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After an uninspiring first half in Game 2 on Monday evening, the Philadelphia 76ers turned on the jets a picked up a 96-84 victory over the Brooklyn Nets. That win gave Philadelphia a commanding 2-0 lead in the series and, unsurprisingly, Joel Embiid was in the middle of the attack for the 76ers. Embiid, the betting favorite to win the 2022-23 NBA MVP award, finished with 20 points, 19 rebounds, seven assists, and three blocks in the game and, as you may expect, he was in a good mood at the postgame press conference.

In fact, Embiid was jovial enough to make a timely joke about the fact that he was credited with only three blocks, saying “I need the Memphis scorekeeper” in the process.

In addition to making it clear that he felt he blocked more than three shots in the game, Embiid referenced a viral theory from earlier in the season in which a Reddit poster believed Grizzlies big man Jaren Jackson Jr. had inflated statistics at home. That was particularly interesting given that Jackson Jr. won the 2022-23 NBA Defensive Player of the Year award just before the 76ers and Nets tipped off on Monday.

Embiid almost certainly didn’t make the Memphis reference by accident, even if he kind of tried to walk things back by invoking Denver later in the answer. It’s amusing regardless of context and, of course, Embiid is regularly hilarious. Whether Embiid should’ve been credited with more than three blocks or not, he has a knack for this kind of thing, and perhaps he’ll leave no doubt with more than three blocks when the series shifts to Brooklyn on Thursday.

2023 is Muna’s year. First, they opened up for Taylor Swift on The Eras Tour, and the pop star said she was “absolutely killed it.” Then, over the weekend, Muna took to the stage at Coachella with lots of surprises: a Boygenius appearance and debut a new song, “One That Got Away,” which is out now.

The song is playful, and Katie Gavin’s vocals are as hypnotic as ever: “I’m the one who opened up ready for a connection / I’m the one brave enough to say how I was feeling,” she sings. It also comes with an entertaining music video, with an abundance of dancing, bills, and cooking.

“This song is just rubbing your hot ass in the face of someone who messed up their chance of being with you,” Gavin explained about the song. “It’s a bit vengeful and mean but also fun. F*ck it. Once I sent Naomi and Jo the demo, they really took the cockiness in the lyric and vocal performance and carried it to the extreme with the production of the track. It became this super bombastic Janet Jackson-era track. Ally Pankiw, who directed the music video with Taylor James, then came up with the idea of putting the music video in a criminal underworld, which we thought fit perfectly. Plus, we wanted an excuse to dress Jo up like The Bear.”

Listen to “One That Got Away” above.

History was made at weekend one of Coachella. Bad Bunny became the first Latin artist to headline the festival, and Blackpink became the first K-pop act to headline. In addition, Frank Ocean returned to the event, even if it wasn’t up to the standard of festivalgoers. But with a multiday event featuring some of the biggest names in music, there will undoubtedly be some hiccups, including sticking to the event’s end time.

According to TMZ, the festival’s organizer, Goldenvoice, has been charged a $117K fine for violating the City of Indio’s curfew. A representative for the city told the outlet that this high price tag comes after all three days ran over the allotted time.

The source told the platform that the festival went over time by 25 minutes on Friday (April 14), 22 minutes on Saturday (April 15), and 25 minutes yesterday (April 16). In the initial report, TMZ shared that the contract outlined the fine as: “A daily fine of $20,000 for the first 5 minutes past curfew, with another $1,000 tacked on for every minute after.”

During Frank Ocean’s chaotic set, he stated that he would be cutting his set early because of this reason. “Guys, I’m being told it’s a curfew, so that’s the show’s end,” said Frank.

As for the fines, the source shared that the $117,000 will be placed in Indio’s General Fund. The city uses a financial allotment for operating costs, including public works, the police, and fire departments.

Donald Trump is, against all odds, still crushing it in the GOP polls, handily out-matching the protégé who is (was?) his chief 2024 rival. But every now and then someone in his party blurts what perhaps deep down they really think of him. Earlier this month, an attorney accidentally called him “President Fraud.” Now someone has come up with an even funnier name — and not corrected himself.

As per Mediaite, Florida representative Greg Steube went on Newsmax to sing the praises of the 45th president while smearing the 46th. It didn’t start so hot.

“I want to thank you for giving me the opportunity to talk about this on your show, and I’m happy and honored to endorse Donald J. Chump for president in 2024,” Steube said, either not seeming to catch his gaffe or plowing right through, hoping no one noticed.

Steube went on to some basic, uninspired talking points about “these disastrous policies of the Biden administration” and claiming Trump is “widely supported in my district, widely supported in Florida.”

Trump may be leading in the Republican primary polls, but he’s not doing so hot otherwise. He’s got that indictment thing, he’s got those other criminal probe things, he was up late last night dropping an all-caps rant about his former favorite 24-hour news network — just not a great CV for anyone running for the biggest gig in the country or indeed the planet. But at least he’s not fighting with a company whose mascot is a mouse.

(Via Mediaite)

PinkPantheress has taken off with her glitchy music serving as a catchy encapsulation of chaotic internet culture. She’s even teamed up with other online sensations like Ice Spice for the instantly-viral “Boy’s A Liar Pt. 2.” However, people are questioning whether digital fame translates well to real-life stages.

A Twitter user shared a video of PinkPantheress performing at Revolve Festival, an annual invitation-only party transpiring the first week of Coachella. It takes place near the festival, also in Indio, California. In the clip, PinkPantheress is pleading for enthusiasm from the crowd.

“For all those who have energy, please, please provide it for not just me but for everyone around you, please,” she says. “I’m from the UK, like, come on! I’m not gonna beg you, though, only if you want to.” The caption harshly reads: “TikTok can only get you so far.”

The British singer replied with an explanation, writing, “Biggest mind you of all time, I stepped out to ppl with not even a smile on their face like idc if you know me but at least a smile?? or something?? I was trying to be hype too! either way lol the oontz oontz music isn’t for everyone, and u can see that here. we rly move tho [heart emoji].”

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

The Brooklyn Nets didn’t have much fun during Game 1 against the Philadelphia 76ers. Brooklyn lost by a 20-point margin in the series opener, with Philadelphia making 21 three-pointers and the Nets struggling to connect on even a simple lob pass. However, things were much more friendly to Jacque Vaughn’s team in the first half of Game 2 on Monday, and the most prominent highlight from that 24-minute span arrived late in the second quarter, courtesy of Cam Johnson.

In the final minute of the half, Johnson took a pass from Seth Curry and drove hard to the rim with his right hand. By the time he arrived at the bucket, MVP favorite Joel Embiid was there to meet him, but Johnson got the better of the exchange with a monster, right-handed dunk.

First, Johnson’s dunk made the rounds with a lot of celebration and excitement for the sheer force of what transpired. After all, Embiid is a mountainous human being and, while Johnson isn’t best-known for his dunking ability, he really unleashed in this spot.

From there, it also helped the Nets take a five-point lead into halftime. Considering Brooklyn was a 9.5-point underdog in the game, that was notable in itself, but Johnson was also the star of the half. The former lottery pick finished the half with 22 points to lead all scorers, and Johnson buried four three-pointers for good measure. It was a fantastic overall half, but Johnson saved the best for last and he truly detonated on one of the game’s best rim protectors.

It’s been five months since the tragic murder of Takeoff (real name Kirsnick Khari Ball). The rapper was a pioneer voice in the Atlanta music scene, having had massive success as part of the hip-hop group the Migos. Before his untimely death, the musician had formed the duo Unc & Phew with his uncle Quavo (also a former member of the Migos). Musicians such as NBA Youngboy, former groupmates, and now electronic DJ Calvin Harris have all paid tribute to him.

During his set at Coachella in the desert on Saturday (April 15), Harris made a touching modification to his 2017 song “2017.” Initially, the track appeared on Harris’ album, Best Of 2017: Selected By DJ Shiba Berry, and featured guest appearances by the Migos and Frank Ocean. However, the version Harris played the unedited verse from the fallen Migos member.

Rapper Offset took to Instagram to send Calvin Harris a heartfelt thank you message for his tribute to Takeoff at Coachella. Reposting Harris’ performance video clip, he captioned it, “This so hard man. Thank you,” tagging Harris in the posting along with the rocketship emoji, a nod to his late cousin’s nickname.

Offset has also teased a posthumous verse from the late musician on social media.

Every year, the Inside the NBA crew bids farewell to teams that get knocked out of the postseason with their “Gone Fishin’” segment, photoshopping players onto a boat, which has grown into a fairly elaborate bit where the fellas put on hats and have fishing poles and pretend they too are on a boat.

This year they got a new “Gone Fishin’” vessel for the segment that looks like a superyacht, which prompted Charles Barkley to make a Clarence Thomas joke that had Ernie Johnson stumbling over his words trying to get into the segment.

“This looks like the one Clarence Thomas was ridin’ on and wasn’t tellin’ nobody,” Barkley said, earning some audible guffaws from the studio crew and having Ernie unsure if he should say anything or not.

Thomas, a Supreme Court justice, is embroiled in a number of controversies right now for getting trips paid for by a conservative megadonor — who also apparently bought his mother’s house in Savannah, Georgia. Ernie wasn’t sure if those were waters they should be wading into, but Chuck can’t help but dive in headfirst whenever the opportunity presents itself.

Shaq was the one to steer them back on course, making sure Ernie delivered his signature line about his Neat-O Stat of the Night still being “unsullied by sponsorship.” Ernie seemed to appreciate the big fella helping pull them out of Chuck’s joke, which was delivered with hilarious conviction. Eventually they got on to less topical jokes about the Mavs, Pelicans, Bulls, Thunder, and Raptors.

Life is often stranger than fiction, but sometimes it imitates it. Cocaine Bear, about a grizzly high on Bolivian Marching Powder, was based (however loosely) on a true story. There’s already a “Meth Gator” film en route this summer, but if anyone wants to make another knockoff, have we got a story for you.

As per CNN, some two tons of cocaine — over $400 million worth — was found floating in the Mediterranean off the coast of Sicily. The drugs were found sealed in waterproof floating packages, and though it’s not yet known who it belongs to, it’s suspected that the consignment was left by a cargo ship to be picked up by traffickers.

“The identification and subsequent seizure of this quantity of drugs, one of the largest ever carried out in the national territory, likely prevented the drug from being recovered by criminals for subsequent illegal sale in the national territory, which would have yielded very high earnings,” read a statement from Italian police.

The officers who transported the drugs ashore were given air cover from multiple units, should they come under attack by those seeking it.

Honestly, that in itself would make for a pretty good movie. Others had another idea: about a shark having fun on blow.

Alas, and however improbably, that movie already exists but hasn’t yet been released.

In a way, there’s already been a coke shark movie, sort of.

Others thought about other aquatic critters that would be fun on blow.

Lady Gaga fans have been waiting years for the sequel to her polarizing 2013 album Art Pop. The rumored Artpop: Act II has been teased by the Born This Way pop star as well as by the original Art Pop collaborators. However, the producer of that record, DJ White Shadow, is shutting the talk down once and for all.

According to the Twitter account Gaga Daily, the DJ made a confrontational Instagram Story on Saturday (April 15) with the simple message: “No longer talking about ARTPOP. I am officially finished. Don’t ask me about it. Don’t talk to me about it.” Allegedly, he also deleted all of his posts about the album.

In 2021, DJ White Shadow increased anticipation for Artpop: Act II in an interview with Entertainment Weekly. “She has feelings (like any other normal person), and this ‘era’ was a hard time for her too,” he said. “I am sure she will be okay with revisiting it one day and building on it when the time is right. I will continue to push for those songs you want so badly, that LG and I did, and I hope you will get to hear them. Don’t let them die. Continue to get your message to the people in charge. You have the power, don’t give up.”