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(WARNING: Spoilers for The Super Mario Bros. Movie below.)

True to Chris Pratt’s word, The Super Mario Bros. Movie does indeed have a post-credits scene that hints at a potential sequel. Actually, the film has a mid-credits scene too, but it’s the final one that hints at a fan-favorite character joining the fun: Yoshi.

According to Variety, the final post-credits scene shows a “green-and-white-speckled egg” getting ready to crack, a clear nod to Mario’s dinosaur pal. However, before Yoshi can fully crack, the scene cuts to black. The green guy was left out of the first film, but there were nods that his species is running about the Mushroom Kingdom:

While there is currently no information on a “Mario” sequel, the post-credits scene nods to the film’s glaring absence of one of the most iconic Super Mario Bros. characters. (One short scene in the film shows a herd of multi-colored Yoshies running wild, but Yoshi is not a character in the movie.)

The Yoshi scene jibes with what Pratt told CBR last month. Although, the Mario voice actor is hoping to see another side of the Nintendo series happen.

“At the end of the film, there’s a post-credit sequence that gives you a taste of what the sequel could be about,” Pratt said. “And that gets me very, very excited. But there’s been talk of Luigi’s Mansion. That was a Gamecube game. I think that would be great.”

A Luigi’s Mansion movie starring Charlie Day’s Luigi?! Sign us the heck up.

(Via Variety)

Kelly Clarkson is everyone’s (if not most people’s) favorite American Idol winner. Paying homage to her music reality competition show roots, on her Emmy Award-winning self-titled talk show, the musician dedicated a full segment to performing song covers of other popular tracks. Since its inception, Kellyoke has been a hit, and TikTok star Gayle completely agrees.

Gayle has no problem singing the praises of other musicians, in some cases even being moved to tears during those moments. Although Kelly Clarkson’s cover of her viral song “abcdefu” didn’t get the waterworks going, she was overjoyed that it happened. Late last month, Clarkson covered the song during Kellyoke but made a minor adjustment to the breakout line in the chorus.

“Forget you, and your dad, and the fact that you got half / And my broken heart, turn that s–t into art,” sang Clarkson. The original line is, “F*ck you and your mom and your sister and your job/ And your broke ass car and that sh*t you call art.” But pulling from her rocky divorce from Brandon Blackstock in 2021. It’s rumored that Clarkson was required to pay Blackston a settlement of $1.3 million in addition to monthly child support for their children River and Remington.

In her response video to Clarkson’s cover, Gayle fangirled out with the caption, “A queen be queening.”

Watch Kelly Clarkson’s cover of Gayle’s song “abcdefu” above.

GAYLE is a Warner Music artists. Uproxx is an independent subsidiary of Warner Music Group.

More weekends of Taylor Swift’s The Eras Tour are coming up, and later this month, Swift is headed to Houston, for shows on April 21, 22, and 23. The tour is such a big deal that it’s significantly disrupting people’s lives; When it was announced last year, there were plenty of brides-to-be who were considering rescheduling their weddings to avoid a scheduling conflict with The Eras Tour. Looking at Swift’s younger fans, school is also getting in the way of the tour, but one mother wrote the perfect note excusing their child from classes.

Yesterday (April 4), Karen Vladeck, wife of law professor and CNN contributor Steve Vladeck, shared an email she sent to her daughter Maddie’s teacher, explaining that she wouldn’t be in school on April 24 due to The Eras Tour. The note was filled with delightful Swift references and it reads:

“Dear Reader [Ms. Parks],

I’m writing to let you know that Maddie won’t be in school on 4/24 because she is going to the Taylor Swift concert in Houston. I hope missing school doesn’t ruin her otherwise stellar Reputation, but she begged me to go and maybe I Should Have Said No but I didn’t want to be Mean. So It Goes…

Anyway, I hope this doesn’t leave any Bad Blood between you and Maddie and that things for the rest of the year are not Treacherous. I know I Did Something Bad and I promise this will be The Last Time she has an unexcused absence before the Cruel Summer starts.

Forever & Always,
-Karen Vladeck.”

Ms. Parks totally got it, by the way: Vladeck later shared the teacher’s reply, which said, “THIS MADE MY ENTIRE DAY.” That post also revealed the original email’s subject line read, “It’s Me, Hi, I’m the Problem, It’s Me.”

Find the original tweets below.

Jack Harlow has been ordered to give a deposition about a 2021 murder in a Louisville nightclub involving his former DJ, Ronnie O’Bannon, according to Rolling Stone. O’Bannon was charged with murder and tampering with physical evidence after allegedly shooting a bartender at the Vibes Restaurant and Ultra Lounge, Kasmira Nash, during a pre-Kentucky Derby party on May 1, 2021. O’Bannon pled not guilty, claiming Nash attacked him with a champagne bottle.

O’Bannon, known professionally as Ronnie Luciano, is currently on house arrest as he awaits trial; Harlow must give a video deposition in Louisville in August. Harlow and his crew were allegedly allowed to bypass the club’s metal detectors at security check-in, allowing O’Bannon to bring in his gun. The club, Harlow, and his security have been named in three separate liability lawsuits, which the Courier Journal notes will be merged into a single case to go before a circuit court judge.

In the wake of the shooting, Harlow issued a statement saying, “My heart is broken by the events that occurred over Derby weekend. My heart breaks for Kasmira, her children, and everyone else touched by this tragic death. Nothing can reverse what happened. Too many lives have been changed forever. My life will remain committed to making Louisville a better place.”

Jack Harlow is a Warner Music artist. Uproxx is an independent subsidiary of Warner Music Group.

After getting indicted on Tuesday (only in New York, baby!), Donald Trump returned to his MAGA-Lago compound in Florida and listened to his favorite musical artist: himself.

The former president was filmed getting all patriotic while listening to “Justice for All,” the (technically) chart-topping collaboration with the J6 Prison Choir that made Trump “feel like Elvis.” You can watch it here, if you insist.

The video obtained by TMZ was “recorded not too long after DT’s diatribe from the podium — where he condemned Manhattan’s district attorney Alvin Bragg and others involved in his criminal case.” Trump can also be seen putting his hand over the heart “with the rest of the room as they blast ‘Justice for All’ over the speakers — a song released by a handful of men currently in prison for their participation in the Jan. 6 Capitol riots… now known as the J6 Choir.”

The song is basically them singing the “Star Spangled Banner” interlaced with Trump reciting the Pledge of Allegiance… which created the awkward sight of Trump standing at attention as he listens to himself.

Between Trump juicing his 2023 Spotify Wrapped numbers and the “disgusting” speech that he gave to attendees, it sounds like quite the party.

(Via TMZ)

Fox & Friends immediately dove into Donald Trump’s arrest on Wednesday morning, but when it came time for Steve Doocy to tackle the former president’s call to “defund the police,” nobody knew what the heck to say.

While talking to a panel of voters from “across the political spectrum,” Doocy naturally heard lots of responses about how Trump’s arrest was a “joke” and questions about why Hillary Clinton hasn’t been arrested for her deleted emails, or Bill Clinton for his affairs. This is Fox News after all. However, the group was notably quiet when Doocy asked about Trump wanting to defund the FBI.

Via Mediaite:

“After he was arrested yesterday, apparently today, Donald Trump has called for America to defund the police, particularly the FBI, the Department of Justice, because the Democrats have weaponized law enforcement. All right. Who in this panel, raise your hand? Who thinks that’s a good idea?” Doocy asked.

As the camera panned out to a silent and still panel, Doocy replied, “Alright. Nobody.”

While no one on the panel backed up Trump’s defund the FBI remarks, Doocy circled back to them and offered up a defense of his own.

“What he apparently posted was Republicans in Congress should defund the DOJ and FBI until they come to their senses, he wrote,” Doocy said before agreeing with Trump. “Democrats have totally weaponized law enforcement, as I just said, in our country and our viciously using this abuse of power to interfere with our already under-siege elections.”

(Via Mediaite)

Sometimes you see something so mind-boggling you have to take a minute to digest what just happened in your brain. Be prepared to take that moment while watching these videos.

Real estate investor and TikTok user Tom Cruz shared two videos explaining the spreadsheets he and his friends use to plan vacations and it’s…well…something. Watch the first one:

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So “Broke Bobby” makes $125,000 a year. There’s that.

How about the fact that his guy has more than zero friends who budget $80,000 for a 3-day getaway? Y’all. I wouldn’t know how to spend $80,000 in three days if you paid me to. Especially if we’re talking about a trip with friends where we’re all splitting the cost. Like what does this even look like? Are they flying in private jets that burn dollar bills as fuel? Are they bathing in hot tubs full of cocaine? I genuinely don’t get it.

To be crystal clear here, the top 5 friends on the Forbes list are willing to spend more than double what the guy at the bottom of the Welfare 10 list makes per year on a 3-day guy’s trip. I don’t know what to do with this information.

u201c@Radio_Reem Those that make less are called the “Welfare 10” ud83dude2dud83dude2dud83dude29u201d

— Karim Alammuri (@Karim Alammuri)
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But that’s not even the full spreadsheet. It might make sense if this guy was just rich, had always been rich, only knew rich people, and therefore having multiple millionnaire friends was his normal. Surely that’s some people’s reality who were born into the 1%.

That’s not the case here, though, because Cruz also has a Welfare 10 list. He says this group of friends who make less than $100K a year call themselves that, and perhaps that’s true. (If I were a part of this group, I might call myself a welfare case too because everything’s relative and some of these dudes spend more in an hour of vacation than I spend on my mortgage each month.)

It’s like we can see our society’s wealth gap all laid out nice and neatly in a spreadsheet, only these people aren’t even the uber-wealthy and uber-poor. This is just the range of this one guy’s friends.

I have nothing against people who build success and wealth for themselves, and even $5 million per year is hardly obscenely wealthy by billionaire standards. But Cruz says he’s known most of his “welfare” friends since college, which presumably means most of those guys have college degrees and are making pittance in comparison with the Forbes list. One could claim the guy making $5 million a year just works harder, but does he really work 100 times harder than the guy making $50,000? Doubt it.

Money makes money, and after a certain threshold of wealth or income, it’s actually quite easy to get and stay rich without actually “earning” more money, assuming you’re reasonably wise and responsible. So maybe the guys who are willing to shell out $125,000 for a week-long trip should offer to pay the travel expenses of the friends they “hang out with regardless of income” who don’t even make that in a year, since that’s probably just the interest they’re making on their wealth anyway.

But what do I know? This is like an entirely different world to me and probably 99+% of Americans, as evidenced by some of the responses.

u201c@araless Broke Bobby every time itu2019s time for a trip https://t.co/VTUf3xW1DWu201d

— Karim Alammuri (@Karim Alammuri)
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u201c@_jasminwats @Radio_Reem I noticed everyone with PTO has less than is legally required in the U.K., crazy!!u201d

— Karim Alammuri (@Karim Alammuri)
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Naturally, there will be a range of incomes in any group of people, but 1) most of us don’t actually know how much our friends make, and 2) even fewer of us make spreadsheets with that information in order to rank our friends and figure out who can go on which vacations.

People are just endlessly fascinating. That’s all I’ve got.

This article originally appeared on 08.20.21

After a deadly stampede happened at GloRilla’s concert last month, one of the alleged victims is reportedly planning to sue, according to Billboard. Ronisha Huston’s attorneys have claimed that she is the sister of one of the victims, Rhondesia Belton. Huston is citing that she “suffered emotional distress and needs access to video footage, emergency plans, and other key information,” per the publication.

“Petitioner Ronisha Huston and her now-deceased sister, Rhondesia Belton, got caught up in the crowd surge,” Huston’s team shared. “Huston witnessed her sister getting crushed in the stampede.”

Right now, Huston’s team has reportedly only filed a “petition for pre-action discovery,” which would give them the chance to get information that’s relevant to a larger case and lawsuit. This would include the venue (Main Street Armory) giving “the security firms involved, video footage of the entire concert, fire exit and emergency plans, floor plans, regulatory permits, and communications with private entities involved with the concert.”

GloRilla, nor any other individuals or show-affiliated organizations, are named in the petition, per the publication.

Last month’s deadly incident happened after show attendees rushed to exit the venue after reportedly hearing gunshots. The incident resulted in three deaths and several injuries. Police eventually found no evidence of gunfire. In the wake, the city of Rochester shut down Main Street Armory by not renewing the venue’s license.

The family of another victim, Brandy Miller, had also reportedly been looking at the lawsuit route recently. Theirs would include GloRilla, her tourmate, and the event promoters.

Josh Klinghoffer has nothing but love for his former bandmates in Red Hot Chili Peppers; He served as the band’s guitarist from 2009 to 2019, but was let go from the band after the original guitarist John Frusciante rejoined. However, he recently admitted that he has trouble listening to some of their newer music.

In a recent interview with the Brazilian podcast 5 Notas, Klinghoffer revealed that he has listened some of their new music, but admitted he doesn’t feel it sounds as good as some of the music they worked on together.

“It’s tough [listening to their new music], only because I honestly think we were doing cooler music… I never want to sound negative about anyone doing music — but I was shocked when I heard their new record,” said Klinghoffer.

Klinghoffer continued, admitting that he’s not in close communication with the band. Some of the music they worked on never saw a proper release, but he would be open to playing it with the band, Frusciante included.

“I feel like it would be fun to play some of those songs again, or play them live — we never played them live,” he said. “We don’t talk much these days. But I’ve always maintained that I still have an enormous love for [Frusciante]. He’s one of my favorite musicians; one of my favorite writers. I’m not against the idea.”

2022’s Unlimited Love, RHCP’s first album with Frusciante back in the lineup, was the band’s first No. 1 album since 2006’s Stadium Arcadium, their final album before Frusciante left the group. Additionally, the band’s two albums with Klinghoffer, I’m With You and The Getaway, are their lowest-rated releases on Metacritic.

Red Hot Chili Peppers is a Warner Music artist. Uproxx is an independent subsidiary of Warner Music Group.

Last night, Blondshell, real name Sabrina Teitelbaum, made her late-night TV debut on The Tonight Show starring Jimmy Fallon. Ahead of her self-titled debut album, the rocker showed that the religious holiday of Passover doesn’t mean that observers need to be a pushover.

Paying homage to Judaism in the line, “Look what you did, you’ll make a killer of a Jewish girl,” Blondshell kicks off an epic story of perseverance. In a situation where it is easy to become overwhelmed with anger, instead, the musician uses the song’s story of horrific abuse as fuel to empower those around her. The track is just one of the latest showings off the Blondshell album slated to be released this Friday (April 7).

In a statement shared with Uproxx, Blondshell opened up about the album, saying, “It’s hard to summarize what this album means to me. I was able to work through so much by writing and singing these songs. In a way, I was also able to find my voice by finally saying these things out loud.”

She added, “My biggest hope is that people can see the album for what it is, ‘there’s no happy ending’ or ‘message,’ it’s just a window into what it’s like when you’re trying to figure out who you are and what you want.”

Watch Blondshell’s performance of “Salad” above.

Blondshell is out 4/7 via Partisan Records. Find more information here.