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The Marvel Cinematic Universe has only just begun its run of Disney+ shows, and it kicked off with a doozy: WandaVision, which is by far the strangest and most ambitious thing the brand has yet unleashed, and in a way that has entranced, not angered, the fan base. From the looks of its Super Bowl teaser, it looks like The Falcon and the Winter Soldier is more typically Marvel-esque, with its action scenes and mispaired duo and even an old enemy we haven’t seen in five years.

That pair is Anthony Mackie’s Sam Wilson and Sebastian Stan’s Bucky Barnes, and the last time we saw them they were bidding farewell to their shared buddy: an old Steve Rogers. The two never had much interaction previously, but the show forces them to team up anyway, much like Hobbs and Shaw. Their mission: to take down Baron Helmut Zemo, Daniel Brühl’s Captain America: Civil War baddie, who’s been laying low in prison, awaiting his fearsome return.

This is a TV show but it looks extraordinarily expensive, with the kinds of special effects and camerawork you see in any of the MCU. And it is expensive: The whole six episodes reportedly cost $150 million. And if you have Disney+, you won’t even have to fork over any extra dough to see it.

The Falcon and the Winter Soldier debuts its first episode on March 19 and you can watch the trailer in the video above.

For fans of the 30 other teams beyond the Chiefs and Buccaneers, the main focal point for Sunday’s Super Bowl is going to be from a gambling perspective. For some that’s a straight bet on the side or total, while others have side bets and squares games working with family and friends. There are also millions of dollars that have been wagered on various prop bets, many of which have already cashed in the first quarter.

Working off of the Westgate SuperBook prop sheet, we’re going to keep a running tally of the results of all of the on-field prop bets in the Super Bowl so that, in case you have a lot of exposure, you can find them easily.

Coin Toss: HEADS (-102)
First kickoff by Harrison Butker a touchback: YES (-280)
Will either team score in the first 6.5 minutes of the game: NO (+135)
First pass by Tom Brady: COMPLETE (-200)
First reception by Chris Godwin: UNDER 10.5 (-110)
First rush by Leonard Fournette: UNDER 3.5 (-110)
Bucs convert first 3rd down attempt: NO (-150)
What will happen first: Bucs Punt (-160)
First gross punt by Bradley Pinion: UNDER 44.5 (-110)
First pass by Patrick Mahomes: COMPLETE (-200)
First reception by Byron Pringle: UNDER 6.5 (-110)
First rush by Patrick Mahomes: OVER 5.5 (-110)
Chiefs convert first 3rd down attempt: YES (+110)
What will happen first: Chiefs Punt (-140)
First punt by Tommy Townsend: OVER 44.5 (-110)
Will Tommy Townsend punt a touchback: YES (+330)
First rush by Ronald Jones: OVER 3.5 (-110)
Longest rush by Ronald Jones: OVER 12.5 (-110)
First reception by Cameron Brate: UNDER 8.5 (-110)
First rush by Tyreek Hill: OVER 4.5 (-110)
First rush by Clyde Edwards-Helaire: OVER 3.5 (+150)
First penalty: Bucs (+100)
Team to score first: Chiefs (-125)
Longest made field goal: OVER 46.5 (-110)
First made field goal: OVER 37.5 (-110)
First score: Any non-TD (+180)
Will any team make a FG in the first quarter: YES (-110)
Will Harrison Butker make a 1Q FG: YES (+200)
First reception by Antonio Brown: OVER 9.5 (-110)
First reception by Rob Gronkowski: UNDER 9.5 (-110)
First TD: Rob Gronkowski (+1600)
First TD: UNDER 9.5 yards (-110)
First TD: Passing (-170)
Will Tom Brady throw a 1Q TD: YES (+170)
Distance of first Tom Brady TD pass: UNDER 10.5 (-110)
Which will Tom Brady throw first: TD (-320)
Will Rob Gronkowski score a TD: YES (+220)
Jersey number of the first player to score a TD: OVER 17.5 (-110)
First kickoff from Bradley Pinion a touchback: NO (+375)
Will the Bucs score a 1Q TD: Yes (+100)
Will the Chiefs score a 1Q TD: No (-110)
First Quarter: Bucs ML (+125)
First Quarter: Bucs +0.5 (-125)
First Quarter: PUSH 10
Chiefs 1Q Points: UNDER 3.5 (+120)
Bucs 1Q Points: OVER 3.5 (-120)
Will Patrick Mahomes throw a 1Q TD: No (-170)
Shortest gross punt by Tommy Townsend: UNDER 38.5 (-110)
First reception by Travis Kelce: UNDER 10.5 (-110)
First reception by Mike Evans: OVER 10.5 (-110)
Longest reception by Mike Evans: OVER 27.5 (-110)
Longest reception by Cameron Brate: OVER 14.5 (-110)
First reception by Tyreek Hill: OVER 11.5 (-110)
First rush by Darrel Williams: UNDER 3.5 (-140)
Will the Bucs score a 2Q TD: YES (-190)
Will Tom Brady throw a 2Q TD: YES (-140)
Longest reception by Rob Gronkowski: OVER 15.5 (-110)
Total receptions by Rob Gronkowski: OVER 2.5 (-110)
Shortest gross punt by Bradley Pinion: UNDER 38.5 (-110)

After returning to the Unbreakable-verse with Split and Glass (and drowning Bruce Willis in a puddle in the process), M. Night Shyamalan is back to stand-alone thrillers with his new movie. Based on the French graphic novel by Pierre Oscar Lévy and Frederik Peeters, Old is about a family spending its vacation on an idyllic beach. Pretty normal so far! The M. Night twist: everyone begins to age rapidly. “You were six years old this morning,” a worried mom (played by Phantom Thread standout Vicky Krieps) says about her 20-something son (Alex Wolff). Gael García Bernal, Eliza Scanlen, and Thomasin McKenzie round out the fantastic cast. Old looks pretty good, even if it’s rude to premiere a trailer for a movie with that title during a Super Bowl with Tom Brady.

Here’s the official plot synopsis.

This summer, visionary filmmaker M. Night Shyamalan unveils a chilling, mysterious new thriller about a family on a tropical holiday who discover that the secluded beach where they are relaxing for a few hours is somehow causing them to age rapidly … reducing their entire lives into a single day.

Old is scheduled to be released in July. But if you need to get your Shyamalan fix before then, season two of Servant recently premiered on Apple TV+.

The honor of performing the National Anthem before a major sporting or political event usually goes to one person, but this year the duties are being split. Both Jazmine Sullivan, whose excellent new album Heaux Tales is on its way to instant-classic status, and country star Eric Church, will be performing the patriotic staple before today’s big game. Church also has new music on the way for fans, with his triple album Heart & Soul slated for release this April. And this isn’t the only unexpected collaboration before the game began, Miley Cyrus was joined by Billy Idol and Joan Jett for a pre-show concert.

During their performance on Sunday afternoon, the pair alternated verses before joining together in harmony on the final high notes. Eric kicked things off by taking the first few phrases of the song, accompanied only by strumming his guitar, Jazmine came in for the second verse, flexing her substantial vocal skills with runs and held notes. Most impressive though was when they took the most famous passage together.

The Kansas City Chiefs and Tampa Bay Buccaneers face off in Super Bowl LV today, check out more coverage here and watch the video of the anthem performance above.

Morgan Wallen’s sophomore album Dangerous: The Double Album holds on to the top spot on the Billboard album charts for a fourth straight week. The singer tallied 149,000 equivalent album units this past week, 118,000 of those streaming equivalent album units and 25,000 coming from pure album sales. Dangerous is now the first country album to spend its first four consecutive weeks at No. 1 since Shania Twain’s Ups! did so between December 7, 2002 and January 2003. It’s also the first album by a male country singer to spend its first four weeks atop the charts since Garth Brooks’ Double Live between December 5, 1998 and January 2, 1999.

While his extended stay atop the charts is definitely a highlight for Wallen’s career, it comes after a video captured him using a racial slur. He issued an apology for his use of the n-word, saying, “I’m embarrassed and sorry. I used an unacceptable and inappropriate racial slur that I wish I could take back.” Unfortunately for him, the damage was already done as his recorded label Big Loud Records said Wallen’s behavior “will not be tolerated” and suspended his contract indefinitely.

Elsewhere on the charts, Lil Durk’s The Voice came in at No. 2 and Pop Smoke’s Shoot For The Stars, Aim For The Moon can be spotted at No. 3. Super Bowl LV halftime show performer The Weeknd and his After Hours album posts up at No. 4 while Juice WRLD’s Legends Never Die rounds out the top five.

(via Billboard)

In another timeline, we would have all seen F9 — aka Fast & Furious 9 — back in May and been happy for the first in 20-year-old series in three years. Instead thing got out of hand, and we’re still a few months away from its new release date. Who knows how safe movie theaters will even be in late May, when it’s set to finally emerge. And just to hold you over, here’s a brand new Super Bowl ad, featuring a taste of some of the craziness from the official trailer released over a year ago.

Like we said, the ad is short on some of that trailer’s more ridiculous moments. No outracting a collapsing rope bridge. No Vin Diesel appearing to catch a car. No magnet plane. (There is a building completely collapsing, though.) Instead it keeps things simple, focusing on how Diesel’s Dominic Toretto — now a farmer, it seems — gets sucked back in. That character arc has taken on some added resonance in the last year, when many of us have been afraid to go to movie theaters, to see big, proudly idiotic movies like F9 on a big screen, with great sound, surrounded by total strangers.

But for now, ignore all that. Here’s some car crashes and Charlize Theron’s new bowl cut and Diesel’s grumbling mumble. And perhaps, when it hits theaters on May 28, things will be safe enough for us to enjoy the glorious dumbness together.

Cardi B had a huge 2020, thanks to her Megan Thee Stallion collaboration “WAP,”and she was quick to release a new single for 2021, namely “Up.” The track arrived with an exciting music video, but both have been a little hard to find on iTunes. So she took to Instagram Live to express her frustrations and share some updates with followers.

“I’m really grateful for the music video, it’s turning out amazing,” she said during the livestream. “I’m really upset right now. The Devil has been working really f*cking hard, let me tell you. Because, I know people are having troubles finding the song on iTunes. I don’t even think the music video is up on iTunes yet.” She added, “I don’t know who dropped the ball and gave in or didn’t gave in or whatever to iTunes, but I’ve been working. I’ve been calling people on the label all night. I don’t know. Make sure you check it out on all streaming services. I think the song was turned in late to avoid leaks and stuff. ”

In addition to the botched video release, Cardi was recently accused of plagiarism by New Jersey rappers Mir Fontane and Mir Pesos. The duo claims she stole the hook to their August 2020 song “Stuck” to use on her “Up.” Cardi denied the accusations and said she “never Hurd [of] this man.” This was also the second time in the last 12 months that Cardi was accused of plagiarism with her music. In June 2020, an underground rapper pointed out similarities in one of her songs to that of Cardi’s verses on Offset’s “Clout” and Blueface’s “Thotiana (Remix).”

You can watch the full video above.

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

Miley Cyrus released her excellent rock-shifted album Plastic Hearts late last year, and given the constraints of the pandemic hasn’t really been able to perform a lot off the songs live since it came out. But during the pre-show activities for the Superbowl today, Miley was finally able to take the stage and air out some of her new material. One of her newer songs, “Night Crawling,” features a cameo from the legend Billy Idol, who managed to show up for an appearance during the performance.

Clad in a magenta and black cheerleader-style outfit, Miley welcomed Idol out onto the stage early into the song, sporting all leather, black and red — complete with black boots. During her performance in Tampa, Billy and Miley also worked in one of Idol’s hits, going straight into “White Wedding” after he joined her for “Night Crawling.” It was a nice moment to see the artists celebrate with songs from their own respective eras, and the chemistry on stage between these two suggests the might have more in store for us — it looked like more than just a studio meetup between two artists. If Billy goes on tour with Miley when that’s finally possible again, I’m definitely interested in that show. Joan Jett also joined her later for their collaboration, “Bad Liar.” Watch above.

The Atlanta Hawks entered this season with a lot of hope after a busy offseason that saw them add some veteran talent to their young core. So far to start the season, it’s been a bit of a struggle as they’ve gotten off to an 11-12 start, as they’ve seen a number of their players battling various injuries over the first 20-plus games of the season.

Among the bright spots have been the continued growth and development of guys like fourth-year forward John Collins and second-year forward De’Andre Hunter, who was off to a terrific start to his sophomore campaign before missing the last four games with knee discomfort. On Sunday, the team announced Hunter will require surgery on his right meniscus, with a recovery plan to be determined two weeks after surgery, indicating it could take a rather significant chunk of time before he’s able to return.

Forward De’Andre Hunter, who has missed the last four games due to right knee discomfort caused by wear and tear, will undergo a lateral meniscus arthroscopic debridement procedure on Monday at the Emory Orthopaedics & Spine Center in Atlanta. The surgery will be performed by Dr. Kyle Hammond, the Hawks’ team orthopaedist. An update on Hunter’s recovery plan will be provided approximately two weeks following the surgery.

Hunter is averaging 17.2 points and 5.4 rebounds per game this season, increasing his efficiency tremendously from his rookie year with a 58.6 effective field goal percentage. The fourth-overall pick from 2019 has shown the defensive ability the Hawks drafted him for out of Virginia, and his offensive leap forward made him look the part of a key piece of their core moving forward. He’ll have to wait some time now to be able to build on that strong start, and for the Hawks their already thin wing rotation with Bogdan Bogdanovic injured will continue to be an issue, with Cam Reddish, Tony Snell, and Solomon Hill all picking up more minutes.

Remember Donald Trump? It’s been nearly a month since Twitter permanently suspended the former president, and things have been a lot calmer, quieter, even nicer since. (Ditto the other platforms that banned him, though Twitter was clearly his fave.) Turns out not having a loose cannon constantly declaring crazy things that might jeopardize your life makes for a more pleasant social media experience! But according to one of his aides, there’s another person who’s enjoyed Trump not being on Twitter: Donald Trump. Thing is, pretty much no one believed that was true.

“The president has said he feels happier now than he’s been in some time,” former campaign strategist Jason Miller told the UK’s Sunday Times (as caught by The New York Post). “He’s said that not being on social media, and not being subject to the hateful echo chamber that social media too frequently becomes, has actually been good.”

Another person who’s allegedly enjoyed it: his spouse. “That’s something the First Lady [Melania] has backed up as well. She has said she loves it, that he’s much happier and is enjoying himself much more,” Miller claimed, adding that it was “the first time in years that I saw the president truly relaxed.”

Miller made another bold claim, asserting that Trump’s four years in office, which saw him get impeached on two separate occasions, were the “single most successful first term in US presidential history.”

That’s all big if true, but a lot of people didn’t think it was. In fact, many simply called BS.

Although if it’s true that the president is happier, then a lot of people agreed, if not in the same way.

Some could even relate, sort of.

Others imagined how boring his life has become post-presidency and post-social media raging.

It’s a hard line to swallow, especially considering Trump was reportedly so desperate to get back online that he tried to buy a stake in Parler, the “free speech” social media service that was taken over by the far right and other assorted miscreants. But we all know what happened there.

(Via The Sunday Times and The New York Post)