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Vanna White has been (reportedly) aggressively negotiating her first Wheel of Fortune raise in 18 years, and well, it’s been a process. Following the announcement that longtime host Pat Sajak is leaving the classic game show, White’s future on the show has been a question mark as producers quickly locked down Ryan Seacrest as the new host. According to reports, White’s pay has been significantly lower than Sajak’s, and she’s not having much luck trying to negotiate her way to just half of what he makes.

However, White has made some headway. TMZ reports that she managed to secure a raise for Celebrity Wheel of Fortune. White will now make $100,000 per episode, which is a “meaningful bump.” However, Sajak makes $400,000 an episode, so White clearly didn’t hit her mark of making half of his pay.

As for the main show, White’s quest for a raise isn’t looking so hot. Via TMZ:

Our sources say Friedman asked Sony to use a third party who knows the game show space to evaluate Pat and Vanna’s roles and importance on the show, and then come up with a “fair figure.” We’re told Sony turned thumbs down to that request.

We’re told one of the problems … Sony believes they ended up paying Pat too much and they don’t want to use his salary for comparability. Apparently, that hasn’t sat well with Team Vanna.

Sony is also reportedly dragging its feet because White’s Wheel of Fortune contract still has a year left. But if the studio doesn’t “get more serious,” a TMZ source says the situation is “gonna get ugly.”

(Via TMZ)

Fans at Los Angeles’ Kia Forum witnessed a confluence of epic pop proportions on Wednesday night (July 19), as Paramore ended their first of back-to-back headlining tour stops by welcoming Billie Eilish and Muna to perform with them.

According to fan-captured videos and setlist.fm, Eilish and Muna came out during Paramore’s three-song encore. It began with Eilish assisting with “All I Wanted” and ended with Muna dancing around during “This Is Why.”

Paramore will open for the European and UK leg of Taylor Swift’s The Eras Tour next summer — a job Muna held for Swift across nine North American shows between March 31 and July 15.

Meanwhile, Eilish is fresh off making everyone (including Margot Robbie) cry with her Barbie movie soundtrack single, “What Was I Made For?” Eilish previously welcomed Paramore’s Hayley Williams to join her headlining Coachella 2022 set to sing “Misery Business” and “Happier Than Ever” together.

Paramore will hit the Kia Forum stage again on Thursday night, July 20, before wrapping this run in San Francisco, California (July 22), Seattle, Washington (July 24), Portland, Oregon (July 25), Salt Lake City, Utah (July 27), Tulsa, Oklahoma (July 29), St. Louis, Missouri (July 30), Milwaukee, Wisconsin (August 1), and St. Paul, Minnesota (August 2).

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

Kim Kardashian reflected on her divorce from Kanye West, and her subsequent relationship with Pete Davidson, on the latest episode of The Kardashians. Speaking with her sisters Kylie and Kendall Jenner, the SKIMS founder said, “I definitely jumped into another relationship so fast. It got my mind away from stuff and that’s not a way to run from things.”

Kardashian has no remorse about her time with West (or Davidson, presumably). “I’m not going to take every experience and bad thing that happened to me and carry that into my life,” she said. “What am I supposed to be learning from this? How is this going to make me a better person?”

This is what she should be asking herself, re: Tom Brady.

On last week’s episode, the mom of four broke down in front of her sister Khloé over Kanye’s outbursts.

“It sucks when someone doesn’t see how different they are,” she explained. “I always will [keep looking for that person.] You’ll always hope you’ll see a glimpse of them, and I hope I do.” Kardashian continued, “I feel so bad for him. I don’t even think he feels bad for himself because I don’t even think he knows how,” revealing that she hasn’t spoken to Kanye about his antisemitic online rants over fears “he’ll probably go off on me.”

The Kardashians, which wraps up for the season next week, airs on Hulu.

(Via People)

Did you know yesterday was National Hot Dog Day? Mitt Romney did, and he celebrated by holding a hot dog like an absolute weirdo.

“Well, as you all know, today is National Hot Dog Day and perhaps you also know that hot dog is my favorite meat,” the Ted Lasso-loving senator said in a bizarre video where he’s walking down the halls of Congress while clutching a hot dog and wearing a weiner hat. “I love hot dogs. I love ’em in buns, I love ’em outside of buns, I love ’em with baked beans, I just like hot dogs. It’s the best, you know, best meat there is, without question.”

We get it. Mitt is like a wife guy, but for hot dogs. A hot dog guy.

He continued, “So to all of you who like me are celebrating National Hot Dog Day, congratulations to you and may there be many, many more hot dogs served in our wonderful land.”

Romney’s walk-and-talk video (Sorkin could never) wasn’t the weirdest thing to happen in Washington D.C. on Wednesday — Marjorie Taylor Greene showing images of Hunter Biden having sex with a prostitute during an oversight committee hearing takes the cake — but it’s still plenty odd. “I’ve never seen someone look so out of place holding a hot dog and wearing a baseball cap,” Twitter user @Joe_Roberts01 wrote, while @mynameisntdave tweeted, “He didn’t even take a bite of the hot dog. He’s just… holding it.”

Jamie Loftus, who literally wrote the book on hot dogs, added:

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(Via Mediaite)

A few weeks ago, Blink-182 drummer Travis Barker teased that he and Kourtney Kardashian have chosen a name for their forthcoming baby. Whether or not the couple has actually settled on a final name, a new video shows off Barker’s thought process, and it’s definitely interesting.

In a new episode of Complex’s video series GOAT Talk with Barker and his daughter Alabama Barker, the final question is, “GOAT baby name?” Alabama had a few answers ready off the top of her head: “Audemars, Milan, f*ckin’ Patek.” Travis chimed in, “I like Rocky 13.”

With a laugh, Alabama replied, “That’s so bad!” Travis continued, “That’s this name that’s just been going in my head lately. It is, it is bad. Rocky George played guitar for Suicidal Tendencies, and 13 is just the greatest number of all time.”

A stunned Alabama said, “So you’re going to name your kid ‘Rocky 13?’” Travis replied, “Possibly.” Alabama ribbed, “Let’s see how this goes when he’s at school: ‘Rocky… 13.’” Travis added, “And Rocky, the greatest boxing movie of all time.”

Meanwhile, Travis and Kourtney recently had a baby sex reveal and it was pretty on-brand.

Blink-182 is a Warner Music artist. Uproxx is an independent subsidiary of Warner Music Group.

Jason Aldean has been one of country music’s biggest stars for the past couple decades, but now the spotlight is on him for a not-so-great reason. His recent single “Try That In A Small Town” and the song’s newly released video have come under fire for being allegedly racist and pro-violence. Regardless, a concert performance of the song was just included in last night’s (July 19) CMA Fest concert special on ABC.

The performance was recorded at CMA Fest, which was held at Nashville’s Nissan Stadium from June 8 to 11, so well before the song’s controversial video was released. In light of everything, though, reactions have been mixed.

One Twitter user wrote, “Shame on @ABCNetwork, @CountryMusic, @cmafoundation & @BBRMusicGroup for continuing to promote a Jason Aldean song that clearly glorifies & encourages vigilante justice against outsiders in small towns.” Another said, “Booo @ABCNetwork @Disney for not cutting Jason Aldean’s performance at CMA Fest… get this racist piece of sh*t off my tv.” Somebody else wrote, “Honestly CMA fest allowing disgusting @Jason_Aldean to still perform is g r o s s.”

Then, there were those standing up for Aldean and ABC, like one user who tweeted, “Cancel culture club scrambling about right now. Tryna cancel ABC and CMA for allowing Jason Aldean to play “Try That In A Small Town”. Wway to go @Jason_Aldean !!#cmafest.” Another wrote, “Ha ha. Jason Aldean just played Try that in a small town on the CMA fest on woke Disney owned abc!!!”

It seems like everybody is being roped into the Barbie promotional cycle, so why not Megan Thee Stallion? Issa Rae and her Barbie co-stars sat down for a chat with Vanity Fair. They easily guessed Margot Robbie’s favorite reality television show, but there were some hiccups before correctly guessing who Rae would choose to have rap or sing a theme song about her life.

Barbie director Greta Gerwig and America Ferrera immediately called out that Rae should do it herself. (Robbie agreed.)

“I feel like you guys are convincing me of that fact, but I’m not a good rapper,” Rae said.

Robbie asked Rae to specify whether the artist was alive, and Rae confirmed, “They’re alive. They’re popping.” When Ferrera proposed Ice Spice, Rae looked utterly perplexed. “America, no,” she said. Nicki Minaj was suggested by Robbie after a fit of collective laughter, and Rae was more receptive to that — “That’s a good choice; I wouldn’t be mad” — but she and Cardi B both earned a no.

Finally, Gerwig landed on Megan Thee Stallion. Leave it to the director.

The Barbie soundtrack boasts the likes of Ice Spice and Nicki Minaj, as their “Barbie World” single with Aqua debuted within the top 10 of the Billboard Hot 100 earlier this month. Maybe there’s a world where a deluxe version of Barbie: The Album arrives in the future with Megan Thee Stallion added to the tracklist.

Watch the Barbie cast’s video with Vanity Fair above.

Megan Thee Stallion is a Warner Music artist Uproxx is an independent subsidiary of Warner Music Group.

It’s been 10 years since Futurama went off the air a second time. The third iteration of Matt Groening’s beloved sci-fi cartoon — fourth if you count those movie specials released before the Comedy Central revival — kicks off on July 24, with new episodes hitting Hulu every week. But how long will this run go for? It’s semi-complicated.

What’s either the eighth or the eleventh season of the show, depending on how you count them, will make like the final seasons of The Sopranos and Breaking Bad: They’ll be divided into two. The first batch runs 10 episodes, all the way into September 25. Don’t worry, there’s 10 more en route, though it’s not yet known when they’ll begin dropping.

This latest resurrection didn’t happen too easily. Disney was able to get almost the original cast to return, save one major exception (though they’re all major, to be honest). John DiMaggio, who voices alcoholic robot Bender — as well as sadistic Robot Santa and other characters — held out because the super-corporation didn’t want to pay him what he wanted. DiMaggio didn’t get that pay raise, but he did get something else: “respect,” he boasted last year shortly after he signed on again.

Futurama was famously axed on Fox, its original network, back in 2003. After fans turned it into a bona fide cult item, a quartet of movies, alter divided into episodes, followed in 2008. In 2010, Comedy Central brought it back again, in a run that lasted till 2013. And now look at them.

Nobody is doing pink like Greta Gerwig’s Barbie movie, but Ryan Gosling has unfortunately been exposed as an outfit repeater and offered his sincerest apologies to BTS’ Jimin. At one point in Barbie, Gosling’s Ken is seen wearing a black jacket accentuated by white flowery stitching and tassels. ARMY will immediately recognize it as Jimin’s chosen look for BTS’ July 2021 “Permission To Dance” video, and Gosling recognized Ken’s fashion faux pas.

“Hi, Jimin. It’s Ryan Gosling here. I noticed that your ‘Permission To Dance’ outfit was the same as my Ken outfit in the upcoming movie Barbie. I have to give it to you: You wore it first. You definitely wore it best,” Gosling says in a video posted by the official Barbie movie Instagram and Twitter accounts.

He continues, “And there’s an unspoken Ken code that if you bite another Ken’s style, you have to give them your most prized possession. I hope you’ll accept Ken’s guitar as my humble offering. And besides, Ken doesn’t really play anyway, so, it’ll be much better in your hands.”

To Gosling’s point, he didn’t need a guitar to deliver his “I’m Just Ken” power ballad for the star-studded, Mark Ronson-produced Barbie soundtrack.

Barbie will finally enjoy its long-awaited theatrical release on Friday, July 21, coinciding with the arrival of Barbie: The Album.

Uproxx’s Mike Ryan reviewed the film-turned-phenomena.

“I saw this movie somewhat early in the morning after a night of little sleep and I legitimately laughed out loud at least ten times,” Gosling said. “I truly don’t know what audiences expecting a straightforward Barbie movie will make of all this. But I, for one, hope Warner Bros. and Mattel let Gerwig and Baumbach make five more of these.”

The Golden Elite (Kenny Omega, The Young Bucks, Hangman Page, and Kota Ibushi) defeated the Blackpool Combat Club (Wheeler Yuta, Jon Moxley, Claudio Castagnoli), Takeshita, and Pac to win the 2023 Blood and Guts match from Boston.

Castagnoli kicked things off with Omega before Pac made his way to the AEW ring for the first time in seven months. Page evened things up before Moxley brought chaos to the cage with a fork, broken glass, and eventually a bed of nails.

Nick Jackson hit the ring, followed by Yuta, and eventually Matt Jackson. Moxley slammed Omega into the bed of nails before Ibushi made his way to the ring.

While Mox pressed Omega’s hand into the nails, Ibushi gave the former heavyweight champion a taste of his own medicine.

Yuta escaped to the top of the cage, but Matt Jackson joined him and hit a series of Northern Lights Suplexes across the top of the cage.

From the top of the cage, Matt Jackson rained tacks down into the cage in perfect timing for a reversal onto the tacks for Castagnoli and Pac. Eventually, all 10 competitors lined up across the rings together and went to battle.

Every member of the Golden Elite got locked into submission attempts as Castagnoli locked in the big swing on Matt Jackson and a sharpshooter. With Omega facing a 5-on-1 attack, Castagnoli accidentally hit Pac with an upper cut, leading to Pac giving the finger to his team and leaving the cage.

Page and Omega hit a stereo Buckshot Lariat and V-Trigger before handcuffing Moxley to the middle rope. Don Callis called Takeshita out the ring before the Golden Elite wrapped a chain around Yuta’s neck and pulled until Moxley surrendered for the ref to call for the bell.