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Donald Trump will be “proudly” turning himself in for his fourth indictment in Fulton County, supposedly on Thursday morning. Word on the street is that America’s Fallen Mayor, Rudy Giuliani, will beat him there by a day. Meanwhile, Jenna Ellis has stopped trying to “live laugh love” her way through this and has been asking why the heck “billionaire” Trump isn’t footing the bill for his lawyer’s legal fees. As for Rudy, he reportedly flew down to Mar-a-Lago to make a “desperate” appeal for the initial legal fees for attempting to help Trump overturn democracy.

Rudy supposedly walked away from that visit (initially reported by the New York Times) empty handed other than a “vague promise” and apparently a promise to “attend” fundraisers for Rudy’s legal fees, but now, there’s possibly been a shift because Trump is (via the New York Times‘ Shane Goldmacher) going to headline a $100,000 per head fundraiser at his golf resort in Bedminster, New Jersey on Sept. 7.

Granted, Trump is not exactly opening his wallet here (and god only knows if he will pay any vendors involved in this event), but this is still a big gesture by Donald Trump standards. Did anything perhaps change to spark this move?

Officially, no one has said, but Trump also ended up in a much worse position, legally speaking, after Special Council Jack Smith revealed that an ex-Mar-a-Lago workers has flipped on Trump under threat of perjury charges for a prior statement. And as for Rudy? I can imagine that he knows where all the bodies are buried, so to speak. Not to mention all of the (alleged) details of the RICO dirt. So, it’s obviously in Trump’s best interest to start cooperating with the guy who took false credit for dreaming up the strategy to use RICO to take down the mob. What a full-circle event this has become.

Is it popcorn time yet?

(Via New York Times)

Over the past few days, alleged reports have surfaced that Scooter Braun’s biggest clients, including Justin Bieber, Ariana Grande, and Demi Lovato, are jumping ship from his SB Projects management company.

However, a new article in Variety revealed more of what is possibly going on behind-the-scenes. According to sources, Lovato has had an “amicable” exit from Braun’s company.

Bieber, who was one of Braun’s first major pop acts, has both been confirmed to have “cleaned house” with a lawyer helping him and others who denied he has left — making it something that only time will tell what happened.

Other sources told Variety that Braun is stepping back from working in management to better lead his role of HYBE America’s CEO, the company behind K-pop acts like BTS.

“All of Scooter Braun’s clients are under contract and negotiations have been going on for several months as Scooter steps into his larger role as HYBE America CEO,” the source told the publication. “People are spreading rumors based on what they know, but they are off. Scooter’s team at SB Projects are still handling both Justin and Ariana as they work through what this new structure looks like.”

The shifting story also found another source claiming it was Braun’s nature that was sparking artists to leave. “He’s imploding,” the unnamed source told Variety. “It’s a different world since the pandemic. You just can’t be an asshole like that anymore.”

Upon the news spreading throughout this week, Braun took to Twitter yesterday, where he posted, “Breaking news… I’m no longer managing myself.” Whether this is confirmation he’s stepping aside or something cryptic (or a response to all the memes) is still up in the air.

If a debate happens in Milwaukee and no one cares because Donald Trump won’t be there, does it make a sound?

We’ll find out tonight when Florida governor Ron DeSantis, South Carolina senator Tim Scott of South Carolina, former vice president Mike Pence, and “fat pig” Chris Christie, among others, take part in the first 2024 Republican presidential primary debate. Trump, the frontrunner, will not participate; instead, he’ll spread misinformation with Tucker Carlson in a conversation that will stream on (sigh) X at the same time as the debate.

Trump is also preparing to be arrested on Thursday, saying he’ll do it “proudly” for the sake of America or whatever. “NOBODY HAS EVER FOUGHT FOR ELECTION INTEGRITY LIKE PRESIDENT DONALD J. TRUMP. FOR DOING SO, I WILL PROUDLY BE ARRESTED TOMORROW AFTERNOON IN GEORGIA. GOD BLESS THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA!!!” he wrote on Truth Social. In a follow up post, he complained:

For the first time in three years, brave American Patriots will be able, in Court, to show how the Presidential Election of 2020 was RIGGED & STOLLEN. For those RINOS, Radical Left Democrats, Communists, Marxists, Fascists , & others who say, “Don’t Look Back, Look Forward,” they either do not want to reveal the answers because they “got away with murder,” or are FOOLS & COWARDS because we now know the answers to all of the Fraud, Irregularities, & Cheating, & WE CANNOT LET IT HAPPEN AGAIN!

Trump is facing 91 criminal charges, but let’s add one more for his overuse of the ampersand. Now he’ll spend 700 & 14 years in prison.

(Via Raw Story)

In recent years, Taylor Swift has really taken to debuting snippets of new music in teasers for movies and TV shows. In particular, she’s forged quite the relationship on this front with the Amazon Prime Video series The Summer I Turned Pretty. Now she’s back at it again, this time in a new teaser for Prime Video’s Wilderness. In the new teaser, our first listen of “Look What You Made Me Do (Taylor’s Version)” can be heard.

Press materials note the track, which will be the series’ opening titles song, “reflects Liv’s (Jenna Coleman) transformation after her supposed ‘happily-ever-after’ quickly turns into a living nightmare on discovering her husband Will (Oliver Jackson-Cohen) is having an affair.”

This isn’t the first track from Reputation (Taylor’s Version) that we’ve gotten a look at, as a few weeks ago, some of “Delicate (Taylor’s Version)” popped up in a The Summer I Turned Pretty teaser. Although we’ve seen two tracks from it, Reputation (Taylor’s Version) hasn’t officially been announced yet.

For now, the focus is on 1989 (Taylor’s Version), which Swift announced at the final The Eras Tour concert in the US of 2023. Swift explained, “To be perfectly honest, this is my most FAVORITE re-record I’ve ever done because the 5 From The Vault tracks are so insane. I can’t believe they were ever left behind. But not for long!”

Over the past month or so, Doja Cat has had a combative relationship with some of her fans. She criticized fans who might be too enthusiastic, after which she lost a quarter million Instagram followers. She’s not sweating that, though, as she later explained, “Seeing all these people unfollow me makes me feel like I’ve defeated a large beast that’s been holding me down for so long. And it feels like I can reconnect with the people who really matter and love me for who I am and not for who I was. I feel free.”

Now she’s spoken a bit more on that thread in some new Instagram Story posts.

Last night (August 22), Doja shared an Instagram Story that read, “‘When you die, nobody is going to give a f*ck what you tweeted.’ – Gaga.” (Per NME, the quote comes from a 2014 SXSW performance and to be precise, Lady Gaga actually said, “When you leave this Earth, no one’s gonna give a f*ck what you tweeted.”)

In another Story, Doja wrote, “All that matters to me is that my fans know who I am and the others are stuck trying to figure out.”

Beyond that, she also appeared to tease something new coming soon. She shared a photo of a human shadow (hers, presumably) on the wall. The figure strikes a pose while sporting devil horns and a protruding spine. The post caption reads, “9.1.23 [hourglass emoji].”

Burna Boy is busy. The rapper just headlined Afro Nation’s festival in Detroit, sharing the roster with Davido, Ari Lennox, Coi Leray, Latto, and more. He also just collaborated with J Hus for “Masculine” from J Hus’ album Beautiful And Brutal Yard. However, Burna Boy is preparing to release a record of his own.

I Told Them… is only days away from its release. It serves as his seventh studio album. From the previews he’s shared thus far, it’s going to be a good one. Here’s everything we know about I Told Them….

Singles

Over the course of the past three months, Burna Boy shared a batch of singles to build up the hype: “Cheat On Me” with Dave, “Sitting On Top Of The World” with 21 Savage, “Big 7,” and “Talibans II” with Byron Messia.

Tracklist

1. “I Told Them”
2. “Normal”
3. “On Form”
4. “Sittin’ On Top Of The World” Feat. 21 Savage
5. “Tested, Approved & Trusted”
6. “Cheat On Me” Feat. Dave
7. “Virgil”
8. “Big 7”
9. “Dey Play”
10. “City Boys”
11. “Giza” Feat. Seyi Vibez
12. “Jewels”
13. “If I’m Lying”
14. “Thanks” Feat. J. Cole
15. “Talibans II” Feat. Byron Messia

Release Date

I Told Them… is out 8/25 via Spaceship Records and Atlantic Records. Find out more information here.

Burna Boy is a Warner Music artist. Uproxx is an independent subsidiary of Warner Music Group.

Donald Trump and Jair Bolsonaro have always had loads in common. They’re both far right autocrats. They’re both former presidents who lost re-election. They both inspired fans to try to over turn their losses. They’re both under investigation for election interference. And they both have plenty of other legal woes. But where Trump might wind up in the clink for something major, Bolsonaro may finally get taken down for something real dumb.

As per The New York Times, the Brazilian ex-president is under investigation for a harebrained scheme involving selling embezzled watches at a mall outside of Philadelphia. Brazilian federal police are looking into a broad conspiracy by Bolsonaro and several allies to pawn expensive gifts he received when he was president from other countries.

In one case, a personal aide to Bolsonaro has been accused of selling a diamond Rolex watch and a Patek Philippe watch to a jewelry shop inside the Willow Grove Mall in Abington, Pennsylvania, outside of the City of Brotherly Love. Bolsonaro allegedly received at least some of the $68,000 they netted from the sale, which took place last year.

At stake is whether or not Bolsonaro was allowed to keep, much less sell, the watches. Brazilian law allows presidents to hang onto some gifts they receive if they’re of a personal nature. Expensive gifts, such as jewelry, are off-limits.

A government-appointed panel had ruled that Bolsonaro could keep most of the jewelry he’d received while in office. But the head of Brazil’s watchdog court said the panel was wrong and that the watches are state property. The judge overseeing the case even has evidence that suggests Bolsonaro may have ordered them to grant him the gifts.

There’s at least one strange hiccup in this case. Upon learning about the gifts earlier this year, the watchdog court ordered Bolsonaro to return it. One of his former lawyers then flew to Philadelphia and purchased the Rolex for $49,000. When asked about it last week, said lawyer denied having ever even seen the watch, telling news sites, “I dare you to prove it.”

They did, by publishing the receipt with his name on it. The lawyer then said Bolsonaro hadn’t told him to buy it.

As it happens, Trump has also been accused of failing to document gifts he received as president, which he later took with him after leaving office. But there is abig difference between Trump and Bolsonaro. After Bolsonaro spread false claims of election fraud, he was banned from running for president for seven years. That, and only Bolsonaro has gotten into fights with Leonardo DiCaprio.

(Via NYT)

While attempting a three-pointer late in the fourth quarter of Tuesday’s game between the Dallas Wings and Minnesota Lynx, All-Star forward Satou Sabally landed on Bridget Carleton’s foot and rolled her left ankle, at which point she stumbled to ground and held her leg in pain. As Sabally nursed the injury and laid on the court, a select number of Lynx fans were yelling at her. Eventually, at least two fans were ejected from the game. After collecting herself, Sabally ventured to the charity stripe and knocked down all of her foul shots. Following the second make, she blew a kiss to the Minnesota crowd.

Once the game concluded, Sabally took to Twitter and condemned the “disgusting fan base in Minny” and said there were “terrible words from the sidelines all game long.”

Wings head coach Latricia Trammell also spoke about the incident during her post-game presser.

“I can handle a lot and so can our players as you know,” Trammell said. “But when Satou goes down and you have someone in the stands that yells out, ‘I’m glad you’re hurt,’ there’s no place for that. [Lynx head coach] Cheryl [Reeve] did apologize for that, still doesn’t make it right. But yeah, I mean, this league isn’t about that.”

The longstanding issue of instances stemming from entitled and brazen fans speaking down toward players is always disheartening and unacceptable. It’s a shame another incident occurred Tuesday night in Minnesota. Kudos to Sabally for speaking out, as well as her head coach, and calling it like she saw it.

Earlier this year, Diddy went full-on nude in his video for “Act Bad” with City Girls and Fabolous. The legendary rapper, producer, and exec proved that after all these years he’s still intending to bring the party. Now, he’s back with more.

On Tuesday Diddy announced on Twitter that he’s sharing his fifth studio album called The Love Album: Off The Grid on September 15. “I present to you my new album,” he wrote, also proclaiming, “R&B is alive!” Attached to the tweet is a teaser video that includes Justin Bieber, The Weeknd, and Mary J. Blige.

https://x.com/diddy/status/1694016468239691834?s=46&t=0B7rjHID1V3nNPkYMB-koA

The nearly four minute trailer begins with him contemplating out loud: “Why am I doing this? Especially with the success that I’ve had, especially where my life is, how stressful and treacherous this music industry is. Why would I just come back in here and have to do something that I don’t have to do?” he says. “My heart has been broken. I’ve still got that question of, like, ‘Am I ever gonna love again?’”

Aside from music, he’s also been busy with entrepreneurial endeavors. Just last month, he launched an online marketplace for Black-owned businesses called Empower Global.

The Love Album: Off The Grid is out on 9/15.

For the third time in WNBA history, a player has eclipsed the 50-point mark in a game. During Tuesday night’s tilt between the Las Vegas Aces and the Atlanta Dream, reigning WNBA MVP A’ja Wilson had the most prolific game of her career, as she managed to tie the WNBA’s single-game record with 53 points.

The Aces needed the monster night from their superstar forward, with Wilson leading the team to a 112-100 win on the evening. Wilson was her usual brilliant self, as she attacked Atlanta’s defense from the free throw line and in and got essentially anything she wanted. By the time the game reached its conclusion, Wilson converted 16 of her 23 attempts from the field and 20 of her 21 free throws, with only one bucket coming from behind the three-point line. In addition to her scoring prowess, Wilson pitched in seven rebounds and four blocks in 33 minutes of work.

LeBron James praised Wilson for her performance, which just so happened to come as she wore his signature sneakers.

Wilson tied a record set in 2018 by Liz Cambage, who scored 53 points in a Dallas Wings win over the New York Liberty. Her previous career high was 40 points, which she recorded earlier this month against the Washington Mystics.

With the win, the Aces improved to 29-4 on the season, which keeps them firmly in first place.