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This article originally appeared on 05.30.15

Men struggle to comprehend the pressures women feel. The same is true of women!

Gah! We’ll never get along.

This conversation between comedian Neal Brennan and Amy Poehler is a pretty good example of how hard it can be to figure life out sometimes.

Neal, the genius who co-created “Chappelle’s Show,” sat down with Amy for his show “The Approval Matrix.” The topic? WHAT are men supposed to be now? Cool? Adorkable? Both? Neither?

It’s maddening, dealing with constantly opposing messages about how to be and how to act.

And Amy, in all her hospitable magical greatness, is straight-up like, “Yeah, bro, welcome to the party! We’ve been here a looong time.”

GIFset via amypoehler.tumblr.com.

“This feeling that you’re having right now — which it’s like, ‘I have to be all things,’ — it’s a feeling that women have everyday in their whole lives. So you’re just starting to experience it now. … I’m glad you’re finally experiencing it as a white male.”

Yass, queen! A magical combo of speaking your truth and inviting your friends to the party. That sounds like Amy.

And she follows her own advice.

GIFset via DrunkKnope.

“If you can speak about what you care about to a person you disagree with, without denigrating them or insulting them, then you may actually be heard.”

GIF via DrunkKnope.

Living up to arbitrary and impossible standards is nothing new, but now that we’re all in the same boat … let’s rock the boat! Together!

Ladies and dudes, rocking the boat together. I like that.

Here’s the full video:

Though he only released his fifth studio album, More Love, Less Ego just over two weeks ago, Wizkid is already teasing a follow-up project. Yesterday (November 26), the Afrofusion superstar took to this Instagram story to reveal he is at work on a new album.

“New Album ‘SeiLess’,” he wrote, accompanied by a smirking emoji, a black heart emoji, and an eagle emoji.

Though he did not share a potential release date, or theme, or any other details about the album, it appears Wizkid is at the starting point of his creative process for the album. In an interview with GQ Hype (conducted in French), Wizkid revealed that when he starts on an album, he always comes up with the title first, then goes from there.

“When I know what I want to call the album and what I want to say, I start creating the music,” he said. “And most of the time, when I’m working on an album, there’s a moment where I give up on it. The most important thing is to be intentional. For Made in Lagos for example, I wanted people to know where I come from and who I am. With More Love, Less Ego , I want to share a message of love and make people vibrate. Love should be the greatest religion in the world. I believe that everyone can love each other, for real. My message is ‘love one another and take care of your neighbor.’”

Roddy Ricch released Feed Tha Streets III on November 18, and then subsequently helped feed grocery shoppers in Los Angeles. The multiplatinum rapper provided further proof that his bank account is well-fed over the weekend.

A clip has been circulating online from The Joe Budden Podcast in which Roddy asks the crew how much they’d offer him to perform. Budden clarified that his hypothesis applied to hypothetically booking Roddy for a festival and lobbed $125,000. “That’s crazy. I’d hang up on you,” Roddy responded, sharing that his festival rate is $500,000. He posted his receipt from Governors Ball as a since-expired Instagram Story that showed he was owed a $50,000 deposit one month before the festival and $450,000 within two days of his performance.

Unfortunately, Roddy never took the stage at this June’s Governors Ball in New York City because he was arrested on gun charges. TMZ reported at the time that Roddy and his team “were stopped at a security checkpoint … and according to law enforcement sources, officers say they found a loaded firearm inside the vehicle he was taking to the show,” plus nine rounds of ammunition and a large capacity magazine. Days later, the outlet additionally relayed that Roddy had been released from custody and was not facing any charges.

Roddy served as the opener on Post Malone’s Twelve Carat Toothache Tour from September 10 to November 15.

Roddy Ricch is a Warner Music artist. Uproxx is an independent subsidiary of Warner Music Group.

Saweetie‘s first-week projections for her latest EP aren’t looking so sweet. The “Don’t Say Nothin’” rapper’s EP, The Single Life is rumored to have moved only 2,000 unit equivalents in its first week of release.

Many are faulting Saweetie’s team for not marketing and promoting the release enough, however, some are faulting Saweetie herself for not doing much press ahead of the EP’s release.

DJ Vlad has since taken to Twitter, suggesting that her sales could’ve proven more fruitful had she agreed to do an interview with him when he reached out.

“If Saweetie did a VladTV interview she would have easily done 10x her first week sales, which was 2000 copies,” said Vlad. “We actually reached out through one of our people and were told ‘she won’t do Vlad.’ Her loss.”

Saweetie later responded, saying, “Actually, I been a big fan & have screen recorded my favorite episodes,” she said. “Here’s one of them. Dates on the top,” she said, revealing a screenshot of an episode featuring Snoop Dogg, “So if anyone ‘reached out’ it wasn’t to me or my team, Dj Vlad. Happy Thanksgiving.”

Saweetie also doesn’t appear to be fazed by the alleged low sales. As part of her “pretty b*tch” brand, the rapper reiterated that her music is meant for a specific audience.

“I make music for pretty b*tches!,” Saweetie said in a tweet. “if you can’t relate i understand.”

It didn’t take long for haters to chime in. One Twitter user, who is also a musician in their own right, replied to the tweet, saying, “Damn I didn’t know it was only 2,000 pretty bitches in the world?”

Saweetie then shared the tweet and included a screenshot of the user’s Spotify page, which revealed they only have one monthly listener.

“I hope all 2,000 support you babes,” she said.

Saweetie is a Warner Music artist. Uproxx is an independent subsidiary of Warner Music Group.

When Wisconsin fired Paul Chryst and elevated defensive coordinator Jim Leonhard into the interim head coaching role, the expectation was that Leonhard, a highly regarded young coach, would have the interim title removed at the end of the year and become the full-time coach.

However, after closing the season 4-3 under Leonhard, the Badgers turned their attention to a much bigger and more established name in the college coaching ranks. On Sunday, word broke from ESPN’s Pete Thamel that the team was targeting Cincinnati’s Luke Fickell, making an overture to the former Ohio State assistant and the head coach of one of the most successful non-Power Five teams in the last decade-plus.

It wasn’t immediately clear how much interest Fickell would have in the Wisconsin job and whether he’d leave Cincinnati for Madison, but it quickly became a very real proposition after Adam Rittenberg found that the Wisconsin Board of Regents had scheduled a Sunday afternoon meeting to approve a new contract for a football coach, with Tom Oates reporting the expectation was that a deal would get done by the end of the day.

It’s a big-time hire from Wisconsin, and a departure from how they’ve often kept things in the Badger family of sorts. Fickell doesn’t have a direct tie to Wisconsin but has had a tremendous amount of success in the midwest, has recruited well to Cincinnati, and proved he can build a terrific program with what he’s done with the Bearcats, where he has gone 57-18 and became the first Group of Five team to make the College Football Playoff a year ago.

What makes the Fickell hire so interesting is it was long assumed he would hold out for the Ohio State or Notre Dame job to come open, but now he heads to a Big Ten job that’s not in Columbus while the Buckeye faithful are currently melting down over whether Ryan Day is “the guy” following a second-straight loss to Michigan, this time in a blowout at home that allowed the Wolverines to literally plant their flag at midfield in the Horseshoe.

Georgians are another week-and-change from the state’s runoff election, which will decide whether incumbent Raphael Warnock keeps his Senate seat or surrenders it to GOP challenger Herschel Walker. It’s a close race, which isn’t great: Many find former footballer Walker unqualified, to put it mildly. He’s not just a gaffe machine; in his speeches and TV appearances, he makes not a lick of sense. To stress his gift for incoherence, a new Warnock ad forces everyday Georgians to react to his appearances in real time.

The ad draws upon some of Walker’s greatest hits: his rambling about vampires and werewolves and the movie Fright Night; talking about “bad air” in China; something about a bull. (Not included, sadly: His instant classic “this erection is about the people” slip.) The ad unfolds in split-screen, toggling between multiple voters expressing horror at the guy’s broken brain.

There are lots of variations on “What in the hell is he talking about?” One participant concludes that there’s “no substance, no nothin’.” Another says, “It makes me want to laugh, then it makes me think we’re in trouble.”

Another postulates that the GOP members who’ve propped him up, including deep-in-doodoo former president Donald Trump, “just care about getting a Yes Man, somebody that’ll just punch the button.”

One puts it well: “Not only does it make no sense, I don’t even understand what he thinks he’s saying.” Yet another put it even more succinctly: “This sh*t is embarrassing as hell.”

You can watch the ad in the embedded tweet above. The Georgia runoff takes place on December 6.

The Chicago Bears and New York Jets will meet on Sunday at MetLife Stadium with both teams making changes at quarterback this week. After a horrific performance in a 10-3 loss to the Patriots a week ago, the Jets benched former No. 2 overall pick Zach Wilson in favor of Mike White, which raises plenty of questions about the Jets’ commitment to Wilson as the franchise’s quarterback going forward.

In Chicago, they know who their franchise quarterback is, as Justin Fields has been on a tear of late, but the second-year star suffered a shoulder injury a week ago in a loss to the Falcons, apparently playing the end of the game with a dislocated shoulder. After confirming on Sunday morning Fields would not be able to go, Trevor Siemian was set to enter the starting lineup, only to suffer an oblique injury in pregame warmups less than an hour before kickoff, thrusting third stringer Nathan Peterman into the starting role.

For those who may need a refresher on Peterman, he is the former starter for the Buffalo Bills who is best known for throwing five interceptions in one half against the Chargers, which has been preserved for eternity on the NFL’s official YouTube page in a compilation of every throw he made in that half of football.

We can only hope for such a thrilling performance on Sunday in New Jersey.

Takeoff was shot and killed in the early hours of November 1. In the immediate aftermath of the tragedy, Houston Police Chief Troy Finner and Sgt. Michael Arrington urged the public to help them identity a suspect in the beloved 28-year-old Migos rapper’s senseless murder. More recently, Kashara Marshall, Quavo’s sister and Takeoff’s aunt, took to Instagram to beg for the arrest of Takeoff’s killer.

As of today (November 27), Houston Police have still not publicly identified a suspect. However, according to HotNewHipHop and RapTV, 22-year-old Cameron Joshua (known as Lil Cam 5th) has been arrested by Houston’s Harris County Sheriff’s Office and handed a felony charge for “unlawful carrying weapons.” There is heavy speculation that this arrest is in connection to Takeoff’s investigation because Lil Cam 5th is alleged to have unlawfully had a handgun in his possession on the night of Takeoff’s death in Houston, though that connection has not been explicitly nor officially drawn.

Takeoff died at 810 Billiards & Bowling in Houston. He was attending a private event with Quavo. Houston Police confirmed that an altercation during a dice game outside of the venue led to shots being fired, fatally striking Takeoff. His celebration of life took place at State Farm Arena in his hometown Atlanta on November 11.

Earlier this week, Chief Finner provided a vague update on the ongoing investigation to KPRC 2 (as noted by iHeart), noting he felt “confident” that a suspect will be brought to justice and dispelling any notion that his department’s manhunt was running dry.

“I feel good where we’re progressing,” he said. “You remember on that day, I met with his mother. I talked with that lady personally, made a promise and there’s a lot being said. We want all investigations on murders when people are being killed to move. But the main thing is we get it right. I do not want to send family members on a rollercoaster ride, and then we have to come back and say, ‘Whoa, that wasn’t the person.’ I want everyone to be patient and just understand there will be some justice here in Houston, Texas.”

Hugh Grant may be best-known for playing self-deprecating charmers, but he’s had a very diverse career. He can play nice, but he can also play evil, in prestige HBO shows as well as Paddington sequels. One thing you won’t see probably him doing again is hoofing it up in a musical, as he’s not a fan of one of the most popular bits from the very popular Love Actually.

As per Deadline, on the ABC News special The Laughter & Secrets of Love Actually: 20 Years Later, the beloved actor singled out the scene where his prime minister character breaks into a big dance set to The Pointer Sisters’ “Jump (For My Love).”

“I saw it in the script and I thought, ‘Well, I’ll hate doing that,’” Grant recalled. “I didn’t fancy doing the dance at all, let alone rehearsing it.”

Writer/director Richard Curtis, who worked with Grant on films like Four Weddings and a Funeral and Notting Hill, remembered that Grant “kept saying no” to the scene, and that he was “grumpy” the day it was set to be shot. “I think he was hoping I’d get ill or something and we’d say, ‘Oh, well, what a shame, we’ll have to lose that dancing sequence.’”

Grant eventually went through with what he called a “a contractual guillotine.” He pointed out that he’s not even in rhythm, “especially at the beginning when I wiggle my ass.”

But the scene has endured. “And to this day, there’s many people, and I agree with them, who think it’s the most excruciating scene ever committed to celluloid,” Grant said. “But then some people like it.”

It’s clear he’d rather do a Dungeons and Dragons movie than dance onscreen. After all, at least with D&D he can make saucy sex jokes. Meanwhile, you can watch Grant’s “excruciating” dance below.

(Via Deadline)

In honor of DJ Khaled‘s 47th birthday, his frequent collaborator Drake gifted him a set of luxury loos.

The “Jimmy Cooks” rapper gave Khaled four luxury Toto toilets.

The toilets come with several state-of-the-art features, including a UV-light cleaning system, an air deodorizer, a bidet function, heated seats, and the Tornado flush system.

Khaled took to Instagram to show off the generous gifts.

“Listen,” Khaled said in a video. “This is not no regular toilet bowl. My brother Drake just bought me and my family about four big toilet bowls. This is called a Toto toilet bowl. If you ever been to Drake’s house, his toilet bowls are incredible.”

Khaled continued, saying, “This is called a Toto toilet bowl. I’m not even joking, Drake, we’ve been wanting this. Me and my queen been talking about getting Totos for the whole house … If you’ve ever been to Drake’s house, you know its worth $500 million. It’s not about the money, it’s just about, he went and got the best of the best. He gifted us a few of these Toto toilet bowls … I ain’t try it yet, but I’m hearing there’s some music involved.”

In the video, Khaled revealed that he installed the toilets in his and his wife’s main bathroom, the guest bathroom, the home theater, and the studio. He noted that the studio bathroom will be specifically reserved for Drake.