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Rihanna took to Instagram Live Friday night to celebrate the release of her new Fenty clothing line with the Fenty Social Club Party. Aided by DJ sets from DJ Pedro, Kitty Ca$h, and Stretch Armstrong, plus a performance from grime artist Octavian, the party was an entertaining way to celebrate Fenty’s faux-leather capsule release. Shortly before the party began, Rihanna returned to Instagram to announce that Lil Uzi Vert would be a performer for the livestreamed party.

Lil Uzi Vert’s live performance turned into a dance-off between him and Rihanna, with her looking to outdo his dance moves with some of her own. With Lil Uzi clearly running away with the lead, the battle soon turned into Rihanna trying to mimic his own dance moves, all while “Money Longer” and “Futsal Shuffle 2020” played in the background.

In addition to the battle with Lil Uzi, Rihanna sent out a light-hearted warning to fans who have continued to pester her about the whereabouts of her upcoming album. “If one of y’all motherf*ckers ask me about the album one more time when I’m tryna save the world unlike y’all president… on sight!”

Check out some clips from the Fenty Social Club Party in the video above.

Donovan Mitchell became the latest adidas basketball player to receive a signature shoe last year. The D.O.N. Issue #1 dropped midway through 2019, with the sneakers getting a collection of unique colorways inspired by Mitchell’s love of Marvel. Now, adidas has announced Mitchell’s second signature sneaker, and is giving those who play NBA 2K20 a first look.

The kicks are currently available to those who ball in 2K’s MyCareer mode for 9,000 VC. While it remains to be seen whether or not adidas will roll out a number of colorways on these, as they did with Mitchell’s first sneakers, the only model on display are vibrant green with orange accents and a light blue/green base.

Mitchell hinted on Friday that some news could be on the horizon regarding the D.O.N. Issue #2s. A video was posted onto the official 2K Twitter account on Saturday of Mitchell showing off a real pair of the sneakers, and 2K announced that he’ll make a cameo at its players tournament on Saturday evening.

There is no exact word on a release date for these outside of them coming out sometime this summer. If these follow a similar timeline as the D.O.N. Issue #1s, we can expect them to hit stores sometime around July 1.

Very few people have stood by Harvey Weinstein since he was accused by numerous women of sexual misconduct — some allegations of which led to a 23-year prison sentence, which in turn led him to test positive for COVID-19. Since his sentencing, those who’ve worked or at least met him have shared stories; Ron Perlman recently shared an amusing one. Now Kevin Smith is claiming the fallen producer still owes him royalties on his debut 1994 feature, Clerks.

In a new interview with Variety (as caught by Entertainment Weekly), Smith revealed that Weinstein — who, along with his brother Bob, bought Clerks and distributed it from their initial company Miramax — wound up short-changing him.

“He was notorious for that. I did encounter that. And I’m still out money,” Smith told Variety. Still, he’s not that upset. “But you got to understand, I never cared about the money. My whole career, my reps were like: ‘You’re supposed to be making far more.’ Money’s never been a motivator for me.”

That said, Smith still noticed that he was short some bucks. “This much I know. They bought Clerks for $227,000,” Smith said. “And the movie went out and made $3 million at the box office and stuff. And it took seven years for us to see any profit from that movie. For seven years, they were like, ‘Nope, the movie is still not in profit.’ And we were like, ‘How?’ And then there were things.”

Smith even claimed Weinstein billed the Clerks team for a yacht rental they wound up using for Pulp Fiction’s Cannes Film Festival debut. ” There was a yacht, the Miramax yacht, it was called. That’s where all the stars were. But that yacht wasn’t for us,” Smith said. “When the festival was over, we got the financial statement. They had taken the entire Cannes bill, everything they spent in Cannes, and just chopped it up into four and Clerks was charged as much as Pulp Fiction. So we all paid an equal share. I remember John Sloss, my lawyer, being like, ‘This is nuts. We have to audit them.’ And I said, ‘No, I can’t audit people I’m in business with. That’s gross.’ And we never audited them for years until after Clerks 2.”

For the record, Smith said he did eventually get some payment, but not all he was owed. “If I was a better business person, I would have gone for more money,” Smith said. “But it felt like – ‘Oh, there it is. That’s their process. Movie math.’ And, to be fair, I worked at studios and they have way more paperwork and you can see where every dime is going. But the nature of this business is everybody wants to keep as much money as they possibly can.”

And yet Smith kept working with Weinstein — on Chasing Amy, on Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back, on Jersey Girl, and, one last time, on Zack and Miri Make a Porno.

“Believe me, I ain’t crying poor,” Smith said. “By the time I did Zack and Miri Make a Porno, I think I made between $5 or $6 million. So come on, that’s ridiculous. But that was my salary. Upfront money was so good. I was never like, ‘Hey man, where’s those nickels and dimes on the back end?’ And perhaps that’s why they kept making movies with me, even though my movies weren’t box-office profitable. Home video, they were goldmines. That’s really why they kept me around.”

(Via Variety and EW)

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If there’s one thing we can all agree on, it’s that we’re living in a very, very mad world right now. Listening to the lyrics of the song “Mad World,” it has perhaps never felt more fitting.

All around me are familiar faces
Worn out places, worn out faces

You mean my family members? The only people I’ve seen for weeks? Yep.

Bright and early for their daily races
Going nowhere, going nowhere

Umm, yeah. Going nowhere indeed. And it just gets more apropos:

Their tears are filling up their glasses
No expression, no expression
Hide my head, I want to drown my sorrow
No tomorrow, no tomorrow

Oof. Le sigh.

Tears for Fears front man Curt Smith and his daughter, Diva, performed the the song on YouTube, and it’s gorgeous. Frankly, Diva is the one who steals the show, as it takes an immediately impressive turn when she pipes in with her perfect harmony.

Mad World performed by Curt Smith of Tears For Fears

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Oddly enough, the version they sing is actually a cover of a cover of an original Tears for Fears song. The original Tears for Fears version from 1982 had a quicker tempo and techno beat. It wasn’t until the song was covered by Gary Jules and Michael Andrews for the 2001 movie Donnie Darko that the song became the haunting ballad we’re most familiar with.

Just beautiful.

Get well soon, Milo ❤️.

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“It’s all I want to do, just one little fun thing for myself!” — Every parent ever.

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Accio all the food.

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Prior to the coronavirus shutting down all tours, Lana Del Rey was forced to cancel her own, which was in support of her 2019 album Norman F*cking Rockwell. The cancellation wasn’t about the pandemic; the decision was due to coming down with an illness that forced her to go on vocal rest for four weeks. Fans could still look forward to her forthcoming audiobook, Violet Bent Backwards Over The Grass, but after a pair of delays, it’s still unknown when it will arrive. To sate her fans, Del Rey shared another poem from the audiobook.

The latest snippet comes after Del Rey first shared a section back in early March, but since she only posted a written form of the poem — along with a still image of clouds — fans were still unsure of how the finished audiobook would sound. A little over a month later, Del Rey posted another section, this one with a video of clouds. The latest snippet is straight from the audiobook itself, so fans now have a better idea of what to expect.

In addition to the new poem, Del Rey also shared its cover art, which depicts a close-up painting of five lemons hanging from a tree. She also revealed that he audiobook’s music will be provided by Jack Antonoff.

You can listen to the poem in the audio above.