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Taylor Swift has done some genre- and mood-hopping over the course of her past few albums: Reputation was edgier than usual for Swift, Lover brought things into more peaceful pop territory, and she well full-blown folk with Folklore and Evermore. She has been focused on her Taylor’s Version albums this year, as she has so far released re-recorded editions of Fearless and Red. The Taylor’s Version albums have had plenty of bonus tracks but now Swift is offering even more Red-related goodies, as she just dropped a “Sad Girl Autumn Version” of “All Too Well.”

This recording is based on the ten-minute version instead of the standard five-minute version, and aesthetically, it’s a return to her Folklore sound. Here, the track is an extended piano ballad, which makes sense given that Swift recorded the song with Folklore collaborators Aaron Dessner and Jonathan Low at Dessner’s Long Pond studio, where Folkore and Evermore were recorded.

Swift wrote when sharing the track, “One of the saddest songs I’ve ever written just got sadder. Drove up to Long Pond Studios to record All Too Well (Sad Girl Autumn Version) with the besties [Aaron Dessner and Jonathan Low].”

Listen to “All Too Well (Sad Girl Autumn Version)” above.

Red (Taylor’s Version) is out now via Republic. Get it here.

One of pop’s most notable couples has called it quits. After two years of dating, Shawn Mendes and Camila Cabello announced that their coupling was uncoupled in a joint statement that they shared on their Instagram Stories. “Hey guys, we’ve decided to end our romantic relationship but our love for one another as humans is stronger than ever,” their posts read. “We started our relationship as best friends and will continue to be best friends. We so appreciate your support from the beginning and moving forward.”

Mendes and Cabello first met back in 2015 when Mendes served as an opener for Cabello’s group Fifth Harmony, which she left at the end of 2016. The duo released their first song together, “I Know What You Did Last Summer,” in November 2015 and it entered the top 20 of the singles chart. Nearly four years later, they reconnected for “Señorita,” which hit No. 1 on the charts. The record gave them an American Music Award for collaboration of the year and a Grammy nomination for best pop duo/group performance. Shortly after “Señorita” was released, Mendes and Cabello confirmed their relationship by sharing a kiss in an Instagram post.

As for their personal careers, Cabello is wrapping up her third album, Familia, which is led by her summer single “Don’t Go Yet.” Mendes, on the other hand, will kick off his Wonder: The World Tour in March.

You can read the message from Cabello and Mendes in the post above.

Sebastian Stan’s so-called “Sunday workout” paid off in spades, it seems. We’re finally getting to see him in action as Mötley Crüe drummer Tommy Lee alongside Lily James’ Pamela Anderson in the first trailer for Hulu’s Pam and Tommy limited series. Granted, the preview pictures that we’ve seen already are pretty great, but still images didn’t quite breathe as much life into the doomed couple as this first trailer does. Hot damn, these two really went to town to portray their tabloid-esque escapades, which culminated in the theft and release of their, uh, adult oriented “home movie.”

That little ditty got released into the wild by a disgruntled electrician, Rand Gauthier, who was all upset about a contracting bill, as portrayed by a beardless Seth Rogen. And oh boy, did he ever get the party-in-the-back vibe going with that mullet, a hairstyle that’s shared by Nick Offerman’s porn-producing Milton Berle (a.k.a., “Uncle Miltie”) as they begin their stealthy distribution scheme. Those inner workings are discovered by Pam and Tommy at about the same time that the general public became aware.

The limited series — and thank goodness this won’t simply be a feature length film — co-stars Taylor Schilling, Andrew Dice Clay, Pepi Sonuga, Spencer Granese, and Mozhan Marnò. Sure, this project looks like the ideal bingewatch, but some patience will be necessary because Hulu will release the first three episodes in one chunk and go from there. From the looks of this glorious trailer, it’ll be worth the wait.

Pam and Tommy will debut on Feb. 2, 2022.

On Wednesday, the music world was shocked by the news that Memphis rapper Young Dolph was shot and killed in his hometown of Memphis. He was gunned down outside of Makeda’s Butter Cookies on the city’s Airways Boulevard. Shortly after the shooting, reports arrived that Prive Restaurant, which is owned by Dolph’s longtime foe and fellow Memphis native Yo Gotti, had been shot up. This was quickly denied by police officers, but they still took the step to briefly shut down the restaurant after the shooting. Yasser A. Kishk of Memphis’ Fox 13 confirmed the news and revealed it came as a result of Dolph and Gotti’s past interactions.

In a tweet, Kishk wrote Memphis police “shut down Prive and businesses nearby as a precaution since @YoGotti has connections with the business and past interactions with now dead rapper Young Dolph.” It’s unknown if any threats were directed at Gotti or the business.

Dolph and Gotti’s beef goes back to 2016 when Dolph released his mixtape King Of Memphis, a title that Gotti and other Memphis rappers took as an insult. Afterward, the duo traded shots at each other through songs, on social media, and in interviews. Its peak came in 2017 when Gotti’s associates, which included rapper Blac Youngsta, were arrested in connection to a shooting of Young Dolph. Over a hundred shots were reportedly fired at Dolph’s SUV, which was outfitted with bulletproof panels. Youngsta and Gotti’s other associates were later released due to a lack of evidence. Police have yet to mention anyone as a suspect in Dolph’s death.

On Wednesday, Matt Gaetz spent a chunk of his day on the defense. He wasn’t defending himself, despite spending the last year or so being under federal investigation for his ties to a sex trafficking ring. Instead he defended a politician who shared a video of him murdering a colleague and a president, plus a teenager who killed two people with a semiautomatic rifle.

During the afternoon, the beleaguered Florida representative took to the House floor in an unsuccessful attempt to keep Arizona’s Paul Gosar from being censured. He compared the violent anime video he shared on social media, involving the killing of Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and Joe Biden, to a mere cartoon. He invoked “the Wile E. Coyote.” It was weird. (Although it wasn’t as weird as Lauren Boebert’s pro-Gosar rant.)

But it wasn’t as weird as when he went on Newsmax (of course) later that night. He was there to speak about the trial of Kyle Rittenhouse, the Illinois teen who last summer crossed state lines and wound up shooting three protesters in Kenosha, Wisconsin, killing two. The jury is in the middle of deliberation following a clownshow of a trial, which saw not-quite-convincing crying jags and an unhinged judge with a questionable ringtone. But Gaetz is hoping for the best.

“He is not guilty,” Gaetz told host Grant Stinchfield, who he thanked for saying nice things about Rittenhouse. “He deserves a not guilty verdict, and I sure hope he gets it because you know what? Kyle Rittenhouse would probably make a pretty good congressional intern. We may reach out to him and see if he’d be interested in helping the country in additional ways.”

Stinchfield agreed, but called dibs on the young man who, even if found not guilty by a jury picked out of a raffle, still killed two people with a big gun. “I want him here at Newsmax,” Gaetz said. “Maybe he can be a Stinchfield intern too.”

So there you go. No matter where the verdict goes, Rittenhouse has a long life ahead of him.

(Via Mediaite)

Cozz has gone almost four years without releasing an album. His last one, Effected, arrived at the beginning of 2018, and since then it’s been mostly loose singles and guest appearances, like “LamboTruck” with Reason, “Don’t Hit Me Right Now” with Bas, Buddy, Guapdad 4000, and Baby Tate, and “Eye To Eye” with fellow Dreamville rapper Lute. Thankfully, Cozz seems to be getting back in the swing, returning with his latest single, “Addicted,” and its accompanying video.

On the track, which Cozz described as a “quick joint with some choice words about a few of my addictions,” Cozz gets vulnerable as he opens up about his many vices, including women on social media, drinking, and his ex. “Ditching my addictions is like switching my pigment,” he raps. “Sh*t if ya got any advice I’m here to listen, we all got plenty of vices and mine no different / Unless we talking be women who grew up without they fathers / So they addictions attention you know.” The video tracks a day in his life filled with said vices.

Prior to “Addicted,” Cozz expressed his gratitude for living to see another day in his video for “Fortunate,” which sees Cozz walk away from a head-on collision that left him with some cuts and bruises.

You can watch the video for “Addicted” above.

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Tyler Herro has gotten off to a terrific start to the 2021-22 season, as he has appeared to take the leap needed for the Heat as their sixth man and much needed microwave off the bench.

Herro came into Wednesday night’s contest with the lowly Pelicans averaging 21.9 points per game on 46.1/38.9/86.8 shooting splits and found himself in the starting lineup to serve as point guard with Kyle Lowry out for the night. Herro, who’s averaging 3.9 assists per game, was looking to do a bit more facilitating in this one, but sometimes the buckets just happen to find young Tyler.

In the third quarter, Herro looked to set up Jimmy Butler on the break with a lob from halfcourt that was nowhere really close to connecting with Butler, but instead went directly into the basket for the most unlikely three-pointer of the year from Herro.

The reaction of Kyle Lowry and the Heat bench is terrific, as they celebrate it as if Herro meant it all along. That bucket was part of an extended 34-18 run in the third quarter for Miami to run away from the Pelicans, on their way to a 113-98 win, with Herro getting a little divine help to keep his early shooting numbers rolling along.

In just a few days, the almost six years Adele fans have spent waiting for a new album will come to an end. The singer will drop her fourth album 30 on Friday, which was led by “Easy On Me,” the single that’s spent four consecutive weeks at the top of the singles charts. She’s also shared a performance of the song “To Be Loved” on social media, which she delivers from the comfort of her living room.

Adele spoke about the song during an interview with Oprah for her special One Night Only, revealing that she played the song to her estranged father before he passed away this past spring. “My main goal in life is to be loved in love. And so I wanted to play it to my dad being like, ‘You’re the reason I haven’t done that yet,’” she said. “He was the reason I haven’t fully accessed what it is to be in a loving relationship with somebody.”

As for 30 as a whole, Erroll Garner and Chris Stapleton will make guest appearances on the song “All Night Parking” and a new version of “Easy On Me,” respectively. The album will also include unconventional appearances from Tyler The Creator and Skepta.

You can watch the full six-minute performance in the video above.

30 is out on 11/19 via Columbia Records. Pre-order it here.

The Cleveland Cavaliers are dealing with a rash of injuries and illnesses, including to their starting frontcourt of Evan Mobley and Jarrett Allen. As a result, they started Ed Davis in his first action of the season on Wednesday against the Nets and called up Tacko Fall from the Canton Charge to fill minutes.

Fall, signed on a two-way deal with the Charge, saw some of his first minutes of the season against Brooklyn. He soon found himself right at the rim, being guarded by 6’1″ Nets guard Patty Mills. Fall is 7’6″ and 311 pounds, so he had a massive size advantage over Mills. And all Mills could really do is grab hold and hold on to try and keep Fall from shooting or dunking on him.

Mills trying his best to stop Tacko in the paint brings back strong memories of one of the all-time great Vines (RIP).

Mills had no shot here to actually defend Fall, so he made the right play. It is also a treat to see anyone of Mills’ size try and defend Fall because there’s nothing they can really about it. Fall is just a massive human and any moment like that where his size advantage is so apart just looks absurd.

Also, Fall needs to just go up strong and dunk it when he gets the ball in that spot against a player that much smaller than him. It’s an easy two points if he just up, even if it means taking a smaller player along for a ride.

It’s hard to believe it’s been over a year since Donald Trump lost the 2020 election. It’s hard to believe because he, many of his cronies, and a disarmingly large number of his supporters still think there was skullduggery, despite none of them being able to produce any evidence of same. While the former president still, improbably, has a firm grip on the Republican party, not everyone’s still happy to entertain his voter fraud fantasies. One of them is Rupert Murdoch.

As per The Guardian, the Fox News honcho — whose channel no longer always airs all his tantrums, leaving that to the shady, subpar likes of Newsmax or OANN — delivered an address at the annual News Corp shareholders meeting, which wasn’t remotely as chaotic as the one on the most recent Succession. There, he looked to the future, not to over 12 months in the past, as a large chunk of Republicans continue to do.

“The current American political debate is profound, whether about education or welfare or economic opportunity,” Murdoch told the crowd. “It is crucial that conservatives play an active, forceful role in that debate, but that will not happen if President Trump stays focused on the past. The past is the past, and the country is now in a contest to define the future.”

It’s not exactly a rebuke of Trump, and his network continues to allow at least a modicum of Trump or Trumpy nonsense. The failed blogger and Mar-a-Lago wedding toaster still cuts it up with Sean Hannity, while no doubt he loves when Tucker Carlson downplays the Jan. 6 Capitol siege that ended his presidency in disgrace.

But it’s something, even though it’s nothing new. Murdoch has been a Trump critic since for years, trying to get Fox News to “tilt” to anyone else, “even Hillary,” and reportedly calling him a “f*cking idiot” — the same term bestowed upon the body man Trump basically made a “deputy president” in his sad, doomed final stretch.

But don’t go cheering for old Rupert. Fox News continues to broadcast misinformation about vaccines while requiring them (or a negative COVID test) to enter the premises. And a former Fox News exec tried, and apparently failed, to convince him that his news network has long done “real damage” to America, as we see every day, every hour, every minute.

(Via The Guardian)