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The DCEU is a mess right now. The comics movie line has two new bosses now, James Gunn and Peter Safran, and they have big plans on the horizon. There are a lot of surprising rumors floating around about what they have in store, and Gunn himself has acknowledged that some of them are true (though he won’t say which ones just yet). One project that’s reportedly safe from harm is Joker: Folie à Deux, the sequel to the stand-alone spin-off that turned Joaquin Phoenix into the second person to win an Oscar as the clown that fights Batman. And to prove that all is fine with it, its director shared a picture from the first day of filming.

It’s a simple image, showing Phoenix in what appears to be a barber’s chair, his face being shaved by someone next to him. “Day 1. Our boy,” wrote director Todd Phillips in the caption. There’s not much to tease out of the image. Is he still at Arkham Asylum? Who knows. It does share the same gloomy look as the first one. That’s not to say round two with Phoenix’s Arthur Fleck won’t be radically different. For one thing, it’s a musical. For another, it sounds like Arthur’s got himself a girlfriend this time in Lady Gaga’s spin on Harley Quinn.

In any case, Joker 2 seems to be safe from whatever Gunn and Safran are planning for the DC wing of Warner Bros. Discovery. Then again, those who made Batgirl assumed their film would actually see the light of day — although if one of its actors, Brendan Fraser, wins an Oscar this spring, maybe it will.

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The Buffalo Bills and New York Jets played in a defensive struggle in the first half on Sunday, as neither team had scored deep into the second quarter. Facing a 4th and inches just shy of their own 40 with 1:19 to play, the Bills lined up to try and draw the Jets offsides and succeeded in the funniest way possible.

Tight end Dawson Knox motioned under center to fake like he was going to do a quarterback sneak and Jets linebacker CJ Mosley jumped over the line and hit Knox with an RKO for the most impressive offsides penalty of all-time — which had Bills receiver Isaiah McKenzie very excited.

Look, it’s going to be 5 yards whether you barely flinch and enter the neutral zone or if you jump over the entire offensive line and clobber the quarterback (or in this case, the tight end lined up at quarterback), so you might as well get your money’s worth. Mosley did that in a big way, but unfortunately, this provided the spark the Bills needed to finally break the scoreless tie, marching for a touchdown with Knox finding the end zone on a flipping, diving effort to reach the pylon.

Knox earned that with his 4th and short acting job that got them the free five yards, but the Jets will be kicking themselves for falling for the ruse and giving the Bills the edge in what should’ve been a stalemate of a first half.

Mariah Carey doesn’t share the spotlight in December. But the “Queen of Christmas” (regardless of what the US Trademark Office says) made an exception during the first of two Merry Christmas To All! concerts at Toronto’s Scotiabank Arena on Friday night, December 9. Carey brought out her 11-year-old daughter, Monroe, to sing a duet of “Away In A Manger.”

“This is our first duet,” Carey told the audience, according to Billboard. The record-breaking chart-topper also called Monroe and her twin brother, Moroccan, “the greatest gift ever” and shared that she and Monroe had been practicing their “Away In A Manger” duet “for a minute.”

Carey initially scheduled two one-off Merry Christmas To All! concerts at Scotiabank Arena and New York City’s Madison Square Garden on December 11 and December 13, respectively, but fan demand led to two added dates: Saturday’s show in Toronto and December 16 in New York.

Carey’s two-hour CBS Special of the same name will be filmed at Madison Square Garden on December 13 and later air on December 20.

Carey brought along Monroe and Moroccan, nicknamed “Roc and Roe,” to The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon in early November. She teased a potential collaboration with Millie Bobby Brown and foreshadowed what fans can expect from Merry Christmas To All!

“Expect the unexpected. I don’t know, darling. …I realized that the best thing I could do is just talk to the fans, be with the fans, sing to the fans, with them, and it’s an inclusive experience,” Carey told Fallon. “It’s so fun. The last time we did Madison Square Garden was pre-COVID [in] 2019. The most fun I ever had doing a show because it snows. I don’t want to give it away. I don’t want to give it away. But it’s festive.”

After Monroe’s surprise appearance in Toronto, one can only imagine what Carey will do at MSG.

The New York Giants had a very bad start to their divisional showdown with the Philadelphia Eagles on Sunday, falling behind 14-0 early in the second quarter. New York’s offense had nothing for the Eagles defense, and when they trotted out the special teams unit for their third punt of the game, disaster struck for punter Jamie Gillian when he just dropped the football and then panicked and kicked it off the ground.

What was already a disaster got even worse when they were flagged for an illegal punt. It turns out drop kicks aren’t a legal way to punt the ball and it was ruled a fumble at the Giants 43 with a 10 yard penalty giving Jalen Hurts and the Eagles the ball on the plus-33. On the first play after that catastrophic punt attempt, Hurts found AJ Brown for his third touchdown pass of the first half, putting Philly up 21-0 for what felt like the nail in the coffin early in the Meadowlands.

However, the Eagles couldn’t help but have their own punting mishap, as they had a punt blocked in their own end zone, with punter Arryn Siposs scooping it up and trying to run it for a first down, only to get absolutely cracked short of the sticks.

The Giants turned that into a touchdown to make it 21-7 and keep slim hopes alive of a comeback and prevent the Eagles from completely running away with the game in the first half.

With the help of over 26 million followers and one of the top songs on the social media platform this year, Lizzo has become the undisputed “Queen of TikTok.” Lizzo has been named the No. 1 music artist on TikTok this year, based on total video views, Variety reports. Her hit single, “About Damn Time,” was the app’s fourth-highest trending song this year.

The pop singer’s instructional dance video for the hit song was the seventh-highest trending video in 2022. Lizzo has also been named the app’s fifth-highest-viewed artist globally.

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Joining Lizzo is other commercial juggernauts such as Bella Poarch, who came in second, Bad Bunny (No. 3), Charlie Puth (No. 4), and Doja Cat, who rounded out the top five. Selena Gomez, Billie Eilish, and Meghan Trainor were also included in the top 10 trending artists of 2022.

Here are the Top 10 TikTok Top Artists 2022 in the US:

1. Lizzo
2. Bella Poarch
3. Bad Bunny
4. Charlie Puth
5. Doja Cat
6. Selena Gomez
7. Nessa Barrett
8. Yung Gravy
9. Bille Eilish
10. Meghan Trainor

“We’re honored to celebrate our global community who shaped this year’s trends, shared new ideas, learned from one another, and turned their passions into careers and livelihoods throughout 2022,” TikTok chief operating officer Vanessa Pappas said in a recent statement, per Variety.

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

Patti LaBelle had a “magical” time honoring Gladys Knight at the 45th Annual Kennedy Center Honors last Sunday, and she hoped to keep that vibe going for her An Evening Of Holiday & Hits concert at Milwaukee’s Riverside Theater on Saturday night. Alas, the evening was cut short.

According to The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel and Page Six, a bomb threat caused security personnel to interrupt LaBelle on stage as she was conversing with an audience member, who was there to celebrate her 70th birthday. Milwaukee Police Captain Warren E. Allen Jr. emailed the Sentinel that “all patrons have been safely evacuated,” “no explosive devices were discovered,” and “there is no threat to the public at this time.” He also noted that an investigation into the threat is ongoing.

“Tonight’s [Patti LaBelle] show at the Riverside Theater has been postponed following a bomb threat investigated by the Milwaukee Police Department,” Pabst Theater Group tweeted. “We are thankful for the efforts of the Milwaukee Police Department and our customers and staff for their safe and orderly exit.” Another tweet clarified, “We are working with the artist to reschedule the show.”

Scott Pierce, who was in attendance, told the Sentinel, “It happened so quickly. Everybody very calmly exited the theater in a disbelieving manner. I heard lots of comments about how sad it was that someone would pull such a pathetic stunt. … Before the incident the crowd was really enjoying Patti. Just sad that someone does this.”

Steve Martin and Martin Short go way back. Only Murders in the Building is only their most recent collaboration. You may recall Three Amigos!, but did you know they were both voices in 1998’s Prince of Egypt? They were also sparring partners in one of the ‘90s more beloved comedies, Father of the Bride (and its less beloved sequel). When the pair teamed up to host this weekend’s SNL, they made sure to dust that one off.

The sketch isn’t just a sequel to the 1991 hit. It was the eightquel. Father of the Bride Part 8 finds Martin aghast that his beloved daughter (played by Heidi Gardner) is getting married for the seventh time. He points out she’s too old to once again bankrupt her parents with another lavish wedding, overseen once again by Martin Short’s unplaceably accented Franck (with Bowen Yang filling in for B.D. Wong’s assistant).

There’s also Chloe Fineman doing a spastic take on Diane Keaton, as well as two surprises: Kieran Culkin, who you might forget played the young son and who swings by to talk about fasting for his colonoscopy; and Selena Gomez as herself, making her second appearance of the night.

You can watch the sketch in the video above.

Diddy’s recent baby announcement has seemed to catch us all off guard, even his rumored girlfriend, City Girls rapper Yung Miami. Now fans wonder if she will address the mogul’s recent declaration on her Caresha Please podcast.

The Harlem multi-hyphenate shocked the world yesterday (December 10) with the news that he had fathered a baby girl named Love Sean Combs, his seventh child.

“I’m so blessed to welcome my baby girl Love Sean Combs to the world. Mama Combs, Quincy, Justin, Christian, Chance, D’Lila, Jessie, and myself all love you so much! God is the Greatest!” the 53-year-old billionaire tweeted.

However, the mother of the bundle of joy has yet to be revealed. The news has prompted fans to ask Yung Miami, the mogul’s rumored girlfriend, how she felt about Diddy’s baby news.

“@YungMiami305 you might be the next guest on caresha please because we need answers,” one fan tweeted, to which Yung Miami responded with the eyes emoji.

The “Jobs” rapper then posted a photo of Terri Leann and her fiancé, the famous couple from the viral video that was shared on social media last year, where Leann can be seen confronting her neighbors about making fun of someone.

TMZ reports that Diddy’s daughter was born this past October, and her name was inspired by the mogul’s recent name change to “Love.” While it’s unclear if Miami is the child’s mother, it seems very unlikely.

Miami has also been open about the status of her and Diddy’s relationship, noting that they date people outside of each other.

“He see other people outside of me and I see people outside of him,” Miami told XXL this past September. “I’m young. I’m dating. I’m, you know, having fun. I’m doing me. He’s doing the same thing. I can’t speak for exactly what he doing or who he seeing, but we single and we dating.”

The 17th season of Variety‘s “Actors On Actors” series has already included the likes of Viola Davis and Jennifer Lawrence and has fans impatiently awaiting the episode with Joe Alwyn and Paul Mescal. The latest installment dropped on Sunday, featuring Austin Butler with Janelle Monáe. The crux of the conversation was Butler’s leading man turn in Elvis and Monáe’s standout performance in Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery. But there was room for Butler to make an endearing admission.

At one point Butler asked Monáe about their upbringing in the Baptist church, and Monáe noted they appreciated that Elvis made clear that its titular icon borrowed heavily from Black artists. Butler then shared that he went with director Baz Luhrmann to a Nashville church after he was cast to observe gospel singers, which taught him about “what movement means in music when you can’t help but move because your spirit is being moved.”

“I’ve only had a couple moments before filming Elvis where I danced in public because I was very, very shy. I’d always be a wallflower at party,” Butler told Monáe. “One of them was at that gospel church, and another was at one of your shows. You moved me in such a way that I couldn’t help but move. [I was with] some of my friends, they said, ‘Austin, I didn’t know you could dance.’”

He continued, “But you were up on stage and I was in the audience, and I just couldn’t help but dance. It was so beautiful.”

Monáe was visibly flattered and asked which of their shows Butler had attended. After coyly calling Coachella “the music festival that shan’t be named,” Butler said it was Coachella and recalled, “I danced and danced and danced. I couldn’t stop.”

Monáe played Coachella’s main stage in 2019 as part of their Dirty Computer Tour. The acclaimed set featured a twerk-off with Lizzo.

Watch Butler and Monáe’s full “Actors On Actors” above and see outtakes below.

It was yet another roller coaster of a week, with news good and bad. The good: Herschel Walker lost the Georgia runoff, the same-sex and interracial marriage is set to be protected by law, and WNBA star Brittney Griner was released from a Russian prison. The not so good: Kyrsten Sinema left the Democratic Party and a certain former president, who could very well return to office, suggested terminating the Constitution. For their latest Weekend Update, SNL made sure to cover it all.

First up was Sinema, the wishy-washy senator who is now a registered Independent. “Explained Sinema, ‘Pay attention to me,’” joked co-host Colin Jost, suggesting that she mostly does things just to get a response.

Michael Che had multiple jokes about Herschel Walker, including addressing his Senate loss. “I don’t think this is the last you’ll hear from Herschel Walker, I mean unless he’s your biological father,” he cracked.

Che returned to Walker during a bit about the 45th president. “Trump plans to terminate the Constitution by asking Herschel Walker to drive it to the clinic,” he said.

Colin Jost also brought up Samuel Alito, one of the Supreme Court justices overseeing a case about a website designer who wanted to deny service to a same-sex couple. During oral arguments, Alito brought up a hypothetical involving a Black department store Santa Claus being forced to take a picture with a child in KKK garb. “Alito added that he’d love an answer before he takes his grandkids to the mall next week,” he joked.

You can watch the segment in the video above.