Mike Judge and Greg Daniels’ production outfit Bandera Entertainment is already making an animated Exploding Kittens show, and an animated show with Sacha Baron Cohen, but they’re adding to their workload with a series for Peacock from Rick and Morty writer Caitie Delaney and Human Resources writer Caleb Hearon.
According to The Hollywood Reporter, Best Buds will focus on Calvin, who helps run a family-owned flower shop that’s the “crown jewel of the local strip mall.” He and his grad-school dropout best friend Evelyn take on the adventure of dragging the store out of the 1980s. It’s a noble task, especially when every other entity on the planet is trying to crawl back to the 1980s for nostalgia bucks. It’s a sweet idea, and it’s only a little surprising that the title isn’t a marijuana pun (although there’s totally still time for that to happen). Rick and Morty and Human Resources have similar, wacky, high-blood-pressure vibes, but it’s unclear whether that’s the tone Best Buds is going for.
Created by Delaney and Hearon, the show is a baby step toward adult animation for Peacock which currently has exactly zero adult animation shows. It also represents an expansion of the empire lorded over by Judge and Daniels, who are potentially getting back into the King of the Hill business while shepherding younger talent in the adult animation game.
We’ve all seen our fair share of Donald Trump impressions, but Jamie Foxx might’ve just taken the cake. Foxx appeared on the Rap Radar Podcast with Snoop Dogg to promote their new action-comedy vampire movie, Day Shift, which is out now on Netflix. And in the midst of it all, Jamie Foxx might’ve just given Saturday Night Live’sJames Austin Johnson’s Donald Trump impression a run for it’s money.
“I love Snoop D-O Double-G. Great person,” Foxx said in his Trump voice. Then host Brian ‘B. Dot’ Miller asked him if he loves Death Row Records and Foxx just went off and nailed Trump’s hip-hop wannabe-isms: “I love Death Row Records. I love Death Ro…” and as co-host Elliott Wilson started laughing, Foxx says, “Excuse Me. Excuse me, fake news. I love Death Row.” And added that his favorite Death Row record is, “All of them.”
If you close your eyes while listening to Jamie Foxx doing the bit, it’s pretty eerie how much he really sounds like Donald Trump. Foxx eventually can’t help himself and starts laughing at how ridiculous he sounds saying the exact things that Trump would say, like “They tried to give me the virus” and “I beat the virus.” Just another day in America y’all.
Cardi is back on Twitter after a short hiatus earlier this year, but she’s already had to field increased abuse from Nicki Minaj stans. One apparently hacked TikTok star Bella Poarch’s Twitter to troll her the night of her debut EP release. And now, another has launched outlandish claims that Cardi’s husband Offset cheated on her with fellow rapper Saweetie — a claim for which no evidence was presented, as Cardi herself pointed out while defending herself and her husband.
The account, @SleezeMaraj, began its assault by mentioning Cardi’s upcoming court case for assault, getting Cardi’s attention and setting off the argument. Cardi appears to be well aware of the person behind the account, who she says was recently incarcerated for the theft of a large amount of clothing. After trading a few barbs — no pun intended — back and forth, Cardi presented a screenshot of the New York Court System’s website apparently revealing the mad fan’s extensive rap sheet.
Why you lying on me and those girls for I have a open case EVERYTHING IS PUBLIC offering money will not benefit me and actually get me in real trouble you making up anything cause you decided to come for me after coming out of jail for stealing 3k worth of clothes https://t.co/bKMW1jzdLi
You attacking me,makin lies up wit no receipts you got people defending you but the fact is you was spilling your clients tea wit your besties hoping you get somebody to get tea off ME ..You unprofessional but wanna out on a front for people that will drag you if I really talk
3k worth of clothes baby it’s in your records fuck you mean where I’m getting it from..everyone was at the party including my cousin who is set assistant..just like u LYING Bout that 4M just like you trying to make your friend put words in my bitch mouth https://t.co/uYA2f89JfZpic.twitter.com/pfpBdsCnC0
From there, the argument escalated, with @SleezeMaraj accusing Offset of infidelity, straight up asserting that “Offset f*cked Saweetie!” However, Cardi wasn’t having it, noting that each of the account’s previous statements were unsupported by evidence. “First u claim I offered girls 4Ms over a case that the state pick up which is illegal ,then u claim I’m trying make mends wit no receipts,then claim my man was in ur friend face wit no receipts ,now u LYING to go viral,” she wrote, before adding a string of snoozing emojis. She also pulled up another screenshot of a text conversation, suggesting that @SleezeMaraj had built up a reputation for untrustworthy behavior.
As Cardi said in another follow-up tweet, “You makin crazy lies starting shit and putting female rappers in it WIT NO RECEIPTS,no blog ever spoke on this all of a sudden you come out of jail 5 days ago and you made up for lied in 2 hours wit NO RECEIPTS!”
First u claim I offered girls 4Ms over a case that the state pick up which is illegal ,then u claim I’m trying make mends wit no receipts,then claim my man was in ur friend face wit no receipts ,now u LYING to go viral https://t.co/GlAWiyPjBFpic.twitter.com/wsb1nhSTt8
I never offered them money there’s no reason too this is a state case weather they get money or not the case don’t get drop.LEARN THE LAW .You bring my friend up thinking ur friend will put pressure on mine to support your lie ..and now you running wit another lie For CLOUT https://t.co/LFA4hn57fVpic.twitter.com/fVHuxBVUzG
No baby you lying ! You makin crazy lies starting shit and putting female rappers in it WIT NO RECEIPTS,no blog ever spoke on this all of a sudden you come out of jail 5 days ago and you made up for lied in 2 hours wit NO RECEIPTS! https://t.co/0DL8Id6qqQ
This isn’t the first time Cardi has clapped back at online trolls trying to undermine her relationship with Offset. Last year, she dressed down a fan who claimed she was “supporting” her rapper husband. Meanwhile, for an explanation of how Saweetie got in the debate, look no further than a 2021 interview with Saweetie about a potential collaboration between the two. Since it has been “so long” (not long at all, but on Stan Twitter, time works differently, I guess) since it was first brought up, fans naturally speculate reasons why — and because kids clearly aren’t staying home watching Days Of Our Lives with their grandmothers anymore, they like making up the messiest scenarios they can think of for the entertainment they’re missing.
In any event, Cardi would do well to remember that age-old internet wisdom: Don’t feed the trolls.
Some artists covered here are Warner Music artists. Uproxx is an independent subsidiary of Warner Music Group.
Technology and hip-hop have begun to intersect more than ever. Rappers like ASAP Rocky, Eminem, and Snoop Dogg have expressed interest in NFTs, legacy acts like The Notorious BIG, Tupac, and A Tribe Called Quest are offering opportunities like collaborations and music ownership with the new technology, and quirky experiments like Travis Bot have shown off ways that machine learning can simulate some of today’s top artists. But some fans felt that tech went too far with FN Meka, a virtual rapper that toed the line of good taste despite being signed to Capitol Records.
The project, founded by music manager Anthony Martini and his startup Factory New, was criticized for depicting a SoundCloud rapper who looked like Lil Pump, Tekashi 69, and a Fortnite character got tossed into a blender. Evidently, that was also how the machine learning program ostensibly behind FN Meka’s lyrics wrote its songs, a borderline nonsensical mashup of violent, tough-talking rap cliches peppered with heavy usage of the word “nigga.” And while the raps themselves were performed by a Black rapper tapped specifically for that purpose, even he revealed he was unhappy about the project recently. But who is he and why is he so upset?
It turns out the voice behind FN Meka’s first three singles, “Moonwalkin’,” “Speed Demon,” and “Internet,” was a Texas-based rapper named Kyle The Hooligan. In a video posted on his Instagram, he detailed how he was invited to participate in the project with a pitch that included equity in the company. However, he says after turning in his contributions, the company ghosted him; he found out about FN Meka’s record deal the same way everyone else did: when it was reported by Music Business Worldwide earlier this month. He says he wasn’t paid for either the initial songs or for the recording contract with Capitol (which later confirmed it never gave an advance to Factory New).
In an interview with Vice, Kyle gave more information while denouncing the company behind FN Meka for “using” him for his connection to hip-hop culture. “They wanted me involved in every ‘cultural’ or ‘cool’ aspect of it,” he said. “They wanted me to tell them if something was cool and when something was not… They got that pass because I was involved. Them cutting me out of it was like they basically used me for the culture. I didn’t know about none of this Capitol stuff going on, the deals, or anything. This was all news to me because I thought it was over with.”
He also revealed that there was no machine-learning involved; he wrote all three of the original FN Meka songs himself, then changed the pitch of his voice to sound different. He has also taken away an important lesson: “This showed me that just my voice alone can make something that’s not even real pop,” he said. “Once people are really tuned into who Kyle The Hooligan is as an artist, then they’ll really know my story.” Meanwhile, FN Meka was dropped by Capitol after the backlash online.
HBO and HBO Max are giving us slim streaming pickings this month — which shouldn’t surprise anyone following the Warner Discovery merger drama. Still, we regret to inform you that, besides new episodes of House of the Dragon, a fresh season of Los Espookys, and that wild Elvis biopic, there isn’t much on the streaming platform that’s new. Well, unless you count the dozens of seasons of Fixer Upper. Seriously, how many shows do Chip & Joanna Gaines have?
Here’s everything coming to (and leaving) HBO and HBO Max this September.
Los Espookys: Season 2 (HBO series streaming 9/16)
It’s been 86 3 long years since the first season of this genre-bending comedy series from Julio Torres aired and its return couldn’t come a moment too soon. This season the group looks to be investigating the mystery of a slain beauty queen with help from Kim Petras who is playing *checks notes* a Secretary of State.
Elvis (2022) (Warner Bros. film streaming 9/2)
Austin Butler’s star-making turn as the King of Rock and Roll is reason enough to check out Baz Luhrman’s over-the-top musical biopic. But, we’d also argue that whatever the hell Tom hanks is doing in this thing is also … something to look at.
Here’s Everything Coming To HBO and HBO Max this month:
Avail. 9/1 The Accused, 1988 (HBO) Airplane II: The Sequel, 1982 (HBO) Airplane!, 1980 (HBO) Andy Hardy Comes Home, 1958 Andy Hardy Gets Spring Fever, 1939 Andy Hardy Meets a Debutante, 1940 Andy Hardy’s Blonde Trouble, 1944 Andy Hardy’s Double Life, 1942 Andy Hardy’s Private Secretary, 1941 Angela, 1995 Another Thin Man, 1939 The Bad and the Beautiful, 1952 Bandslam, 2009 (HBO) The Beach Bum, 2019 (HBO) Beau Travail, 1999 Cat People, 1942 The Courtship of Andy Hardy, 1942 Divergent, 2014 (HBO) The Divergent Series: Allegiant, 2016 (HBO) The Divergent Series: Insurgent, 2015 (HBO) Double Trouble, 1967 Dragon Blade, 2015 (HBO) Elvis on Tour, 1972 The Eyes of My Mother, 2016 (HBO) The Eyes of Orson Welles, 2018 Frankenstein, 1970 Girl Happy, 1965 Glory, 1989 Harper, 1966 Holiday, 1930 Hook, Line and Sinker, 1931 The Host, 2013 (HBO) Hot Tub Time Machine, 2010 (HBO) (Extended Version) In the Fade, 2017 (HBO) It Happened at the World’s Fair, 1963 Jailhouse Rock, 1957 Killer Elite, 2011 (HBO) The Life and Times of Judge Roy Bean, 1972 Life of Crime, 2014 (HBO) Meet Dave, 2008 (HBO) Melancholia, 2011 (HBO) My Bloody Valentine, 1981 (HBO) (Extended Version) My Week with Marilyn, 2011 (HBO) The Nitwits, 1935 The Oklahoma Kid, 1939 Operation Crossbow, 1965 The Outfit, 1973 Please Stand By, 2017 (HBO) Ratcatcher, 1999 Red Dust, 1932 The Ring Two, 2005 (HBO) (Extended Version) Rita, Sue and Bob Too, 1987 Road to Singapore, 1931 Rocknrolla, 2008 (HBO) Rosetta, 1999 The Scapegoat, 1959 The Sea Wolf, 1941 Screaming Eagles, 1956 Shadow Dancer, 2012 (HBO) Shadow of the Thin Man, 1941 Song of the Thin Man, 1947 Spinout, 1966 The Tailor of Panama, 2001 (HBO) Texas Chainsaw Massacre 2, 1986 (HBO) (Extended Version) There Was a Crooked Man, 1970 Till the End of Time, 1946 Topsy-Turvy, 1999 Torpedo Run, 1958 Varda by Agnès, 2019 Village of the Damned, 1960 Waterloo Bridge, 1940 We’re All Going To The World’s Fair, 2021 What Lies Beneath, 2000 (HBO) Where the Boys Are, 1960 Wild Hogs, 2007 (HBO) Woman Walks Ahead, 2017 (HBO) Working Girls, 1986 Young Guns, 1988 Young Guns II, 1990 Zandy’s Bride, 1974
Avail. 9/2 Elvis, 2022 (HBO) Total Dramarama, Season 3B Premiere
Avail. 9/3 Sesame Street Mecha Builders, Season 1C Premiere
Avail. 9/4 Primera, 2021 The Vampire Diaries, Seasons 1-8
Avail. 9/5 Beauty and the Bandit, 1946
Avail. 9/7 The Brave One, 1956 Young Sheldon, Season 5
Avail. 9/9 HBO First Look: See How They Run, Season Premiere (HBO) Moonfall, 2022 (HBO) Saving The King (aka Salvar al Rey), Max Original Season 1 Tom Swift, Season 1
Avail. 9/10 Impractical Jokers, Season 9C Impractical Jokers, Season 9C Specials
Avail. 9/12 The Criminal Life of Archibaldo de La Cruz, 1955
Avail. 9/14 Tammy, 2014 (HBO) (Extended Version)
Avail. 9/15 Dos Monjes, 1934 Lucia, 1968
Avail. 9/16 Good Behavior, Seasons 1-2 Los Espookys, Season 2 Premiere (HBO)
Avail. 9/17 Secret Origin Of The Batwheels
Avail. 9/21 Escape From Kabul, 2022 (HBO)
Avail. 9/22 The Hype, Max Original Season 2 Premiere Living Single, Seasons 1-5
Avail. 9/23 Who’s Talking to Chris Wallace? Season 1 Premiere
Avail. 9/24 Hostages, Documentary Series Premiere (HBO) Into the Storm, 2014 (HBO)
Avail. 9/29 Looney Tunes Cartoons (S5B) Halloween Special Max Original Premiere
Avail. 9/30 Bing, Season 1C Gotham, Seasons 1-5
Magnolia Content The Cabin Chronicles, Seasons 1-2 The Courage to Run with Chip Gaines & Gabe Grunewald, Special The Craftsman, Season 1 The Established Home, Season 1 Family Dinner, Seasons 1-2 Fixer Upper (Five Season Library) Fixer Upper: Behind the Design, Season 1 Fixer Upper: Welcome Home, Season 1 For the Love of Kitchens, Season 1 Growing Floret, Season 1 Homegrown, Seasons 1-2 In with the Old, Season 1 Inn the Works, Seasons 1-2 The Johnnyswim Show, Seasons 1-2 The Lost Kitchen, Seasons 1-2 Magnolia Table with Joanna Gaines, Seasons 1-6 Maine Cabin Masters, Season 7 Making Modern with Brooke and Brice, Seasons 1-2 Point of View: A Designer Profile Ranch to Table, Seasons 1-2 Restoration Road with Clint Harp, Seasons 1-2 The Retro Plant Shop with Mikey and Jo, Season 1 Silos Baking Competition Van Go, Seasons 1-2 Where We Call Home, Seasons 1-2
Here’s Everything Leaving HBO and HBO Max This Month:
Leaving 9/4 Meet the Patels, 2014
Leaving 9/5 Turner Classic Movies: Follow the Thread, 2022
Leaving 9/8 Teen Titans Go! To The Movies, 2018
Leaving 9/9 Horrible Bosses 2, 2014
Leaving 9/11 Fatale, 2020 (HBO)
Leaving 9/14 Starting Life in Another World– (S2 Eps 1-13) (Dubbed), 2016 Starting Life in Another World– (S2 Eps 1-13) (Subtitled), 2016 Starting Life in Another World– (S2 Eps 14-25) (Dubbed), 2016 Starting Life in Another World– (S2 Eps 14-25) (Subtitled), 2016
Leaving 9/16 The Little Things, 2021 (HBO)
Leaving 9/17 Inheritance, 2020 (HBO)
Leaving 9/20 American Sniper, 2014
Leaving 9/24 The Quarry, 2020 (HBO)
Leaving 9/30 3 Ninjas: High Noon at Mega Mountain, 1998 3 Ninjas: Knuckle Up, 1993 A Mouse Tale, 2012 (HBO) Adaptation., 2002 American History X, 1988 An American Haunting, 2006 (HBO) Are We Done Yet?, 2007 Are We There Yet?, 2005 Beef, 2020 (HBO) Brooklyn’s Finest, 2010 (HBO) Bundle of Joy, 1956 Buried, 2010 Cantinflas, 2014 (HBO) City Slickers, 1991 Cocoon the Return, 1988 (HBO) Contagion, 2011 Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon, 2000 Dark Passage, 1947 Don’t Be Afraid of the Dark, 2010 Double Trouble, 1967 El Robo Del Siglo (aka Heist of the Century), 2020 (HBO) Ella Enchanted, 2004 (HBO) Elvis on Tour, 1972 Emma, 1996 Erased, 2013 (HBO) Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within, 2001 Fired Up!, 2009 Freaky, 2020 (HBO) From Paris With Love, 2010 (HBO) Frozen River, 2008 Genius, 2016 (HBO) Ghosts of Girlfriends Past, 2009 Giant, 1956 Girl Happy, 1965 Girls, Interrupted, 1999 Graffiti Bridge, 1990 Harina (aka Flour), 2018 (HBO) Home Fries, 1998 (HBO) How Do You Know, 2010 I Know What You Did Last Summer, 1997 I Still Know What You Did Last Summer, 1998 I’ll Always Know What You Did Last Summer, 2006 It Could Happen to You, 1994 It Happpened at the World’s Fair, 1963 J. Edgar, 2001 (HBO) Jailhouse Rock, 1957 John Carpenter Presents Vampires: Los Muertos, 2002 Journey 2: The Mysterious Island Journey to the Center of the Earth, 2008 Judas and the Black Messiah, 2021 (HBO) Jungle Master, 2013 (HBO) Kill Bill: Vol, 1, 2003 Kill Bill: Vol. 2, 2004 Krull, 1983 (HBO) Last Night, 2011 (HBO) Let Him Go, 2020 (HBO) Lethal Weapon 2, 1989 Lethal Weapon 3, 1992 Lethal Weapon 4, 1998 Lethal Weapon, 1987 Little Baby Bum (S1), 2011 Little Baby Bum (S2), 2011 Little Baby Bum: Learning & Fun, 2011 Lords of Dogtown M*A*S*H, 1970 Major League II, 1994 Major League: Back to the Minors, 2006 Mano de Obra (aka Workforce), 2019 (HBO) Mary Reilly, 1996 Meet Me in St. Louis, 1944 Michael Clayton, 2007 Mighty Morphin Power Rangers: The Movies, 1995 (HBO) Miles Ahead, 2016 Miracle on 34th Street, 1947 (HBO) Moonrise Kingdom, 2012 (HBO) National Lampoon’s Christmas Vacation, 1989 National Lampoon’s Van Wilder 2: The Rise of Taj, 2006 (HBO) Next, 2007 (HBO) Nick & Norah’s Infinite Playlist, 2008 Nobody’s Fool, 1994 Period of Adjustment, 1962 Punch-Drunk Love, 2002 Purple Rain, 1984 Radio Flyer, 1992 Reservation Road, 2007 (HBO) Reservoir Dogs, 1992 (HBO) Return to Me, 2000 (HBO) Revolver, 2007 (HBO) Ride the High Country, 1962 Righteous Kill, 2008 (HBO) Scary Movie 2, 2001 Scary Movie 3, 2003 Scary Movie, 2000 Sex Drive, 2008 (Extended Version) Shark Night 3D, 2011 (HBO) Shrek The Third, 2007 (HBO) Shrink, 2009 (HBO) SLC Punk!, 1999 (HBO) Sleepless in Seattle, 1993 Soul Surfer, 2011 Spartan, 2004 (HBO) Spinout, 1966 Stealing Harvard, 2002 (HBO) Steel, 1997 Strike Up the Band, 1940 Super 8, 2011 (HBO) The Adventures of Mark Twain, 1944 The Adventures of Milo and Otis, 1989 The Book of Eli, 2010 The Boondocks Saints II: All Saints Day (Director’s Cut) The Brothers Solomon, 2007 (HBO) The Cooler, 2003 (HBO) The Empty Man, 2020 (HBO) The Harvey Girl, 1946 The Holiday, 2006 (HBO) The Internship, 2013 (HBO) The Iron Giant, 1999 The Ladies Man, 2000 (HBO) The Pirate, 1948 The Raid: Redemption, 2012 (HBO) (Extended Version) The Relic, 1997 (HBO) The Secret in Their Eyes, 2010 (HBO) The Unsinkable Molly Brown, 1964 The Wackness, 2008 (HBO) The Way Way Back, 2013 (HBO) Things We Lost in the Fire, 2007 (HBO) Tootsie, 1982 (HBO) Twister, 1996 Ultraviolet, 2006 Under the Cherry Moon, 1986 Universal Soldier: The Return, 1999 Vegas Vacation, 1997 Warm Bodies, 2013 (HBO) Welcome to Collinwood, 2002 (HBO) Welcome to the Dollhouse, 1995 What You Gonna Do When the World’s on Fire?, 2018 Whiplash, 2015 Who’s Harry Crumb?, 1989 (HBO) Wiener Dog Internationals, 2017 (HBO) Zookeeper, 2011
The MTV VMAs 2022 are happening this Sunday, August 28th. This year’s show will feature not one, but three hosts in LL Cool J, Nicki Minaj, and Jack Harlow. Minaj will be receiving the MTV Video Vanguard Award, while the Red Hot Chili Peppers will be given the MTV Global Icon Award. There will be a ton of live performances happening throughout the evening, including newly announced ones from Bad Bunny and Snoop Dogg with Eminem. But where can you watch the 2022 MTV VMAs? You’ll have a lot more options this year than just on MTV.
Where Can I Watch The 2022 MTV VMAs?
The MTV VMAs will be broadcast live from the Prudential Center in Newark, NJ beginning at 8 pm EST / 5pm PST. It will be available to watch simultaneously on the MTV network as well as on BET, The CW, CMT, Comedy Central, Paramount Network, BET Her, TV Land, Nickelodeon, Logo, MTV 2, and VH1.
Jack Harlow, Lil Nas X, and Kendrick Lamar lead the way with seven nominations each at the 2022 MTV VMAs. See the full list of nominees here.
Tune in for the awards show and performances from stars like Lizzo, J Balvin, Blackpink, Panic At The Disco!, Kane Brown, and others. See the full list of performers here.
Some artists covered here are Warner Music artists. Uproxx is an independent subsidiary of Warner Music Group.
At one point in time, Benny The Butcher and Freddie Gibbs enjoyed a fruitful working relationship. In 2020, each appeared on the other’s album, with Benny turning in a verse on “Frank Lucas” from Freddie’s Alchemist-produced album Alfredo and Freddie returning the favor thanks to some assistance from Jay-Z on Benny’s Hit-Boy-produced Burden Of Proof offering “One Way Flight.” Both also appeared on Texas rapper Bobby Sessions’ 2021 Manifest single “Gold Rolex.” All of those tracks received praise and seemed to indicate that the two rough-voiced street rappers were on friendly terms — they even teased a potential joint album to be released in 2022 — so why are they beefing now?
Freddie’s sense of humor has been the impetus behind a lot of the trouble in which he finds himself, and this time appears to be more of the same. Things seemed to have gone south in late 2021, when Freddie jokingly tweeted about a recent incident in which Benny was shot in the leg during an attempted robbery. Unfortunately, Benny wasn’t amused; months later, when Benny was asked about the status of the joint project during an interview, he said the collaboration was no longer being released. Later, in another interview, he said the opportunity to complete the album “came and went.” When Freddie laughed off the response with an unsubtle reference to the robbery, Benny snapped back on Twitter.
From there, the pair’s problems appear to have escalated to physical violence; Benny and his crew were seen brawling with Gibbs at a local restaurant when he stopped in Benny’s hometown, Buffalo, to do a show. He performed that show with a black eye. Ever since, they’ve been taking jabs at one another via social media, such as a video Benny posted showing off a chain allegedly stolen from Gibbs’ girlfriend during their restaurant fight. While Fred has sent repeated invitations for another, one-on-one bout, Benny seems content to taunt him and demean his “gangsta” aesthetic after Gibbs failed to produce a gun during the brawl (which… should be a good thing, right? Like, do you want him to shoot you? Everybody I know who has ever been shot says it sucks). And so, not only do we not get that collab album, we get to watch two grown men squabble on the internet like high schoolers. This can’t even really be all that fun for fans of immature rap beef because we haven’t gotten one diss track out of it. Hopefully, that’ll change; even better, maybe they can actually hash out their differences and get back to making more great collabs.
As Dr. Anthony Fauci makes the media rounds following news that he’ll retire in December, Megyn Kelly is frothing mad at the White House Chief Medical Advisor’s recent comments to CNN. During the pandemic, Fauci has sat for hearing after hearing, where he routinely humiliated Rand Paul in the process, which has given him a pretty good look into what he’s in for if Republicans take control of the House in the midterm elections. Understandably, he’s not exactly going to jump at being cooperative.
“My records are an open book,” Fauci told CNN’s John Berman when asked about Paul’s recent threat to subpoena the chief medical advisor’s records. “They are talking about things that are really bizarre, like crimes against democracy by shutting down the government. All I have ever done — and go back and look at everything I’ve ever done — was to recommend common sense, good, CDC-recommended public health policies that have saved millions of lives. If you wanna investigate me for that, go ahead.”
Fauci also told Berman that he’d “consider” sitting down in front of a Republican congress if it’s an actual oversight matter, which made Kelly blow her lid during Wednesday’s episode of her SiriusXM show.
Dr. Fauci says he’ll “consider” appearing before Congress next year. @MegynKelly: “You don’t get to say whether you go. You get a congressional subpoena, you show up, or you get the Steve Bannon treatment…”
“He sounds like he’s been invited to afternoon tea at one of our houses. ‘I will consider it. I’ll consider it. You know, only if it’s oversight because what I experienced was personal attacks. I will go if it’s true,’” she said.
“F*ck you, Dr. Fauci. You don’t get to say whether you go — you get a congressional subpoena, you show up or you get the Steve Bannon treatment!” Kelly added.
Considering Fauci never failed to shut down Paul during the pandemic, you’d assume Republicans would want to avoid that outcome. But judging by Kelly’s fiery remarks, it appears they’re going to be hellbent on hounding the doctor instead of, you know, actually governing.
The Los Angeles Rams and the Cincinnati Bengals went head-to-head in the Super Bowl back in February. While the Rams came out on top, 23-20, the game was a tight, tense affair, one that saw Cooper Kupp catch a Matthew Stafford pass with less than two minutes remaining to put Los Angeles on top for good.
The two teams are slated to go up against one another in a rematch with far lower stakes this week — Cincinnati is playing host to Los Angeles in a preseason friendly on Saturday afternoon. The lead-up to this includes the teams practicing with one another on Thursday, but apparently, this has led to some problems, as several fights broke out.
Multiple scuffles broke out during Thursday’s joint practice in Cincinnati, including one in which Bengals offensive lineman La’el Collins appeared to remove and throw the helmet of Rams linebacker Leonard Floyd.
One video of the extracurriculars appeared to show Rams star Aaron Donald getting his hands on a Bengals player’s helmet and swinging it until he was shoved to the ground and his teammates were able to hold him back.
Rams and Bengals went AT it during a joint practice
Even though the futures of various projects on deck at HBO Max are a bit uncertain, one thing is clear: the holiday season is still scheduled to go on as normal! The streamer is determined to spread some holiday cheer to audiences, and it will release four new holiday movies, including the long-awaited A Christmas Story sequel. Sure, Elmo was brutally fired from his first-ever hosting gig, but at least Santa Claus will come to town once more.
A Christmas Story Christmas will bring back the cast of the original movie for an all-grown-up version that centers on an adult Ralphie as he deals with Christmas as a father. Peter Billingsley will star once again as Ralphie alongside Erinn Hayes, Julianna Layne, R.D. Robb, Scott Schwartz, Zack Ward, and Julie Hagerty. The sequel will debut on HBO Max on November 17th, which will be the new official Christmas kick-off date! No more waiting until Thanksgiving.
Also heading to HBO Max will be a romantic comedy Holiday Harmony where an up-and-coming singer finds herself in a small Oklahoma town where she absolutely must help the local kids put on a holiday show (No, this isn’t a Lifetime movie). That movie, along with A Christmas Mystery, a movie about missing jingle bells, will hit the streamer on November 24th.
However, If none of these sound good to you, feel free to check out A Hollywood Christmas on December 1st, which follows an aspiring Christmas movie director who gets her production shut down due to budget cuts. That one is a little too on the nose, even for HBO. But it’s real!
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