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The Boston Celtics moved one game away from the conference semifinals on Sunday with a 129-121 Game 4 win in Atlanta against the Hawks.

The Celtics ran out to an early lead, and while the Hawks would close the gap in the second half they could never wrestle the lead away from Boston. Atlanta managed to get the deficit down to five with 3:36 to play in the game, but that was as close as they got down the stretch, due in large part to their inability to get stops when they needed them the most. The dagger came in the form of a scramble drill three from Jayson Tatum, who hit a long three after recovering a loose ball that Marcus Smart dribbled the ball off of either his or Clint Capela’s foot and had it roll into the backcourt.

The broadcast never showed a definitive replay, but there was some wonder as to whether the ball actually went off Capela or Smart. If it were the latter, it should’ve been a backcourt violation to give Atlanta a chance to cut the gap to two possessions. Instead, it was ruled a deflection and Tatum’s wild three pushed Boston’s lead to 12 with two minutes to go, effectively ending the game.

It was one of the calls during the game the Hawks were not happy with, and after the game Hawks guard Dejounte Murray decided to confront official Gediminas Petraitis, bumping him and barking something in his ear.

Murray would continue to yell back towards the officials as his teammates directed him to the locker room, as frustrations boiled over a bit for the star guard after the loss. While the Hawks weren’t happy with some of the calls in the game, both teams were about even in free throw attempts (25 for Boston, 24 for Atlanta) and it didn’t feel like there was an egregiously unfair whistle for one side. Even if Murray felt there was, this is certainly not the way to go about expressing that frustration.

The league will almost assuredly hand Murray a fine for this, because making purposeful contact with an official is an absolute no-no for the NBA, and they’ll likely want to talk to Petraitis to find out what Murray said to him as well. The Hawks already face an uphill battle in Game 5 in Boston, but if Murray were to get something even more than a fine here — and we’ve seen one suspension already this playoffs in the form of Draymond Green — that would be a considerable loss for the Hawks facing a must-win game.

Last week on HBO’s Succession, our miserable little bunch of characters — Roy family members, Waystar Royco employees, and various hangers on — attempted to get over Logan Roy’s death. More than that, they all maneuvered to figure out who was in charge until sealing the planned sale, and although the underlined-and-crossed-out debate still rages for viewers and for Kendall Roy’s inner self, a consensus sort-of materialized.

Kendall’s in charge with backup from Roman and Shiv getting the shaft (after we learned about her pregnancy), and the audience awaited evidence of whether Kendall would step up as a Killer. He proclaimed his intent to “bleed the Swede,” but things didn’t go so well when the group interfaced with Lukas Matsson. In fact, the situation was downright awkward with Matsson referring to the Roy siblings as a “tribute band” and dude-faking everyone out.

Everyone except for Shiv, that is. “F*ck him and his dude bluff,” she declared, right off off the bat. Later, Kendall and Roman’s meetings with Matsson left the deal in a precarious place (and potentially off the table), but Shiv’s conversation with Matsson may have been what led to the late-breaking offer. However, this conversation also included quite a confession from Matsson. He’s been attempting to romance his head of comms, but undoubtedly, he’s been skeeving her out because he sends her his blood. Wait, what?

This could partially be a True Blood callback, sure, but it’s also downright unsettling. Shiv, however, handled the subject calmly and even advised him to cut that sh*t out because it’s bad PR (“Deniability is difficult, given she has so much… of your blood”). It’s kind-of a killer response. And let’s just say that people loved this — the Swede is bleeding himself — even while they recoiled.

There’s something there between Shiv and Matsson, possibly something even vaguely resembling respect, as evidenced by that phone call from Matsson at the end. Shiv also let Kendall and Roman think that they did this deal on their own, but the audience knows better. Hmm.

Usher is among the most revered R&B singers of the past few decades. But, even with his career spanning thirty years, there are still a few things the “Glu” singer has unmarked on his professional bucket list. The musician’s Las Vegas residency is just the tip of the iceberg when it comes to showcasing his beloved discography.

During an interview with Access Hollywood, Usher threw his hat in the ring to be the next Super Bowl Halftime Show. When asked if he’d be open to it, Usher replied, “I’d be a fool to say no.”

“I’ve had the opportunity to grace the stage before in support [performing] ‘OMG’ with Will.I.Am, but that was one moment,” said Usher.

Despite a viral tweet claiming the singer didn’t have enough pop tracks to take the Super Bowl stage, Usher dismissed the remarks, saying, “I think I have a catalog that obviously speaks for itself.”

Remaining humble, the entertainer said, “So, to be able to celebrate on that day — it’s obviously about football, but everybody really anticipates the performance. You know? Seeing Michael Jackson perform. Recently, seeing Snoop [Dogg] and [Dr.] Dre and all of them perform. Seeing so many incredible performances like Prince — it has always been kind of a bucket list thing.”

Usher closed by joking, “How do I make it happen?”

Watch the full interview above.

The Memphis Grizzlies dropped Game 3 in Los Angeles to fall behind the Lakers 2-1 in their first round series, making Game 4 on Monday a critical game to avoid finding themselves on the brink of elimination.

While they managed to make the final score somewhat respectable at 111-101, the game was over almost immediately, as the Lakers jumped out to the biggest first quarter lead in NBA Playoffs history at 35-9. Game 3 starting as it did following Dillon Brooks’ comments about LeBron James in which he called James “old” and said he didn’t “respect no one” until they scored 40 on him, thrust Brooks further into the spotlight and in the second quarter he got ejected for hitting LeBron James in the nuts.

It was the second such ejection of the playoffs, as James Harden got tossed from Game 3 in Brooklyn for doing the same thing as an offensive player. Brooks turned down interview requests after the game, but spoke on Sunday after practice and blamed the media and fans for painting him as the villain, believing the perception of him as the reason he got tossed.

The league has stated quite clearly this postseason that a player’s reputation for making dirty plays and picking up flagrants and technicals plays into how they handle punishment, as that was the leading reason for Draymond Green’s suspension from Game 3 after he stomped on Domantas Sabonis in Game 2. So, from that standpoint, Brooks may be right that his perception as a player was factored into the ejection, but he has built that reputation for crossing the line on the court all on his own.

There’s no one else to blame for past instances of hitting opponents below the belt, which has gotten him called out as a dirty player by his peers. Beyond that, there’s no one forcing him to make inflammatory comments — although, I will say, we as the media do enjoy and appreciate it because it makes for terrific content. It’s odd for him to now be upset about the villain label that he and the Grizzlies have previously seemed to embrace.

There’s even an entire profile on Brooks by ESPN from March that starts with this line in the second paragraph: “Dillon Brooks, a man who has earned and embraced the nickname ‘Dillon the Villain,’ is staring into his locker…”

None of this is new to the last few days, but what is new is that the Grizzlies just got blitzed in the first quarter after Brooks’ comments about James and then Brooks got tossed — which some would say was better for Memphis than it was L.A. For Brooks, a 2-1 deficit in the first round isn’t the time for internal reflection and as such we get his I Think You Should Leave moment here where he’s looking for the guy who did this.

The Kings and Warriors played yet another wild game on Sunday afternoon, with one of the craziest final minutes of a game we’ve seen all season.

The two teams traded runs throughout the game, as each team’s ability to get hot offensively and the pace the game is played at allowed for leads to evaporate quickly. In the fourth quarter, it seemed as if Golden State had finally wrestled control away from Sacramento, thanks to some tremendous defense from Draymond Green (his second key defensive stop in a row) and a floater from Andrew Wiggins to put them up five.

The Kings would again drive into a tough shot and miss on the next possession, which should’ve allowed the Warriors to march to the free throw line over the final 45 seconds and try to ice the game. However, Stephen Curry didn’t realize Kerr’s questionable challenge had burned their last timeout, and he very confidently pulled a Chris Webber, signaling for a timeout when he got trapped by the Kings.

That suddenly opened things up for the Kings, who would get a free throw and the ball back. After Malik Monk knocked down the freebie, the Kings got the ball down four and threw the ball into De’Aaron Fox who pulled up for a huge three over Green to cut the deficit to one and bump his scoring total to 38 on the afternoon.

With a one-point deficit and a four-second differential between the shot and game clock, Sacramento opted to play it out on defense and got some luck in the form of Curry missing a wide open floater with 11 seconds left well short off the rim, which the Kings were able to eventually corral and call a timeout.

On the Kings’ final possession, there was no doubt who was going to start with the ball in his hands, as Fox got Curry on a switch but lost his handle as Curry pressured him, allowing Green to pinch down in time to force him to pick up the ball and pass to Harrison Barnes on the wing. Barnes got a good look at the rim, but was unable to knock it down against his old team, giving Golden State a one-point win.

It was far more stressful for the Warriors than it should’ve been when they were up five with the ball inside 45 seconds to play, but they now move on to Game 5 tied at 2-2. Curry did enough defensively on the last possession to bother Fox and make up for what was one of the worst stretches of play of his career prior to it with the timeout and quick floater that missed.

The Kings have been resilient all year and showed it again in this game, as they took haymakers from the Warriors and always fought back, including the way they battled int he final minute. Game 5 will be another high-pressure test of their ability to bounce back from a disappointing result, as letting an opportunity to steal a game on the road from the Warriors slip away has doomed many teams in the past.

Lil Nas X might be the music industry’s most beloved internet troll, but he wants to ensure fans know he isn’t a liar. The “Industry Baby” rapper has remained an open book since breaking into the spotlight. From racy photoshoots to poking fun at his sexual orientation and religious beliefs, the entertainer has shared much of himself with the public. However, after he regained his verified blue check on Twitter, fans began to whisper that the star went back on his word to not give into the site’s CEO Elon Musk’s new pay-for-verification policy.

After self-appointing himself, the new CEO of the social media app, Lil Nas X, jumped onto the platform to address the rumors. In a post, Lil Nas X joking vowed to seek vengeance against Musk, writing, “On my soul, I didn’t pay for Twitter Blue. You will feel my wrath, Tesla man!”

One fan chimed in to joke about how others promised that should the musician’s verified status be revoked; they would fork up the cash for him to retain his coveted blue check.

Lil Nas X could be telling the truth. Musk had previously confessed to coming out of his pocket to pay for several notable public figures’ Twitter Blue subscriptions after they refused to do so.

Fast X is the beginning of the end of the main wing of the series, and for its villain, it’s reaching all the way back to the film that took the franchise next level: Played by Jason Momoa, baddie Dante Reyes is no less than the son of Hernan Reyes (Joaquim de Almeida), the drug lord executed by Dwayne Johnson’s Luke Hobbs in Fast Five. The franchise has often included call-backs to previous entries. But for star Vin Diesel, it was important to reach back to one of the series’ best.

In an interview with Total Film (as caught by SyFy), Diesel teased how the Fast X’s relationship to Fast Five will, when people see it, be deeper than simply poaching it for a villain:

“The last movie really delved into that, and dictated, of course, the reveal of the brother [Jakob, played by John Cena]. In that line of thinking, there is so much un-mined territory within the films that, when you follow the storyline, it produces a really interesting and rewarding story. You’ll see as the finale pans out, it’ll make sense why, in the same way we went back to the first film for Fast 9, we went back to the fifth film for Fast X.”

Whatever’s in store may wind up tying the entire series together, but the Fast/Furious films have always looked to the past even as it evolved in ways few would have imagined while watching the original in 2001. Baddies in one film, like Jason Statham’s Deckard Shaw, will become “family” members by the next entry. It’s even brought one character (Sung Kang’s Han Lue) back from the dead.

But we’ll see what Diesel is talking about when Fast X hits theaters on May 19.

Lizzo has gone on record to praise the band Nickelback as she felt that, in her words, “They get way too much sh*t” from the public. But, there’s another group of people the “Special” singer is throwing her support behind for the same reason. She addressed the state’s drag ban during the Emmy Award winner’s recent tour stop in Knoxville, Tennessee.

In the clip uploaded to the musician’s Twitter page, Lizzo can be heard saying, “In light of recent and tragic events — recurring events, I was told by people on the internet, ‘Cancel your shows in Tennessee’ and ‘Don’t go to Tennessee,’” to which the audience began to b. The singer stopped them by adding, “You don’t have to boo them. Their reasons were valid.”

The entertainer continued, “Why would I not come to the people that need to hear this message the most? The people that need to feel this release the most. Why would I not create a safe space in Tennessee where we can celebrate drag entertainers and celebrate our differences? And celebrate fat Black women.”

As an avid for the queer community and frequent guest judge on the drag competition show RuPaul’s Drag Race, Lizzo has used her platform to shine a light on causes that have impacted the LGBTQIA+ community for years. Recently, Lizzo’s company Yitty announced they would launch a line of gender-affirming shapewear.

“What people are doing in Tennessee is giving hope. So, thank you so much for standing up for your rights, protecting each other, and holding the people accountable who should be protecting us.”

Her advocacy didn’t stop there. Lizzo also invited several drag performers to join her onstage as she declared, “Support drag entertainers.”

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

Burna Boy is a masterful live performer. The “Rollercoaster” musician has had a ton of experience molding his skills, including the NBA All-Star Game Halftime show, Dreamville Fest, Afro Nation, and Coachella. Across the international music star’s discography, he displays the infectious nature of Afrofusion music, pulling inspiration from across the diaspora.

Weaving together his native languages, Yoruba (primarily spoken across West Africa) and English, Burna Boy has amassed a cult-like following. Unfortunately, it seems like his multi-language smash songs aren’t as easily translated when it comes to American Sign Language. But, just as Coachella prides itself on having a lineup of diverse musical acts, the event has also worked to ensure it is just as inclusive for the hard-of-hearing communities.

Festivalgoers felt that the interpreter for Burna Boy’s performance delivered the vibe of his music but not the lyrics. In a video uploaded to social media of the interpreter, fans commended the interpreter on his impeccable dance moves but laughed about him not quite getting the words correctly.

Burna Boy’s interpreter wasn’t the only professional working at Coachella that fans felt nailed the featured entertainer’s vibe. Blackpink, Doechii, Kali Uchis, GloRilla, and Bakar’s interpreters all received love on social media.

@bopcheck

Need her at every show now 🔥 #glorilla #signlanguage #asl #aslinterpreter #coachella

♬ original sound – Bop Check

@anaesparzac_

Bakar’s sign language interpreter popped off!!!!!! #coachella2023 #bakar

♬ original sound – Ana Esparza

In February, Rihanna’s Superbowl ASL performer Justina Miles went viral for her epic signing of the pop star’s songs.

Some artists covered here are Warner Music artists. Uproxx is an independent subsidiary of Warner Music Group.

Rosalía is a woman on a mission to reign supreme in Latin music. The “Vampiros” singer’s passion for her art propelled her to several record-breaking wins during award season. It also led her straight into the arms of her fiancé and fellow musician Rauw Alejandro. During her Coachella 2023 sets, she gave it all, and the crowd returned the favor with passionate responses.

Last Saturday, April 15, the songwriter treated festivalgoers to a guest appearance from her soon-to-be husband as they gave an intimate performance of their track “Beso.” During Rosalía’s closing festival appearance, she brought out Dominican rapper Tokischa for a spicy performance of their collaborative track “Linda.”

When the dembow and flamenco crossover track was released in 2021, it received pushed back over claims that Rosalía was “Latin fishing.” However, fans of the genre have come out to support the track over time. “Linda” was eventually featured on the official soundtrack for the video game Need For Speed Unbound

Tokischa was the only person that performed with Rosalía during the singer’s Coachella set. She handed off the mic to one fan in the crowd to sing a stanza of her song “La Noche De Anoche,” which features Bad Bunny.