XXL reports that the Los Angeles Police Department is investigating Charlotte rapper DaBaby for assault with a deadly weapon after a video surfaced online of the rapper and his companions attacking a man identified as Brandon Bills, the brother of DaBaby’s ex DaniLeigh. The fight, which took place at Corbin Bowl in Tarzana, California, saw DaBaby and his friends outnumbering and overwhelming Bills on the slippery bowling surface, kicking him after he fell on the floor.
Bills had confronted the rapper at the bowling alley three months after DaBaby and DaniLeigh had an altercation on Instagram Live in which DaBaby tried to dismiss the singer, who physically attacked him in response. The incident ended with DaniLeigh being charged with two counts of simple assault after DaBaby filed a police report from that incident and another taking place a day later. The two entertainers share an infant daughter.
The incident at the bowling alley is just the latest one in which DaBaby was accused of leading a physical assault with his friends. In February 2021, he was accused of jumping the owner of an Airbnb he’d rented after violating his rental agreement to shoot a music video there, while in December, he paid a penalty to avoid charges in a 2020 beating of a limo driver in Las Vegas.
If you’re scrambling for a last-minute Valentine’s Day gift, here’s your reminder that a cliché box of chocolates from your local convenience store isn’t going to cut it. Instead, opt for something more thoughtful that you can still order in a pinch. Even better if it’s something memorable that the two of you can do together.
Nothing says “I love you” like a romantic vacation for two. And no, you don’t need to blow your entire paycheck on this trip. Whether you want to go on a low-key weekend getaway or gift your sweetheart with an overseas adventure, check out our top five Valentine’s Day travel deals below.
These local and international travel specials are a surefire way to show your affection (and save you from the stress of shopping at the eleventh hour).
Train travel is predicted to be one of the top travel trends of 2022, so why not hop on the bandwagon with someone you love? Now through February 16, Amtrak customers can purchase one ticket and bring a free companion for nationwide travel between March 1 and August 31, 2022. It’s the ultimate BOGO deal.
How fun does an intimate train ride up the coast sound? A trip weaving through the mountains? Yes, this gift is going to get you laid…on a train.
Take advantage of the Amtrak Loves You Sale and use the discount code “V214” when booking your trip.
If you really want to impress your Valentine and ball out on the trip of a lifetime, browse through Emirate’s Valentine’s Day deals. The Dubai-based airline is offering tickets starting at under $600 from New York, Boston, and Florida to some of the world’s most luxurious destinations.
Until February 14, you can book flights to dreamy locations throughout Europe (Milan, anyone?), Southeast Asia, South Africa, and beyond. You can even head to Dubai for less than $800 per person. The catch is that you’ll need to take your trip by May 31, so it’s time to start planning. Like… right now!
There’s nothing like a swanky hotel room to up the sexiness level of your couple’s vacation. Palladium Hotel Group is offering up to 55% off rooms in luxurious tropical destinations like Jamaica, Santo Domingo, Punta Cana, Cancún, and Bahía (among others). But hurry, you only have until February 14 to book your stay.
Book now using promo code “LOVE” for major discounts. Your significant other is going to love you for this.
Southwest is coming through with unbelievable flight deals for their Nationwide Valentine’s Day Sale. The airline is offering discounted flights starting as low as $60. Are you kidding us with that? The sale is running now until February 14 for flights booked at least 21 days in advance through May 18, 2022.
While most Southwest flights are domestic, it’s also offering flight deals on limited international travel — including Cancún, Turks and Caicos, and the Cayman Islands. Tickets purchased using this promotion are non-refundable, so it’s a good idea to confirm dates with your honey ahead of time!
Valentine’s Day is the perfect time to indulge in an all-inclusive experience with your special someone. Secrets adults-only properties are all about unlimited luxury, from the limitless premium drinks and 24-hour room service to the spa treatments and gourmet dining experiences.
This Valentine’s Day, you can save up to 40 percent when you book the Love Unlimited Package. It includes a soothing couples massage, romantic mimosa breakfast in bed, and an in-room welcome gift. The offer is available until March 29, 2022, and must be used by December 31, 2022.
A fan in the Atlanta crowd was apparently having trouble breathing and needed an inhaler. Eilish was made aware of this and briefly stopped the show. “Do we have an inhaler? Can we just grab one?” she asks the arena, before someone presents and inhaler to the fan. “We got one! Guys, give her some time. Don’t crowd. It’s ok, relax. We’re taking care of our people!” she says, reassuring the fan. Then as the situation calms down, Eilish walks back to restart the show and says ” I wait for people to be OK until I keep going.”
During her latest concert, Billie Eilish noticed that a fan was having trouble breathing.
So she stopped the entire concert of 20,000+ people — all for one fan — then told her crew to bring an inhaler so the fan could breath again.
This was interpreted by some as a reference to Travis Scott and the tragic crowd control issue at the Astroworld Festival that left at least ten people in the crowd dead. Kanye West just caught wind of what Eilish said and in an Instagram post today and demanded (in all caps) that she apologize to Scott for the comment, or he won’t perform at Coachella — where Eilish and Ye are both headlining. He also said that Scott wouldn’t perform either, whom he subsequently confirmed in the post is going to be his guest performer at the festival.
COME ON BILLIE WE LOVE YOU PLEASE APOLOGIZE TO TRAV AND TO THE FAMILIES OF THE PEOPLE WHO LOST THEIR LIVES NO ONE INTENDED THIS TO HAPPEN TRAV DIDN’T HAVE ANY IDEA OF WHAT WAS HAPPENING WHEN HE WAS ON STAGE AND WAS VERY HURT BY WHAT HAPPENED AND YES TRAV WILL BE WITH ME AT COACHELLA BUT NOW I NEED BILLIE TO APOLOGIZE BEFORE I PERFORM
There’s vomit on his sweater already — Mom’s spaghetti.
He’s nervous but on the surface he looks calm and ready To drop bombs but he keeps on forgetting…
It’s one of the most gripping opening stanzas in all of hip-hop history. It’s visual, visceral, and, in just a few syncopated syllables, shows Eminem’s mastery of the natural musicality of language. It’s such an effective opening that not only does it fill you in on the plot and story of the movie 8 Mile, you can practically taste B-Rabbit’s mom’s spaghetti (both as it goes down and as it comes up). But nothing about that opening line suggests that B-Rabbit’s mom has a handle on centuries worth of Italian culinary tradition.
Begging the question: Do we even want to try this dish?
The short answer is “yes.” Last September, Em and Curt Callo and Ann Stevenson (of Union Joints Restaurant Group), launched the 8 Mile-themed Mom’s Spaghetti in Detroit and absolutely crushed it. Em himself even made an appearance at the service window. So it’s not shocking that as the legend pulls up to LA for the Super Bowl halftime show, he’s bringing his mom’s spaghetti with him for another pop-up.
This Super Bowl weekend (starting today), diners will be able to try the Mom’s Spaghetti concept via Postmates — or in-person at a pop-up — housed at Uncle Paulie’s Deli in DTLA — while supplies last. Items on the full menu include a simple plate of parmesan-dusted spaghetti, toasted garlic bread, beef and vegan meatballs, and the S’ghetti sandwich (a favorite straight out of Eminem’s real-life upbringing). Postmates will also be holding a sweepstakes that offers ten people the chance to score a limited-edition jar of Mom’s Spaghetti Sauce, signed by Em himself.
Before you throw down your money on Mom’s Spaghetti, you’re going to want to know if it’s any good — so we tried the whole menu for you! But not before asking co-owner Curt Catallo and Chef Chris Springer some questions about what to expect.
“Mom’s spaghetti” almost sounds like slander in Lose Yourself. But I’d imagine this is a classic Spag Bol or what Italians would call a Bolognese or NY Italians would call ‘Sunday Gravy?’
Catallo:
I think the reason why that line connects in such an incredible way is that everyone knows that spaghetti reference… it could be Rabbit’s mom or anyone else’s… we’ve all had it. And I don’t think it’s slander, we’ve all been nervous before going into battle!
Springer:
The standard sauce is straight — like a jar sauce but totally scratch. We have the bolognese in Detroit, because Em’ asked for one.
What was your experience with that type of sauce and how did you develop this recipe?
Catallo: We started making the sauce in ‘17 for the Revival Pop-Up at the Shelter (in Saint Andrews) and took it to Coachella.
Springer: We worked with Paul Rosenberg and their crew to dial it in along the way. We had a big tasting and perfected it right when the pandemic hit, literally eating Mom’s when they canceled March Madness, and locked the recipe.
What hallmarks do you want the sauce to have? Is there a ‘Detroit style’ to this type of sauce or is it pretty much NY style? Or even true Italian?
Catallo: What we were going after for Paul and Marshall was a sauce that was totally straightforward and legit. It’s not my grandma’s sauce because it’s not supposed to be. Mom’s is a classic, straight red sauce.
Eminem’s raps always seemed to paint the sort of world where people would overcook pasta — do you keep things al dente?
Springer: When we make Mom’s we want it to taste like it’s an incredible leftover when you get it. We cook all the spaghetti ahead of time and reheat it in a wok with sauce to order. It gives it a snap.
Spaghetti w/ Balls/Vegan Balls
Dane Rivera
As Catallo alluded to, the Mom’s Spaghetti concept is less about offering a gourmet experience and more about capturing the flavor of delicious leftovers. Like when you pour through the door after a late night, half-buzzed and half-asleep from your midnight adventures, crack open the fridge, and dive into carb-loaded comfort food. I’m happy to say that it completely captures that magic. From the take-out style packaging to the reheated wok noodles, this stuff tastes good and is as much a people-pleaser as “Lose Yourself.”
The appropriately juvenilely named Spaghetti with Balls is Mom’s Spaghetti’s main menu item. It can be ordered solo, or with beef or vegan meatballs. The spaghetti itself does have that snap to it that Springer mentioned, looking at the dish I was fully expecting soggy noodles that would turn to mush in my mouth, but I was surprised to find a pleasing firm-but-chewy texture to them.
Dane Rivera
The sauce was another surprise, it smells incredibly pungent — the garlic fills your immediate surroundings and that’s not a pure compliment! But the sauce does its job, it keeps the noodles interesting, and adds a lot of brightness and some complex savory umami qualities. It’s delicious, not life-changing but altogether makes for a dish worth ordering — especially with the garlic toast that it’s served alongside.
The meatballs, both beef, and vegan are a lot more forgettable. I’m not sure if this was a result of losing some flavor in transit, but both the beef and vegan balls were a bit on the dry side. Not to the point of being inedible, but entirely skippable. The beef meatball was the juicier of the two, and featured a nice savory balance of salt, garlic, and peppery flavor.
Dane Rivera
The vegan balls also had a good flavor, if a bit drier. They were much more noticeably plant-y and featured a spicier onion-forward flavor. If you need the protein to complete the meal, go for whichever ball sounds better for you, but I think you’re better off just ordering the spaghetti on its own.
Or, better yet, opt for this next option…
S’getti Sandwich
Dane Rivera
When I first saw the S’getti sandwich I thought it was kind of dumb (carbs on carbs!). Then I realized that when I’m eating spaghetti leftovers, I’m usually utilizing the garlic bread in exactly this way. This sandwich isn’t the dumb one, it’s me!
Putting spaghetti on top of your garlic toast is a delicious experience, and Mom’s Spaghetti just builds it for us. This is the essential order from the pop-up. It combines the best of what the restaurant concept offers — the buttery garlic french toast, which is crunchy but soft on the inside, and the snappy bright noodles — and further elevates both with a slice of delicately salty melted mozzarella. It’s last night’s pasta plus a grilled cheese sandwich. Delicious and genius!
The dish has a great mouthfeel, it’s crispy and crunchy, chewy, but not mushy, and features a savory garlic flavor that settles on the palate nicely. B-Rabbit never rapped about his mom’s S’getti sandwich, but he damn sure should have!
The Bottom Line:
Order the S’getti sandwich. It doesn’t conjure up nostalgia for 8-Mile but it’s legitimately delicious and deserves a spot alongside your other Super Bowl food favorites this weekend. Also, for true stans of Em, it’s a dish he actually ate when he was a young kid, more like B-Rabbit than the modern Eminem we know today. And that’s pretty cool.
After stirring up controversy last week by defending Joe Rogan from calls to censor or cancel the podcaster from Spotify, comedian Jon Stewart has once again dipped back into the situation, which he now jokingly calls “Rogan-gate.” On the latest episode of The Problem with Jon Stewart podcast, the former Daily Show host did admit to being too quick to “grant more understanding and nuance” to Rogan because he personally knows the guy. While interviewing experts, Stewart conceded that there are valid criticisms to be made about the misinformation Rogan spreads on his show. However, things took a turn.
The root of Stewart’s issue is that he’s concerned with “who gets to decide” who has a platform, and that goes beyond just the controversy over Rogan. But to emphasize his point, Stewart brought him his anti-Iraq War stance from the 2000s, which he says was also deemed “misinformation” at the time and could’ve led to Viacom pulling him off the air. Uh, Jon, where are you going with this? Via Mediaite:
“I mean, in the Iraq War, I was on the side of what you would think, on the mainstream, is misinformation. I was promoting what they would call misinformation but it turned out to be right years later,” he continued. “And the establishment media was wrong, and not only were they wrong in some respects, you could make the case that they enabled a war that killed hundreds and hundreds of thousands of people and never paid a price for it and never had accountability.”
We could be very wrong here. We could. Or maybe he just phrased his point weirdly. But… is Jon Stewart positing that Rogan’s “misinformation” about COVID could also one day be proven right, and therefore, he should be allowed to continue to spread it just in case? Is that what happened here?
AMC has AMC Stubs A-List. Regal offers Regal Unlimited. Alamo Drafthouse is (hopefully) bringing back the Alamo Season Pass. But those movie ticket subscription services would not have existed MoviePass, which launched in 2011 and exploded in popularity in 2017 when it allowed users to see a movie a day for only $10/month.
But during a press conference on Thursday, co-founder Stacy Spikes revealed that MoviePass is planning to re-launch this summer as MoviePass 2.0. In case you were wondering, yes, he made the announcement with a picture of a phoenix behind him.
Spikes [said] that MoviePass is being reimagined as a cooperative. It will also use virtual currency and tiered pricing plans. But there were still many questions that were left unanswered. Namely, Spikes did not give pricing information for the various plans that MoviePass will begin offering in just a few short months.
There was also talk of product placement and digital ads:
He explains that with the new version of MoviePass, you can watch ads to earn credits that can go toward free movies. Your phone camera will track your eyeballs to make sure you’re actually watching. “What it does is it basically creates a transaction between you and the brand.” pic.twitter.com/Lip0CDXPLT
oh no oh no oh no moviepass is gonna do a tradable virtual currency where you can involve your friends and has multiple different levels oh no pic.twitter.com/aQeQ3OX8MA
While Shawn Mendes is a pop star first and foremost, he has acted here and there, and now he has another credit to add to his IMDb page: Deadline reports that Mendes has been tapped to star as the titular character in Lyle, Lyle, Crocodile, an animated film adaptation of Bernard Waber’s 1965 children’s book, which itself is a sequel to 1962’s The House On East 88th Street. Mendes’ castmates include Javier Bardem, Constance Wu, and Winslow Fegley.
This is Mendes’ first starring film role, as his acting credits before this are sparse. He voiced Young Jake in the 2013 English dub of Underdogs (originally titled Metegol) and he appeared on an episode of The 100 in 2016.
A publisher’s statement on the book reads, “Lyle the crocodile lives in a house on East 88th Street in New York City. Lyle enjoys helping the Primm family with everyday chores, and playing with the neighborhood kids. He’s the happiest crocodile any home ever had… until one neighbor insists that Lyle belongs in a zoo! Mr. Grumps and his cat, Loretta, don’t like crocodiles, and everything Lyle does to win them over seems to go wrong. It will take all of Lyle’s charm — and courage — to reveal the hero, and friend, behind the big, crocodile smile.”
With The Batman hitting theaters in less than a month, Robert Pattinson is in full promotional mode. The actor recently sat down for a new video interview with GQ where he looked back at his eclectic roles since making it big as a teen heartthrob in the Twilight films. While talking about his performance in 2019’s The Lighthouse, Pattinson opened up about what it was like working with Willem Dafoe, who is apparently filled with a frightening level of energy that never goes away.
According to Pattinson, the Spider-Man actor was like the Energizer bunny during rehearsal for the claustrophobic film that saw the two men’s characters lose their minds while manning a lighthouse. Via IndieWire:
Pattinson joked, “It’s almost like working with a 6-year-old. There’s nothing that fatigues them.”
“The Batman” star admitted that he was “kind of a little bit terrified” by Dafoe’s admirable work ethic. “We’d rehearse the entire movie, and then the second we got to the end, he’s like, ‘Again!’ and just start doing it again and his energy hadn’t even been dented,” Pattinson said.
Despite Dafoe’s bottomless energy, Pattinson loved working with the actor. Although, he might want to be careful. Recently, Dafoe has been angling to play a “Joker imposter” alongside Joaquin Phoenix’s version of the Batman villain. Granted, Pattinson’s Batman is in an entirely different film universe, but someone at Warner Bros. could get the bright idea to pair the two actors up again. If that happens, maybe stock up on the energy drinks.
Despite plenty of rumors circulating about their desire to do something at the NBA trade deadline, the Los Angeles Lakers were unable to find anyone or anything that they could add to their roster. Once 3 p.m. EST hit on Thursday afternoon and the Lakers had the exact same roster that they had when everyone woke up that morning, it became obvious that there’s only one path forward for the team: the buyout market.
Of course, banking on the buyout market is not only the best idea. Teams need to, you know, buy guys out, and there’s no guarantee those players who become available do anything of note. This, we presume, is why Richard Jefferson and Kendrick Perkins of ESPN busted out laughing when they were informed by Malika Andrews that Adrian Wojnarowski reported L.A. is turning its focus to picking up guys on the buyout market.
A very, very, very good rule of thumb is to never be in such a position as an organization that your best bet to improve yourself makes people laugh. As of today, the Lakers sit in ninth place in the Western Conference at 26-30, and will head into the second half of the season with Russell Westbrook, Talen Horton-Tucker, and Kendrick Nunn — the three players whose names popped up the most in trade rumors — still on the roster.
Sting is joining Bruce Springsteen, David Bowie, and Neil Young in selling his entire catalog of music for hundreds of millions of dollars. Bought by Universal Music Group (UMG), the catalog includes all of his solo recordings, but more importantly, also includes songwriting catalog of The Police, including hits like “Roxanne” and “Every Breath You Take.”
“It is absolutely essential to me that my career’s body of work have a home where it is valued and respected,” Sting said in a statement. “Not only to connect with longtime fans in new ways but also to introduce my songs to new audiences, musicians and generations.”
The “Fields Of Gold” singer’s new agreement with UMG (who already own his recorded rights) now includes both songwriting royalties and copyrights for his full catalog of songs. That means all of the royalties that Sting was collecting from the iconic Notorious B.I.G. tribute track “I’ll Be Missing You,” by Diddy, Faith Evans, and 112 (which samples “Every Breath You Take”), will now be paid directly to UMG.
Sting put out his latest solo album, Bridge, last November. In 2018, Sting and Shaggy released the collaborative album, 44/876, which took home a Grammy Award for Best Reggae Album.
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