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Donald Glover is gearing up for the release of his “final” Childish Gambino album and visited Hot Ones for the occasion. He fared better than, say, Ice Spice did, and also compared his decision to retire the Childish Gambino name to The Office. And after more than 20 minutes of hot-sauce torture, Glover (who had joked that he would die during this episode) revealed a tidbit that might explained why he handled these wing-shenanigans pretty well.

As it turns out, Glover has eaten plenty of hot sauce over the course of his career, and that would be due to Community star Joel McHale’s dastardly influence. Yes, for real:

“[In] Community, first season, I really looked up to Joel, and like Joel was literally only eating espressos and eggs. That was it because he wanted to get in shape, he had a shirt-off scene, and literally, he was like, ‘Hot sauce will help you, it’s the only flavor you can really [have], so I started with hot sauce, and then we got into a thing together. And then I realized, ‘Oh yeah, that must have boosted my tolerance’ because I remember putting tons of hot sauce on eggs.”

See, McHale recently claimed the blame for the Community movie’s delay, and Donald paid him back with a hot sauce story. There, now they are even, and you can here that story after the 21:30 mark below:

The Weeknd delivered major news for the people of Brazil yesterday, July 17: He’s playing a big one-off concert in São Paulo on September 7. Today, though, he followed that up with a dispatch that’s more applicable to his fans from all over the world.

The two-minute CGI video posted on social media starts with imagery of The Weeknd during the After Hours era, throwing dice in a casino. Then, we get a glimpse of the older, gray-haired version of The Weeknd from Dawn FM. Finally, we see what appears to be a child version of The Weeknd. A spotlight illuminates the kid and expands to reveal verdant-looking grass around him, and on-screen text reads, “There are three chapters to this tale.”

So, it seems The Weeknd is suggesting a third album in the After Hours/Dawn FM trilogy is on the way, and this isn’t exactly a surprising development: Way back in 2022, The Weeknd teased on Twitter (now X), “i wonder… did you know you’re experiencing a new trilogy?”

A number of fan theories at the time speculated that the third album would be about the afterlife, and that appears to still be in play in light of the new teaser: Perhaps the kid version of The Weeknd is some sort of reincarnation.

Check out some reactions to the new teaser below.

Russell Westbrook‘s time as a member of the Los Angeles Lakers came to an end at the 2023 trade deadline when L.A. sent him to the Utah Jazz, which bought him out and opened up a path for him to join the Los Angeles Clippers. Fast-forward to this offseason and after a tumultuous tenure with the Clippers, that exact thing is happening once again.

According to Adrian Wojnarowski of ESPN, the Clippers are sending Westbrook to the Jazz, along with a second-round pick swap and cash, as part of a sign-and-trade to bring Kris Dunn to L.A. After the trade, Westbrook is going to get bought out, which will make it easy for him to join the Denver Nuggets, a team that has had interest in bringing him on board throughout this summer.

Chris Haynes of Bleacher Report brought word that the Clippers will make it a point to keep Dunn around, as the sign-and-trade will give him a 3-year, $17 million deal that adds some defensive tenacity in the team’s backcourt.

A report earlier this offseason indicated that Denver wanted to acquire Westbrook, with Nikola Jokic personally pushing for the team to get him after losing both Reggie Jackson and Kentavious Caldwell-Pope this summer. Westbrook is coming off of a campaign where he largely held a bench role with the Clippers, and averaged 11.1 points, five rebounds, 4.5 assists, and 1.1 steals in 22.5 minutes per game.

Megan Thee Stallion completed her Hot Girl Summer Tour in London on Wednesday, July 17, which coincided with the apex of her involvement in Amazon Prime Day. But as much as Meg is an icon, a legend, and the moment, she’s always finding new ways to use her ever-exploding platform for good.

On Thursday, July 18, the Houston Chronicle reported that Megan Thee Stallion and her Pete And Thomas Foundation partnered with Bread Of Life, Inc. “to launch the Emergency Power Program,” which “will provide generators for senior citizens across Houston and enable them to access electricity during future natural disasters.”

The initiative comes after Hurricane Beryl destroyed Meg’s hometown Houston, leaving at least 18 people dead and two million people without power. According to the Houston Chronicle, six of the deceased passed due to “heat exposure during the loss of power.”

“It’s been painful to watch the elderly population in Houston suffer without electricity during these devastating storms,” Megan said in a statement. “That’s why we wanted to partner with Bread Of Life to take a strategic approach to this problem and secure generators to help protect our senior citizens. We need to do our part to provide our elders with the best resources possible to withstand future emergencies.”

In the upcoming Alien: Romulus, there is no avoiding it: we will see some aliens. Probably quite a few, and they will be terrifying. But there will also be some fun nods to the original 1979 film, including a particular song that echoes throughout the latest (and final) trailer.

The trailer features a haunting rendition of “You Are My Lucky Star” from 1952 musical-comedy classic Singin’ In The Rain, which has been used in the franchise before. At the end of Alien, Ripley sings the show tune while she preps to take the Xenomorph head on. Rumor has it that the song was the idea of Sigourney Weaver, who played Ripley, though that hasn’t been confirmed.

The song is then used again in the 2014 video game, Alien: Isolation, where Ripley’s daughter Amanda sings the lyrics while aboard another infested spacecraft.

Alien: Romulus takes place between Alien and Aliens and follows a young crew as they stumble upon a deserted spaceship and soon discover that they are not alone.

Director Fede Alvarez told The Hollywood Reporter that even though there are callbacks to the other films in the franchise, non-Alien fans should still be able to enjoy the movie. “It is crafted in that way, and hopefully it works that way for everybody, but it is connected to all of them,” he explained. “I love all of those movies. I didn’t want to omit or ignore any of them when it comes to connections at a story level, character level, technology level and creature level. There’s always connections from Alien to Alien: Covenant.”

So, “You Are My Lucky Star” (which is actually even older than Singin’ In The Rain) connects the first film with the latest film, but the real question here is…will there be another cute space cat on board?? Every movie needs one.

Alien: Romulus hits theaters on August 16.

“Scandoval” was well over a year ago, and yet we are still forced to deal with the aftermath of Tom Sandoval’s bad decisions. And this week, the reality star/former cover band singer is now suing his former partner Ariana Madix, who has been living her best life down in Fuji for the past month. Here’s a quick recap of what went down:

Last year, Vanderpump Rules star Ariana Madix found our that her boyfriend of eight years, Tom Sandoval, had been cheating on her with her pal Rachel/Raquel Leviss. This revelation was made when Madix found an explicit video of Leviss on Sandoval’s phone, which was recoreded without Leviss’ consent. Leviss then sued Sandoval and Madix for revenge porn, and claimed that Sandoval recorded sexually explicit videos of Leviss without her knowledge, which Madix send back to her. This is how Leviss learned that not only had her affair has been exposed, but she was also recorded illegally.

Now, Sandoval is suing Madix for allegedly “distributing” the sexual footage (which he had recorded illegally), which is essentially the same reason why Leviss is suing the duo. The lawsuit claims that Madix “obtained access” to Sandoval’s phone without his “authorization or permission” when she found the explicit videos. The filing alleges that Madix “made copies” of the video and distributed it to “Leviss and third parties.” On a semi-related side note, Sandoval’s attorney Matthew Geragos is the brother of Leviss’ attorney, Mark Geragos.

Meanwhile, Madix insists she never shared “any of the video footage she found” with anyone besides Leviss. Jordon Susman, Madix’s lawyer, told Deadline, “It is abhorrent that Tom Sandoval continues to torment Ms. Madix. “For Mr. Sandoval to go from begging Ms. Madix for forgiveness to blaming her for his wrongdoing speaks for itself,” Susman continued. “Even months after the New York Times branded Mr. Sandoval the most hated man in America, he has clearly learned nothing and believes it necessary to continue torturing Ms. Madix in a vain effort to rehabilitate his image,” Susman said, adding. “Ms. Madix is confident that a jury will see through this latest ploy and dismiss his frivolous claims.”

Leviss’ trial against Sandoval and Madix is set to start on November 3, 2025. For now, Vanderpump Rules, which normally shoots over the summer, has been put on an indefinite hiatus.

(Via Deadline)

It’s your weekend, Chicago: From July 19 to 21, Pitchfork Music Festival is going down at Union Park. The lineup is led by Jamie xx, Black Pumas, Carly Rae Jepsen, Alanis Morissette, 100 Gecs, and more.

If you want to know who’s playing when, check out the schedule highlights below and find the full set times here.

Pitchfork Music Festival Set Times For Friday, July 19, 2024

Among the first-day highlights are Tkay Maidza at 3:20 (all times p.m. and local) on the Red Stage, Billy Woods & Kenny Segal at 4:15 on the Green Stage, Amen Dunes at 5:15 on the Blue Stage, Yaeji at 5:15 on the Red Stage, 100 Gecs at 6:15 on the Green Stage, Sudan Archives at 6:30 on the Blue Stage, Jai Paul at 7:25 on the Red Stage, Jeff Rosenstock at 7:45 on the Blue Stage, and Black Pumas at 8:30 on the Green Stage.

Pitchfork Music Festival Set Times For Saturday, July 20, 2024

Those playing Saturday include Hotline TNT at 2:45 on the Blue Stage, Wednesday at 4:15 on the Green Stage, De La Soul at 5:15 on the Red Stage, Jessie Ware at 6:15 on the Green Stage, Carly Rae Jepsen at 7:25 on the Red Stage, and Jamie xx at 8:30 on the Green Stage.

Pitchfork Music Festival Set Times For Sunday, July 21, 2024

Closing the fest out on Sunday are Joanna Sternberg at 1:45 on the Red Stage, Jessica Pratt at 4:15 on the Green Stage, Grandmaster Flash at 5:15 on the Red Stage, Mannequin Pussy at 5:15 on the Blue Stage, Muna at 6:15 on the Green Stage, Crumb at 6:30 on the Blue Stage, Brittany Howard at 7:25 on the Red Stage, Les Savy Fav at 7:45 on the Blue Stage, and Alanis Morissette at 8:30 on the Green Stage.

Rumblings around a Prince documentary date back to 2018. Initially, Deadline reported that Ava Duvernay was set to direct a multi-part documentary series about the late icon for Netflix. DuVernay departed the project in 2019 due to “creative differences.” Ezra Edelman, who won an Oscar for O.J.: Made In America, took over.

All for naught, it seems.

On Thursday, July 18, Variety reported that the six-part Prince Netflix documentary is “dead in the water.” According to the report, “Representatives for the late artist’s estate claimed a first cut of the film was filled with ‘dramatic’ factual inaccuracies and ‘sensationalized’ renderings of certain events from his life.” Additionally, the Netflix deal called for a six-hour series, but Edelman reportedly turned in nine hours, which is “a violation of the agreement that “presumably enabled the estate to withhold music rights.”

This Variety report echoes a Puck report from earlier this week — nearly verbatim — so it feels safe to say that the general public will never see the six-part Prince documentary series six years in the making. There is a very small sliver of hope, maybe?

“Although Netflix and Edelman maintain final cut of the film, a Prince documentary without his music would face daunting, if not insurmountable, creative and commercial obstacles,” Variety concluded.

Prince died on April 21, 2016 due to an opioid overdose. He was just 57 years old.

A Lawton, Oklahoma, student who goes by the Facebook user name Rose Lynn had the last laugh after being sent home from school for wearing an outfit deemed “distracting.” Rose Lynn believes her outfit attracted the attention of school officials because of her figure.

She proved it by posting a photo on Facebook of her modest outfit, which consisted of black leggings, a t-shirt, long cardigan, and boots. In her post, she wrote that she was sent home “because I’m developed farther than the average girl my age,” and because she’s a “CURVY woman.” Rose Lynn also thinks the appropriate response shouldn’t have been to tell her to cover up, but to teach boys to “to respect the boundaries of young ladies.”

Her father, Lance Miles, agrees with her. “If she was built like a board or as round as a ball she wouldn’t have been sent home but [since] she has a figure she was told she had to change,” he said in the comments of her Facebook post.

“This is 100 percent on [Lawton Public Schools] because they have left the rule up to interpretation. She has been taught that if you believe in something, do what you must and be prepared for the consequences. She has done that,” he continued.

Rose Lynn’s post:

“So today I was sent home from class, after being in school for two hours, for my outfit. Because I’m developed farther than the average girl my age, I am required to go home and change… Because I look like a CURVY woman and may distract young boys, I have to miss class and change my outfit.

So once again, society has failed to advocate young ladies, by confining them in a box, where they are stripped from their sense of self respect and self expression, rather than teaching young men to respect the boundaries of young ladies. My response: #Feminism #YoullDistractTheBoys #SocietyIsFailing”

On the day Rose Lynn was sent home, she was due to take a 20-minute algebra exam. She asked school officials if she could take the test before changing her outfit, but her request was denied. So the next day, she got her revenge.

Rose Lynn returned to school wearing an oversize t-shirt. On the front she scribbled a quote from school officials in black Sharpie, “It doesn’t cover your crotch”; on the back, “You’ll distract the boys.” That day, Rose Lynn was called to the office and sent home again. This time it wasn’t for her outfit but for not wearing her student I.D., which she had left in the classroom after being called to the office.

This article originally appeared on 05.17.19

Even though he was born “Katherine Elizabeth,” Skylar lived like a regular little boy for most of his childhood.

He was happy.

This is Skylar.

But when puberty hit, he started feeling intense pressure to be “normal” and fit in. So he tried to present as more traditionally “feminine.”

But he couldn’t shake the feeling that he was denying a huge part of himself. Late in high school, he started taking testosterone.

Skylar started feeling more comfortable immediately. And before he knew it, he was at his “dream school,” having the time of his life. And taking lots and lots of pictures of himself.

Access to medical care played a big part in Skylar becoming the person he is today, but that wasn’t all.

Check out his story and walk five years in his shoes. It’s definitely a perspective we don’t see often enough:

This article originally appeared on 08.30.14