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Travis Scott‘s fourth studio album Utopia has proven to be one of the most acclaimed albums of the year. And for the first time in three years, Scott will be returning to the road for a tour in support of the album.

While many fans are excited to see Scott on his upcoming Utopia: Circus Maximus Tour, the idea of a Scott production is giving many people pause, due to the Astroworld disaster of 2021. With the upcoming tour comes several questions.

Are Travis Scott and Live Nation doing a tour?

Live Nation is, in fact, sponsoring the Utopia: Circus Maximus Tour. Live Nation/Ticketmaster is the largest entertainment company in the world, and thus, one of very few event production companies able to handle a fanbase as big as Scott’s.

Still, many fans are worried about the idea of a potential repeat of the Astroworld catastrophe, which resulted in eight deaths and several injuries. Following Scott’s 2021 Astroworld festival in Houston, several attendees and their families filed lawsuits against Live Nation, with one plaintiff notably suing for $1 million in damages.

Live Nation has not indicated what measures they will take in order to avoid an Astroworld repeat, however, Houston is noticeably absent from the Utopia tour stops.

One of Donald Trump’s favorite attacks on Joe Biden is that, unlike him, he’s in cognitive decline. After all, Trump’s the guy who passed a “difficult” mental acuity test before he lost re-election. But is it possible the guy who can’t spell “rumor” or “hamburgers” is projecting? Based on a speech he delivered Friday, it sure seems that way.

In a gaffe-strewn address at the D.C. Pray Vote Summit, Trump unloaded on his likely 2024 contender. “We have a man who is totally corrupt and the worst president in the history of our country, who is cognitively impaired, in no condition to lead, and is now in charge of dealing with Russia and possible nuclear war,” he railed.

“Just think of it. We would be in World War II very quickly if we’re going to be relying on this man, and far more devastating than any war,” he said.

Trump didn’t’ catch that he forgot about the other second World War, in a slip of the tongue that has strong Animal House vibes. Instead he amped up his gloomy predictions, saying, “There will never be a war if that happens— there will never be a war like this. It will obliterate everything there is, everybody, it will obliterate every country.”

There were other whoppers in his speech, too. At one point he accidentally said that polls have him crushing his presidential predecessor Barack Obama, which he caught, then tried to incoherently spin.

Meanwhile, the guy who’s supposedly in cognitive decline knows how to zing Trump in just a few words.

(Via Mediaite)

Lauren Boebert is a land of contrasts. On one hand she can baselessly accuse the LGBTQIA+ community of “grooming” children and exposing them to sex acts. On the other she’ll go to an all-ages musical and get handsy with her date. The MAGA lawmaker has seen a lot of blowback since news spread of her antics at a regional production of Beetlejuice on Sunday. Initially she denied vaping during the show, which security video taken that night later disproved. But now there’s proof that she did even more than that.

As per The New York Post, new video shows Boebert not only vaping during the stage musical take on the Tim Burton favorite, but also getting felt up by her date. She returns the favor, groping his crotch amidst an audience of family members.

Boebert’s date was later identified as a Democrat bar owner who’s hosted drag queen shows — the kind of event that’s been brazenly demonized by folks like the Colorado representative.

As the scandal spread, Boebert issued a carefully worded apology blaming her antics on her continuing divorce from a guy who once exposed his genitals in a bowling alley.

Many pointed out that crusading against people allegedly exposing kids to sex while getting frisky in front of kids might be a pretty solid example of hypocrisy.

(Via NY Post)

Saturday is a special day in the world of college football. ESPN’s long-running pregame show, College GameDay, is in Boulder for the matchup between the Colorado Buffaloes and the Colorado State Rams, and at the end of this edition of the program, GameDay institution Lee Corso will throw on headgear and make a pick, a tradition that has gone on since 1996.

This will mark the 400th time that the 88-year-old football coach-turned-broadcaster will end the show with a headgear pick, and to celebrate the occasion, the fine folks at GameDay decided to call up a friend and have him do something special. In a pre-recorded video, USC fan and former GameDay guest picker Will Ferrell congratulated Corso on the milestone before busting out some headgear of his own: the helmet that Ricky Bobby wore in the movie Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby.

It’s both very cool that Ferrell was part of this celebration of Corso and unsurprising that he decided to have some fun with the assignment. We’ll have to wait and see if they have him do another one of these with a different bit of headgear, like that little hat that Buddy the Elf wore in Elf or the hat that he wore during the Gator scene in The Other Guys.

Lauren Boebert is a land of contrasts. On one hand she can baselessly accuse the LGBTQIA+ community of “grooming” children and exposing them to sex acts. On the other she’ll go to an all-ages musical and get handsy with her date. The MAGA lawmaker has seen a lot of blowback since news spread of her antics at a regional production of Beetlejuice on Sunday. Initially she denied vaping during the show, which security video taken that night later disproved. But now there’s proof that she did even more than that.

As per The New York Post, new video shows Boebert not only vaping during the stage musical take on the Tim Burton favorite, but also getting felt up by her date. She returns the favor, groping his crotch amidst an audience of family members.

Boebert’s date was later identified as a Democrat bar owner who’s hosted drag queen shows — the kind of event that’s been brazenly demonized by folks like the Colorado representative.

As the scandal spread, Boebert issued a carefully worded apology blaming her antics on her continuing divorce from a guy who once exposed his genitals in a bowling alley.

Many pointed out that crusading against people allegedly exposing kids to sex while getting frisky in front of kids might be a pretty solid example of hypocrisy.

(Via NY Post)

Drake‘s It’s All A Blur tour with 21 Savage has proven to be one of the buzziest tours of the year. From collecting bras and undergarments onstage, to offering to fly fans back home first class, the It’s All A Blur tour has been making headlines all summer. Over the course of the tour, Drake has been teasing his upcoming album, For All The Dogs, and finally shared its lead single — “Slime You Out” with SZA — yesterday (September 15).

But last night, following the second Dallas show, Drake took to his Instagram story to reveal that For All The Dogs will be arriving later than its originally planned September 22 release date.

“Okay my dilemma I’m faced with is I either cancel shows to finish the album, or I complete the mission and drop the album before the last show,” he said. “I owe you all these memories we are building and anywhere we have missed to date, we will be spinning back for sure.”

Thankfully, we won’t have to wait too much longer. In the story, Drake revealed For All The Dogs‘ new October release date.

“Its only right…,” he said.

For All The Dogs is out 10/6 via OVO and Republic. Find more information here.

In recent years, First Take has moved away from two main debate partners and towards Stephen A. Smith going back-and-forth with a rotating cast of characters. Before that, the show featured Smith and Max Kellerman going head-to-head, but back in 2021, Kellerman was moved off the show and into other capacities on the network before he was let go earlier this year.

Smith has made clear in the past that he wanted Kellerman off the show, expressing his belief that something needed to change with First Take. But on the most recent episode of The Joe Budden Podcast, Smith took things a step further in explaining why the breakup happened.

“I heard some of it, I would take full responsibility for that,” Smith said after he was asked about people noticing tension between the two prior to Kellerman leaving the show at the 2:15:09 mark of the above video. “That’s totally my fault, and the reason it was my fault is because I didn’t like working with him, man. It’s just that damn simple. I didn’t like it. I thought the show was stale. I thought that we had flatlined when it came to the public at large.”

As Smith explained, he’s long been concerned that the show could fall from No. 1 in the ratings after Skip Bayless’ departure, and “that sh*t was not gonna happen.” And while he made clear that the ratings weren’t falling off enough at the time, he felt like something was just off.

“To me, it did, not just creatively, but just the consistency of the numbers,” he said. “In other words, it wasn’t going [up], it was just [flat]. And not only that, it’s like us being in this room right now. Come on, y’all, you know the difference between something that’s stale and something that you’re pumped up for.”

Smith was quick to express that he has plenty of respect for Kellerman, but despite that, he thought the fact that Kellerman’s background didn’t include an athlete or a journalist “left people wondering why should we listen to you.”

Twice have made some serious waves as a popular K-Pop girl group. Earlier this year, they dropped their twelfth EP, titled Ready To Be, and headed out on a North American tour. In total, Twice has nine girls that all play important roles in the band.

For those looking for an introduction to the band, here’s what to know about who the Twice members are.

Nayeon serves as a lead dancer and singer. She is from Seoul and is the oldest member. Last summer, she dropped a solo EP titled I’m Nayeon.

Momo is from Kyoto, Japan, and is a main dancer. She is also a sub vocalist and rapper, according to KProfiles. She was also reportedly scouted after the management company saw a video of her and her sister performing.

Sana is another sub vocalist of Twice. She is an only child and succeeded at her audition for the band in April 2012.

Adding to the sub vocalist is Mina, who is also a main dancer. She reportedly joined the trainee program in 2014, according to the website.

Dahyun is a lead rapper and sub vocalist. Her favorite number is 7 because she is the seventh oldest out of the band.

Jeongyeon is a lead vocalist and has two older sisters. Her father is also a popular Korean chef.

Chaeyoung is a main rapper and a sub vocalist. Her favorite color is red and she’s also reportedly close with Blackpink’s Rosé.

Tzuyu is a lead dancer and sub vocalist. She is also the tallest member of the band, and her favorite color is blue.

Finally, but certainly not least, Jihyo is a main vocalist and the leader of Twice. She also had her solo debut this summer with the mini-album, Zone.

A video making the rounds online is reminding us all that love transcends all time and distance.

94-year-old Barbara Carolan of Seabrook, Massachusetts, hadn’t been able to see her 90-year-old sister Shirley, who lives in Nevada, since 2020.

When it became clear to Barbara that she might not have much time left to spend with her beloved sister, she prepared to make the 2,700-mile cross country trip to say goodbye.

“They waited so long to see each other, and if you don’t know if you’re going to see someone again, you know, especially siblings, it must be really hard,” Barbara’s granddaughter, Stephanie Atkinson Shively, told told her local news outlet WMUR.

Shively volunteered to ride alongside her grandmother and document the trip. In a TikTok video, which has been seen over 13 million times, we see Barbara and Shirley getting emotional while reminiscing.

“We had a wonderful, wonderful time,” Barbara tells Shirley through tears.

“If we don’t see each other [again] on this earth, we’ll see each other in heaven,” her little sister assured.

“You betcha!” Barbara sobs. “You betcha.”

Watch the video below, aptly captioned: “Hug your sister.”

@stephanieatkinson #goodbye #sistersforever #notgoodbye ♬ original sound – Stephanie Atkinson Shively

Needless to say, viewers were struck by the sweet moment.

“There needs to be a category on this app for videos that are guaranteed to make you cry cuz dammit I’m tired of randomly balling my eyes out!” one person wrote.

Another added, “It’s not good bye, it’s see you later. I imagine when we pass, it’ll be like going home. And never again will we have to be separated from the ones we love.”

Shively shared several other moments from the journeys, including some pictures of the sisters when they were younger. But the ‘last tearjerker’ showed grandma Barbara waving goodbye as she made her way back home.

There’s a bit of comic relief in this one, as Barbara yells “until we meet again!” and gets “WHAT?!” from Shirley, having to repeat herself a few times.

Watch:

@stephanieatkinson #sistersforever #notgoodbye #sisterlylove ♬ original sound – Stephanie Atkinson Shively

All in all, just a beautiful, heartwarming reminder to savor our lives, and all the loved ones in it.

Now go hug someone.

Cartoons and TV shows always made it look like stacking three kids on top of each other under a long coat could fool anyone. “Move along folks, nothing to see here. Just an abnormally tall man with the face of a toddler,” is the vibe those scenes gave off and somehow the trick almost always worked.

But it’s really not something that’s ever come up in real life. No rogue kindergarteners attempting to get into a bar by hiding under a long overcoat. It seemed like one of those things you’d encounter more often growing up, you know…like the quicksand problem that plagued the country. Children are simply much more supervised than cartoons would have you believe. But just because there’s supervision doesn’t mean there can’t be shenanigans.

TikTok user, Messi Ross uploaded a video of her toddler pulling the old stack people to pretend you’re an adult gag. Except, mom was in on it.

Well, technically since she’s clearly a toddler, it’s not like she could pull it off on her own. Ross hoisted her toddler daughter up on her shoulders to go shopping and hilarity ensues. As they walk through the store looking like a very tell lady with a tiny head, the baby’s facial expressions somehow matched up with her mom’s actions.

Tyla uploaded the video on Facebook with captions making the video even more hilarious. Commenters are enjoying the silly shopping experience, too.

“This remind me of a movie The Little Rascals stymie and Spanky dress as gentleman went to take out loan,” one person writes.

“I would die of laughing if I saw this in person. So cute and funny,” another says.

“This is so adorable!!! Put a big smile on my face!!! Thank you!!!,” one person writes.

Watch the video below: