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On Sunday night’s TNT doubleheader, Charles Barkley and Shaq managed to go off the rails during a halftime discussion of the Thunder and Pelicans Game 1 when Shaq had a little issue with his chair, prompting Chuck to come at him for being a “fat ass.”

That was followed by the typical back-and-forth between the two, but also included the crew poking some fun at Barkley being on Mounjaro — which he gleefully explained to Kenny Smith “it’s a drug!” — to aid in his weight loss. Kenny and Shaq then prodded him to lose weight the old fashioned way by eating healthy and running.

On Monday night, prior to Game 2 between the Sixers and Knicks, the TNT crew had not forgotten that moment and set Chuck up during his pregame “GUARANTEE!”, dumping a bunch of kale on his head.

A year ago, they had Barkley shook by constantly dropping ping pong balls (and other things) on him, and this year they’re upping the ante with greens. Shaq then decided to try forcefeeding the Chuckster kale, which led to a scene that looked like when you try to force your dog to take a pill, with Barkley shaking his head side to side while Shaq tried to get him to eat his greens.

The Opium crew may have canceled their Antagonist Tour, but that isn’t stopping them from recalibrating their plans for 2024 and forging ahead. Ken Carson, who is five months removed from the release of his third studio album A Great Chaos, has announced his tour dates for 2024, kicking off in Orlando on July 8. Carson shared the pre-sale information on his social channels, with the tickets set for general sale on April 26 at 10 AM local time.

Ken Carson 2024 Tour Dates

07/08 — Orlando, FL @ Warehouse at CCF
07/09 — Miami Beach, FL @ The Fillmore Miami Beach at Jackie Gleason Theater
07/10 — St. Petersburg, FL @ Jannus Live
07/12 — Houston, TX @ 713 Music Hall
07/13 — Austin, TX @ Stubb’s Waller Creek Amphitheater
07/14 — Dallas, TX @ The Factory in Deep Ellum
07/16 — Phoenix, AZ @ Van Buren
07/19 — San Diego, CA @ SOMA San Diego
07/20 — Los Angeles, CA @ Shrine Auditorium & Expo Hall
07/23 — San Francisco, CA @ The Warfield
07/26 — Portland, OR @ Roseland Theater
07/27 — Seattle, WA @ Showbox SoDo
07/29 — Vancouver, BC @ PNE Forum
07/31 — Salt Lake City, UT @ The Union
08/01 — Denver, CO @ Mission Ballroom
08/03 — Minneapolis, MN @ The Fillmore Minneapolis
08/04 — Kansas City, MO @ Uptown Theater
08/07 — Royal Oak, MI @ Royal Oak Music Theatre
08/08 — Columbus, OH @ Kemba Live!
08/10 — Cleveland, OH @ Agora Theatre & Ballroom
08/12 — Toronto, ON @ History
08/14 — Montreal, QC @ MTELUS
08/16 — Boston, MA @ Roadrunner
08/18 — Washington, D.C. @ The Anthem
08/20 — New York, NY @ Terminal 5
08/24 — Philadelphia, PA @ The Fillmore Philadelphia
08/26 — Atlanta, GA @ Coca-Cola Rozy
08/29 — Charlotte, NC @ The Fillmore
08/30 — Raleigh, NC @ The Ritz
09/15 — Manchester, UK @ O2 Victoria Warehouse
09/16 — Birmingham, UK @ O2 Academy
09/17 — London, UK @ OVO Arena Wembley
09/20 — Berlin, DE @ Columbiahalle
09/22 — Paris, FR @ Élysée Montmartre
09/24 — Frankfurt, DE @ Zoom
09/25 — Tilburg, NL @ 013 Poppodium
09/27 — Brussels, BE @ La Madeleine
09/29 — Milan, IT @ Fabrique
09/30 — Zurich, CH @ Komplex 457
10/01 — Munich, DE @ Theaterfabrik
10/03 — Cologne, DE @ Palladium
10/05 — Prague, CZ @ Garbe

Jalen Suggs hoped to find his form on offense in Game 2 of the Orlando Magic’s first round series against the Cleveland Cavaliers. After a difficult Game 1 in which Suggs (along with essentially everyone else on Orlando’s roster) struggled to get into a rhythm en route to a 97-83 loss, the Magic arrived at Rocket Mortgage Fieldhouse hoping to even things up before the series shifted to Orlando.

Unfortunately for Suggs, he had to leave the game early on following an ugly incident with Cavs guard Donovan Mitchell. Suggs attempted to poke the ball away from Mitchell as he was going for a stepback, but instead, he stuck out his leg and Mitchell jumped right into it, causing it to bend in a way that is not natural.

Suggs laid on the ground in some pretty serious pain while holding his knee, and after getting looked at by the medical staff, he made his way to the locker room. But in an extremely unfortunate sign for Orlando, Suggs had to be carried off the floor while he kept his left leg off the ground in an effort to not put any weight on it.

We’ll keep you posted as more information is made available on Suggs’ status in Game 2 and for the remainder of this series. On the year, Suggs is averaging 12.6 points, 3.1 rebounds, 2.7 assists, and 1.4 steals per game while playing some of the best on-ball defense in the NBA.

The Charlotte Hornets are in the market for a head coach after Steve Clifford’s second stint on the bench came to an end — the veteran coach will move into a role in the team’s front office. Now, Charlotte needs someone to fill his shoes, and apparently, there’s interest in learning a bit more about J.J. Redick.

According to Shams Charania of The Athletic, Charlotte is planning on discussing the vacancy with Redick, who has been a candidate for coaching gigs in the past but is currently an analyst for ESPN and the co-host of both the “Mind the Game” podcast with LeBron James and “The Old Man and the Three.” As of now, there’s no word on when Redick and the team will meet.

Over the last few years, Redick has seen his named linked with assistant and head coaching jobs. He previously discussed how Joe Mazzulla offered him a job with the Boston Celtics in 2022, and last year, Redick got interviewed by the Toronto Raptors to take over their team after the decision was made to fire Nick Nurse. The role eventually went to Darko Rajaković.

Redick, who spent his college years a few hours away from Charlotte as a member of the Duke Blue Devils, has no NBA coaching experience. He retired in 2021 after a 15-year career that included stops in Orlando, Milwaukee, Los Angeles, Philadelphia, New Orleans, and Dallas.

Every once in a while a state’s bill will make a blip on national media that causes people to dig a little deeper into what’s happening. One such bill made headlines last year for a brief time before a new bill from another state took it’s place.

After a tragic school shooting in the state of Tennessee where six people were killed, including three young students, state politicians began talking about arming the teachers. The idea was if teachers were armed then they would be able to stop school shooters, but the bill was widely unpopular among teachers and many parents. That didn’t stop the state legislature from drawing up the bill and putting it up for a vote April 2024.

Many parents showed up to Tennessee State Senate to protest the bill, but it was the fiery speech of State Senator London Lamar that has people talking.

The new mom held her infant son in her arms while she addressed her colleagues who saw fit to laugh after moms protesting the bill were asked to leave. Lamar did not hold back in not only expressing her disappointment in her colleagues behavior but their disregard for very real concerns that she also shares with the people asked to leave.

“We are literally talking about arming educators who took an oath to teach our kids writing and arithmetic and how they can one day contribute to Tennessee’s great economy, and we’re now turning them into law enforcement agents by arming them with guns. We think this piece of legislation is going to keep kids safe which is probably going to enable the next school shooter, and it’s not going to be someone coming in from the outside. It’s unfortunately going to be a teacher with this piece of legislation,” Lamar declares.

You can watch her passionate speech below:

Sure, Taylor Swift did a great job at writing, performing in and directing her “Fortnite” music video (which has only dropped a couple days ago and already at over 30 million views)…but you know what could make it even better? Having a dog perform all the parts, that’s what!

And that’s exactly the treat we received, thanks to an adorable dachshund named Lucas.

The clip (aptly titled “Fortnight (Lucas’ version)”) recreates the music video’s black-and-white typewriter scene, where the camera alternates between a moody Swift and Post Malone clacking as they lament about how much love is “ruining” their lives. you know, basic tortured poets stuff.

Only this time, Lucas plays both the roles—costumes as all! Major kudos to Lucas’ parent, who clearly has an eye for detail and camera angles. Both the original video and Lucas’ video play simultaneously so you can really see how similar they are.

“I look like @taylorswift in this light, i’m lovin’ it 🤭🤍,” the clip caption says.

Watch below. Spoiler alert: get ready to see little doggy paws in lace gloves.

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Down in the comments, people were enthralled.

One person wrote, “THIS NEEDS MORE ATTENTION”

“Magical!!!!!!!” another added.

Though clearly Lucas’s is a whole ‘nother level of Swiftie, is he not the only dog to be a fan. In an experiment produced by WoofWoof, dogs were “visibly more relaxed” by her music than other artists in the study. Her songs got more tail wagging and even more “howls of approval.” That’s right, her music transcends species.

Just like Taylor Swift, Lucas has many, many more music videos where they came from, including “The Archer,” “Hoax” and “You Belong with Me.” And just like Swift, he outdoes himself with every new project.

Check out even more of his content on Instagram and TikTok.

Slumdog Millionaire‘s Dev Patel could have selected a far less intense directorial debut than Monkey Man. Then again, this is his passion project, in which he also stars as a John Wick-esque protagonist who is full of vengeance and determined to beat the snot out of everyone. Alright!

Patel’s determination won an ally in Jordan Peele, who played a large role in Universal Pictures’ decision to pick up the film, which was originally destined for a Netflix streaming release. However, the movie hit theaters on April 5 and is already headed towards your living room, courtesy of Peele’s Monkeypaw Productions and Universal.

When Will ‘Monkey Man’ Be On Digital?

You don’t have to wait long. The film is set to hit VOD and digital on Tuesday, April 23. Eventually, the film will hit Peacock since that’s where the Universal movies go for posterity’s sake. At least there is some consistency in this wild Internet world. From the movie’s synopsis:

After years of suppressed rage, Kid discovers a way to infiltrate the enclave of the city’s sinister elite. As his childhood trauma boils over, his mysteriously scarred hands unleash an explosive campaign of retribution to settle the score with the men who took everything from him.

And why wouldn’t you want to give this film a whirl on digital and/or streaming? Patel suffered massive injuries during the making of this movie, so at least we could all do him a solid and watch. Keep your eyes peeled for a streaming date, too.

The Circle has returned to Netflix to wreak havoc upon social media influencers who are competing for a $100,000 prize. The series has been referred to as catfishing on steroids, so perhaps this show will make everyone feel a little bit better about the fake profiles that proliferate dating sites. Why? Because it somehow could be worse.

This season, however, it’s not only a bunch of human influencers who are vying to win the money. Within this season’s 13 episodes, an AI bot is also competing for top honors. The influencers do not yet know of the AI entity’s true nature, but that secret cannot last forever. When will the truth begin to emerge?

When Do ‘The Circle’ Season 6, Episodes 5-8 Come Out?

This ^^^ is actually the more relevant question. The season premiered with four episodes on Wednesday, April 17, and you can expect the next four episodes on Wednesday, April 24. In less than a month, the entire season will have unfolded, and then there will be the question of whether a seventh installment will happen.

To answer that question: yes. And god only knows what the twist will be next time after AI is already here to crush everyone’s influencing souls. Something to look forward to?

The Circle‘s first five seasons are currently streaming in full on Netflix.

Social media is a real minefield these days, and Netflix’s The Circle has been documenting the twists and turns in the influencer realm. This year, the experimental series will incorporate AI because, you know, why not? That’s the thing to do in 2024, and the sixth season of this show premiered on April 17 with the first dose of four episodes. From there, the next competition began with participants vying to win a $100,000 prize.

How Many Episodes Are In ‘The Circle’ Season 6?

The season will contain 13 episodes. The Tudum blog has details on the new cast members who will keep viewers coming back for more, but the AI chatbot who might run this joint will be named “Max.” Hmm:

Catfishing and The Circle go together like hashtags and emojis — players have used fake personas to scheme their way to the top from the very beginning of the social experiment. Now it’s time to take the game to the next level with the arrival of Max, an open-source artificial intelligence chatbot competing this season as a seemingly veryfrom human player.

Apparently, Max has been programmed to be an expert on all past seasons of The Circle, and here’s another twist: the human influencers will not know that Max happens to be an AI bot. Eventually, they should find out the truth, but yeah, Max is probably gonna win this season, right?

The Circle‘s first five seasons are currently streaming in full on Netflix.

The Denver Broncos long-awaited new uniforms were revealed on Monday and, well, they’re not very good.

They look like a college team’s uniform, as the navy/orange is a very popular color set in the NCAA ranks. Fans quickly made jokes about how they looked like UTSA, Virginia, Syracuse, Illinois, and others. They are just a very uninspired uniform set, and the white helmet is particularly not good with the all-navy uniforms. What makes the rebrand even more frustrating is that they did add one truly elite uniform to their look, with these spectacular throwbacks.

This is all anyone wanted the Broncos to do, and it’s almost worse that they added these as a fourth alternate, just to prove that they can make a great uniform and chose to actively not do so with the other three. If all they had done was make this their color scheme going forward, with a helmet, jersey, and pant in all three colors that they could mix and match, it would’ve immediately been one of the five best uniforms in the NFL.

Instead, Denver will wear three uninspiring attempts at a modern design most of the season and one great throwback a couple times a year. I would guess that the retro jersey will outsell the other three by a large amount, and I feel like it’s not too late to just pivot to the throwbacks exclusively.