Month: March 2024

After a battle with Taylor Sheridan that’s raged on for over a year now, Kevin Costner has reportedly signaled that he’s ready to come back to Yellowstone after all. The hit cowboy series has yet to film the back half of its fifth and now final season, and for months, it’s been reported that Costner will not be involved with the show’s ending despite his character John Dutton being a pivotal part of Yellowstone. Apparently, he’s changed his mind?

However, while Costner may have had a change of heart, Sheridan may not be so open to the idea after a long and truncated process that has reportedly involved lawyers and testy phone calls.

From the Puck newsletter via ScreenRant:

Puck reports that Costner now wants to come back for Yellowstone season 5 part 2, hoping to return as John for at least a cameo in the final season. However, filming is set to start in a few weeks while scripts for the last batch of episodes have already been finalized. The report indicates it’s unclear if Sheridan would be willing to alter his scripts to give the actor one last appearance om the show.

If true, what are the chances of Sheridan accommodating Costner’s request for a cameo? We honestly can’t say. The prolific TV writer has been the subject of several reports lately, too. Matthew McConaughey was set to lead a new Yellowstone sequel series, but he’s reportedly clashing with Sheridan’s alleged “God complex.”

Meanwhile, there’s reportedly been tension between Sheridan and Cole Hauser, who plays breakout character Rip Wheeler on the flagship Yellowstone series. The two were briefly locked in a lawsuit over a coffee brand, which unearthed reports that they once got into a physical brawl on set.

(Via Puck, ScreenRant)

Over the weekend, World of Reel claimed that season three of Euphoria had been “totally scrapped” due to the cast being so busy with other projects. “They had plans to shoot it this summer, but that fell through and on Friday they told the cast that they could free up their schedules for other projects,” the report read. HBO has since released a statement about what’s actually going on with the Sam Levinson-created series.

“HBO and Sam Levinson remain committed to making an exceptional third season,” the network said in a statement to Deadline. “In the interim, we are allowing our in-demand cast to pursue other opportunities.”

According to sources, there had been no firm production start date for season three but filming was expected to begin within the next couple of months… The network said last fall that the plan is for season three of Euphoria to premiere in 2025. That remains the goal.

If Euphoria season three does come together, it will be a minor miracle of scheduling. The cast is very busy: Zendaya, Jacob Elordi, and Hunter Schafer are genuine movie stars; Colman Domingo was nominated for an Oscar; Storm Reid won an Emmy; and Sydney Sweeney is making everyone lose their minds. A 2025 release date sounds ambitious.

(Via Deadline)

Future and Metro Boomin dropped We Don’t Trust You on Friday, March 22, and rap fans were immediately drenched in beef — or perceived beef — primarily because of “Like That” featuring Kendrick Lamar, who referenced “First Person Shooter” by Drake and J. Cole and downplayed any notion that he’s part of hip-hop’s “Big Three” alongside Drake and Cole.

Did Drake Respond To Kendrick Lamar’s ‘Like That’ Diss?

Drake had two opportunities on stage to address Lamar’s diss. His and Cole’s It’s All A Blur Tour — Big As The What? staged back-to-back concerts on Saturday, March 23, and Sunday, March 24, at Amerant Bank Arena in Sunrise, Florida. Lil Wayne served as the co-headliner for those dates, and the first show only focused on positivity as Drake showered Wayne with praise.

On Sunday, however, Drake had to get something off his chest. Whether it was a direct response to Kendrick (or Future?) is up for interpretation, but this is what Drake said, as circulated on X (formerly Twitter) by Complex:

“A lot of people ask me how I’m feelin’. I’ma let you know how I’m feelin’. Listen, the way I’m feelin’ is the same way I want you to walk out of here feelin’ tonight about your fuckin’ self. ‘Cause you know how I’m feelin’? I’ve got my f*cking head up high. My back straight. I’m ten f*cking toes down in Florida — or anywhere else I go — and I know that, no matter what, there’s not a n***a on this Earth that could ever f*ck with me. And that’s how I want you to talk out of here tonight.”

Kenny Mason, one of Atlanta’s hottest rising stars, is getting even more attention from the release of his new album 9. It’s certainly a great time to get familiar with his past works like Angelic Hoodrat, as he’s currently on tour promoting the new release and his setlist contains both songs from his new album and catalog cuts from prior releases. You can find out his setlist below, courtesy of setlist.fm.

Kenny Mason’s Route 9 Tour Setlist

01. “Nosedive”
02. “Jumpin In”
03. “Easy Dub”
04. “Feel It”
05. “DnD” (by Paris Texas)
06. “Pulp Fiction”
07. “Rich”
08. “I Got”
09. “Halloween”
10. “Dip!” (with DavidTheTragic)
11. “4 My”
12. “Chevron”
13. “A+”
14. “Hit”
15. “Us”
16. “Slip”
17. “Dracula”
18. “333”
19. “Ascend”
20. “Luminous”
21. “Facts”
22. “Money Signs”
23. “Shell”
24. “Stick” (by Dreamville, JID, & J. Cole)
25. “Stick” (Encore)
26. “Chosen”
27. “Back Home”

Route 9 Tour Dates:

03/26 – Philadelphia, PA @ Foundry
03/28 – Boon, MA @ Brighton Music Hall
03/29 – Washington, DC @ Union Stage
03/30 – New York, NY @ Racket
04/04 – Orlando, FL @ The Social
04/05 – Atlanta, GA @ Center Stage
04/11 – Dallas, TX @ Trees
04/12 – Houston, TX @ Bronze Peacock
04/13 – Austin, TX @ Come And Take It Live
04/16 – Denver, CO @ The Other Side
04/17 – Salt Lake City, UT @ The Complex
04/19 – Vancouver, BC @ Fortune Sound Club
04/20 – Bellingham, WA @ Wild Buffalo
04/22 – Seattle, WA @ Neumos
04/24 – Eugene, OR @ Wow Hall
04/26 – Sacramento, CA @ Ent Legends
04/27 – San Francisco, CA @ The Independent
05/01 – Phoenix, AZ @ Valley Bar
05/02 – Santa Ana, CA @ Constellation Room
05/03 – Los Angeles, CA @ Echoplex

Like Sharon Stone, Rebel Wilson isn’t afraid to name names.

Earlier this month, the Pitch Perfect and Senior Year actress wrote on Instagram, “Do you wanna know why I have a ‘no a**holes’ policy now with people I work with? Well it’s all in the book: REBEL RISING available for pre-order now… oh and YES I name the a**hole!” Wilson also alleged, “Now the a**hole is trying to threaten me. He’s hired a crisis PR manager and lawyers. He’s trying to stop press coming out about my new book. But the book WILL come out and you will all know the truth.”

The memoir isn’t out yet, but Wilson named the “a**hole” in an Instagram Story on Monday: “I will not be bullied or silenced with high priced lawyer or PR crisis managers. The ‘a**hole’ that I am talking about in ONE CHAPTER of my book is Sasha Baron Cohen.”

Wilson and Baron Cohen starred together in 2016’s forgotten action-comedy Grimsby, which he also wrote.

Speaking on a radio show in 2014, Wilson suggested that he had pressured her to “go naked” in the comedy, with her threatening to call the agent they share and tell her that he was “harassing” her. “Every day he’s like, ‘Just go naked, it will be funny. Remember in Borat when I did that naked scene? It was hilarious,’” Wilson said. “On the last day, I thought I’d obviously won the argument and he got a body double to do the naked scene.”

Wilson claims Baron Cohen also suggested that she should “stick your finger up my butt, it’ll be a really funny bit.”

Rebel Rising comes out on April 2.

While opening about the Jeopardy! hosting scandal that saw Mike Richards get booted from the coveted gig after just one day, the former TV producer also revealed some secrets about how some of America’s classic game show prepare for catastrophe.

According to Richards, The Price is Right is well aware that contestants get overly excited about during the course of the show. Whether their name has been picked from the audience or they just want a huge prize, contestants lose their minds, and apparently, the production team is ready in case they lose control of… other things.

“When I got there, they had a system in place in case someone peed their pants,” Richards told PEOPLE:

Richards, who worked behind the scenes at places like Dick Clark productions and Jeopardy!, was at Price is Right as it transitioned from the Bob Barker-hosting era to the Drew Carey-hosting era.

“I never saw it happen, but there were curtains and a blow dryer and [a] pair of sweats just in case, since we’d have to get on with the show,” he recalls.

While Richards never got to activate The Price is Right‘s Pee Protocol, he did have to deal with one heck of a day early in his career. Richards helped launch the newly revamped Let’s Make a Deal with Wayne Brady as the host, which filmed in a sweltering hot studio in Las Vegas that didn’t exactly entice people to be a part of the audience.

“I’ll also never forget one time the audience coordinator ran up to me and said we only had 15 people in the audience for a 280-person theater. I was like, ‘Oh great,’” Richards recalled. “And then, someone else came up to me and said ‘Somebody just drove a forklift through the back of the Porsche we were going to give away as the big deal of the day.’ The executive producer looks at me and goes, ‘I got the Porsche. You get the audience.’”

(Via PEOPLE)

Forrie J. Smith, the actor who plays Lloyd Pierce on Yellowstone, claims he was kicked off a flight for refusing to sit next to another passenger wearing a mask. “You know my social media people tell me that you like me face to face. But you know what, I can’t say face to face what I want,” the 65-year-old said on Instagram over the weekend, according to US Weekly. “Like, I just got kicked off a plane in, uh where the hell am I at? Houston, Texas. Because I told them that I didn’t feel comfortable sitting next to somebody with a mask on.”

Smith admitted that he had been drinking, but “I ain’t drunk. But they threw me off the plane because I’m drunk. Because you people won’t stand up and tell everybody what bullsh*t this is. I just told them I didn’t feel comfortable about sitting next to somebody who had to wear a mask and I’m off a plane.”

The video cut out as Smith spoke mid-sentence. He captioned the post on Saturday, “You need to hear this story. #cowboy #country #western #yellowstone #yellowstonetv.”

Smith previously refused to attend the 2022 Screen Actors Guild Awards due to COVID vaccination requirements. “I’m not vaccinated, I will not get vaccinated,” he explained. “I haven’t been vaccinated since I was a little kid. I don’t vaccinate my dogs, I don’t vaccinate my horses. I’ve never had a flu shot. I never will. I believe they compromise your immunities… It’s no offense to anyone. It’s just my beliefs. I just don’t believe in that stuff. Whatever.”

The Yellowstone set sounds like a fun time.

(Via US Weekly)

For the first time during the men’s NCAA Tournament this year, we have a buzzer-beater to force overtime. It came by way of the absolutely bonkers game in the South Region between the 1-seed, the Houston Cougars, and the 8-seed, the Texas A&M Aggies. It looked like the Cougs were on easy street, even though they were dealing with some pretty serious foul trouble.

And then, over the final 1:17 of the second half, the Aggies made March Madness magic happen. The team went on a 13-3 run that slowly cut into the Houston lead, giving them less and less breathing room as the game reached its conclusion. With seven seconds left and the Cougars up 86-83, A&M had the ball and kept firing, as star guard Wade Taylor IV missed back-to-back heaves from deep. And following a jump ball, the possession arrow kept it on that end of the floor, which led to a Houston timeout to try and set up their defense.

That meant the Aggies got to draw up a play, though, which led to Andersson Garcia doing this.

It is an absolutely ridiculous pass by Tyrece Radford, and Garcia did an incredible job to make sure he could bring the ball up from his ankles and get off a good look. But most importantly, it meant that we got overtime in a game that very much deserved it.

Muah, the wait for more JT is almost over. Since what appears to be the City Girls‘ indefinite hiatus, fans have eagerly waited as both ladies spread their solo wings. For JT, so far, it has included two solo songs, “No Bars” and “Sideways.”

But thanks to her first solo headlining tour, JT’s next move has been revealed. During the tour’s opening night, the rapper took to the stage to perform her next track. While the crowd rocked out to JT’s set, her wardrobe is what grabbed attendees’ attention. JT and crew’s custom graphic tees served as the formal announcement of her forthcoming debut solo mixtape.

Instead of changing her stage name, as previously contemplated, JT will simply adopt a new persona, as the title, City Cinderella, suggests. The upcoming body of work doesn’t have an official released. So, for now, the “City Cinderella coming soon” message on the tees is all the public knows.

Well, that’s all supporters needed to get hyped. “[JT’s] mixtape gonna change the game, mark my words,” wrote one user online. JT chimed it to echo the post. “I swear to God,” she wrote.

Others went on to ask where they could snag a tee to aid in the marketing of the project, to which JT replied, “My show.”

JT’s growing fanbase, the Juvies, is ready to ride out for their fav.

Believe it or not, youngins, at one point in rap, Mase was leading the way. The rapper-turned-pastor-turned-podcaster was the poster child for Bad Boy Records. However, seemingly out of nowhere, on April 20, 1999, he formally announced his retirement from the game Funkmaster Flex’s radio show, citing religious reasons.

Shortly after, he made his widely embraced comeback in 2004 with the track “Welcome Back.” However, his passion for the game had dwindled. In the years following a nasty feud with his former label head, Diddy was all the public could talk about. On Friday, March 22, during a recent episode of his co-hosted podcast, It Is What It Is, he claimed his retirement from rap was ultimately to “escape” Diddy.

“Everything, now, that we see playing out was all the things that I escaped,” he said, seemly referring to the mountain of allegations Diddy is facing. “The car. The Shyne. The Loon. Puff Daddy. Craig Mack. Biggie Smalls. So, even though I made those decisions and it cost me money, that’s why [when] I got with [Cam’Ron], [God] gave me the money back. I didn’t [really] lose no money. Destiny.”

What started as a conversation about the start of Kobe (R.I.P.) and Vanessa Bryant’s relationship, life, and destiny led Mase to think about his past.

Watch the full episode above (however, the remarks start around the 1-minute and 4-second mark).