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In what has to be the biggest example of “Not Helping” known to man, O.J. Simpson has come to the defense of Gwyneth Paltrow as she battles it out in an already bizarre trial over who crashed into who on the ski slopes in Utah.

Retired optometrist Terry Sanderson kicked off the legal proceedings by suing the Oscar-winning actress after she allegedly crashed into him, causing severe injuries including broken ribs and a concussion. Sanderson also claims she fled the scene in what he considers a “ski hit and run.” Paltrow, however, claims that Sanderson crashed into her and countersued for $1 in damages plus legal fees.

As the trail has already descended into stick figure drawings, Simpson randomly decided to jump into the fray by posting a Twitter video where he recounts his own experience on the Deer Valley trails where the accident occurred. According to Simpson, who name-dropped his late ex-wife Nicole Brown Simpson, who he was famously accused of murdering, the trails are particularly narrow at Deer Valley, and he’s had several crashes there.

Via The Daily Beast:

“I was watching today, I saw the run that their accident happened on, it was the same run that my accidents happened [on] at Deer Valley, and I don’t know how you can determine whose fault it was,” Simpson said. “I crashed with the same woman twice on one run, and if you ask me, it was her fault and I’m sure if you asked her, it was my fault. I’m just saying, it’s part of skiing.”

After recounting his own crashes at Deer Valley, Simpson blasted the frivolity of the trial. Although, is anyone surprised that O.J. isn’t a fan of courtrooms? We’re sure not.

“Accidents happen skiing,” Simpson concluded. “I don’t know how you could try to sue anybody for crashes on a ski slope. You see it all the time.”

(Via The Daily Beast)

Both Succession and Barry are ending this year. This puts a hole in HBO’s schedule — and a hole in my heart because it means I have only eight episodes of NoHo Hank left. The Chechen mobster played by Anthony Carrigan is Barry‘s secret weapon, a romantic goofball who is as bad at disguises as he is good at dancing.

And taking selfies.

That comes from the trailer for the fourth and final season, which you can watch above. Bill Hader’s Barry Berkman isn’t doing great behind bars (he’s screaming at himself in the mirror and to no one in the prison yard), but NoHo Hank has problems of his own to deal with. “Everything OK, mi amor?” his boyfriend Cristobal asks him. “Yeah, everything’s gonna be great,” NoHo Hank replies, but he does not sound convinced.

Hader explained his decison to end the show after season four in an interview with Variety. “I mean, a lot of people after last season were like, ‘Why are you doing another season? It should have just ended.’ But to me, there are still so many questions with the other characters, and with Barry — and there’s so many things unsaid,” he said. “What happens in season four is structurally radical in some ways, but it made sense for what I think the characters needed to go through, and what I think the whole show is always kind of headed towards.”

Barry returns to HBO on April 16th.

Move over, Coachella, because it looks like you aren’t the only festival looking to take over the grounds of the Empire Polo Club in Indio, California. But instead of a lineup filled to the brim with acts across genres, Power Trip Festival organizers (Coachella founders Goldenvoice) is dedicating the event to rock music lovers. Why not? Other genres like hip-hop, jazz, and others have their own designated multi-day events. Let the headbangers have their fun.

In the teaser clip uploaded to the festival’s official Instagram page, organizers are making it crystal clear that this event is specifically designed for rock music lovers.

Although the official lineup, dates, or ticket prices haven’t been announced, Variety is exclusively reporting that a source close to the festival shared that Metallica, Guns N’ Roses, Ozzy Osbourne, AC/DC, Tool, and Iron Maiden are all set to headline the inaugural festival. As for when the event is expected to take place, again, according to what the source shared with the outlet, Power Trip festival should take place sometime in October (aka Rocktober).

Another outlet, Scenestar, is reporting that the festivities will go down on the weekend of October 6 to 8. The site adds that Guns N’ Roses and Iron Maiden will perform on Friday (October 6). AC/DC and Osbourne will headline on Saturday (October 7). While Metallica and Tool will close out the festival on Sunday (October 8).

This isn’t Goldenvoice’s first rock festival at the Empire Polo Club: In 2016, they hosted Desert Trip (“Oldchella,” as it was nicknamed at the time) there with a lineup featuring Neil Young, Roger Waters, Paul McCartney, and The Who.

Vladimir Putin’s bad week (year, decade?) gets worse. Clearly, his war on Ukraine hasn’t gone over swimmingly, both with the scores of families who have lost troops and the public at large, but specifically at the moment, I’m discussing his image. This week, former underlings have expressed their stunned reaction at the disintegration of his “Superman” image, years after he posed shirtless in nature. And now, the billionaires of Russia are not only not here for his pleas to save their economy, but Putin is also being trashed in private by some of those figures.

At least, that’s what is being reported by The Moscow Times, which appears to lean towards the authenticity of a wiretapped phone call that first surfaced on YouTube before receiving Ukrainian news coverage. The following choice quotes (in a conversation purportedly between billionaire ex-Senator Farhad Akhmedov and music producer Iosif Prigozhin) seem relevant:

“[Putin] doesn’t give a f*ck about anything. And he doesn’t give a f*ck about the people. He’s fucking Satan. Wimp ..,” one of the pair says.

“How will we clean all this up later? Fascism will be here, a military dictatorship. You’ll see. That’s how it’s going to end,” a voice says, only for his interlocutor to agree.

As The Moscow Times notes, Prigozhin was quick to go on record to call this recording “fake,” even as he admitted that part of the according was real, but can you blame him? As The Daily Beast reports, Putin’s regime recently punished a father after his child worked up an anti-war drawing. It’s not pretty right now in Russia.

(Via The Moscow Times & The Daily Beast)

Chlöe isn’t shying away from any display of emotions. On her new song, the title track of her solo debut album In Pieces, she bares all, recalling the touch of a past love.

Driven by simple piano cords, “In Pieces,” which serves as the closing track on the album, allows fans to hear the pain in Chlöe’s voice, and demonstrates her ability to craft beautifully-flowing melodies.

“I don’t wanna go on / livin’ a life that you’ve been missin’ / And I don’t want nobody else / To hold me when I’m in pieces,” she sings on the song’s chorus.

In the song’s accompanying visual, she is seen dressed in red, playing at a red piano.

Next month, Chlöe will embark on a North American tour to support In Pieces. In an interview with Rolling Stone, she said she looks forward to seeing how fans react to the songs, and hopes that the fans find comfort in her music.

“I feel like when more people are vocal and honest about their trials and tribulations and obstacles, it makes all of us feel less alone,” she said.

Watch the video above.

In Pieces is out 3/31 via Parkwood Entertainment and Columbia Records. Find more information here.

The other day, Metro Boomin tweeted a teaser about him and JID working together with the caption, “Got a lot of new music but when me and @JIDsv drop,” followed by a lot of fire and one crazy-looking face emojis.

“I love working with u brudda, it’s an honor,” JID replied. Metro returned the sentiment right back, adding, “Honor is mine family.”

Rap 301 eventually picked the news up, reposting the tweet and adding, “Metro Boomin Teases His Song With JID… You Hyped For This?” JID himself then chimed in to set the record straight — confirming that it wouldn’t just be one song coming, but an entire collaborative album. “Teases album*,” he wrote.

While details about this joint project are still under wraps, many fans are extremely excited by the announcement. Additionally, Metro is also gearing up to drop a different collab album with Future sometime later this year, according to an interview with Flaunt via HipHopDX.

“Bro deadass don’t be lying right now, imma cry when this drops,” one wrote. “Don’t even joke…I need all jid and metro today,” another added.

Others threw in some jokes asking for the WiFi password to hear the album early.

Continue scrolling for some more reactions to Metro Boomin and JID teasing their album together.

John Leguizamo is filling in as this week’s guest host on The Daily Show, and he came ready to rumble with the GOP’s outright refusal to curb gun violence in America. Following the Nashville school shooting, Tennessee Rep. Tim Burchett went viral for his telling response to the tragic event that left four people dead along with the shooter.

“We’re not gonna fix it,” the Republican congressman said. “Criminals are gonna be criminals, and my daddy fought in the Second World War, fought in the Pacific, fought the Japanese, and he said, ‘If somebody wants to take you out and doesn’t mind losing their life, there’s not a whole heck of a lot you can do about it.’”

Leguizamo played the clip for The Daily Show who were literally stunned into silence by Burchett’s cavalier response. Leguizamo, on the other hand, had words for Burchett.

Via The Wrap:

“There’s not a lot of heck you can do about it? That’s the best you have to offer? You’re a congressman!” Leguizamo exclaimed. “If you don’t have any ideas for how to keep our kids safe, get the f— out of the way. And go work at a Pinkberry or some s—!”

The guest host took things even further by pulling apart Burchett’s odd anecdote about his dad.

“No disrespect to his father,” Leguizamo said. “But if going to school in America feels like fighting in World War II, that should be a sign that things are seriously f—ed up in America, OK?”

(Via The Wrap)

Nothing is off limits on Conan O’Brien’s Conan O’Brien Needs A Friend podcast. In a recent episode, which featured Billie Eilish and her brother/producer Finneas, the late-night talk show host recalled watching Eilish’s documentary, The World’s A Little Blurry, and how it relates to his experience.

The Apple TV+ documentary follows a teenage Eilish as she writes and records her debut album, When We All Fall Asleep, Where Do We Go?. At the time, Eilish was 16 years old, and we see her as she argues with her mom, gets into creative disputes with Finneas, and deals with a whirlwind of teenage emotions.

O’Brien, who has a teenage daughter, said that watching the documentary was as scary as watching a horror movie. In agreement, Eilish said that seeing herself at that age spooks her as well.

“16-year-old me is a scary thought,” Eilish said. “It’s a scary sight to see. I think about myself and think about the people that I used to have to make them be put through being around me at that age… It makes me sick to my stomach thinking about if I had to be around the younger Billie. It really freaks me out sometimes.”

Check out the interview clip above.

Season 4 of Succession has officially arrived, and it’s a bittersweet moment for fans of the HBO hit. While one of the most talked-about moments from the season opener was Tom and Greg’s “Disgusting” new nickname for themselves (which seems to be a step up from Greg the Egg), bat-eared viewers caught another piece of intel during Logan Roy’s rather depressing birthday party: Marcia’s whereabouts.

As Grazia notes, in a brief exchange in “The Munsters,” Cousin Greg (Nicholas Braun) mentions Marcia’s name during Logan’s soiree, prompting Logan’s assistant/presumed lover Kerry (Zoe Winters) to reply that “Marcia’s not here. She’s in Milan shopping — forever.” Whether or not Marcia is indeed in Milan is up for debate, as is the question of whether we’ll get to see Hiam Abbass’ character again in the show’s final season. No one inside of the production, including Abbass, seems to be talking about whether Marcia will return, but it’s certainly worth considering.

Marcia Roy — Logan’s third and initially seemingly doting wife — was a key character in Succession’s first two seasons. And was really the catalyst for much of the strife we have seen play out within the Roy family, as it was Logan’s desire to give Marcia two Waystar Royco board seats in the pilot episode, and his children’s unwillingness to let that happen, that really kicked off the dysfunctional family dynamics.

If Tom and Greg’s character arcs allowed them to transform into the villainous “Disgusting Brothers” over four seasons, finally being let in on exactly what Marcia’s agenda has been all along isn’t too far-fetched. Especially as she spent so many years as Logan’s most trusted confidante, and knows where the bodies are buried (literally, in at least one case).

(Via Grazia)

Rapper Latto promised a juicy first episode of her new Apple Music show, 777 Radio, and she delivered with special guest Chlöe. The “Body Do” singer has maintained a thick skin when it comes to rumors about her. However, when it comes to fans pitting her and her sister Halle Bailey against each with endless comparisons she’s not having it.

The Swarm actress fired off about the topic when asked by the host in the clip shared with People, saying, “Honestly, it really pisses me off.”

Chlöe continued by adding, “I think out of everything, that’s the thing that gets under my skin the most, when people are comparing us, because we are best friends, we’re sisters. Sometimes we forget that we’re not twins, and it’s like, don’t mess with my blood. Don’t mess with her.”

Before the clip ends, Chlöe explained, “Sometimes I just have to brush it off because people only see what they want to make up, what they want to believe, and it’s like, sometimes I don’t need to give off that energy and waste my time explaining something that I know isn’t true.”

The full first episode of 777 Radio featuring Chlöe will be released tomorrow, March 30, at 11 a.m. PT. New episodes of the series will air biweekly on Thursdays exclusively on Apple Music 1. For more information, click here.