Year: 2022

It’s hard to give much credence to the words that come out of Marjorie Taylor Greene’s mouth. This, after all, a person who has regularly spewed utterly insane QAnon conspiracy theories and recently taken to viciously attacking Disney for “sexualizing children,” while also being a Disney stockholder. In fact, pedophilia accusations are one of the Georgia congresswoman’s go-to tactics, which Jimmy Kimmel can’t help but find to be rather curious.

On Tuesday night, Kimmel talked about a recent tweet sent by Greene in which she accused Republican senators Lisa Murkowski, Susan Collins, and Mitt Romney of being “pro-pedophile” after the trio broke with party lines and voted to confirm Ketanji Brown Jackson’s Supreme Court nomination, paving the way to victory.

Kimmel’s immediate reaction to Greene’s tweet was: “Wow, where is Will Smith when you really need him?”

In Kimmel’s eyes, it’s all painfully hypocritical of Greene, who is regularly seen teaming up and palling around with Matt Gaetz, who has been accused of having sex with a minor and is currently under federal investigation for his alleged ties to a sex-trafficking ring.

“Besides [the tweet] being disgusting, this woman is good pals with Matt Gaetz, who is currently under investigation for trafficking minors for sex,” Kimmel said. “It’s Scum and Scummer.”

Greene’s issue with Jackson stems from the judge sentencing a gay 18-year-old teen to three months in prison for viewing images of other gay teens, some of whom were not yet 18 years old, online. Despite the fact that the young men in the photos were all close to the 18-year-old in age, Greense views it as clear case of pedophilia, which would make Jackson a pedophile sympathizer.

You can watch the full clip above, starting around the 10:25 mark.

Last weekend’s Grammy Awards were relatively tame when it came to surprises, as most of the award winners didn’t seem completely unexpected. Of course, there was one major exception, as Jon Batiste’s We Are won Album Of The Year over projects by Tony Bennett and Lady Gaga, Justin Bieber, Doja Cat, Billie Eilish, HER, Lil Nas X, Olivia Rodrigo, Taylor Swift, and Kanye West. Batiste himself looked surprised when he won, holding a confused expression and a shrug for a good while before approaching the stage.

The Late Show bandleader returned to his show last night for the first time since the Grammys, where he broke down his response to his big win in a conversation with Stephen Colbert.

He started with context, noting the day was busy for him, since he was nominated for 11 awards, both during the pre-show and the televised ceremony. On top of that, he performed during the broadcast, too. So, by the time the show as coming to an end, Batiste said he was ready to just chill out.

Colbert showed the clip of Batiste’s reaction and commented, “The most surprised person in that room might be you.” Batiste responded, “Oh yeah.”

Batiste continued by noting the people seated at the tables around him, including Billie Eilish and Finneas, had a good supportive energy, saying, “Well, at least everybody’s going to be on a good vibe. Whoever wins, we’ll be all just clapping for this person. It won’t be me. And then they said, ‘We…’ And the people were so loud. It was so loud that I almost didn’t really know it was me because they didn’t say my name until after the title. I was like, ‘Maybe that’s somebody else’s album that sounds like We Are [laughs].”

Watch the full interview above.

4/20 is on the horizon and as you gear up with some great weed and good snacks to enjoy on the big day, don’t forget you’re going to need some content to watch while you relax and roll up. Enter Killer Mike’s new four-part docuseries, Tumbleweeds.

Made in collaboration with Weedmaps and premiering on Vice TV, Tumbleweeds finds Killer Mike exploring cannabis smoking hotspots like Las Vegas, San Francisco, New York, and Chicago and speaking with comedians, cannabis advocates, and business owners, and exploring dispensaries, clothing stores, restaurants, and whole neighborhoods to learn how cannabis positively shapes, affects, and builds community and inclusivity while exploring the impact and evolution of cannabis culture in America.

It’s a simple premise, but America has a long history of anti-cannabis (and frankly, racist) propaganda that has often positioned cannabis as something that outright destroys communities, so it’s dope (pun very much intended) to see Killer Mike and Weedmaps flip the script and modernize that conversation, bringing it to a more honest place in line with marijuana’s increasingly mainstream status.

Check out the exclusive trailer for Tumbleweeds above and be sure to catch the first two episodes (Las Vegas and San Francisco) on 4/20 on Vice TV and Vice TV streaming apps.

The Los Angeles Lakers will not play for an NBA championship this spring. Los Angeles traveled to Phoenix to take on the Suns on Tuesday night needing a win to keep their slim hopes of making the play-in tournament alive. Instead, the team got to see first-hand why Phoenix are the favorites to win the Larry O’Brien trophy this season.

The Lakers were able to keep things close for a half, but the Suns started running away with things in the third and went into cruise control en route to a 121-110 win. As a result, Los Angeles fell three games behind the San Antonio Spurs in the race for the 10-seed in the Western Conference, and it became mathematically impossible for them to make up the gap before the regular season comes to an end.

Plenty will be written and said in the coming months about what happened to this Lakers team — while injuries played a gigantic role in their inability to find a groove, there have been major questions surrounding the team from essentially the moment they cashed in most of their trade chips for Russell Westbrook. It never exactly seemed like the roster was made up of players (including Westbrook) who fit around LeBron James and Anthony Davis, while Frank Vogel’s job security has been a hot topic for months.

Thanks to the loss, we know that the Clippers, Pelicans, and Spurs will participate in the play-in tournament, and while there’s a chance the Nuggets fall into the 7-seed, the overwhelming likelihood is that spot will go to the Timberwolves.

It’s been a little while since we’ve heard from Schoolboy Q. His last major release came in 2019 with his fifth album Crash Talk, a project that was up to par with the quality raps he’s delivered over his career, but one that was a bit toned down from his prior work. Since then, most of Q’s work has come through guest features with the likes of Freddie Gibbs, Reason, Nez, Conway The Machine, Gorillaz, and more. Over the last few years, he’s often promised that his sixth album was set to arrive in the near future, but as of today, we’ve yet to receive it.

All of that could change soon as Schoolboy Q finally returns with a new single for his faithful fan base. The new track, titled “Soccer Dad,” finds him standing tall and strong as he prepares to return to war. Don’t be mistaken, while his days may consist of being a real-life soccer dad or showing off his skills on the golf course, Schoolboy Q will send or shot or two if the occasion calls for it.

Schoolboy Q’s upcoming album, if released this year, would join a bloated list of projects that could potentially come from the TDE camp. It includes confirmed projects from Kendrick Lamar and potential ones from SZA, Ab-Soul, and others.

You can listen to “Soccer Dad” in the video above.

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It’s only a matter of time until Pusha T finally releases his anticipated fourth album, tentatively titled It’s Not Dry Yet. He’s spent all of 2022 promoting it through his own music or guest features, with both proving that he hasn’t lost a step and that he’s ready to enter his name into the Best Rap Album of 2022 conversation. So far this year, Pusha T has released the Kanye West and 88 Keys-produced “Diet Coke,” along with a video that features him beside West. He’s also contributed to Nigo’s recent album I Know Nigo! both as a solo act and as a member of Clipse, his rap duo with brother No Malice.

Now, Pusha T’s back with another presumed single from It’s Not Dry Yet and it features quite the heavyweight rapper. He and Jay-Z have reunited for their new song “Neck And Wrist.” It’s their first track since their 2016 release “Drug Dealers Anonymous.” As expected, “Neck And Wrist,” which is produced by Pharrell, includes raps focused on Pusha’s favorite topic while both rappers also take a moment to flex about their careers.

The new song arrives after Pusha T teamed up with Arby’s for a ruthless diss track, one that was reportedly worth over $8 million in advertising money, aimed at McDonald’s. As for Jay-Z, he’s set to co-produce the upcoming Netflix film Teddy, which will also be directed by Kid Cudi.

You can listen to “Neck And Wrist” in the video above.

The Los Angeles Lakers’ hopes of making the play-in tournament could come to an end on Tuesday night if the team loses to the Phoenix Suns. Thanks to the San Antonio Spurs beating the Denver Nuggets earlier in the evening, L.A. is one loss away from seeing their hopes of having any path to the postseason completely destroyed, and unfortunately for them, the Suns are pretty good at beating opposing basketball teams.

There’s been a general malaise around this team all year, and thanks to a hot mic, we learned that former Lakers player and current TV analyst Stu Lantz is among those who just wants this season to be over.

“Get this over with, put us out of our misery,” Lantz was caught saying.

The Lakers entered Tuesday with a 31-47 record. Following San Antonio’s win, the gap between the two teams was 2.5 games, something that was made a little more difficult for L.A. due to the fact that the Spurs held the tiebreaker between the two teams. Further complicating matters for the Lakers was that LeBron James did not suit up to take on the Suns due to an ankle injury that has caused him to miss four of the team’s past five games.

Kareem Abdul-Jabbar turned heads earlier this week when he criticized LeBron James. While Abdul-Jabbar has expressed some disappointment in his fellow Laker in the past due to comments and an Instagram post about COVID-19, it did seem like he was taking his critiques to another level when he said “some of the things he’s done, he should be embarrassed about.”

Abdul-Jabbar made it a point to say that James has done numerous good things in communities before he expressed that sentiment, and in the aftermath, he released a statement clarifying that any criticism he levies towards James is done “in the spirit of a loving older brother offering guidance.” And on Tuesday, Abdul-Jabbar appeared on Sirius XM NBA Radio and offered up an apology to James.

“All I have to say is this: I was there to give Carmelo Anthony the Social Justice Champion Award,” Abdul-Jabbar said, per Dan Woike of the Los Angeles Times. “I’ve been talking to the press since high school. That’s 60 years of making statements. And I haven’t always gotten it right. And Sunday was one of those nights.

“It wasn’t my intention to criticize LeBron in any way. He’s done so much for the Black community as well as for the game of basketball. We may not always agree, but I want to whole-heartedly apologize to LeBron and make it clear to him that I have tremendous respect for him. If he can accept that, I’ll be very happy.”

James has yet to comment on Abdul-Jabbar’s original statement, his follow-up, or his apology.

When it’s over, Star Trek: Picard will only have run three seasons. But in that time it took its time doing something big: bringing the old gang back together. What started out as a simple solo spinoff for Patrick Stewart’s weathered captain gradually added more and more cast members from the original Star Trek: The Next Generation. But when it’s over pretty much everyone (although not everyone) will be back.

As per Deadline, Paramount+ revealed the news on Tuesday: LeVar Burton and Michael Dorn will belatedly join the rest of the USS Enterprise’s TNG-era main crew for its third and last season. When and how they appear, they’ll board a show that’s already welcomed back, at various intervals, Jonathan Frakes, Gates McFadden, Marina Sirtis, and Brent Spiner, all dusting off characters they made popular starting in 1987.

Tuesday was a big day in the Trek-verse: April 5 is First Contact Day, aka the day, on April 5, 2063, when humans first meet the Vulcans — a pivotal day in sci-fi lore.

While Burton had yet to swing by the revamped future of Picard, he had a good excuse: He was busy. Following the death of Alex Trebek in late 2020, he became one of a number of the potential replacements to host Jeopardy! He was popular, too, and when the job went to the ill-fated Mike Richards, then split between Mayim Bialik and Ken Jennings, he peaced out, soon finding his own gig. Now this. It’s a good time to be fan of the Reading Rainbow vet.

(Via Deadline)

The Oklahoma City Thunder are in the midst of a years-long rebuild, which has led to them rolling out some lineups filled with names that the casual NBA fan may have never heard before. Remember: If a person is in the NBA, they are way way way better at basketball than 99.99999 percent of humans on earth, but for the last few years, the Thunder have been accused of shutting their more established players down early with an eye on losing a ton of games and getting the ping pong balls to bounce in their favor during the NBA Draft Lottery.

This will lead to the occasional odd rotation, like the one we saw on Tuesday night. Oklahoma City took on the Portland Trail Blazers and played seven guys, some of whom made their NBA debuts. And despite this, the Thunder won, 98-94, with one guy (we won’t say who for reasons that will be obvious in a moment, but here is a spoiler) doing something that has not been done since Shaq.

In an attempt to fill the internet with some non-Lakers content, we decided to test the knowledge of basketball fans and also fans of Ray Romano sitcoms. Below is a list of 20 names, seven of them belonging to the guys who played for the Thunder on Tuesday, 13 of them belonging to individuals who, per IMDb, appeared in no more than one episode of Everybody Love Raymond. Here is the list:

Leo Abbe-Schneider
Mike Batayeh
Jack Blessing
Eugene Greytak
Jaylen Hoard
Mitch Holleman
Georgios Kalaitzakis
Dan Kinsella
Vit Krejci
Lawrence LeJohn
Scotty Leavenworth
Lance E. Nichols
Michael Papajohn
Paul Reubens
Isaiah Roby
Olivier Sarr
Zavier Simpson
Geoff Stults
Lindy Waters III
James Worthy

Did you guess? Do you think you did well? We are going to post a YouTube video of the game highlights, and underneath in italics are the names of the Thunder players from the above list.

Hoard, Kalaitzakis, Krejci, Roby, Sarr, Simpson, Waters

Congratulations to everyone who got all seven right, congratulations to those who remembered that Worthy appeared on the sitcom one time, congratulations to the Thunder on the win, and congratulations to Everybody Loves Raymond for nine seasons of pretty good television.