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The looming potential indictment of Donald Trump has a lot of people on edge, and for good reason: He’s already been stoking violence even before the Manhattan grand jury makes its decision. The case has been good for at least one person, though: Stormy Daniels, the porn star whose alleged tryst with the then-future president got him in this whole mess in the first place.

As per The New York Post, Pornhub, arguably the internet’s most famous hardcore site, revealed that searches for Daniels have skyrocketed an astonishing 21,655 percent since March 17, right before Trump announced he was on the verge of being indicted. (That date was also her birthday.) Last Tuesday, daily Daniels searches exceeded 467,000. For contrast, her daily average for the quarter have been 2,1500 searches.

“The news has no doubt invoked interest in her work (nsfw) some of which can be found on Pornhub,” the company announced in an announcement. So, join the fun and take a look for yourself.”

Trump has been trying to rile up his base. So far, luckily, that hasn’t worked too well, although D.A. Alvin Bragg did recently receive a threatening package, allegedly from a MAGA head. Daniels isn’t afraid of retaliation, though, and has delighted in dragging Trump’s base as the big guy loses his weird little mind.

(Via NY Post)

K-Pop girl group NewJeans is enjoying their rapid rise to fame, but they’re also loving being able to do fun, regular things while traveling. In a vlog shared by NewJeans member Hanni, she was visibly thrilled at the fact that she was staying within walking distance of one of the hubs of American culture — a Trader Joe’s grocery store.

“When I was younger, I used to watch all these YouTubers,” Hanni said. “And they used to always, always talk about Trader Joe’s.”

She continued, speaking in her first language, Vietnamese, saying, “And by luck, there’s one in this area, so I’m going to take a look.”

When she arrives to Trader Joe’s, she can hardly contain her excitement. She is in awe of the colorful flowers on display, and is captivated by an adorable panda she sees on a box of cereal.

Though NewJeans is one of the newest K-Pop groups making waves, Hanni is the only member of the group not of Korean heritage. In an interview with NME, she said she hopes that the group’s music can bring people of all backgrounds together.

“We want to show the music industry that music doesn’t need to and shouldn’t be divided by language,” Hanni said. “I think it’s something that, personally, I [feel] very strong about.”

You can see the clip of Hanni’s first Trader Joe’s trip above.

Childish Gambino (Donald Glover) has officially had a lawsuit against his 2018 song, “This Is America,” dismissed. In 2021, Kidd Wes (real name Emelike Nwosuocha) sued Glover and claimed that the track was “practically identical” to his 2016 track, “Made In America.”

However, according to Billboard, U.S. District Judge Victor Marrero ruled yesterday (March 24) that there is no reasoning and tossed the lawsuit.

“A cursory comparison with the challenged composition reveals that the content of the choruses is entirely different and not substantially similar,” Marrero wrote. He claimed that Nwosuocha’s words were a “short, simple, self-aggrandizing proclamation” and Glover‘s were on “what America means and how it is perceived.”

“More could be said on the ways these songs differ, but no more airtime is needed to resolve this case,” he added.

Nwosuocha’s attorneys, Imran H. Ansari and La’Shawn N. Thomas, offered a statement to the publication about how their client felt about the ruling, citing that he was “understandably disappointed.”

“He stands by his music, creativity, and the independence of grassroots artists to create their own music, and receive credit where credit is due, without the fear of it being apportioned by another,” they shared.

His team has also noted that they aren’t ruling out appealing the decision, but only time will tell.

This past week, SZA’s SOS tour came to a close at the Kia Forum in Inglewood, California. After a successful run, the “Kill Bill” hitmaker had to go out with a bang.

Early on in the night, SZA was joined by Phoebe Bridgers, and the two performed their collaboration, “Ghost In The Machine.” Bridgers had previously made a surprise appearance at SZA’s New York City show at Madison Square Garden.

Toward the end of the night, Lizzo made a surprise appearance, and the two performed SZA’s remix of “Special,” the title track to Lizzo’s sophomore album.

This is perhaps a full-circle moment for the two collaborators and besties, as SZA made a surprise appearance during the final show of Lizzo’s Special tour last year, which is where the two revealed the “Special” remix.

On SOS, Lizzo and SZA collaborated on the rock-influenced “F2F,” on which, Lizzo co-wrote and contributed background vocals. In an interview with Rolling Stone’s Music Now podcast last December, SZA revealed that she and Lizzo recorded “five or six songs” during the SOS recording sessions. Perhaps some more of their collabs will appear on the upcoming SOS deluxe edition.

You can check out clips from the SZA concert above.

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

Donald Trump is at it again, which is to say he’s back to spouting violent rhetoric. The former president, whose incendiary words helped inspire the Jan. 6 riot, has been livid about the potential indictment looming over his head. He’s already tried to foment a mass protest against Manhattan district attorney Alvin Bragg, who’s overseeing the case that could put him in jail. But with a recent Truth Social post, he went too far even for the likes of Newsmax. But don’t ask MAGA lawmaker Jim Jordan about it, if only because he refuses to see it.

In a post that was extreme even for him, Trump warned that if a grand jury indicted him, he warned that it would result in “death & destruction.” Republican lawmakers have been trying to avoid talking about it. NBC News reporter Sahil Kapur caught up with Jordan, who claimed he simply hadn’t seen the post. So Kapur pulled it up on his phone so he could see. But Jordan then gave a bizarre excuse about how he still couldn’t see it: He needed his glasses.

Sure, it’s tough reading without one’s reading glasses. But it’s not impossible. He could have squinted. He could have even had Kapur read it to him, then comment. He could also procure his glasses. But Jordan did none of those things. Then again, surely Jordan doesn’t want to embroil his favorite former president, partly because he may still improbably get his old job back. Being a Trump crony sure does put one in plenty of awkward positions, but one can always do what Jordan and his wife do: ignore him.

(Via Insider)

During Taylor Swift‘s third performance of The Eras Tour in Las Vegas last night, she surprised fans by selecting special secret songs that were tied to things going on.

The first, “Our Song,” from Swift’s 2006 debut album, was chosen after Swift’s show opener, Beabadoobee, noted how much she loved that track.

“She said she grew up listening to songs from the first album, and she named a specific song. I figured for her first show with us, I’d play that specific song that she said she wanted to hear. I wrote it for my ninth grade talent show, it’s called ‘Our Song,’” Swift shared.

Once Swift took to the piano for the second song, she introduced it by sharing some sweet words about her friend and collaborator, Lana Del Rey. Swift gushed about how Del Rey just dropped a new album, Did You Know That There’s A Tunnel Under Ocean Boulevard, and how great of an artist she is.

“I just think she’s the best that we have. So I think we need to make it a priority, as a group, to stream, buy, support this album and this artist,” she said.

“She knows I’m obsessed with her, and she was kind enough to make a song with me for Midnights because she’s a generous king and I’ll never forget how nice she’s been to me,” Swift added.

Swift went on to play their collab, “Snow On The Beach,” from her recent album, Midnights. However, Del Rey did not appear as a surprise guest — which Swift made sure to specify before, just so fans didn’t get too high in an expectation.

Check out the clips from Taylor Swift’s show above.

Everybody’s riding the Ice Spice wave. With a fast, scorching flow, and the ability to slaughter any beat, it’s no wonder why Ice’s star is continuing to rise. Last night, during a performance at Ultra Miami, Zedd surprised the audience by bringing out Ice.

During her appearance in Zedd’s set, Ice performed one of her earlier tracks, “No Clarity,” which contains a sample of Zedd’s “Clarity.”

Ice’s take on Zedd’s 2012 breakthrough track features her rapping over a drill beat containing pitched-up vocals from the original. Some notable lines include “It get hot so I’m keepin’ my cool / And he like how I get in my mood / So why would you fuck with my mental / After all that I told you I been through / But you was my heart so I let you.”

When Ice appeared on stage, she was met with cheers from the audience.

Back in January, Ice recalled fondly of growing up on EDM sounds in an interview with NME.

“At a point of time in the early 2010s around middle school, I started hearing it more when it became more popular,” said Ice. “I was hearing Zedd and Skrillex a lot. Do you remember when Skrillex was super big? That was a whole era. People went from emo to Skrillex like that [snaps fingers].”

You can check out the clip above.

Lady Gaga is currently filming as Harley Quinn for the forthcoming Joker: Folie à Deux sequel — alongside Joaquin Phoenix returning to play the clown-ish chaotic title character. Today, a new glimpse of Gaga’s costume has surfaced.

Compared to past Harley iterations like Margot Robbie’s glitzy take in Birds Of Prey and Suicide Squad, Gaga’s version finds her taking old-school inspiration. She wears a red jacket over a b&w-patterned diamond top. For pants, she has a black leather skirt and similarly-diamonded tights.

She also rocks the clown makeup, putting a modern spin on the harlequin style.

Other shots find Gaga’s Harley being surrounded by cops, as those in the crowd don clown masks and “Joker Marry Me” signs.

“It makes me so happy because I said from the very beginning, all I want is for Harley Quinn to be one of those characters, the way like Macbeth or Batman always gets passed from great actor to great actor,” Robbie told MTV News a while back about Gaga’s casting.

“It’s such an honor to have built a foundation strong enough that Harley can now be one of those characters that other actors get to have a go at playing,” she added. “I think she’ll do something incredible with it.”

Check out Lady Gaga’s set photos as Harley Quinn above.

Last month brought bad news for fans of the Bluth family and their ever-reliable (or not) banana stand: After years of having a home on Netflix, Arrested Development and its five seasons were leaving for unknown shores. Surely it would wind up somewhere else. But the days of being able to binge the show and Seinfeld in the same place would be no more. Anyway, now that’s not happening.

As per Vulture, Netflix has cut a complicated deal to not only retain all 84 episodes of the beloved, chaotic comedy, but also gain exclusive rights to the show. That means the three seasons currently living on Hulu will have to vamoose.

The reason for the near-deletion of Arrested Development from Netflix’s coffers of course involves rights issues. Those now belong to Disney’s Twentieth Century unit, as the show made its debut on Fox. (This was nearly two decades before Disney would absorb 20th Century Fox but ditch the Fox part. Corporations!) Netflix and Twentieth Century/Disney had to work out a new licensing deal, which, given that it’s exclusive, was surely not cheap. But work it out they evidently did.

When Netflix greenlit a fourth season for Arrested Development, it was one of the streamer’s first bouts of (semi-)original content. That season proved controversial, as it messed with the format, messing up the timeline and having many episodes focus on individual characters. That move so roiled some fans that Netflix recut it into a more traditional season. That fam renited one last time for a divided season, which premiered in 2018 and 2019. Anyway, ch-check it out on Netflix.

(Via Vulture)

Warning: This post contains spoilers for the ending of John Wick: Chapter 4, though it really dances around the specifics.

This weekend John Wick: Chapter 4 brings everyone’s favorite puppy avenger back to the big screen for the first time in four years. Technically it won’t be the last time you see him: Star Keanu Reeves is reprising the character, however, briefly for the franchise spinoff Ballerina, opposite his Knock Knock costar Ana de Armas. But surprise: It’s the last in the main wing of the series. The films have been a cash cow for Lionsgate, so you can imagine their horror when they learned it would be Wick’s last hurrah.

In an interview with The Hollywood Reporter, series director Chad Stahelski recalls when he and Reeves told execs that Chapter 4 would be the finale. “The response was, ‘What are you f*cking thinking?’ The note was, ‘Are you f*cking insane?’” Stahelski said. “And Keanu and I just smiled and said, ‘Yeah.’ We decided we wanted to tie everything together, and we were like, ‘How do you give a proper goodbye?’ So that’s how we sold it to the studio because, at some point, this has gotta end, man.”

That said, they wound up shooting two endings, one in which we see Wick’s funeral, another in which it’s left open-ended about whether or not he’s actually passed on. Alas, when they showed the latter during test screenings, the audience actually “revolted pretty hard” to it. And so that’s it for John Wick — except, again, when he pops up in Ballerina.

(Via THR)