Month: December 2023

Based on rumors floating around online, there will be one less plate to set at “Baticano” rapper Bad Bunny’s house this holiday season. According to People, reggaeton’s biggest star could be reentering the dating pool in the new year. After nearly a year of dating, the Grammy Award-winning musician and his model girlfriend Kendall Jenner have reportedly split.

Although the outlet didn’t list the reason for the supposed separation, it is confident that the once ‘it couple’ in entertainment is no more. The duo supposedly began their love affair in February, but as much as they tried to keep their romance away from the public, they couldn’t help but be spotted together on numerous occasions. In April, Jenner supported her beaux during his record-setting headlining Coachella set as she was spotted dancing along in the crowd.

They took things up a notch when Bad Bunny subtly hinted at their relationship in his video for the single “Un Preview.” Then the pair put their love on full display, starring in fashion house Gucci’s Valigeria campaign. Neither have released a statement in response to the reports, but that should serve as no surprise given their coupling started under tight wraps.

With Bad Bunny hitting the road in 2024 for his sold-out Most Wanted Tour, fans are guessing he will address the breakup on stage.

After nearly a year of accomplishing nothing but chaos, the House GOP is finally trying to get something done: They’re launching an inquiry into possibly impeaching President Joe Biden. For what? They won’t say. Maybe even they don’t know. But not everyone in the Republican party is buying it. That includes one of Donald Trump’s best on-again–off-again pals.

Per Mediaite, Lindsey Graham went on NBC’s Meet the Press for a wide-ranging interview. One subject that came up was the House voting to launch an impeachment inquiry, which isn’t the same as an impeachment and is in any case hopelessly vague so far. Alas, Graham, who as recently as this summer was saying his party should do to Biden what Democrats did, twice, to Trump, isn’t feeling it.

“I haven’t really been paying that much attention to it,” Graham said when asked about the inquiry. He noted that they have a tough hill to climb. “They have to prove that President Biden somehow financially benefited from the business enterprises of Hunter Biden.”

When asked if he thinks there is proof of Biden’s wrongdoing, Graham replied, “If there were a smoking gun, I think we’d be talking about it.”

He continued, “But you know, the narrative that Hunter Biden presented is falling apart. They added that Joe Biden knew nothing about the business dealings falling apart. I’m not worried about impeaching the president right now.”

If you’re worried about Lindsey Graham being the voice of reason on an issue, don’t. Elsewhere during his Meet the Press sit-down, he was asked about Trump parroting actual Nazi talk about immigrants “poisoning the blood of our country” — not the first time he’s straight-up paraphrased Adolf Hitler. Graham replied that he “could care less” about that. Now that’s the Lindsey Graham we know.

(Via Mediaite)

Nicki Minaj has found yet another accomplishment to add to her extensive career. Pink Friday 2, her latest, debuted at No. 1 on the music charts, both a significant moment for Nicki as well as a milestone for women in rap music.

With three chart-topping albums, including 2011’s Pink Friday, 2012’s Pink Friday: Roman Reloaded, and Pink Friday 2, Nicki leads the pack for women with the most No. 1 rap albums. As for the metrics, Billboard clarified the total streams, pure sales, and vinyl purchases that pushed Pink Friday 2 atop the Billboard 200 chart.

According to Luminate, the first-week numbers (ending on December 14) for the album was 228,000 equivalent album units domestically. Based on this data, this marks the largest sales week for a rap album by a woman this year as well as this decade.

The streaming equivalent album units comprise 129,000 (or 169.87 million on-demand official streams). Total sales are 92,000, and the track equivalent album units are 7,000. Pink Friday 2 vinyl sales are credited at 25,000 copies, the largest week for a rap album by a woman since Luminate began electronically tracking sales in 1991.

Wwith Pink Friday 2, counted as Nicki’s third No. 1 album, she has overthrown Foxy Brown, whom she previously tied with at two chart-topping albums.

A sloppy game between the Browns and Bears on Sunday afternoon in Cleveland produced one of the wildest finishes of the season, with the Browns erasing a 10-point deficit in the fourth quarter to win 20-17.

The final four minutes featured an absolute dart from Joe Flacco to Amari Cooper for the game-tying touchdown, and then a 3rd and 15 conversion to David Njoku to set up the go-ahead field goal on their next drive.

The Bears would work the ball across midfield on their final drive, but rather than try a long game-tying field goal, they opted for a Hail Mary with five seconds on the clock and no timeouts. The result was almost a spectacular game-winning touchdown, as Justin Fields’ pass got batted around and into the arms of Darnell Mooney, but the Bears receiver somehow managed to drop the ball and kick it into the air, where the Browns picked it off to ice the game.

The reverse angle shows just how close Mooney was to pulling it in, and it’s still not fully clear how he ended up kicking the ball up in the air after having two hands on it and seemingly bringing it into his chest.

It is a brutal loss for Chicago, as the Bears controlled the game throughout and got three interceptions of Flacco, but just couldn’t put the game away on offense. The drop at the end was the cherry on top of a frustrating performance, with the Browns continuing to somehow pull out wins with Flacco at quarterback, moving to 9-5 and firmly in the AFC playoff picture.

Andre Braugher, beloved and Emmy-winning actor, died last week at the age of 61. Though he had a vast and diverse career, Braugher was best known for two shows, both about cops: Homicide: Life on the Street, the ‘90s procedural that catapulted him to stardom, and the comedy Brooklyn Nine-Nine. The latter is available to stream on Peacock. But where’s Homicide? Nowhere. It’s one of many towering shows the streaming era has left behind. But that might change, eventually.

Per The AV Club, David Simon — who wrote the book upon which the NBC show was based and was one of its writers in his pre-The Wire days — posted some good news a few days after Braugher’s passing.

“I have been informed by a reliable source that NBC/Universal is at last attempting, along with Fremantle on the overseas rights, to clear music rights on #Homicide for eventual streaming,” Simon tweeted. “Lot of work to do achieve that, however, I am also told.”’

He added, “Andre alone ought to rate such.”

In other words, don’t hold your breath. Music rights are a pain to clear. That said, it only took about six months or so for Moonlighting, the show that made Bruce Willis’ name and gave Cybill Shepherd a well-deserved second act, to appear on Hulu after its creator vowed to finally get it online.

In that case, news that Willis was suffering from aphasia, a disorder that robs one’s ability to communicate, inspired people to get his breakthrough on streaming stat. It looks like the same thing is happening with Homicide in the wake of Braugher’s death.

Over seven seasons, Homicide explored a fictional version of the Baltimore Police Department’s titular unit. Braugher played Detective Frank Pemberton, a legend in the department, and one of the primary characters amongst an ensemble cast. Along with NYPD Blue, which premiered later the same year, in 1993, it revolutionized the cop show, introducing gritty, handheld camerawork and deepening the moral ambiguities seen in earlier such shows as Hill Street Blues. Hopefully a whole new generation will finally be able to see it, and Braugher’s esteemed work on it.

Till then, please enjoy Braugher’s first scene on Homicide, which sets the bar way high.

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The Kansas City Chiefs have been struggling offensively of late, at least relative to the sky-high expectations they’ve set for themselves with Patrick Mahomes under center.

This year, the Chiefs have had a middling offense and have struggled to both sustain and finish drives in the way we’re accustomed to seeing, largely because of an inconsistent passing attack. Drops have been a big issue for the Chiefs this year, as their receiving corps has been a disappointment, and even the tight ends, headlined by Travis Kelce, have had a tough last month-plus. However, a reprieve appeared to be coming Kansas City’s way on Sunday as they were in a prime “get right” spot against a woefully bad Patriots team.

While it took a bit to get going, the Chiefs eventually hit their stride to take a 27-10 lead in the second half. It could’ve been an even bigger lead, but a couple red zone possessions stalled out and resulted in field goals. One of those came in the early third quarter when a third down pass to Kelce in the back of the end zone fell incomplete, with the star tight end doing his best to flop and draw an interference penalty to get a first down. That was unsuccessful, but it did yield a new reaction meme in the form of Taylor Swift dropping an f-bomb trying to figure out where the flag was.

Watching Taylor Swift morph into a rabid Chiefs fan has been at true delight to watch this season, as she’s gone from happily cheering for big Kelce plays when they first started publicly dating to now being a full-on irrational fan like the rest of us. The telltale sign of that transformation is dropping f-bombs at the refs for not throwing flags on pretty clear non-calls, and Taylor puts her whole chest into this one.

This is what three months of being locked in on football will do to someone and it’s just nice to get confirmation in real time that it’s inevitable for anyone.

The Kansas City Chiefs have been struggling offensively of late, at least relative to the sky-high expectations they’ve set for themselves with Patrick Mahomes under center.

This year, the Chiefs have had a middling offense and have struggled to both sustain and finish drives in the way we’re accustomed to seeing, largely because of an inconsistent passing attack. Drops have been a big issue for the Chiefs this year, as their receiving corps has been a disappointment, and even the tight ends, headlined by Travis Kelce, have had a tough last month-plus. However, a reprieve appeared to be coming Kansas City’s way on Sunday as they were in a prime “get right” spot against a woefully bad Patriots team.

While it took a bit to get going, the Chiefs eventually hit their stride to take a 27-10 lead in the second half. It could’ve been an even bigger lead, but a couple red zone possessions stalled out and resulted in field goals. One of those came in the early third quarter when a third down pass to Kelce in the back of the end zone fell incomplete, with the star tight end doing his best to flop and draw an interference penalty to get a first down. That was unsuccessful, but it did yield a new reaction meme in the form of Taylor Swift dropping an f-bomb trying to figure out where the flag was.

Watching Taylor Swift morph into a rabid Chiefs fan has been at true delight to watch this season, as she’s gone from happily cheering for big Kelce plays when they first started publicly dating to now being a full-on irrational fan like the rest of us. The telltale sign of that transformation is dropping f-bombs at the refs for not throwing flags on pretty clear non-calls, and Taylor puts her whole chest into this one.

This is what three months of being locked in on football will do to someone and it’s just nice to get confirmation in real time that it’s inevitable for anyone.

The most recent episode of Saturday Night Live was (partly) about embracing the holiday spirit. Kate McKinnon’s opening monologue ushered in the Christmas cheer. Even musical guest Billie Eilish rounded out her performance of “What Was I Made For?” with “Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas.”

But the pair’s joint skit allowed them to put a feline twist on the special time of the year. Just as McKinnon made her highly-anticipated return to the show, so did her fictional kitty-loving character, Barbara DeDrew. With McKinnon reprising her hilarious role, Eilish had to channel her inner-cat lady as Paw-bree Hep-Purrn.

Both were on a mission to find a forever home for their fuzzy friends as part of their “Holiday Cat-tacular” adoption campaign. The writers on the show let the music pun fly as the duo listed off the animals up for grabs. Cindy Claw-ford, Cat Sajak, and Furr-ell Williams were some of the silly yet adorable names shared during the sketch.

If these pets were real, Taylor Swift’s beloved cover-gracing cat, Olivia Benson, would have some steep competition in the cuddle-obsessive online communities. Holding a candle next to McKinnion is hard, but Eilish certainly delivered.

Watch the sketch in the video above.

The most recent episode of Saturday Night Live was (partly) about embracing the holiday spirit. Kate McKinnon’s opening monologue ushered in the Christmas cheer. Even musical guest Billie Eilish rounded out her performance of “What Was I Made For?” with “Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas.”

But the pair’s joint skit allowed them to put a feline twist on the special time of the year. Just as McKinnon made her highly-anticipated return to the show, so did her fictional kitty-loving character, Barbara DeDrew. With McKinnon reprising her hilarious role, Eilish had to channel her inner-cat lady as Paw-bree Hep-Purrn.

Both were on a mission to find a forever home for their fuzzy friends as part of their “Holiday Cat-tacular” adoption campaign. The writers on the show let the music pun fly as the duo listed off the animals up for grabs. Cindy Claw-ford, Cat Sajak, and Furr-ell Williams were some of the silly yet adorable names shared during the sketch.

If these pets were real, Taylor Swift’s beloved cover-gracing cat, Olivia Benson, would have some steep competition in the cuddle-obsessive online communities. Holding a candle next to McKinnion is hard, but Eilish certainly delivered.

Watch the sketch in the video above.

The latest episode of SNL was centered (partially) around Christmas, signaling that the year is almost at an end. The Cold Open was about the holidays. And Billie Eilish held down the performance responsibilities with a live set of her Barbie soundtrack standout “What Was I Made For?” and “Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas.”

After the 148-day WGA strike, the beloved program has a long list of entertainers hoping to make an apperance. During last night’s taping, SNL revealed the first two guests going into the 2024 season. “Not My Fault” singer Reneé Rapp will make her debut on SNL next year serving as the musical act on the January 20, 2024 episode.

“Yeah, you’ve got to be f*cking kidding me,” wrote Rapp on her official Instagram page in response to the news.

Rapp has had a stellar year following the success of her album Snow Angel and its supporting tour. In 2024, she is showing no signs of slowing down, with the Mean Girls musical movie slated to hit theaters in January. In addition to Rapp as musical guest, she’ll be joined by Priscilla actor Jacob Elordi, who’s hosting.

The trailer hasn’t dropped yet, but those don’t tend to appear until days before the episode airs.