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Sabrina Carpenter launched the Short N’ Sweet Tour recently, and an immediate takeaway is that it appears she’s done doing her famous “Nonsense” outros, which saw her creating new lyrics for the song to suit the current situation.

At the opening show of the tour, right before the “Nonsense” outro was supposed to begin, the video screen behind Carpenter intentionally glitched out, and behind her, an on-screen message read, “We apologize for the interruption of our program due to technical difficulties.” Check out a video of that here.

Some saw that as Carpenter retiring the outros, and now she has confirmed it herself. This doesn’t mean she’ll never do a “Nonsense” outro again, though.

In a new interview with Time, Carpenter said, “The extreme ‘it’s over forever’ is just not in my repertoire. Maybe I’ll feel random one day and bring it back. [But] that was for that album, for that era. You’ve got to keep a thing good.”

The interview is attached to Carpenter being named to the “Time100 Next” list, which recognizes a hundred “emerging leaders from across the world who are shaping the future.” Not only did Carpenter make the list, but she’s actually on one of the versions of the magazine cover.

Sydney Sweeney has numerous projects on the horizon, including the next season of Euphoria and a Barbarella revamp, but she made a rare move by taking the summer off after holding a busy schedule for years. What did she do? Well, she made sure to visit theme parks for recreation, but she was also no doubt working out like a mofo.

Pumping some iron and hitting boxing drills are key to Sweeney’s “jacked” preparation to return to the true crime realm with a biopic that chronicles the rise and turmoil experienced by prizefighter Christy Martin, the boxer who was dubbed “Female Rocky” boxer and ruled the 1990s welterweight circuit. Let’s also get in fighting shape by punching in on what we can expect.

Cast

Sweeney has been confirmed for the leading role since May, and this week, a Black Bear Pictures press release added several names to the roster, including Ben Foster, Ethan Embry, Merritt Wever, Jess Gabor, and Chad L. Coleman. The studio hasn’t clarified who will portray Christy’s abusive (and attempted murderer) husband, Jim Martin, though that role will likely go to Foster or Emery. Coleman could be onboard to portray Don King, who counted Christy as his first female signee, but that hasn’t been confirmed yet.

A particular name of interest, however: Katy O’Brian, who recently told UPROXX that nobody kicks her ass and who hulked out (if you know, you know) in A24’s queer thriller Love Lies Bleeding. Will Katy and Sydney face off in the ring? It’s hard to imagine Katy being cast within or signing up for a boxing biopic in which she doesn’t don the gloves, but stay tuned there.

Plot

Christy Martin’s life story is a harrowing one, and the film’s working title, Apopka, refers to the Florida city where she endured a toxic marriage with her also-manager, Jim Martin, who shot her in 2010 when she tried to leave their marriage. This came after years of escalating emotional and physical abuse, and Jim is currently serving a 25-year prison sentence. ESPN previously published an incredibly graphic account of Christy’s injuries and recovery from her injuries, along with her foresight to leave a few drops of blood on “an obscured section of the wall” as proof that the abuse had been ongoing if she ever needed that documentation (and she did).

The film is currently filming with helmer David Michôd (War Machine, Hesher) having decided that Sweeney was the woman for the gig after watching her as a defendant in HBO’s Reality. He also co-wrote the script (with Mirrah Foulkes) and told Deadline about the framing of this biopic:

“The film is about Christy as a young gay woman in small-town West Virginia in the 1990s. She came from a relatively conservative family and wasn’t allowed to be who she was so she used boxing as a vehicle to express herself and her rage. She had to make some dangerous and fundamental compromises in her life, the most important of which was marrying an incredibly dangerous man.”

As for Sweeney’s approach, she told Deadline that this is right up her alley: “I grappled and did kickboxing from 12-19 years old. I’ve been itching to get back into the ring, train, and transform my body.” She did add, however, that this will be both a “physically and emotionally demanding” job because “Christy’s story isn’t a light one.”

Release Date

Filming began in late September and will be finished by the end of the year, so A24 will likely debut this on the festival circuit in 2025.

Trailer

No trailer, but here’s Sweeney talking about the importance of working out because it’s “really fun to be able to kick a guy’s ass.”

Arena rock star Olivia Rodrigo‘s Guts World Tour wraps up on October 22, but it’s not really the end of the tour. For one thing, the “Get Him Back!” singer is headlining a few Lollapalooza festival shows in 2025. Rodrigo has also announced that a Guts World Tour concert special is coming to Netflix on October 29.

“I am so excited to share the Guts World Tour with my fans,” she said. “For those of you who didn’t get a chance to rock out in-person, now you can have the best seats in the house! And to the fans who cheered, screamed, and danced with me, I am so glad we get to do it all over again!”

The concert was filmed at the Intuit Dome in Los Angeles (here’s the setlist), and will feature songs from both Guts and her 2021 debut album Sour.

Previously, Rodrigo spoke to Complex about touring. “The vibes are great. It’s my first arena tour, so going into it, I was really excited and a little nervous, but it’s been so amazing,” she said. “It’s been so cool getting to go to all these places that I’ve never been before and play these songs that I’ve been living with for so long. It’s been a really great time.” Rodrigo added that her favorite song to perform live is “All-American B*tch.”

To find out more about Olivia Rodrigo: Guts World Tour, click here.

Lady Gaga is engaged, and given her theatrical flair, one can start to imagine the opulent sort of wedding she might have. That could be the case, but she also might just head to the courthouse and get it over with.

Gaga discussed this on Jimmy Kimmel Live! yesterday, saying, “We actually talk a lot about just going to a courthouse, just the two of us, and ordering Chinese food [laughs]. But knowing me, also, it could become like a circus with unicorns.”

She also spoke about Michael Polansky’s proposal, saying, “He proposed to me right after my birthday, so my birthday passed and I was like, ‘Oh, I thought he was going to propose.’ We went on a trip together, and we went rock climbing, and we’ve been rock climbing before, which was super fun.”

She continued, “We climbed to the top, we looked around, took some photos, and then went back down, and we were just walking back to the room, and he actually — it was very Michael — he asked me if he could ask me. He wanted to know if it was OK to propose before he proposed. And I was like, ‘Yes, it’s so okay.’”

Kimmel wondered why Polansky didn’t propose at the top of their climb and Gaga responded, “I think it was smart. It was safe. He had the ring in his backpack, so it was super cute.”

Check out the full interview above.

The guy who smashed a Taylor Swift-signed guitar (that wasn’t actually signed by her) with a hammer has explained his now-viral stunt.

Gary Estes, 67, who paid $4,000 for the instrument at the Ellis County Wild Game Dinner in Waxahachie, Texas (not Waxahatchee), told NBC News, “There was nothing malicious or anything about it. It was just a joke at an auction that we had to raise money for kids, right? And that’s all it was. There was nothing mean about it, nothing bad about it. It was just a joke that they were making up on the stage, and we just followed through with a joke.”

However, Estes also said that he’s a Donald Trump supporter and didn’t enjoy “childless cat lady” Swift’s endorsement of Kamala Harris. “Yes, you can connect the dots there,” he added.

Ellis County Wild Game Dinner spokesperson Craig Meier called the guitar smashing “a funny, light-hearted thing.” He continued, “I know maybe it seemed to be malicious, but everybody was laughing. There were people there, at the time, who joked around that he’s mad because he doesn’t know how to play the guitar. Taylor Swift, it became a political thing, and that was kind of the gist of it, just a light-hearted bit of a dig at Taylor for coming out politically and entertainers using their influence to influence politics.”

If you want to own a random, very dumb piece of history, the guitar is for sale on eBay.

In case you missed it: On The Tonight Show last week, Margaret Qualley shared a text exchange between husband Jack Antonoff and Adam Sandler. In the conversation, Sandler asked if Qualley plays golf, and Antonoff lied and said she does, in order to help her secure a role in the upcoming Happy Gilmore sequel.

Sandler wrote, “Jacko. It’s Sandler. Does your wife golf at all?” Antonoff replied, “yeah she’s actually good!”

Well, sure enough, Antonoff was one of Jimmy Fallon’s guests last night (October 1), and Fallon asked about the fib. Antonoff explained:

“I get the text, and he’s — obviously, as you know — the greatest. He taught an entire generation of people how to be funny in a very specific way. He really did.

I also think he’s a brilliant songwriter. “Grow Old With You” [from The Wedding Singer] is one of the most brilliant love songs. The song he wrote for Chris Farley is as good as a song can get. And then in his new special, there’s a song at the end where he writes about many comedians, and I think he writes so straight from the heart. I love his songwriting.

But I get that text, and immediately I’m like, ‘Oh my god, what’s happening here?’ So I’m just like, ‘Oh yeah, she golfs. She’s the best. You want her to be the best? She’s the best.’”

Check out the interview above.

Hip-hop’s legendary trio Fugees are no stranger to internal conflict. However, lately members Lauryn Hill, Wyclef Jean, and Pras Michel appeared to on good terms.

Well, that was until Lauryn Hill’s The Miseducation Anniversary Tour with Fugees was abruptly cancelled. Now, Pras Michel filed a lawsuit against Miss Hill and in it are several interesting accusations.

Continue below for more details.

Were Lauryn Hill And Wyclef Jean Ever Married?

According to supposed paperwork (viewable here) linked to Pras Michel, the answer is yes. But nothing to substantiate this claim has been found. In the alleged lawsuit documents against Hill, he Pras identified Wyclef as Hill’s “former husband.”

Read the passage from the supposed filing below.

With the walls closing in on Michel by mid-2023, Hill saw an opportunity and swooped in to purportedly ‘save the day’ for Michel, enlisting the unwitting aide of her former husband, Wyclef, to put together a Fugees tour for the second half of 2023 using independent live music concert promoter Mammoth, Inc.

Although Wyclef Jean claimed he dated Miss Hill within his 2012 autobiography, Purpose, he never mentioned being legally married to her.

For 13 years, Lauryn Hill was in a relationship with Rohan Marley, whom she shares five children Zion David, Selah, Joshua Omaru (better known as YG Marley), John Nesta, and Sara. The two reportedly ended things in 2009.

Wyclef, on the other hand, has been married to designer Marie Claudinette since 1994. They share one adoptive daughter, Angelina Claudinelle Jean. During the couple’s appearance on OWN’s Behind Every Man, Marie revealed that she never married another person. But Wyclef never mentioned anything similar.

While one WNBA semifinal is trending towards a sweep, the other is guaranteed to go no fewer than four games. After the Connecticut Sun walked into the Target Center during Game 1 of their series against the Minnesota Lynx, all eyes were on whether or not the Sun would return to their building with a chance to pick up a sweep. Instead, behind a stout defensive effort, Minnesota was able to pick up a 77-70 win to tie up the series at one game each.

The two best defenses in the WNBA showed off their ability to put the clamps on their opponents in the first half. It was a low-scoring affair, particularly at the end of the first quarter, when Minnesota held onto a 12-10 lead — neither team scored from the field until the 6:22 mark of the period, when Courtney Williams converted a layup.

While both teams were able to find their footing a bit on the offensive end in the second quarter, neither side let their tenacity slip one bit on defense. By the time the horn went off and sent each team to the locker room for halftime, the Lynx held onto a 36-30 lead, in large part because the Sun especially struggled to score, going 10-for-35 (28.6 percent) from the field and 3-for-11 (27.3 percent) from behind the three-point line.

Right out of the gates in the third quarter, Minnesota looked like it was putting together the run that would carry it to a tied series. The team came roaring out of the halftime locker room, going on a 7-0 run that ignited the crowd at the Target Center and opened up their lead to 13.

It helped Minnesota that Courtney Williams caught fire in the third, as she scored 11 of her 17 points in the frame — including nine in a row for the Lynx at one point. Still, a quick, 7-2 burst at the very end of the third meant that Connecticut kept Minnesota from going into the fourth quarter sitting on a double-digit lead, and instead, the Lynx were up 58-49 heading into the final 10 minutes of the evening.

Once again, a run at the start of the quarter helped Minnesota take control and build up a lead that looked to be insurmountable. Thanks to an 8-2 run at the beginning of the fourth, the Lynx were able to extend their lead to as many as 15 points, which looked like it was going to be more than enough considering the way their defense played.

The lead never got to be fewer than seven points, and on the rare instances when it looked like Connecticut was starting to get something going, Minnesota was able to turn to Williams and co. for a well-timed bucket that kept them from getting any closer.

Williams’ 17 points, five rebounds, and four assists led the way for Minnesota, while Alanna Smith chipped in 15. While Napheesa Collier struggled to score, going for nine points on 3-for-14 shooting, her impact was felt elsewhere, as she had 12 rebounds, five assists, and four blocks. For Connecticut, Alyssa Thomas was as good as ever with 18 points, 10 rebounds, seven assists, and two steals, while DeWanna Bonner (17 points), Marina Mabrey (15 points), and Dijonai Carrington (14 points) all scored in double-figures. Still, as a team, the Sun struggled to figure out Minnesota’s defense, as they went 24-for-66 (36.4 percent) from the field.

With the series evened up, the two teams will now head to Mohegan Sun Arena for Games 3 and 4, as this will officially be the only series in the postseason to this point that is guaranteed to not be a sweep. Game 3 between the Sun and the Lynx will take place on Friday, Oct. 4 at 7:30 p.m. ET on ESPN2.

Earlier this month, the world tragically learned of Rich Homie Quan’s death. The “Spin” rapper passed just shy of his 35th birthday. Even more heartbreaking about Rich Homie Quan’s untimely demise is that he was found unresponsive by his longtime partner.

Now, Rich Homie Quan’s (real name Dequantes Devontay Lamar) caused of death has been revealed. According to TMZ, Rich Homie Quan succumbed to a lethal mixture of drugs.

In documents obtained by the outlet, Georgia’s Fulton County Medical Examiner listed the toxic combination of fentanyl, alprazolam, codeine, and promethazine. Therefore, Rich Homie Quan’s death was ruled an accidental overdose.

Although Rich Homie Quan’s family would rather he still be alive, the report went on to say he didn’t show any “signs of trauma.”

After news of Rich Homie Quan’s death was shared online, his surviving family released a statement to reflect on his legacy. Read the full note below, which was provided to People.

On Thursday, September 5, 2024 the Lamar family lost our beloved son, brother, father and friend. Known to the world as Rich Homie Quan, Dequantes Devontay Lamar was a proud native of the great city of Atlanta, Georgia and represented for the A as he and his music traveled across this globe

While he leaves us with an undeniable hole in our hearts, we are comforted by knowing his music and triumphant spirit lives on. Quan’s legacy will forever be cemented as a soundtrack to our lives. And for this, we are grateful. Celebration of life details will be shared soon. Thank you to everyone for your kind words and support at this difficult time.

The list of allegations Diddy is currently is already quite long. However, it could grow even further. With the disgraced (and currently detained) mogul’s legal team ironing out a defense against for his sex trafficking case, they might need to prepare for additional civil litigation.

According to HuffPost, Diddy could face “at least 120” new sexual assault lawsuits, including 25 underage individuals (the youngest allegedly being 9).

In a statement provided to the outlet, AVA Law Group attorneys Tony Buzbee and Andrew Van Arsdale, claim to represent individuals who were allegedly assaulted by “Diddy (real name Sean Combs) and his associates.”

Buzbee and Van Arsdale claim to have been contacted by “more than 3,000 people” about “possible abuse.” Of those who reach out to the duo, they’ve taken on 120 as clients.

Both attorneys say these alleged victims were also in contact with several law enforcement authorities, including the FBI.

Van Arsdale went on to discuss the reason for the potential influx of filings. “They’re coming forward now because they finally feel a bit safer that he’s behind bars,” he said. “His influence and control over their livelihood and maybe physical health is waning, and so they’re coming forward in the numbers they are.”

Diddy has maintained his innocence against all previous allegations.