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Netflix’s ‘Sweet Tooth’ Introduces A Miracle (As Proof That Nature Can Heal) In A New Trailer

Netflix’s Sweet Tooth takes a bit of an unintentional gamble with its release date, which might also work to its benefit. The awe-inspiring story is based upon a comic-book (that ran under DC’s Vertigo imprint) by creator Jeff Lemire, who whipped up a post-apocalyptic fairytale about what happens when a great sickness (which is poorly dealt with by humans) ends with a miracle. In this case, this would be the appearance of “hybrids,” babies who are born half-human and half-animal, and this trailer introduces how that miracle first happens, along with how a hybrid deer-boy teams up with a wandering loner for an extraordinary set of events that neither could have imagined.

Of course, the miracle ends up being viewed as a threat by many humans, who don’t know a swell development when they see it. Or perhaps the Tucker Carlsons of this particular world ruined it for everyone. Probably so! Regardless of the finer details, the lush surroundings shown in this trailer give way to danger and warnings about how evil and good sometimes masquerade in each other’s clothing, and maybe those “nature is healing” memes will be in your head soon after watching this trailer. As it turns out, that deer-boy, Gus (Christian Convery), and his reluctant protector, Tommy Jepperd (Nonso Anozie), will encounter the full spectrum during their adventures; and not all is as it seems, given that the worldbuilding sometimes resembles our very own world, but it’s amped-up to hit home in some stunning ways. From the synopsis:

Ten years ago “The Great Crumble” wreaked havoc on the world and led to the mysterious emergence of hybrids — babies born part human, part animal. Unsure if hybrids are the cause or result of the virus, many humans fear and hunt them. After a decade of living safely in his secluded forest home, a sheltered hybrid deer-boy named Gus (Christian Convery) unexpectedly befriends a wandering loner named Jepperd (Nonso Anozie). Together they set out on an extraordinary adventure across what’s left of America in search of answers — about Gus’ origins, Jepperd’s past, and the true meaning of home.

Something else very cool: Will Forte plays Gus’ father, which might make it worth the price of admission to check out this series (which is executive produced by Susan Downey and Robert Downey Jr.) when it arrives, even if comic-book adaptations aren’t your usual cup of tea.

Netflix’s Sweet Tooth streams on June 4.

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DMX Discusses Dogs, God, And Meeting An Angel In His Final Interview

Before his death last month, DMX gave his final interview for the TV One special Uncensored: DMX, the first part of which aired last night. Within the episode, he covered stories we know, such as how he was tricked into smoking crack at just 14 years old, and ones that he hasn’t shared as often, like the time he says he met an angel when he was hit by a car as a child. He also discussed his love for dogs, comparing them to God, and how he used perspective shifting to handle some of his deepest woes.

DMX’s angel encounter, which happened when he was four years old, was the result of typical childhood inattention. While visiting a friend of his mother’s, young DMX was told to watch his sister outside but was distracted when he found a dime and went to buy candy. “As soon as I stepped off the curb coming down from the store, a car hit me (and) knocked me way over on the other side of the street up under another car,” he remembers. When he tried to get up, he says a white woman with a clipboard told him to lie back down.

“You’d think that she would’ve stuck around because she saw the whole thing,” he reasons. “I don’t know, I felt like it was an angel. She got no business being in the ‘hood with a f*cking clipboard.” The woman disappeared once his mom and emergency services arrived.

Elsewhere in the episode, DMX calls his dog Boomer one of his closest friends, saying, “Two things capable of unconditional love: a dog [and] God. Same word spelled backward. I really feel like dogs are close to God.”

The second and final part of Uncensored: DMX airs tonight at 7 pm PT/10 pm ET on TV One.

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There’s One Re-Recorded Taylor Swift Album That Olivia Rodrigo Really Wants To Be A Part Of

Taylor Swift is in the process of re-recording her old albums, with the first of them, Fearless (Taylor’s Version), getting a release last month. Notably, the rerelease came with previously unheard songs, re-recorded with guests like Maren Morris and Keith Urban. Now, Olivia Rodrigo (who finally met Swift in person at the Brit Awards recently) has revealed that when Swift gets around to re-doing Speak Now, she really wants to be a part of it.

Speaking with NME, Rodrigo said, “My favorite Taylor Swift album is Speak Now. I would love to be on a Speak Now song. I’m just so excited to listen to them, though. I love listening to the vault recordings and stuff like that. I’m gonna own my masters, but I’ll listen to songs I’m not putting out and be like, ‘Maybe I’ll do a vault thing when I’m Taylor’s Swift’s age.’”

She also discussed her own upcoming album, Sour, saying it is inspired by ’90s alternative rock artists like Alanis Morissette:

“I was really inspired by ’90s alternative rock records with ‘Sour’, especially alternative rock girls. […] I think the albums from that time were so brutally honest and angsty, and I wanted to make an angsty record about me growing up and going through heartbreak. […] I made a project that I feel really proud of and that’s the only thing that I set out to do. I try not to write songs through the lens of hoping that they’re commercially successful. I just feel that takes away some of the magic of the songs. Success in my eyes would be making music that I feel really proud of, and I feel like it challenges me and excites me and hopefully makes people feel understood.”

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All The Best New Music From This Week That You Need To Hear

Keeping up with the best new music can be exhausting, even impossible. From the weekly album releases to standalone singles dropping on a daily basis, the amount of music is so vast it’s easy for something to slip through the cracks. Even following along with the Uproxx recommendations on a daily basis can be a lot to ask, so every Monday we’re offering up this rundown of the best new music this week.

This week saw J. Cole make his anticipated return and Olivia Rodrigo drop her full-length debut. Yeah, it was a great week for new music. Check out the highlights below.

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J. Cole — “Let Go My Hand” Feat. Bas, 6lack, and Diddy

Rapper and professional basketball player J. Cole has had fans waiting for a new album since 2018’s KOD, and not long after he officially announced the project, it’s here. One of the standout moments was when he confirmed a rumor about a dispute with Diddy… via a track on which Diddy himself features.

Olivia Rodrigo — “Good 4 U”

Ahead of her debut album Sour, Rodrigo has explored a couple of different musical directions on her first two pre-album singles: “Drivers License” was an emotional ballad, “Deja Vu” was a bit more indebted to Radiohead. So perhaps it wasn’t surprising, then, that her latest pre-release single was the pop-punk-influenced “Good 4 U.”

St. Vincent — “Down”

Annie Clark’s new ’70s-inspired album Daddy’s Home is out now, but before the project was released, she shared one final advance single, “Down.” She doesn’t stray from her chosen decade aesthetic, utilizing the punchy funk sounds of the era.

Jorja Smith — “Bussdown” Feat. Shaybo

Bussdown” is quite the highlight from Be Right Back, especially since Smith described the 7-track project as basically a collection of songs that won’t make her next album: “It’s called be right back because it’s just something I want my fans to have right now, this isn’t an album and these songs wouldn’t have made it. If I needed to make these songs, then someone needed to hear them, too.”

Sleater-Kinney — “Worry With You”

It hasn’t been long since Sleater-Kinney dropped The Center Won’t Hold in 2019, but the group — now just a duo since the departure of Janet Weiss — is returning with Path Of Wellness this summer. Alongside the album announcement, they shared a groove-driven lead single, “Worry With You.”

Internet Money — “His & Hers” feat. Don Toliver, Lil Uzi Vert, and Gunna

Internet Money had a summertime smash with “Lemonade” last year, and now, they’re positioned to repeat that success with “His & Hers.” That’s especially true considering they went with mostly the same formula this time around: Like the former single, the latter also features Don Toliver and Gunna, although Lil Uzi Vert takes over for Nav this time.

Rowdy Rebel and A Boogie Wit Da Hoodie — “9 Bridge”

Rowdy Rebel has been productive since getting out of prison earlier this year, and his latest output is the A Boogie With Da Hoodie collaboration “9 Bridge.” Uproxx’s Aaron Williams describes the track as “a haunting banger of a cross-borough connection,” and the two definitely connect with strong chemistry on the back-and-forth tune.

Leon Bridges — “Motorbike”

It’s been a few years since Leon Bridges’ 2018 album Good Thing, but he’s remained busy in the interim. His latest output is “Motorbike,” a smooth and warm single that arrived alongside an Anderson .Paak-directed video.

Nicki Minaj — “Seeing Green” Feat. Drake and Lil Wayne

Minaj isn’t yet back with a new album to follow 2018’s Queen, but she did bless fans with some new music last week. That came via a rerelease of her Beam Me Up Scotty mixtape, which features a handful of additions, among them being “Seeing Green,” her first new track with both Drake and Lil Wayne since 2018’s “No Frauds.”

Migos — “Straightenin”

It feels like Culture III has been discussed for decades, especially after unfulfilled release date promises like the one from February. There was optimism that it may in fact be dropping soon after Migos shared a video for “Straightenin” last week, and sure enough, a release date for the project was officially confirmed today.

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Owen Wilson’s Agent Mobius Leaves ‘Loki’ Speechless In A New Clip From The Disney+ Series

In a new clip from Marvel’s Loki, fans get an extended look at Owen Wilson‘s Agent Mobius’ first meeting with Tom Hiddleston‘s trickster god who’s not at all pleased with his current predicament. While fans have seen the elevator introduction in previous trailers where Agent Mobius demonstrates he’s not fooled by Loki or his trademark lies, particularly that he “doesn’t like talk,” the expanded clip takes that scene even further as Loki voices his thoughts on the Time Variance Authority run by Wilson’s character. It also gives fans a small peak into what’s happening in the mysterious new series, as with this Loki dialogue:

“So you’re part of the TVA’s courageous and dedicated workforce? You were created by the Time-Keepers to protect the sacred timeline? [Laughs] The idea that your little club decides the fate of trillions of people across all of existence at the behest of three… space lizards? Yes, it’s funny. It’s absurd.”

Despite being mocked by an actual God of Mischief, Agent Mobius isn’t fazed by Loki’s barbs and hits him with a calm quip: “I thought you didn’t like to talk.” The clever line catches Loki so off-guard that he’s actually speechless, which doesn’t happen often.

Arriving on June 9, Loki will shake things up on Disney+ and buck the streaming service’s normal Friday release strategy by airing on Wednesdays. More importantly, the series is only a few weeks away, which means we’re getting closer to find out what the heck is the deal with Miss Minutes, the animated clock that started popping up in posters and already has her own merchandise.

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Migos Finally Confirm Their ‘Culture III’ Release Date With A Michael Jordan Parody

A few days ago, Migos shared a video for a new song, “Straightenin,” which stirred up optimism that the trio is finally ready to release their highly anticipated album Culture III. The track didn’t come with confirmation of a release date, but now, a few days later, they’ve offered one: Culture III is officially scheduled for release on June 11.

The post making the announcement is formatted like a press release and reads, “ATLANTA, GA (May 17, 2021) — The following statement was released today by the Migos through their label Quality Control Music, located in Atlanta, GA, in response to questions about Culture III. ‘June 11th. We’re Back.’”

Sports fans probably noticed immediately that the post was made to resemble the 1995 press release sent by Michael Jordan’s team to announce his return to the NBA after a brief retirement (that, or, less likely, the resemblance is an unbelievable coincidence). Jordan’s message, sent via fax, reads much like Migos’ post and famously quotes Jordan as saying simply, “I’m back.”

Back in December 2020, Quavo explained the group’s mindset behind the new album and being able to promote it, saying, “We done with the album, we just waiting on 2021, man, so everything can crack up. We want the commotion, we want to move, we want to be outside. We want to drop it and go on tour. We want to have an album listening [party] and have people in that thang and really hearing the album.”

Culture III is out 6/11 via Quality Control Music.

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Donald Trump Is Still Banned From Facebook And Twitter, But He’s Welcome To Join Cameo

Donald Trump remains banned from Facebook and Twitter, among other social media platforms, for provoking a violent coup at the Capitol building in January. “His decision to use his platform to condone rather than condemn the actions of his supporters at the Capitol building has rightly disturbed people in the US and around the world,” Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg wrote at the time. Cameo has no such concerns.

Cameo CEO Steven Galanis told Axios on HBO that he would allow the former-president on the personalized celebrity video website (“Want Redman to wish your 13-year-old cousin a happy bar mitzvah? Cameo!”). “Trump has done nothing on our platform to violate our terms of service,” he said. “I think Cameo is a place for laughs. It’s a place for fun.” Galanis added that Cameo (which recently enabled political fundraising) is currently going through a “big growth spurt, so all the things that are happening today, we have to create our own policies that work uniquely for Cameo, because the rules of our platform are different than they are for YouTube, Instagram, and for Twitter.”

Asked why there are far more Republicans, including former Trump officials, than Democrats, Galanis says, “You had a reality TV star as president… Anyone that was part of it was just one big reality show for the last four years.”

If Trump does join Cameo, he’ll join such far-right luminaries as Tomi Lahren ($90), Sarah Palin ($199), and Sheriff Joe Arpaio ($30). But he’ll also have to compete with numerous impersonators, including “Tiktok Donald Trump: John Walsh” and “Donald Trump Puppet: Troy Murphy.” Get them both for only $120!

(Via Axios)

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John Dorie Says Goodbye To John Dorie In This Week’s ‘Fear The Walking Dead’

(Plentiful SPOILERS for this week’s Fear The Walking Dead episode will be found below.)

As we predicted a few weeks ago, we learned in this week’s episode that Teddy, the “King of the Crazies” is, indeed, the same serial killer that the father of John Dorie locked away before the zombie apocalypse. What we never expected, however, is that John Dorie’s father, John Dorie, Sr., would actually make an appearance. While he’s obviously no Garrett Dillahunt, Keith Carradine — who plays Senior — is a very respectable substitute and one in which that I think that Dillahunt himself would applaud. Based on this week’s episode, it also appears that Carradine’s John Dorie, Sr. is likely to join the cast, at least for the remainder of the season.

The “J.D.” in this week’s episode, in fact, refers to John Dorie, June Dorie, and John Dorie, Sr., not to mention the initials on the guns that have been in the Dorie family for generations. June encounters Senior while she’s out with Dwight and Sherry, who have their own subplot this week. June gets into a gunfight with Senior briefly before he spots her gun with JD inscribed on it, and they realize they both have someone in common: They’re both related to John Dorie. They are also both in search of information about the “End of the Beginning” people. Turns out, however, that Senior has a long history with their leader, Teddy. He’s been preaching the same “End is the Beginning” gospel since well before the apocalypse, and he’s “crazier than a cut snake” but could “sell ice to an” Inuit, which is how he developed a cult following.

It takes a minute, but June and Dorie Sr. eventually bond over their common interests, although Senior hadn’t seen his son in 40 years. June fills him in on his kid’s life, while Dorie Sr. explains why he abandoned his family — it mostly had to do with the shame of trumping up evidence against Teddy pre-apocalypse in order to put him away (he did “the wrong thing for the right reasons”). June and Dorie Sr.’s travels bring them back to John Dorie’s cabin where they encounter Hill, one of Ginny’s old rangers. It doesn’t go well for Hill, who is killed, although Dorie Sr. is shot, too, and falls on his son’s grave, where it appears he will die. However, June had set up medical supplies a few episodes back in order to save John Dorie, but she never got to use them. They were still in place so she could save Senior. Afterward, they hold a proper funeral for John Dorie, where June reads the suicide note that John Dorie had left behind before he decided not to commit suicide. It’s a heartbreaking sequence.

And June brings Dorie Sr., back to Morgan’s community.

Morgan had told June in the episode’s opening that there was essentially nothing she could do to earn Morgan’s forgiveness for having shot Ginny, but he quickly changes his mind when he is introduced to John Dorie’s Dad. There have been a lot of bleak endings in the last few episodes, but this one gave us some much-needed relief, although Senior did forewarn Morgan of what was to come, namely that Teddy was determined to wreak a lot of destruction. It appears as though Teddy’s plan to set off a nuclear bomb is still in the works, which could offer a bridge to The Walking Dead timeline and the Rick Grimes movie for Fear.

Meanwhile, Sherry and Dwight spend some time together again in this episode. Hearing June read John’s letter also makes Sherry reconsider some things. She realizes that maybe she shouldn’t be so singularly focused on getting her revenge against Negan to the exclusion of everything else in her life, including Dwight, and she decides to try and start afresh with him. It’s very sweet, although Sherry lost a lot of affection points from the viewing audience when she so callously ran a horse to the point of a heart attack and indifferently shot it in the head.

It’s also unclear whether this was a send-off episode for Dwight and Sherry. June gave Dwight the rings he gave to John/June back so that Dwight and Sherry might someday wear them again, and then they galloped away together on a horse while June and Senior returned to Morgan’s community. Sherry and Dwight’s destination is unclear. It sort of felt like a goodbye, but no one actually said goodbye, and the showrunners didn’t address the Sherry/Dwight situation in the behind-the-scenes wrap-up. Sherry had spoken about heading back East to go after Negan again, but seemed to abandon that plan (although, there’s no shortage of speculation that the two would rejoin the parent series). Or maybe they’re just strolling off to be on their own and rekindle their romance. Their fate is TBA.

AMC’s ‘Fear The Walking Dead’ airs on Sundays at 9:00pm EST.

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Liam Gallagher Apparently Hated Oasis’ ‘Wonderwall’ At First

Last year, Oasis pulled off something special: Their timeless mega-hit “Wonderwall” become the first song from the ’90s to rack up over a billion streams on Spotify. Back before the song was a classic, though, Liam Gallagher apparently didn’t care for it at all, according to his brother and Oasis bandmate Noel.

In a new issue of Mojo (as NME notes), Noel was asked about if it was always clear whether he or Liam would sing lead vocals on an Oasis song. He responded:

“The only time I laid down the law was ‘Wonderwall’ and ‘Don’t Look Back In Anger.’ I was so f*cked off with him walking off stage and me having to take over and do the gig. I remember thinking, if I’m going to do this, I want a big f*cking song to sing. I said, ‘You’re singing one or the other, but not both.’ He hated ‘Wonderwall’. He said it was trip-hop. There speaks a man who’s never heard trip-hop. He wanted to sing ‘Don’t Look Back In Anger’, but it became apparent during the recording that ‘Wonderwall’ was going to be *the* tune. If I’m being honest, I shouldn’t have sung either of them because I wasn’t really a singer then.”

This comes after Liam suggested earlier this year that some sort of Oasis reunion could be in the cards for 2021.

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John Oliver Went HAM On Israel And Accused It Of Committing ‘War Crimes’ And ‘Apartheid’ Against Palestinians, While Also Blasting The U.S. For Enabling The Atrocities

Much like Seth Rogen questioning why the state of Israel exists last year, John Oliver isn’t afraid to ruffle feathers on the subject (starting around the 1:00 minute mark above). This is especially the case in light of the current situation between Israel and Palestine. Oliver tackled the subject on the heels of Israel’s recent air strikes against Hamas fighters in Gaza, where Palestinian civilians are caught in the crossfire, in many cases losing their lives and their homes. And let’s just say that Oliver is more than “deeply underwhelmed” by the Biden administration’s response, and for that matter, several previous U.S. administrations, while he addressed the subject on Sunday night.

In particular, the Last Week Tonight host was incensed by the misleading vocabulary used by the Israeli government to disguise human rights violations (including “planned expulsions”) as something altogether different. “Is it not hard to see why sanitized terms like ‘evictions’ and ‘property disputes’ rankle those who live there,” he says, as does the term “airstrikes on militants” translate as “a little disingenuous,” Oliver declared. “What you’re describing is forcing people from the homes they’ve lived for decades and killing civilians and children.”

Oliver also took great issue with Israel’s claims that a heads-up on airstrikes somehow rendered them humane. That’s a big nope to the host: “Destroying a civilian residence sure seems like a war crime, regardless of whether you send a courtesy heads-up text.” He added that such an attitude leads to a lie-by-omission, much like “Matt Gaetz Reaches Out To Florida Youth,” because “it’s missing some pretty crucial details about the exact nature of that interaction.” Further, Oliver called out Israel for their atrocities against Gaza-residing Palestinian citizens, who are “at a significant disadvantage” due to not being able to count on an “Iron Dome” of missile defense like their Israeli counterparts can do. Further to that point, there’s the whole matter of Israel Defense Forces “meme-ing” the bombing of apartments in a before-after manner.

“In general, you should probably never meme a war crime,” declared the host. He then pointed toward how Palestinians are “essentially being governed by a form of apartheid.” This makes their “life in Gaza… hard even when they’re not being bombed,” and Oliver is aghast at how “the U.S. government has implicitly co-signed on the brutally hard line Israel’s been taking.” To that end, the host dragged Biden’s recent “Israel has the right to defend itself” response, which is a word-by-word echoing of several presidents (including Obama and Trump, under whom Jared Kushner claimed to “bring peace” to the Middle East) before him. “By constantly refusing to criticize the indefensible,” Oliver said, the U.S. is enabling (and complicit within) the exponentially larger suffering of Palestinian citizens over their their Israeli counterparts.

Even though there’s no winner in the situation, Oliver urges his viewers to accept that although civilians, including children, have been killed in Israel, too, the playing field isn’t level. “Both sides are firing rockets,” Oliver pointed out. “But one side has the most advanced military in the world.” And “one side is suffering them exponentially.”