them. In Marvel’s M.O.D.O.K., he appears in episode 8, where he forces the Tarleton family to do something pretty extreme.

9. Whirlwind

Seeing as Marvel is the home of the X-Men, there are a lot of characters who simply were born with their powers via mutation, and Whirlwind is one such example. Whirlwind, real name David Cannon, was born with the ability to move his body at great speeds. While his gifts started him down a track of petty crime as a teenager, he got his act together and found legitimate employment as a circus performer, ice-skater, and professional wrestler. However, people took note of his talents and began to ask Cannon if he could rig competitions in exchange for a pretty penny. Once the police started to investigate the rigged events, Cannon decided he was tired of dealing with them and embraced villainy in full. In Marvel’s M.O.D.O.K., Whirlwind is seen being generally a lil’ creepy towards women, including M.O.D.O.K.’s daughter Melissa, who puts him in his place.

10. Fin Fang Foom

Brace yourself for a lot of long, fantasy words, we’re going to talk about Fin Fang Foom. Fin Fang Foom is a Makluan, a race of shape-shifting aliens from Kakaranthara, which is located in the Maklu system of the Greater Magellanic Cloud. Whew. When he and his fellow Makluan’s first landed on Earth, they touched down in China, where they cemented themselves into Chinese legend whilst attempting to plan out their world domination. In Marvel’s M.O.D.O.K., Fin Fang Foom serves as both a chef and sweet ride to M.O.D.O.K.

While these aren’t all the villains showcased in the new series, these are some of the ones with a decent chunk of screen time. To catch glimpses of even more, be sure to watch Marvel’s M.O.D.O.K. over on Hulu.

One surefire sign of a rising artist’s impending success is an appearance on ColorsxStudios YouTube performance show COLORS. Artists who previously appeared on the show before big breakouts include Billie Eilish, Daniel Caesar, Doja Cat, Jorja Smith, and Kali Uchis, while rappers like Black Thought, Earthgang, Gunna, Little Simz, and Rexx Life Raj have all made fan-favorite appearances over the years as well.

Today, St. Louis rapperSmino achieved the rare accomplishment of appearing on the show twice as he performs his new song “Rice & Gravy.” As he previously called the song the beginning of a “new journey,” and said he felt “like a brand new artist” upon its release, it’s possible he’s using the performance as a career reset, getting back to basics before he makes a push to return to the buzzy, blog-approved stature he reached with his prior projects Blkswn and Noir.

The spacey, soulful crooner/rapper pulls up with a signature, boundary-breaking look that’ll certainly call to mind a fusion of both members of Outkast in this performance, the last of ColorsxStudios’ collaboration with British fashion house Burberry which included alt-R&B stars like Maria Isabel and Serpentwithfeet. Burberry outfitted each of the artists for their appearances; here, Smino appears in a vibrant, two-toned blue jacket, which truly pops against the warm caramel background for his performance.

Watch Smino’s COLORS return above.

For months, there have been trade rumors surrounding Atlanta Falcons superstar receiver Julio Jones, but as the NFL Draft came and went with little smoke, there were some who wondered if things had settled down.

And then this weekend arrived and a fan took a picture with Jones in Dallas while Julio was wearing a Dallas Cowboys hoodie, fanning the flames once again.

On Monday morning’s Undisputed, Shannon Sharpe and Skip Bayless were, unsurprisingly, talking about Julio’s Cowboys hoodie as a chief talking point when Sharpe decided to get to the bottom of the situation by going straight to the man himself and calling Jones on live television. What happened next was rather incredible.

One thing that isn’t clear is whether Jones knew he was being called on live TV or if he thought he was just getting a call from a personal friend about his situation, because he was incredibly forthcoming with the knowledge that he’s “outta there” when asked about Atlanta but also in noting that he wants to win and he “already knows” that’s not happening in Dallas. If he didn’t know, damage control is about to be amazing to watch and he is going to have some words for Sharpe. If he did, then Julio has decided to put the full-court press on the Falcons to get rid of him and send him to a winner, wherever that may be.

Recently, Olivia Rodrigo had the honor of getting mentioned in a Jeopardy! clue. Now, Charli XCX has had a similar but sort of opposite TV experience, which has prompted talk of a new album.

On the UK game show The Chase, a contestant was asked, “What is the stage name of the English pop singer Charlotte Aitchison?” Instead of correctly choosing “Charli XCX,” they opted to instead answer “Charli SFX.” Charli shared a screenshot of the moment and used it as motivation, writing on Instagram, “ok guys… much needed mainstream album coming soon i promise.”

After that, Charli went on to give hints at what her upcoming material will sound like. In the comments of the post, a fan wrote, “sucker stans our time is now,” in reference to Charli’s 2014 album Sucker. Charlie replied by insisting her new songs are more indebted to her debut album, 2013’s True Romance: “not quiitttteee sorry. I think this ones for the true romance angels.”

On Twitter, Charli went into even greater depth about what’s to come. She shared a screenshot of a text conversation with Ariel Rechtshaid, who produced multiple True Romance tracks. In their chat, Charli invited him to join her in the studio in June and said she wants to make “an evolution of” True Romance.

Then, in response to a fan wondering what the album is going to sound like, Charli wrote in a series of tweets:

“well all the clues are there actually, you just need to piece them together… i’m kinda still piecing together too and it’s interesting. it’s my future and past coming full circle. like, i randomly listened to ariel’s ‘and the writer is’ episode and he mentioned how there were moments on [True Romance] where he was referencing jimmy jam & terry lewis — and that was interesting to me because [A.G. Cook] kinda turned me on to them and we’ve mentioned them a lot and.. and i’ve obviously mentioned Janet [Jackson] here and there… and i feel that [True Romance] & [Pop 2] are sort of intrinsically linked. and both albums to me are actually quite ‘mainstream’ but just ahead of their time and under marketed in a kind of charming way.”

A fan responded, “so everyone won but sucker stans?” Charli replied to that, “I think even the sucker stans will win because there is this kinda more mainstream tone and digestible concept… everyone’s a winner.”

Find Charli’s tweets below.

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

Mickey Rourke was nominated for an Oscar for his comeback performance in The Wrestler. He lost, but he should have won, and not only because actual-winner Sean Penn would later do this. Speaking of people who should have won an Academy Award, Amy Adams has been nominated for a lot of Oscars. Six of them! But Adams, who is one of the best actresses of her generation, has famously never won. She will one day, though, and maybe she’ll avenge Rourke’s snub in the process.

In an interview with the Telegraph, the Army of the Dead director discussed one of his as-of-now unmade projects. “It’s a kind of female version of The Wrestler, about a midwestern housewife who happens to have a pretty good body, and starts to do some bodybuilding competitions, and then falls down a rabbit hole of steroids and hormones,” he said. “It becomes a contest between fitness and family, and she loses her family because she’s spending all her money on diet supplements and drugs and trainers.”

Snyder wants Adams, who portrays Lois Lane in his Man of Steel, Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice, and Zack Snyder’s Justice League, to play the wrestler. “It would be such a hugely hard job just training to the point at which it was believable. And you need someone like Amy who loves the craft to do it,” he said. Snyder hasn’t started working on the script, but Adams is reportedly into the idea. As long as it’s not Hillbilly Elegy 2, I’m in.

(Via the Telegraph and IndieWire)