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Games with high-profile NBA Draft prospects usually happen in the college basketball ranks. According to a new report by Jonathan Givony of ESPN, we’re getting something a little bit different when the two teams that boast the perceived top-2 picks in the 2023 NBA Draft go head-to-head later this year.

Givony reports that Metropolitans 92, the French team that features 18-year-old big man Victor Wembanyama, will come to the United States for a pair of games against the G League Ignite team, which is led by 18-year-old guard Scoot Henderson. This comes as confirmation of a report from Rafael Barlow that there were conversations about making this matchup happen in Las Vegas.

The two are penciled in as the players who will go first and second next summer — as of now, Wembanyama is viewed as the favorite to go atop the draft. Both are considered the sorts of franchise-changing prospects that could trigger a race to the bottom among NBA teams who want to increase their odds of getting that high of a pick in next year’s lottery.

As Givony noted, Wembanyama recently measured at 7’4 with an 8-foot wingspan. Despite this, his game does not resemble that of a traditional big man, as he’s as comfortable handling the ball out on the perimeter along as he is protecting the rim. Henderson, meanwhile, was a 2022 recruit who reclassified to 2021 and joined the Ignite team. He turned heads even at his young age, showing off prodigious skills as an explosive and physical guard.

Post Malone is putting on one of the best live performances in the business right now. His festival headlining sets this year have provided the respite that we need for the wild and twisted times that we’re living in. And now beginning on September 10th, he’ll be embarking on the “Twelve Carat Toothache Tour” 2022 in support of his latest album, Twelve Carat Toothache. And where on his 2019 “Runaway Tour” he shined a light on Swae Lee as his opening act, it’s Roddy Ricch that will be opening the concerts on the Twelve Carat Toothache Tour. Here’s what you need to know about Roddy Ricch.

Who Is Opening Post Malone’s ‘Twelve Carat Toothache Tour?’

Roddy Ricch is one of the fastest-rising names in hip-hop. Post Malone fans might recognize the Compton rapper from his appearance on Posty’s track, “Cooped Up.” Roddy Ricch dropped his most recent The Big 3 EP earlier this year, which featured the single “Real Talk.” But speaking of singles, it’s his 2019 track, “The Box,” that put him firmly on the rap map, and has even gained Diamond certification — a feat rarely accomplished and only by acts like Elton John, Mariah Carey, and Cardi B.

The ‘Twelve Carat Toothache” Tour begins in Omaha on September 10th and concludes in Los Angeles on November 15th at Crypto.com Arena. Roddy Ricch will be opening all of the dates and you can get tickets here.

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You know, there’s probably a fascinating deep dive waiting to be written about how energy drinks have somehow become the drivers of pop culture. While you might be aware of Red Bull’s work in the music business as a part-time label and tour promoter, Red Bull’s rival, Monster Energy, has become quite the tastemaking hub in its own right via the Monster Energy Outbreak Tour, which most recently sent Latto and her supporting acts Kali and Saucy Santana on their first national tour.

This year, another rising star is getting her first headlining tour courtesy of Monster: Flo Milli, who recently announced her Girls Just Wanna Have Fun Tour supported by special guest Monaleo. Kicking off in Atlanta on October 18, the tour will run through November 16 in Los Angeles. “It’s gonna be a party every night, and I can’t wait to perform these new songs for everybody!” said the Alabama brat rapper.

Of course, those new songs will include entries from her new album, You Still Here, Ho? like “Big Steppa,” “No Face,” and “Conceited.” You can get ticket info here and see below for the dates.

10/18 – Atlanta, GA @ Masquerade (Hell)
10/21 — Washington D.C. @ The Howard Theatre
10/25 — New York, NY @ Bowery Ballroom
10/26 — Boston, MA @ Brighton Music Hall
10/28 — Montreal, QC @ Le Studio TD
10/29 — Toronto, ON @ The Axis Club
10/31 — Detroit, MI @ The Shelter
11/1 — Chicago @ Avondale Music Hall
11/2 — Minneapolis, MN @ Amsterdam
11/4 — Denver, CO @ Cervantes Ballroom
11/5 — Salt Lake City, UT @ The Complex (Grand)
11/7 — Portland, OR @ Hawthorne Theatre
11/8 — Seattle, WA @ Neumos
11/9 — Vancouver, BC @ Fortune Sound Club
11/11 — Oakland, CA @ Starline Social Club
11/15 — Santa Ana, CA @ Observatory OC
11/16 — Los Angeles, CA @ Roxy Theatre

Dr. Mehmet Oz’s congressional campaign has been one of the most accident-prone and Sideshow Bob-like in memory, and the former TV quack is still somehow finding new rakes to step on. Lately people have been digging up old, incriminating (or just embarrassing) interviews he’s done over his many years in the spotlight. Last week, someone unearthed one in which he declared all abortions to be “murder.” But did you also know he at least used to be very gung-ho about incest?

This comes from Jezebel, who exhumed a 2014 interview with The Breakfast Club, where Oz — his future, possibly doomed Senate run barely even a glint in his eye — was answering listeners’ questions. One was from someone who admitted they “can’t stop smashing my cousin.” They started hooking up at a young age and, no matter how many times the person tried to put the kibosh on the incestuous canoodling, they couldn’t resist it. They wanted to know if it was safe.

But the good TV doctor said it was. “If you’re more than a first cousin away, it’s not a big problem,” he replied. Oz explained how genetics work, that humans naturally crave people with different genes, especially if it’s an unfavorable one, like hemophilia. That’s all well and good, but Oz then went into a little too much detail.

“You know, that’s why children, girls don’t like their fathers’ smell. Their pheromones will actually repel their daughters because they’re not supposed to be together,” Oz said. “My daughters hate my smell.”

Did John Fetterman, his Democratic opponent for the vacating Pennsylvania seat Oz wants so bad he decamped from New Jersey, let this one slip? He did not.

“Yet another issue where Oz and I disagree,” Fetterman tweeted. For the record, some other issues with which the two disagree are the legalization of marijuana, how many houses one should own while still calling one’s self a man of the people, and that you shouldn’t make light of someone’s health if they’ve had a stroke. But at least Oz can’t be further embarrassed by his old poop tweets, because those were already dug up weeks ago.

(Via Jezebel)

Ed Orgeron is as unique a figure as you’ll find in college football — which is saying something in a sport that has a ton of characters. The Louisiana native has always been an elite recruiter, thanks in large part to his gregarious nature and earnest enthusiasm for football that few can replicate.

Coach O was never known for being a great tactician and it’s part of what led to his ouster from LSU — among other issues during his tenure off the field — but Orgeron’s time in Baton Rouge isn’t something he looks back on with any resentment. In an appearance at the Little Rock Touchdown Club this week, Coach O talked about how he still has a lot of love and respect for the LSU athletic department and how they handled everything, noting that it didn’t take a genius to figure out things were going poorly.

Then, he detailed exactly how his firing went down and how he was thrilled to take his buyout and leave.

“They said, ‘Coach, you’ve got $17.1 million on your contract. We’re gonna give it to you,’” Orgeron explained. “I said, ‘What time do you want me to leave and what door do you want me out of, brother?’”

It’s peak Coach O, gleefully recounting getting fired and how happy he was to take his massive buyout and leave however LSU wanted to handle it. Coaches don’t usually stay out of football for long because to do the job you have to be almost unhealthily obsessed with the game, but for now it sure seems like Orgeron is at peace with his situation and making lots of money to not have to work right now, which is the ultimate dream.

The internet is ablaze following the Don’t Worry Darling premiere at the Venice Film Festival. Directed by Olivia Wilde, the film features her boyfriend Harry Styles in a supporting role and stars actors Chris Pine and Florence Pugh. And while the bulk of the social media chatter is about whether or not Harry Styles spit on Chris Pine when he was taking a seat [Editor’s note: He did not.], the celebrity sleuths are also wondering whether the fact that Styles and Wilde didn’t sit next to each other is an indication of their current relationship status?

Did Harry Styles And Olivia Wilde Split Up?

Wilde and Styles allegedly started dating in early 2021, shortly after Wilde announced a split from her then-fiancée Jason Sudeikis. Their relationship slowly blossomed, but if there’s been a defining characteristic of Styles and Wilde as an item, it’s been how careful they seem to be when they appear together. The Don’t Worry Darling premiere presented a tricky public appearance for them, where Wilde and Styles could have used the opportunity to showcase their romance, but instead, the focus has been on Don’t Worry Darling.

While Styles didn’t mind kissing Nick Kroll at the premiere, he did not show the same public display of affection to Wilde. Instead, the pair were methodically apart; from their seating arrangements to the cast media photos.

Do these photos at the Venice Film festival seem to indicate that Wilde and Styles have split up? Chances are, they’re just being strategic about keeping Don’t Worry Darling front and center and not their relationship. Although the internet, as per usual, has other ideas about this and more, and the speculation continues.

For most of human history, pretty much everyone formed families with people who lived within walking distance of where they lived. But over the millennia, advances in transportation, communication and technology have shrunk our world into a global neighborhood. Today it’s not at all unusual for people from countries thousands of miles away from each other to marry, blending not only families but diverse cultures and traditions as well.

How those cultures and traditions come together can be interesting, though. Cultural clashes occasionally do happen and figuring out how to honor everyone’s background when bringing together two families from vastly different places can be a challenge.

One couple came up with an utterly delightful way to do just that at their Scottish-Indian wedding, and it has everyone bopping along.

In some ways, Scotland and India are worlds apart. One is known for its cool, moist weather while the other contains 10 of the 15 hottest places on Earth. One is joked about for having bland food while the other’s cuisine has been studied to figure out what makes it so flavorful. One is part of an island with a smaller population than New York City, while the other takes up a vast stretch of a continent and holds around one-seventh of the world’s people. From clothing to food to religious traditions to melanin levels, Scotland and India are two very different countries.

That doesn’t mean they don’t make a fabulous combo, though. Wait till you hear the musical mashup that brought this Indian groom and Scottish-Indian bride into their reception:

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If anything can bring people together instantaneously, it’s music. Who knew that a bagpipe (traditional Scottish wind instrument) song and dhol (traditional Indian drum) would blend so well together?

The video was shared by Arun Bhopal, brother of the bride, on TikTok. People in the comments have shared how much they love how the musical traditions complemented each other.

“Absolutely LOVE this, two cultures coming together and appreciating each other,” wrote one person.

“This combo, wow…didn’t realize how much it works together,” wrote another.

Several people said they wished they could get the song on Spotify, and Bhopal shared that it sounded even better in person. We can only imagine.

What a joyful celebration of two cultures coming together in love. More of these kinds of traditional musical mashups, please.

In the midst of Kanye West’s ongoing battles with Gap and Adidas, it looks like there are still some brands willing to roll the dice with the mercurial producer. To be fair, his popularity has seemingly continued despite his becoming better known for controversy, so of course, brands hope to enjoy the halo effect of that.

While launching a deluge of Instagram posts criticizing Adidas on Monday, Kanye also enigmatically posted the “SAS” logo of San Antonio Shoemakers with a happy face emoticon — yes, that’s emoticon, not emoji. Apparently, Kanye is posting from 2009. SAS is a Texas-based comfort shoe brand that primarily competes with Clarks, ECCO, and New Balance for a market demographic that mostly consists of senior citizens, who are decidedly not Kanye’s core audience.

So, what are Kanye West’s plans with SAS?

On Monday, Kanye also posted, “What shoe company will give me control? I need to be the head of the board and the chief decision maker.” It’s likely that Kanye believes that the company would be amenable to these terms — terms he says his current footwear partner Adidas, which handles the manufacture of his Yeezy brand, are not. Kanye has argued that when he partnered with Adidas — likely more of a licensing situation — he was promised Yeezy brick-and-mortar stores and a spot on the board. Obviously, with Kanye acting so erratically lately, that’s a gamble few companies are willing to take.

According to the San Antonio Express-News, in response, the company said, “We sincerely appreciate the interest Ye (Kanye West) has expressed towards our company and look forward to continuing the conversation around a potential collaboration.” For what it’s worth, SAS has been shifting its focus, hoping to expand to a younger demographic. We’ll see if they believe working with Kanye is worth the headaches. to get it.

Zazie Beetz has been quietly dominating screens over the past few years, and she’s just beginning to take over Hollywood. Not only has she scored an Emmy nomination for starring in Atlanta, but she also has a reputation for starring alongside A-list celebs and outdoing them.

Beetz famously starred alongside Ryan Reynolds in Deadpool 2, before she stole the screen in Joker alongside Joaquin Phoenix. Most recently, Beetz was opposite Brad Pitt in the transportation-based action movie Bullet Train. Now, she’s teaming up with some more legends for a new HBO series from Stephen Soderbergh.

As per the official plot description, Full Circle will follow an investigation into a botched kidnapping that uncovers long-held secrets connecting multiple characters and cultures in present-day New York City. It will not be a reboot of the 2013 series Full Circle starring David Boreanaz, Keke Palmer, and Tom Felton (!?) though that was a solid show. It’s unclear what role Beetz will play in the HBO Max show.

The six-episode mini-series will be directed by Soderbergh himself and written by Ed Solomon, also known as the guy who wrote Bill & Ted’s Excellent Adventure and all of the subsequent sequels. Solomon and Soderbergh will be reuniting after working together on last year’s crime thriller No Sudden Move, starring Don Cheadle, Benicio del Toro, David Harbour, Jon Hamm, Brendan Fraser, and Kieran Culkin. HBO sure has been good to Soderbergh! And not so good to literally everyone else.

(Via Variety)

Alex Jones had the kind of on-air meltdown even a two-year-old would be impressed by this week when he visited the Youtube web show, Channel 5.

Jones had an extremely humiliating time of it during his very public trial weeks earlier where he was ordered to pay $49.3 million in damages to the parents of a child killed in the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting. During his Youtube show appearance, Jones was quizzed on how he felt about the verdict. A normal person might show remorse for spending years making money off of conspiracy theories that claimed the massacre that left dozens of young children dead was a hoax, but Jones decided to, errrr, take a different approach.

“Yes. I killed the children,” an exasperated Jones replied when asked if he felt responsible for the trolling the Sandy Hook families experienced after the tragedy. “No, I mean, I went in that school. I pulled a gun out. I shot every one of them myself. I mean, I’m guilty.”

When the show’s host, Andrew Callaghan — (previously known as the All Gas, No Brakes guy) — tried to rephrase the question, Jones grew even more irate.

“Do I feel responsible that someone played shit about video games on a bunch of drugs, went and killed a bunch of kids and then the internet questioned it? And I covered that. No, I don’t feel responsible and I don’t apologize anymore. I’m done. I don’t apologize. I killed the kids!” he said.

Callaghan again tried to intervene, saying “You didn’t kill them.” But Jones, clearly in his feels about being found guilty in his defamation suit, just doubled down.

No, I did,” Jones ranted. “Everybody said no — no. I killed them. I killed them. I already admitted it. I did it. I killed them. I’m the bad guy. I’m the devil — get rid of the First Amendment. First Amendment killed them. Second. Get rid of the Second Amendment. Get rid of the First Amendment. They’re bad. They killed the kids too. George Washington killed them. Jesus killed them. The whole — we should rename the whole planet Sandy Hook!”

“It should be holidays. We should bow five times a day to New Haven, Connecticut for the kids that died,” Jones continued. “Every American is to blame — every gun owner’s to blame. I’m to blame. We are all guilty to Bloomberg and Soros. Turn our guns in, turn our guns in. I know I get it. I killed them. I killed them. I killed them. I know — I killed them. So I’m done talking about it. Okay. I killed them.”

Eventually, the InfoWars host stormed off set but his mic was still on, catching an interaction between himself and an employee from his own show.

“I don’t think you should keep doing that,” the employee told Jones. Jones responded by again affirming that he killed the children at Sandy Hook saying, “What? Dude, I murdered those children.”

The employee begged Jones to stop replying, “Still not a funny thing to say. I get the point, but it’s just like, fuck man,” to which Jones then answered, “Fuck it. I don’t give a fuck, dude. I’m far beyond giving a fuck right now” before his mic was turned off.

(Via Mediaite)