Latto may say her new song “Sunday Service” isn’t a “diss song,” but that doesn’t mean she didn’t use the opportunity to take a few shots at foes like Ice Spice and Nicki Minaj. As with plenty of records in this lane, she keeps things vague enough to stick to just about anyone the taunts apply to, but not overt enough to dominate the track and derail fans’ ability to enjoy the boastful raps.
While promoting the track, Latto dropped cover artwork that featured several women in rap, which some fans interpreted as a call-out. However, she said the cover was merely paying homage to her peers and influences, whether she has beef with them or not. However, as she has had beef with Nicki Minaj in the past, fans were undoubtedly wondering if she reserved a few lines for the woman she previously dismissed as an “angry aunty.”
Well, if the shoe fits, wear it, and there is at least one line in Nicki’s dainty size. In the second verse, she raps, “These bitches corny, soon as monkey see, then you know monkey do / Do you rap or do you tweet? ‘Cause I can’t tell, get in the booth, bitch / Stop all that motherfuckin’ yellin’, ho / ‘Cause I ain’t buyin’ what you’re sellin’, ho.” Some fans have interpreted this as a shot at Nicki, who’s displayed a propensity for going on days-long Twitter rants about her enemies, but notably never actually delivered a diss track directed at Latto — although some fans stretched one particular line to make it seem she might have. Of course, Nicki’s initial attack on Latto sort of blew up in her face, so it makes sense that she’d be reluctant to do so again, preferring to instead lash out through proxy Ice Spice. We’ll see if the latest salvo changes things.
You can check out Latto’s video for “Sunday Service” above.
We already know that several Barbie cameos never came to fruition, and it still hurts all these months later. Even though the cast was already filled to the brim with talented actors, throwing in a few more here and there would have been fun, though it is hard to imagine anyone other than Michael Cera paying Allan (sorry, Jonathan Groff). But there were some more A-list names slated to appear in the film, and Cera recently dropped a bombshell about a major cameo that almost happened.
Cera spoke at a Q&A this week (via The A.V. Club) when he revealed that not only was Allan’s fight scene added at the last minute, but it was originally supposed to include Ben Affleck, who has also been known to throw a punch or two.
“I wasn’t even supposed to fight in the movie,” Cera revealed. “Am I allowed to say what it was supposed to be? It was supposed to be Ben Affleck. Right? Am I allowed to say that?” Even if he wasn’t allowed, he said it, so we can run with it.
Cera explained a little bit more. “I think Ben wanted to do it, but he was directing his movie,” he added, likely referring to his 2023 flick Air, which was in production around the same time. Even though Cera has been sick with COVID, they asked him to jump in on the scene. “They’re like, ‘Okay, Ben’s out, something has to happen here. So you’re gonna fight them.’ So I had to jump in with the stunt team,” he recalled, referring to a very pivotal moment in the movie when Allan defends the humans from the Kens.
He continued, “I had just gotten over COVID and they had me training, and I almost died. Just doing the warm up! I had to lay down in my trailer and they sent the nurse to see me, and I was sent home. So then we had a second rehearsal, and I learned it. That’s the story basically.”
Even though Allan was never supposed to fight the construction Kens, Cera was surprised that Gerwig was so in board with his ideas. “In the rehearsal, we did the thing where I murder the guy with the shovel and it was just a joke, and we were like ‘Greta’s not going to let me murder someone in the movie.’ And it’s in the movie!”
Between this and the long-lost Saoirse Ronan cameo, Gerwig should consider doing some reshoots for an extended cut of the movie. If they could get Affleck in The Flash, they could surely add him in the background of Barbieland. But not as Batman.
After an anticipation-filled week, Latto has released the video for her new song “Sunday Service,” which fans believed to be a diss track aimed at various foes who’ve taken shots at her lately. In the lead-up to the song’s release, Latto made a trip to the Bronx, birthplace of her seeming rival Ice Spice, and released artwork depicting a number of fellow female rappers, including both up-and-coming artists and legends — and Ice was also featured.
All of this led to fans wondering whether Latto disses Ice Spice on the new song, and searching for allusions to their rivalry in its lyrics. Although the track isn’t really a diss song per se, those fans weren’t disappointed to learn that Latto does reserve a couple of lines — and even an ad-lib — for the younger rapper. She starts things off subtly, warning in the chorus, “Every time y’all book me with them hoes, it’s gon’ be big drama,” throwing in Ice’s signature ad-lib “Graaah” just to make clear which hoes to whom she is referring.
But she really squares up in verse two, directly citing Ice Spice’s recent song lashing out at her. “Think I’m the shit? Bitch, I know it, ho / Jesus walked on water, I got ice boilin’ though,” she smirks, addressing Ice’s call-out on “Think U The Sh*t (Fart),” which Ice later admitted was directed at Latto. Meanwhile, in the video, Latto makes it a point to walk into a deli (another Ice Spice reference) to buy a blunt — as in, “rolling up an opp pack,” one of those internet memes that has gone mainstream. Latto claims she didn’t realize “Fart” was about her until Ice admitted it, and even says the video that set Ice off wasn’t even intentional.
Latto says she didn’t purposely have Ice Spice’s video playing in the background of her preview for “Sunday Service”
Ice isn’t the only one to catch a shot from Latto on “Sunday Service”; she also appears to serve notice to Nicki Minaj with “Do you rap or do you tweet? ‘Cause I can’t tell, get in the booth / Stop all that motherfuckin’ yellin’, ho / ‘Cause I ain’t buyin’ what you’re sellin’, ho.” Notably, fans think Ice Spice’s feud with Latto is merely an extension of Nicki’s, with Nicki using a more age-appropriate proxy to attack Latto since her initial arguments didn’t go over so well.
The Walking Dead spinoff series The Ones Who Live doesn’t premiere until later this month, but already, co-creator Scott Gimple is teasing his ambitious plans for the show that continues the story of Rick (Andrew Lincoln) and Michonne (Danai Gurira). Namely, the mother of all reunions that would bring back Daryl (Norman Reedus), Negan (Jeffrey Dean Morgan), and Maggie (Lauren Cohan).
“There are so many things with this universe that I plan and put together, but I also know that God laughs, and you have to pivot to something else,” Gimple told Variety during The Ones Who Live‘s red carpet premiere. “I absolutely have been working towards that and hoping towards that, but we’ll see what happens. It might be a version of it that no one expects.”
However, Gimple has to first see how The Walking Dead fans react to the new spinoff series that series lead Gurira is touting as “the ultimate love story.”
“This is the apocalypse meets an epic love story, and we didn’t really get a lot of space for that in the mothership because there were so many other stories going on at the same time,” Gurira said. “But this story is all about, does love win out in this world?”
Here’s the official synopsis:
The Walking Dead: The Ones Who Live presents an epic love story of two characters changed by a changed world. Kept apart by distance. By an unstoppable power. By the ghosts of who they were. Rick and Michonne are thrown into another world, built on a war against the dead… And ultimately, a war against the living. Can they find each other and who they were in a place and situation unlike any they’ve ever known before? Are they enemies? Lovers? Victims? Victors? Without each other, are they even alive — or will they find that they, too, are the Walking Dead?
The Walking Dead: The Ones Who Live premieres February 25 on AMC.
This weekend will feature one of the biggest days of Usher’s career, when he takes the field at Super Bowl LVIII for the halftime show. Usher has a number of hits spread throughout his storied career, but he’ll likely have to pass over some of them given the time restraints of the performance. Just how much time will Usher have, though?
How Long Is Usher’s Super Bowl Halftime Show Performance?
Usually, performers are given 13 minutes for their halftime shows. Usher, however, said in a recent Entertainment Tonight interview that he managed to get 15 minutes. He said, “I can’t explain why, but it’s a funny thing that I was able to do and craft. That was a huge strategic thing that happened between me and my agency.”
In the same conversation, he explained that Rihanna’s Super Bowl performance from 2023 was a big inspiration for his, saying, “Rihanna’s was fire because of the choreography and the way they did something that felt like a concert. It actually was a great deal of inspiration [for] how I began to think of my show. If you ever came to my residency, it was all about being immersed — being immersed in an experience that is all of these things that wouldn’t necessarily go together.”
Is there any contemporary actor who’s better at emoting than Lupita Nyong’o? That’s a rhetorical question: there isn’t. Nyong’o can say so much without saying anything at all, as seen in the 30-second Super Bowl spot for A Quiet Place: Day One.
The prequel to 2018’s A Quiet Place and 2020’s A Quiet Place Part II takes place, as you might imagine, on day one of humans having to be silent or else they’ll be ripped apart by monsters. The official synopsis: “Experience the day the world went quiet.” The cast also includes Joseph Quinn (a.k.a. Eddie Munson from Stranger Things), Alex Wolff, Djimon Hounsou (reprising his role from A Quiet Place Part II), and a very good cat.
“When you have a family, there is an innate expectation that they will want to stick together,” Nyong’o told Entertainment Weekly, referring to Emily Blunt & Co. in the first two A Quiet Place films. “We don’t have that in this film. We have these disparate individuals who collide into each other’s lives, and it is at a very pivotal time for the world. How do they negotiate survival together? What we get is really interesting — and even surprising — chemistry in the characters that meet each other along the way.”
Houstonian alt-rocker d4vd (pronounced “David”) had an impressive breakout in 2023 with his songs “Romantic Homicide” and “Here With Me,” which both tapped into Gen Z and Alpha nostalgia for millennial alt-rock aesthetics and turned him into a star with two Interscope EPs. d4vd carries that momentum into a new year with his next release, a double single consisting of “Leave Her” and “2016.”
“Leave Her” is upbeat but mellow and dance floor-ready — like something you’d hear on any given Tuesday on the WB in 1998, probably during a club scene where the underage stars of the show (played by thirty-year-olds) would somehow be inexplicably hanging out. Meanwhile, “2016” is more pop-punk, giving off that vibe of suburban slacker/rebel skating in an empty backyard swimming pool. Think a Sum41 or Offspring video, only slightly more chill. None of this is a bad thing, by the way. I grew up on this stuff. I love this kid so much, even if I was a grown man with bills and a pile of wedding invitations in 2016.
d4vd was added to SZA’s SOS Tour as an opener last summer and it’s clear he’s taken plenty of inspiration from her as a musical mentor. Her own music has begun to employ that millennial nostalgia factor, tapping into that part of 30-year-olds’ brains that wishes we could all go back to being 13 again — y’know, before the housing crisis and 9/11 borked our chances at ever having a normal life. So, yeah, give us more, d4vd — it’s the only thing keeping us going at this point. Thank you for your service.
When the first Despicable Me film hit theaters in 2010, nobody expected that those little yellow guys would be the next big thing in meme technology or that moms across the world would suddenly grow so attached to them. But they did, and now the Minions and all of their friends have been reaping the benefits ever since, which is why they have a brand new movie on the way.
The upcoming Despicable Me installment will be the fifth after the events of 2022 launched a weird obsession with the little guys. It was…a time. But now, the whole gang is back for a new adventure. This time, The White Lotus’ Mike White lent his writing talents to the film, so it might get a little whacky. Maybe the Minions will find themselves on a remote Italian island where they discover the wonders of arancini! Or maybe they will die. But hopefully not.
Here is everything to know about the upcoming movie.
Plot
Since they are four movies deep, the only logical way to advance the plot is to add another family member, right? Gru is the new father of Gru Jr., an adorable baby who has an intense disdain for his father. The family of five lives together in harmony…until a new threat emerges and they are forced to go into hiding. Here is the official description:
Following the 2022 summer blockbuster phenomenon of Illumination’s Minions: The Rise of Gru, which earned almost $1 billion worldwide, the biggest global animated franchise in history now begins a new chapter as Gru and Lucy and their girls —Margo, Edith and Agnes —welcome a new member to the Gru family, Gru Jr., who is intent on tormenting his dad.
Gru faces a new nemesis in Maxime Le Mal and his femme fatale girlfriend Valentina and the family is forced to go on the run.
Cast
It wouldn’t be Despicable Me without a few key players: Steve Carrell is back as Gru, the villain-turned-dad, while Kristen Wiig returns as Lucy, his wife. Miranda Cosgrove, Dana Gaier, and Madison Polan are set to return as the kids Margo, Edith, and Agnes, respectively, while Pierre Coffin returns to voice the iconic minions.
Of course, a few fun new voices are entering the mix, including Will Ferrell as the new enemy Maxime Le Mal along with his girlfriend Valentine, voiced by Sofia Vergara. Joey King, Stephen Colbert, and Chloe Fineman also lend their voices to the adventure.
Release Date
Despicable Me 4 hits theaters on July 3rd.
Trailer
The first trailer for the despicable adventure dropped earlier this year. Check it out:
Netflix is attempting to corner the market on flipping successful box office movies into even more enduring and compelling stories. Granted, Amazon is earning dark-horse status with Mr. & Mrs. Smith and Dead Ringers, but Netflix got an early start, and they are keeping that trend going with The Lincoln Lawyer, which is gearing up for a third season (the streaming world can be kind to us, sometimes) after sweeping up the Nielsen charts upon debut and deftly ousting The Witcher with a sophomore outing.
The Netflix series is ultimately based upon Michael Connelly’s book series of the same name. Those books, interestingly enough, also gave the world “F*cking Bosch,” a.k.a. Detective Harry Bosch of his own rapidly expanding Amazon universe (although the Netflix and Amazon shows are not technically connected). Harry is the half-brother of Mickey Haller, the notorious lawyer who prefers running his law practice from the backseat of his Lincoln. There’s less overhead without an office, you know?
As viewers do know, Mickey had to switch course from his preferred practice location in the show, but let’s not get lost in the sticks. Netflix’s The Lincoln Lawyer has surpassed the 2011 Matthew McConaughey film, and Manuel Garcia-Rulfo now embodies Mickey Haller for the long haul. Let’s talk about what’s going on for the next season.
Plot
Manuel Garcia-Rulfo will once again portray the legal iconoclastic-idealist of the show’s title, and showrunners Ted Humphrey and Dailyn Rodriguez paid tribute to the show’s audience, which “has been so gratifying and wonderful, and we are thrilled to have the opportunity to dive back into Michael Connelly’s universe and bring Mickey Haller and his world to the screen again.”
The most-talked about LA Defense attorney will return to the scene of the crime(s) in a third season based upon Connelly’s fifth The Lincoln Lawyer book, The Gods of Guilt. The 2013 novel begins in particularly lawyer-dramatic fashion with Mickey receiving a text message that refers to “187,” which would be the penal code for murder in California. The victim happens to be Mickey’s former client, who is also a former prostitute who returned to that life. Even worse, the allegations might be roundabout-connected to Mickey, who had previously thought that he helped her clean up, but apparently, Mickey could have inadvertently caused her peril via a thread hanging from “the ghosts of his past.” In other words, this case is more than simply personal, it could alternatively redeem or damn him.
Could the TV series differ? Nope, this seems to check out. As Netflix viewers will recall, the second season finale saw Mickey discover the death of Glory Days, and we can expect him to take up that case. Executive producer Ross Fineman has promised, that this is “going to be the toughest case he’s ever had,” and “and there’s a nagging sense that he might have been responsible in some way.”
Additionally, the third season will feature a departure from he book in that it includes Neve Campbell’s character, Maggie (ex-wife of Mickey). She appeared to have left the show in the second season to take a job in San Diego. However, Netflix must have realized that having Campbell back on the scene was good for viewership, so the showrunners decided to include her in flashbacks. As Humphrey and Rodriguez described, these scenes will deliver “some insight into how Mickey Haller became Mickey Haller — not just the brilliant criminal defense lawyer, but the husband, the father, and the man that he would come to be” as well as “propel us into the rest of Season 3.”
Cast
As previously noted, the show has found a way to keep Neve Campbell going. Obviously, Garcia-Rulfo will be back as Mickey, and we can also expect to see Becki Newton (Lorna), Yaya DaCosta (Andrea), Jazz Raycole (Izzy), and Angus Sampson (Cisco) as regulars. Recurring actors include Elliott Gould (Legal Siegal), Krista Warner (Hayley), Devon Graye (Julian La Cosse), and Fiona Rene (Glory Days).
Release Date
The series debuted in May 2022 with a second season arriving in July 2023. Even with the Hollywood strikes in consideration, Netflix is likely to bring the third season before the end of 2024. Filming has been ongoing.
Trailer
No fully trailer exists yet, TV friends. However, here’s an announcement teaser.
Noah Kahan may not have walked away with the Best New Artist trophy during the 2024 Grammys, but he has something better — a nearly sold-out North American tour.
The “You’re Gonna Go Far” singer is currently on the road abroad, but when Kahan makes his way to this side of the hemisphere, fans will be lined up to experience his new album, Stick Season (Forever), live. So, what tracks can ticketholders expect when Kahan stops in a city near them? Well, according to Setlist.fm, Kahan has a jam-packed setlist of oldies and newbies.
Continue below for Noah Kahan’s tour setlist, the North American tour dates, and the singer’s official tour poster.
Noah Kahan’s We’ll All Be Here Forever Tour setlist
1. “The View Between Villages” (Intro only)
2. “All My Love”
3. “New Perspective”
4. “She Calls Me Back”
5. “Everywhere, Everything”
6. “No Complaints”
7. “Your Needs, My Needs”
8. “Pain is Like Cold Water” (Unreleased)
9. “Maine”
10. “Growing Sideways”
11. “Paul Revere”
12. “Northern Attitude” (with Dermot Kennedy)
13. “Forever”
14. “False Confidence”
15. “Carlo’s Song”
16. “You’re Gonna Go Far”
17. “Orange Juice”
18. “Dial Drunk”
Encore:
19. “The View Between Villages” (Extended)
20. “Stick Season”
21. “Homesick”
Noah Kahan’s We’ll All Be Here Forever Tour dates
03/26 — Vancouver, BC – Rogers Arena
03/28 — Calgary, AB – Scotiabank Saddledome
03/29 — Edmonton, AB – Rogers Place
03/30 — Saskatoon, SK – SaskTel Centre
04/02 — Winnipeg, MB – Canada Life Centre
04/06 — Toronto, ON – Scotiabank Arena
04/07 — London, ON – Budweiser Gardens
04/09 — Ottawa, ON – Canadian Tire Centre
04/10 — Quebec, QC – Videotron Centre
04/13 — Montreal, QC – Bell Centre
05/22 — Asheville, NC – ExploreAsheville.com Arena
05/25 — Nashville, TN – Bridgestone Arena
05/28 — Cuyahoga Falls, OH @ Blossom Music Center
05/29 — Burgettstown, PA @ The Pavilion at Star Lake
06/04 — St. Louis, MO @ Hollywood Casino Amphitheatre
06/05 — Kansas City, MO @ Azura Amphitheater
06/07 — St. Paul, MN @ Xcel Energy Center
06/11 — Dallas, TX @ Dos Equis Pavilion
06/13 — Houston, TX @ Cynthia Woods Mitchell Pavilion
06/14 — Austin, TX @ Moody Center
06/18 — Chula Vista, CA @ North Island Credit Union Amphitheatre
06/21 — Los Angeles, CA @ Hollywood Bowl
06/25 — Greenwood Village, CO @ Fiddler’s Green Amphitheatre
06/29 — George, WA @ The Gorge
07/01 — Ridgefield, WA @ RV Inn Style Resorts Amphitheater
07/03 — Wheatland, CA @ Toyota Amphitheatre
07/05 — Berkeley, CA @ The Greek Theatre
07/06 — Berkeley, CA @ The Greek Theatre
07/09 — Salt Lake City, UT @ USANA Amphitheatre
07/13 — East Troy, WI @ Alpine Valley Music Theatre
07/16 — New York, NY @ Madison Square Garden
07/19 — Boston, MA @ Fenway Park
Noah Kahan’s We’ll All Be Here Forever Tour poster
Stick Season (Forever) is out now via Mercury. Find more information here.
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