Megan Thee Stallion kicked off her #MeganMonday campaign earlier this month with a freestyle over the beat from Gucci Mane’s “I Think I Love Her.” After taking a week off to release the video for her new single, “Boa,” got back to business today with her latest freestyle. This time, she tackled the EDM-inspired beat from Far East Movement’s signature hit, “Like A G6,” donning a curly blond wig and a pink baby tee, while keeping the staging simple. The video is currently available on her socials only; you can check it out at the bottom of this post.
Megan’s 2024 has been pretty action-packed so far; she’s release another snake-inspired single, “Hiss,” while delivering a pair of feature verses to very different projects. The first was for “Not My Fault,” Renée Rapp’s unofficial Regina George theme song from the Mean Girls musical movie, while the second, for GloRilla’s “Wanna Be,” found her returning to her ratchet rap roots and revisiting campus life in its exuberant music video.
Last week, the Houston Hottie kicked off her Hot Girl Summer Tour with GloRilla, and by all accounts, it’s already been a success. In Chicago this weekend, Meg brought out WNBA star Angel Reese and debuted her tequila ahead of its impending launch, giving fans on future dates plenty to look ahead to.
You can watch Megan Thee Stallion’s “Like A G6” freestyle video below.
Every week, Billboard unveils the top 10 songs on the latest Hot 100 chart. The most recent rankings, for the chart dated May 25, are out now, so let’s run down who had this week’s biggest hits.
10. Hozier — “Too Sweet”
“Too Sweet” is Hozier’s biggest hit to date, and now the former No. 1 hangs on to round out this week’s top 10.
It’s not often you see Taylor Swift without a song in the top 5 these days, but here we are, with her Post Malone collaboration “Fortnight” resting at No. 8.
7. Future, Metro Boomin, and Kendrick Lamar — “Like That”
The beef between Kendrick Lamar and Drake has pretty much died down at this point, but there are still some remnants of it on the charts, including the track that started it all.
6. Teddy Swims — “Lose Control”
Swims’ No. 6 position with “Lose Control” begins the section of this week’s chart owned by newcomers with their first major hits. “Lose Control” was previously No. 1, and it got bumped up from No. 10 last week.
5. Benson Boone — “Beautiful Things
Similar story for Boone: Breakout hit that peaked at No. 2, rising from No. 9 to No. 5 this week.
4. Shaboozey — “A Bar Song (Tipsy)”
After achieving a peak at No. 3 and descending to No. 5, “A Bar Song (Tipsy)” has settled in the middle at No. 4 on the new chart.
3. Tommy Richman — “Million Dollar Baby”
Richman has a Song Of The Summer contender with the TikTok hit “Million Dollar Baby,” which is down a spot this week from its previous high at No. 2.
2. Kendrick Lamar — “Not Like Us”
Drake is all over this week’s top 10, in the sense that he’s the subject of diss tracks. After debuting at No. 1, Lamar’s “Not Like Us” has moved down to No. 2 to make way for a new Hot 100 champ.
1. Post Malone and Morgan Wallen — “I Had Some Help”
Given that Malone and Wallen are both proven hitmakers, guessing that their new single together would debut at No. 1 wasn’t exactly a bold prediction. “I Had Some Help” is now Malone’s sixth No. 1 song and Wallen’s second.
The first Disney movie to receive an R rating was 1986’s Down and Out in Beverly Hills. It would be a fun Easter egg for Nick Nolte or Bette Midler to make a fourth-wall-breaking cameo in the studio’s next ages-17-and-up feature, Marvel’s Deadpool & Wolverine, but you’ll probably have to make do with a lot of “f*cks” instead. Even in the plot summary.
Here is the official sanitized synopsis for Deadpool & Wolverine, according to Comic Book:
Wolverine is recovering from his injuries when he crosses paths with the loudmouth, Deadpool. They team up to defeat a common enemy.
And here is the uncensored synopsis:
Marvel Studios presents their most significant mistake to date – Deadpool & Wolverine. A listless Wade Wilson toils away in civilian life. His days as the morally flexible mercenary, Deadpool, behind him. When his homeworld faces an existential threat, Wade must reluctantly suit-up again with an even more reluctantlier… reluctanter? Reluctantest? He must convince a reluctant Wolverine to – Fuck. Synopses are so fucking stupid.
Ryan Reynolds was as surprised as anyone that Disney let Deadpool & Wolverine be as not-family friendly as it is. “I hope it doesn’t sound condescending, I’m really proud of them for doing this. I think it’s a huge step for them,” he told Fandango. “I mean, it adds a whole other color to this kaleidoscopic wheel that is that company and the different people that they have been entertaining forever… I was surprised though, that they let us go as hard R, but very grateful. I mean there’s no other way to do it.”
Deadpool & Wolverine probably isn’t Martyrs-level hard R, but it’s something!
Deadpool & Wolverine opens in theaters on July 26.
Although tape recently surfaced confirming that Sean “Diddy” Combs assaulted his ex-girlfriend Cassie Ventura at a Los Angeles hotel in 2016, the music mogul will not face charges in that incident, according to the Los Angeles County District Attorney’s Office. The LAPD told local news that the incident is past the statute of limitations, meaning charges couldn’t be filed due to the amount of time that has passed.
A statement from LAPD reads:
We are aware of the video that has been circulating online allegedly depicting Sean Combs assaulting a young woman in Los Angeles. We find the images extremely disturbing and difficult to watch. If the conduct depicted occurred in 2016, unfortunately we would be unable to charge as the conduct would have occurred beyond the timeline where a crime of assault can be prosecuted.
Diddy’s alleged abuse was first made public when Cassie sued him in November of last year. The incident from the footage was mentioned in the lawsuit, as well as the claim that Diddy paid the hotel $50,000 to suppress the security footage, which depicts Diddy, clad in only a towel, chasing Cassie down the hallway, knocking her down, and kicking her on the ground.
Diddy settled the lawsuit out of court a day after it was filed, but that only set off a firestorm of additional suits; additionally, a federal investigation into sex trafficking claims against the Bad Boy Records founder led to raids on several of his properties. Diddy recorded an apology video on Sunday (May 19) but did not mention Cassie or the 2016 hotel incident, leaving it unclear to whom he was apologizing — or what for.
Perry performed “What Makes A Woman” from her 2020 album, Smile, and while eating pizza and punching around beach balls from the judges’ table, Perry was showered with a tribute medley of her hits — “Teenage Dream,” “Dark Horse,” “California Gurls” — performed by this season’s top-12 girls. Perry posted a behind-the-scenes video to X (formerly Twitter) showing her tossing a piece of pizza into the audience. “A pizza my heart will always be on the #idol stage,” she wrote.
“I think this probably will be my last show, my last season for Idol,” Perry said. “I mean, I love Idol so much. It’s connected me with the heart of America, but I feel like I need to go out and feel that pulse to my own beat, you what I’m saying, Jimmy?”
The diamond-certified pop star additionally revealed she had “some things planned for this year” and that she’d “been in the studio for a while.” She added, “I want to go and see the world and maybe bring new music.”
While American Idol is confirmed to return for a 23rd season, the show has not announced who will replace Perry as a judge alongside Bryan and Richie.
The 2023-24 season was a pretty strong one when it came to rookies breaking into the league and finding success. That, of course, was headlined by top pick Victor Wembanyama living up to the hype as the Rookie of the Year (and being a Defensive Player of the Year finalist). This rookie class was also bolstered by 2022’s No. 2 pick, Chet Holmgren, who finally got on the floor for Oklahoma City and played extremely well after sitting out last year with a foot injury.
However, it wasn’t just top picks that impacted their teams, as a number of players from outside the lottery and second round enjoyed strong seasons. That’s reflected in this year’s All-Rookie selections, as the three ROY finalists headlined the squads alongside some lesser heralded prospects who had terrific first years in the league.
All-Rookie First Team
Victor Wembanyama (Spurs)
Chet Holmgren (Thunder)
Brandon Miller (Hornets)
Jaime Jaquez Jr. (Heat)
Brandin Podziemski (Warriors)
All-Rookie Second Team
Dereck Lively II (Mavs)
Amen Thompson (Rockets)
Keyonte George (Jazz)
Cason Wallace (Thunder)
GG Jackson (Grizzlies)
The closest race was for the final spot on the second team, with GG Jackson beating out Trayce Jackson-Davis by one point. Ausar Thompson, Scoot Henderson, and Bilal Coulibaly all also received double digit points in voting.
With those seven words, Dakota Johnson made talk show history (by becoming one of the first celebrities to publicly call out Ellen DeGeneres on her bullsh*t). But the Suspiria star’s 2019 appearance on The Ellen DeGeneres Show was important for another reason: it’s how Johnson met comedian Tig Notaro, who later asked the actress to star in her directorial debut, Am I OK?.
Am I OK? stars Johnson and Sonoya Mizuno (Devs, House of the Dragon) as Lucy and Jane, two best friends who think they know everything there is to know about each other until Lucy drops a secret: she’s a lesbian. “As Jane tries to help Lucy, their friendship is thrown into chaos,” the synopsis reads.
You can watch the charming trailer above.
“I took my whole coming out late story, and I used that, and I really based it on a real-life friendship with my best friend Jessica [Elbaum], who is also a producer on this movie,” Am I OK? writer Lauren Pomerantz told Entertainment Weekly. “I started writing it as a friendship movie based on our friendship. We had sort of a big fight, and then we’re friends again, but then simultaneously, I was struggling to come out. And so I realized that was the story that I really wanted to tell.”
Am I OK?, which was also directed by Stephanie Allynne, premieres on Max on June 6.
The fact that beavers build dams is one of nature’s coolest features. Gathering and stacking tree branches, rocks, grass and mud across a river so they can build their homes underwater is a unique instinct among the animals—and a strong one.
Apparently, it’s so strong that beavers will build dams anywhere, including inside a human’s house using whatever items they can find.
A video shared by Dr. Holley Muraco, director of research at the Mississippi Aquarium, shows a female beaver named Sawyer busily gathering stuffed animals, blankets, Christmas decorations, wrapping paper and more to build a dam in a hallway, and it’s seriously the most delightful thing ever.
Sawyer pauses once in a while to assess her work, which is adorable. And her ongoing struggle with SpongeBob SquarePants’ legs is a must-see.
If you’re concerned about seeing natural animal behavior like this in an unnatural habitat, don’t worry. Muraco explains that Sawyer spends most of her time outdoors with other beavers, but also likes to come in the house occasionally. More on Sawyer’s life story below, but first, behold her adorableness at work:
Sawyer is one of three orphaned beavers Muraco is rehabbing at her home with the help of Woodside Wildlife Rescue.
“Sawyer is one of a kind,” Muraco tells Upworthy. “Very opinionated and, as crazy as it sounds, intelligent. I raised Sawyer on a bottle in our home and then introduced her to Huck and Finn who are a bit older. All three were orphaned separately when their parents were killed. The three were sent to Woodside Wildlife to be raised as siblings.”
Sawyer, Huck and Finn. Perfection.
Muraco says Sawyer started building dams in her kennel as a tiny baby and then moved on to building bigger dams in the hallway. She lives outside with Huck and Finn, but she walks to Muraco’s back door when she wants to go inside to check on things and build a new dam.
Muraco says beavers are very social creatures and do better living in a group, but are also one of the most difficult animals to rehab. They have to spend up to two years with rehabbers, which is how long they would spend with their parents in the wild, and caring for them is challenging due to their complex and sensitive digestive needs. They are also prone to illness and there’s a lot that’s still unknown about vet care for them. Muraco says beavers are also considered a nuisance animal, especially in Mississippi, so it can be hard to find a safe place to release them.
In Muraco’s care, Sawyer, Huck and Finn get ample opportunities to practice instinctive behaviors, which is a vital element of rehabilitation. The ultimate goal is for them to return to the wild once they meet key milestones.
Raising beavers is a lot of work, but Muraco is dedicated to preparing these young ‘uns for life after rehab, both for their own good and for the environment. “Beavers are a keystone species and are often critical for healthy wetlands,” she explains. They are misunderstood creatures and are sometimes killed by people who simply see them as pests, which is one reason Muraco publicly shares her adventures with Sawyer, Huck and Finn.
“We are so excited that people are enjoying watching the beavers and falling in love with this unusual, quirky rodent,” she says.
If anyone wants to support these beaver rescue efforts, Muraco invites people to donate to Woodside Wildlife Rescue.
There was a massive jump in credit card fraud in America in 2021 due to the pandemic. According to CNET, fraud involving credit cards jumped 69% from 2020 to 2021, affecting 13 million Americans and costing $9 billion.
In a world where online transactions are part of everyday life, it’s hard to completely protect your information. But, by staying vigilant and monitoring your accounts you can report fraud before it gets out of hand.
A TikTok user by the name of Lauren (@absolutelylauren) from San Diego, California, got a notification that there was a $135 charge on her card at Olaplex’s online store that she hadn’t made. Olaplex sells products that repair excessively damaged hair. Before reporting the charge to her credit card company she asked her family members if they used her card by mistake.
“I don’t wanna shut my card down if it’s just my mom ordering some shampoo,” Lauren said in the video. “Definitely not my two younger brothers, they’ve got good hair but they don’t color it.”
After realizing the charge was fraudulent, most people would have called their credit card company and had their card canceled. But Lauren was curious and wanted to know who stole her information and used it to buy hair care products. So she concocted a plan to get their information. She called Olaplex’s customer service line asking for the name and address of the purchaser to see if it was made by a family member.
“Hey, can you help me with something?” Lauren asked Tanya, the Olaplex customer service agent. “If I can give you the time and date, purchase amount and card number and whatever could you let me know who placed an order?”
Tanya had no problem helping Lauren with her request.
olaplex customer service is top tier 😤 #creditcardscam
“At this point, I’m willingly giving Tanya enough info to steal my card as well — she could have very well taken advantage of me in that moment but she didn’t,” Lauren said. “She comes back — tell me why she gave me the little scammer their full government name and address.”
Tanya revealed that a guy named Jason in a modest suburb in Texas used her card to buy a gift for his wife. “They also did it on Black Friday so at least they got a deal I guess, it was the gift set,” Lauren continued.
Lauren then called her credit card company and shared the information she had on the fraudster. The card company is currently investigating the situation.
One commenter thought that Olaplex wasn’t supposed to share that information with Lauren. “For some reason, I don’t think olaplex was supposed to give that info,” Arae270 said.
“I definitely gave them the option, but I explained that it was an unauthorized purchase, and if the name did not match anyone that I knew that I would just tell them to cancel the order and refund me, I told the girl that they would probably save everyone, a headache!” Lauren replied.
People should use utmost caution before deciding to track down a credit card thief. But kudos to Lauren for being clever enough to track down the person who stole her card information to help the authorities with their investigation. She didn’t put herself in harm’s way and if someone follows up on the tip, maybe they can prevent the same thing from happening to someone else.
The fifth and final season of Yellowstone began production this week, while former leading man Kevin Costner is over at Cannes being a different cowboy. But the drama is far from over amongst the former Yellowstone star, who is finally opening up about what went down at the ranch.
Costner had remained mostly quiet about his sudden exit and the drama that followed, seemingly to lessen any confusion for the cast and crew. He told GQ, “I’ve been quiet about the whole thing and I’ve taken a beating out there. My castmates are confused. The crew was confused.” Costner then said that he was, initially, fine with the various delays in production because he had loved working on the series.
“We very rarely started when we said we would, and we didn’t finish when we said we would. And I was okay with that. I really was. I was okay with it, but it wasn’t a trend that could continue for me,” he continued. After the Yellowstone crew announced plans to split the final season into two parts, Costner grew impatient. The first half of season five finished airing in January 2023, and the show was quickly put on hiatus. This caused scheduling issues for Costner’s post-Yellowstone passion project, Horizon, which he starred in and directed. “I said, ‘I have a contract to do Horizon, and I have people and money.’ I think there was a belief that I couldn’t get it mounted, but I didn’t really care what anybody believed.” This is where the messiness got… messier.
After going back and forth, Costner allegedly offered various compromises, but nothing was met, and more drama unfolded. “I said, ‘Well, if you want to kill me, if you want to do something like that,’ I said, ‘I have a week before I start. I’ll do what you want to do.’” As time went on, Costner became less cooperative and more pissed off about the situation. Costner’s “one week” comment quickly turned into a series of headlines claiming he refused to work for more than a week. “Somebody picked up the idea that I only wanted to work one week. And that has been a carryover thing that I have seen in magazines: that I’ve only wanted to work one week,” he told GQ.
This is what hurt Costner the most. “My big disappointment is I never heard Paramount or 101 really come to my defense and say, ‘That’s not true. He was going to do three more seasons.’” Costner said, to him, the truth was clear: “I started off only giving three seasons, ended up doing five and got embroiled in a thing that I don’t feel one person over there ever told the story correctly, ever, about what I had done and what I’ve been willing to do,” he explained. “That’s really f*cking bothered me, that none of them would actually try to set the record straight.”
When asked if he would ever return, Costner says that’s up to Sheridan. “I love that character. I love that world. I am a person that is very script oriented. And if the scripts aren’t there now, I need to know what I am. I want to make sure that the character lines up with what’s important to me too. And that’s pretty simple. That’s just between, again, Taylor and myself. Can we ever get there? I don’t know.”
On the other side of things, creator Taylor Sheridan has addressed Costner’s film. He told Hollywood Reporter last summer, “I sure hope [the movie is] worth it — and that it’s a good one. He took a lot of this on the chin and I don’t know that anyone deserves it.”
Meanwhile, this week in Cannes, Costner received a 7-minute standing ovation after the premiere of Horizon, and he promised/threatened moviegoers with three more installments. So… it might be a good one? Sorry, Taylor.
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