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No, The Simpsons did not predict the death of a 96-year-old woman… but if it had, it’s because adult Bart traveled back in time to the late 1980s to tell his family, including his younger self, about the horrors that await them in the future, naturally.

Season 34’s “Lisa the Boy Scout,” written by Dan Greaney and directed by Timothy Bailey, begins with a tried-and-true sitcom plot: Lisa joins the Boy Scouts (not to be confused with the Junior Campers), much to Bart’s dismay. But then, the episode gets “hacked” by Psuedo-nonymous, an “anarchist collective of nameless hacktivists” demanding $20 million in Bitcoin, or else they’ll air never-before-seen, “show-destroying” clips from The Simpsons. It’s a clever concept, leading to fake (?) rejected episode ideas like how there was never was a Lenny, he was just a figment of Carl’s imagination; Martin being a 36-year-old undercover informant with a wife and kids; and Ned converting to Judaism after Homer steals his mustache and uses it as a goatee.

“Lisa the Boy Scout” also reveals how The Simpsons is able to “predict” so many real-life events. One of the hacked clips is from the first episode of the show, “Simpsons Roasting on an Open Fire,” after Homer surprises the family with Santa’s Little Helper on Christmas. The fuzzy feelings are interrupted by a grown-up Bart, who announces to the “lamewads of the past” that he has “come back in time to reveal the events of the future, so that you can amaze the world with your uncannily accurate predictions.” Like how in 2016, the Nobel prize in economics will go to Bengt Holmström.

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There’s also gas hoarding, pandemics, World Cup results, Disney buying Fox, and how, apparently, everything in the future will be owned by Panda Express. “Ooh, orange chicken,” an excited Homer exclaims. Now there’s one prediction I hope comes true.

You can watch the episode (which is one of the best in years) on Hulu.

Selena Gomez dropped the trailer to her upcoming Apple TV+ documentary, My Mind & Me, today — in honor of World Mental Health Day. Centering around Gomez’s lupus and depression diagnoses and learning to better her mental health, it will be available to stream on the platform on November 4.

“Every breath, a breakthrough. In honor of #WorldMentalHealthDay I wanted to share the trailer for my documentary Selena Gomez: My Mind & Me,” she wrote on Twitter.

“What makes me happy is connection,” Gomez notes in the trailer. “How do I learn how to breathe my own breath again?”

“No one cares about what you’re doing,” she adds. “It’s about who I am. Being okay with where I am. I am grateful to be alive.”

To the surprise of fans, it also has a teaser for a new song throughout parts of the video. An emotional ballad, Gomez’s untitled new song will likely appear in the film, in addition to soundtracking the trailer. According to the preorder page (available here), it will be “coming soon.” Some of the lyrics can be heard as puzzle pieces to the full song, with Gomez singing, “If someone sees me like this, then they won’t feel alone,” towards the trailer’s end.

Watch the My Mind & Me trailer above.

GloRilla and Cardi B’s “Tomorrow 2” remix is resonating worldwide. That includes London, where the New York Giants upset the Green Bay Packers 27-22 at Tottenham Hotspur Stadium on Sunday morning (October 9) in stunning fashion.

The Giants are one of the most surprising teams of the young 2022 NFL season. At 4-1, New York has already equaled its win total from last season, giving Big Blue plenty to celebrate. After defeating the Packers, Giants defensive end Jihad Ward went live on Instagram from the locker room. It was a “Tomorrow 2” sing-and-dance party.

Ward and star running back Saquon Barkley rapped part of Cardi’s verse to the camera, “I can’t put you in my business, you might wish me dead tomorrow / B*tches be on d*ck today, sing every word of ‘Up’ tomorrow.”

The clip made its way to Twitter, where Cardi gave her stamp of approval. “LMAAAAOOOOOOOOO …love that for them ….AHAAAAA,” the New York-bred Diamond-certified rapper tweeted.

GloRilla initially released “Tomorrow” in July as part of CMG’s compilation project, Gangsta Art. The Cardi-boosted “Tomorrow 2” arrived with a vengeance last month and debuted at No. 9 on the Billboard Hot 100 last week. It marked GloRilla’s first top-10 Hot 100 single, while this is Cardi’s 11th time inside the top 10.

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

This weekend, from October 7 to 9, the San Diego Convention Center played host to TwitchCon, Twitch’s annual convention. Megan Thee Stallion was actually on hand for a performance, which ended up being probably the steamiest moment in the history of the Halo franchise.

Meg took the stage during the event’s final day, and as she performed “Freak Nasty,” she was joined by somebody donning a high-quality cosplay of Halo protagonist Master Chief (even if the TwitchCon lanyard and pass around his neck spoiled some of the immersion). Megan didn’t shy away from the supersoldier, either, as she danced and twerked on and around him in her usual sultry ways.

Megan later shared some photos of Master Chief and herself from the event, along with screenshots noting that both of their names were trending on Twitter. “Megan Thee Master Chief,” she wrote along with a crying-laughing emoji.

The TwitchCon appearance comes shortly ahead of a major moment for Meg, as she is set to be the musical guest on Saturday Night Live this upcoming weekend. It wouldn’t be surprising to see her pop up in a Halloween-related sketch, as she recently shared some terrific photos of herself kicking off the spooky season by donning a jack-o’-lantern on her head.

Megan Thee Stallion is a Warner Music artist. Uproxx is an independent subsidiary of Warner Music Group.

(House of the Dragon spoilers will be found below.)

The Game of Thrones prequel’s eighth episode included the most soap-operatic flourishes of the series thus far. The audience bid a fond farewell to the long-suffering King Viserys I, who has been through maggot-covered hell and back. His final moments led to a grave misunderstanding that will likely impact the rest of House of the Dragon and the very fate of House of Targaryen. Beyond that central storyline, we also got to see how Vaemond Valaryon f*cked around and found out when Prince Daemon Targaryen gave him a diagonal slice to the head, allowing him to keep his tongue but losing his life after insulting Rhaenyra and her children.

Daemon might be the salty king of drama (and boy, does he enjoy other people’s drama), but he’s got a shadow (and a contender) in one of his nephews. That would be Aemond Targaryen, whose villain origin story began when his cousins taunted him with a pig before he stole claimed a dragon for himself. This week, snickers from a cousin (after a server set a pig in front of Aemond) led to a final toast and another scuffle, which resulted in the younger Targaryens being sent their rooms. At that pivotal moment in time, Aemond and Daemon had their moment.

Ewan Mitchell picks up the role from Leo Ashton, and now, we see that Aemond very clearly wants to be his uncle and is adopting the same roguish look and vibe. Daemon (with a sigh) may or may not recognize this (pretending that Daemon doesn’t know might be better, but I think he knows), and Aemond attempted to hold his uncle’s gaze but then relents. It’s a wordless interaction that speaks volumes.

This acknowledgement between the mutual kings of chaos is so funny, but also, there’s an element of Daemon looking back at the crazy kid he used to be (and still is today). People are digging the dynamic, so let’s hope there’s eventually real conflict to come between them as the show continues. All hail the Targaryen drama kings!

HBO’s House of the Dragon airs on Sundays at 9:00pm EST.

John Oliver has a simple message for the media: Stop repeating everything cops tell you. The Last Week Tonight host went long on how often and pervasively the police lie, and he couldn’t help but shake his head at how easily those lies are repeated by the media simply because law enforcement is considered a trustworthy source by default. Oliver even pointed out an easy trick to spot when you should be extremely wary about the sourcing for a news story. Watch out for the words “police say.”

“It’s a phrase that you constantly hear from the mouths of news reporters,” Oliver said. “It’s right up there with ‘this just in,’ or ‘back to you,’ or ‘I apologize for the actions I did on Cinco de Mayo.’”

Jokes aside, Oliver got right down to it. Cops constantly lie for a variety of reasons, and the media should be treating everything they say with “immense skepticism” because often what the police are saying is “complete horsesh*t.” Via HuffPost:

“Police lie,” Oliver said bluntly. “And they lie a lot.”

He recapped some of the stories on “Last Week Tonight” over the years.

“They lie to get search warrants to conduct raids and to get confessions during interrogations,” he said. “And they even lie under oath, so often in fact here in New York it came to be known as ‘testilying.’”

To prove his point, Oliver brought up the recent panic over “rainbow fentanyl” being hidden in children’s Halloween candy. He showed a variety of TV reports repeating press releases from the police verbatim with the exception of one broadcast, which aired a brief disclaimer saying that the whole “fentanyl in candy” thing has never actually happened.

“I’m so glad you tacked that disclaimer on at the end there,” Oliver said. “I’m sure that three-second debunk is exactly what everyone is going to take away from that report, and definitely not the images of little Hulks sticking their hands into bowls of Skittles-shaped smack.”

(Via HuffPost)

In case it ever pops up as a Final Jeopardy! question: No, Stephen A. Smith has never gotten a rim job.

As Mediaite notes, the ESPN personality was forced to publicly state that “no woman has ever” eaten his ass after his non-response to a question about his bottom-based sexual experiences was interpreted as a confirmation. Last week, for some reason, Stephen A agreed to appear as a guest on Jake Paul’s sports show, BS with Jake Paul.

After getting into a rather heated argument with the twentysomething influencer-turned-boxer, Smith was confronted with what co-host Julia Fox described as “probably the most important question of the night — of the entire interview” and demanded a “no-bullshit” answer: “Do you, Stephen A, eat ass?”

His answer was an unequivocal “No! Never!” When Fox changed the query up and asked if he’d had his ass eaten, he simply said, “That’s private.” The hosts took that as a victorious “yes,” and celebrated accordingly. But Stephen A wasn’t rejoicing — especially after some random guy apparently razzed him for sexual proclivities… at Disney World of all places.

Stephen A was at the so-called Happiest Place on Earth in Orlando over the weekend to walk in a parade to help kick off HBCU Week. And was apparently heckled by someone about his ass-eating comments, despite there being kids everywhere. Stephen A not amused.

Smith took to Twitter on Sunday morning to put the rumors to rest once and for all, and declare “Lesson learned!” What he really didn’t appreciate was “some dude with his camera on yelling that at me in front of a bunch of CHILDREN at Disney World yesterday,” adding that, “We’ve lost our way.”

He’s only just now realizing that?

(Via Mediaite)

Cardi B is hardly one week removed from her “Tomorrow 2” remix with GloRilla debuting at No. 9 on the Billboard Hot 100, and she’s now giving Ice Spice’s TikTok sensation “Munch (Feelin’ U)” the type of boost only she can.

Cardi took to Instagram on Sunday (October 9) to post a steamy video soundtracked by her own “Munch” verse. The Diamond-certified rapper strutted around in a form-fitting black dress, striking several confident poses. “He wants to see what it is like a gender reveal,” Cardi boasts in the verse, in part. “P*ssing on b*tches is really a skill / B*tches dead to me, damn it, dead to me still.”

This sent fans into a frenzy of hope an official remix was on the way. Cardi immediately cleared up any potential confusion. “I’m not putting that song out by the way,” she tweeted. “You know I don’t tease.” When a fan asked why not, Cardi responded, “I like it don’t love it … just having fun.”

Cardi has been supporting Ice Spice since “Munch” started making waves. Ice Spice attended Cardi and Offset’s “Fashion Night Out” in New York last month.

“Munch” has generated nearly 15 million Spotify streams since its August release, and its official music video posted by WorldStarHipHop has eclipsed 12.8 million views.

Watch Ice Spice’s original video below.

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

Last Friday, Lil Yachty dropped his new song “Poland” — which immediately grabbed the internet’s attention due to one specific line in the song’s short runtime: “I took the wock to Poland,” Yachty raps on the track, making a key point to expand his pronunciation of “wock” — a type of cough syrup.

Among those reacting on the internet was the social media account for Ryanair, an airline based in… Ireland. Not Poland, but close enough geographically. However, it seems they offer flights there after they posed the question, “Why do people flying to Poland keep asking about wock.”

Keeping in line with the bit, users tried to fill in Ryanair with a fake meaning about Poland and wock’s origins. “It’s Polish for leg room,” one replied. “*work… they’re jobless,” another wrote. Some tried to even translate it, “it’s short for łokieć, which means elbow, so obviously they’re asking they want the armrest for when they sit in the middle,” a user jokingly noted, keeping in line with the airline joke theme.

Since then, a range of memes have popped up about Yachty and taking the wock to Poland, primarily on Twitter. Listen to Lil Yachty’s “Poland,” then continue scrolling for additional internet reactions below.

John Carpenter is the horror master, but Henry Selick is the master of kid-friendly horror. The director of The Nightmare Before Christmas, James and the Giant Peach (that rhino in the clouds terrified me as a kid), and Coraline returns with his first film in 13 years with Wendell and Wild. The stop-motion horror comedy stars Keegan-Michael Key and Jordan Peele, who also co-wrote the script with Selick, as a pair of demon brothers who trick a teenager (voiced by Lyric Ross) into bringing them into the land of the living.

“Everything changed and evolved once we got in business together,” Selick said about working with Peele at New York Comic Con. “[Peele] convinced me that the protagonist should be young Kat Elliot… He convinced me Kat needed to be a person of color.” He continued, “Jordan said when he was a kid, it upset him when he’d see animated films where there was no one onscreen who looks like him. That sort of unlocked a door.”

You can watch the trailer above. Here’s the official plot synopsis:

Director, Henry Selick (The Nightmare Before Christmas and Coraline) and producer Jordan Peele (Nope, Us, Get Out) team up to bring us a phantasmic thrill ride in the new stop-animation feature, Wendell and Wild. The titular characters, a pair of demon brothers played by comedy icons Key & Peele trick troubled teen, Kat Elliott (Lyric Ross), into bringing them from the underworld into the land of the living and mayhem ensues.

Wendell and Wild comes to Netflix on October 28.