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South Park duo Trey Parker and Matt Stone have made plenty of headlines lately for their enduring quest to re-boot Casa Bonita near Denver, Colorado. However, their long-running animated satire continues to fire away at targets. And although it does so in an equal-opportunity way (no one is immune, including all nooks and crannies of the British Royal Family), one target from the past has taken particular offense and is now airing those concerns. That would be Paris Hilton, whose new memoir (aptly titled Paris: The Memoir) is a bit of a Festivus. She’s airing grievances, in other words, including about how Pink parodied her sex tape in the “Stupid Girls” video.

Also, Paris has some beef with South Park. Actually, she seems equally upset about creator Matt Stone’s reaction to her own reaction, but we’ll get there in a moment. This goes back to a Season 8 episode, “Stupid Spoiled Whore Video Playset,” and Paris describes how she’s been in some “edgy” media on her own accord, but she had no idea why South Park would kill her dog. Via The Hollywood Reporter, Paris wrote of the scene involving her dog, “The thought of that made me sick. I’ve been involved in some pretty edgy media, but I don’t even know where something like that comes from.” From there, Paris revisited how she pretended not to have seen the episode when quizzed on the red carpet. She had “mumbled something about imitation being the sincerest form of flattery,” and then this happened:

“When a journalist told Matt about my muted red-carpet response, he said, ‘That shows how f”cked up she is,’” Hilton recalls. ‘My not wanting to watch his cartoon about my dog being shot and me coughing up ejaculate — that’s evidence of how f*cked up I am.”

The episode actually had Tinkerbell take a gun to its own head out of sheer misery, and yeah, it is not pleasant to see on TV. Let’s just say that the moment is a wee bit more shocking than a normal South Park episode. You can watch it on YouTube. Poor Tinkerbell.

(Via Hollywood Reporter)

Recently, Chicago Bulls guard Patrick Beverley said that rap music may have had something to do with a video that surfaced earlier this month and showed Memphis Grizzlies all-star Ja Morant flashing a gun. Beverley said, “I think it’s the music, man. I ain’t bashing the music ’cause I’m listening to that sh*t, too. […] It’s not part of my life. It’s a part of a lot of people I know, though, so I can relate. ‘My homie used to do that, my homie got locked up for doing that, or my homie in jail for doing that or my homie died from doing that.’”

Then, when speaking with Ja Rule, a TMZ interviewer mentioned what Beverley said and asked if there was any validity to it. Rule responded, “I’m sure there is.”

He continued, “Hip-hop is very influential. I’ve done things in my youth because of hip-hop, you know? Redman made “How To Roll A Blunt,” we started smoking blunts! Snoop made “Gin & Juice,” we started drinking gin and juice! So hip-hop is very influential, I’m not going to say it’s not. How far people take it is what it is, but the thing with Ja… I just hope he has better people around him to just let him know that ain’t the way. ‘Go play ball, man. Do you, man. The streets ain’t about nothing, man.’”

Rule concluded, “We all make mistakes, man. I made plenty when I was young. So, it happens. People gotta get up off him right now and let him do his healing process, come back, and ball out.”

Mike Lindell can’t seem to make up his mind on whether his MyPillow business empire is doing great or teetering on the edge of collapse after being targeted in a political vendetta. While talking to Steve Bannon on Wednesday, Lindell claimed that he had to borrow $10 million to keep MyPillow going after being targeted by lawsuits over his claims that voting machines were tampered with to “steal” the election from Donald Trump. Lindell also accused the IRS of going after MyPillow because of his crusade against voter fraud.

“You know, we got to get rid of these machines,” Lindell told Bannon. “And all I do is get attacked every day for it. And it’s the pushback that comes from every barrel, from my phone being taken by the FBI, now the IRS audit, and my company being attacked every single day.”

Lindell would later clarify that actually just he’s being audited, not MyPillow.

At the time of his interview with Bannon, Lindell’s claims jibed with previous remarks that his pillow empire has lost”$100 million in retailers.” However, just hours later, Lindell’s story quickly changed. After being contacted by The Daily Beast, he claimed that MyPillow is doing better than ever thanks to his latest creation.

“I invented MyPillow2.0 and it is doing great!” Lindell said. “Over 1/2 the loans are already paid back! MyPillow2.0 is manufactured 100% by MyPillow in Minnesota! You must have seen the ads in all TV stations across the country.”

When asked if MyPillow is losing money, Lindell declined to answer, but he did admit that the company “had to spend millions on lawsuits and the last 2 years lost 30 box stores and shopping channels.” But, apparently, that’s no big deal thanks to MyPillow2.0, which is a thing that exists now if you believe anything Mike Lindell says.

(Via The Daily Beast)

This past weekend, Taylor Swift took to Glendale, Arizona (now formerly known as Swift City) to launch The Eras Tour with a pair of concerts. Uproxx’s Philip Cosores was there for the first one and called it “the most impressive stadium show ever conceived,” and indeed, the March 17 and 18 concerts were grand. Both featured massive 44-song setlists, and given how active Swift is on stage, giving her all for a 3-hour show like that has to be physically demanding. That’s something even JJ Watt, one of the world’s most accomplished athletes, acknowledged and was stunned by.

The now-retired NFL star was so blown away by the Swift show he saw on the 18th that he was compelled to share a two-and-a-half-minute video talking about it. He captioned his post, “44 Songs. 3 Hours and 15 Minutes. So much respect @taylorswift13. When your fans pay for a ticket, they are getting their money’s worth and some. Touché.”

In the video, he explains that he, his wife, and some of her friends went to the show, and that Watt had some observations he wanted to relay. His first was just general amazement, saying, “You can tell when somebody does something at the top of their game and is trying to do [it] the right way for their fans, and this is done the right way for the people paying money to come and see her. Just unbelievable production.”

He then addressed the lengthy nature of the show and indicated how blown away he was by her stamina, saying, “It was 44 songs, 3 hours and 15 minutes long, and she did not stop the whole time. There was no intermission, there was no halftime, there was no TV timeouts. The longest break she took was maybe three minutes for a costume change, and she was singing, dancing, entertaining the entire time, 70,000 people hanging on every single word and move she was making for 3 hours and 15 minutes, and she crushed it. And she didn’t even look tired. I was tired, and I was just sitting there.”

He later added, “Everybody else got a break. The dancers got a break, the band got a break… she never took a break. It was… it was thoroughly impressive.”

Watt also made note of how passionate all the Swifties in attendance were (and flashed some merch he got at the show to indicate he’s also on that “Swiftie life” now).

Watch Watt’s video above.

The 6-seeded TCU Horned Frogs gave 3-seed Gonzaga all they could handle on Sunday night, but the Bulldogs pulled out what became a fairly comfortable win to advance to the Sweet 16.

After trailing by double digits in the first half, the Zags chopped the lead down to five at halftime. In the second half, they steadily whittled away at the TCU advantage, finally taking the lead of their own with 11:36 to play. From that point, TCU would never regain the lead, but there was significant spread drama in Denver, as Gonzaga closed as 4.5-point favorites. From the 3:47 mark to the :05 mark in the second half, Gonzaga was covering as the lead never dipped below five. However, a Rondel Walker three cut it back down to four with five seconds left, but TCU then fouled Hunter Sallis with 0.7 on the clock for some very important free throws to some.

After Sallis nailed both, it seemed like TCU bettors would be the ones wondering what happened to what looked like a potential outright winner at halftime. However, Damion Baugh then let the ball roll all the way into the frontcourt as Gonzaga just ignored him, picked it up, and drilled a 35-footer at the buzzer to make the final score 84-81, giving TCU backers a cover, if nothing else.

The best part is Avery Johnson chuckling as they go through the handshake line, knowingly saying “somebody is gonna be disappointed at the end,” as he clearly was aware of the spread drama at stake. It isn’t really a “bad beat” given TCU was winning early and was also covering as late as five seconds left before a pair of free throws inside a second to play, but still, that’s one Gonzaga bettors were surely counting once the first free throw went through only to have it ripped away in stunning fashion.

The scene in Vegas was what you’d expect as a lot of people saw money swing one way or another on that Baugh heave.

It was quite the end to the first weekend of Madness on the men’s side that saw some wild outright outcomes, but saved the wildest spread swing of the weekend for last.

The first 1-seed has fallen in the NCAA Women’s Basketball Tournament, as the Stanford Cardinal lost on their home floor on Sunday night to 8-seed Ole Miss in a 55-49 defensive struggle.

The Rebels led throughout, taking an 18-13 advantage after the first quarter and never relinquished that lead, even as Stanford closed the gap in the second half, going so far as to get the game tied again in the final minute. However, Stanford’s inability to create good offensive looks against the swarming Ole Miss defense proved to be too costly to overcome, as they were never able to get a shot in the air to take the lead after pulling even on a pair of Cameron Brink free throws with 1:16 to play.

While Ole Miss’ offense likewise went cold from the field, their defense was able to come up with three consecutive turnovers to help them regain the lead for good, as Stanford’s execution on inbounds plays coming out of timeouts was woeful in the closing minute. First, it was a steal by Madison Scott who stepped in front of a Hannah Jump pass back to Haley Jones, with Jones getting called for a reach-in to send Scott to the line.

After Scott hit both free throws, Stanford advanced the ball and drew up a play for Jones, who along with Brink accounted for 36 of Stanford’s 49 points on the night. However, Jones got trapped in the post and lost the ball, with it bouncing between a defenders legs and out of bounds to give Ole Miss another possession — the call was upheld after a lengthy review.

From there, it was desperation time for Stanford but they couldn’t even get a shot up while trailing by four because an inbound to Brink, who had 20 points, 13 rebounds, and 7 blocks on the night, got picked off by Myah Taylor to seal the Rebels win.

Those three plays were indicative of the effort Ole Miss provided all night on the defensive end, as they held Stanford to just 32.7 percent shooting from the field, forcing 21 turnovers, and outrebounding the Cardinal 44-39. The Rebels offense wasn’t much better, shooting just 29.7 percent from the field, but they connected on threes (5-of-11) in a Stanford (2-of-7) could not and that proved to be the difference, alongside their incredible defensive effort. Angel Baker led the way with 13 points, while Marquesha Davis had 12, Madison Scott had 11, and Ayanna Thompson chipped in nine points off of the bench.

Aside from Brink and Jones (16 points), Stanford struggled mightily offensively and now finds itself as the first top-seed eliminated from the tournament, while Ole Miss will continue dancing into the second weekend.

Latto may be many things, but she is going out of her way to ensure fans that a liar isn’t one of those things revealing that she was arrested at Los Angeles International Airport. The “Lottery” rapper has several collaborations, and a few guest verse appearances lined up, including an appearance on the late Gangsta Boo’s posthumous album. But Latto’s newest featured on Chicago drill rapper Mello Buckzz’s song “Boom, Pt. 2” is causing a stir on social media.

Last week, behind-the-scenes clips of the video shot for the song were shared online. In the clips, Latto is cutting loose and letting it all hang out (quite literally) as she twerked for the cameras. Now that the video is officially out on all visual platforms, trolls took to Twitter to call Latto out for some of the lyrics in her verse.

The lines in question, “B*tches p*ssy ain’t taking nun,” and “I got locked up in da airport/ God damn forgot da gun.”

When prompted to provide context for the lines, Latto shared, “Went to LAX with a loaded Glock 17 in my Birken [bag]. Got locked [up] and let out in a few hours,” adding to ensure her travel plans were derailed she, “Booked a $75k jet to my show in Alabama & still made it on time!”

Closing with, “no cap in my rap TUH.”

Latto hails from Georgia, a state with less restrictive gun laws. However, California is much more strict when it comes to its concealed and open carry laws.

How do you pay back nearly a billion and a half dollars in legal damages? If you’re Alex Jones, you just don’t. Last fall the Infowars honcho was ordered to pay an unimaginable sum to families of Sandy Hook massacre victims, whom he spent years slandering with deranged conspiracy theories. That could have been the end of Jones, who had a meltdown while his verdict was read. Alas, according to a New York Times report, he managed to find a Plan B:

A New York Times review of financial documents and court records filed over the past year found that Mr. Jones has transferred millions of dollars in property, cash and business deals to family and friends, including to a new company run by his former personal trainer, all potentially out of reach of creditors. He has also spent heavily on luxuries, including $80,000 on a private jet, bodyguards and a rented villa while he was in Connecticut to testify at a trial last fall.

As such, the families are worried they may never see what they’re owed. What’s more, the families are finding that the American bankruptcy system has sided with Jones, who has tried to obfuscate the size of his wealth. Jones has taken advantage of a law put into effect in early 2020 that allows more lenient rules for small businesses. Infowars has qualified for that law, even though its estimated revenues, of some $70 million a year, are not exactly small.

Throughout this ordeal, Jones — who was sometimes a nightmare in court — has taunted the families, whom he’s called “jerks.” Infowars, meanwhile, has been thriving in the wake of the lawsuit, with Jones calling it a conspiracy to silence him. “If anybody thinks they’re shutting me down, they’re mistaken,” he declared on his podcast last month.

So far the only money Jones has forked over in relation to the lawsuit is to his lawyers.

(Via NYT)

Yes, Miley Cyrus can proudly buy herself flowers and even write her own name in the sand, but she can also send lavish gifts to her friends. Fellow former Disney star Selena Gomez can attest to that. As Cyrus’ latest album, Endless Summer Vacation, continues to dominate the music charts, advertisers have come running to align with the project. One of the collaborators includes the luxury fashion house Dolce & Gabbana.

Following the album’s theme of leisure, the company released a special edition of their self-tanner, Dolce Glow, to match the project. After Gomez uploaded a selfie with Cyrus’ song in the caption to her over 401 million Instagram followers, the “Flowers” singer had to find a way to thank her.

The solution was to send Gomez her own set of Cyrus’ Endless Summer Vacation x Dolce Glow line. Grateful for the gift, Gomez took to her Instagram stories with the line, “The queen sent me presents,” as she held the box of goodies.

Cyrus was sure to send the love right back to her, reposting her story with the caption, “You glow naturally, But I had to send you the ESV X DG collab because I love you.”

The pair have come a long way since their reported falling out over their ex Nick Jonas.

As the saying goes, diamonds are a girl’s best friend, and based on Tyga’s reported latest splurge purchase, he is hoping that’s true. In late February, rumors began to circulate online that the “Go Loko” rapper and punk rocker Avril Lavigne were dating. Earlier this month, during Paris Fashion Week, the pair took their relationship public while attending the Mugler x Hunter Schafer Party after making out in front of the paparazzi.

Although Lavigne’s ex-finance musician Mod Sun wasn’t too happy about the news, the pair seems to be enjoying each other’s company. Tyga even took it a step further, according to TMZ, by purchasing the singer a custom $80,000 pink and black diamond necklace fit for a punk music princess.

The necklace was supposedly designed by celebrity jeweler Eric Mavani, more commonly known as Eric Da Jeweler. As paparazzi pieces show, Lavigne sporting the lavish piece, was spotted holding hands with Tyga leaving a restaurant in Los Angeles on Thursday, March 16, following her awkward run-in with a topless protester in her home country of Canada while she was speaking on stage at the Juno Awards.

Fans of Avril and Tyga may be confused by their pairing. Heck, even Mod Sun fans led a “f*ck Tyga” rant during his show post the news of their coupling, but that hasn’t stopped their budding romance.