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Prior to last week, Scarface’s 2020 was unfortunately similar to that nearly eight million Americans as the famed Houston native confirmed he was diagnosed with coronavirus earlier this year. Luckily, Scarface was able to get through his battle with the virus, one he was quite open up about.

Unfortunately, though, the health issues have not concluded for him as he took to Twitter earlier this week and made a plea to his fans.

“I need a kidney y’all any volunteers?” Scarface asked his followers. “B+ blood type.” The tweet saw a number of comforting responses filled with well-wishes and optimistic remarks, but T.I. and Fat Joe are taking things a step further in order to get Scarface the help he needs.

Upon seeing Scarface’s request, T.I. reposted his tweet to his Instagram page with the hopes of finding a donor for the Houston rapper. “Love & Prayers To Da Homie @brothermob,” he said in post’s caption. “We got a bag for a volunteer… who B+? Serious inquiries only hit my dms to verify ya B+ blood type.”

Fat Joe followed suit and delivered a similar message with a post of his own to Instagram. “This real sh*t right here prayers for the legend @brothermob we gotta bag for any volunteers,” he said in the caption, tagging T.I. as well to show that the two rappers simple wants to get Scarface the help he needs as quickly as possible.

The release of Wonder Woman 1984 is still up in the air as the movie industry continues to grapple with the COVID-19 pandemic, but we already know that Patty Jenkins-led universe is expanding once movies can happen safely again. We also now know that Gal Gadot and Jenkins will continue working together on a new project.

According to The Hollywood Reporter, the duo will helm a Cleopatra project once their Wonder Woman project is officially out.

Jenkins will direct the drama based on a script penned by Laeta Kalogridis, with Charles Roven of Atlas Entertainment, Gadot and Jaron Varsano of Pilot Wave Motion Pictures banner producing.

Gadot will play Cleopatra, the Queen of Egypt role made famous by Elizabeth Taylor in the 1963 classic.

That Taylor-led Cleopatra was an expensive project that ultimately was the highest-grossing film of 1963. It also earned nine Oscar nominations and won four. It’s unclear if this film will be related to the other film in any way, or if it is simply covering the same subject matter and will not be a true remake.

Either way, Gadot following up Wonder Woman with a turn as Cleopatra is impressive, and under Jenkins she’s thrived both critically and commercially. Considering all the trouble the Wonder Woman sequel has had in getting to the public it’s just nice to know that more movies are coming. You know, eventually.

There is an art to sneaker unboxing, one that YouTubers and social media influencers have spent years mastering as they learned how to create the perfect sneaker videos.

There’s a certain patience required to build anticipation, gently opening the box so has not to disturb the wrapping, then doing a little peek for yourself and making a facial reaction to the camera, and then finally pulling the shoe out to present it to the masses and deliver your initial impressions upon first look. And then, there’s the Dennis Rodman way of unboxing sneakers, which has all the chaotic energy you would expect from The Worm, that will provide a certainly level of anxiety to those who love sneakers and, especially, for those who keep their boxes nice and tidy.

On Saturday, Rodman posted a video of him receiving a couple pair of Yeezys, and we learned that he does not open boxes how they are designed, but instead just grabs in some random place and rips the cardboard until he can reach in and pull out one of the shoes.

I have not been able to stop thinking about this video since I first saw it, because as someone who keeps his shoe boxes stacked in the closet, this both pained me but also showed me what real freedom is like, not caring if the boxes stay pristine and just wanting to see the goods.

I think we all could use a bit more of that energy, but in the meantime we can watch, amazed, at the sheer DGAF-ness of Rodman literally tearing into Yeezy boxes to see what’s inside.

If you’ve taken a glance at Cardi B’s Instagram page, you’ll notice that the Bronx native is in quite the lighthearted and happy mood. That’s because Sunday marks Cardi’s 28th birthday and she took to Las Vegas to celebrate the new year of life. That isn’t the only thing the “WAP” rapper has to celebrate, however, as Cardi also announced her new limited edition sneaker with Reebok. The Club C Cardi sneaker is slated for an official release on November 13, but Cardi opted to kick off her birthday weekend with an early gift to her fans.

“I’m kicking off my birthday weekend by announcing I am officially dropping my first ever Reebok x Cardi Footwear Collection on 11/13,” she said in an Instagram post. She then revealed that she would release limited pairs for her “loyal fans” on Sunday, more than a month before their official release.

The new Club C Cardi sneaker is just Cardi’s latest endeavor in the fashion world, her most recent one coming in September when she was announced as the latest face of Balenciaga. The company made the reveal with a colorful ad that finds Cardi laying on a large piece of artificial grass in a silky navy blue dress as various yellow items surrounded her. The new campaign also gave Cardi a large billboard that was placed on the side of The Louvre museum in Paris.

You can get a glimpse of the Club C Cardi sneaker in the post above. For more information on Cardi’s new sneaker or to make a purchase, click here.

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

Game 5 of the NBA Finals was an instant classic, with Jimmy Butler and LeBron James each putting up incredible performances as the Heat came away with a 111-108 win to push the Lakers to Game 6.

Down the stretch, both James and Butler made play after play for their teams, trading the lead back-and-forth, with Butler handing Miami a 109-108 lead with around 16 seconds to play. This meant the Lakers had time to draw up a play of their own, and what they dialed up got the ball to James to get him moving downhill and take advantage of the fact that the Heat would collapse on him to make anyone else beat him. The result was a Danny Green three that was very open from the top of the key, even factoring in an aggressive, but somewhat late, closeout from the weakside.

Green’s shot came up short, barely drawing the front of the rim. From there, Markieff Morris grabbed the rebound and then threw something between a pass and a shot over the head of Anthony Davis and out of bounds, allowing the Heat to knock down a pair of free throws and put the game on ice. It was certainly not the way Green, Morris, LeBron, or Frank Vogel envisioned the close of the game, but they got a good look and simply missed it. However, as happens all too often, Green became a target for angry Lakers fans, as his offensive play this postseason has not been as good as his reputation as a big game shooter over his career has given him.

On Sunday, as the Lakers spoke to the media in the morning prior to Game 6, Green explained that he and his fiancee both received death threats on social media since he missed the shot.

It is the unfortunate reality of the social media era that players who make a key mistake not only have to hear criticism, but also have to deal with fans that go way too far and wish death and other horrible things upon them and their family members. As Green said, he understands he’s and easy target here for criticism after his miss, but it doesn’t change that it’s despicable to levy death threats at someone and their family members over a basketball game.

Green says he’s learned to just avoid social media after losses like Friday’s while a member of the Lakers. Frustration from fans is understandable, including some anger in the moment, but to have it be anything to the level of death threats or wishing harm on a person is so far beyond what should be acceptable.

Per their original schedule, the most recent episode of Saturday Night Live was supposed to have country singer Morgan Wallen as its musical guest. Reports from an Alabama publication found that Wallen ran up a fairly high coronavirus risk for the show after he was spotted at a college party, however, and as a result he was dropped from the show. Coming in as a well-prepared substitute for the late scratch, Jack White was announced as Wallen replacement on Friday.

Proving to be a smooth transition from artist to artist, Jack White took the SNL stage backed by a small band that was comprised of drummer Daru Jones and bassist Dominic John Davis.

For his SNL performances, Jack White delivered some of his best hits while putting a new spin on some of them. Playing three songs for viewers during his set, White’s highlight performance came with his closing track. Reaching back to his 2014 sophomore solo album, Jack White delivered a performance of “Lazaretto,” one that found him performing with an Eddie Van Halen model guitar, honoring the legendary guitarist.

Prior to his SNL set, White revealed in an Instagram post that he would use the model guitar during his performance. “I thought it could be a nice gesture for me to use this blue eddie van halen model guitar for one of the songs tonight on SNL,” White said in his caption. “Eddie was very kind to me and saw to it that this guitar was made for me to my specs. i wont even insult the man’s talent by trying to play one of his songs tonight. thanks again eddie for this guitar and rest in peace sir.”

Elsewhere in his SNL performance, White played a small piece of “Don’t Hurt Yourself,” his Lemonade collaboration with Beyonce, before moving on to “Ball And Biscuit.” The track, which comes from his 2003 album Elephant with The White Stripes, was reworked to include lyrics from a traditional gospel song, “Jesus Is Coming Soon,” a track that was centered around the 1918 Spanish Flu and was once performed by Blind Willie Johnson. The reworked performance of “Ball And Biscuit” with the lyrics from the traditional gospel song proved to be just as relevant today as it was at the time of its release:

“The noble said to the people/Close your public schools/Until death passes you by you better close all your churches too/ I’m done talkin/ Yes I’m walkin’/ God is coming soon,” White sang. “The great disease was mighty and people were sick everywhere/ It was an epidemic and it traveled through the air.”

Considering that a “lazaretto” is a quarantine hospital for people with infectious diseases, it’s clear White themed the performances for life during a pandemic as well as to pay tribute to a legend with his guitar. You can watch Jack White’s performances in the videos above.

Even Kate McKinnon seems to be struggling to cope with the current stresses of life during a pandemic. The Saturday Night Live mainstay did her best to bring the laughs on Weekend Update but even she had to break character and be honest about how tough it is to keep things together these days.

McKinnon appeared midway through the segment, which was tough on Donald Trump and the coronavirus pandemic as usual. But her doctor character, Dr. Wenowdis, gave her a grey mustache and hairdo and left her pondering things as Colin Jost set her up. The segment was goofy and awkward, and it seemed that McKinnon was primarily interested in making Jost uncomfortable.

That’s a recipe for success on Weekend Update for sure, but at around the 2:40 mark Wenowdis decided to give Jost an “exam,” where things got very strange: McKinnon started singing “blood pressure” to the tune of Queen’s “Under Pressure” and squeezing a fake medical tool that made a goofy noise. Giggling, Jost asked a clearly struggling McKinnon directly, not Dr. Wenowdis, if she was OK.

“Kate. Kate,” Jost said, stopping the bit in its tracks. “Are you OK?”

“I’m obviously not,” McKinnon said, with no accent, drawing applause from the crowd. She then explained that Dr. Wenowdis is a character she made up to cope with the realities of the pandemic, even if it’s not working as well as she hoped.

“I’m sorry you guys. It’s such a crazy time and this is something I started doing to cope,” she said. “I have a lot of wigs and mustaches at my disposal and it’s a nice way to escape, you know, it’s refreshing to play a character who, um, know dis.”

She then went on to list a few things we don’t know, such as when the pandemic will end, who will win the election and what will “happen to the world.” It’s a sincere moment that seems to have been a scripted breaking of the fourth wall, but there was a moment of unexpected levity when McKinnon leaned on the Weekend Update podium and accidentally set off the joke medical tool, which squeaked and made everyone break again.

“The one thing that we do know is that…” McKinnon offered before changing her mind, “No we don’t know dis.”

The sketch did end on a more positive note, but it was nice to see that even the pros are having trouble in what’s been a sad and oftentimes disturbing year. There’s a lot we don’t know, but at least we’re all in that together when you really think about it.

The second episode of Saturday Night Live’s return brought with it a sendup of the Vice Presidential Debate, which was held on Tuesday and was largely overtaken by a fly that landed on Mike Pence’s head for more than two minutes. That gave SNL plenty of material to spoof, and it did so by explaining just what that fly was doing up there in the first place.

The opening sketch featured Maya Rudolph as Kamala Harris and hit all the notes people seem to remember from “the thing that will change everyone’s minds,” as the intro put it. There was inexplicable talk of fracking, Pence getting shut down for interrupting Harris, and the fly landing on Pence’s head. But that’s when things got weird. Jim Carrey, playing Joe Biden watching the debate at home, decided he needed to get in there to rescue Harris for some reason.

“I need to do something,” Carrey said. “I need to teleport to that debate and save the soul of this nation.”

It was all a bit confusing, but it did allow the show to use Carrey and also reference something that went viral in the wake of the Fly debate. There was no Jeff Goldblum sighting, mind you, but Carrey did his best to play Joe Biden slowly turning into a fly version of the actor while paraphrasing his infamous line from Jurassic Park. The sketch also included Kenan Thompson, who appeared as a dead Herman Cain reincarnated as a fly also trapped on Mike Pence’s head.

It may not have been the Fly sketch that many fans wanted but it at least referenced what many were thinking the show would do, anyway.

The Los Angeles Lakers missed out on their first chance to secure the 17th championship in franchise history on Friday night. A huge game from Jimmy Butler propelled the Miami Heat to a 111-108 win in Game 5, although if a Danny Green three with less than 10 seconds remaining went in, perhaps history would have remembered this game differently.

The Lakers trailed by one in the game’s waning moments when LeBron James drove to the rim, attracted essentially every Miami defender’s attention, then threw a tricky pass to Green, who had an aircraft carrier worth of space between him and everyone else. Green pulled and got front iron, which led to a Markieff Morris turnover.

The sequence led to plenty of chatter about what James should have done and whether Green should have hit the shot. In James’ eyes, it’s not worth getting bogged down in this conversation, because sometimes, guys just simply miss shots.

“I mean, if you just look at the play, I was able to draw two defenders below the free throw line and find one of our shooters at the top of the key for a wide-open 3 to win a championship,” James said after the game. “I trusted him, we trusted him, and it just didn’t go. “You live with that. You live with that. It’s one of the best shots that we could have got. … Danny had a hell of a look. It just didn’t go down. I know he wishes he can have it again.”

It’s very much an example of “it’s a make or miss league,” because while he’s struggled during the Finals, Green is one heck of a player who you expect to make that exact shot. A wide open, straight away look is something Green hits in his sleep, but this time, he just didn’t. Still, he’s a good shooter, and we’ll bet he hopes this same shot pops up again during Game 6.

Joaquin Buckley might not be a household name in the world of mixed martial arts just yet, but his name will forever be tied to one of the most unbelievable knockouts ever during the prelims of UFC Fight Island 5. In just his second UFC fight, Buckley served Impa Kasanganay his first professional loss when he countered his ankle getting caught with a spinning back heel kick that caught Kasanganay square on the chin.

Kasanganay’s lights went out, his body went stiff and Buckley ended the night with his hand raised.

After the fight, Buckey acknowledged that his counter is something he practices in training.

“We drill to kill, but I never landed it in a fight before,” Buckley said, per MMA Fighting. “But he was coming hard, he had heavy pressure, so I said why not just throw it. And I got it, I landed.”

He got the knockout for sure, and he may have at least one of the UFC’s $50,000 bonuses for his incredible performance before the night is over.

After losing his first UFC fight in August by third-round knockout, Buckley bounced back in a big way to move his career record to 11-3. Kananganay made his way to the UFC after moving through Dana White’s Contender Series, earning his first Fight Night victory in late August.