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Patrick Schwarzenegger (HBO’s The Staircase) will soon be seen in The Boys‘ roguish and dong-filled spinoff, Gen V. He portrays popular Godolkin U student Golden Boy, who possesses fire powers and has the obligatory super-strength of a Supe. He was arguably born for the role, given that his dad, Arnold (obviously), has always been known for flexing his muscles all over the globe. Patrick was previously on the Homelander shortlist, too, before Antony Starr became the Baddest Supe of all.

As it turns out, Arnold can transform into a Bad Supe, too. He confessed as much to PEOPLE in the context of his new book, Be Useful: Seven Tools for Life. “Useful” also sounds like it isn’t always fun and games, at least as far as being Arnolds kid goes. He threw Katherine’s shoes into the fire as a lesson for leaving them too close to the flames. And when Patrick was 9 years old and didn’t make his bed as directed, his dad literally threw the mattress out of an upper-story window:

“I opened up the door to the balcony, picked up the mattress and threw it down with the bedsheets, the pillows, everything. I said, don’t ever make someone come in and clean your room, clean your shower or make your bed,” he shares. “I said, ‘Because I taught you how to make the bed.’”

Patrick also received grief when he tried to take long showers, and you just know that Arnold might have said, “I’ll be back” after throwing down the rules. C’mon, Dad!

Well, Patrick got some payback in later in life when showing a horrified Arnold set photos from Gen V. The Conan the Barbarian and Terminator star was freaked out by what he saw, and it’s no wonder. Gen V fits right in with The Boys, as people will see when the show debuts on Sept. 29.

(Via PEOPLE)

Gavin Newsom stopped by Fox News last night to provide his insights on the second Republican debate. However, things went off the rails as he got into a shouting match with Sean Hannity over America’s energy independence under Joe Biden.

The conversation turned into a chaotic shouting match as Newsom encouraged viewers to actually Google the truth about domestic oil production under Biden, prompting Hannity to start rattling off his pre-written conservative talking points. Eventually, Newsom got fed up with Hannity’s misinformation and told him straight to his face, “You make it up!” as he proceeded to blast Fox News for failing its viewers.

You can watch the exchange below:

Despite the tense exchange, there was a moment where Newsom and Hannity seemingly agreed on one issue: Biden’s age. The California governor notably didn’t push back when the Fox News host raised the issue.

Via Mediaite:

“I know the truth,” began Hannity. “In your heart, in your mind, you want this! But you have basically gone on a media tour sucking up to Joe Biden, and you know he’s a cognitive mess. You know it!”

While playing the part of the loyal surrogate and party man, Newsom appeared to slyly acknowledge the premise of Hannity’s dig at the incumbent president.

“I also know he’s got an extraordinary record to run on, and I couldn’t be more proud-” he replied.

However, Hannity didn’t realize what happened and started making Newsom defend Biden’s border policy as the moment slipped by.

(Via Aaron Rupar on Twitter, Mediaite)

Billie Eilish shared her sophomore album Happier Than Ever in 2021. Along with its release, she unveiled The World’s A Little Blurry, a popular documentary that led to a lot of fans dancing in movie theaters.

She recently appeared on Westwood One’s segment The Cookout, and discussed working on new music, as well as rumors of another documentary, rumors sparked by her wearing a GoPro camera at a recent concert. Though she rejected the idea that one is on the way, she explained she has footage she’d like to put to use. Read what she said:

“There is no documentary, I can confirm that, that that is not happening. But I’m sure someday, there will be another one. But I put a GoPro on because after the shows, I run out into the crowd and jump up on the barricade and like, grab everybody – really, they grab me, and I just submit to it. I just put myself there, and I’m like, ‘Whatever happens, happens. Whoever grabs what…,’ I submit myself. If I didn’t, if I was gonna be upset with something, I wouldn’t go out there, because that’s a recipe for disaster.

So, I go out there, I stand myself up there, I just open my arms, and I just let them just hug me and grab my arm and… I just think it’s really special to do that, and I get so much out of it, even though it’s terrifying, a little. And those faces, this close to me, screaming in my face, sobbing, is an experience that I don’t think we’re meant to experience, as people.

And every time I do it, I always run right backstage and tell everybody, ‘Wow! I wish you guys could see my POV when I do that, because it is shocking! And so I was like, ‘Can I get a GoPro or something?’ And so I just, for the last show, I just wanted to pop a little GoPro on there and just film my POV, and I did and it’s crazy.”

The Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame is putting everything together for its annual induction ceremony, and at least one thing will be different this year. According to its official website, The Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame Induction Ceremony will be streamed live for the first time.

The ceremony is scheduled for November 3 at Barclays Center in Brooklyn, New York and will livestream on Disney+. According to Billboard, the stream will begin at 8 p.m. EST, and, rather than air on HBO at a later date like in years past, a three-hour “edited broadcast of highlights will air on ABC” on January 1, 2024, beginning at 8 p.m. EST.

Additionally on Thursday morning, September 28, the Rock Hall announced this year’s performers: Sheryl Crow, Missy Elliott, Chaka Khan, Willie Nelson, Brandi Carlile, Dave Matthews, Chris Stapleton, St. Vincent, and New Edition. The Rock Hall also promised that more performers will be revealed between now and the ceremony.

This year’s inductee class features Crow, Elliott, Khan, Nelson, Kate Bush, George Michael, Rage Against The Machine, and The Spinners.

The 2023 inductee class was confirmed in May. Upon the news, Missy Elliott “cried all morning. Many people felt the weight of her induction, as Missy is the first-ever female rapper to earn the honor.

“Missy Elliott got in first ballot, just like Eminem got in first ballot last year and Jay-Z the year before,” So if there’s a throughline we’re seeing, it shows the power of hip-hop music culture now, as if we didn’t know it already, as far as how quickly these artists are being recognized on the first ballot,” Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame Chairman John Sykes told Variety in May.

Missy Elliott is a Warner Music artist. Uproxx is an independent subsidiary of Warner Music Group.

Keep Gizmo out of this. Following the second GOP debate where he was dubbed “Donald Duck” for being absent by future also-ran Chris Christie, Donald Trump posted a bizarre montage on Truth Social. The 90-second video is a mashup of random movie clips interspersed with footage of himself, all set to “God Bless the U.S.A.” by Lee Greenwood. The films include Forrest Gump, Kill Bill, Napoleon Dynamite, Little Miss Sunshine, Edward Scissorhands, Fargo, Ed Wood (?!?) and Gremlins. Billy and Gizmo would not be watching a Trump rally. The hooting and hollering Mogwai on the other hand…

The whole thing is beyond comprehension, but three moments in particular stand out. The first comes courtesy of Mediaite:

The video also shows Trump meeting with North Korean dictator Kim Jong-un. Separately it shows Ye – formerly Kanye West – in the Oval Office shaking hands with Trump and saying, “I love this guy right here.” Ye has since made numerous anti-Semitic remarks, so his inclusion in the montage is curious, not to mention Kim with his atrocious human rights record.

Number two: Trump boasting that only Jesus Christ is more famous than him intercut with footage from an Elliot Page movie, The Incredibles, and Robert De Niro wearing an Eagles jacket in Silver Linings Playbook.

Number three: the sound effect of Trump drinking water near the end.

Weird stuff from a weird guy. You can watch it here.

(Via Mediaite)

It’s been over two years since Billie Eilish released her most recent album, Happier Than Ever, in 2021. The good news for fans is that it appears Eilish’s upcoming third album is on the horizon.

On radio network Westwood One’s segment The Cookout, Eilish was asked about how new music is going, and she responded, “There is lots of music coming. There is a whole album of music coming. We’re in the final stages of making it, so that doesn’t mean it’s about to come out, but it is getting there and it’s very exciting.”

So, the project probably won’t come out before the end of the year, but a 2024 release appears to at least be a possibility.

Eilish also addressed rumors that she’s working on a new documentary, which were sparked by her wearing a GoPro camera on stage. She denied she has a film on the way, but explained:

“There is no documentary, I can confirm that, that that is not happening. But I’m sure someday, there will be another one. But I put a GoPro on because after the shows, I run out into the crowd and jump up on the barricade and like, grab everybody – really, they grab me, and I just submit to it. I just put myself there, and I’m like, ‘Whatever happens, happens. Whoever grabs what…,’ I submit myself. If I didn’t, if I was gonna be upset with something, I wouldn’t go out there, because that’s a recipe for disaster.

So, I go out there, I stand myself up there, I just open my arms, and I just let them just hug me and grab my arm and… I just think it’s really special to do that, and I get so much out of it, even though it’s terrifying, a little. And those faces, this close to me, screaming in my face, sobbing, is an experience that I don’t think we’re meant to experience, as people.

And every time I do it, I always run right backstage and tell everybody, ‘Wow! I wish you guys could see my POV when I do that, because it is shocking! And so I was like, ‘Can I get a GoPro or something?’ And so I just, for the last show, I just wanted to pop a little GoPro on there and just film my POV, and I did and it’s crazy.”

Check out the full interview above.

Michael Gambon, the actor best known for playing Professor Albus Dumbledore in six of the eight Harry Potter films, has died. He was 82 years old.

“We are devastated to announce the loss of Sir Michael Gambon,” the actor’s publicist Clair Dobbs wrote in a statement, according to Deadline. “Beloved husband and father, Michael died peacefully in hospital with his wife Anne and son Fergus at his bedside, following a bout of pneumonia. Michael was 82. We ask that you respect our privacy at this painful time and thank you for your messages of support and love.”

Gambon was a legend of both the stage, where he won three Olivier Awards and was a protégé of Laurence Olivier, and screen. Outside of the Harry Potter movies, which earned him the admiration of millions of millennials (he took over the role from the late Richard Harris), he also appeared in Wes Anderson’s The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou and Fantastic Mr. Fox, Gosford Park, and Paddington and Paddington 2, where he’s the voice of Paddington’s uncle.

Because of memory loss, Gambon retired from the stage in 2015 but continued to work onscreen in the culmination of a brilliant career that spanned seven decades. He was knighted by Queen Elizabeth for his services to drama in 1998.

Gambon is survived by his three sons.

(Via Deadline)

There was a Republican presidential debate last night (September 27), but California governor Gavin Newsom is more interested in what is or isn’t going on between rumored couple Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce.

Newsom attended the debate at the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library in Simi Valley, California, and while there, he was asked for his take on Swift and Kelce. With a smile, he responded, “I know it’s actually the only thing people are talking about. I ain’t gonna be tuning in to the debate. That’s the real debate — is it real, is it not?”

He spoke about Swift elsewhere, praising the impact she has had on voter registration. He said, “I think Taylor Swift stands tall and unique. I know you may not be as interested in Taylor Swift as so many others, but what she was able to accomplish just in getting young people activated to consider that they have a voice and they should have a choice in the next election, I think is profoundly powerful and I think she’s using her celebrity for good. I find it height of irony a lot of Republicans are critical of her encouraging people to register to vote, which says everything you need to know about the voter suppression going on in the Republican party.”

Wilco is set to release their album Cousin on Friday, September 29, but the band is currently headlining a fall US tour in support of Cruel Country, their album from May 2022 that Uproxx‘s Steven Hyden reviewed as “their best in more than a decade.”

On August 1, Wilco announced Cousin alongside the single “Evicted,” produced by Cate Le Bon. The Jeff Tweedy-led group spent the rest of August and early September touring overseas. On Monday, September 25, the US leg of Tour To Infinity began in Wichita, Kansas and continued on to Tulsa, Oklahoma on Tuesday, September 26. The next scheduled date is Thursday, September 28, at South Side Ballroom in Dallas, Texas before hitting Austin, Texas on Friday, September 29.

Next week will feature back-to-back-to-back dates at The Theatre at Ace Hotel in Los Angeles on October 4, 5, and 6. The run is scheduled to wrap on October 27 in Bentonville, Arkansas.

According to fans who attended Wilco’s September 26 show in Tulsa, Oklahoma, below is the setlist that can be expected (as chronicled on setlist.fm).

1. “Pittsburgh”
2. “Handshake Drugs”
3. “I Am My Mother”
4. “Cruel Country”
5. “I Am Trying To Break Your Heart”
6. “Kamera”
7. “Side With The Seeds”
8. “Hummingbird”
9. “Bird Without A Tail” / “Base Of My Skull”
10. “Cousin”
11. “Misunderstood”
12. “Evicted”
13. “Impossible Germany”
14. “Jesus, Etc.”
15. “California Stars” (Billy Bragg & Wilco cover)
16. “The Late Greats”
17. “Heavy Metal Drummer”
18. “A Shot In The Arm”

Encore

19. “Falling Apart (Right Now)”
20. “Via Chicago”
21. “Spiders (Kidsmoke)”

Why has Latto temporarily changed the name of famed Atlanta strip club Magic City? The short answer is, because Latto does what she wants, as we learned when Latto served as Uproxx‘s December 2021 cover star. The literal answer has to do with “Issa Party,” Latto’s forthcoming single with Baby Drill.

On Tuesday night, September 26, Latto began promoting “Latto City,” the aforementioned temporary rebranded name of Magic City, on her Instagram Story. It will be the site of her and Baby Drill’s “Issa Party” release party on Thursday, September 28.

Latto initially dropped an Easter egg for “Issa Party” on Instagram Live two weeks ago (as captured by the @LattosDestiny fan account), and she confirmed the single on Tuesday. “I got shots for all the opps issa holiday!” she wrote on X (formerly known as Twitter) alongside various photos of her in a bikini and seductively licking a birthday cake.

Latto has since posted an Instagram carousel featuring a photo with Baby Drill and more promotional material for “Issa Party” and her Magic City takeover. Baby Drill has also posted about the upcoming single.

Earlier this month, Latto and Sexyy Red joined forces to remix Young Nudy’s “Peaches & Eggplants.” Additionally, “Seven,” Latto’s July collaboration with BTS’ Jung Kook, became her first-career No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100.