Lil Uzi Vert has updated his pronouns on Instagram to “they/them.”
The 26-year-old rapper, who previously went by “he/him,” updated the pronouns over the weekend, using a feature that the social media app implemented over a year ago that allows user to share their gender identity.
While the move has some speculating that Lil Uzi identifies as non-binary, they have not made an official statement on the matter. However, it should be noted that the profile update comes shortly after international Non-Binary People’s Day, which was July 14.
Also this week, the Philadelphia native released a new track on SoundCloud titled “Space Cadet” and announced their forthcoming EP Red & White. No release date was shared.
He’s one of Hollywood’s most eligible bachelors, but maybe not for long if Chris Evans has his way.
The Marvel movie lead and star of the new Netflix action film The Grey Manwas just asked if there were any parallels between his dogged character in the new thriller and himself, and the answer he gave to Shondaland’s Mariel Turner was surprising for your typical movie junket softball.
“I’m gonna give you a good answer,” Evans said while sitting beside his Grey Man co-star Ana de Armas. “The answer would be that maybe [I’m] laser-focused on finding a partner — someone that you want to live with.”
He added, “I love what I do. It’s great; I pour all of myself into it. Even this industry is full of pockets of doubt, hesitation, and recalibration.”
Evans went on: “In terms of really trying to find something that you really can pour all of yourself into, maybe it’s about trying to find someone that you’re looking to spend your life with.”
Evans has previously been linked to stars including Minka Kelly and Jenny Slate.
The Grey Man has the 41-year-old former Captain America on the hunt for another spy who goes by the moniker shared by the movie’s title. Ryan Gosling plays the target of Evans’ mustachioed Lloyd Hansen. Based on the novel of the same name from 2009, the action film was directed by Evans’ Marvel movie directors Joe and Anthony Russo.
Also starring Bridgerton‘s Regé-Jean Page and Oscar winner Billy Bob Thornton, The Gray Man drops on Netflix this Friday.
Kanye West will no longer be headlining Rolling Loud Miami 2022, but the festival has already lined up Kid Cudi to take over.
On Sunday, Rolling Loud shared an updated digital flyer for the three-day event, with Cudi headlining Friday night’s festivities.
“Due to circumstances outside of our control, Ye will no longer be performing at Rolling Loud Miami 2022,” organizers tweeted. “Please welcome @KiDCuDi!”
Aside from the Ye-Cudi swap, the rest of the Rolling Loud Miami 2022 lineup remains the same, with Future headlining on Saturday and Kendrick Lamar closing out the show on Sunday.
Other artists set to perform at the festival include Lil Baby, Gunna, Lil Durk, Saweetie, City Girls, Gucci Mane, Three 6 Mafia, DaBaby, Kodak Black and more.
Bruce Springsteen & Patti Scialfa with son Sam; Dimitrios Kambouris/Getty Images for Tony Awards Productions
The Boss is a grandpa.
Bruce Springsteen‘s wife and band mate, Patti Scialfa, took to Instagram over the weekend to announce the arrival of the latest addition to the Springsteen clan: Lily Harper Springsteen, the daughter of their youngest son, Sam.
Scialfa posted a pair of photos: the first, a black-and-white shot of Sam, who’s a New Jersey firefighter, with his fiancée wheeling a baby carriage; the second, a color pic of Lily wearing a pink hat and pink mittens.
The photos, captioned “walking the baby” followed by a yellow flower emoji, drew congratulatory messages from Rage Against the Machine guitarist Tom Morello, Eddie Vedder‘s wife Jill and Sting‘s daughter Mickey Sumner, among others.
(LONDON) — Ghana on Sunday declared its first ever outbreak of the Ebola-like Marburg virus disease.
Blood samples taken from two patients in the southern Ashanti region were sent for testing to the Noguchi Memorial Institute for Medical Research in Ghana’s capital, Accra, with preliminary results suggesting earlier this month that their illness was due to Marburg. With the support of the World Health Organization, the samples were then sent for further testing to the Institut Pasteur in Senegal’s capital, Dakar, which ultimately corroborated the results from Accra, the Ghana Health Service said in a press release Sunday.
Marburg is a rare but severe viral haemorrhagic fever, almost as deadly as the more well-known Ebola virus disease. Case fatality rates for Marburg have varied from 24% to 88% in previous outbreaks, while Ebola case fatality rates have varied from 25% to 90%. Unlike with Ebola, there are currently no approved treatments or vaccines for Marburg, according to the WHO.
“Health authorities have responded swiftly, getting a head start preparing for a possible outbreak. This is good because without immediate and decisive action, Marburg can easily get out of hand,” Dr. Matshidiso Moeti, the WHO’s regional director for Africa, said in a statement Sunday. “WHO is on the ground supporting health authorities and now that the outbreak is declared, we are marshalling more resources for the response.”
Ghana’s first case was a 26-year-old man who was hospitalized on June 26 and died the next day, officials said. The second case was a 51-year-old man who sought treatment at the same hospital on June 28 and died later that day. Both patients, who were unrelated, experienced similar symptoms, including diarrhea, fever, nausea and vomiting, the WHO said in a press release Sunday.
So far, 98 contacts have been identified in Ashanti as well as the northwestern Savannah region. They are currently under quarantine and are being monitored by health authorities. No new cases have been detected, according to the Ghana Health Service.
The Marburg virus is transmitted to humans from fruit bats and spreads person-to-person through direct contact with the bodily fluids of the infected individuals, surfaces and materials. Illness begins abruptly, with high fever, severe headache and malaise. Many patients develop severe haemorrhagic signs within seven days, according to the WHO.
To reduce the risk of transmission, the Ghana Health Service advised people to avoid exposure to mines or caves inhabited by fruit bat colonies, to cook all animal products thoroughly before consumption and to avoid direct contact with anyone showing symptoms.
It is only the second time the highly infectious, zoonotic disease has been detected in West Africa. Guinea confirmed a single case in an outbreak that was declared over in September 2021, five weeks after the initial case was detected. The largest, most fatal Marburg outbreak on record infected and killed more than 200 people in Angola between 2004 and 2005, according to the WHO. The global health arm of the United Nations noted that it has reached out to Ghana’s high-risk neighbors, who it said are now “on alert.”
West African nations know all too well what a deadly virus like Ebola can do to a region. The biggest and deadliest Ebola outbreak on record infected more than 28,000 people and killed over 11,000 across multiple countries — mainly Guinea, Liberia and Sierra Leone — between 2013 and 2016, according to the WHO.
Although no treatment or vaccine exists for Marburg, supportive care — rehydration with oral or intravenous fluids — and treatment of specific symptoms both improve a patient’s chance of survival. A range of potential treatments, including blood products, immune therapies and drug therapies, as well as candidate vaccines with phase 1 data are under evaluation, the WHO said.
Blindspotting‘s Rafael Casal has landed a major role in Loki‘s upcoming second season, according to Deadline. The outlet cites a photo of Casal walking alongside stars Tom Hiddleston and Owen Wilson, who play the titular character and Mobius, respectively. Loki, the most-watched Marvel series on Disney+ to date, became the first Marvel series for Disney+ to get a second season renewal, with season-one regulars Gugu Mbatha-Raw, Sophia Di Martino, Wunmi Mosaku and Richard E. Grant also set to return. Marvel is owned by Disney, the parent company of ABC News…
Daniel Kaluuya recently offered an update on his upcoming Barney movie. The Get Out actor, who will produce and star in the film based on the beloved kids TV character Barney the Dinosaur, tells The Hollywood Reporter it’s still in early development and the script is being reworked. So why a film about a big purple dinosaur? “My last number of films have been so aligned to kind of what I stand for as a man,” he explains. “But there are a whole lot of things that I do as a man. I love kids’ films. How did everyone get into films? Watching kids’ films. I don’t want to restrict myself to the limitations of what I’m perceived as.” Kaluuya will next be seen in Jordan Peele‘s upcoming thriller, Nope, opening on Friday…
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(LONDON) — The U.K. is preparing for record-breaking temperatures this week, with unprecedented health warnings being issued as a national emergency has been declared.
Temperatures are expected to rise to 98 degrees Fahrenheit on Monday, but the highest and potentially record-breaking temperatures will be seen on Tuesday. For the first time, the Met Office has issued a “Red warning” in response to the extraordinary heat.
The heat wave in Britain, which has been linked to climate change, follows a weekend of wildfires and soaring deadly temperatures in France, Portugal and Spain.
Thousands have been forced to flee wildfires in southern France and Spain, and more than 1,000 deaths have been linked to the heat wave in Portugal and Spain since earlier in July by the countries’ respective health ministries. France could experience its hottest day on record on Monday, according to local media.
The previous hottest day on record in the U.K. stands at 38.7 C (101.6 F.) But that is expected to be surpassed on Tuesday, with temperatures reaching 40°C (104 F) in parts of the U.K.
“Nights are also likely to be exceptionally warm, especially in urban areas,” the Met Office’s Chief Meteorologist Paul Gundersen said in a statement. “This is likely to lead to widespread impacts on people and infrastructure. Therefore, it is important people plan for the heat and consider changing their routines. This level of heat can have adverse health effects.”
Government scientists have warned that the frequency, intensity and duration of similar heat waves will increase in the coming century as the world continues to experience the effects of climate change.
“We hoped we wouldn’t get to this situation but for the first time ever we are forecasting greater than 40°C in the U.K.,” Dr. Nikos Christidis, a climate attribution scientist at the Met Office, said. “Climate change has already influenced the likelihood of temperature extremes in the U.K. The chances of seeing 40°C days in the UK could be as much as 10 times more likely in the current climate than under a natural climate unaffected by human influence.”
Despite the heat, schools are expected to remain open. However, there are concerns that U.K. infrastructure is ill-equipped to deal with such weather events. While offices are generally equipped with air-conditioning, only a small number of homes have air-conditioning units.
One Met Office meteorologist, Steven Keates, warned that the heat was not something to celebrate.
“This is not just another heatwave,” Keates told The Telegraph. “This is dangerous heat, because we’re not used to it. It’s simple –our infrastructure is not geared up for weather like this.”
“Do as little as possible,” he added. “Because heat is fatiguing and we are in slightly uncharted territory.”
(INDIANAPOLIS) — At least three people were killed and two others were injured in a shooting at an Indianapolis-area shopping mall on Sunday evening, police said.
Multiple people called 911 at around 6:05 p.m. local time to report an active shooter at the Greenwood Park Mall in Greenwood, Indiana, some 14 miles south of Indianapolis. An unidentified gunman had walked into the mall’s food court and opened fire, according to Greenwood Police Chief Jim Ison.
Olivia Harding said she was at the Old Navy in the mall with her mom when they heard four gunshots and initially thought the nearby carousel was breaking down. But then they heard six more shots.
“I told my mom instantly to get down,” Harding recalled in an interview with ABC News on Sunday night.
A person who was lawfully armed — identified as a 22-year-old man from Bartholomew County — shot and killed the gunman, according to Ison.
“The real hero of the day is the citizen that was lawfully carrying a firearm in that food court and was able to stop that shooter almost as soon as he began,” Ison told reporters during a press conference on Sunday night.
Greenwood Mayor Mark Myers also confirmed that the suspect was “shot by an armed individual,” whom he called a “good Samaritan.”
“This person saved lives tonight,” Myers said in a statement late Sunday. “On behalf of the City of Greenwood, I am grateful for his quick action and heroism in this situation.”
The victims include four females and one male. Among the injured is a 12-year-old girl whose parents brought her to the hospital with minor injuries after the shooting. The second injured victim was hospitalized and in stable condition as of Sunday evening, according to the police chief.
The suspect, who appears to have used a long-gun rifle with several magazines of ammunition, has not yet been identified, nor has a motive been determined, Ison said.
While the deadly shooting remains under investigation, Ison said there is currently no ongoing threat and SWAT teams have cleared the mall.
Indiana Gov. Eric Holcomb said Indiana State Police are assisting local authorities in the incident.
“Lives were lost today, and I’m thinking about all the victims of this horrible incident, now and in the days and weeks to come,” Holcomb said in a statement via Twitter late Sunday.
ABC News’ Ebony Peeples and Darren Reynolds contributed to this report.
TJ Osborne, one half of the duo Brothers Osborne, made country music history in 2021 when he came out as gay, becoming the first openly gay artist signed to a major country label.
But years beforehand, he came out to his brother and bandmate John. The duo shared that story in a recent interview on SiriusXM, and apparently when TJ officially shared the news, it didn’t come as a huge surprise.
“As his older brother, you just kind of know, but it’s not my place to ask,” John says.
TJ jokingly adds, “When you saw my Internet history you kind of knew.”
The singer goes on to say he came out to his brother around the time they signed their record deal, which was in 2012.
“I was like, ‘Hey, before we sign this and we get kind of tangled up, contractually entangled in something, you need to know that this is a thing I need to tell you about me that I think you might know, but I also want you to know that I do intend on coming out at some point,’” TJ remembers. “I don’t know when that is, but I don’t want to live my life closeted.”
John’s response was to make a joke. “To break awkward tension, I just remember saying, ‘Well, you don’t have to worry, TJ, because the other member in your band is a raging heterosexual, so I’m here to balance you out,’” he recounts.
All jokes aside, John immediately wanted to make his brother feel comfortable and accepted. “It was after that then we just had drinks and I felt so much happiness and joy for him,” John continues, “and it was a beautiful, beautiful night.”
Lighting has struck twice for Marvel’s Thor: Love and Thunder, which topped the domestic box office for a second straight week, earning an estimated $46 million. That brings the fourth Thor film’s total to $233 million domestic and $498 million worldwide.
Minions: The Rise of Gru held on to second place, grabbing an estimated $20 million. It’s three-week domestic haul of $262.6 million now matches its predecessor.
Where the Crawdads Sing, the romantic drama starring English actress Daisy Edgar-Jones came in third with a better-than-expected 17-million-dollar haul.
Top Gun: Maverick came in fourth, delivering an estimated $12 million haul in its eighth week of release. That brings its domestic tally to $618 million and a worldwide tally of $1.237 billion.
Rounding out the top five was Elvis, which added an estimated $7.6 million over the weekend. Its $106 million four-week North American take makes it the year’s biggest adult-led non-franchise film.
Paws of Fury: The Legend of Hank, the animated comedy featuring the voices of Michael Cera, Ricky Gervais, Mel Brooks, George Takei, Gabriel Iglesias, Michelle Yeoh and Samuel L. Jackson, earned an estimated $6.2 million-dollar for a disappointing sixth place debut.
The Lesley Manville, Isabelle Huppert and Jason Isaacs-led historical dramedy Mrs. Harris Goes to Paris, which opened in 980 theaters, finished in ninth place with an estimated $1.9 million.
