With no end to our national nightmare in sight, The Daily Show has decided to celebrate the “most breathtaking achievements of the pandemic season” with its first (and hopefully final) Pandemmy Awards. Unlike other award shows, The Daily Show is giving you the chance to vote on a cornucopia of categories that best capture the very worst of America’s coronavirus response from anti-mask freakouts, cures that aren’t cures at all, and best supporting disasters.
Here are just some of the categories:
BEST CURE
Hydroxychloroquine The Flu Vaccine Not Testing April Disinfectant
BEST BULLS**T
Sean Hannity – “Always Taken Coronavirus Seriously” Mike Pence – “Word is Bond” Donald Trump – “I Knew This Was a Pandemic” Kayleigh McEnany – “I Will Never Lie To You”
OUTSTANDING STUNT COORDINATION
Rep. Jerry Nadler Donald Trump Mike Pence Joe and Jill Biden
BEST COSTUME DESIGN
Dr. Deborah Birx – “A Scarf For Every Occasion” Matt Gaetz – “Mocking Gas Mask” Congressional Democrats – “Kente Cloth” Senator Tim Kaine – “Old West Bank Robber”
BEST KAREN
“Democratic Pigs, All of You” “I Have a Right To My Pizza” “I Don’t Give a F**k” “I Am Legend”
BEST KEVIN
Man Pushing Into Walmart Costco Florida Man “Return To Your Service of Satan” Guy Man Dragged Out By Son
OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT IN WISHFUL THINKING
Wolf Blitzer – “More Serious Posture” Chuck Todd – “Bit More Reserved” Gayle King – “Drastic Change” Dana Bash – “From A Human Standpoint”
BEST PICTURE
Sean Hannity – “Zero Coronavirus Deaths” Lou Dobbs – “Superb / Great / Very Good” Trish Regan – “Coronavirus Impeachment Scam” Gov. Andrew Cuomo – “SLUT”
BEST SUPPORTING DISASTER IN A PANDEMIC
Murder Hornets Gender Reveal Wildfire Locust Swarm Election Day Asteroid
You can see more categories and vote for your choices at PandemmyAwards.com until Monday, September 21 when the winners will be announced.
The 2020 general election will be unlike any in U.S. history due to a large number of people voting before election day, November 3.
The COVID-19 pandemic has many voting early, either in-person or by mail, so they can avoid large crowds of people. While others are mailing in their ballots early due to concerns over President Trump’s attempts to stifle voter turnout by disrupting the United States Postal Service.
Four states officially started early in-person voting on Friday and if the number of people who’ve already cast a ballot in Virginia is any indication of a nationwide trend, voter turnout is going to be massive this year.
Early voting by mail has already started in Idaho, West Virginia, New York, and Vermont. In-person voting is now possible in Virginia, Minnesota, Wyoming, and South Dakota,
Hundreds of voters line up in Virginia as the first day of early in-person voting begins in the state.
According to a report from CNN, lines at the Fairfax Country registrar’s office in Virginia are as long as “two football fields” and people are waiting as long as three hours to cast their votes.
CNN reporter Kristen Holmes says a large number of people say they are voting early, in-person because they don’t trust the post office.
“I don’t trust the mail right now, that’s why,” Jim O’Conner told CNN. “If I gotta stay here all day, I’m gonna vote today.”
“We have heard that over and over again,” CNN reporter Kristen Holmes said. “People want to see their ballot being cast, they don’t believe the mail system is working right now.”
“Several people already waiting more than two hours to cast their ballot, and it is so important to keep in mind that this is a rolling process,” Holmes said. “They do not have to cast their ballot today. They are choosing to do so. They want to get out there. They want to have their say, and a lot of them want to actually see their ballot being cast.”
Twitter users have been posting videos of impressive lines.
Virginians, it’s time to #Vote! My ballot is in—and if you are registered in Virginia, you can start voting TODAY.… https://t.co/pT9ruQZF2x
Currently, Joe Biden has a solid lead in nationwide polls. The latest polling from The Five Thirty Eight has Biden with a comfortable lead (50.2%) in the national averages over Trump (43.5%).
According to The Five Thirty-Eight, if the election were held today, Biden would have an electoral college victory of 331 to 207 votes.
Given the fact that President Trump is fighting an uphill battle, the more votes cast early, the smaller his chance of winning.
“A ballot in is a ballot in, and no late-campaign message or event takes it out of the count,” Chris Wilson, a GOP pollster who specializes in data and analytics, told Politico.
“Bottom line is that means that Biden is banking a lead in the mail and more of the risk of something going wrong late is born by Republicans because our voters haven’t voted yet, Wilson adds.
Regardless of what it means for election results, it’s beautiful to see that Americans are excited to participate in democracy and are willing to do whatever they can to make sure their voice is heard.
In just one week, Deftones will release their anticipated new album Ohms, their first record in over four years. They’re offering another advance look in ahead of then, though, with a video for “Genesis.” The track begins with buzzing synths and atmospheric, post-rock-style guitars. From there, it bursts into a heavy alt-metal onslaught with alternately screamed and sung lyrics from Chino Moreno.
Moreno recently told Uproxx of the new album, “‘Heavy’ is kind of subjective, you know? The last thing I ever want to do is be quoted saying, ‘This is our heaviest record!’ The first thing that’s going to happen is some dude’s going to be like, ‘No way dude! This is…’ You know what I mean? It’s kind of subjective. But I do feel like it’s got a little more energy. I think that is attributed to everybody being engaged completely. Everybody firing on all cylinders. There’s not one of us individually that was sort of sitting back just going along. Everybody was very present physically and emotionally, ready to work and to put the work in.”
UK singer and producer Labrinth just scored his first-ever Emmy Award for Outstanding Original Music and Lyrics thanks to his Euphoria soundtrack standout, “All For Us.” The song, which ended the emotional rollercoaster first season, was nominated alongside Pharrell and Chad Hugo’s “Letter to My Godfather” from The Black Godfather, Thomas Mizer and Curtis Moore’s “One Less Angel” from The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel, and Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross’ “The Way It Used to Be” from Watchmen. Reznor and Ross won the Emmy for the dramatically-titled Outstanding Music Composition For A Limited Series, Movie Or Special award.
Since scoring Euphoria, Labrinth released his second studio album Imagination & the Misfit Kid, which he called a “concept collection about a child who sells his imagination to a businessman in exchange for success.” “All For Us” likewise appears on the album, along with the single “Something’s Got To Give.” Zendaya, who stars in Euphoria as lead character Rue, appears on “All For Us,” while Labrinth duets with “Sia” — with whom he formed the group LSD, also including Diplo — on album closer “Oblivion.” Labrinth is also nominated for the Emmy for Outstanding Music Composition for a Series for the Euphoria episode “Bonnie and Clyde.” His competition in that category includes Ludwig Göransson for the The Mandalorian episode “Chapter 8: Redemption” and Nicholas Britell for the Succession episode “This Is Not for Tears.”
After being controversially replaced in an award-winning ad campaign that he created, John Boyega publicly stepped down as the brand ambassador for UK fragrance company Jo Malone. While the company issued a statement apologizing for its mistake, the real life Jo Malone is “humiliated” over how poorly Boyega was treated.
While Malone is no longer involved with the brand after selling it to Estee Lauder in 1999, the company still bears her name, and the British perfumer did not enjoy seeing it associated with the Boyega controversy. “How dare somebody treat him [like that], and he finds out he is replaced on social media?” Malone said on a Friday segment of the UK morning show Lorraine, via Variety. “They never spoke to him. That for me is utterly despicable and is disgusting.”
Malone is also upset over the brand’s second attempt at an apology, which involved simply repeating its earlier statement to Boyega and adding that Malone had no involvement in the controversy. “This is my life, this is his life,” Malone said. “Don’t sit behind an apology, no one’s being human about this. Jo Malone London, Estee Lauder corporation, this is your mess, clear it up.”
In a Twitter thread on Monday, Boyega revealed that he was resigning from the fragrance company after he learned that it repurposed a short film based on his personal life that he made for the brand and reshot it with a new actor for China. Boyega was never given a heads up, nor did the fragrance company ask for his consent.
“While many brands understandably use a variety of global and local ambassadors, dismissively trading out one’s culture this way is not something I can condone,” Boyega tweeted. “It’s back to back but I assure you this will be dealt with swiftly. I don’t have time for nonsense. We press on and strong.”
The Boston Celtics find themselves in an unenviable situation during their Eastern Conference Finals matchup with the Miami Heat. Despite leading in the second half of both games, the Celtics are down 0-2, and following Thursday night’s 106-101 loss, reports indicated that tensions boiled over in the locker room, with mercurial guard Marcus Smart screaming at his teammates.
One day later and some more details have come out about exactly what went down. Per Shams Charania of The Athletic, Smart and Jaylen Brown got into it with one another, and while no physical altercation occurred and the two have “smoothed tensions over,” the pair needed to be separated.
Sources told The Athletic that Smart stormed into the Celtics postgame locker room saying that other players needed to be held accountable and not simply point the finger toward him when things are going wrong. As Smart continued and his voice grew louder, sources said Brown snapped back and shouted that Celtics players must stay together and that their actions must come as a team, not individually, and that Smart needed to cool off. Those sources added Smart had verbal exchanges with a couple of the assistant coaches during the game.
Adrian Wojnarowski of ESPN added some details of what went down. While he confirmed that the two did not get physical with one another, Brad Stevens sat down with a collection of players — including Brown and Smart — to talk things over.
ESPN Sources: Brad Stevens had a late night Thursday meeting with Celtics leaders – Kemba Walker, Jayson Tatum, Jaylen Brown and Marcus Smart – to work through emotions of post-Game 2 locker room. A lot of yelling in locker room, but nothing escalated to a physical confrontation.
Smart is the heart and soul of the Celtics’ locker room, so it’s not a huge surprise that losing back-to-back games in the conference finals is something that irked him. Besides, with how Boston has looked over the first two games of this series, someone bringing a major sense of urgency is something that could be really beneficial for them, so long as things did indeed get smoothed over and this doesn’t rear its ugly head should the Celtics face any adversity over the remainder of this series.
Alabama rap sensation Flo Milli continues her breakout with the double video for “Send The Addy/May I” from her debut album, Ho, Why Is You Here? A relative unknown at this time last year, the 19-year-old Flo Milli has since bossed up in a big way, going from underground rookie to XXL Freshman contender, punctuating her rise with the viral fan-favorite project full of infectious bops and playful trash talk.
The new video reflects the rapper’s increased stature, opening with a flashy scene of Flo Milli rapping on the hood of an elaborately decorated lowrider in braids and knee-high boots and showing off her nameplate bamboo earrings. The bulk of the video is taken up by the “May I” video, filling the trunk of another lowrider with opulent floral arrangements as Milli sits astride a similarly bedecked lowrider bicycle. The final scene is a throwback to the 2000s, as the car club circles up to set the stage for a parking lot dance-off.
With the videos for “Send The Addy,” “May I,” and “Weak” continuing to rack up plays equal to those of her prior hits “Like That Bitch” and “My Attitude,” Flo Milli further endears herself to the fervent fanbase that turn her breakout single “In The Party” into a viral smash and made her a star on the rise. If she can keep up this same steady flow, it won’t be long ’til she’s outgrown Freshman class lists and finds herself the queen of hip-hop’s campus.
Watch Flo Milli’s “Send The Addy/May I” video above.
Between the new normal that is working from home and e-learning for students of all ages, having functional electronic devices is extremely important. But that doesn’t mean needing to run out and buy the latest and greatest model. In fact, this cycle of constantly upgrading our devices to keep up with the newest technology is an incredibly dangerous habit.
The amount of e-waste we produce each year is growing at an increasing rate, and the improper treatment and disposal of this waste is harmful to both human health and the planet.
So what’s the solution? While no one expects you to stop purchasing new phones, laptops, and other devices, what you can do is consider where you’re purchasing them from and how often in order to help improve the planet for future generations.
Typically, new device models don’t feature that many noticeable advances, meaning waiting in line every September at the Apple store when a new iPhone comes out isn’t necessary. A better solution is to instead buy refurbished.
Back Market, for example, sells all types of refurbished devices, including smartphones, computers and laptops, tablets, wearables, and more from your favorite brands. Plus, their team of experts check each device’s functionality and works to restore it to the best condition possible. You can also rest easy knowing your refurbished device comes with a 30-day money-back guarantee and a one-year warranty.
Refurbished devices, while not brand new, are certified by an expert and are available at up to 70% lower prices. Not only are refurbished devices better for the environment because less waste is being generated, they’re also better for your wallet.
Back Market also offers amazing deals on the items students need for back to school, plus an extra 5% off the already discounted prices to those enrolled in a college or university, so there’s really no excuse not to buy refurbished.
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While we can’t reverse the damaging effects e-waste has already had on the environment, making responsible purchasing decisions can help slow down the amount being produced each year and have a lasting impact on the planet.
According to a 2017 Report from the U.N, all the countries in the world combined generated a staggering 44.7 million metric tons, or an equivalent of 13.4 pounds per inhabitant, of e-waste in 2016. Most of this waste is going straight into the landfills.
The same report states that only 20 percent was collected and recycled. But even the e-waste that is recycled is often improperly handled, being exported to developing countries where people work to recover valuable materials from the devices and end up exposed to toxic chemicals, according to Columbia University. E-waste toxins are also known to contaminate the air, soil, and groundwater.
While concern for the environment is high, particularly among younger generations, many people don’t know what e-waste is.
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According to a survey, 71% of millennials and Gen Z consider the environment to be a more important concern than the economy, but 60% of them were unfamiliar with e-waste and its impact on the environment.
With the effects of global warming becoming increasingly apparent, taking measures to slow down the production of e-waste is crucial.
Rising MC Baby Keem dropped off a two-pack to his burgeoning fanbase. On “Hooligan” he declares, “I’m the youngest n**** runnin’ it” over a whistling instrumental. On his “Sons & Critics” freestyle he commands, if “you a critic boy shut the f*ck up.”
Berner — “Foolish” Feat. DMX
Berner released his Russ Bufalino project this week. A standout song from the project is “Foolish” with DMX, where the Dog questions, “The devil’s spent so much time ruinin’ my life, but what’s the snake without me?” over a soulful vocal sample.
Bobby Sessions — “Still Alive” Feat. Royce Da 5’9″
Bobby Sessions and Royce Da 5’9” linked up to affirm the resilience of Blackness on “Still Alive,” the intro from his of-the-moment RVLTN (Chapter 3): The Price Of Freedom.
Coi Leray — “Slide”
Coi Leray and Gunna release a sleek, romantic video for their “Slide” single from Coi Leray’s Now Or Never EP. The touchy-feely video is the perfect addendum to the sultry track.
Dbangz — “Been A Long Time”
This week, LA-based artist Dbangz released a video for “Been A Long Time,” a reflective stream of consciousness where the 19-year-old laments, “Mama told me stayin’ stuck in my head’ll be dangerous” and explores his cycle of depression and self-medicating over a classic break loop.
Elzhi — “Smoke & Mirrors” Feat. Monica Blaire
Elzhi offered up another single from Seven Times Down Eight Times Up with the “Smoke & Mirrors,” a reflective track where he figuratively goes down memory lane but affirmed that his circumstances made him “a champ, I’m a leader, I’m a prophet I’m a rebel” all in one.
HoodCelebrityy — “So Pretty” Feat. Kash Doll
Fresh off having one of the hottest verses on Big Sean’s “Friday Night Cypher,” Kash Doll dished off some more powerful bars on HoodCelebrityy’s breezy, Jamaican-tinged “So Pretty.”
Jahmed — “Glimpse” Feat. Freddie Gibbs
Jahmed traded bars with Freddie Gibbs on “Glimpse,” a braggadocious track where the two spitters show off over a mysterious, 808-driven production.
Kipp Stone — “Sprague Street” Feat. Mick Jenkins
Cleveland MC Kipp Stone is set to release his HOMMÈ album on October 20. He set a strong precedent for the project on “Sprague Street,” a lyrical exercise with Mick Jenkins where Stone reminds, “Goin numb don’t make you tough at all / It’s really sayin’ I’ve been hurt so much I’d rather never feel anything”
Marlon Craft — “Time Will Tell”
Marlon Craft takes ‘em to school on “Time Will Tell,” an of-the-moment track where he incisively rhymes about what undoing systemic oppression of BIPOC would look like, urging “it look like excavation, diggin up the inner hatred that this nation gave us.”
MC Eiht — Lessons
MC Eiht released his latest project Lessons today. The project shows him offering up another dose of gangsta rap and OG wisdom alongside a slew of collaborators like Conway The Machine, Dave East, Talib Kweli, B-Real, Kurupt and Havoc. The latter two showed out on album standout “Neighborhood Looks.”
Moneybagg Yo and Blac Youngsta — Code Red
It’s a Memphis thing on Code Red, a collaboration project where Moneybagg Yo and Blac Youngsta are as tough, flashy, and fly as they wanna be over a 13-track suite of thumping, energetic production. Album standouts include “New Chain” with Yo Gotti and the “Said Sum” remix with City Girls and DaBaby.
Papoose — “Kickback” Feat. Conway & French Montana
Papoose breathes new life into the infamous “I Shot Ya” loop on “Kickback” with Conway and French Montana, a menacing barfest that’s not as chill or inviting as the title suggests.
Willie The Kid — “Brewster’s Millions” Feat. Curren$y & Alchemist
Willie The Kid offered up the first taste of his upcoming Capital Gains project with the smooth “Brewster’s Millions,” where he talks lavish alongside frequent collaborator Curren$y on a soulful Alchemist beat.
Some artists covered here are Warner Music artists. Uproxx is an independent subsidiary of Warner Music Group.
Lady Gaga‘s penchant for pairing her songs with elaborate videos remains as strong as ever with her new single “911.” The latest single from her 2020 album Chromatica is another upbeat dance track, but the scintillating beat belies the heavy the message she shares in the lyrics. Similarly, the cinematic video for the track seems fantastical but is later revealed to hide a chilling dark side.
At first, the video appears to be a pastiche of 1940s movie tropes and medieval medicine, updated with Gaga’s usual touch of surreal styling. The singer awakens in a desert and follows a black-clad rider to an oasis town where she encounters a colorful cast of characters in eye-popping costumes as she dances, poses, and floats in the air. However, just when the viewer can’t make heads or tails of the imagery, Gaga solves the puzzle herself, revealing the whole thing as the dream sequence of an injured girl who was apparently hit by a car while riding her bike near a movie theater. All of the imagery in the video comes from passersby in the street, the medics working to save her, and the driver of the car, who apparently got the worst of it.
Gaga explained the true meaning behind the secretly heavy song in May, telling Apple Music’s Zane Lowe: “I don’t take any pain medication, because it’s not healthy for me. But I’ve flirted with the idea of sobriety. I’m not there yet, but I flirted with it throughout the album. It’s something that came up as a result of me trying to work through the pain that I was feeling.”
Watch Lady Gaga’s “911” video above.
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