Congrats to Donald Trump for not only being the only U.S. president to ever face criminal charges, but now, he’s on his third round. Concurrent, no less, but he did once promise his MAGA followers that they’d win so much that they’d eventually be “sick and tired” of winning. Surely, this is not what he meant (because he did respond to the third indictment by comparing his prosecutors to Nazis), but you never know.
Speaking of confusing statements, Tucker Carlson replacement Jesse Watters reacted to this third indictment in a few ways. He didn’t pull a Rudy Giuliani (to be fair, no one could go off the rails in quite that way), but instead, Watters aimed for sarcasm, and this appears to gone over about as well as his recent silver lining for slavery, which he somehow argued benefited slaves and their families in the long run.
Sarcasm is actually the kindest way that one can describe Watters responding to Trump’s indictment for his efforts to overturn the election like this: “They said the defendant impaired the federal government from functioning. Isn’t that literally the Republican Party platform?”
In other words: small government = good? I can only guess that going simplistic with this argument was an attempt at humor, but that of course wasn’t Watters’ whole evening. Additionally, he also attempted to argue that perhaps Trump didn’t know it was wrong to ask Mike Pence to help him overthrow democracy.
Watters: I know this does not count in a court of law.but do you think trump had any idea that he was breaking the law he was asking Mike pence not to certify? pic.twitter.com/HfWVBgqqy8
Tucker Carlson must be fuming with jealousy to have missed this opportunity to get inside the Fox News audience’s heads, too. Meanwhile, Trump is almost definitely not pleased to be dealing with the Obama-appointed U.S. District Judge Tanya S. Chutkan, who has not dealt kindly with the MAGA rioters who did Trump’s bidding during the Jan. 6 insurrection. Get ready to see a whole lot of “WITCH HUNT” in all caps on Truth Social.
Dwight Howard‘s first two stints with the Los Angeles Lakers couldn’t have been more different. Back in 2012, Howard was one of the best basketball players on earth and got traded to Los Angeles to join forces with Kobe Bryant. That didn’t go especially well, and after one year, the big man hit unrestricted free agency, which saw him leave town and become a Houston Rocket.
Fast forward to 2019 and Howard returned to the Lakers on a veteran’s minimum contract after bouncing around the league with four different teams in the previous four seasons. He largely came off the bench for a squad led by LeBron James, thrived in that role, and won an NBA championship for the first (and, to this point, only) time in his career.
Howard’s career hasn’t quite reached those heights since then, as he’s had stints with the Philadelphia 76ers and a third season with the Lakers before heading over to Taiwan last year. But the perspective that he’s gained throughout his career has been rather unique, and recently, Howard appeared on the “My Expert Opinion” to give an answer to a simple but interesting question about his time as a Laker: What was different about being teammates with Bryant and James?
“[LeBron’s] joking, silly, have a good time… Kobe ain’t bullsh*tting with nobody. He might not come to the locker room to talk.”
Dwight Howard on the difference between being on a team with Kobe Bryant and LeBron James.
Howard started by pointing out that he was “at two different stages of my life and career with both players,” nothing that he was young, in the prime of his career, and had never played alongside another superstar of Bryant’s caliber when they teamed up in 2012.
“As I got older, I started to realize more of how he felt,” Howard said. “And as a young ballplayer, you’re not seeing that. You think the game lasts forever. When you get older, you see I ain’t got the same amount of time and energy to put into this, that, and the third. It seemed like we fell out, but it wasn’t really like we fell out, we just had some disagreements on the court, like any other team and any other teammate.”
From there, Howard started talking about James, and had high praise for his personality.
“LeBron almost act like someone from the south side of Georgia,” Howard said. “We act kinda like twins — joking, silly, have a good time. We get on the court, we still gonna have a good time but we’re gonna dominate. Kobe ain’t bullsh*tting with nobody, he might not come in the locker room and talk, and everybody like, ‘So, he just gonna walk all the way past us, not dap nobody up, give a head nod or nothing? He’s just walked past us.’”
In retrospect, Howard now thinks this was Bryant’s way to get the team ready for practice when he entered the locker room. “He was just a little different in his approach,” he said. “But that’s Kobe, that’s what made him who he is.”
Jessica Chastain won an Oscar last year, but more importantly, she got to make out (and then some) with Oscar Isaac. They haven’t been the same since.
HBO’s Scenes From a Marriage miniseries starred Chastain and Isaac as a married couple, and the highs and lows (lots of lows) they faced in their relationship. It’s a rough but worthwhile watch, with a Golden Globe-nominated performance from Chastain. The actress called her “intensely emotional” role “very tough” in an interview with the Little Gold Men podcast.
“Scenes From a Marriage was very tough,” Chastain said. “And I love Oscar [Isaac], but the reality is, our friendship has never quite been the same. We’re going to be okay, but after that, I was like, I need a little bit of a breather.” There was so much “I love you, I hate you” in Scenes From a Marriage, she said, and the long-time friends needed time apart from each other. Just like the world needed time to process the red carpet photos of two of them.
Chastain continued:
“But there’s so much joy in what I get to do. There’s a lot of catharsis. I feel like I have the best job in the world because I get to have these experiences. They’re so out of this world and feel like they’re mine. But then I live a very quiet life. I don’t have to have these tortured things in my life. I play them and I experience them, and then I come home and I live quietly and peacefully.”
After hearing about how some artists allegedly treat their crew, it’s refreshing to hear stories of generosity and kindness. Beyoncé, who is currently on her Renaissance World Tour, is always said to be gracious to her team. Though she doesn’t do a whole lot of interviews, many of the people she works with often speak fondly of her, noting how well she treats her collaborators.
Yesterday (August 1), Oprah Winfrey and her longtime friend Gayle King took to social media to express the joy they felt after Beyoncé’s concert. The two lauded Beyoncé for her confidence and how powerful she made them feel.
Hannah Beachler, an Academy Award-winning production designer who has previously worked with Beyoncé, shared Oprah and Gayle’s video on her Twitter feed, while also sharing her experience of working with Bey herself.
“Working with Beyoncé over the years, I have said this each and every time,” said Beachler. “It’s not just on stage. She is tentacles of light, and those tentacles wrap you in power, love, and confidence. She is kind and protective and she’s a girls girl. This is her presence daily.”
Working with Beyoncé over the years, I have said this each and every time. It’s not just on stage. She is tentacles of light, and those tentacles wrap you in power, love and confidence. She is kind and protective and she’s a girls girl. This is her presence daily. 1/2 https://t.co/EMN22b39PJ
She continued, noting that while Bey works very hard on her craft, she also prioritizes her family.
“She is a true Mama to her babies too,” said Beachler. “And she works, not to perfection but until it’s right. She is in love with her husband and he’s (a comedian and kind) in love with her. But be clear don’t cross her.”
She is a true Mama to her babies too. And she works, not to perfection but until it’s right. She is in love with her husband and he’s (a comedian and kind) in love with her. But be clear don’t cross her.
Beachler closed out her thread with a story about how Bey went out of her way to make her crew feel special after a disappointing loss.
“One last little story. When I started on Black is King & went to the L.A. offices. There was a bunch of little plastic Emmy Awards w/handwritten names on them,” she said. “They told me b/c they didn’t win for Homecoming, B stayed up after & made everyone their own special one w/ a note.”
One last little story. When I started on Black is King & went to the L.A. offices. There was a bunch of little plastic Emmy Awards w/ hand written names on them. They told me b/c they didn’t win for Homecoming, B stayed up after & made everyone their own special one w/ a note.
Last night (August 1), Dominic Fike put on a concert at 713 Music Hall in Houston. There was a significant fog over the performance, though: Angus Cloud, one of Fike’s co-stars on HBO’s Euphoria, recently died at 25 years old. During the performance, Fike took a couple minutes to speak about it (as Stereogum points out).
As he absentmindedly played guitar, Fike said to the audience:
“Um, so I guess I lost a friend of mine recently. He died the other night, which is wild to say because I’m not really… I don’t deal with grief often. I haven’t had a lot of death happen around me, and this was the first time I feel like I knew the person well enough to cry over and feel something, you know? It was weird.
I was on my way to get a massage, which sounds so f*cking stupid, at the time, and I got this call. And it f*cked me up, obviously. I still got the massage, I felt really stupid. He probably would’ve been like, ‘Yeah, go ahead,’ you know? Even this tonight, I was sitting in the green room, and it felt… You know when things just feel, like, trivial? Like, you feel really small, and the timeline gets sort of stretched out.
I sometimes look at people like sparks. I zoom out, and I think people have wavelengths. And if you zoom out far enough, you see some people, probably not a lot of us at all, but I think if you zoomed out millions of miles, you would see this kid’s spark, you know. You could see it from so far away, even if it was a short flash. He would light up a room, any room he walked in. He’s a f*cking good dude. And he would have been… I felt stupid, though, coming out here. Like, this is so stupid, go do a show, act happy. But he would’ve wanted me to do that. He would’ve been like, ‘No, just f*ckin’ do the show, have fun.’”
Bad Bunny fans who were at the Orange County Fair recently were in for a surprise when they thought they spotted the musician… only it wasn’t him. In a video that was posted by ABC 7 Los Angeles, the lookalike is seen surrounded by pretend security guards in black t-shirts — proving he is willing to commit to the bit.
Onlookers were wondering and filming in case it actually was Benito. He also shared a similar nose ring and dark sunglasses, with a bucket hat at various parts of the night.
According to Remezcla, the man has since been identified as Alexis Ventura, a TikTok user who captioned a video “Experiento social” with added bunny emojis. He also was spotted in Santa Monica and other California hot spots. In his added angle to the scene at the fair, it shows more of a frenzy as a crowd of girls with phones forms.
At the end, someone asked a security guard at the fair if that was really him, to which he just shakes his head.
As the videos have gone viral, fans on social media are also dying over the chaos of it all. “I ain’t gonna lie with all the excitement being there I would’ve thought he was Bad Bunny,” one user commented.
Meanwhile, other hardcore fans are shocked that anyone actually fell for the lookalike, but you can be the judge.
Check out the (fake) Bad Bunny attending the fair above.
There are certainly several variations of Barbie in the new Barbie movie, but there is only one Margot Robbie. And there’s only one person Kylie Minogue can imagine playing her in a biopic.
In a recent interview with E! Online, Minogue revealed that she would love for her fellow Australian to channel her for a movie about her life.
“Margot Robbie in my dreams,” said Minogue. “She’d have the Australian accent down, that’s for sure.”
At the time of writing, no biopic on Minogue has been announced, nor is it known if one is in the works, but Minogue’s career has certainly warranted such a film. More than two decades after the Australian pop star broke through in the U.S. with her hit singles “Can’t Get You Out Of My Head” and “Love At First Sight,” Minogue is still keeping the bops coming with her most recent single, “Padam Padam.”
This fall, she will release her 16th studio album, Tension. She is also gearing up for her Vegas residency, which is set to kick off at Voltaire, a new hotel under the Venetian resort branch. Minogue’s Vegas residency kicks off this November.
Tension is out 9/22 via BMG. Find more information here.
Jalen Suggs exudes a perpetual sense of optimism, enthusiasm, and inspiration, even if he’s a bit tired as he collects himself following a mid-evening nap. Over the past few days, the third-year guard has been busy and invigorated while coaching at the International School of Johannesburg in South Africa for the 19th installment of Basketball Without Borders Africa, which spotlights 80 of Africa’s top high-school-aged prospects.
Alongside Suggs are contemporaries in Bam Adebayo, Darius Garland, and Jonathan Kuminga, as well as current and former NBA head coaches J.B. Bickerstaff, Darvin Ham, Mike Brown, Dwane Casey, and Dave Joerger. All of them made the trip to bestow their tutelage upon a new group of hoopers, and Suggs appears particularly excited about the chance afforded to him.
It’s not hard to imagine the former Gonzaga standout and No. 5 pick in the 2021 NBA Draft being perpetually excited considering where he is in his career right now. In his second season, Suggs and the Magic paralleled notable jumps. Orlando won 12 more games (22 to 34) than the year prior, while Suggs saw considerable upticks in his scoring efficiency. He shot 5.3 percent better on two-pointers (44.3 vs. 49.6) and 11.3 percent better beyond the arc (21.4 vs. 32.7) — including 38.2 percent from Jan. 25 onward — and raised his true shooting percentage from 45.5 to 52.8. And now, both Suggs and the franchise are eyeing a prolific 2023-24 campaign, as Orlando is putting together one of the league’s most promising collections of young talent.
On behalf of the NBA and Basketball Without Borders, Dime chatted with Suggs about why he believes it’s important to give back to younger generations, what the first fully healthy offseason of his career means for him and much more.
Why was the opportunity to coach in this Basketball Without Borders camp important for you?
I believe that it really aligns with my values and what I’ve been doing. I have two AAU programs, boys and girls, 15 through 17, a couple younger ages, and helping out with kids and the next generation, if you will. I know I’m still pretty young, but just those up-and-coming players, especially in my sport, something that I have a lot of pride and passion in. I just thought it really aligned with that, and coming over here, it’ll be a great opportunity to be around some of the better coaches in our league, some of the best of my peers in the league and I just thought it’d be very cool. This is an opportunity that not a lot of people get. It’s special. I was blessed to have them ask me. There’s no way I could turn it down.
You mention those values. What are you trying to impart on these kids and what are you also trying to take away from the coaches you referenced earlier?
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I know how important looking up to guys, and seeing and hearing from them in person. When I was growing up and on my way up, I know how important that was to me and how big of a difference it made. So, knowing that, I want to be able to have an impact. I’ve been given this stage to have an impact on people and to go and reach people from not only my home in Minnesota, but now on the national level and international level, to be able to be around kids who are from a completely different culture, come from a completely different continent than I did, but still look at me and want to get into position I am in. I feel like I’d be doing myself a disservice if I didn’t help out and give advice, just come be here and show my presence. So, using my platform for something bigger than just basketball is really important to me, so it was a perfect opportunity.
Who are some of the people that you feel like played the role you’re in now when you were growing up that maybe shape how you try to help the younger communities today?
I think the biggest one was Tyus Jones. He was somebody who, as a kid, I went to all the EYBL games and all their high school games. I think he was the biggest one. So, for me to be able to come back and do that tenfold, I’d be able to do the same thing, have the same impact, it means a lot to me. Not only does it mean a lot, but I enjoy doing it. And I feel like that’s one of the biggest things that you can do when you get to this point is now reach out and help others same way that they did for you. I think it’d be selfish if you didn’t. So, it’s been a great opportunity and I’ve loved being out here.
I want to do it again. They’ve told me that they go all over the place. So, I think going to a Spanish-speaking country next so that I can use my Spanish, which I’m fluent in, to go to use that there. Speak and talk to the locals and kind of be more immersed in that culture, I think would be dope. But this has been an amazing opportunity.
With Tyus, what did you specifically learn from him that just helps you in life, basketball or this specific role now being a mentor to others?
Just his consistent work and how he was always working to get better, the way he plays the game, unselfish, the right way, finding open guys, hitting teammates and things like that, and just being a winner. Being able to be around that as a kid a lot was really big for me, gave me something to strive and something to the reach for. Just his entire family, they recognize how important he was to me and that he was a role model, someone I was looking up to and our families became close. They told me a lot about what they had going on and different struggles and things like that. So, it was really good to have somebody in that position, in a place I was chasing to be, just to give advice and support from. It was very important and I’m thankful to this day for him and his family.
In your own game, where do you feel like you made the most strides in year two?
I think in my confidence, just becoming more comfortable in the game. It slowed down a lot. I was able to take advantage of different opportunities. Like I said, the injuries didn’t slow down. But that was part of the game. But I feel like while I was out there, I was more comfortable in the game and more confident in being able to get to my spots and understanding what to do and how I can have an impact. And then, of course, just the shot-making definitely improved. I knew I was a better shooter than I had shown my first year. So, making those strides were important to me. I’m just looking to build off that. My first full healthy offseason has been really important and a big one. I’ve been taking advantage of it, so looking forward to coming into next year and building off what I did last year and what I’ve been doing this summer, really just show people the player that I am and who I’ve been.
With the comfort and the shot-making, what’s the relationship and process there? Is it improved comfort leads to better shot-making or do you make some more shots and start to feel more comfortable as a result?
I think it’s comfort first. There’s a lot going on. It was a big shift. It was a big change in my life that first year. In my mind, I was just going through a lot of things, so the comfort level wasn’t there, but this past season, I was fully focused, fully locked in, understanding where I was at, what I needed to do. I think it shows, I think I looked a bit more comfortable. I shot it better. I was more confident. Understanding that basketball is a game that I’ve played my entire life and there’s no reason to reinvent the wheel or do anything different. I understood my talents and my abilities. So, I think from there, I got more confident and then with the work, I shot it well.
Having this be your first fully healthy offseason, what does that unlock for you in terms of your training, the things that you’re looking to address and continue improving on entering year three?
Just being able to work on everything without having to manage any load or nagging injuries. I can fully be explosive, go to the basket, I can play 1s, I can play 2-on-2, 3-on-3, 5s. I can do all those things where the past couple of summers I’ve been coming off of surgery or dealing with those injuries. Going full speed and doing those things wasn’t the best for my body and I wasn’t able to do them yet. So, a big emphasis has been just doing everything for speed, getting reps, getting a lot of live action against bodies, in pick-and-rolls, and with people and help and things like that. I just feel more explosive, I feel more confident moving in my body. I think that’s been really important for me.
What do you think is distinct about coach [Jahmal] Mosley’s approach compared to previous coaches you’ve had? What stands out to you about the way he teaches and helps develop the group you’ve got in Orlando?
I think he just does a great job of being there for us. He’s very active when he’s in the gym. He’s not just sitting there, whether it’s in his office or on the sidelines. He’s in the workouts and all that, and making sure that we understand and see and feel the things that are going to be going on in the game. Like I said about going game speed and going hard, he’s big on that. It’s been it’s been a good summer with him, Nate [Tibbetts], Randy [Gregory], all the support staff, they’ve been doing a great job with us and working and being there and being consistent with it. So, it’s been a great summer so far, looking to get back home now after this opportunity. Just get ready to work and carry over the vibes that I got here that I was already feeling. All the players here are so genuine, eager to learn. They love practicing, learning. I think cherishing every moment they had in this opportunity, so now looking to take that mindset back and finish the summer off strong. Get ready to head into training camp and next year.
This interview has been lightly edited for clarity.
Although it’s been a few years since Dua Lipa initially released “Levitating,” the song is having quite a few court issues in 2023. Just last month, Lipa was able to dismiss a lawsuit in Los Angeles. It had been filed by the band Artikal Sound System, who claimed she violated copyright infringement with their 2017 song, “Live Your Life.”
However, despite that lawsuit being dismissed, Lipa just might have to deal with another heading her way — for the same song. Producer Bosko Kante has filed one against her, citing improper use of a talk box performance.
For context, Kante runs a company that sells a virtual version of the technology and was allegedly approached by one of the “Levitating” producers to incorporate it into the song. While he agreed, the issue of the lawsuit comes from the fact that Kante says the deal did not allow the sample to be used on any remixes.
“All three remixes sampled and incorporated a greater amount of plaintiff’s work than that used in the original version,” Kante’s lawyers said, according to The Line Of Best Fit. “Defendants did not seek or receive any authorization or permission to use the composition or sound recording of plaintiff’s work from plaintiff.”
Because of this, Kante is reportedly seeking “more than $20 million” in the lawsuit.
Dua Lipa is a Warner Music artist. Uproxx is an independent subsidiary of Warner Music Group.
Cardi B was reportedly listed as a battery suspect after throwing a microphone at a fan in Las Vegas. As for the fate of the aerodynamic mic, it’s currently on eBay.
“This is the Shure microphone shown in all the viral videos that Cardi B threw at a person in the crown at Drais Beach Club on July 29th 2023. There are literally tons of links to videos all over the internet. You can see in the videos the white tape across the bottom. My name is Scott and I am the owner of The Wave. The Wave is an audio company and we provide audio support to many of the major nightclubs in Las Vegas including Drais. We have been a vendor for Drais since the day they opened at the Cromwell Hotel. We provided more than one microphone for this particular show and verified with the in house crew which one was specifically used by Cardi for the show. It was pretty easy to identify though as her mic was marked ‘main’. This is the mic that has been seen all over the country flying into the crowd after Cardi was splashed with some liquid. The mic still works as I tested it when it came back to the audio shop this afternoon (July 31). If you ever wanted to use it you would still need a receiver which is not part of the auction. I will also include a letter stating this is the actual microphone shown in all the videos being shown nationwide.”
It also notes, “I was encouraged to sell the mic but decided I would try to do something good. 100% of the profit from the sale of this mic will be evenly split among 2 charities. The first charity is a local Las Vegas charity called Friendship Circle Las Vegas. The friendship circle is an organization that has teens and young adults volunteers helping children, teens and other young adults with special needs. The 2nd charity is Wounded Warrior Project. Wounded Warrior project helps to bring independence back to our most severely wounded veterans. While I did not serve, my father served in the USAF and my son in law served in the USMC.”
Cardi B is a Warner Music artist. Uproxx is an independent subsidiary of Warner Music Group.
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and those tentacles wrap you in power, love and confidence. She is kind and protective and she’s a girls girl. This is her presence daily. 1/2 
