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With Pat Sajak announcing his retirement from Wheel of Fortune, the search for his replacement seemed to be wrapped up before it even began. Ryan Seacrest is reportedly the frontrunner for the top gig, but a new challenger may have entered the ring.

During Tuesday morning’s episode of The View, Whoopi Goldberg confirmed that she’s interested in the hosting gig. “I want that job,” she said via The Wrap. “I think it would be tons of fun.” While Seacrest is reportedly the frontrunner, according to Bloomberg writer Lucas Shaw, other parties have been talking to Wheel of Fortune producers. Goldberg may just have revealed that she’s one of them.

Goldberg made the announcement while Ken Jennings stopped by The View, and he was not shy about hoping that Wheel of Fortune avoids the same replacement debacle that plagued Jeopardy! following the death of beloved longtime host Alex Trebek.

Via The Wrap:

When the women asked him for his thoughts on Sajak’s retirement — having stepped into the shoes of an equally iconic host when Alex Trebek died — Jennings joked that “hopefully ‘Wheel’s’ got an envelope somewhere that says ‘What to Do When Pat Packs It In.’”

As for whether Whoopi would leave The View to host Wheel of Fortune, she hasn’t showed any strong signs of being frustrated with her current daytime gig. In fact, her job has gotten noticeably easier following the departure of conservative firebrand Meghan McCain. However, Whoopi still has to defuse a few fights every now and then.

Just last week, Goldberg was forced to throw to commercial after an argument between Sunny Hostin and Alyssa Farah-Griffin went off the rails, causing Whoopi to lecture the two co-hosts.

“Maybe we just need to figure out how we do this again,” Goldberg said to Hostin and Griffin. “Let’s have this break, and let’s figure out how we’re going to make this work.”

(Via The Wrap)

Olivia Rodrigo is jump-starting her sophomore era by officially announcing that her next single, “Vampire,” will arrive on June 30.

Fans had started suspecting that something was on the way after the pop star had dropped a few Easter eggs for it, including circling the date on a calendar in the background of a selfie.

According to a press release, “Vampire” will have the “sound of an artist firmly in control, imbued with a sense of maturity and a bold confidence.” Fans are already loving the cover art and the direction Rodrigo’s new era seems to be going.

“Actually so f*cking obsessed with the way she used the exact Sour color as an accent for the first single to OR2 to mark the transitional period woah,” one fan wrote. The cover art finds Rodrigo in b&w with black lipstick and a purple bandage on her neck.

“If she gives us dark sounding music like this title implies… the gaggery will be intense,” another wrote.

She is currently selling pre-orders of the song on CD and a red vinyl version through her website. On her other social media profiles, Rodrigo also changed the photo to a picture of her eye with the same lilac color of eyeshadow.

Check out some more fan reactions below.

It’s hard to believe for a guy who spent the first decade of his career making a diamond shape with his hands, but Jay-Z has just received his first-ever Diamond single certification from the RIAA. On Monday, the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) announced the 2011 single “N****s In Paris” from Jay-Z and Kanye West‘s collaborative album Watch The Throne had passed 10 million units sold. The achievement marks Kanye’s second diamond certification after the 2007 Graduation lead single “Stronger” crossed the threshold in October 2021.

Hit-Boy, who produced the record, noted the accomplishment on Twitter, drawing a parallel with his groundbreaking work with former Jay-Z rival Nas. “it’s a real blessing to be apart of the song that became jay-z first diamond record and producing the album that won Nas his first grammy,” he wrote. “What a life.” Mike Dean, who also contributed to the track, celebrated receiving his fourth Diamond award.

“Paris” was a record-breaking hit in other respects, as well, becoming known for the number of times the duo would perform encores of the song while on tour. They maxed out at 12 times in — naturally — Paris on June 18, 2012.

Just for the fun of it, you can listen to “N****s In Paris” above.

In the courtroom, Cardi B doesn’t miss. The “Put It On Da Floor (Remix)” rapper landed another sizable monetary settlement. After fighting a $5 million misappropriation of likeness lawsuit filed by RVCA marketing manager Kevin Brophy, a judge ruled in the entertainer’s favor. Although the verdict was announced in October 2022, the case was far from over.

It is now being reported by Billboard that the accuser, Brophy, has to pay back Cardi B’s legal fees, totaling $350,000. In the paperwork obtained by the outlet, the legal representatives for both wrote, “The parties now have reached an agreement avoiding the necessity of defendants’ motion for attorney’s fees and application to tax costs.”

The 2017 case stemmed from Cardi B’s Gangsta B*tch Music, Vol. 1 mixtape cover art. In the artwork, Cardi appears to be receiving oral sex from a tattooed man. Brophy alleged that the male model used for the Photoshop played on his likeness based on their similar back tattoo, testifying, “It felt like my Michelangelo was stolen off the wall and just literally ripped off and robbed and just put wherever these people wanted to put it. It looks like I’m giving oral sex to somebody that’s not my wife, somebody that’s not my partner, and an image that I never signed off on, ever.”

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

The 1975 is heading back to North America this fall with a new Still At Their Very Best tour.

Throughout the run, they will play shows at massive venues like Madison Square Garden in New York City and Los Angeles’ Hollywood Bowl. Fans can also catch them at the Life Is Beautiful Festival in Vegas and Atlanta’s Music Midtown along the way.

The band’s fan presale opens on Wednesday, June 21 at 10 a.m. local time, with the general sale opening on June 23 at the same time set. Find more information here.

Continue scrolling for the complete list of tour dates.

09/26 — Sacramento, CA @ Golden 1 Center
09/28 — San Jose, CA @ SAP Center
09/30 — San Diego, CA @ Pechanga Arena San Diego
10/02 — Los Angeles, CA @ Hollywood Bowl
10/05 — Glendale, AZ @ Desert Diamond Arena
10/07 — Greenwood Village, CO @ Fiddler’s Green Amphitheatre
10/12 — New Orleans, LA @ Smoothie King Center
10/17 — Miami, FL @ Kaseya Center
10/18 — Tampa, FL @ Amalie Arena
10/20 — Charlotte, NC @ Spectrum Center
10/22 — Nashville, TN @ Bridgestone Arena
10/23 — St. Louis, MO @ Enterprise Arena
10/25 — Kansas City, MO @ T-Mobile Center
10/26 — Minneapolis, MN @ Target Center
10/28 — Milwaukee, WI @ Fiserv Forum
10/31 — Detroit, MI @ Little Caesars Arena
11/02 — Indianapolis, IN @ Gainbridge Fieldhouse
11/03 — Columbus, OH @ Nationwide Arena
11/05 — Pittsburgh, PA @ PPG Paints Arena
11/08 — Baltimore, MD @ CFG Bank Arena
11/10 — Philadelphia, PA @ Wells Fargo Arena
11/12 — Boston, MA @ TD Garden
11/14 — New York, NY @ Madison Square Garden
11/17 — Montreal, QC @ Bell Centre
11/18 — Toronto, ON @ Scotiabank Arena
11/20 — London, ON @ Budweiser Gardens
11/22 — Grand Rapids, MI @ Van Andel Arena
11/26 — Salt Lake City, UT @ Delta Center
11/27 — Boise, ID @ ExtraMile Arena
11/29 — Vancouver, BC @ Rogers Arena
12/01 — Portland, OR @ Moda Center
12/02 — Seattle, WA @ Climate Pledge Arena

With The Flash getting ready to zoom into theaters this week, the film will apparently arrive with a few tricks up its sleeves. Director Andy Muschietti has revealed that The Flash will have a post-credit scene that was purposefully left out of the most recent advance screenings for critics. The studio has been intensely worried about leaks, and at one point, it was literally blurring out the secret ending to the film.

However, all will be revealed soon. In an interview with Collider‘s Steven Weintraub, Muschietti has confirmed there will be a post-credit scene and a few other twists:

Explaining that production decided to cut a post-credit scene “just to avoid any kind of possible leaks,” Muschietti teased that the team has “a couple more surprises” up their sleeves when the film celebrates its theatrical release on June 16.

Those surprises must be pretty huge considering Muschietti has already casually revealed that Nicolas Cage will finally get to play his version of Superman in The Flash like it’s no big thing. (The actor was infamously set to star in a Superman movie from Tim Burton that never saw the light of day.) Presumably, there will be other mind-blowing cameos in The Flash that were held back from advance screenings just like the post-credits scene. That said, the cat might already be out of the bag.

Despite Muschietti’s best efforts, the post-credits scene has been subject to rumors of leaking with claimed details bouncing around the internet, so be careful out there.

The Flash races into theaters on June 16.

(Via Collider)

A day after the pre-save link for Doja Cat’s new single “Attention” was apparently leaked early, Doja has shared the official artwork for the single (or possibly even her album, rumored to be titled Scarlet) herself. On both Instagram and Twitter, Doja posted the artwork, which features a triangular shape drawn in red ink, evoking the “scarlet” theme and even suggesting — as some fans noted — blood. Considering Doja’s proclivity for provocation, all those associations are likely intentional. Accompanying the cover art is the date 6/16/23, this Friday, so we won’t have long to wait.

The rollout for Doja’s fourth album has been fraught with chaotic energy — something Doja credited to her ADHD. At one point, she insisted that the album was called Hellmouth but since then, she’s claimed that she has changed the title multiple times. Last year, she stated that the album would lean more into rap than her previous efforts, but just months later, she had changed her mind, saying it would be an R&B album instead.

Then, early this year, she said the album would be more punk-oriented before flip-flopping on Twitter over whether to quit music altogether. Now, it looks like this wild ride is nearing its destination and Doja’s next album — whatever it’s called and however it sounds — will be out sooner rather than later.

With the Denver Nuggets winning their first NBA championship on Monday night, Tuesday morning on sports television was all about reaction to Denver’s title and the always popular “way too early” look ahead to the 2023-24 season, despite the draft and free agency still weeks away.

On First Take, this meant unleashing Chris “Mad Dog” Russo to list out his top 5 contenders for the 2024 title, which I’m not sure you could find a single soul that would have the same list.

Stephen A.’s facial expressions throughout this segment are really incredible, but none more than when Mad Dog starts out with the Oklahoma City Thunder as his No. 5 contender, citing Chet Holmgren and Shai Gilgeous-Alexander, aka “what’s his name there, the guard, I always forget.” He then goes to the Kings, saying they’ll only get better while explaining he can’t put the Suns on his list because Kevin Durant is “bad karma,” which is an incredible reason to be out on the Suns. After that he puts his only East team on the board with the Bucks before getting to the current champs in Denver, who he compares to Warriors and Blazers teams from the 1970s which is the most Mad Dog thing in history.

His No. 1 team is the Warriors, who he says “has got one more championship in their bones before they all fade away and discard,” which is an incredible thing to say about a sports team. It’s a true masterclass in takesmithing, and leaving Stephen A. in the side box the entire time is inspired production work because his mute reaction to every Mad Dog tangent is wonderful.

The Barbies from Barbie dropped by The Kelly Clarkson Show this week for a Barbie-themed episode. Will you stop saying Barbie so much? (No.)

In addition to discussing the infamous cast sleepover, the one in which a not-invited Ryan Gosling sent a Scottish man in a kilt to recite the Braveheart speech, stars Margot Robbie, Issa Rae, America Ferrera, and Kate McKinnon talked about their personal connections to the pop culture icon.

When she was a kid growing up in Australia, Robbie received a Barbie Dreamhouse for Christmas. It meant so much to the actress that she requested — nay, demanded — that Greta Gerwig include it in the movie.

“I’ll follow your vision. Whatever you want this Barbie movie to be, let’s do that. Except I just have one favor,” she recalled telling the director. “Please, please, please can we have a Dreamhouse where she has a slide that goes from her bedroom down to her pool, because that is my goal in life.”

Robbie asked for a very pink Barbie Dreamhouse; Gosling wanted underwear with Ken’s name on it. Both wishes came true.

Here’s more from The Kelly Clarkson Show‘s Barbie episode.

Barbie comes out on July 21st. Good luck, Oppenheimer.

Steven Yeun is known for his lengthy acting credits appearing in The Walking Dead, Nope, and more. However, it wasn’t until the entertainer could showcase his love for music until Netflix’s Beef.

Yeun’s performance of the classic hymn “Amazing Grace” moved viewers, but his cover of Incubus’ 1999 song “Drive” truly blew fans’ minds. When the series’ official score was released in April, it didn’t make the cut. Now, the full version of the cover has hit streaming platforms as part of Beef: The Bonus Tracks.

During an appearance on the podcast Skip Intro, host Krista Smith asked Yeun about his love for music, to which he replied, “As an immigrant kid growing up in the Midwest, that was really my only real safe space. There was another reality happening [in Korean church] where maybe how we couldn’t assert ourselves in wider America, we could at least feel for ourselves in that particular place.”

Other tracks featured on the bonus album include “The Birds Don’t Sing, They Screech In Pain,” “I Am Inhibited By A Cry,” “Such Inward Secret Creatures,” “I Am A Cage,” “Just Not All At The Same Time,” “Figures Of Light,” and “The Drama Of Original Choice,” all of which are performed by Bobby Krllic.

Listen to Yeun’s “Drive” cover above and the full soundtrack below.