For the larger part of Eminem’s career, the “Temporary” rapper has been viewed as a pot stirrer. The same can be said of Cardi B. However, Eminem chalks it up to something much more simple–not giving a sh*t about other people’s unwarranted opinions.
During an appearance on Sirius XM’s Shade 45 channel, Cardi B was a topic of conversation. When asked for his thoughts on the “Like What (Freestyle)” rapper, Eminem discussed his “mutual love” for Cardi B after host DJ Whoo Kid stated how she would “rave” about her admiration for him in her earlier career.
“I love Cardi too,” he said.
Paul Rosenberg, Eminem’s manager, jumped in to say: “Does not give a f*ck.”
Eminem echoed that adding: “Not one.”
The pair went on to subtly reference why Eminem and Cardi B’s mutual respect for one another could stem from their shared controversial personality trait — being unapologetically blunt.
“She says exactly what’s on her mind and is not afraid of nobody,” said Rosenberg, doubling down on his statement.
“I used to be like that,” Em comically replied.
Eminem being afraid to voice his opinion is hard to believe considering his long list of shocking remarks. But, he isn’t as brazen as he was in the early 2000s.
Each week our staff of film and television experts surveys the entertainment landscape to select the ten best new/newish shows available for you to stream at home. We put a lot of thought into our selections, and our debates on what to include and what not to include can sometimes get a little heated and feelings may get hurt, but so be it, this is an important service for you, our readers. With that said, here are our selections for this week.
SNL. The Comeback. The Office. Parks and Recreation. Brooklyn Nine-Nine. The Good Place. Rutherford Falls. What do all these shows have in common? Michael Schur. Regis Philbin’s son-in-law (it’s true) has either written for and/or created all of them. He’s one of the most important names in comedy this century, and he has a new show on Netflix. A Man on the Inside follows retired widower Charles, played by Cheers and The Good Place legend Ted Danson, who goes undercover in a retirement community to solve a mystery.
If you enjoy the Harley Quinn show and/or James Gunn’s The Suicide Squad, you’ll love Creature Commandos. The animated series tracks a secret team of incarcerated monsters — including Frankenstein, The Bride of Frankenstein, and G.I. Robot — who are recruited for missions deemed too dangerous for humans. “When all else fails… they’re your last, worst option,” the Max description reads. Every episode was written by Gunn, while the cast includes Indira Varma, Sean Gunn, Alan Tudyk, Zoë Chao, David Harbour, Maria Bakalova, Frank Grillo, and Viola Davis. It’s a fun introduction to the new DCU.
13. A Nonsense Christmas With Sabrina Carpenter (Netflix)
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It will be a very kitschy Christmas with A Nonsense Christmas With Sabrina Carpenter, a new Netflix special starring the “Please Please Please” singer. There will be holiday covers, special guests (including a duet with Chappell Roan), and, if her live show is any indication, double entendres galore. Pair it with an espresso martini.
In Black Doves, the always wonderful Keira Knightley plays Helen, an undercover professional spy who has been passing on her politician husband’s secrets to the shadowy organisation she works for: the titular Black Doves. But when her secret lover Jason is assassinated, an old friend (Paddington’s Ben Whishaw!) is tasked with keeping her safe. Together, they set off on a mission to investigate who killed Jason, which, as often happens with these kinds of shows, leads them into a vast conspiracy. Pepe Silvia will be watching.
Carry-On makes a single-setting thriller star out of the unsung heroes of the holiday season: TSA agents. Ethan (played by Taron Egerton) is tasked with outsmarting a mysterious traveler (Jason Bateman) who blackmails him into letting a dangerous package slip onto a Christmas Eve flight. Carry-On is directed by Jaume Collet-Serra (Orphan, The Shallows, and Black Adam, but don’t hold that last one against him) with a script from Ratchet & Clank (!) writer TJ Fixman.
Created by Tim Miller (Love, Death, & Robots), Secret Level is an animated anthology series with original stories set within the worlds of video games. There’s Armored Core, Mega Man, Pac-Man, Spelunky, and The Other Worlds, among others. The voice cast includes Arnold Schwarzenegger, Kevin Hart, Keanu Reeves, Gabriel Luna, Temuera Morrison, Ariana Greenblatt, Patrick Schwarzenegger, and Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje.
Discover what all the fuss over the vaping cardinal is about. Directed by Edward Berger (All Quiet on the Western Front), Conclave is about the messy drama behind selecting a new pope. Per the official synopsis: “Cardinal Lawrence (Ralph Fiennes) is tasked with running this covert process after the unexpected death of the beloved Pope. Once the Catholic Church’s most powerful leaders have gathered from around the world and are locked together in the Vatican halls, Lawrence uncovers a trail of deep secrets left in the dead Pope’s wake, secrets which could shake the foundations of the Church.” Such drama queens.
There’s two ways of thinking about Red One. The first: it’s an action-comedy about a jacked security bro (Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson) who teams up with a muscular hacker (Chris Evans) to locate a ripped Santa Claus (J.K. Simmons). The other: The Rock peed in bottles on set. The choice is yours!
The Dark Passenger-verse expands with Dexter: Original Sin, a prequel to the original series and Dexter: New Blood. This one is set in 1991 and follows Dexter Morgan (played by Patrick Gibson) as he transitions from student to serial killer with guidance from his father Harry (Christian Slater). Michael C. Hall will reprise his role, sort of, as the voice of young Dexter’s inner monologue. Will there be a treadmill? Find out!
My favorite review of Joker: Folie à Deux — the sequel to 2019’s Joker starring Joaquin Phoenix and Lady Gaga that landed with a thud at the box office — comes from director / camp icon John Waters. “Finally, a love story I can relate to,” he wrote for Vulture. “So insane, so well thought out, so well directed, so much smoking! It’s Jailhouse Rock meets Busby Berkeley with a 9/11 That’s Entertainment! ending that will make you shake your head in cinematic astonishment. Stupid critics. Gaga so good. Joker so right. Die, dumbbells, die!” I am now convinced it’s a masterpiece.
Hunter Schafer doesn’t feel like she’s “deserving” of being called a scream queen yet. But based on her performance in Cuckoo, we respectfully disagree. The Neon horror movie follows Gretchen (Schafer), an American who moves to the German Alps to live with her father. But “something doesn’t seem right in this tranquil vacation paradise,” according to the official logline,” and “Gretchen is plagued by strange noises and bloody visions until she discovers a shocking secret that also concerns her own family.”
Stephanie Hsu, who really should have won the Oscar over her Everything Everywhere All at Once co-star, is joined by Zosia Mamet in the new series Laid. The “f*cked up rom-com” is about a woman who finds out that her former lovers are dying in unusual ways, and must go back through her “sex timeline” to figure out what the heck is going on.
The Six Triple Eight is the latest Netflix movie from Tyler Perry. It tells the true story of The 6888th Central Postal Directory, the only Women’s Army Corps unit of color stationed in Europe during World War II. “I felt like these women were with us in this process,” star Kerry Washington said about making the film. “You felt their spirit all the time.” The cast also includes Ebony Obsidian, Milauna Jackson, Pepi Sonuga, Sarah Jeffery, Shanice Williams, Jay Reeves, Dean Norris, Sam Waterston, Kylie Jefferson, Jeanté Godlock, Moriah Brown, and someone named Oprah. She must be new.
Juror #2 received such a tiny theatrical release, we wrote an entire post about how to see it. It’s Clint Eastwood’s possibly final film for chrissakes! Thankfully, the film is now on Max, so more people can watch the throwback legal thriller starring Nicholas Hoult as a jury member going through a moral dilemma. It’s the most 1994 movie of 2024 (complimentary).
Netflix’s most-watched show is back. Squid Game season 2 sees the return of Gi-hun (played by Lee Jung-jae), a.k.a. Player 456, who has only one goal: to end the horrifying competition for good. This time, Gi-hun finds himself “locked in a tense battle” with the Front Man (Lee Byung-hun), as well as trying to survive against the other competitors. Squid Game is the rare water-cooler show in the “death of the monoculture” era. Keep up if you want to know what your co-workers are talking about.
On the day after Christmas yesterday (December 26), Drake teamed up with streamer Adin Ross for a livestreamed event dubbed the “Drizzmas Giveaway.” During the broadcast, though, Drake narrowly avoided a Kendrick Lamar-related slip-up.
While reading a letter from a fan out loud (as seen in this video), he got to a part that said, “…and it’s always ‘f*ck Kendrick.’” Drake cut himself off halfway through Lamar’s first name, though, saying, “Oh, I am not reading that,” before chuckling as he continued reading the letter.
Meanwhile, while initially announcing the event, Drake said (as Complex notes), “People often ask me what was the best day of my life, and there’s so many memories with family, album releases, shows, fans showing deep appreciation for the craft, but my answer is the same every time: the two days I shot ‘God’s Plan’ were the best days of my life. The joy that I experienced on those days, making other people happy, changing their week or their month or their year was an irreplaceable feeling. And that’s why, this December 26, Stake, along with me and Adin Ross, are doing the biggest streaming giveaway of all time.”
Indeed, it was a major giveaway, as prizes included a year’s worth of rent, a trip to Australia to see a Drake show, and $250,000.
The Dallas Mavericks nearly came back from a 28-point deficit on Christmas Day against the Minnesota Timberwolves before falling a little short, something that was especially impressive considering the absence of Luka Doncic. During the second quarter, Doncic made his way to the back in some serious pain with what looked like a calf injury, which held him out for the remainder of the game.
Unfortunately for the Mavs, the injury is going to cost Doncic far more than just the second half of one game. According to Shams Charania and Tim MacMahon of ESPN, Doncic will be sidelined for at least the next month, at which point the injury is going to get reevaluated — this, of course, means that he could end up missing much more than just a month.
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Doncic has a history of injuries to that calf. Most recently, he missed all of this season’s training camp and preseason because of a left calf contusion. This is the third time Doncic has strained the calf in recent years. He missed the first three games of the 2022 playoffs after straining it during the regular-season finale and was sidelined for most of the 2023 preseason after straining it during a practice in Madrid.
The most unfortunate part of this for Doncic is that he will almost certainly not be eligible for any end-of-season honors due to the league’s recently adopted rules about players who miss a certain number of games. Doncic has already missed eight games this season, and if he misses more than 17 games in total this season, he can’t be named the league’s MVP or receive a spot on an All-NBA team. While the rule was instituted to encourage players to not take nights off, a situation like the one Doncic finds himself in is presumably an unintended consequence.
Doncic is averaging 28.1 points, 8.3 rebounds, and 7.8 assists in 35.7 minutes per game this season.
Hip-hop heads claim “regional-sounding” rap is officially back. In the mainstream, many would agree Kendrick Lamar’s album GNX is at the forefront of this revival. While that point is debated among fans, Lamar’s West Coast friends are following his lead.
On Christmas Day (December 25), Tyler The Creator put his hometown pride on full display with a surprise freestyle drop, “That Guy.” On the track, which flips Kendrick Lamar’s “Hey Now,” Tyler puts on for his stomping grounds — Hawthorne, California.
“I was up at Westchester / Dodging all the high beams / Gardena swap meet / Shopping bogus ice cream / I’m a Hawthorne baby / Sh*t is not warm baby,” he raps, shouting out other Southwestern Los Angeles area hot spots.
In the video, similar to Kendrick’s “Squabble Up,” Tyler takes fans around his neck of the woods. From popular meet ups to signature roads or highways, Tyler is as he yells, “A Hawthorne baby.”
Throughout Tyler’s recent chart-topping project Chromakopia, he paid homage to cultural staples in the African American community. This love was quickly reciprocated when Jackson State’s Sonic Boom of the South band performed an arrangement of his song, “Sticky.”
Watch Tyler’s video for “That Guy” above.
Chromakopia is out now via Columbia Records. Find more information here.
Grimes claims she called things off with Elon Musk, not the other way around. Earlier this week, the “Flesh Without Blood” singer replied to a terrifying AI image of herself and rapper / frequent poster Azealia Banks as Glinda and Elphaba from Wicked. “Hate to say it but wouldve been kinda lit,” she wrote.
Banks very much disagrees.
“@Grimezsz girl the way u are still trying to hold out on some weird ass innocent bullsh*t years later after u got dumped, cheated on, ur kids kidnapped and still trying to paint me like the villian and act like ur above me when ur getting sonned by elons secretary, -when ur the one that *literally* did not make the f*cking music and Elon is the one who harvested ur eggs and took a picture of your c section is PEAK white female delusion,” she tweeted.
It goes on from there, but you get the idea. Anyway! Grimes defended her support of the tweet, calling it “just a funny joke bro. not trying to paint u as a villain.” She then acknowledged her relationship with her “unrecognizable” ex-partner Elon Musk, the richest person in the world:
“i didn’t ‘get dumped’. I bounced. My amazing baby is asleep in my bed beside me, I’m in love. no regrets. Life is as beautiful as u want it to be. Ur insanely talented. even after all this, I want u to win. god bless Mlad.”
Grimes also referred to Banks as the “da Vinci of insults” and “the best hater on the planet.” The same planet that Elon Musk has been accused of destroying, in fact!
Apologies to Mariah Carey, but Christmas is officially over for 2025. While the holiday will soon be a faded memory, it might be a time that’ll stick around in Dua Lipa’s brain for a good long while.
In an Instagram post reflecting on an enjoyable Christmas she had at home, one of the gallery’s photos attracted particular attention: She’s wearing a ring on that finger, which some commenters notices and interpreted to mean that Lipa and boyfriend (fiancé, perhaps?) Callum Turner got engaged.
A “source” supposedly told The Sun, “They are engaged and couldn’t be happier. Dua has had one of the best years of her career professionally and this is the cherry on the cake. Callum is such a solid support for Dua and they make a wonderful couple. Their family and friends are so happy. It’s been an amazing Christmas for them.”
As far as more concrete info, though, neither Lipa nor Turner have publicly addressed the supposed engagement.
“Me and Party is, honestly, one of the projects I’m most proud of in my life,” he said. “I’ve always to wanted make a full album of our sound, Toronto sound, R&B. The best that both of us have to offer… The listening party has to be in the city.”
Drake could certainly use the goodwill. When even sports analysts like Stephen A. Smith and the Inside The NBA crew are criticizing his decision to get the courts involved in his feuds, it looks like his reputation needs a hard reset. You can argue about how effective doing a livestream with fellow Torontonian Adin Ross will be toward that end — it’s a friendly outlet, to be sure, but does little to address the “culture vulture” accusations leveled against him latelly — but at least he knows what his fans want. The real trick will be splitting the difference between them and the wider hip-hop audience.
Drake speaks on his PND collab album, that was supposed to drop December 6th🔥
“Me and Party is, honestly, one of the projects I’m most proud of in my life,” he said. “I’ve always to wanted make a full album of our sound, Toronto sound, R&B. The best that both of us have to offer… The listening party has to be in the city.”
Drake could certainly use the goodwill. When even sports analysts like Stephen A. Smith and the Inside The NBA crew are criticizing his decision to get the courts involved in his feuds, it looks like his reputation needs a hard reset. You can argue about how effective doing a livestream with fellow Torontonian Adin Ross will be toward that end — it’s a friendly outlet, to be sure, but does little to address the “culture vulture” accusations leveled against him latelly — but at least he knows what his fans want. The real trick will be splitting the difference between them and the wider hip-hop audience.
Drake speaks on his PND collab album, that was supposed to drop December 6th🔥
Doechii’s incredible promotional run for Alligator Bites Never Heal keeps getting better — and it’ll apparently extend into the new year. The Swamp Princess teased the video for fan-favorite “Denial Is A River” on Twitter with a hilarious trailer utilizing the Family Matters theme song meme. Dropping on January 2, 2025, the video will apparently feature Baby Tate, DJ Miss Milan, Earl Sweatshirt (amusingly credited as “Brad Pitt”), Rickey Thompson, Schoolboy Q, SiR, Teezo Touchdown, and Zack Fox.
The breakout artist’s 2024 has seen her launch a sold-out headlining tour, steal the show at Tyler The Creator’s Camp Flog Gnaw, and give back to the community at TDE’s annual Christmas concert. From building buzz by flexing her freestyle skills with her Swamp Sessions to playing along with fans’ Hamilton jokes, Doechii owned the year… and looks to keep right on owning things in the new one.
Watch Doechii’s “Denial Is A River” video teaser with Baby Tate, DJ Miss Milan, Earl Sweatshirt, Rickey Thompson, Schoolboy Q, SiR, Teezo Touchdown, and Zack Fox below or here. You can watch the full video on 1/2/2025.
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