According to paperwork secured by NBC News, Rodney “Lil Rod Madeit” Jones, Diddy’s former producer on The Love Album: Off The Grid, has named him in a new lawsuit. In the suit filed in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York, Jones accuses Diddy of sexually harassing, drugging, and threatening him with physical harm between September 2022 and November 2023.
Diddy’s son, Justin Combs; chief of staff Kristina Khorram; Universal Music Group CEO Sir Lucian Grainge; and former Motown Records CEO Ethiopia Habtemariam are also listed as defendants in the case. According to Jones, several of the entities allegedly conspired together to aid Diddy in these alleged acts or, per the filing, “failed to adequately monitor, warn, or supervise.”
NBC News reports that as part of the suit, Jones is seeking punitive damages of upwards to $30 million, with him alleging that his personal and professional life have been “detrimentally impacted ever since.”
Jones is credited on the album tracks “Deliver Me,” “Homecoming,” “Need Somebody,” “Reachin,” and “Stay Part 1.”
Diddy’s attorney, Shawn Holley, released a statement denying Jones’ claims. “[Jones is] reckless[ly] name-dropping about events that are pure fiction and simply did not happen is nothing more than a transparent attempt to garner headlines,” said the rep. “We have overwhelming, indisputable proof that his claims are complete lies. Our attempts to share this proof with Mr. Jones’ attorney, Tyrone Blackburn, have been ignored, as Mr. Blackburn refuses to return our calls. We will address these outlandish allegations in court and take all appropriate action against those who make them.”
Post-credits scenes are nothing new. Even The Muppet Movie, from 1979, has Animal swinging by at the very end, telling audiences to scram. But for the last decade-and-a-half or so they’ve been all the rage. That’s mostly thanks to Marvel, who used them to get fans pumped for future MCU installments. Now it’s de rigueur to at least ask if a blockbuster will have one.
For instance, Dune: Part Two — does that one have a post-credits scene?
The answer: Like the first one, no. It could have one, though. While director Denis Villeneuve is taking a break from Frank Herbert’s agonizingly dense sci-fi futurescape, he does plan on returning for a threequel, when he would tackle the series’ second tome, Dune Messiah. (After that, he says, the books get, well, pretty weird. Besides, he’s a serious auteur, let the guy make some different movies. Six words: Hot human-sandworm hybrid who f*cks.)
The first Dune could have had a post-credits scene, too — a little something to keep audiences interested in a second half that hadn’t even begun filming at the time. (That’s partly because Warner Bros. wasn’t sure audiences would go for Dune, as the first time Hollywood tried to turn the doorstop into a movie, they got an underperforming future cult fave.)
Anyway, Dune: Part Two is already pretty long as is — some 167 minutes long, over 20 minutes longer than Goodfellas, which is itself really long. Feel free to bolt soon after it ends, which you can start doing when it hits theaters on March 1.
Could the wait be over? The wait for Cardi B’s long-awaited sophomore album that is. Today (February 26), the “Wap” rapper’s time of anxiously dragging her feet might have come to an end, and her fans couldn’t be more excited.
Cardi pulled out the good ‘ol social media wipe to lure followers in. A screenshot captured by news aggregator Pop Base revealed that Cardi replaced her profile images from Instagram and X’s (formerly Twitter) page. She even took it a step further by blacking out her banner image on X as well.
Immediately after the blackout, Cardi’s devoted superfans, Bardi Gang, began to flood X, which led the phrase, Bardi Blackout, to trend across the platform. Back in December, supporters pushed We Want Cardi into the app’s algorithm after buzz for Cardi’s collaboration with Megan Thee Stallion (“Bongos“) started to die out.
Despite her promise to release a follow-up in 2023, it’s been radio silent. But she could be on the verge of making it up to fans very soon. According to her husband and fellow rapper Offset, Cardi’s forthcoming music will put her back on top.
The Sex and the City sequel And Just Like That… has proven a more popular revival than others. But there’s been one character who’s scored lots of uproar: Sara Ramirez’s Che Diaz, the non-binary stand-up and podcaster who gets into a relationship with Cynthia Nixon’s Miranda Hobbes. The two broke up at the end of Season 2, and in January some of Ramirez’s Palestine-related posts got some speculating that they weren’t going to return.
Whatever the case, Che Diaz will not be back for Season 3.
Entertainment Weeklyreported the news, though so far there’s no explanation for why Ramirez has been nixed. It could simply be that the show no longer has room for them now that they’re not hooking up with Miranda. Or, EW wonders, it might be related to Ramirez’s social media activity, much like how Melissa Barrera was let go from the Scream franchise for posts attacking Israel’s response to the Hamas terrorist attacks.
In January, Ramirez posted words similar to what Barrera had written. “While they give awards away, casting directors and agents are making black lists of actors and workers who post anything in support of Palestinians and Gaza to ensure they will not work again,” they wrote on Instagram. “While they lift up some of their own clients who have spoken up against this genocide, they are firing and letting others who have smaller platforms go.”
At the time a source close to Ramirez denied rumors that they had been let go.
But for now, pour one out for Che Diaz, a character who caused the person who plays them a fair amount of grief.
Star Wars appeals to people of all stripes, even those the films’ creators would definitely say were more on the Dark Side than not. Case in point: A while back a Russian embassy account — part of an aggressor nation invading a less-equipped neighbor that has valiantly fought back — tried to paint themselves as the goodly Rebels. They even tried to dunk on Mark Hamill. Alas, they got dunked in return.
Hey @EmbassyRussia- tell me you don’t understand #StarWars without telling me you don’t understand #StarWars. (hint: the Ukrainian people are the Rebels-YOU are the Evil Empire)
Swing and a miss Russkies, but thanks for playing!
It all started in late 2022 when the aggressor nation’s embassy in South Africa got steamed about the Star Wars vet had supplied 500 drones to Ukraine to help them fend off their invaders. In a Twitter/X post, they claimed “Luke Skywalker has joined the Dark Side.”
It took nearly a year-and-a-half for Hamill — hardly on the side of Vladimir Putin or his good pal Donald Trump — to respond, but respond he did. “Hey @EmbassyRussia,” he wrote, “tell me you don’t understand #StarWars without telling me you don’t understand #StarWars. (hint: the Ukrainian people are the Rebels-YOU are the Evil Empire) Swing and a miss Russkies, but thanks for playing!”
Hamill added remains “profoundly honored to have answered the call from President Volodymyr @ZelenskyyUa to become an Ambassador of Drones to protect his country from your criminal invasion.”
George Lucas has long been very clear that the original Star Wars films were political works. They focus on rebels fighting a tyrannical government — the Galactic Empire in the original trilogy, the copycat First Order of the most recent one. Lucas has even said when he was writing the movies, his heroes were modeled after the Vietcong, the whole thing being an allegory for the Vietnam War.
Star Wars was actually an allegory for the Vietnam War, with the US cast as the genocidal fascistic empire, as George Lucas talks about here with James Cameron pic.twitter.com/oxRhAh5ibK
Of course, lots of people can see themselves as the heroes of Star Wars, even when they have more in common with Palpatine and gang. Heck, broken brained Donald Trump seems to think he’s a “dissident” and not some ousted despot who may return to power while talking like a comic book villain.
(WARNING: Spoilers for the most recent Love Is Blind episode will be found below.)
Through nine episodes of Love Is Blindseason 6, it’s clear that this season of the show could be one the most dramatic Love Is Blind has offered yet. Five couples made it out of the pods, and by the time episode nine concluded, there were only four left — Laura & Jeramey, Clay & AD, Jimmy & Chelsea, and Johnny & Amy. Kenneth and Brittany made it out of the pods, but after returning home from their honeymoon, the two decided to go their separate ways. Things aren’t perfect for the remaining couples though.
Jeramey and Laura ended episode nine on a sour note after a late-night interaction with Sarah Ann — who he made a connection with in the pods — was discovered by Laura. Clay and AD struggled a bit to get on the same page about how to delegate their free time while Jimmy and Chelsea seem okay now that they’ve met each others’ friends, but that was after Jimmy called Chelsea “clingy” which, of course, led to a huge argument. That leaves Johnny and Amy who, despite having a great and drama-free connection, have the seemingly unlikely acceptance from Amy’s parents looming over their hands. Now that you’re caught up on this season’s events. Here’s when the next
When Do Love Is Blind Season 6, Episodes 10 & 11 Come Out?
The tenth and eleventh episodes of Love Is Blind season six, titled “What Could Have Been” and “Rollercoaster Of Love,” respectively, will be available to stream on Netflix on February 28 at 3am EST/12 am PST. Episodes 10 and 11 and the last new release before the Love Is Blind season six finale which airs on Netflix on March 6 at 3am EST/12 am PST.
‘Love Is Blind’ season 6, episodes 10 and 11 will premiere on Netflix on February 28 at 3 am EST/12 am PST.
Emmy Russell, granddaughter of country music icon Loretta Lynn, proved that she was an artist in her own right during a recent episode of “American Idol.”
The 24-year-old singer-songwriter from Nashville auditioned in front of judges Lionel Richie, Katy Perry and Luke Bryan during the show’s Feb. 25 episode, during which she opened up about wanting to not live in her grandmother’s shadow.
“She’s one of the biggest country music singers of all time, but to me she’s just Grandma,” she said, adding “I think I am a little timid, and I think it is because I want to own my voice. That’s why I want to challenge myself and come out here.”
Russell then went to the piano and sang an origin song titled “Skinny,” featuring raw lyrics about living with an eating disorder. All three judges were floored by her storytelling and soft, but powerful voice.
“You’re an A+ songwriter. So was your grandma. You got the gift. I don’t think you need to compare yourself to what Grandma was. You’re totally different. You shouldn’t give yourself all that pressure,” Perry said just before Russell was given the unanimous approval to go through to the show’s next round.
Viewers online seconded the sentiment. One person wrote, “apples don’t fall far from the tree. Her Grandma passed on the gift of songwriting, and now Emmy needs to take that gift and add her own special gifts to it. It’s your time to shine – enjoy the ride.”
Another added, “She definitely has a talent, and can tell a story in a song. With the right mentoring, and encouragement from people outside the family, she should fulfill the promise she shows, and step out of the Lynn shadow.”
Watch the full performance below:
Besides being a captivating performer, Loretta Lynn was known for writing deeply personal and honest lyrics. Russell does well by her role model, in a way that’s uniquely her own.
John Sayles is man of many talents. For one thing, he’s an acclaimed pioneer of the American independent film scene; his 1996 classic Lone Star, featuring Chris Cooper and Matthew McConaughey, is newly out on Criterion. For another, he’s long moonlit as a big-time Hollywood script doctor and writer of delightful genre fare like The Howling, Piranha, and Alligator. (He also wrote an unproduced Jurassic Park movie featuring human-dinosaur hybrids who work as commandos.) But now Sayles has a third occupation: guy who pisses on Trump’s dumb border wall.
In a new op-ed for The Guardian (in a bit teased out by Entertainment Weekly), Sayles reflected on Lone Star, which is set in a Texas border town and, as you can imagine, has quite a lot to say about immigration. He thinks his film still has a lot to say nearly 30 years later.
“I don’t think we’ve made any progress on border issues since the movie was made,” Sayles writes. “Back then, it didn’t have the same tension. The border patrol would just say no me hagas correr to illegal immigrants – don’t make me run – and deport them. I don’t think a wall is the answer: it’s like a Christo installation that has cost billions of dollars.”
Oh, and Sayles had one thing to add to that topic: “I recently visited it with a friend and we urinated on it.”
Sayles is an old school lefty; his directorial debut, 1980’s The Return of the Secaucus 7, is basically the original The Big Chill, only where the aging hippies don’t regret their activist pasts. All his movies teem with progressive politics, including his creature feature scripts. As such, it’s not surprising that he’d take a whizz on Trump’s pride and joy then brag about it. Heck, it’s good advertising for his excellent, newly Criterionized ‘90s indie great.
Even if you aren’t a huge dry stout fan, there’s a good chance you’ve had a Guinness or three over the years. This popular style, called Irish dry stout, is known for its dark to pitch-black appearance, roasted barley, coffee, light hop bitterness flavors, and very dry finish (hence the name).
The Irish dry stout is a great beer to drink during March because it’s winter’s last stand and because March 17th is St. Patrick’s Day. And while we know you’ll have your fair share of Guinness, O’Hara’s, Murphy’s, and other authentic Irish dry stouts on the green clover and fake orange beard-filled holiday, today it’s the US brewers’ turn to try their hand at the style.
Irish dry stout made by American brewers? We get that it’s confusing but trust us — there are a surprising number of authentic-tasting, American-made Irish dry stouts on the market that are so good you’d think they were being hand-poured at a rural pub in the Cork countryside. This is why today we’re taking a deep dive into what the US has to offer.
Keep scrolling to see some of the best American-made Irish dry stouts ranked for overall flavor and seasonal appropriateness.
When it comes to American takes on the Irish dry stout, there are few more well-known than Breckenridge Nitro Irish Stout. It might be brewed in Colorado, but this roasted barley-filled, sweet malty stout gets its creamy, memorable flavor from the use of nitro. The best part? This traditional take on the Irish dry stout is available all year long.
Tasting Notes:
On the nose, you’ll find classic stout aromas of dark chocolate, roasted malts, and coffee. The palate is creamy, velvety, and smooth with notes of roasted malts, coffee, dark chocolate, caramel, and a dry finish with no hoppy flavor at all.
Bottom Line:
This beer is creamy and loaded with roasted malt and chocolate flavor, but doesn’t have the bitter hop presence that some other Irish dry stouts have.
We know all about the “Irish Goodbye” — leaving a social engagement without saying goodbye to anyone. Saint Arnold is all about the Irish Hello, an Irish dry stout brewed with 2-row malted barley, pale chocolate malt, debittered black malt, and torrified wheat. It’s also brewed with Saint Arnold’s proprietary yeast and Perle hops.
Tasting Notes:
The nose is a mix of aromas of dried fruits, cocoa powder, bitter chocolate, roasted malts, and lightly floral hops. Sipping it reveals notes of roasted malts, dark chocolate, coffee, raisins, licorice, and spicy, floral, lightly bitter hops. The finish is dry and chocolatey.
Bottom Line:
Saint Arnold’s take on the Irish dry stout is all about balance. Sweet, bitter, dry, this beer has it all.
Philadelphia is known as the “City of Brotherly Love” so it shouldn’t surprise you that one of its most well-known breweries makes a popular Irish dry stout called Yards Love Stout. It’s well-known for its notes of chocolate, coffee, and roasted malts.
Tasting Notes:
Before your first sip, you’ll be greeted with aromas of coffee, roasted barley, toffee, dark chocolate, and lightly floral hops. Sipping it brings forth notes of roasted barley, raisins, licorice candy, cocoa powder, coffee beans, caramel, and snappy, spicy, earthy hops. The finish is bitter, dry, and memorable.
Bottom Line:
This is an Irish dry stout for the fans of bitter, extra dry stouts. It’s flavorful and perfectly bitter.
This popular Irish dry stout from California’s North Coast Brewing gets its name from a retired California Western Railroad steam engine (hence the image of a train on the label). It’s well-known for its balanced flavor profile featuring coffee, roasted barley, and a pleasurable dry finish.
Tasting Notes:
Freshly brewed coffee, roasted barley, caramel malts, raisins, molasses, and bitter chocolate. There’s a ton of chocolate on this beer’s palate. This is followed by black licorice, yeasty bread, dried fruits, coffee, vanilla beans, and roasted barley. The finish is dry, pleasantly bitter, and leaves you wanting more.
Bottom Line:
This beer ticks all the boxes Irish dry stout drinkers love. A ton of chocolate, coffee, and a perfect bitter finish.
If you didn’t know it, a pugilist is another word for a fighter or boxer. This beer is punch-for-punch (pun intended) one of the best examples of an American Irish dry stout you’re going to find. This award-winning classic stout is well-known for its balance of sweet, roasty, chocolate, and dry flavors.
Tasting Notes:
The nose is loaded with scents of candied almonds, roasted barley, dark chocolate, coffee, and floral, earthy hops. There’s more of the same on the palate with flavors like bitter chocolate, toffee candy, almond cookies, licorice, treacle, and roasted barley. The finish is a nice mix of sweetness, dryness, and bitterness.
Bottom Line:
Societe is well-known for its IPAs, but if you’ve never given its Irish dry stout a chance, now is the time. You’ll be glad you did.
Lawson’s Finest is another brand well-known for its IPA prowess. But what its Lawson’s Finest Nitro Stout lacks in name originality, it makes up for in aroma and flavor. This beer is as authentic as it gets in the American craft world. It’s made with imported Irish malts and gets added flavor from the use of nitrogen.
Tasting Notes:
The nose features a ton of bitter chocolate, roasted malts, charred wood, coffee, and floral, earthy, herbal hops. There’s a nice mix of milk chocolate and dark chocolate as well as roasted malts. Espresso beans, licorice, light acidity, and brown sugar. The finish is bittersweet and lightly dry.
Bottom Line:
Chocolate, roasted barley, floral hops, and a dry, bitter finish. This take on the Irish dry stout has it all.
2.) Atlantic Brewing Cadillac Mountain
Atlantic Brewing
ABV: 7%
Average Price: Limited Availability
The Beer:
First brewed way back in 1990, Atlantic Brewing Cadillac Mountain is a traditional Irish dry stout brewed with old-world ingredients like pale, crystal, chocolate, black patent, and roasted malts as well as Nottingham yeast. It gets its floral hop presence from the use of Centennial and East Kent Golding hops.
Tasting Notes:
Complex aromas of freshly brewed coffee, dark chocolate, roasted malts, gentle smoke, butterscotch, and herbal, floral hops greet you before your first sip. The palate continues this trend with a ton of coffee, chocolate, and roasted barley flavor right off the bat. This is followed by caramel malts, vanilla, dried cherries, cocoa powder, and bitter, floral hops. The finish is gently dry.
Bottom Line:
To say that this beer is complex is a major understatement. This is the kind of beer that you’ll need to sample on different occasions to unlock all the aromas and flavors.
Indiana’s 3 Floyds is a big name in the American beer world. When it comes to dark, wintry beers, one of its best is 3 Floyds Black Sun. Its take on the classic Irish dry stout is known for its mix of roasted malt, coffee, and floral hop flavors. It’s also known for its amazing balance ending with a dry finish.
Tasting Notes:
A lot is going on with this beer’s nose. There are noticeable scents of freshly brewed coffee, mint leaves, roasted barley, vanilla, dark chocolate, and floral, earthy hops. This complexity continues on the palate where you’ll find a nice base of roasted barley followed by espresso beans, dark chocolate, raisins, vanilla, licorice, and a pleasant, lightly bitter, floral finish. There’s a nice dryness to the last sips that leaves you craving more.
Bottom Line:
This is an outstanding take on the Irish dry stout style. You’ll be hard-pressed to find a better example of this style crafted by US brewers.
Netflix’s Beef premiered last spring and instantly became a hit amongst people with a history of aggressive driving (or anyone who has driven through the city of New York). The first season starred Ali Wong and Steven Yeun as two strangers who become entangled in road rage drama that sends both of them spiraling. The series swept through awards season with a handful of wins, and now it looks like season two is beginning to take place.
A second season of Beef was ordered last spring, when it was revealed that the series would continue as an anthology, rather than bringing back the same characters. This means some fresh new Beefy faces will be in the mix for season two!
Deadline reports that the second season will focus on two fighting couples.May Decemberbreakout star and Riverdale alum Charles Melton is being eyed to join the project alongside Priscilla’s Cailee Spaeny. According to the report, Jake Gyllenhaal and Anne Hathaway are being eyed for another couple, who will reunite onscreen for the first time since 2010’s Love & Other Drugs, which was already a reunion of the two from Brokeback Mountain. It seems like they work well together! But their characters do not.
While nothing is official, Deadline claims that the show’s big wins this year are helping to propel the series into production this fall, so we could be seeing some beef on screen next year. Until then, you might as well get your beef elsewhere, perhaps on The Bear.
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Cardi B has blacked out all of her social media pages. 
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