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A YSL co-defendant was given a separate trial after a mental health evaluation, according to The Atlanta-Journal Constitution. Jayden Myrick, originally one of 14 defendants in the YSL RICO case, was ordered to undergo the evaluation after claiming that he was receiving legal advice from Donald Trump and Joe Biden and wanted to represent himself in the upcoming trial.

Chief Judge Ural Glanville severed Myrick’s case on Monday due to the fact that the 22-year-old hadn’t been taking his medication for at least four months. In April, Myrick was quoted saying, “I’m not the regular inmate, I be with Joe Biden and Donald Trump and they be talking to me. Donald Trump is going to get me out.”

Myrick is already serving a life sentence for murder, armed robbery, and aggravated assault for a 2018 robbery that turned into a deadly shooting. With his case being severed, there are now 10 remaining co-defendants in the original YSL case. The rap label is suspected of being a street gang led by Young Thug responsible for a slew of murders and other violent crimes in the Atlanta area.

Of the 28 men who were initially indicted, several received plea deals in exchange for time served and their admission that YSL is indeed a criminal organization. However, no such deal was ever extended to Young Thug, whom authorities believe is the ringleader of the entire operation and has been in jail since his arrest a year ago.

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Bob Huggins will reportedly continue as the head basketball coach at West Virginia in spite of a recent controversy revolving around a homophobic slur he used during a radio appearance. According to Pete Thamel of ESPN, the plan is for Huggins to get fined, lose a million dollars from his current contract, and go through some sore of sensitivity training, all while keeping his job with the Mountaineers.

Huggins, who coached at Cincinnati earlier in his career, went on the radio in his old stomping grounds and expressed his disdain for fans of the Bearcats’ main rival, Xavier. Twice in the span of a few seconds, Huggins referred to Musketeers fans as “f*gs.” One of the times, he called them “Catholic f*gs,” as Xavier is a Jesuit university. You can listen to the remarks right here.

In the aftermath of the clip hitting Twitter, WVU athletics released a statement condemning the remarks and saying that it would put the matter under review. Huggins likewise released a statement saying he used a “completely insensitive and abhorrent phrase,” and that he would “fully accept” any punishment that the university decided to hand down as a result.

Huggins, a Morgantown native and West Virginia alumnus, has been the head coach at his alma mater since 2007.

This week, ex-President Trump was found liable (to the tune of $5 million) in a civil court for sexually abusing and defaming E. Jean Carroll. In the process, Trump didn’t help his case in the slightest by constantly crying “witch hunt” on social media and doubling down on his infamous “grab them by the p*ssy” remarks during a deposition. Clearly, these tactics did not sway the jury in his direction, given that all jurors were required to deliver a unanimous verdict for this outcome to happen.

This, naturally, has given the GOP a chance to finally wipe their hands of Trump and what he’s done to their party, but hmm, that does not appear to be happening, at least among conservative senators. Washington Post quotes Marco “Lil’” Rubio as declaring, “The jury is a joke. The whole case is a joke. Lindsey Graham, who is known to break down in tears on Fox News while imploring people to donate funds to Trump, declared, “The New York legal system is off the rails.” And Tommy Tuberville went further while proclaiming (via Huffington Post), “It makes me want to vote for him twice.”

This isn’t a great look for sure. In the case of Marco Rubio, he tweets biblical verses daily (as noted below by veteran Fred Wellman) yet is now looking at a jury — who surely did not ask for the job that they had to do — as “a joke” in a sexual assault case. So ironically, Joe Walsh tossed out a “you’ve sold your soul” in response. In fact, Rubio and his allegedly absent “spine” are being flattened on Twitter.

(Via Washington Post)

Muna took the stage at NYC’s Terminal 5 last night as the band is continuing their Life’s So Fun Tour. However, they had a surprise in store for fans during their biggest hit to date when they played “Silk Chiffon” as the final encore.

“Put your hands together for Lorde,” lead singer Katie Gavin told the crowd as everyone cheered. Then, none other than Lorde popped out on stage, wearing a blazer and bright red pants. Based on the outfit alone, she was ready to deliver some serious vocals by herself, while the band members danced around on stage.

For the popular “Life’s so fun” chorus, Lorde and Gavin also performed the regular guest choreography — the same as Phoebe Bridgers’ appearance with Boygenius from Muna’s Coachella set. IYKYK.

Muna fans, both at the show and online, went absolutely wild over the performance. “NO ONE TALK TO ME FOR 9 BUSINESS DAYS!!!! wtf lorde x muna??? dead,” one person wrote.

“Proof that MUNA shows are gay church: Lorde was in the building tonight,” another added.

This also brings things full circle in a way, as Muna previously joined Lorde as an opener for the Australian dates of her Solar Power tour. During one particular concert in Adelaide, Lorde invited the band to join her on stage to perform “Kind Of Girl” together.

Check out Lorde’s “Silk Chiffon” performance with Muna from last night above. Below, find some more fan reactions.

First, there was Guardians of the Galaxy. Then came Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2, followed by — you guessed it — Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3. What will the bigwigs at Marvel think of next? Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 4?

Well, no.

Director and writer James Gunn wants to make it clear that the Guardians trilogy will remain just that: a trilogy. In response to a Twitter follower asking him, “Will there be Vol 4?” Gunn replied, “No.” When another user wondered, “Soooo… GOTG vol 4 in the future?” Gunn gave the same response.

Hmm, I’m not sure if I’m convinced yet. Is there, let’s say, an interview with Esquire Middle East where Gunn explicitly shuts down the possibility of Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 4? (There is.) “I don’t think there will ever be a Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 4. There’s many reasons this group will not be back. There could be more Guardians movies, but it won’t be with this group,” he said. Could another director take over with the same characters? “I think as long as somebody brings themselves to it, and doesn’t just try to copy that style — I think it can be really amazing,” Gunn said. “And there’s so many directors I would like to do that. And I would love to see it happen.”

The Vol. 3 post-credits scene is one way to do it.

Tonight (May 10) is the first night of Beyoncé‘s Renaissance World Tour, which kicks off in Stockholm, Sweden. While the Beyhive has been buzzing with anticipation, not much is known about the tour, the setlist, or the visual elements, and we’ve been anxious for a taste of what to expect.

It appears some fans have gotten their hands on an early copy of Beyoncé’s Renaissance World Tour book. Several fans have taken to social media to share images from the book, which includes corresponding artwork for each of the Renaissance album’s songs.

Additionally, an alleged copy of the setlist also appears in the tour book, though some fans believe this setlist isn’t what it seems to be. Some fans have theorized that the alleged setlist is fake, to keep the actual setlist from leaking.

“Beyoncé put a fake setlist in the tour book,” said one member of the Beyhive on Twitter. “this girl knows her fans.”

The setlist contains notes in pen, as well as other markings, so some fans don’t believe that it’s fake, but rather an early iteration.

“This looks like an early draft, but not necessarily ‘fake,’” said another fan.

If the setlist is real, it looks like fans can look forward to hearing much of the Renaissance fan favorites, including “Break My Soul,” “Cuff It,” “Alien Superstar,” and more. Some of her other hits, including “Diva,” “Run The World (Girls),” and “Savage (Remix)” with Megan Thee Stallion also seem to be on the alleged set list.

You can see images of the alleged tour book above.

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

After being found liable for the sexual abuse of E. Jean Carroll thanks to a jury siding with her civil suit against the former president, Donald Trump is doing what he does best: Having a meltdown on social media.

Despite his breathtakingly incriminating deposition playing a major factor in the verdict, the former president seems convinced that things would’ve had swung his way had the jury known… the name of Carroll’s cat?

“The partisan Judge & Jury on the just concluded Witch Hunt Trial should be absolutely ashamed of themselves for allowing such a travesty of Justice to take place,” Trump raged before questioning how the jury could’ve made such a monumental decision without knowing that Carroll’s cat is named Vagina T. Fireball. Which is true, by the way, that is the cat’s name, but also, what does that have to do with literally anything?

Via The Daily Beast:

“The ‘Dress,’ which played such a big roll early on as a threatening bluff, but which ended up being totally exculpatory, was not allowed into the trial as evidence,” he wrote, referring to a dress worn by Carroll on the day she claimed Trump attacked her in the 1990s. “Nor was her cat’s name, ‘Vagina,’ the racist name she called her Black husband, ‘Ape,’ getting caught in a lie on the political operative paying for this Hoax, & much more!”

As The Daily Beast reports, Trump’s lawyer, Joe Tacopina, requested to question Carroll about the racist name-calling that she openly admitted to in her own book. That request was shot down by the judge because “the unfair prejudicial effect of the comment outrageously outweighs any probative value.” In other words, like Vagina T. Fireball, the incident has absolutely no bearing on whether Carroll was sexually assaulted by Trump.

(Via The Daily Beast)

Coi Leray took to Twitter this week to share her thoughts on the current music industry, which were basically that there are too many artists and hits now. With the rise of social media and TikTok especially, songs from rising artists are way more likely to become big sensations.

“The music industry is over saturated. Every song is a hit. Everybody is a star,” Leray wrote.

This led to someone pointing out that Leray’s dad is Benzino, so she might benefit from that saturation. She didn’t seem to think it was true, responding with just how much work she puts into the business: “Y’all buggen. My versatility, my stage presence . My stats. My collabs. My Brand Deals. Fashion Girl. I can dance. Sing. Rap. It’s fine if you don’t see it now. I’m in no rush for you to notice.”

“lol I’m that girl. Real life. Offline. In the booth. On the stage. On the red carpet. On the radio. Overseas. And that’s just what it is. Shout out to my b*tches who stay true to them selves and dgaf what nobody has to say!” she added in a separate tweet.

Some also replied back with thoughts about Leray’s oversaturation post, as her popularity skyrocketed through her songs going viral on TikTok. But she has a shot for that too. “How many people on TikTok went top 10 gobal? How many on TikTok had the amount of success I had with NMP , TWINNEM, BIG PURR, DDG IMPATIENT , plus soooo many more,” she quoted.

Check out some more of Leray’s music industry tweets below.

Matt Gaetz, the “ass-kisser” representative from Florida who was accused of sex trafficking a 17-year-old girl, got caught pushing Chinese propaganda, and body-shamed a teenager, has his limits. This month, he and Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) teamed up to co-sponsor a bill that would prohibit members of Congress from owning stocks. Greg Gutfeld found this cross-party alignment hilarious, because if there’s one person who knows comedy, it’s the guy who talked about jerking off to stepmom porn with Bill Maher.

“I smell a romantic comedy,” Gutfeld said on the Fox News show The Five. “A beautiful left-wing communist in Congress. A dashing right-wing male fresh off a wrongful allegation of sexual misconduct. They come together to fight one of the most corrupt practices in politics. And they fall in love. They can’t help themselves. She’s got a French Poodle. He’s got a strange hairline, but somehow they’re gonna make it work. And then they’re gonna leave politics and start their own business. It’ll be like a bakery. A vegan bakery, a vegan bakery for pets.” When co-host co-host Jesse Watters pointed out that Gaetz is married, Gutfeld replied, “No, he’s gonna leave her.”

Speaking on his Firebrand podcast on Tuesday, Gaetz said, “It does seem a little childish to me that the media always has to over-sexualize everything that AOC is involved with.” He thinks “they wouldn’t do that to men. And two people can engage in serious legislation that’s not renaming some post office, but trying to make our Congress more honest and more ethical without that type of, I think, very childish and immature commentary.”

Gaetz also criticized Gutfeld’s co-host, Jeanine Pirro.

“And then Judge Jeanine, Judge Jeanine, who starts out saying I am happily married – Judge Jeanine, who was sitting at my table at Mar-a-Lago the night I proposed to my wife – by the end of the Greg Gutfeld rant, she’s bailed and she’s wanting to be the officiant for me and AOC!”

Only Greg Gutfeld could make Matt Gaetz seem like the voice of reason.

(Via Mediaite)

Back in 2015, Leonardo DiCaprio was reportedly gearing up to star in a project that he’d long-since longed to bring to the screen. That would be The Crowded Room, then envisioned as a film and which adapted Daniel Keyes’ true-crime book, The Minds of Billy Milligan, The Crowded Room. DiCaprio would have played Milligan, the first defendant to be found not guilty by successfully using dissociative identity disorder as a legal defense. The crimes in question included a 1970s robbery and multiple counts of rape.

That film never happened, and Apple TV+ has now adapted this story as a fictionalized version of events in a series created by Akiva Goldsman (who won an Oscar for his A Beautiful Mind screenplay). Tom Holland now plays “Danny Sullivan,” who is arrested in connection with a late 1970s shooting, and he recently told Entertainment Weekly that he had a “meltdown” after “thinking like, ‘I’m going to shave my head. I need to shave my head because I need to get rid of this character.’” From the looks of the above trailer, it’s pretty clear why he felt that way. From the synopsis:

“The Crowded Room” follows ‘Danny Sullivan’ (Holland), a man who is arrested following his involvement in a shooting in New York City in 1979. A captivating thriller told through a series of interviews with curious interrogator ‘Rya Goodwin’ (Amanda Seyfried), Danny’s life story unfolds, revealing elements of the mysterious past that shaped him, and the twists and turns that will lead him to a life-altering revelation.

Apple TV+’s The Crowded Room co-stars Amanda Seyfried, Emmy Rossum, Sasha Lane, and Lior Raz and premieres on June 9.