Bruce Willis‘ wife Emma Heming is having an emotional time navigating the iconic actor’s dementia diagnosis, but she wanted to make sure to thank all of Willis’ fans for the outpouring of love and support. Heming shared a video update on the actor’s birthday where she opened up about her struggles and credited his fans for their words of encouragement.
“So today is my husband’s birthday. I have started the morning by crying, as you can see by my swollen eyes and snotty nose,” Heming said at the top of the video where she got real with fans about her day-to-day life. Heming has already begged the paparazzi to stop crowding Willis and yelling catchphrases, which understandably confuse him.
“I just think it’s important that you see all sides of this,” she said. “I always get this message, or people always tell me that ‘Oh, you’re so strong, I don’t know how you do it.’ I’m not given a choice. I wish I was. But I’m also raising two kids in this, so sometimes in our lives, we have to put our big girl panties on and get to it, and that’s what I’m doing. But I do have times of sadness every day, grief every day, and I’m really feeling it today on his birthday.”
“I don’t know why I do that to myself because the videos are like a knife in my heart,” Heming said. “But as much as I do it for myself, I do it for you because I know how much you love my husband — don’t cry, Emma — but it means so much to me, so thank you.”
Demi Moore also shared a video of Willis’ family celebrating his birthday.
“Happy birthday, BW!” Moore wrote in the caption. “So glad we could celebrate you today. Love you and love our family. Thank you to everyone for the love and warm wishes — we all feel them.”
In Air, Matt Damon plays Sonny Vaccaro, the Nike employee who convinced His Airness to sign with the brand, leading towards the Air Jordan shoe line. It also stars (and is directed by) Ben Affleck, who revealed the requirements that Jordan had for the film.
“I had a chance to sit down with Michael Jordan, because I just wasn’t going to make this movie without asking him, ‘What matters to you?’ Interestingly, and tellingly, he had a few things that mattered,” Affleck said at the premiere for Air at South by Southwest this weekend, according to Variety. One was that Howard White, the Vice President of Sports Marketing for Jordan Brand, needed to be in the movie. Another involved an Oscar winner as Jordan’s mom.
“I got the script and then had the chance again to talk to Michael. Michael Jordan, for those of you who don’t know, is one of the most intimidating, impressive men you’ll ever see in your life,” Affleck said. “He told me about is father. And then he talked about his mother. It was the first time I saw this look cross his face. It was a look of reverence, of awe, of love, and gratitude, and innocence. He said, ‘None of this would have ever happened without my mother.’ I said, ‘Who would you like to play your mom?’ He said, ‘Well, it has to be Viola Davis.”
Affleck recalled feeling that “if I was a director one day, and I had Viola Davis in a movie, that would really be something. That would mean the world to me. And it does.” He then introduced Davis to the SXSW crowd, calling her “the best actor in the world.” She’s the Michael Jordan of actors — or maybe Michael Jordan is the Viola Davis of basketball players.
Air comes to theaters and Amazon Prime Video on April 5.
After closing out 2022 with the surprise album No Thank You, UK rapper Little Simz carried plenty of momentum into the new year as she toured Europe. Over the weekend, she released a new documentary, On Stage Off Stage, recounting her tour experiences and capturing the quiet moments between the chaos of performing.
In it, we see Simz working with her tennis trainer — staying in shape is important, after all — rocking stages across Europe, chatting with fans, and conducting interviews with her tour crew, from the manager to the sound man. She also shoots a music video, explaining how she employed its director at the last minute before the song was even done.
The documentary is a fascinating look into the life of an independent artist and just how jam-packed Simz’s schedule can actually be, even as she’s expected to come out each night with the same energy after a day spent traveling, shooting videos, or trying to unwind with one of the hardest sports to play. On Stage Off Stage is another smart visual component to the No Thank You rollout after the short film of the same name, proving that Simz is no slouch when it comes to packaging her music.
We don’t talk too much about straight-up soap operas by that label here. Yet to be very honest, a lot of recent prime-time shows have made their mark while tossing out soap-operatic flourishes like it ain’t no thing (and also sliding those flourishes under the “Shakespearean” label). Don’t tell me that the power plays of Succession (including that d*ck pic) are anything less than soap operatic while couching it as being of The Bard‘s influence. The same goes for Sons of Anarchy and a wealth of other prime-time dramas. Heck, 1883 star Sam Elliott even compared Yellowstone to a 1990s soap opera, although those may have been fighting words.
Speaking of fighting words, a patriarch of a long-running soap, The Young & The Restless, is currently displeased with Desperate Housewives star Eva Longoria for what she said about her time on the show. Eric Braeden has been portraying Victor Newman since 1990, and he’s very protective of his show, it seems. Eva recently sat down with Chris Wallace (for CNN), and he had dug a clip of her 2001-03 Y&R time, which included high drama with Paul going off on Eva’s character (Isabella) over her claim that Cricket was dead.
Wallace and Longoria then discussed how she moonlit as a headhunter during her Y&R time to make ends meet. She also explained why she hid her involvement with Y&R. Here’s her full quote; we’ll circle back below:
“When I got Young & the Restless, it didn’t pay enough for me to live off being an actor. So I continued being a headhunter and Young and the Restless. And I would hide the fact that I was on Young and the Restless to my clients because they didn’t want like a dumb actress handling their accounts. And one time one of my clients was like, you look like a girl that I’ve seen on a soap opera [and I denied knowing anything] … I was like the opposite of a publicist’s dream because I was like, ‘Don’t tell anyone I’m on that show.” Because I was, you know, still making more money on my day job.”
It appears that the “dumb actress” part has set off Victor Newman, I mean, Eric Braeden. He was so incensed about this, in fact, that he took to Twitter and put her on blast:
“EVA LONGORIA: you just made derogatory remarks about daytime actors! You simply weren’t good enough to survive the pressures of this medium! You were very lucky to get on that “housewife” show! You did one show in 8-12 days, with mediocre but salacious dialogue! Our actresses … Would run rings around you!! And they did then!! From Robert di Nero to whoever they all are, many of them started in the medium you denigrate! It shows a complete lack of class!!”
EVA LONGORIA: you just made derogatory remarks about daytime actors! You simply weren’t good enough to survive the pressures of this medium! You were very lucky to get on that “housewife” show! You did one show in 8-12 days, with mediocre but salacious dialogue! Our actresses
Would run rings around you!! And they did then!! From Robert di Nero to whoever they all are, many of them started in the medium you denigrate! It shows a complete lack of class!!
You can totally hear the palpable disappointment in Victor Newman’s voice, yes? The man knows how to put people in their places, alright. Here’s what happened when one user tried to tell Eric Braeden that he had “misunderstood” Eva’s words: “I didn’t misunderstand a damn thing!!!”
You misunderstood her. You might have to delete these!
Waking up to my TV granddaddy Victor Newman reading people for filth was not on my Bingo card; yet here we are. I know he had on his all black fit for this read too. https://t.co/zRg9aq2IA9pic.twitter.com/mDjx3FsXYB
For the most part, guests on television talk shows tend to be actors, there to promote a show or movie or whatever they have out now/soon. People in other lines of work sometimes get screen time, too, but if you ask Chris Martin, musicians are a low-priority talk show guest.
The Coldplay leader is the guest on a new episode of the Conan O’Brien Needs A Friend podcast that debuted March 19. At the start, O’Brien noted how Martin has been on his various TV shows with Coldplay on numerous occasions, but that he never got the chance to have a substantial conversation with him. Martin replied, “I also felt that in the chat show hierarchy, singers are right at the bottom. I don’t know if that’s true. It’s like, ‘We’ve got this guy juggling koalas, he’s on before you. And a guy that was once on a rerun of a pilot, he’s on before you. And then at 2 a.m., we’re going to talk to you for one minute, and then we’re going to cut to…’ I thought, ‘OK, cool.’”
He understands why that may sometimes be the case, though. After making note of their recent Saturday Night Live appearance and how well Pedro Pascal did as host, he said, “If you think about all competitive music shows, The Voice, you have to remember everything is a TV show, or the Grammys. That’s what it is first and foremost. And so even if you’re the most interesting composer in the world, it might not be great TV.”
Check out clips from the interview above and below, or find the full episode here.
Coldplay is a Warner Music artist. Uproxx is an independent subsidiary of Warner Music Group.
Keeping up with 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 a rare new Childish Gambino song and Lana Del Rey continue her album rollout. Yeah, it was a great week for new music. Check out the highlights below.
Ni’Jah — “Sticky” Feat. Childish Gambino and KIRBY
At this point, considering how up in the air the future of Childish Gambino has been, any new music from Donald Glover’s musical moniker would be extremely welcomed. Well, some came last week: Glover’s new TV series Swarm debuted a few days ago, and among the many reasons it has made headlines is for a Gambino appearance on an EP released to accompany the show.
Lana Del Rey — “The Grants”
Del Rey’s Did You Know That There’s A Tunnel Under Ocean Ocean Blvd is now just days away and one of the final pre-album singles, “The Grants,” dropped just days ago. The seductive single is lush, gradually making its way forward with some help from gospel singers.
Fred Again.., Skrillex, and Four Tet — “Baby Again..”
Three of the biggest and most respected electronic artists in their fields came together last week on “Baby Again...” They’re not the only noteworthy names involved: The track samples Lil Baby’s appearance on the 2019 Quality Control cut “Baby” and is a club-ready electronic banger.
6lack — “Fatal Attraction”
6lack has been plotting a return after a while away and it’s coming quickly: Since I Have A Lover, his first album since 2018’s East Atlanta Love Letter, arrives this week. Of last week’s “Fatal Attraction,” Uproxx’s Alex Gonzalez notes, “6lack croons over a rattling drum and hypnotic piano track, as he laments a star-crossed love.”
Metro Boomin, The Weeknd, Diddy, and 21 Savage — “Creepin’ (Remix)”
Back in 2004, Mario Winans and Diddy dropped the Enya-sampling “I Don’t Want To Know.” Now, Diddy has returned to the song once again, this time “Creepin’,” which interpolates the track and comes from Metro Boomin, The Weeknd, Diddy, and 21 Savage. Indeed, it’s a star-studded effort and it’s full of nostalgia while sounding fresh.
100 Gecs — “Dumbest Girl Alive”
10,000 Gecs is here at last and indie’s favorite oddballs deliver a ton of energy on the new project. That’s especially evident in “Dumbest Girl Alive,” a grungy, dubstep-inspired, electronic rocker that’s no brakes, all gas.
It’s been nearly a year since the untimely death of Lil Keed, and last week, his first posthumous release, Keed Talk To ‘Em 2, arrived. Highlights of the mixtape include “Hitman,” a braggadocios number on which he raps, “Yeah, I’m drippin’, I stunt on these motherf*ckers / All this jewelry, I can’t hide from your baby mother.”
GloRilla — “Ex’s (Phatnall Remix)” Feat. Lil Durk
GloRilla has surely had a lot on her mind lately after a stampede at a recent concert of hers ultimately resulted in three deaths. She did have something to celebrate last week, though, with the release of Anyways, Life’s Great…Bonus Edition. The expanded EP added some heat via Lil Durk popping up on a new version of “Ex’s.”
Sabrina Carpenter — “Feather”
After dropping Emails I Can’t Send last summer, Carpenter followed her fifth album last week with a deluxe edition, dubbed Emails I Can’t Send Fwd:. Additions to the tracklist include “Feather,” a disco-inspired bop with a killer groove.
Some artists covered here are Warner Music artists. Uproxx is an independent subsidiary of Warner Music Group.
John Oliver had a field day with Donald Trump‘s latest video. The former president has been firing off increasingly erratic rants as he reportedly faces a pending arrest in New York. In this new missive, Trump touts that he got rid of the estate tax, or “death tax” as he calls it, which for starter, isn’t true. He actually increased it. But Oliver was more interested in what happened next. Namely, Trump seemingly bragging that he cut his kids out of his will.
While touting his non-existent repeal of the estate tax, Trump noted that no one says you have to leave anything to your kids.
“But if you don’t love your children so much — and there are some people that don’t, and maybe deservedly so — it won’t matter because frankly, you don’t have to leave ’em anything,” Trump said to close out the message. “Thank you very much, have fun.”
Oliver had a field day with the unmistakeable dig.
Thank you, John Oliver and Last Week Tonight for finding this hilarious video of Trump babbling…he definitely just cut his children from his will
“He’s still got it,” Oliver fired back. “And by ‘it,’ I mean whatever it is that is so deeply wrong with his brain. Do you know how much you have to hate your kids to get distracted by that thought in the middle of a political speech?”
The “Last Week Tonight” host offered up a scathing example: “We should have pulled out troops from the region sooner. Speaking of regretting not pulling out sooner: Don Jr.”
To the surprise of no one, Trump is most likely not joking. According to his former bookkeeper, Allen Weisselberg, Trump waved off concerns about the death tax for his own fortune because he’s not sweating leaving his kids anything.
“I don’t care, I’ll be dead, and the kids will have to fend for themselves,” Trump reportedly told Weisselberg, which certainly jibes with his latest video.
If you want to find out what happens next between Joel and Ellie in HBO’s The Last of Us, you can play The Last of Us Part II. The video game takes about 24 hours to beat, which may sound like a long time — but it’s shorter than the wait for season two of the HBO series.
In an interview on The Jonathan Ross Show, Bella Ramsey, the future Emmy winner (hopefully) who plays Ellie, remarked that it “will be awhile” before new episodes. But “I think we’ll probably shoot at the end of this year, beginning of next,” she said, adding that the season will premiere “probably by the end of 2024, early 2025.”
Unlike the first game, which was covered in its entirety during season one, it will take more than nine episodes to get through the second game. “We will not say how many. But more than one is factually correct,” co-showrunner Craig Mazin told UK GQ. Co-creator Neil Druckmann added, “Some of the stuff I’m most excited for are the changes we’ve discussed and seeing the story come to life again in this other version. And I think it’s exciting because it leans into those feelings you had from the game, really heavily, in a new way.”
You can watch The Jonathan Ross Show clip below.
New┆Bella Ramsey on the jonathan ross show talking about Season Two of #Thelastofus and when they might start filming.
Bella Says: “It will be a while. I think we’ll probably shoot at the end of this year, beginning of next. So it’ll probably be the end of 2024, early 2025.” pic.twitter.com/cz7sm0fFW1
Billie Eilish performed her first-ever South American shows as a headliner at Lollapalooza in Santiago, Chile this weekend. Simultaneously, countless people were streaming Eilish’s proper acting debut in Swarm, the Amazon Prime Video original series from Donald Glover and Janine Nabers that charts Dre’s (Dominique Fishback) destructive obsession with a pop star.
Eilish plays Eva, a cult leader that Dre encounters in the fourth episode, and fans were widely impressed with her portrayal. Meanwhile, Eilish was most impressed by Fishback, Glover, Nabers, and [co-executive producer, director, and writer] Ibra Ake.
“:’) last may. so much joy mannnnn @domfishback you are my idol,” Eilish captioned a Swarm Instagram caption over the weekend. “watching dom do her f*ckin thing was one of the most amazing experiences of my life. this girl is f*cking unbelievable. will cherish you forever dom love you so much. i feel so honored to be a part of something so special, surrounded by PEOPLE so special. @donaldglover if it wasn’t for you i wouldn’t be the artist or person i am today. @ibraake & @janinenabers you rock my socks off. truly can’t BELIEVE my reality sometimes. STREAM “SWARM”!! @swarmonprime [three bumblebee emojis]”
Eilish also shared photos in character as Eva:
Meanwhile, Fishback complimented Eilish recently, telling Rolling Stone, “She’s so respectful of the craft. She came in with ideas, wanting to talk about it, being game to rehearse. I think she’s wonderful. I’m such a fan of her as a person due to what I experienced with her on set.”
Swarm also stars the likes of Chlöe, Damson Idris, Paris Jackson, Kiersey Clemons, Rory Culkin, X Mayo, and Nirine S. Brown.
If you haven’t gotten around to streaming Swarm yet, watch the official trailer below.
South Park duo Trey Parker and Matt Stone have made plenty of headlines lately for their enduring quest to re-boot Casa Bonita near Denver, Colorado. However, their long-running animated satire continues to fire away at targets. And although it does so in an equal-opportunity way (no one is immune, including all nooks and crannies of the British Royal Family), one target from the past has taken particular offense and is now airing those concerns. That would be Paris Hilton, whose new memoir (aptly titled Paris: The Memoir) is a bit of a Festivus. She’s airing grievances, in other words, including about how Pink parodied her sex tape in the “Stupid Girls” video.
Also, Paris has some beef with South Park. Actually, she seems equally upset about creator Matt Stone’s reaction to her own reaction, but we’ll get there in a moment. This goes back to a Season 8 episode, “Stupid Spoiled Whore Video Playset,” and Paris describes how she’s been in some “edgy” media on her own accord, but she had no idea why South Park would kill her dog. Via The Hollywood Reporter, Paris wrote of the scene involving her dog, “The thought of that made me sick. I’ve been involved in some pretty edgy media, but I don’t even know where something like that comes from.” From there, Paris revisited how she pretended not to have seen the episode when quizzed on the red carpet. She had “mumbled something about imitation being the sincerest form of flattery,” and then this happened:
“When a journalist told Matt about my muted red-carpet response, he said, ‘That shows how f”cked up she is,’” Hilton recalls. ‘My not wanting to watch his cartoon about my dog being shot and me coughing up ejaculate — that’s evidence of how f*cked up I am.”
The episode actually had Tinkerbell take a gun to its own head out of sheer misery, and yeah, it is not pleasant to see on TV. Let’s just say that the moment is a wee bit more shocking than a normal South Park episode. You can watch it on YouTube. Poor Tinkerbell.
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