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“Did you notice the wind stop?” Blackpink’s Rosé asked a crowd of thousands of screaming fans during their main stage headlining set. “I think it was all the Blinks,” she said. It was an example of how everyone, including the weather, seemed to stop in anticipation of Blackpink’s historic set during day two of Coachella 2023. With artists like the K-pop megagroup, Rosalía, Labrinth, and Jai Paul‘s first-ever concert, day two was certainly one to remember. Let’s recap what we saw.

Friday night, Bad Bunny became the first-ever Latin solo artist to headline the main Coachella stage. This time, Blackpink were the ones making history. The girl group became the first-ever Korean act to headline the festival, and they certainly delivered on expectation. The four pop stars opened with their hit number “Pink Venom” and it didn’t take long for fireworks to light up the stage, mirroring the group’s explosive energy. Everything from their engaging choreography to their black-and-pink outfits were expertly planned. A long stage bisecting the crowd allowed them ample space to move around and highlight their collective force, while the big-screen cameras were more focused on giving each of the individual performers their spotlight moment. After launching into tracks like “Kill This Love” and “How You Like That,” Blackpink gave each member the opportunity to shine with their solo efforts. Jennie was first, singing her solo number “You & Me” complete with a dance break. Jisoo, the last Blackpink member to release a solo track, delivered her song “Flower,” which dropped only a few weeks ago. Rosé was next with a version of “On The Ground” and “Gone” and Lisa came last in the solo act lineup with her track “Money,” which had the crowd screaming along.

Blackpink’s set wasn’t the only historic Coachella performance of the night. All eyes were on Jai Paul, who had his first-ever performance. That’s right — not just his first-ever Coachella performance, but his first time performing live ever. The UK artist gained popularity over a decade ago but took an extended hiatus after his music was leaked online. In 2019, the artist returned to drop his music in an official capacity. Because Jai Paul isn’t used to performing in front of a crowd, much less to a crowd of thousands at one of the biggest festivals in the world, it was clear he had some understandable nerves. Unlike seasoned performers like Blackpink or Charli XCX, Jai Paul didn’t address the crowd during his set or try to hype up the audience. Instead, he walked out on stage and launched straight into the music. Even still, his dance-y beats and impressive falsetto vocals were enough to win over the crowd as he played fan-favorite tracks like “Jasmine,” “BTSTU,” and “Str8 Outta Mumbai.”

Speaking of stage presence, Charli XCX was in full pop star mode. Backed by an electric stage design and small group of immensely talented back-up dancers, Charli showed off her full potential with fun choreography and hyped-up crowd engagement. She continually addressed the crowd during her set, keeping the energy high and eliciting consistent screams of approval from fans. She even shouted out the other artists who would take the main stage after her, saying: “This song is for all my bad girls out there. All the bad girls who came to see me, Rosalía and BLACKPINK in your f*cking area.” It seemed like the entire festival was collectively jumping to songs like “I Love It” and “Vroom Vroom.” She also brought out a surprise guest; fellow singer Troye Sivan joined her for an engaging rendition of “1999” that had the crowd partying like it was 1999.

Rosalía was another seasoned performer who took the Coachella stage. As those watching the livestream at home saw, Rosalía really put her all into her emotional set. At one point, the singer dimmed the lights and poured her heart out to “Diablo.” The singer’s choreography and camera work were un-matched but as a viewer at the festival, it felt like Rosalía was much more focused on giving a performance to the livestream camera rather than to the crowd. Still, she had some touching fan interactions, like when she grabbed one of the cameras and walked out to the crowd barrier to let some fans scream her lyrics into the microphone. Later on in her set, Rosalía brought out a special guest: her recent fiancé, Rauw Alejandro. Together, the two delivered a few tracks off their collaborative EP and shared some adorable moments on stage.

Rosalía and Charli XCX weren’t the only artists to bring out big stars during their set. Labrinth closed out the Mojave tent on Saturday night, inviting none other than Billie Eilish to perform their joint track “Never Felt So Alone” to the delight of the screaming crowd. He displayed his powerful vocals while delivering a number of intimate tracks like “Mount Everest” and “Still Don’t Know My Name.” Similarly, Boygenius’ set had many intimate moments, though the crowd was much more sparsely attended since fans had already started packing in to see Blackpink at the next stage over. The group consisting of Phoebe Bridgers, Julien Baker, and Lucy Dacus kicked off their set with the a cappella number “With You Without Them” and a hard-rocking rendition of “$20” before moving into quieter numbers like “Emily I’m Sorry.”

Find more of our Coachella 2023 coverage here.

Bad Bunny made history during the opening night of Coachella. During his closing set on the festival’s main stage, the “Ojitos Lindos” rapper became the first Latin music artist to headline the staple music event. Prior to his record-setting performance, he took to social media to let his fans know that as part of his set, he had a message to give them in the form of music. “I have so much to tell you,” wrote the entertainer. However, nowhere in his on-stage appearance did he make mention of his rumored relationship with model and reality TV star Kendall Jenner.

Bad Bunny brought out a heap of special guests, Post Malone, Jhay Cortez, Ñengo Flow, and Jowell & Randy. But it’s who he didn’t bring on stage that has fans buzzing. Returning to the Empire Polo Grounds on April 15, the supposed couple, along with a few friends, were seen enjoying Rosalía’s performance.

Neither Bad Bunny nor Jenner has spoken publicly about each other and whether they are indeed an item. Jenner has recently split from her longtime on-and-off-again ex-boyfriend, professional basketball player Devin Booker. Meanwhile, Bunny is currently battling a lawsuit from his ex-girlfriend, Carliz De La Cruz Hernández, for the unauthorized use of her voice throughout his groundbreaking album, Un Verano Sin Ti.

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The EuroLeague Women’s Final Four came to its conclusion on Sunday, starting with a bronze medal game between Beretta Famila Schio and ZVVZ USK Praha that featured one of the most outrageous endings to any basketball game you’ll see this season.

The final 30 seconds saw Marina Mabrey (who WNBA fans will know as a former Dallas Wings star, now headed to the Chicago Sky) put Famila Schio ahead by two on a scooping layup, only to be answered by a midrange jumper from Teja Oblak with five seconds to play. That was just the appetizer for one of the all-time unbelievable no-calls swinging the game in favor of Famila Schio, as, after a steal by ZVVZ USK, Valeriane Vukosavljevic got flattened by Mabrey dribbling up the floor and lost the ball, somehow resulting in a play-on, with Egle Sventoraite picking the ball up and banking in a three at the buzzer to win the game — on her first three-point attempt of the entire season

Look, this has to be something. There’s no way you can have this much contact be nothing, especially with Vukosavljevic losing the ball like Sonic losing his rings after running square into Mabrey. Even calling a charge somehow would’ve been better than letting this just go, and ZVVZ USK has plenty of reason to be upset here. That said, this will delight the people who want referees to swallow their whistles in the final seconds of the game no matter the situation.

We’re just hours away from the return of Barry, Bill Hader and Alec Berg’s brilliantly nuanced dramedy about a hit man (Hader) attempting to give up his life of homicide-for-hire in order to pursue an acting career. The HBO series’ fourth and final season will kick off at 10 p.m. on Sunday, April 16, right after the newest episode of Succession. And it will be bittersweet — both for Hader and fans who have come to regard Barry as one of the smartest and most surprising shows on television right now.

From the trailers and teasers we’ve seen so far, we know that Barry is in jail and being forced to confront the full weight of his killer past. But just how much longer do we have with our kinda lovable hit man? If you’ve been paying attention to the first three seasons, you probably know the answer. Hader and Berg like to keep their seasons short and sweet at just eight episodes per go. Which is exactly what we can expect from the newest, and last season of the show.

While saying goodbye to the character will be difficult for all those who have come to know him, Hader himself thinks it was clear that there was only so much farther the story could go. “I think as you’re outlining it, you kinda realize it naturally wants to end here,” Hader tells UPROXX. “The cat’s out of the bag, so it feels like the ball’s rolling downhill, story-wise.”

“There was never a moment of, ‘Oh gosh, if this happened, then maybe we can keep the story going,’” Hader continued. “You could have entertained some things to keep a show going, like if it shifted and it becomes a totally different thing. More of a fugitive-type show or a guy-in-prison-type show. But that never was really interesting to me. The characters kinda dictate where it goes.”

New episodes of Barry will air each week on HBO at 10 p.m. EST on Sundays.

21 Savage is hitting the road this summer for the It’s All A Blur Tour alongside his friend and collaborator Drake. To prepare himself for the massive tour, the “Rich Flex” rapper has decided to make guest appearances at a few prominent festival stages, including Coachella and Dreamville Festival. But that’s not the only way he’s training. 21 Savage is also getting his vocals right during his downtime.

While attending Usher’s Las Vegas residency show, the musician joined the singer for a seemingly unlikely duet of Usher’s 2004 song “My Boo,” which originally featured Alicia Keys. While the Atlanta representative is known for his rough and tough rap songs, he’s actually a huge fan of R&B music. For years, he has showcased his love for R&B music, often going live on Instagram to sing along to some of his favorite songs.

Usher spotted Savage in the crowd and declared, “You know you love singing R&B and sh*t,” referring to the rapper’s live streams, then asked him to join in on the track. At first, Savage hesitated, but after being encouraged by Usher and the crowd, he cut loose to sing along.

Watch the full clip of 21 Savage singing along below.

Ana de Armas made her SNL hosting debut on Saturday, and she kicked off her monologue by keeping it real: She began by speaking Spanish. The Oscar-nominated actress was born in Cuba, and she told the crowd how she came to speak a foreign tongue.

“I was 26 and I learned English the way everyone who comes to this country does — by watching ‘Friends,’” de Armas told the crowd.

She then singled out which Friends cast member/character helped her the most. “Who would have thought that the best English tutor would be Chandler Bing?” She then did an impression of Chandler’s signature phrase. “I mean, look at me now. Could I be any better at English?”

De Armas also told a story about one of her first English-language films: the biopic Hands of Stone, starring Édgar Ramirez and Robert De Niro. She had a good story about the latter.

“One day on set he told me, ‘I may be going to Cuba soon. If I do, I’ll say hello to your family,’” said de Armas. “He even asked me for the phone number.”

She forgot about the exchange and some time passed. “Then, one day, out of the blue, I get a phone call from my dad – he’s hysterical,” she recalled “I’m like, ‘Dad, what’s wrong?’ and he goes, ‘Robert De Niro just came to visit me at work.’”

In summary, Chandler Bing is good at teaching English and De Niro is good people.

The de Armas-hosted episode also featured digs at Donald Trump’s claims that people cry when they see him and nonbinary cast member Molly Kearney defending trans kids (while flying). You can watch de Armas’ monologue in the video above.

The Kings picked up their first playoff win in 17 years on Saturday night, beating the Warriors in a thrilling, back-and-forth Game 1 at the Golden 1 Center in Sacramento.

It was a raucous atmosphere, as expected, with Kings fans packing the arena well before tipoff, celebrating their first playoff trip in nearly two decades. It was a hostile environment for the Warriors, which they’re accustomed to in the postseason, but also for some of their high-profile fans. E-40 was among those who made the trip up the road to Sacramento for the game to cheer on the Warriors, but after an altercation with a fan, he was kicked out of his courtside seat.

On Sunday morning, E-40 issued a statement insisting he was not in the wrong and calling out “racial bias” from the security at the Kings arena for deciding that he was in the wrong in the incident with a white woman.

The Bay Area legend asked for an investigation into the matter by the Kings, saying he was humiliated by security kicking him out. The Kings have not issued a statement on the matter, but it’s likely they and the league will look into what transpired on Saturday night with one of the Warriors most prominent fans.

The second night of music’s biggest festival, Coachella, was full of history-making moments and special guest appearances. Musician Labrinth was sure to continue that tradition by bringing out his friend and collaborator Billie Eilish for a surprise performance of their track “Never Felt So Alone.”

It’s not the first time the musicians served as the other’s unannounced guests (i.e. Eilish’s December show in Los Angeles). Nevertheless, the haunting performance was nothing short of euphoric.

When asked how the collaboration came to be, Labrinth told Eddie Francis on Apple Music 1’s New Music Daily show, “I’ve been a fan of Billie for a long time. I think she’s an amazing artist.

“Once I started piecing the song together, I was just like, “Do you know what? I think this is the moment where I think Billie would be a sick addition,’” he said. “When we spoke, she was like, ‘Lab, I’ve been listening to your music for years.” I was like, ‘What?’ It was like, ‘Billie? What? You?’ She was like, ‘Yeah, been a fan.’ She was like, ‘I love this song as well, so I would love to do it with you,’” said the musician.

Watch the full clip below.

Barbie has been one of the most anticipated movies of this summer ever since the first image dropped last year. The film, directed by Greta Gerwig and written with her partner Noah Baumbach, promises a smart, aggressively pink take on the longtime doll. But what if it spawned copycats that didn’t stop at being merely post-modern but went full-on grimly realistic? That’s the subject of the SNL parody American Girls.

The American Girl line was first launched in 1986, featuring dolls of various ethnicities. The SNL parody trailer featured Heidi Gardner, Molly Kearney, Chloe Fineman, Sarah Sherman, and host Ana De Armas as a diverse group of living dolls, each with their own “harrowing” backstory.

For instance, one hails from Victorian times, which isn’t a fun time to be alive. One was a prisoner of war. Another is a runaway slave. One simply has glasses.

“Not all dolls live in a dream, some are bigger, younger, sadder, some dolls are American Girls,” says the voice-over. “Did all their family members die of old timey diseases? Absolutely.”

More than one of them suddenly dies of cholera.

There actually have been movie adaptations of American Girl, mostly direct-to-video, with one exception: 2008’s Kit Kittredge: An American Girl, starring Abigail Breslin, which was released theatrically.

You can watch the sketch in the video above.

Weekend Update isn’t above getting serious. They just try to balance it with jokes. Cecily Strong famously talked abortions while dressed as a clown. Kate McKinnon faux-praised Ron DeSantis’ “Don’t Say Gay” bill, reasoning that it meant today’s gay students in Florida wouldn’t have to weather so many slurs. And on the most recent SNL, the show’s first nonbinary cast member gave a pep talk to besieged trans kids — while flying, of course.

Molly Kearney dropped in on Weekend Update. We mean that literally: They descended from the sky on wires. They were there to discuss how, among the hundreds of anti-LGBTQIA+ bills introduced across the country, trans kids have been particularly targeted. It must be awful for an already marginalized group. But Kearney was there to both defend them and joke about the painful harness they were wearing.

“I have been hung up on my genitals for far too long, and I’m starting to feel like a freaking Republican lawmaker!” Kearney told the crowd. “At one point I heard a crew guy say, ‘Is she gonna die up there?’ And then another crew guy was like, ’ You mean, are they going to die up there?’”

Kearney was at some points sincere. “If you don’t care about trans kids’ lives, that means you don’t care about freakin’ kids’ lives,” they said. “We are making trans kids grow up too fast. We should be keeping them safe and we need to lift them up.”

By the end of their segment, they ascended into the sky to deliver a message of hope, with jokes.

“What’s happening, kids, is wrong,” they said as they soared over the Weekend Update desk. “And you don’t need to be scared. Our job is to protect you and your job is to focus on being a kid. It’s kind of like me flying in the SNL sky: There’s a bunch of dudes asking you about your crotch and controlling when and where you’re allowed to pee. But if you just hang on, you’ll look up and realize you’re flying, kid!”

You can watch Kearney’s segment in the video above.