Month: November 2022

One of the year’s biggest (and silliest) scandals, along with James Corden v. Balthazar and the Don’t Worry Darling rumors, is whether Kim Kardashian “literally ruined” Marilyn Monroe’s dress after wearing it to the Met Gala. There are conflicting stories, but all the drama surrounding the iconic outfit was nearly prevented, as Kardashian revealed on Hulu’s The Kardashians.

During the episode, appropriately titled “What’s More American Than Marilyn Monroe?,” Kardashian explained the steps she took before trying on the famous gown. “If this does not fit me, I can’t even try the original,” she said about a replica of the dress. “So I’ve Googled her measurements, I’m looking at my measurements. The width of my shoulders and my body makes me like a shapeshifter. I can squeeze into anything.” Including the duplicate, which was good news for Kardashian; if it didn’t fit, her backup plan was that “I’ll be in my SKIMS pajamas, at home, eating.”

As for the actual dress…

At lunch with her sisters Khloé and Kourtney, Kim gave them an update — the real dress came, and it didn’t fit at all. “They just pulled the whole thing from me. And I’m fuming,” she said. Footage showed Kim trying on the actual dress, and it was a bit of a contrast to the prototype that had gotten her so excited.

“When I went to put it on it wouldn’t even go on over my hips, and I was just like devastated,” she told her sisters. In the clip, she talked to her team, saying, “You know what, I’ll try everything, and if I really get 10 pounds down, then we’ll try it again.”

Kardashian wrote the owners of the dress a “groveling, begging email,” but “they were very firm. I just found that out today, so I’m devastated.” She was determined, however, and after eating “so clean and so perfect” for three weeks and a Rocky-like montage of working out, Kardashian was allowed to be Marilyn — for five minutes.

Kim should have worn this instead.

Pete (and Guy Fieri) would have liked it, at least.

(Via People)

After the infamous Amber Heard trial, Johnny Depp appears to be making his way back to the spotlight. This summer, he made an eyebrow-raising cameo as a floating astronaut at the 2022 MTV Video Music Awards. Now, it looks like he’s again heading back to the music world, this time by linking up with Rihanna for the upcoming Savage X Fenty show on November 9.

TMZ reports that per “production sources,” Depp will pop up in the Savage X Fenty Vol. 4 fashion show. He apparently won’t walk the runway, but will instead be the focus of a “star” moment; Cindy Crawford and Erykah Badu have popped up in the same capacity during previous shows, but Depp will be the first male to ever do it.

Rihanna and her team reportedly invited Depp to take part and both sides were thrilled to make it work. Depp has apparently already filmed his part of the show and he apparently sports a “cool and chic” look.

Phoebe Bridgers, meanwhile, probably won’t be working with Depp any time soon: She recently noted of the Depp/Heard trial, “If Amber Heard exhibited any neurotic behavior, it was held against her. Then Johnny Depp, out of his mouth, admitted some of the most violent, crazy sh*t in court, and it’s somehow like, people aren’t surprised? That whole situation was so upsetting to me, that it was treated like a fandom war. Laughing at someone crying in court? It was disgusting.”

Professionally speaking, Takeoff, the Migos member who was shot and died at 28 years old a few days ago, went out on a good note: He and Quavo released their first album as a duo, Only Built For Infinity Links, in early October. It was critically well-received and a commercial success, so far peaking at No. 7 on the Billboard 200 chart (although it remains to be seen how Takeoff’s passing will impact the album’s placement on the next rank). If you ask 50 Cent, though, now is the time for Quavo to tweak the album.

In an Instagram post shared last night (November 2), 50 wrote, “This is really how it goes @quavohuncho you have to position this Album correctly for Take Offs Legacy, go make a couple changes and address everything all artist make the best music out of painful moments. R.I.P to pop smoke [dove emoji] R.I.P to TakeOff.”

The text accompanies a video of music executive Steven Victor on Rich Kleiman’s Out Of Office podcast (as Complex notes), discussing 50’s involvement on Pop Smoke’s successful 2020 posthumous album Shoot For The Stars, Aim For The Moon. Victor said in part:

“I gotta say that I don’t think […] if I never had this conversation 50, I don’t know if this album would’ve came out. So when [Smoke] passed, 50 kept trying to get in touch with me. So I finally went to go see him. I couldn’t listen to [Smoke’s] music, and 50 was like, ‘Yo, you’re being selfish. You can’t let your emotions or you being in this depressed state stop you from executing the plans you guys had. Three weeks ago, you guys were in my office talking about taking over the world. He passed away, but who’s going to keep his legacy going? Who’s gonna make sure his music comes out so he can take care of his family?’ He’s like, ‘That’s on you. I get you’re sad and all that sh*t, but this ain’t the time for that.’”

Quavo has yet to publicly address Takeoff’s death, but Offset recently changed his Instagram profile picture to a photo of Takeoff.

The Lakers entered Wednesday night’s game against the Pelicans desperate to string together some positive performances, and through one half of play it looked like they might get that, leading 56-44 at the break.

However, Zion Williamson and CJ McCollum led a second half comeback that saw the Pelicans take control late in the fourth quarter as the L.A. offense bogged down. It seemed like the dagger might have gone in when a questionable Lakers possession saw LeBron dribble into a fading, contested midrange that missed off the rim, leading to a runout dunk by Larry Nance Jr. put the Pelicans up three.

After Lonnie Walker IV (who was the star of the night for L.A. with 28 points) missed a good look from the corner to tie with 1.7 to go, it all but felt like a formality that the Lakers would slip to 1-6 on the season. However, rookie Dyson Daniels could not make either of his free throws to put the Pelicans on top by two possessions, and the Lakers were able to advance the ball with 1.4 on the clock. From there, Austin Reaves delivered a perfect pass to Matt Ryan in the corner, who the Pelicans somehow lost on an Anthony Davis screen inside the arc despite being up three.

As the Lakers broadcast pointed out, the Pelicans shouldn’t have been doing anything but worrying about three-point shooters in this circumstance, and as such, it should’ve been more important to keep someone attached to Ryan rather than Davis at the elbow. They didn’t, and Ryan was able to get a falling three off before the buzzer to force OT.

In overtime, the Lakers took the early lead on Walker’s fifth three-pointer of the night and never looked back, as the Pelicans simply couldn’t finish anything, with the dagger coming after Zion left a finger-roll short on a 5-on-3, allowing Anthony Davis to get a wide open dunk on the other end to put the Lakers up five. New Orleans would get a shot up to force double overtime, but a stepback from McCollum went begging and Davis dribbled out the clock for a 120-117 Lakers win.

It’s a gutting loss for the Pelicans after fighting back to take full control, needing just one free throw to ice the game, and it’s particularly tough for the young Daniels who had been inserted for his defense. As for the Lakers, they now own their first winning streak of the season at two games, and while it wasn’t the prettiest close to the game, they get some positive vibes going really for the first time all season.

Swerve Strickland might be hopping in the AEW ring with Bow Wow, but he was with Rick Ross on Wednesday night’s AEW Dynamite.

Tony Schiavone said he was “really thrilled” to be standing with Strickland and platinum recording artist Ross. “Wait, wait, the biggest boss Rick Ross,” Ross playfully corrected and let out a scream. And when Schiavone began pressing Strickland on something he did last week, Ross interjected again: “Wait, wait, wait, wait, wait. We keepin’ it positive here today. I’m here for one reason and one reason only. I wanna make this clear — making sure Swerve is not only the biggest wrestler in the industry but also the largest recording artist in the world. That’s why we here. We’re celebrating today, and that’s why we’re here. Biggest!”

Keith Lee entered the proceedings, prompting even more hilarity involving ignored texts, cheating accusations and a tease of an “8-man tag” next week.

The segment was positively met online:

Baltimore Ravens All-Pro quarterback Lamar Jackson was also in attendance, which checks out because the event was held at Baltimore’s Chesapeake Employers Insurance Arena.

AEW (All Elite Wrestling) has successfully crossed over with hip-hop before. DJ Whoo Kid, Fabolous, and Trina stopped by the Dynamite Grand Slam just last month, and Snoop Dogg made a splash in January 2021.

My Morning Jacket is plenty active in the present, wrapping an expansive US tour last month and releasing a self-titled album in October 2021. But the Kentucky-bred band is dipping into the past.

MMJ announced Wednesday (November 2) that they will drop Circuital (Deluxe Edition) next month and explained all that the vast reissue will entail.

“The 3xLP Deluxe variants include the original album PLUS 10 unreleased demos, a glow-in-the-dark triple gatefold with expanded artwork, Zoetrope LP labels, owl graphic side etching & a fold-out poster with unreleased studio photos,” My Morning Jacket’s Instagram caption reads. “The 2xCD Deluxe includes the original album PLUS 10 unreleased demos, a 6-panel digipack and 20 page booklet. ALSO, we’ve some of our tour merch to our store in case you missed it on the road!”

“Every record is like a time machine and we all keep changing and changing,” vocalist Jim James said in a statement. “I’ve come to see myself as a kind of older sibling to the younger version of me, so it’s almost like I become two beings when I sing a song from the olden times: one is the person who wrote the song so long ago, the other is the current me who’s there as support for my younger self, alive forever in the multiverse. And then those two voices combine to form something new and different every time.”

In July 2020, MMJ similarly revived older material with The Waterfall II, released five years after the Grammy-nominated The Waterfall. Circuital was first released in May 2011 and also received a Grammy nomination for Best Alternative Music Album.

Circuital (Deluxe Edition) is out 12/9 via ATO Records. Pre-save it here.

For the last few weeks, a genuine word-of-mouth hit has been popping up on the Dwayne Johnson-dominated box office charts. It’s called Terrifier 2. It’s a sequel to a 2016 film that achieved cult status but is not widely known. It runs 138 minutes. (For perspective, that’s eight minutes shorter than Goodfellas.) And yet it’s managed to click with enough people it’s already made over 30 times its budget. But why stop with money? Why not submit it for Oscar consideration.

Well, that’s what they’ve done. As per Variety, Bloody Disgusting — the horror news site-turned-film studio — decided to take their emphatically gory new movie and ensured that it would be sent to voters at the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. You know, as a bit.

“No, it will never actually happen,” wrote Bloody Disgusting. “Yes, it’s a total goof. But you know what? The thought of having members of the Academy endure an extreme unrated horror movie that they would otherwise consider beneath them? That’s just too hilarious of an opportunity to pass up.”

It may be a joke, but they’re taking it semi-seriously. Bloody Disgusting is calling on fans to advocate for accolades on social media, using the hashtag #OscarsForArt. That refers to its nefarious anti-hero, Art the Clown, who unleashes his bloody fury on a small down on Halloween night.

Considering the Oscars telecast need a win, surely it couldn’t hurt to throw some love to David Howard Thompson. It’ll be a nice honor, especially as he’ll soon be seen playing Not Exactly the Grinch in a horror parody called The Mean One — a film that would make for a good double with the horror take on Winnie-the-Pooh.

(Via Variety)

Drake and 21 Savage’s Her Loss is highly anticipated, especially after being delayed a week. They’ve been keeping up the momentum with lots of fake press, the latest of which is a spoof of a Howard Stern interview.

Stern asks, “Do you feel any affiliation with the country that you were born in?” 21 first talks about how he was born in London but his family migrated from the West Indies. Then, Drake begins his answer, saying, “You know my answer, obviously. That place is like everything to me.” 21 interrupts him, declaring, “I might be the greatest rapper from my country, too, though.” Drake agrees: “You know a lot of people say that, right? You know a lot of people are like, ‘You’re the pride of London.’ That’s why that London O2 night has to happen. That’s some real homecoming sh*t. I’m excited for that.” Could an official announcement be on the way?

The spoof interview also includes a detailed conversation about Drake’s favorite porn. “Top,” Drake answers with certainty. “Highest tier of top givers. That’s really what I’m consistently, like on a daily basis, tuned into. Just really, like, those are the real superstars of the world to me.”

Watch the clip below.

Her Loss is out 11/4.

Drake and 21 Savage’s Her Loss is highly anticipated, especially after being delayed a week. They’ve been keeping up the momentum with lots of fake press, the latest of which is a spoof of a Howard Stern interview.

Stern asks, “Do you feel any affiliation with the country that you were born in?” 21 first talks about how he was born in London but his family migrated from the West Indies. Then, Drake begins his answer, saying, “You know my answer, obviously. That place is like everything to me.” 21 interrupts him, declaring, “I might be the greatest rapper from my country, too, though.” Drake agrees: “You know a lot of people say that, right? You know a lot of people are like, ‘You’re the pride of London.’ That’s why that London O2 night has to happen. That’s some real homecoming sh*t. I’m excited for that.” Could an official announcement be on the way?

The spoof interview also includes a detailed conversation about Drake’s favorite porn. “Top,” Drake answers with certainty. “Highest tier of top givers. That’s really what I’m consistently, like on a daily basis, tuned into. Just really, like, those are the real superstars of the world to me.”

Watch the clip below.

Her Loss is out 11/4.

The Miami Heat avenged a loss from Saturday in Sacramento with a hard-fought 110-107 win over the Kings, this time at home in Miami, on Wednesday night.

The fourth quarter saw both teams go back and forth, with the game up for grabs into the closing seconds when Tyler Herro hit a tough three with under three seconds on the clock to give the Heat the win.

It was an incredible shot, but also looked to be a travel as Herro does a little hop with both feet to reset after the initial pump fake. It went uncalled, so it’s neither here nor there at this point, but that didn’t stop Kings head coach Mike Brown from ripping into the officials after the game for the “unbelievable” decision not to call a travel on Herro’s final shot, while also recognizing that he was going to get a fine no matter what so he might as well air all his grievances with the officiating in the game as well.

Most teams feel they get a bad whistle on most nights, because the reality is officiating NBA games, with as much contact as there is and as fast as the action is, is a nearly impossible task. That said, Brown probably has a reasonable gripe about the Herro shot as, in the words of Bill Raftery, those puppies were not organized, but there won’t be much satisfaction for Brown if that comes up as a wrong call on the Last Two Minute report tomorrow — along with what is almost assuredly a fine coming his way.