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Donald Trump is still banned from Twitter (“due to the risk of further incitement of violence”), Facebook (“Mr. Trump created an environment where a serious risk of violence was possible”), and Twitch (“we believe this is a necessary step to protect our community and prevent Twitch from being used to incite further violence”). The former president also had his account suspended on YouTube following the events of January 6, but he’s trying to get back on the video-sharing platform.

Trump asked a judge in Florida “to issue a preliminary injunction in his case against YouTube that would compel the company to reinstate his access to the platform,” the New York Post reports. “The request for a preliminary injunction against YouTube argues that a failure to issue one would result in irreparable harm to both Trump as a potential political candidate in the future and the Republican Party as a whole, court documents dated Monday show.” There’s another reason he’s trying to rejoin the ranks of “Cat Jump Fail” and “Rubber Band Crash and Burn Weezer Cover,” however.

Notably, the injunction would allow Trump to continue selling merchandise on YouTube, potentially critical to political fundraising efforts.

In other words, he wants to sell his overpriced MAGA merchandise on YouTube. Trump previously filed lawsuits against Facebook, Twitter, and Google for “illegal and shameful censorship of the American people,” claiming that the tech titan’s alleged First Amendment violations were costing him (and other people, but mostly him) “trillions” of dollars. Where else can Trump’s supporters buy $14 jelly beans and a $90 gold sequin shirts if he’s not on YouTube, except by going to his official website? Censorship!

(Via the New York Post)

Never forgetting his roots as “The People’s Champion,” Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson absolutely melted the minds of a lucky group of fans talking a celebrity bus tour in Los Angeles on Saturday. In a video shared to his Instagram, the Jungle Cruise star can be seen smiling as pulls up next to the bus and makes it an unforgettable event for everyone on board by rolling down his window and asking, “Hey, you guys know where I can find The Rock?” Needless to say, the reaction was huge. The folks on the bus couldn’t believe what was happening as they yelled, screamed, tossed up peace signs, and generally went bananas.

“Love pullin’ up in my pick up truck beside all these tour buses that tour my neighborhood and surprising the heck outta people!!!” The Rock captioned the video. “One of the cool parts of fame & my job ~ makin’ a few folks happy.”

As The Rock pulls away, you can tell he enjoyed the moment too as he says, “That was fun. A good way to start off my Saturday.”

Fortunately for everyone downwind of his truck, The Rock recently made it a point to confirm that he is not one of the celebs who have been revealing their questionable hygiene habits.

“Nope, I’m the opposite of a “not washing themselves” celeb,” The Rock tweeted. “Shower (cold) when I roll outta bed to get my day rollin’. Shower (warm) after my workout before work. Shower (hot) after I get home from work. Face wash, body wash, exfoliate and I sing (off key) in the shower.”

(Via The Rock on Instagram)

Selena Gomez is in her 20s, while her Only Murders In The Building co-stars Steve Martin and Martin Short are in their 70s. So, it’s fair to say there’s a generational gap between them when it comes to certain things. That includes music, as Gomez explained that she introduced the comedy legends to Cardi B and Megan Thee Stallion’s hit “WAP,” as well as some other non-PG rap songs.

Gomez, Martin, and Short recent chatted with BBC Radio 1’s Ali Plumb, and the host asked Martin and Short about their favorite Gomez songs, much to Gomez’s horror. Martin responded with a reference to a song a young Gomez sang during her time on Barney & Friends, while Short cited her cover of “WAP” (which doesn’t exist), but pronounced the song title’s individual letters. That got a correction out of Gomez, the tone of which was similar to an exasperated explanation of something to your parents got painfully wrong.

They then spoke about how Gomez introduced them to the track and other “inappropriate rap songs.” Martin joked that “WAP” is “the naughtiest thing I’ve seen or heard since the [1959] movie Pillow Talk.” Gomez went on to note that she also showed the comedians Big Sean’s “I Don’t F*ck With You” and Kanye West and Lil Pump’s “I Love It.”

It’s a delightful conversation, so check it out above.

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Dave Bautista thinks he and Jason Momoa can be the next Riggs and Murtaugh.

Last week, the Guardians of the Galaxy star tweeted, “Just going to throw this out into the atmosphere and see what happens. Here we go… Me and Momoa in a Lethal Weapon type buddy cop movie directed by David Leitch. Ok! There it is. Now we wait.” It’s an intriguing idea: Bautista and Momoa are big action boys who are adept at comedy, and David Leitch directed John Wick, Atomic Blonde, Deadpool 2, and the upcoming Bullet Train, about a speeding train full of assassins. This movie needs to happen ASAP.

Momoa, for one, is down.

“I’m not on Twitter, but he literally texted me about four days ago, going, ‘We need to do a buddy cop film.’ We love each other, you know, obviously we met on See, we’re on Dune together, so I said absolutely,” the Aquaman actor said on The Late Late Show. “And he’s like, ‘Let’s do it in Hawaii.’ I’m like, ‘Let’s do it.’ I’m like, ‘I got an idea.’ So it’s off to the races now. We’re doing it.” Momoa has the dynamics figured out (“Dave loves wearing speedos. I love wearing board shorts… Both of us with our shirts off. You know, buddy cop film. He’ll be grumpy, I’ll be charming”), but he needs helps with a title.

Hmm. Let’s see. It’s a murder mystery set in Hawaii. How about “The White Lotus“?

We love our pets, which is what makes it hurt so much when we lose them. Kid Cudi is unfortunately dealing with that right now, as he revealed in a heartbreaking post last night that his dog Freshie has died.

He shared some photos and videos of the dog on social media and reflected on their journey together. Cudi got the dog while acting on How To Make It In America, so he could better relate to his dog-owning character. Over the next 11 years, Cudi formed a strong bond with Freshie, who helped the rapper through some tough times.

Cudi concluded his post, “My best f*ckin friend. Ill miss u everyday for as long as live. Ur w my dad now. And I better see u on the other side man. U better run up and give me so much love. Im lookin forward to it. I love you forever Mr Freshly. Til we meet on the other side my beautiful special boy. Goodbye.”

Find Cudi’s full post below.

“I got some sad news yall. Freshie is gone. He left us a few days ago peacefully at home surrounded by people that love him. His family. I held his hand and whispered in his ear to let him know I was there while he slipped away.I told him he was a special boy, my best friend, that he was perfect and that I loved him and Ill miss him so so much. I felt his heart stop beating and felt his last breath. Fresh has been in my life since 2010. I got him when the producers of How To Make It In America told me my character for 2nd season would sell weed and walk dogs. I had no previous interactions w dogs prior, other than giving one a pet if my friends had one at their place. I was truly nervous around dogs and I wanted to be comfortable onset w them so it felt legit. Like i was Domingo Dean, the dog walker/weed dealer.

After I got Freshie, I was wayyy more comfortable w the dogs onset. It worked. But at the time I had no idea I would have such a best friend in my life. He’s been here for 11 years, and my life has been one hell of a rollercoaster this whole time. Freshie was with me through it all everyday. He loved me. He really did. He came up and licked me if i was crying, he loved to lay in bed w me, he was always by my side or close by. He was my [guardian] angel. Nights Id want to cut myself, Id see Freshie and I couldnt do it. He would stare at me when I would have a knife to my stomach, eyes glaring at me tellin me to put the knife down. My life will be a lil more empty with him gone. To anyone that has lost a pet, I feel your pain.

I am a complete mess. I cry at random moments of the day. I think of him when I wake up. Thinkin i have to take him out to pee. When I go to bed I almost say ‘Cmon boy’ to let him know he can get in the bed with me. He would always wait to see if it was cool. He’d walk up, wait for me to say come on, then hop up. My best f*ckin friend. Ill miss u everyday for as long as live. Ur w my dad now. And I better see u on the other side man. U better run up and give me so much love. Im lookin forward to it. I love you forever Mr Freshly. Til we meet on the other side my beautiful special boy. Goodbye.”

When last we saw Peter Parker — which is to say Tom Holland’s incarnation of him — he was about to be outed. One of those mid-credits MCU scenes dropped into the end of Spider-Man: Homecoming showed a criminal on the verge of revealing Spidey’s real identity. The first trailer for Holland’s third solo go reveals that all hell broke loose: The world now knows Peter is NYC’s own friendly neighborhood Spider-Man, and no, he does not like it.

But his attempts to get things to back to normal may make things worse. Benedict Cumberbatch’s Doctor Strange flies into another wing of the MCU to make everyone forget what they learned. And just as on Rick and Morty, tampering with the multiverse has consequences. Will Zendaya’s MJ no longer love him? Will the friends who know no longer respect him?

Even worse, there’s already a multiverse in the Spider-verse. We’re not talking just the Oscar-winning Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse. There’s also those other incarnations, when Parker was played by Tobey Maguire and Andrew Garfield, where he had to fight a host of other baddies. It’s still unclear how many characters from the previous iterations will be coming back, but we get to see one: Alfred Molina’s Doc Ock, ready to take on another Spidey.

We do already know that Willem Dafoe’s Green Goblin and Jamie Foxx’s Electro are swinging back. But we’ll have to wait to see who else will join them. And surely we’ll learn more before Spider-Man: No Way Home is released on December 17.

You can watch the trailer in the video above.

No one ever ate hot dogs because they were watching their figure, but this is ridiculous: A new study weighed the health benefits of over 5,000 foods, rating them by how much time they either take off — or add to — one’s life. And surprise surprise — one of America’s most popular culinary creations (modified, stories go, from the German original) will rob you of days, months, even years: the hot dog.

The report, first shared by the University of Michigan, found foods that ranged from erasing 74 minutes to adding 80. The dangerous foods tended to be sugary drinks, burgers, and (sorry) breakfast sandwiches. A single 85-gram serving of chicken wings nabbed 3.3 minutes, thanks sodium and harmful trans fatty acids.

But not all is bleak. Healthier (and delicious!) foodstuffs, like salted peanuts, baked salmon, and rice with beans added between 10 to 15 minutes. (Mind you, that doesn’t mean one can simply play math whiz and cancel out an unhealthy meal with one that’s good for you. So if you think you can gorge on a burger then down a bunch of peanuts, bringing your life clock back to zero, you’re almost certainly mistaken.)

And then there’s hot dogs. One of those will cost you 36 minutes of life, “largely due to the detrimental effect of processed meat.” (It’s not clear if that’s just a dog and the bun that houses it, or if adding some vegetables, like onions, will dilute its deleterious powers.)

When news of the study, specifically the hot dog business, spread over social media, people had a range of emotions. In fact, some conformed to the Five Stages of Grief model laid out by psychiatrist Elisabeth Kübler-Ross. There was denial.

And anger.

Bargaining.

Depression.

And acceptance.

Some saw it as a challenge.

Some worried about hot dog eating contest champ Joey Chestnut.

Some were deliberately obtuse about the news.

And some thought about other unhealthy activities.

On the plus side, there’s another simple American culinary invention: the peanut butter and jelly sandwich. Not only is that also delicious, it also, as per the study, adds a whopping 33 minutes of life. Throw in some peanuts and you’ve all but atoned for that hot dog.

(Via NY Post)

Since the shooting altercation where Tory Lanez shot Megan Thee Stallion, Megan has been waiting for the case to move through the legal system. In the meantime, the incident has created some divisive reactions within the industry, including a strange feud with DaBaby, who seemingly took Tory’s side in the situation — then later tanked his own goodwill with some blatant homophobia delivered from the Rolling Loud stage.

But that wasn’t the only misstep at the festival. TMZ reports that a judge ruled Lanez’s surprise appearance at the festival — for DaBaby’s set, no less — violated the restraining order Megan had established against her assailant. Megan also performed at the festival and Lanez came within 100 feet of her during his appearance. In a new ruling, Lanez was required to pay a bail increase due to his order violation. The judge also added a modification to the order that specifically forbids Lanez from attending events where Megan will be present. According to TMZ, the judge noted that if the restraining order is violated again, Lanez will be taken into custody. He isn’t going to get a long leash with this one. Initially, Lanez’s bail was set at $190,000, and now it’s been increased to $250,000.

Like most conservative Rupert Murdoch-owned media outlets, The New York Post has spent much of the pandemic railing against mask mandates and generally downplaying COVID’s severity. But like former president Trump, they’re not stupid. So this shouldn’t be surprising: Despite their hostility towards places of business requiring people wear masks, that’s exactly what they demand their employees do when/if they’re in the office.

CNN obtained an internal memo sent on August 12 instructing staff to do the very thing they demonize in their newspaper, sometimes on the front page. “Masks are required while walking the floor/not at your desk,” publisher and chief executive Sean Giancola instructed. The formal guidance attached to the memo told employees to “mask up” and “cover [their] face when away from [their] desk or chatting with colleagues.”

This comes after months of slamming mask mandates, to say nothing of a year-and-a-half of slamming and undermining public health officials. CNN lays out some examples:

When the CDC said in July that it was recommending vaccinated people wear masks in areas with “substantial” and “high” community transmission of Covid-19, the Post called it “madness.”

“This is nonsense — and pernicious, too,” the Post’s editorial board wrote at the time.

The Post has also called for other agencies to lift their mask mandates.

In a July 7 article, the editorial board said it’s “time to scrap the mandate for masks on trains and buses.” That editorial said wearing a mask on public transit is “pointless and performative.”

“It’s time to lift the mask mandate,” the Post editorial board declared.

There’s also their July 30 cover, which featured the word “INSANITY” writ large over suggestions that vaccinated people wear masks.

The news comes days after CNN reported that the same mask requirements are in place at Fox News. That network is also owned by Murdoch, and it’s where hosts like Tucker Carlson tell their viewers to, among other things, harass people wearing masks. But look at it this way: At least the Post and Fox News want to keep their employees safe, even if the same doesn’t apply to their base.

(Via CNN)

There are a few uniting principles when it comes to the people whose pulses Jordan Klepper fingers on the regular while crisscrossing America for The Daily Show (and also probably for the satisfaction of some low-level masochistic tendencies he’s dealing with). They’re big fans of former steak in the mail salesman and reality TV host Donald Trump, they sometimes lack the desire to spellcheck their apparel, and they often sound like a 5-year-old caught in a lie when asked to justify their positions beyond the headline of a Facebook post they read that one time. Just the headline.

In this latest edition of Jordan Klepper Fingers The Pulse, that choir can be seen fumbling through half-baked mischaracterizations about science to explain their objection to vaccines and restrictions for the unvaccinated. They’re also overdoing it on air quotes, tossing “we’re living in a society” notions off a bridge, and getting into it with passersby who pretty much do Klepper’s job for him.

That this all went down a week ago in New York City outside Mayor Bill De Blasio’s house brings a “the call is coming from inside the house” vibe for anyone who thought this was a red state v. blue state thing. It’s very clearly not, but at least we can all take comfort in the irony that this got released today alongside the news that the Pfizer vaccine has received FDA approval. Now all those holdouts waiting for that step can go get their sticker and their protection against COVID. Yes, nothing is stopping them now.