Month: October 2022

Donald Trump never does things by half-measures. On Monday, he made good on a threat he dropped over the summer, filing a lawsuit against CNN for, essentially, allowing commentators to say mean things about him. Actually going through with something may have emboldened him, as he said that lawsuit was only the beginning, that he’d be doing the same to other outlets. And what the hell? He might go and sue the Jan. 6 committee, too.

What did the House committee investigating the Capitol riot ever do to him? (Other than issue one shocking revelation about him and his cronies after another.) His possible lawsuit with what he of course called the “Unselect Committee” would accuse them of having “REFUSED to investigate the massive Presidential Election Fraud which took place,” instead turning on “the people and Patriots who complained and asked questions about it.”

Much as Trump has any hopes of winning his CNN lawsuit, this one, should it happen, seems even more hopeless. The committee has explored some of the voter fraud claims. It just found that his own staffers didn’t buy them either. In their hearings, they showed many in his circle couldn’t find any proof of the election being stolen, with his own attorney general, William Barr, calling BS on it all, which no less than his own daughter said was accurate.

To this date, no one, least of all Trump (and definitely not the MyPillow Guy), has offered any hard evidence of widespread voter fraud. But they probably know all their die-hard supporters need to hear is him asserting it happened.

(Via Raw Story)

It’s shaping up to be a big week for Willow. This Friday (October 7), she will drop her new album, COPINGMECHANISM, and then will perform on Saturday Night Live the following day (October 8).

This past April, Willow appeared on SNL alongside Camila Cabello, joining her in a performance of “Psychofreak” from her album, Familia. In an interview with Apple Music 1’s Zane Lowe, Willow admitted she’s feeling nervous in the days leading up to her second SNL appearance of the year.

“I’m honestly really, really surprised that I’m going to be on SNL twice in one year, five months apart,” she said. “That’s crazy. I’m really excited. I’m nervous obviously, because being with Camila, a really, really good friend of mine, there’s that feeling of comfortability there where you can look across the stage and be like, ‘Girl, we’re in this together. We’re doing this.’ I’m not baring my soul alone on the stage. But now it’s going to be me baring my soul alone on the stage, and I’m just so grateful and so excited, but also sh*tting my pants, slightly.”

Brendan Gleeson, who is starring in the upcoming film, The Banshees of Inisherin, is set to host this Saturday’s episode of SNL/

COPINGMECHANISM arrives 10/7 via MSFTSMusic and Roc Nation. Pre-save it here.

Bono — who supposedly texts poems to Nancy Pelosi — has a book coming out called Surrender: 40 Songs, One Story. The book will serve as the U2 singer’s memoir and each of it’s 40 chapters is named after one of the Irish rock band’s songs. What’s more, each chapter will also contain an original drawing by Bono. The book is due out on November 1st and Bono has just announced the Stories of Surrender book tour that he says will help him fill the void he’s felt while not on stage with the band.

“I miss being on stage and the closeness of U2’s audience,” Bono said in a statement. “In these shows I’ve got some stories to sing, and some songs to tell… Plus I want to have some fun presenting my ME-moir, Surrender, which is really more of a WE-moir if I think of all the people who helped me get from there to here.”

The statement indicates that his book tour might actually be a hybrid of a reading and perhaps a solo performance from the singer as well? Regardless, each ticket to the Stories Of Surrender book tour comes with a copy of the book as well. No word yet on whether the audiobook will be automatically pre-loaded into your iPhone though.

Surrender comes out on November 1st and you can pre order it here. The Stories Of Surrender Tour goes on sale Friday, October 7th at 10am local time here. Check out the full list of Bono’s book tour dates below.

11/02 – New York, NY @ Beacon Theatre
11/04 – Boston, MA @ Orpheum Theatre
11/06 – Toronto, ON @ Meridian Hall
11/08 – Chicago, IL @ The Chicago Theatre
11/09 – Nashville, TN @ Ryman Auditorium
11/12 – San Francisco, CA @ Orpheum Theatre
11/13 – Los Angeles, CA @ The Orpheum Theatre
11/16 – London, UK @ The London Palladium
11/17 – Glasgow, UK @ SEC Armadillo
11/19 – Manchester, UK @ O2 Apollo Manchester
11/21 – Dublin, IE @ 3Olympia Theatre
11/23 – Berlin, DE @ Admiralspalast
11/25 – Paris, FR @ Le Grand Rex
11/28 – Madrid, ES @ Teatro Coliseum

The Game‘s two-decade-long career in hip-hop has made him one of Los Angeles’ most prominent rappers. From his major label debut album, The Documentary, to his most recent album, the 30-track Drillmatic: Heart Vs. Mind, The Game has not lost his momentum.

The Game remains a go-to for collaborations in the realm of West Coast rap, having worked with fellow LA rappers Casey Veggies, Blueface, and YG in recent years.

In an upcoming episode of Uproxx’s new show, Fresh Pair, the Compton rapper sat down with Just Blaze and sneaker designer Katty Customs and shared his top five favorite LA rap albums of all time.

Among his favorites are Dr. Dre’s The Chronic, which he says was “lowkey Snoop’s first album.” He also names Snoop Dogg’s Doggystyle as another one of his favorites.

We won’t spoil the clip for you, however, he does also include his own album, The Documentary on the list.

“I did that in a time when I was the biggest rapper in LA, ” he said, “and I held it down for almost 10 years alone. The whole coast, the beast that came with it, the wars with whoever I went to war with.”

You can check out the preview clip above, where he lists all five of his favorite LA rap albums.

The full episode drops this Wednesday.

On Monday, Jezebel revealed that Dr. Mehmet Oz conducted research that led to the deaths of over 300 dogs, as well as other animals. It was a disastrous scandal for one of Donald Trump’s hand-picked candidates. Then another effectively told him, “Hold my beer.” The Daily Beast reported that Herschel Walker — who’s been running a hardline anti-abortion campaign, vowing to deny it in all cases — had [drum roll] once paid for an abortion. But that’s when things got interesting.

After the report came out, his son Christian — one of two, plus a daughter, though he’d only made their existences public this year — turned on him in a series of furious tweets.

“Every family member of Herschel Walker asked him not to run for office, because we all knew (some of) his past. Every single one,” Christian tweeted. “He decided to give us the middle finger and air out all of his dirty laundry in public, while simultaneously lying about it.” He then threw down, writing, “I’m done.”

But he wasn’t done, at least with tweeting. “I know my mom and I would really appreciate if my father Herschel Walker stopped lying and making a mockery of us,” he wrote, referring to Herschel’s ex-wife, Cindy DeAngelis Grossman. “You’re not a ‘family man’ when you left us to bang a bunch of women, threatened to kill us, and had us move over 6 times in 6 months running from your violence.” (Grossman has claimed that, during their marriage, Walker pointed a gun at her head and threatened to blow her brains out.)

“I don’t care about someone who has a bad past and takes accountability,” Christian continued. “But how DARE YOU LIE and act as though you’re some “moral, Christian, upright man.” You’ve lived a life of DESTROYING other peoples lives. How dare you.”

Christian Walker turning on his father is a big deal. Earlier this year, Christian had presented himself as both a Gen Z MAGA head and a staunch cheerleader for his father’s political campaign. He was even selling “Herschel ‘22” merch on his official website. He also runs a podcast called “Uncancellable,” which features episodes with titles like “UNCANCELLABLE DATING: STOP BEING A WH*RE” and “PRIDE IS A SIN (Exploring the Rainbow Cult).” His pinned tweet, at least of this writing, derides “woke indoctrination.”

Around the time his son — the only one he used to recognize — was torching him on social media, Herschel himself went on Hannity, where he denied the abortion accusation, despite his accuser providing literal receipts. When asked how she’d gotten not only a personal check but also a get well card, Walker replied that he sends out lots of such cards and money.

In any case, for now, at least, the wildest congressional campaign in America is no longer the one featuring a cameo from Snooki. For now, it’s the one for the guy who thinks the U.S. has 52 states.

(Via The Daily Beast)

The first half of Rams-49ers saw a lot of defense being played, with a few big plays helping the Niners to a 14-6 lead going into the break — none bigger than Deebo Samuel’s unbelievable 57-yard catch and run for a touchdown in the second quarter.

The Rams had plenty to clean up, including their tackling on that play, and luckily they got a chance to work on that at the end of the half in a unique way. Ahead of a Rams punt, a protester ran onto the field with a pink smoke flare and ran up and down the field, evading security, until he arrived at the Rams sideline, where Bobby Wagner took out some frustration on the guy by absolutely lighting him up with a hit.

While the main ESPN broadcast can’t show it, the Manningcast luckily takes some liberties with their feed and Peyton successfully lobbied to get it up there and loved every second of seeing Wagner smoke this fan/protester.

Wagner joins a long line of NFL players who have gotten to get some licks in on idiots on the field, most recently we saw Stefon Diggs crack a fan who ran on the field on a $1,000 bet in Kansas City, which is certainly not worth it. It’s never a good idea to run onto any field during a sporting event, but it’s especially dumb to do so when there are literally dozens of giant men out there whose entire job is chasing down and hitting people as hard as possible.

Week 4 of the 2022 NFL schedule concluded with an NFC West showdown on Monday Night Football, with the San Francisco 49ers welcoming the Los Angeles Rams to town in prime time. Much of the first half occurred with a modest tempo and a dearth of highlight-worthy plays, but that all changed just before the halftime break.

The 49ers, leading 7-6, faced a third down scenario near midfield and, when Jimmy Garoppolo flipped the ball in the direction of All-Pro wide receiver Deebo Samuel, the fireworks began. Samuel made a very difficult catch and, from there, he showed off his impressive run-after-catch ability in making the Rams look silly on the way to a 57-yard touchdown.

For a different look, the dots paint a ridiculous picture. Samuel ended up scampering more than 50 yards after snagging the ball, and there were multiple moments in which it seemed like the ride would end, only for another explosive move.

With the game taking place in San Francisco’s home venue, cameras caught Jerry Rice, the best wide receiver of all-time and a 49ers legend, showing his approval for Samuel’s work.

Not many players in the league could put together this kind of play, starting with the challenging grab and all of the moves with the ball in his hands. In fact, Samuel also doubles as San Francisco’s running back, and he was the biggest reason why the 49ers held a 14-6 halftime lead over a division rival.

Several people have weighed in after Kanye West wore a shirt reading “White Lives Matter,” including Van Lathan, a former producer for TMZ. Lathan took to Instagram to express his dismay over the shirt, with an image of Ye wearing the shirt, which Lathan simply captioned “Y’all.”

Another Instagram user commented on the post, asking, “do white lives not matter?”

Lathan responded, saying, “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.”

Lathan also called Ye out in 2018, when he appeared on TMZ ahead of his eighth studio album, Ye. Around that time, he had become very vocal in his support for Donald Trump, and even said that enslaved people had chosen a life of slavery.

“When you hear about slavery for 400 years. For 400 years? That sounds like a choice,” Ye said. “Like, you was there for 400 years and it was all of y’all?”

Lathan responded, saying, “Kanye, you’re entitled to your opinion, you’re entitled to believe whatever you want, but there are real-life consequences behind everything you just said…Frankly, I’m disappointed, I’m appalled, and I’m unbelievably hurt by the fact that you have morphed into something that, to me, is not real.”

Super-rare footage of a baby moray eel (or a Leptocephalus larva, if you wanna get technical) has taken over the internet. Filmed by Barry Haythorne and Rob Rutgers of HRF U/W Productions, the video shows scuba divers coming face-to-face with the tiny creature, which is almost completely transparent.

The nearly invisible larva looks like a trail of smoke or a billowing silk ribbon as it glides through the water, with only its semiglowing face being truly discernible. Actually, let’s be honest—it’s giving the ghost dog Zero from “The Nightmare Before Christmas,” only much more hauntingly beautiful.

Either way, it’s pretty mesmerizing to watch.

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A small snippet was posted by Wonder of Science to Twitter, which quickly racked up 1.2 million views, but the full six-minute video can be seen on YouTube.

Obviously, being transparent and all, these guys are usually next to impossible to find, making this a pretty miraculous encounter. Even luckier that with modern technology millions of other people can see the ultra-rare sighting.

Eel larvae are almost completely transparent.

Credit: HRF U/W Productionpic.twitter.com/mi9sJpEVMt

— Wonder of Science (@wonderofscience) October 2, 2022

Both the Twitter and YouTube posts are filled with comments of awe, wonder and appreciation for nature’s seemingly never-ending supply of fresh surprises.

“How amazing our world is, brings a smile to my heart,” one person wrote.

“I’m feeling so happy if i look at it, such an amazing creature! It looks like a sea spirit or something,” another added.

The sea is indeed full of intriguing mystery. According to Ocean Literacy, only 5% of the world’s oceans have actually been explored and charted by humans, meaning that there is so much more to be discovered. As one person wrote in the comments, “the oceans are the last unexplored frontier of our planet and lifeforms like this shows how even the wildest imaginings of alien creatures cannot even scratch the wonder and beauty of what Earth’s biodiversity has to offer.”

Nature never ceases to amaze.

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Dances of all kinds are great to watch, but there’s something so heartwarming and satisfying about seeing dads (or father figures, at least) and daughters cut up a rug together. Whether they’re having fun at a wedding, or having their own silly dance battle, it’s uplifting to see families enjoy each other this way.

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And sure, both Rinka and Mitsuhiro have got hella skills, but what’s even more mesmerizing to watch is their chemistry. The amount of pure joy and fun they share on the stage is undeniable, not to mention contagious.

Here’s a small sampling:

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Yep, Mitsuhiro is a master of this technique, no question. Check out how he teaches a step combination to a group of people. Their feet look like they have a mind of their own.

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Dancing since the age of 4, it’s no surprise that Rinka has followed in the super-funky footsteps of her father, not only in slaying the dance floor, but in teaching others her impressive skills.

Here’s a look at one of Rinka’s classes from ONEMOVE’s Instagram.

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Rinka and Mitsuhiro apparently aren’t the only dancers in the family. Rinka’s brother has been known to drop in a guest appearance from time to time.

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If you wanna catch even more of their work, you can follow D&F (as well as Rinka and Mitsuhiro separately) on Instagram.