With only a handful of singles to his name, Young Rog teamed up with Summer Walker for the laid-back anthem “Bullsh*t.” Alongside the song’s release, the two got together to film a captivating video, which even includes a special cameo from Rog’s dog Zeus.
Directed by Mac Grant, the visual sees the LVRN labelmates seeking a drama-free relationship. “I really wish you’d hear me from a different side / But there’s no tellin’ you nothing bеcause you always right,” Walker sings.
About the collaboration, Young Rog praised Walker’s talent in a statement to Complex: “Summer was honestly amazing and for real, for real, I think her voice over any beat makes records sit in another dimension. Great records definitely come with good team effort and it’s really a blessing to be working with [her].”
Despite the circumstances, 2020 was a busy year for Walker. Along with confirming her pregnancy and showing off her glowing baby bump, the singer broke ground on her own record label Ghetto Earth Records, an imprint of Interscope. After launching the label, Walker’s first signee was singer/songwriter NO1-NOAH, who collaborated with Walker both on Over It and Life On Earth. “I came up with Ghetto Earth because earth is ghetto,” she said about the endeavor. “I don’t wanna be controlling over my artist’s music. I want them to be fully involved in everything they put out. I’m just here to support and help them get to wherever it is they’re trying to go in life.”
Watch Young Rog and Summer Walker’s “Bullsh*t” video above.
Lou Dobbs has been canceled. Well, at least his Fox Business Network show has been according to reports. The host of Lou Dobbs Tonight, routinely one of the highest-rated shows on the Fox channel, has been host to a number of wild and baseless claims about voter fraud in the wake of Donald Trump’s loss in the November election. And it may have cost him his spot on the network’s lineup.
According to CNN, Dobbs will still be employed by the network but it cited a Los Angeles Times report that Friday night was his last broadcast on the network.
Fox representatives did not immediately respond to CNN Business requests for comment, but a source close to Dobbs confirmed that he has been benched by the network.
According to the Los Angeles Times, Dobbs “remains under contract at Fox News but he will in all likelihood not appear on the company’s networks again.”
As several other reports note, the timing of the show’s cancelation coincide with a massive lawsuit levied by two voting machine companies, Smartmatic and Dominion, after Dobbs and other Fox hosts made false claims about Trump’s baseless election fraud misinformation campaign. But as the New York Times reported, a Fox statement brushed the removal of its top-rated Fox Business Channel show off as “planned changes.”
“Fox News Media regularly considers programming changes, and plans have been in place to launch new formats as appropriate postelection, including on Fox Business,” Fox said in a statement to the Times. “This is part of those planned changes. A new 5 p.m. program will be announced in the near future.”
The Times also got a quote from Donald Trump about Dobbs’ departure, calling him “great.” And as the Times laid out, all the times Dobbs defended Trump and supported his wild and baseless cries of voter fraud certainly made it a favorite of the now-former president. Which may be why Fox decided, with a $2.7 billion lawsuit at hand, the network decided to cut ties.
Don Herzog, who teaches First Amendment and defamation law at the University of Michigan, said it was possible the cancellation could help Fox in its defense of the lawsuit.
If Mr. Dobbs had continued to discuss Smartmatic or promote election fraud on his program, the network could have found itself liable for each new claim, Mr. Herzog said.
The network also could argue that the lawsuit made them aware of untruths that Mr. Dobbs had helped spread. And in a trial atmosphere, the cancellation of Mr. Dobbs’s program might help persuade jurors that the network was acting in good faith.
Dobbs’ future in television is uncertain at this point, but if he’s looking to move to another right wing TV network like Newsmax he might have some legal trouble there as well.
As the NBA inches closer to its mid-season break, there’s been a lot of debate about the wisdom of moving forward with plans to host an All-Star Game in Atlanta next month amid the ongoing pandemic. Several players around the league have expressed reservations about participating in what would be a massively scaled-down event.
Durant had been registering antibodies from his March bout with COVID-19 when he was out due to contact tracing a month ago. He missed four games after exposure to the virus. https://t.co/dv66NxIX0j
Woj initially reported that Durant would miss the entire game but quickly revised that to say he would simply not start against Toronto, presumably leaving the possibility that he might still take the court at some point.
The Nets were one of the teams early in the season to have several players miss games due to COVID-related contact tracing and safety protocols. Durant was among those players to miss time after being exposed to the virus.
Zella Day and Weyes Blood first sang together on stage during Lana Del Rey’s Norman F*cking Rockwell tour, and the crowd’s response to that moment led to talks about an official collaboration. Now, Day and Weyes Blood have finally shared the result of their songwriting sessions, “Holocene.”
The folksy single, which is inspired by songs from the venerable musician Daniel Johnston, is layered with rich harmonies. Both Day and Weyes Blood lend their vocals on the track, delivering a tune about the importance of holding onto hope.
Speaking about the single in a statement, Day said:
“These days it seems music is the only superpower I can count on to protect me from the threats that lurk within the complete unknown. If hope were a paper airplane and shot into the sky I grabbed it with my hands as it was floating by and unfolded the paper to absorb the contents inside. ‘Crazy Train’ was scribbled at the top of the page and when I looked to see what the words were that were bleeding through from the other side of the paper ‘Holocene’ was there waiting to be sung. There was laughter in the room when the songs were made, tears being shed on the other sides of the walls, but I’m not going to sit here and pretend that I didn’t cry in the studio too. We’ve all needed a refuge this year, this is a glimpse into mine.
Over the last year I have found myself living in two conflicted mental states: days where I’m impassioned, so many words and thoughts surrounding our current climate extending throughout my being. The other reality is emptiness, a complete loss for words. Exhaustion. Loneliness. Sometimes loneliness becomes a giant casting a long shadow that I can’t outrun. I learned not to be too hard on myself in these moments, ultimately trusting that the motivation to create would eventually come back to me. ‘Holocene’ was the rain that fell. It’s a collection of thoughts, a song for the interpersonal relationship between the world inside and outside of ourselves.”
Listen to Weyes Blood and Zella Day’s “Holocene” above.
Netflix’s To All The Boys movie series will become a trilogy later this month, but its central star has other plans in the works that are a bit more supernatural in nature. The third To All The Boys movie, Always And Forever, hits Netflix on February 12 but Friday brought news that Condor will be involved in a series about the teenage afterlife.
Netflix announced that Condor will star and executive produce a limited series called Boo, Bitch, which casts the To All The Boys star as a teen trying to “live an epic life” but woke up to find out that she’s dead. And a ghost.
Lana Condor will star in and executive produce Boo, Bitch — a live-action comedy limited series about a high school senior who, after years of playing it safe, decides to live an epic life … only to wake up the next morning and find out she’s now a ghost. pic.twitter.com/2qANm0om6D
If that sounds a lot like Teen Angel, well, here’s hoping. And while most of the comments were from people either happy for Condor or requesting other Netflix shows get another season, it’s certainly a nice place to go from the To All The Boys series that can expand her work with the streaming service moving forward.
Condor certainly seems excited about exploring the teen entertainment world in a slightly different context, and spent much of Friday rewteeting stories about the series announcement.
We’ll have to see just how much TGIF is in Boo, Bitch when it actually hits Netflix, but turning teens into ghosts is always fruitful TV show material.
Even though she’s too young to know it, Gigi Hadid and Zayn’s newborn baby Khai already owns some priceless gifts. After giving birth in September, Hadid was showered in gifts from celebrities from across the world, including Donatella Versace. Even Taylor Swift sent little Khai a gift, and she made sure to include a personal touch in it.
Hadid recently revealed Swift’s special gift in a cover interview for Vogue. The model said that Swift sent her baby a handmade teddy bear, which was sewn out of fabric from one of the singer’s old dresses. “It’s misshapen, and she called it Ugly Bear,” Hadid said about the gift, mentioning that Swift also had one just like it when she was a little girl.
In other Swift news, the singer may be facing a copyright infringement lawsuit over her recent album Evermore. Apparently, there’s a fantasy amusement park based in Pleasant Grove, Utah which boasts the name same — and they weren’t happy about the title of Swift’s LP. While the lawsuit was filed against Swift months after the album’s release, Evermore Park’s director of human resources claims that several Swift fans asked if there was a connection. Swift’s team has responded to the lawsuit, saying it’s “inconceivable” that Swift pulled the title from the theme park
Donald Trump, adrift in a world without Twitter, could really use a social media lifeline to prevent him from scribbling down insults and hoping a carrier pigeon happens to fly by. His reticence to join Parler in the wake of his getting removed from Twitter was a curiosity to some, especially given how many of his supporters flocked to the MAGA-friendly service in the aftermath of his November election loss. But now we may know a bit more about why he never joined Parler before it was booted from app stores and Amazon’s server space: he tried (and failed) to negotiate a deal to join.
According to Buzzfeed, Trump and his surrogates were negotiating him joining Parler in exchange for an ownership stake in the company while he was still in office. The talks apparently never got anywhere, in part because, well, it would almost certainly be against the law:
Former Trump campaign manager Brad Parscale raised the idea to Trump of taking an ownership stake in Parler during a meeting last year at the White House, according to a source familiar with the negotiations. Parscale had taken an early interest in Parler, and reportedly considered creating an account for Trump on the site in 2019 as a bulwark against Twitter and Facebook.
Four sources told BuzzFeed News that Parscale and Trump campaign lawyer Alex Cannon met with Parler CEO John Matze and shareholders Dan Bongino and Jeffrey Wernick at Trump’s Florida club Mar-a-Lago in June 2020 to discuss the idea. But the White House counsel’s office soon put a stop to the talks, one person with knowledge of the discussions said, ruling that such a deal while Trump was president would violate ethics rules.
There are a lot of wild and unprecedented things Trump did during his four years in office, and the nonexistent separation between his work as president and his business deals remains near the top of the list even after “inciting a coup attempt” was added to it. But negotiating a business deal to join a social media service as a part-owner after getting kicked off Twitter for being too dangerous to America is certainly a new wrinkle to Trump’s chaos. And despite him not being fully involved in the talks, the idea that surrogates of his had the power to organize these sort of potential talks provides a lens into the extremely unusual nature of the Trump presidency.
Buzzfeed reported that those early 2020 talks were revived once Trump lost the November election, but that they “fell apart” after the January 6 MAGA riot that left five people dead following an attack on the U.S. Capitol that Trump helped to incite:
However, in negotiations with the Trump Organization, Parler offered a 40% stake in the company, according to a December document seen by BuzzFeed News and two people with direct knowledge of the proposed deal. Upon completion of that deal, half of that stake would have been given immediately to the Trump Organization, while the other half would have been doled out in tranches over the 24-month period of the agreement.
Meanwhile, a deplatformed Trump has reportedly resorted to writing down mean tweets about those who have betrayed him, sometimes trying to get others to tweet his ghost-written insults. This news came Friday from a story in The Daily Beast about Trump’s reaction to Liz Cheney voting to impeach Trump and seeing backlash from fellow Republicans:
People close to Trump say he views Cheney’s immediate fortunes as one of the first tests of his lasting influence on the party and conservative movement.
But due to Twitter’s banning of the @realDonaldTrump account following the Capitol riot that Trump instigated, he has not been able to personally trash Cheney via his once widely read tweets. He has written out insults and observations, several of them about Cheney, but with no ability to tweet them himself, he has resorted to suggesting put-downs for others to use or post to their own Twitter, according to a person with direct knowledge of this new habit.
It’s a depressing fate for one of the few True Posters out there, but it’s probably safer for the state of democracy, all things considered.
Humans and dogs have a long, historic relationship that plays out in special, individual bonds the world over. Countless people have found themselves unable to resist the adorableness of a puppy they were just going to “look at,” and ended up in a mutually adoring relationship. Countless kids have grown up with a loyal canine companion who is always there for them and makes up a big part of their childhood memories.
This bond is no more apparent than when a dog and its favorite human get separated and then reunited. Some dogs express excitement when they see pretty much anyone, but when a pup has a person, there’s nothing like it.
Just look at how happy this lost doggo is to see her owner—and vice versa.
For three long and worrisome weeks, this sweet dog named Liddie was missing from home. This is the moment she got r… https://t.co/51GMQVvcir
This dog’s favorite human has had to social distance from his family due to a lung condition during the pandemic. When they finally get to see each other? Magic.
When your pup goes missing, it’s traumatic. A good samaritan found this dog from “Missing” signs put up in the neighborhood, and just look how the owner comes running when he sees his furry friend in the front seat.
His dog finally turned up😃 https://t.co/PXEqk9xW0D
This gentleman has been in the hospital, so someone had to hold the sweet pupperoo back a bit at first so the man didn’t get pummeled with love. But once they let go, the good doggo gave him some warm, gentle lovin’.
Sometimes a reunion happens after a long absence, but dogs remember their loved ones. It may take some sniffing around a bit to trigger the recognition, but once that happens it’s a sight to behold.
Dog stolen from owner reunited after 2 years! https://t.co/YLlh0zqZ73
This sweet girl has been living in a shelter for three year after getting separated from her owner. It takes her a minute to realize who he is, but then the love fest begins. The jumping and the whimpering? So awesome.
Dog Reunited with Owner Slowly Recognizes Dad After Years in Shelter | The Dodo
This dog’s owner’s been gone for two years with the military. At first, the dog seems not to recognize her, and even seems wary of her. Then comes the sniff and a hug. Then full-on celebration.
Se n’è andata da 2 anni … guardate la reazione del suo cane quando la riconosce
This golden retriever doesn’t have that issue. In fact, just the mention of his mama being home sends him to the door, and when she comes in? Best. Day. Ever.
This owner and his dog have only been separated for five weeks, but a five-week hospital stay that results in a 50-pound weight loss confused the poor pup. He barks and won’t get close enough to smell him at first. But once he does, the tail goes wagging and the kisses commence.
Dog Doesn’t Recognize Owner After Weight Loss…Until He Sniffs | The Dodo
Sometimes a dog that’s gone missing goes through some things before they finally get reunited with their humans. This doggo seems scared when she sees her family after having been lost for 19 months. Who knows what she experienced, but once she starts warming up a bit and gets close enough to smell her humans, the reunion becomes the joyful party it should be.
Dog Reunited with Family Gets So Happy After She Recognizes Their Scent | The Dodo
But this one. This one really shows how much Jorge the dog missed his owners after being lost for three years. You can hear it in his voice. Seriously.
Man Films Himself Reuniting With Dog After 3 Years Apart | The Dodo
Topaz Jones has released a handful of singles following his 2016 album Arcade, but the New Jersey musician is gearing up for something bigger for his next project. On Friday, Jones returned to announce his upcoming album Don’t Go Tellin’ Your Momma with the electric single “Herringbone,” but that’s not all. The album will debut alongside a short film of the same name, which was lauded as 2021’s Best Non-Fiction Short Film by Sundance Film Festival.
The accompanying visual album was both written and directed by Jones long with directing duo rubberband. The film is a modern day interpretation of The Black ABCs, which was a flashcard set developed by Chicago teachers in the ’70s to allow Black children to learn the alphabet with words that resonated with them. The cards featured messaging like “A is for Afro” and just celebrated its 50th anniversary in 2020.
Jones’ Don’t Go Tellin’ Your Momma album acts as the score for the film, which does not yet have a definitive release date. Speaking about the project in a statement, Jones said the short film further explores the albums themes:
The film is all the things I couldn’t say in musical notes. The music is everything I couldn’t write in words, even though there’s lyrics that speak to it as well, but emotionally, it’s everything I couldn’t necessarily write down and the film is everything that I couldn’t put in song. It is single-handedly the most gratifying, fulfilling experience I’ve had as an artist.
Listen to “Herringbone” and watch the trailer for Topaz Jones’ Don’t Go Tellin’ Your Momma short film above.
On Friday morning, One American News Network began airing Mike Lindell’s “documentary” on the 2020 election for 12 hours straight, but with a massive disclaimer that may not be enough to protect the network from an extremely damaging lawsuit. As for why OAN is running the legally precarious documentary in the first place, the answer is simple: Lindell paid for the airtime. The network also feels that it adequately covered itself by running a lengthy 80-second disclaimer before each airing that makes it clear that OAN does not endorse the conspiracy theories spouted by Lindell.
More importantly, OAN takes great pains to note that it has nothing to do with Lindell’s claims about Dominion Voting Systems and Smartmatic, the two voting companies who are currently dealing out billion-dollar lawsuits to Rudy Giuliani, Sidney Powell, Fox News, and other right-wing media outlets who peddled in the “Big Lie” allegations of voter fraud. However, an attorney for Dominion says that OAN’s disclaimer won’t stand up against an “imminent” lawsuit. Via Law&Crime:
“‘Nice try’ by OAN, but it definitely does not relieve them of liability,” [Thomas] Clare told Law&Crime. “To the contrary, we warned them specifically and in writing that they would be broadcasting false and defamatory statements of fact if they broadcast the program, and they made the affirmative decision to disregarded that warning and broadcast it anyway.”
According to Thomas, the fact that OAN is only the network to run Lindell’s “documentary” while others refused demonstrates “textbook actual malice.” When reached for comment, OAN referred back to its disclaimer. “We sold the air time at fair market value. The paid content is clearly differentiated from OAN content. OAN did not assist with the production.”
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