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It’s been a long time since Azealia Banks’ name has trended on social media due to her music. Unfortunately, the latest incident of increased notoriety for the Harlem rapper was par for the course as horrified music fans woke up today to find see her trending on Twitter — and even more so once they found out why.

The “212” rapper, who has been more well-known in recent years for her feuds with other celebrities and interest in the occult, posted a video to her Instagram Story of her digging up and boiling her dead cat Lucifer, apparently in an effort to bring it back to life. Clearly, she’s never seen Pet Semetary, or she’d know just how bad an idea that is.

All jokes aside, the video was quickly deleted, but nothing is ever truly deleted on the internet (we aren’t posting it here, but you can find it on Twitter — you shouldn’t, though). While the initial reactions were troubled, it didn’t take long for fans to begin making light of the situation, comparing Banks to her stylistic successors, posting screenshots from the universally-panned 2019 screen adaptation of Cats, and making the same crude joke.

Since exploding into pop culture’s consciousness in 2012 with her breakout single “212,” Banks has become better known for her concerning, frustrating, and often alarming antics and social media posts than her music, despite keeping up a relatively steady stream of new releases over the years. From beefing with Cardi B, Lana Del Rey, Nicki Minaj, and even Elon Musk, Azealia’s public feuds, and disturbing behavior have overshadowed her talent.

Future Islands is one of the best live bands around today, which makes it a real bummer that they didn’t get to tour behind their new album, As Long As You Are, in 2020. Last year was actually the first year of the band’s existence when they didn’t put on live shows, save for their “A Stream Of You And Me” livestream concert.

They’ve always thrived on late-night TV, though, and they got to do so again last night with a performance of “Plastic Beach” on Late Night With Seth Meyers. The performance was pre-taped from a separate venue, where the group was bathed in red light as Samuel T. Herring, as he always does, led his band with uncommon levels of passion.

In an interview with Uproxx last year, Herring spoke about how the pandemic has affected the band and reflected on their canceled tour, saying, “It’s all interesting. We were supposed to be in Japan a week ago and we missed some shows in Mexico already this year. I guess we were supposed to be going on tour any day now, or maybe we were supposed to be on tour right now. It’s really changed a lot of things.”

Watch Future Islands perform “Plastic Beach” on Late Night above and revisit our interview with the group here.

Meghan McCain picked a heck of a week to return to The View. Not even three days into her comeback, which was already punctuated with notable clashes with co-hosts Joy Behar and Whoopi Goldberg, the U.S. Capitol building was attacked by a mob of Trump supporters. The unprecedented assault on the nation led to a brief moment of unity as the conservative McCain joined her more liberal co-hosts in denouncing the violence. Unfortunately, that truce didn’t last long as McCain went right back to causing eye rolls aplenty as she defended Senator Josh Hawley, who is under intense scrutiny for his role in inciting the attack.

In a nutshell, it was an eventful week. But despite Behar telling McCain directly to her face that “I did not miss you” while she was on maternity leave, McCain has no plans of leaving The View. While stopping by Watch What Happens Live on Monday night, McCain told host Andy Cohen that as bad as the drama looks on TV, she loves the show and is in it for the long haul. Via The Daily Beast:

“Even if some people didn’t miss me, I missed the show. We’re a family. All these women were at my dad’s funeral. We’ve been through a lot of sh*t together and I miss being on the show and I hope that we can all be examples, myself included, for where the country should go forward.”

“Because whether we like it or not, I’m not going anywhere on the show, Joy is not going anywhere on the show,” McCain vowed. “We all have to live and coexist together just like Americans right now.”

According to a recent report from E!, tensions are especially high on The View because of COVID restrictions requiring them to film remotely. However, if anyone has seen an episode of The View, there were plenty of fireworks between McCain and her co-hosts long before the pandemic arrived.

(Via Watch What Happens Live)

The majority of movie theaters in the United States are still closed due to the pandemic, and will likely remain that way for months to come (No Time to Die hopes “months” equals “by April 2”), but that doesn’t mean there won’t be any new movies in 2021. Netflix has made good on its promise (threat?) to release a new movie every week of the year, as the streaming service revealed in its 2021 film preview.

The two-and-a-half minute video debuts first-look footage from many of Netflix’s most-anticipated titles, including Red Notice, the mega-budget action flick starring The Rock, Gal Gadot, and Ryan Reynolds; Halle Berry’s directorial debut Bruised; teen-friendly romantic-comedies The Kissing Booth 3 and To All The Boys: Always And Forever; Escape from Spiderhead, which has Chris Hemsworth wearing sunglasses on a speedboat so I’m in; and Don’t Look Up, Adam McKay’s asteroid-comedy starring Leonardo DiCaprio, Jennifer Lawrence, Cate Blanchett, Meryl Streep, Timothée Chalamet, Tyler Perry, Ariana Grande, and every other famous person in Hollywood.

Here’s the full lineup, with more to come:

ACTION
Army of the Dead
Awake
Kate
Outside the Wire (January 15)
Red Notice
Sweet Girl

HORROR
Fear Street Trilogy
No One Gets Out Alive
There’s Someone Inside Your House
Things Heard and Seen

THRILLER
Blood Red Sky
Beckett
Escape from Spiderhead
Intrusion
Munich
O2
Night Teeth
The Swarm
The Woman in the Window

SCI-FI
Stowaway

ROMANCE
A Castle For Christmas
Fuimos Canciones
Kissing Booth 3
Love Hard
The Last Letter from Your Lover
The Princess Switch 3
To All The Boys: Always and Forever
Untitled Alicia Keys Rom-Com

DRAMA
Beauty
Blonde
Bombay Rose
Bruised
Concrete Cowboy
Fever Dream
Malcolm & Marie (February 5)
Monster
Penguin Bloom (January 27)
Pieces of Woman (January 7)
The Dig (January 29)
The Guilty
The Hand of God
The Power of the Dog
The Starling
The White Tiger (January 22)
Unt. Alexandre Moratto Film
Unt. Graham King

WESTERN
The Harder They Fall

COMEDY
8 Rue de l’Humanité
Afterlife of the Party
Bad Trip
Don’t Look Up
Double Dad
I Care A Lot (February 19)
Moxie (March 3)
The Last Mercenary
Thunder Force

FOR THE WHOLE FAMILY
A Boy Called Christmas
A Winter’s Tale from Shaun the Sheep
Back to the Outback
Finding ‘Ohana (January 29)
Loud House
Nightbooks
Robin Robin
Skater Girl
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
Trollhunters: Rise of the Titans
Wish Dragon
YES DAY (March 12)

MUSICAL
A Week Away
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CNN’s Don Lemon hasn’t ever been afraid to put the MAGA crowd in its place, but he found even more of a reason to do so on Monday while reacting to a few temper tantrums. One of them, obviously, would be from President Trump, who’s undoubtedly furious about being permanently suspended from Twitter. Then there’s MAGA insurrectionist Jacob Anthony Chansley — known to the public under a few aliases, including Jake Angeli, QAnon Shaman, and Chewbacca Bikini guy — whose mother revealed that her son has refused to eat since last Friday because organic meals are the only food he’ll place into his temple of a body.

Lemon has had enough, beginning with talk of Trump spokesperson Hogan Gidley calling him the “most masculine person ever” to sit in the Oval Office: “Shut up, shut up!

Here’s the face Lemon saved for “the guy with the horns,” conspiracy theorist Angeli:

Before all was said in done in the above clip, Lemon had branded Trump the “biggest snowflake” of all and “the biggest loser we’ve ever had as president,” whose feelings needed to be coddled by those around him. “I have heard a lot of pathetic things from this White House, this one really takes the cake,” Lemon said of the masculinity remark. Meanwhile, Trump has apparently tried to blame Antifa after he (the freaking POTUS) incited an insurrection upon the U.S. Capitol that left five people dead.

As for Angeli, he’s languishing behind bars in Arizona after being charged with disorderly conduct, violent entry, and illegally entering the U.S. Capitol. NBC News has quoted him as saying, “I walked through an open door, dude” while he also described his actions as “civil disobedience.” A U.S. Marshal in Arizona revealed to a local station that a judge did order that Angeli’s requested organic diet will be supplied, after his mom said Angeli would grow ill without his usual menu. Well, don’t tell Don Lemon.

There has recently been hope that concerts can return in 2021: There was a test COVID-safe concert last month and US Chief Medical Adviser Dr. Anthony Fauci thinks some venues could host shows again this fall. Whether or not that ends up being the case, The 1975 won’t be in those venues, as they announced today that they have canceled all of their scheduled shows for 2021.

However, they did revealed that they’re working on a new album. In a message shared on social media, the band wrote:

“We are really sorry to announce that we have made the decision to cancel all scheduled touring for 2021.

These are incredibly difficult times for a lot of people, and until we can be sure that we will be able to play shows in a way that is safe for our fans and crew, we have decided the best course of action is to cancel our touring so that, where possible, everyone can get their tickets refunded sooner rather than later.

We’re currently making a new album and look forward to seeing you all at a show as soon as it is safe to do so.

For information on refunds for Finsbury Park please go to your point of purchase.

Stay safe and look after each other.

Matty, George, Adam and Ross x.”

Healy recently indicated that he has collaborations with Charli XCX and Beabadoobee on the way, so perhaps those will find their way onto The 1975’s next album, or maybe Healy’s solo album.

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

Seth Meyers had a lot to cover during Monday’s episode of Late Night, including Republicans refusing to take responsibility or even say “our bad” for the riot at the Capitol building because they’re too busy complaining about losing followers on Twitter.

“Let me begin by doing my part to begin the healing process, bring down the temperature, and tone down the rhetoric by saying this: F*ck you, you cretinous insurrectionist gargoyles,” he said. “Of course you guys want to move on! The kid who sh*t himself at prom is the one who always wants to shift the conversation to everyone’s summer plans.” He added, “You incited a violent mob that rampaged across the Capitol trying to overthrow the government and now you want us to seek unity and healing. I’d call you craven, soulless ghouls, but in the case of these seditionist dipsh*ts, they’re more like soul-devouring ghouls.”

Meyers also had a few words for Melania Trump, who released a baffling statement where she painted herself as the real victim of the failed coup that left five people dead. “I find it shameful that surrounding these tragic events there has been salacious gossip, unwarranted personal attacks, and false misleading accusations on me – from people who are looking to be relevant and have an agenda,” she wrote. This was too much for Meyers, who put on a fake accent to highlight the First Lady’s “accomplishments” over the last four years. “I mean, how dare you salaciously gossip about this woman after she ‘Be Best’ for you!” he joked, barely able to refrain from laughing. “She refurbished the White House tennis pavilion for you! Not for her. You think she has time to play tennis? Between sending messages via jacket? And hating Christmas with all her heart?”

You can watch the Late Night clip above.

Zayn Malik is getting ready to release his highly anticipated new album, Nobody Is Listening, on Friday. As the release date has gotten closer and closer, Malik has been more forthcoming with info about the album. He shared the art and tracklist a few days ago, and now he has offered previews of all the album tracks in an old-school way.

Yesterday, Malik tweeted a phone number, “+1 (323)-991-ZAYN.” When called, fans can hear short previews of every Nobody Is Listening song except for the previously released “Vibez” and “Better.” By pressing the different number buttons between 1 and 9 on the phone, fans can hear samples of “Calamity,” “Outside,” “When Love’s Around” featuring Syd, “Connexion,” “Sweat,” “Unf**kwitable,” “Windowsill” featuring Devlin, “Tightrope,” and “River Road.”

Press materials have indicated that the album is “set to be his most personal project to date” and also note, “With total creative reign on his third album, Zayn is making the music he has always wanted to.”

Meanwhile, the #HAPPYBIRTHDAYZAYN hashtag is trending on Twitter this morning, as the singer turns 28 years old today. Fans have taken to the platform to share photos of Malik from throughout his life and share messages about how much they love his music and what his art has meant to them.

Nobody Is Listening is out 1/15 via RCA. Pre-order it here.

The reception to the third season of Cobra Kai has been largely phenomenal. The popularity of the series on Netflix also continues to be huge after the debut of the show’s first and second seasons on Netflix several months ago. The third season brought back a favorite from the original Karate Kid movie, as well as Chozen (Yuji Okumoto) and Kumiko (Tamlyn Tomita) from The Karate Kid Part II. The season itself also produced some exceptional fight choreography, provided another crowd-pleasing ending, and set itself up for a great fourth season.

However, while Cobra Kai appropriately sidelined the worst character on the series, it, unfortunately, failed to bring back one of the best: Aisha Robinson. Recall that Aisha was the second student to join the new generation of Cobra Kai, and she was an important bridge between Miguel and the growth of Johnny’s dojo. The first season did a remarkable job of exploring Aisha’s faltering friendship with Samantha LaRusso, whose popularity grew as Aisha remained a target of bullies. Aisha’s role, unfortunately, was reduced in the second season, although she and Samantha strengthened their old friendship.

Unfortunately, Aisha was written out of the third season, only briefly mentioned to establish that her character had been disenrolled from West Valley High School after the brawl at the end of the second season. Being written out of the third season was not actress Nichole Brown’s decision, as she explained in September 2019 on Instagram (via Reddit), saying that she “needed” the acting job because her financial situation was “not good.”

Aishas absence has been noticeable. In fact, a number of fans of Cobra Kai finishing up the series have expressed disappointment in her absence on social media.

Fans can take some solace in the fact that the show’s showrunner and co-creator, Hayden Schlossberg, has not ruled out her return in Season 4, although he also makes no promises. “Well we don’t want to get too much into detail about why we do certain things,” he told Comicbook.com. “If it is going to affect things in the future, that would be a spoiler.”

Schlossberg also added that, “as you’ve seen in Season 3, characters who maybe you thought were no longer a part of the story, do come back and play a role … and so, people who want to see Aisha again, I think that’s how we would respond to that, without giving anything away.”

In other words, no promises, but if it ends up that her return works in the context of the Season 4 storyline, the fan-favorite could make a rousing return to the series.

Cobra Kai season three is currently available on Netflix.

For the second time in as many games, the Toronto (Tampa) Raptors saw a double-digit fourth quarter lead evaporate on them as the Portland Trail Blazers erased a 10-point deficit entering the final period to get a 112-111 win that felt like an absolute theft.

CJ McCollum, fresh off watching his beloved Cleveland Browns win their first playoff game since 1995, led the way with 30 points, six rebounds, and five assists — with Damian Lillard and Carmelo Anthony chipping in 23 and 20 respectively. On the other side, it was Pascal Siakam who tallied his first career triple double with 22 points, 13 rebounds, and 10 assists leading the Raptors, who had three others who scored at least 18 points.

Fittingly, the game came down to the two stars of the game, with McCollum getting the best of that battle, as he hit a midrange jumper to take the lead off of some dazzling ball-handling to get to his spot and rise and fire.

With nine seconds to go, the Raptors had plenty of time to dial up a play for the game-winner and chose a Pascal Siakam isolation, much like they did a night ago against the Warriors. Unfortunately, the end result was also the same with Siakam getting a pretty good look after some hectic dribbling and backing down of Robert Covington, missing a short, spinning push shot as time expired.

The loss drops the Raptors to 2-8, with yet another close game going the wrong way for Toronto who have now lost six games by single digit margins. The inability to close games out has become a significant issue for the Raptors, and in this one it was the shot-making of the Blazers, led by McCollum, that gave their defense fits late and then they just couldn’t get enough buckets on the other end to keep up with the late charge from Portland.