The good news: Not only is Ayo Edebiri hosting SNL for the first time, but the musical guest is no less than Jennifer Lopez. The bad: They might have had to talk about Edebiri insulting Lopez a few years back. Ahead of this week’s episode, an old clip of the now-Emmy-winner and former Thunderbolts cast member dissing the Grammy nominee resurfaced, and they’re not great.
Ayo Edebiri’s past insults about Jennifer Lopez re-surface as they’re both set to appear on #SNL:
Per Page Six, Edebiri appeared on the podcast Scam Goddess back in 2020. It was two years before The Bear made her a big star, and she clearly felt comfortable running her mouth about Lopez, even disseminating a conspiracy theory.
“She thinks she’s on multiple tracks, but it’s not her,” Edebiri said at the time, referring to a rumor that Lopez uses ghost singers. “I think she thinks that she’s still good even though she’s not singing for most of these songs.”
Edebiri went on. “A lot of the write-ups of the songs will be like, ‘J. Lo didn’t have time to make it to the studio,’ like, ‘J. Lo was busy,’” she said. “It’s like, ‘Doing what?’
She concluded that Lopez’s musical career is “one long scam.”
Neither Edebiri nor Lopez have addressed the comments. In the SNL promo, which you can watch above, they seem extra chummy.
“I’m really excited, I love your show,” Lopez told Edebiri, presumably referring to The Bear.
Edebiri replied, “I love your everything.”
Perhaps the two have buried the hatchet. One hopes, because otherwise things could get awkward.
On Friday it was revealed that actor Carl Weathers had passed away. He was 76. Weathers had many beloved roles, including his breakthrough: as Apollo Creed, foe-turned-friend of Rocky Balboa. Among the many tributes Weathers received was from Rocky star, screenwriter, and occasional director Sylvester Stallone.
Sylvester Stallone pays tribute and says farewell to his pal and Rocky co-star CARL WEATHERS. RIP Carl.pic.twitter.com/ozf7kimkJC
“Today is an incredibly sad day for me. I’m so torn up, I can’t even tell you,” Stllone said in a video posted to social media. “I’m just trying to hold it in because Carl Weathers was such an integral part of my life, my success — everything about it, I give him incredible credit and kudos. Because when he walked into that room and I saw him for the first time, I saw greatness. But I didn’t realize how great.”
He added, “I never could’ve accomplished what we did with ‘Rocky’ without him.”
Stallone continued:
“He was absolutely brilliant — his voice, his size, his presence, his athletic ability, but, most importantly, his heart, his soul. It’s a horrible loss,” Stallone said. “He was magic. I was so fortunate to be part of his life. Apollo, keep punching.”
Weathers had been a footballer, a linebacker for the Oakland Raiders and the Canadian BC Lions, before he segued into acting. The first Rocky, from 1976, had been his biggest role to date, and he parlayed it into a career that spanned all the way to his death. At the end of his life, he was among the main cast of The Mandalorian, which still has yet to film its fourth season.
Amazon has lined up for the Dad TV challenge lately and has hit the mark with Reacher (starring Alan Ritchson as the Big Guy), Bosch, and Outer Range (starring Cowboy Josh Brolin and a giant hole in the ground). The retailer-turned-streamer cornered the dad-appeal market early, too, with John Krasinski starring in a TV adaptation of Tom Clancy’s Jack Ryan.
The ridiculously popular show turned into one of Amazon’s home-run series with Krasinski locked in for four seasons, which concluded last summer. As well, the streaming service has been known to keep franchises going into spinoff mode (i.e., f*cking Bosch), and Jack Ryan paved the way for an offshoot series starring Michael Peña. Viewers got to know his character, Domingo Chavez, in the fourth season of the principal series, so is the spinoff still happening as predicted? Let’s check in on the latest.
Plot
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Chavez’s entrance into the Ryanverse was first reported in May 2022 by Deadline, which revealed how the character would become a fixture in Jack Ryan‘s fourth season with “the potential spinoff [being] in early stages, with no firm concept or a script yet.” The appeal of using this character to extend the Ryanverse is obvious: Chavez surfaces in 22 Jack Ryan Universe novels from Tom Clancy and seven titles from the core book series of Jack Ryan.
Those books include Clear and Present Danger, which received a 1994 movie adaptation starring Harrison Ford and included Chavez as portrayed by Raymond Cruz. The character is a prolific and well-traveled CIA agent who embarked upon missions Columbia and Iran, but it was his United Kingdom-based tenure where he rose as a Rainbow Six-designated executive officer in the secret counterterrorist Rainbow group. The “stealthy” Chavez’s entrance onto the Jack Ryan show was meant to help bring the title character’s final TV mission to a close with Krasinski’s character attempting to zero in on the ultimate source of agency corruption and calling in Chavez by setting the foundation (“you might be the deadliest operator the CIA has ever employed”) for what to expect from the character.
Going forward, there’s no shortage of Jack Ryan novels — not only Clear and Present Danger, but also The Sum of All Fears, Debt of Honor, Executive Orders, Command Authority, Full Force and Effect, and Commander-in-Chief — from which a Rainbow Six series could draw from. However, there’s been no update from Amazon since Jack Ryan ended on whether the lone wolf character of Chavez would continue to carry the torch. Here’s what Michael Peña — who, let’s get real, probably wasn’t allowed to reveal what he might have known — told Collider ahead of the fourth season when quizzed about a spinoff:
As Season 4 introduces Clancy’s original Rainbow Six character in Peña’s Domingo “Ding” Chavez for its final season, the lone-wolf character is described by the actor as a “stealthy kind of quiet guy.” But whether fans will be seeing more of him after the six-episode arc in the Prime Video series’ final season is yet to be evaluated. “I don’t know,” Peña told Collider. “It’s up to the fans and up to Amazon. There are a lot of people that have to do certain things, but if people like it, maybe they’ll chime in and say, like, ‘Hey, we want some more!’ So, you know, we leave it in their hands.”
Sounds like it’s time for viewers to make some noise for an update.
Cast
If this happens, Michael Peña would continue his role as the TV version Domingo Chavez. And since the character appears in over 20 of Tom Clancy’s novels, there’s no telling which story that the series would use as a launching point or what other characters (and potential actors) would be involved.
Release Date
Amazon never wasted any time cranking out the Jack Ryan series, so if this project ends up being confirmed, late 2024 or early 2025 would be possible.
With just a few days left to go until the 2024 Grammys air on Sunday, February 4, Miley Cyrus has been confirmed to be one of the performers during the awards show, according to Variety.
The pop star will be performing her 2023 hit song, “Flowers,” making it the reported live TV debut for the track. Cyrus is nominated for Album Of The Year (Endless Summer Vacation), along with Song Of The Year, Record Of The Year, and Best Pop Solo Performance for the lead single. According to Billboard, this is also her first time being nominated in any of the “Big Three” categories.
Cyrus will be joining Burna Boy, Luke Combs & Tracy Chapman, Fantasia Barrino, Annie Lennox, Jon Batiste, Billie Eilish, Billy Joel, Dua Lipa, Joni Mitchell, Olivia Rodrigo, Travis Scott, SZA, Stevie Wonder, U2, and more acts on this year’s list of performers at the ceremony.
WWE looks like it has a main event for WrestleMania XL in Philadelphia, and it has nothing to do with Cody Rhodes. During Friday night’s edition of SmackDown, Rhodes revealed that despite winning the Royal Rumble, he will not challenge Roman Reigns for the Undisputed WWE Universal Championship. Instead, he welcomed Reigns’ presumed opponent to the ring: The Rock.
After years of rumors that WWE wants to have the two cousins headline its biggest show of the year, The Rock walked to the ring, shook Rhodes’ hand, and hugged him before Rhodes left the ring. At that point, it was just the two members of the Anoaʻi family, and while there was no official word that they will challenge one another in Philly, the two stood in the ring and stared at one another as SmackDown went off the air.
This is not the first time The Rock has teased a showdown with Reigns this year, as he showed up on an episode of Raw earlier this year and made a passing reference to potentially sitting “at the head of the table.” There’s still a whole lot that needs to happen between now and the first weekend of April — including, you know, official word that we’re getting this match — but SmackDown gave us our strongest hint yet that this is on.
Bad Bunny has broken the internet again it seems after he took fans behind the scenes of his self-care routine, and well, posted some snaps while he was in the bathtub.
Most of the slideshow is of Benito’s selfies as he chills in the tub. For the other one that’s gaining traction, he decided to turn the camera around, providing a near-NSFW shot of his thighs and leg tattoos — with some conveniently placed bubbles still making it social-media-friendly.
Following these pics, his followers have been anything but calm about Bad Bunny.
“im so fond of him . i love whoreish antics,” one user wrote.
“Saltburn is starting to make so much sense to me now,” a Twitter user fan chimed in. A few others simply offered a reaction photo of Keoghan in the movie to serve as their response to seeing Bad Bunny’s post.
Noah Kahan and Gracie Abrams dropped by Spotify’s pre-Grammys Best New Artist party to celebrate their nominations — and treated the crowd to a performance of their “Everywhere, Everything” collaboration while they were there. It originally was just Kahan on the stage, until Abrams popped up as a surprise guest.
The duo dropped the song in December, alongside Kahan’s Stick Season (We’ll All Be Here Forever) collaboration project.
“Gracie puts her whole heart into every song she writes and note she sings, and I found myself completely swept into her world the first time I heard her,” Kahan shared in a statement. “So incredibly excited for you all to hear her incredible take on ‘Everywhere, Everything.’”
“I’m so honored that Noah asked me to join him on ‘Everywhere, Everything,’” Abrams added. “I’m constantly in awe of the heart and sincerity behind each of his songs, and I feel crazy lucky for the opportunity to sing on one of my favorites. Noah really is the best, and I am simply a fan.”
Both Kahan and Abrams are up for the Best New Artist Grammy, alongside other nominees Ice Spice, Coco Jones, Jelly Roll, Victoria Monét, Fred Again.., and The War And Treaty. The winner will be revealed in the awards show, which airs this Sunday, February 4. More information about the 2024 Grammys can be found here.
Ty Dolla Sign has had a prominent rap career, but he also is jumping into the television world again. Fans of STARZ’s Power Book III: Raising Kanan series might be surprised when he pops up on their screens during episode nine, which airs today, February 2.
Here’s what to know about Ty Dolla Sign’s appearance in the Power franchise.
Who Does Ty Dolla Sign Play In ‘Power Book III: Raising Kanan?’
During the recent “Home To Roost” episode of Power Book III: Raising Kanan, Ty Dolla Sign appeared as the character Clarence “Krystal Light” TK. He helps Ronnie (Grantham Coleman) as his “most trusted soldier” who is “always ready for a gunfight,” according to Complex.
In a clip that was exclusively shared with the publication earlier this week, Clarence watches Ronnie and Gabriel Ayala (Joseph Melendez) get into a fight, which was sparked by the death of the latter character’s cousin, Juliana Ayala (Rosal Colon).
Before appearing on Raising Kanan, Ty Dolla Sign played himself on Insecure, according to his IMDb — so hopefully he gets to do more acting work on the series.
Ty Dolla Sign is a Warner Music artist. Uproxx is an independent subsidiary of Warner Music Group.
Justified: City Primeval ended in the most satisfying manner possible: with an appearance from Boyd Crowder. Yep, Walton Goggins had (deliciously) lied to my colleague, Jason Tabrys, by playing dumb about that escape-from-prison cameo. “[I]t was not the time” was how he described the prospect of Boyd appearing, but he also teased, “I’ll be watching it all the way to the bitter end. How about yourself? Will you be watching it to the end?”
That ornery Walton Goggins.
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The finale also saw Raylan Givens (Timothy Olyphant, obv) finish what he started by killing Clement Mansell (Boyd Holbrook and his tighty whities), and then Raylan thought he was retiring. Actually, he did retire, except that he spent the final moments of the season staring at that ringing phone and presumably wondering if he should answer. Raylan knew, in his heart, that he would be pulled back into “one last job” if he did that deed, and then the season was over.
Is that the end of Justified? Maybe not.
Plot
Since that time, we have received teases from co-showrunner Michael Dinner, who admitted that “everybody [on the team] would like” more Justified, yet it wouldn’t be called City Primeval but would take place in a Raylan-and-Boyd centered space. That’s a major “if,” of course, but Dinner further declared, “It’s up to the network. Walton’s interested, and Tim’s interested, and we think there’s another chapter in Raylan’s life, but what are the needs of FX?”
Ideally, FX will decide that the people need to know what happens after Boyd Crowder was smooching a lady prison guard and having concocted a medical ruse to leave prison. That guard, by the way, was portrayed by Ahna O’Reilly, the wife of co-showrunner Dave Andron, who remarked upon how strange it was to “watch Walton kiss my wife.”
To further emphasize how exciting that another Boyd return would be, I’d like to refer to this emphatic plot prediction from my colleague, Brian Grubb:
We have a “one last job” situation on our hands, people.
God, I’m so ready.
Give me Raylan chasing Boyd through Mexico and maybe even South America.
However, we cannot emphasize enough that these are all dreams right now except for the part where both Olyphant and Goggins declared that they are definitely “interested” in getting the love-hate relationship back together. And this would be great, you know it. Do you remember the “I’m gonna bet my life on you being the only friend I have left in this world” scene? Not to mention the “we dug coal together”? Yup. We need more of that.
Besides, I believe that Goggins might feel obliged after this Michael Dinner revelation about hiding his cameo from the world:
[P]oor Walton had to lie through his teeth… he was doing all this press for Gemstones, and he called us after two days of press and was like, ‘I just spent two days lying to every journalist on the face of the planet that “‘it just wasn’t the time.’” So a lot of credit to him for sticking to his guns.
This situation can be remedied. 🙂
Cast
As long as we receive Timothy Olyphant and Walton Goggins staring each other down as Raylan Givens and Boyd Crowder, nothing else matters. Would I like to see how Deputy U.S. Marshall Tim Gutterson (Jacob Pitts) is doing, too? Sure would.
Release Date
Given how well Goggins kept his City Primeval cameo a secret, I honestly would not be surprised if that squirrelly fellow and the rest of the cast and crew decided to get together without announcing as much (to surprise everyone). In other words, if we do see a second season, it could conceivably happen sooner than we think. 2024? 2025? Fingers crossed.
Trailer
We can only dream of that type of crystal ball. For now, let’s travel back to the time of Dairy Queen-dreaming Boyd declaring, “I am the outlaw, and this is my world, and my world has a high cost of living.”
Megan Thee Stallion has announced a unique deal with Warner Music Group. She will have control of the rights to her master recordings and publishing still, according to Rolling Stone. The label will provide the Houston rapper with “distribution and marketing resources” to help further her career, as part of the agreement made.
“This is the beginning of an exciting new chapter of my life and career,” Megan shared in a statement, according to the outlet. “I’m really focused on building an empire and growing as an entrepreneur, so I’m proud to take this next step in my journey and work with Max Lousada and the entire Warner Music Group team in this new capacity. I know we’re going to create history together.”
As some fans have noticed, Megan’s recent songs, “Hiss” and “Cobra,” have been released through her Hot Girl Productions business — where she will continue to put out new tracks. The outlet also points out that if she happened to sign any artists to her company, they would have access to Warner’s marketing as well.
Last year, she officially left her old label, 1501 Certified Entertainment, while keeping her distribution under the Warner-acquired 300 Entertainment company. “Following on her success with 300, we’re excited to continue our journey with Meg through this dynamic new partnership, with our global teams, infrastructure, and expertise supporting her every step of the way,” Lousada added as part of the statement.
Check out Megan Thee Stallion’s celebration post on Twitter about the deal below.
Thank you GOD Hotties today HISSTORY was made !!! Today I signed a distribution deal with my new family @warnermusic where I maintain my INDEPENDENCE as an artist anddd OWN MY MASTERS AND PUBLISHING This is thee first deal of its kind !!! I hope artist still on the… pic.twitter.com/LkFI8Vdry6
Megan Thee Stallion is a Warner Music artist. Uproxx is an independent subsidiary of Warner Music Group.
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