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It Looks Like Migos Really Is Officially A Duo Now

For months, fans have speculated about Migos’ status as a trio as Quavo and Takeoff promote their upcoming album, Only Built For Infinity Links, at the same time as Offset pushes his own solo project. It didn’t help that all three members of the group avoided the topic in interviews, nor that it was reported that Offset had filed a lawsuit against the trio’s label, Quality Control Music, when it tried to claim ownership of his solo single, “54321.”

But that silence has been broken. Quavo and Takeoff appeared recently on DJ Scream’s Big Facts podcast, where they finally addressed the breakup rumors, albeit vaguely. Unfortunately, their responses didn’t give any good news to fans who might have been hoping for a reconciliation. As Quavo said, “I just feel like we want to see our career as a duo because we just came from a loyal family,” suggesting that there’s a feeling that Offset has been disloyal. “Sometimes, when shit don’t work out, it ain’t meant to be,” he said.

Meanwhile, Takeoff suggested that it’s up to a higher power. “”We don’t know all answers,” he said. “God know. So we pray a lot. And we tell him, whatever, whatever ain’t right, however you supposed to see it fit, you put it back together or however you do it. Only time will tell. We always family, now. Ain’t nothing gon’ change.”

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On Top Of Being A TV Quack, Dr. Oz Was Reportedly Involved In The Killing Of Hundreds Of Dogs In Medical Tests

Dr. Mehmet Oz has been called a lot of nasty things over the course of his career as a television personality-turned-aspiring politician: quack, creep, serial testicle fondler, incest advocate, and New Jerseyite being just a few of them. But “dog murderer” is the label that’s likely to inflict the most harm on Oz and his chances of winning a senate seat in a state he doesn’t inhabit.

While Dr. Oz’s tenure as a daytime TV talk show host made him a target of the scientific community for his tendency to make misleading or outright false medical claims, he was indeed an active part of the very real scientific community for many years via the Columbia University Institute of Comparative Medicine. And after an investigation into the work he did there, Jezebel found that the aspiring senator was responsible for brutally killing more than 325 dogs, including an entire litter of puppies.

With rumors of the senatorial candidate’s medical experiments being talked about on social media, Jezebel dug into the details of 75 studies published by Dr. Oz between 1989 and 2010 and learned that the truth about those internet rumors is actually much more disturbing. As Kylie Cheung wrote for the site:

Oz, the New Jersey resident who’s currently running for U.S. Senate from Pennsylvania, was a “principal investigator” at the Columbia University Institute of Comparative Medicine labs for years and assumed “full scientific, administrative, and fiscal responsibility for the conduct” of his studies. Over the course of 75 studies published in academic journals reviewed by Jezebel, Oz’s team conducted experiments on at least 1,027 live animal subjects that included dogs, pigs, calves, rabbits, and small rodents. Thirty-four of these experiments resulted in the deaths of at least 329 dogs, while two of his experiments killed 31 pigs, and 38 experiments killed 661 rabbits and rodents.

Veterinarian Catherine Dell’Orto was a postdoctoral veterinary fellow at Columbia during Dr. Oz’s tenure, and actually blew the whistle on what she deemed to be violations of the Animal Welfare Act which, according to Jezebel, “sets minimum standards of care for dogs, cats, primates, rabbits, and other animals in the possession of animal dealers and laboratories.” Standards which Dr. Oz ignored.

Dell’Orto came to Columbia in 2001 and, according to a 2004 article in Newsday, “raised multiple objections with a senior veterinarian” about the treatment of the medical facility’s animals within weeks of her arrival. “They just pooh-poohed me and told me I was new in the field and couldn’t be too emotional about it,” Dell’Orto said at the time.

Eventually, Dell’Orto escalated her complaints then went directly to the USDA, which is in charge of enforcing the Animal Welfare Act, and also shared her story with PETA and The Humane Society of the United States.

In May 2004, the USDA levied a paltry $2,000 fine against Columbia University for multiple violations of the Animal Welfare Act. The fine, writes Cheung, “was the result of a settlement between the university and the USDA, based on the findings of Columbia’s internal investigation of Oz’s research. The USDA accepted these findings, but according to Dell’Orto, the review was faulty, and ‘had investigators on the committee that were also complicit in this type of poorly designed, cruel animal experimentation.’”

Just last month, Dell’Orto told Billy Penn that Oz did not personally euthanize the hundreds of dogs and puppies in question. But she noted that, “When your name is on the experiment, and the way the experiment is designed inflicts such cruelty to these animals, by design, there’s a problem.”

Jezebel reached out to both Columbia’s office of communications and public affairs and Oz’s campaign team for comment; while Columbia declined to participate, Team Oz has yet to respond.

(Via Jezebel)

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Nintendo Showed Off The First Look At The Chris Pratt-Voiced Mario In ‘The Super Mario Bros. Movie’

2023 is shaping up to be a big year for Mario fans. Super Nintendo World is scheduled to open at California’s Universal Studios Hollywood, while a new 2D Mario game is reportedly on the way for the Switch. There’s also The Super Mario Bros. Movie, the first Mario movie since Bob Hoskins learned Mario was a video game character after agreeing to star in Super Mario Bros. This time, Mario will be played by Chris Pratt, who claimed that his voice for the Italian plumber is “unlike anything you’ve ever heard.”

You’ll be able to judge for yourself on Thursday, October 6, when the trailer has its world premiere at New York Comic-Con. Until then, Nintendo shared the first look at the animated movie, featuring Mario and a bunch of Toads.

Confirmed: Mario has a Hank Hill rear view. Also, I understand not wanting to show off Peach and Luigi and Donkey Kong already, but where’s Toadette?

The Super Mario Bros. Movie, which also stars Anya Taylor-Joy as Peach, Charlie Day as Luigi, Jack Black as Bowser, Keegan-Michael Key as Toad, Seth Rogen as Donkey Kong, Fred Armisen as Cranky Kong, Kevin Michael Richardson as Kamek, and Charles Martinet (the GOAT Mario voice) in an undisclosed role, opens on April 7, 2023.

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Country Legend Loretta Lynn Is Dead At 90

Loretta Lynn, an icon in country music, died today (October 4) at her home in Hurricane Mills, Tennessee, the artist’s publicist confirmed with Rolling Stone. Lynn was 90 years old.

Lynn was born on April 14, 1932 in Butcher Hollow, Kentucky, and started singing in local clubs in the late 1950s. Her recording career got off to a strong start: Her debut album, 1963’s Loretta Lynn Sings, peaked at No. 2 on the US country chart. Her first album to top that chart was 1966’s You Ain’t Woman Enough, which was also her first release to appear on the Billboard Top LPs chart.

She maintained a high level of success for decades, with albums appearing at or near the top of the country charts in the ’70s, ’80s, and ’90s. The finals years of her career were strong, too. In 2004, she released Van Lear Rose, a Jack White-produced album that was critically praised and won a Grammy for Best Country Album. The final album released during her lifetime was 2021’s Still Woman Enough, which was the fourth in a series of five planned albums. All in all, her career spanned over 60 years.

This story is being updated.

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Jennifer Lopez, Josh Duhamel, And Jennifer Coolidge (Also With A Shotgun) Deal With Uninvited Guests In The ‘Shotgun Wedding’ Trailer

After recently saying “I do” to Ben Affleck, Jennifer Lopez is ready to swap vows with Josh Duhamel in Shotgun Wedding. Amazon has released the first trailer for the upcoming action-comedy that features a marriage that’s already on the brink of collapse before it even makes it to the altar. But that all hits the back-burner as the island destination is taken hostage, forcing the couple to work together to overcome their captors and rescue their guests. (And some annoying family members.)

More importantly, the Jennifer Coolidge renaissance is still in full effect. Coolidge plays Duhamel’s mom in the film, and clearly, the armed bandits picked the wrong wedding to mess with.

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You’re damn right that’s Jennifer Coolidge with a machine gun.

Here’s the official synopsis:

In Shotgun Wedding, Darcy (Jennifer Lopez) and Tom (Josh Duhamel) gather their lovable but very opinionated families for the ultimate destination wedding, just as the couple begin to get cold feet. And if that wasn’t enough of a threat to the celebration, suddenly everyone’s lives are in danger when the entire party is taken hostage. “’Til Death Do Us Part” takes on a whole new meaning in this hilarious, adrenaline-fueled adventure as Darcy and Tom must save their loved ones—if they don’t kill each other first.

Shotgun Wedding premieres January 27, 2023 on Amazon Prime Video.

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Latto Surpasses Doja Cat For A Hot 100 Milestone With ‘Big Energy’

Latto is traversing North America as an opener on Lizzo’s Special Tour, performing at Madison Square Garden over the weekend, but the Atlanta-bred star has stayed put on Billboard‘s Hot 100 for 49 weeks with “Big Energy.” Her September 2021 breakthrough smash has become the longest-charting rap single by a solo female artist — topping Doja Cat’s “Need To Know” (48 weeks) this week.

“Big Energy” is housed on 777, Latto’s 2022 sophomore album, and received the remix treatment from Mariah Carey and DJ Khaled in March.

“I wanted to push myself,” Latto said of “Big Energy” as an Uproxx cover star last December. “I wanted to challenge myself. Honestly, when you’ve been rapping since eight years old, you got to find new inspiration and new sparks. I just wanted to try something different and I didn’t really give a f*ck whether people liked it or they didn’t because this was for me. I know what I’m doing. So I was like, the go-hard Latto, heavy punchlines on a heavy 808 trapped out beat, that’s my pocket. I got that down pat. I can do that forever. I do that in my sleep. But, I don’t want to do that forever. I want to push myself and I want to be the biggest me I can be.”

“Big Energy” is up for song of the year, while 777 is nominated for hip-hop album of the year at the 2022 BET Hip-Hop Awards, scheduled for tonight (October 4).

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Tyler The Creator Lands A Guest-Starring Role In ‘Big Mouth’ Season 6

Talk about a match made in heaven. Tyler The Creator, who is equally well-known for his unique growl of a voice as he is for his raunchy sophomoric sense of humor, has been cast in Netflix’s animated sitcom Big Mouth, which is also known for its outrageous, bawdy jokes. According to Entertainment Tonight, the boundary-pushing rapper is just one of a slew of guest stars in the upcoming sixth season of Big Mouth including Adam Levine (super bad timing, but sort of appropriate for a show featuring horny imaginary creatures), Brian Tyree Henry, and Steve-O of Jackass. Let’s just hope T is playing a Hormone Monster.

Tyler recently got a chance to show off that famed sense of trollish humor when his good friend ASAP Rocky needed help escaping his own mosh pit at Rolling Loud New York. As the video of the incident went viral — much to Rocky’s displeasure — Tyler did the thing all of our friends should do and roasted him mercilessly over it. First, he changed his profile pic on Instagram to Rocky’s distressed expression from the video, then he immortalized the moment on a birthday cake for their rap buddy Jasper Dolphin. Meanwhile, Tyler more recently announced that he’d be pushing back the return of his own music festival, Camp Flog Gnaw Carnival, until next year.

Check out the season 6 Big Mouth trailer above.

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Whoopi Goldberg Admits That ‘The View’ Has Been ‘Calmer’ Ever Since Meghan McCain Left

It’s been over a year since Meghan McCain quit The View, leaving the show scrambling to find a conservative replacement who’s not hardcore MAGA and/or an anti-vaxxer. That’s no easy task, but despite the season-long search for a new co-host, Whoopi Goldberg is not being shy about the show being less stressful now that McCain is gone.

“It’s calmer because nobody wants to be that tired every day,” Goldberg told Page Six at the New York Film Festival premiere of Till. The longtime View co-host also didn’t push back on McCain’s claim in her Bad Republican book that Goldberg had “open disdain” for her. In fact, Goldberg is still worn out just thinking about it:

“We’ve always had disagreements and stuff, but this one was a little bit different,” Goldberg explained to us on Saturday. “I think [the show], it’s better. I feel it’s better, but I’m still tired!”

The “Sister Act” star confessed that even her own daughter called out the awkward facial expressions she sometimes made when talking to McCain on the air.

“My daughter would say to me, ‘I can see your face!’ [And I would say], ‘OK, I’ll be better,’” she shared.

After a year of testing out guest hosts, McCain’s seat has been permanently filled by former White House communications director Alyssa Farah Griffin. Naturally, McCain couldn’t resist taking a jab at her old workplace once the decision was announced.

“Her dad is a very famous homophobe and racist who started birtherism. He’s actually the person that invented Obama’s birtherism,” McCain recently told Andy Cohen before adding that she doesn’t want to “say anything negative.” Classic Meghan.

(Via Page Six)

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Marcus Mumford Explains His Academy Award Tattoo And Performs ‘Grace’ On ‘Corden’

We all have our scars from the pandemic. Marcus Mumford literally has one. Mumford took a break from his tour in support of Self-Titled, his debut solo effort, to visit The Late Late Show With James Corden on Monday (October 3). Sitting alongside Rosie O’Donnell and Utkarsh Ambudkar, Mumford explained why he, a musician, has the silhouette of an Academy Award tattooed on his shoulder. And yes, it has to do with two-time Oscar nominee Carey Mulligan, his wife of 10 years.

“We’re in lockdown, in COVID. She’s supposed to have a film come out after the awards are over and stuff because it was not supposed to be an awards film. It was called Promising Young Woman,” the 35-year-old explained. “No expectations for it to be in awards conversation, but COVID comes. It gets pushed back. It comes out around all the awards films, and then suddenly, there’s all this chat about it. And it became this anxiety in our household because now there’s pressure to get nominated where there wasn’t before.”

“And so I said, ‘Let’s make it fun. Let’s have a tattoo bet,’” Mumford continued. “‘If you don’t get nominated, you have to be branded with your failure for the rest of your life. You get an Oscar tattoo.’ And everyone will say, ‘Oh, is that for when you were nominated for An Education?’ And she will say, ‘No, it’s for when I wasn’t nominated, as a punishment.’ And she did get nominated, so I got the tattoo.” (Mumford lost the bet, but he can always say he’s been directed by Steven Spielberg.)

Mumford used his time on The Late Late Show to showcase his own award-winning (two Grammy wins, nine nominations, to be exact) talent and performed a soaring rendition of “Grace,” the second track on Self-Titled, which dropped September 16. “With the weight of the shadow on your shoulder,” Mumford belted, backed by rollicking acoustics. “And I hear there’s healing just around this corner.”

Writing Self-Titled was a healing experience for Mumford. The album’s first offering, “Cannibal,” is about being sexually abuse as a six-year-old, which he told GQ he “hadn’t told anyone about” previously. “Grace” was released two weeks later, in late July, as the album’s official lead single.

Earlier in July, Mumford announced he was temporarily (?) branching away from Mumford & Sons as a solo artist with Self-Titled and shared the origins of the project:

The tracklist includes “Dangerous Game” featuring Clairo, “Go In Light” featuring Monica Martin, “Stonecatcher” featuring Phoebe Bridgers, and “How” with Brandi Carlile.

Watch Mumford perform “Grace” above.

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Kanye West Responds To The ‘White Lives Matter’ Backlash By Declaring Black Lives Matter A ‘Scam’

Kanye West is over in France at the moment, getting involved in this year’s Paris Fashion Week events. He made his runway debut in Balenciaga’s show, but more notably than that, he wore a “White Lives Matter” shirt to his YZY Season 9 show (and so did Candace Owens).

Ye’s fashion choice was criticized by folks like Jaden Smith and Van Lathan, and now Ye has offered a response, one that’s far from apologetic.

In a simple Instagram Story shared today (October 4), of white text on a black background, West wrote, “Everyone knows that Black Lives Matter was a scam. Now its over. You’re welcome.”

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As for that aforementioned backlash, Jaden wrote, “I Had To Dip Lol,” presumably indicating he was at the show but left once he realized what West was wearing. In subsequent tweets, he added, “Black Lives Matter,” and, “We Demand A More Progressive Future.”

Lathan, meanwhile, wrote, “we don’t need a reminder of the worth of white lives. America is a shrine to the worth of white people. This message is reactionary to a message affirming Black lives, which have never been worth anything in America. In its intent, it’s a white supremacist notion, because it posits that we can’t have a conversation about the worth of Black people without having a conversation about the worth of white people, which is f*cking insane. The notion that it always has to be about white people in America is incredibly frustrating, emotionally draining, and the whole problem. But here’s Kanye, apparently centering that notion.”