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The 2023 NCAA Women’s National Championship game went down yesterday (April 2), and despite Iowa’s Caitlin Clark delivering a series of star-making performances throughout the tournament, it was Angel Reese and LSU who came out ahead in the ultimate contest, winning 102 to 85.

Louisiana native Boosie Badazz was pretty excited about the whole thing, even coming through with some trash talk directed at Clark. In one clip he shared on social media, the rapper repeats, “Larry Bird, come get your daughter!” In another video, he calls LSU’s Jasmine Carson “LSU Ice Spice” due to her Ice Spice-like hair.

Elsewhere, Boosie, mirroring the tradition carried out by the championship-winning team, cut down the net on a hoop at his own house.

LSU previously showed love to Boosie by celebrating with his music in the locker room after clinching a spot in the championship game.

Meanwhile, Boosie recently spoke about Jay-Z’s relevance, saying, “When I go to these clubs in Atlanta — these 25-to-35 clubs — I’m not hearing Nas, I’m not hearing Jay-Z. Every club I go in, it’s not one or the other… Jay-Z is respected by these people for being the boss that he is. When Jay-Z flashes across that muthaf*cka, it’s somethin’ with a billion dollars; it’s somethin’ with 500 billion, 200 billion when them young n****s see him. It ain’t his songs flashing across no f*ckin’ social media; it’s his hustle. That n**** got hustle.”

Drake and J. Cole may have been billed as co-headliners of Dreamville Festival Sunday night but Drake’s portion of the set turned into a mini-festival of its own as he brought out a plethora of special guests to round out the show. Amid a hit-strewn set that saw Drake bring out fan favorites spanning all the way back to his debut album, the Canadian superstar still found space to surprise fans with some familiar faces.

First, he introduced the crowd to breakout Memphis star GloRilla, who performed her viral hit “FNF (Let’s Go).” Then, without warning, Lil Uzi Vert appeared, sporting a relatively low-key look (for Lil Uzi Vert), prompting performances of “XO Tour Llif3” and “Just Wanna Rock.” As Drake performed his 2011 party cut “The Motto,” his Young Money boss Lil Wayne popped out to contribute not just his verse from the song but also performances of “Uproar” and “A Milli.”

Then, before wrapping things up, Drake invited his Her Loss collaborator 21 Savage to the stage to perform a pair of their joint tracks, “Knife Talk” and “Rich Flex.”

As his set came to a close, Drake was joined by J. Cole, and the pair spent the last few minutes of the festival showing their appreciation for each other (again) before J. Cole closed things out with his fan-favorite hit “No Role Modelz.”

You can watch the videos above.

A year after returning to WWE, Cody Rhodes was unable to overcome the Bloodline, when Roman Reigns successfully retained the Undisputed WWE Universal Championship in the main event of Sunday night’s WrestleMania 39.

The 2023 Royal Rumble winner, Rhodes made his entrance, greeting his wife, daughter, family, and the late Brodie Lee’s son at ringside. Reigns entered flanked by Paul Heyman and Solo Sikoa one night after The Usos dropped their tag team titles to Sami Zayn and Kevin Owens.

Rhodes earned the advantage early, but after a pep talk from Heyman, the tide turned for Reigns. As Rhodes began to get the advantage on the outside, he climbed onto the apron only for Sikoa to grab a chair and hit him in the ribs with the ref’s back turned. Rhodes again looked to turn the tide, but Sikoa grabbed his foot, allowing Reigns the advantage.

Reigns cleared off the announce tables and attempted to pile drive Rhodes through the table. Rhodes reversed into a back body drop and sent Reigns crashing through the table. Back inside the ring, Rhodes got going, landing the Cody Cutter for the two count.

Sikoa again attacked Rhodes outside the ring, hitting him with a weight belt across the back. The referee heard the belt smack across his back and sent Sikoa to the back. Reigns grabbed the weight belt and fought with the ref over it, then stumbled into Cross Rhodes for the two count.

Back on their feet, Reigns set up for the Superman Punch, but Rhodes reversed into the pedigree for a two count. Reigns caught Rhodes with a Superman Punch on a reversal of the Disaster Kick for the two count. Rhodes reversed a spear attempt into a two count, then locked in the figure four leg lock and screamed at Reigns to tap. Reigns reversed and Rhodes reached the ropes for the break.

Reigns landed the spear on Rhodes for a two count of his own. Reigns laid forearm shots to Rhodes on the ground, then locked in a standing guillotine in the middle of the ring, wrapped his legs around him, and took him to the ground. Rhodes escaped and poured shots to Reigns. As he got to his feet, he took out the referee before clotheslining Reigns as they both recovered on the mat. Rhodes set up for the Cross Rhodes, but the Usos hit the ring and attacked him with a super kick. They hit the 1-D before Zayn and Owens hit the ring to fight off the Usos. Owens stunned Reigns, Zayn hit him with the Helluva Kick, and the tag teams fought into the crowd.

Rhodes crawled into the pinfall, but Reigns kicked out at two. On their knees, Reigns and Rhodes exchanged shots as they made their way back to their feet. Reigns went for a Superman Punch, but Rhodes reversed into a Dusty Rhodes combo. He hit two consecutive Cross Rhodes when Heyman distracted the referee and Sikoa climbed into the ring to knock out Rhodes with the Samoan Spike. Reigns hit the ropes, landed a spear, and earned the pinfall to leave the L.A. crowd completely stunned.

The “one last job” trope his hit Marvel Studios with Disney+’s Secret Invasion trailer in the form of “one last fight” for Nick Fury. In the process, not only is Sam Jackson’s character returning to the MCU but also his Skrull friend, Talos (Ben Mendelsohn). As well, this series brings both Emilia Clarke and Olivia Colman into the fold, which I believe means that all working actors other than Gerard Butler have now entered either the MCU or the DCEU DCU at some point. That’s an exaggeration, but we do live in unusual Hollywood times.

Make no mistake, though, both of these comic-book-movie universes sit at a crossroad of sorts. The DCU is now undergoing a massive transformation under incoming chief James Gunn with a giant Shazam! blunder to bury, and the MCU just had its first middling box-office performance with the latest Ant-Man movie. Can Secret Invasion get things back on track? Whatever is going on with the Skrulls could do the trick.

It’s worth remembering that Captain Marvel actually changed up the comic book lore and made Skrulls the good guys. In the above trailer, however, it seems that the pendulum is swinging backward, and we’re witnessing a world where these shapeshifters have infiltrated Earth for quite some time, and they might be up to no good. Disney is officially calling this a “crossover event series,” and it sure looks like we’re gonna get some Rhodey in the mix. Hopefully, we’ll see him for longer than we did in The Falcon and the Winter Soldier, but it’s always nice to see Maria Hill propping up the joint.

One question I do have and which remains unanswered: will this crossover bring us more Goose? I’m holding out hope, since we’re seeing an eye-patch-less Fury and getting a better look at what that kitty/flerkin did to make him trust no one. Meow.

Secret Invasion premieres on June 21.

The Miz lost not one, but two consecutive impromptu matches across both nights at WrestleMania.

Saturday night, it was Pat McAfee making a surprise return, beating Miz around the ring, George Kittle getting involved, and McAfee winning. Sunday night, Shane McMahon was the one who made the shocking return to a huge pop as “Here Comes The Money” played out over the speakers at SoFi Stadium.

Snoop Dogg made the match official and McMahon hit Miz with a classic McMahon punching combo, pushing him back into the turnbuckle. McMahon danced around the ring and appeared to hurt his knee on a leapfrog over Miz. The match was abruptly halted as Miz tried to stall and the medical staff checked on McMahon.

Snoop recognized McMahon may not be able to continue and jumped in to save the day.

He laid out Miz with a right hand, then asked McMahon if he was good. When McMahon wasn’t able to continue, Snoop hit him with another straight shot, set up for the People’s Elbow, tossed his sunglasses into the crowd, and landed the elbow for the three count. This also may have been the first time someone who was never officially part of a match earned a pinfall to win it, a true WrestleMania first.

After last week’s sh*tty birthday party on Succession, the show decided to keep the good times going with a sh*tty wedding weekend. And that makes sense, given that another ill-fated coupling finally bit the dust last week as well. Man, the Roy family can’t seem to drop the professional or the personal drama, yet fortunately, the latter is plentiful (including the fallout associated with being the so-called “Disgusting Brothers”) because it’s, you know, fun.

This week, the business maneuverings continued amid what was supposed to be Connor’s wedding weekend. The problem there being, of course, that Willa is having enormously cold feet and may have run off to the bathroom forever, or perhaps the East River. From there Connor soaked his misery in some karaoke. Actually, that dubious party event got a shoutout much earlier than it actually materialized, and this juiced up the audience in anticipation. People wanted it, badly, as much as Connor wanted to just do one karaoke song because he’s seen it in the movies.

Yet when the goods finally arrived, oh boy. Connor whipped out Leonard Cohen’s “Famous Blue Raincoat,” for crying out loud. The looks on Shiv, Roman, and Kendall’s faces say everything necessary.

This is perhaps the last song (or even artist, unless it’s L. Cohen’s “Don’t Go Home With Your Hard-On” from Death Of A Ladies Man) that one should sing at karaoke. It was downright depressing, and yet, it was perfect for Connor.

HBO’s ‘Succession’ airs on Sunday nights at 9:00pm EST.

Meat’s back on the menu, girls!

The latest episode of Yellowjackets, aptly named “Edible Complex,” finally delivered a dinner scene fans have been anticipating for a long time now. It didn’t include Shauna Shipman’s baby (thank the Antler Queen) but it did make use of poor Jackie’s frozen physique. It was a bacchanalia of mythic proportions set to a Radiohead needle drop where flesh became fruit and teen girls went wild.

It was the most f*cked up thing we’ve seen on this show so far, and we loved every minute of it.

Below, is our Yellowjackets Sting Meter, where we recap the episode by measuring the erratic, unexplainable behavior of the show’s main lineup. We’re ranking the players according to how dangerous, deadly, and certifiably insane they appear in each episode, and you best believe that after their little flirtation with cannibalism, everyone on the team should be committed. Who’s just a whacky worker bee and who gets crowned Mad Queen of episode two’s “Edible Complex”? Let’s find out.

Queen Bee – Taissa Turner

This week’s episode gave us a cornucopia of crazy but somehow, Taissa Turner managed to reign above it all. Gnawing through nautical ropes to search out craved symbols in the wintry wilderness feels like the kind of sleepwalking episode that needs medical intervention. Instead, in the past, Tai swears her only confidante to secrecy while in the future, she downs shots of espresso like she’s an alcoholic at an open bar, and dreams up child abduction scenarios that drive a wedge between her and her ex. Speaking of driving, crashing your car to avoid accepting responsibility for abandoning your child at school? Not cool Tai.

Shauna

Foushee once sang, “I’ve been trying not to go off the deep end.” But Shauna Shipman, she’s happily drowning in the loony lagoon this week. In the present, she’s explaining away her obstruction of justice using her cuckold husband and feminism (duh). But in the past? In the past, Shauna is playing dress up with the corpse of her dead bestie, treating her like some frozen necrotic barbie while they “argue” over ear coffins and hair braiding and whether the mom-to-be wants to eat her. She does, obviously, but somehow we get the feeling it’s not just Jackie’s flesh that Shauna is hungry for.

Travis

Travis lived through the unfortunate experience of being stranded in the woods for over a year with a cabin full of hormonal, hangry teenage girls. Obviously, the “vice grip of his trauma” was going to be tough to break. But sex fantasies about Lottie and deep fakes convincing him his brother is well-and-truly dead were just the beginning. In the present, Travis is paranoid and suicidal, rambling about needing to speak to the darkness and devising near-death rituals to do it. We’re not sure we trust Lottie’s account of his eventual demise, but we are certain that Travis needed the kind of help none of the women on this show could give him.

Lottie

Speaking of help, Lottie’s “intentional community” of heliotropic f*cks is still holding Natalie hostage in the present. While their Anthropologie-garbed guru goes all Gordon Ramsey on her minions for confusing maca root with ashwagandha (we guess their “best selves” still can’t make a good smoothie), Nat’s forced to wade through her bullsh*t to get to the truth of what happened to Travis. In the past, Lottie weirdly seems more mentally stable. She’s defending Shauna’s grieving process and smoothing over the feathers that ruffle when so many hens occupy one house. We hate to say it, but maybe the woods were good for her.

Natalie

The worst girlfriend award of the episode undoubtedly belongs to Natalie, who thought ripping the pants off her boyfriend’s missing brother, covering them in her blood, posing them to make Travis think Javi had died, and then f*cking the sadness away were all good choices.

Misty

Adult Misty is a grammar-respecting queen who understands that “goose chase” and “wild goose chase” are two very different things. But teen Misty? Teen Misty most definitely did the “girl poop.”

Van

Van is losing out on precious REM sleep because her girlfriend wants to take a midnight stroll over a cliff and refuses to talk to their resident “witch doctor” about her weird-ass dreams. Someone get Van some Ambien and an all-expenses-paid trip away from this hellhole.

Coach Ben

Coach Ben is too soft, too delicate for this cannibal tribe life. He’s also already down a leg which makes him easy prey the next time these girls get a craving for people meat.

Citizen Detective Thread

• Misty’s got a new stalker and it’s Elijah Wood but there’s no way the woman he’s wheeling around the old folks home is his actual mom, right?
• Cozying up to the underage daughter of your number one murder suspect doesn’t seem like something they teach you in detective school. There’s no way this case against Shauna holds up in court now, right?
• Why is Lottie still getting visions of Laura Lee?
• What’s with the moss on the trees?
• Which Tai are we speaking with right now?

‘Yellowjackets’ airs on Sunday nights on Showtime.

The 2023 NCAA Women’s National Championship game was a highly anticipated matchup between LSU and Iowa, with stars Angel Reese and Caitlin Clark expected to take center stage.

However, in the first half neither were able to be the consistent story due to foul trouble that sidelined both, which meant there was opportunity for someone other than the big names to become the headliner. Luckily for LSU, Jasmine Carson was ready for the spotlight, as she stepped up to hit all seven of her first half shots, including five three-pointers as she led the Tigers to a 59-42 lead at the break.

Her final three of the half came at the buzzer on a wild bank shot to end the second quarter, which told the story of LSU’s opening half.

The Tigers seemingly could not miss against Iowa’s defense that was so focused on trying to deny paint touches to LSU’s bigs, that they let the guards have plenty of looks from deep. After executing the strategy to perfection against South Carolina, LSU was ready for Iowa and, most crucially, buried jumper after jumper as the Hawkeyes tried to pack the paint.

LSU would push their lead out over 20 points early in the second half, but then Clark and Iowa would mount their first big run of the game, as they started to see shots fall, steadily chipping the LSU lead down to single digits — with Clark setting the all-time women’s tournament record for points in a single tournament in the process.

However, while Iowa was able to make that initial run, they could never close the gap on the Tigers, because LSU simply continued making shots. Alexis Morris wasn’t part of the three-point barrage, but she piled up 18 points thanks to some silky pull-up jumpers from the midrange.

In the end, LSU piled up 102 points in a truly stunning offensive performance, taking down Iowa in a near perfect offensive performance. Reese, despite the foul trouble, finished with 15 points, 10 rebounds, and five assists to earn her 34th double-double of the season, setting an NCAA record. Carson finished with 22 points, as her dominant first half off the bench was arguably the difference in the game, while Ladizha Williams added 20 for the Tigers. It was an all-time effort from the Tigers who collect their first women’s title in school history, capping off a truly impressive tournament run in style.

For Iowa, it’s a bitter end to a spectacular season, as they’ll certainly have frustration with the officiating, but given their choice of defensive system — which stymied South Carolina — a game in which LSU shot 11-of-17 from three was always going to be disastrous for them. Clark finished with 30 points and eight assists despite sitting for much of the second quarter with three fouls, and there’s certainly a question of whether the game would’ve gotten this out of hand with her playing her usual massive minutes load. Still, in a total team effort like LSU got offensively, it’s hard to imagine with that shooting this game goes much of a different way and, no matter any issue with officiating, it’s a performance Iowa fans have to just tip their cap to the Tigers on.

The 2023 NCAA Women’s National Championship game was a highly anticipated matchup between LSU and Iowa, with stars Angel Reese and Caitlin Clark expected to take center stage.

However, in the first half neither were able to be the consistent story due to foul trouble that sidelined both, which meant there was opportunity for someone other than the big names to become the headliner. Luckily for LSU, Jasmine Carson was ready for the spotlight, as she stepped up to hit all seven of her first half shots, including five three-pointers as she led the Tigers to a 59-42 lead at the break.

Her final three of the half came at the buzzer on a wild bank shot to end the second quarter, which told the story of LSU’s opening half.

The Tigers seemingly could not miss against Iowa’s defense that was so focused on trying to deny paint touches to LSU’s bigs, that they let the guards have plenty of looks from deep. After executing the strategy to perfection against South Carolina, LSU was ready for Iowa and, most crucially, buried jumper after jumper as the Hawkeyes tried to pack the paint.

LSU would push their lead out over 20 points early in the second half, but then Clark and Iowa would mount their first big run of the game, as they started to see shots fall, steadily chipping the LSU lead down to single digits — with Clark setting the all-time women’s tournament record for points in a single tournament in the process.

However, while Iowa was able to make that initial run, they could never close the gap on the Tigers, because LSU simply continued making shots. Alexis Morris wasn’t part of the three-point barrage, but she piled up 18 points thanks to some silky pull-up jumpers from the midrange.

In the end, LSU piled up 102 points in a truly stunning offensive performance, taking down Iowa in a near perfect offensive performance. Reese, despite the foul trouble, finished with 15 points, 10 rebounds, and five assists to earn her 34th double-double of the season, setting an NCAA record. Carson finished with 22 points, as her dominant first half off the bench was arguably the difference in the game, while Ladizha Williams added 20 for the Tigers. It was an all-time effort from the Tigers who collect their first women’s title in school history, capping off a truly impressive tournament run in style.

For Iowa, it’s a bitter end to a spectacular season, as they’ll certainly have frustration with the officiating, but given their choice of defensive system — which stymied South Carolina — a game in which LSU shot 11-of-17 from three was always going to be disastrous for them. Clark finished with 30 points and eight assists despite sitting for much of the second quarter with three fouls, and there’s certainly a question of whether the game would’ve gotten this out of hand with her playing her usual massive minutes load. Still, in a total team effort like LSU got offensively, it’s hard to imagine with that shooting this game goes much of a different way and, no matter any issue with officiating, it’s a performance Iowa fans have to just tip their cap to the Tigers on.

Durand Bernarr has come a long way since competing on the BET reality competition show The Next Big Thing. The independent singer and songwriter has worked with Grammy Award-winning artists Erykah Badu, Anderson .Paak, and Kaytranada, to name a few. But his latest album Wanderlust has fans confident that his time accepting the coveted award is coming soon.

Back by his band Tithe And Offering, drummer Frank Moka, keyboardist Devin Smith, guitarist Sam Hoffman (support keyboardist), and bassist Egberto “Budda” Foster, Jr., Durand brought his signature blends of funk, soul, and R&B to NPR’s Tiny Desk Concert series. After his introduction, the musician was sure to light an incent to set the mode before opening with “Leveled,” off Wanderlust. With his background singers Terron Austin, Roy Pattern, Jr., and Jason Paul, Durand quicking turns the room out with his buttery vocals.

Other songs included in his setlist include “Chops (Reprise from STUCK.),” “Sam’s Vibe,” “Company,” “Mango Butter,” “Relocate,” “Freefall,” “STUCK,” and “Melody.”

During one of his chats with the crowd, he declared, “I’m not meant to be understood; I’m meant to be experienced,” and there’s no argument there. Outside of the stellar musicality displayed by the singer, the background vocalist, and the live instrumentalists, Durand gave the at-home viewers something to bite into as everyone was dressed in the Disney show The Proud Family cosplay. Durand in full Uncle Bobby costuming from hair to toe.

Fans took to social media to react to the fun early Halloween wardrobe from the musicians.

Of course, Durand and crew couldn’t help but sing the show’s theme song in a clip uploaded to Twitter.

Watch Durand Bernarr’s full Tiny Desk Concert above.

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