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On March 25, Foo Fighters were supposed to perform a concert in Bogotá, Colombia. However, shortly before the band was set to go on, Taylor Hawkins died. Chic was enlisted as the opening act for that show, and now the band’s Nile Rodgers remembers being told about Hawkins’ passing just before he was going to take the stage.

CBS Mornings got some backstage interviews with artists who performed at the Hawkins tribute concert in London this past weekend and Rodgers said of learning about Hawkins’ death, “We could feel that something was wrong. So my stage manager pulls me aside and said, ‘Taylor has passed away.’ So this was our best way of making it up and our best way of saying to Taylor, ‘Goodbye, we love you,’ and to Dave [Grohl], who I adore.”

He also said of Hawkins, “There are those few drummers who really can sing and play and they’re really in the pocket, and Taylor had that vibe. He had a lot of personality coming from him.”

At the tribute concert, Rodgers was one of the first performers, taking the stage right after Liam Gallagher opened the show, joining Foo Fighters for a couple of Oasis songs. Rodgers, Chris Chaney, and Omar Hakim performed two David Bowie covers: “Let’s Dance” with John Homme and “Modern Love” with Gaz Coombes.

Check out the CBS Mornings segment above.

For various reasons, Kanye West is currently feuding with Adidas. Azealia Banks has some thoughts on this and they’re not favorable towards West.

In a series of Instagram Story posts shared last night, Banks says she’s “kind of nauseated by all this name dropping” and accused West of being a culture vulture, writing, “u dead ass stole ur whole interest in fashion from Dee & Ricky. U tried stealing death grips sound and failed miserably… U brought a stolen render of an airplane to the Oval Office. Crackheads had leather jogging pants in 1981. If everyone can just *steal* ur sh*t Maybe it’s time to realize you don’t really HAVE anything. Addidas wasn’t going to make u billionaire and not keep rights to the name of the shoe. Just be realistic and stop trying to paint the white people you traded out plenty of black investors for — for your obsession with white approval.”

She then addressed West’s wealth, continuing:

“Real rich people want no one to know they have money. They’re not interested in fame or celebrity. You’re gonna f*ck around and lose it all again. And let me guess, blame that on racism too? Everytime u wanna brag about being the richest black man in other black mens faces, remember they you will never be the richest MAN , because ur still black [crying laughing emoji]. For every Kanye billionaire west there are 30 richer white billionaires who made their fortunes designing the traps u walk right into.”

Banks also attests that Ye has treated Teyana Taylor poorly, writing, “Please Stop riding white dick and use the same power u used to get that white girl Lana an h&m campaign on Teyana and make her a wealthy black woman? Teyana was ur little boo for a second and she was 19. You made ALOT of promises to that girl but all you’ve done is think I care about ‘fade’ a beat u sent me in 2012 that I told u fierce was better than. When you can be open to urself about how u f*cked teyana over via contract just because Kim was jealous. You will realize that you’ve been so busy criticizing women and STEALING ART FROM EVERYONE, bullying your own daughter… That u deserve to be stolen from.”

In another Story shared hours later, she added, “Rap dudes will always band together in stupidity. As if anyone in the world will boycott adidas because group of men who can’t stop calling themselves ’n****s’ say so. No one boycotted RZA for letting a white dude spit on me, you all actually boycotted me for being a victim! Lol Black women should never stand in solidarity with men who go out of their ways to disrespect black women. If anything it’s great they want to boycott… adidas should replace Kanye with a black female designer. The fact this n**** whines SO much like a damn wet cat is enough to deem all Kanye west fashion projects f*cking lame. Who wants to dress like a crybaby who hasn’t had a hot song in over ten years?”

Find Banks’ posts below.

The fact that Kanye knew since 2018 that addidas took the name ‘Yeezy.’ I know this because when I designed all that sh*t I had to call it ‘yzy’ And is crying now is a beg. I have been begging him to read books since 2011. He refuses.

I’m also really kind of nauseated by all this name dropping. Big deal kanye I know that guys at Anderson Horowitz too can you Please Stop riding white dick and use the same power u used to get that white girl Lana an h&m campaign on Teyana and make her a wealthy black woman?

Teyana was ur little boo for a second and she was 19. You made ALOT of promises to that girl but all you’ve done is think I care about ‘fade’ a beat u sent me in 2012 that I told u fierce was better than.

When you can be open to urself about how u f*cked teyana over via contract just because Kim was jealous. You will realize that you’ve been so busy criticizing women and STEALING ART FROM EVERYONE, bullying your own daughter… That u deserve to be stolen from.

Like u dead ass stole ur whole interest in fashion from Dee & Ricky. U tried stealing death grips sound and failed miserably… U brought a stolen render of an airplane to the Oval Office. Crackheads had leather jogging pants in 1981. If everyone can just *steal* ur sh*t Maybe it’s time to realize you don’t really HAVE anything.

Addidas wasn’t going to make u billionaire and not keep rights to the name of the shoe. Just be realistic and stop trying to paint the white people you traded out plenty of black investors for — for your obsession with white approval.

Real rich people want no one to know they have money. They’re not interested in fame or celebrity. You’re gonna f*ck around and lose it all again. And let me guess, blame that on racism too?

Everytime u wanna brag about being the richest black man in other black mens faces, remember they you will never be the richest MAN , because ur still black [crying laughing emoji]. For every Kanye billionaire west there are 30 richer white billionaires who made their fortunes designing the traps u walk right into.

I also hope you know how insignificant your fortune is on a cultural level : a black man selling sneakers ……. None of the white n****s u dick ride think that is the fortune. It’s a stereotype beyond measure.

You must know, that EVERYTHING is Kanye’s fault.

Like u went bankrupt after watch the throne tour because Jayz had Versace towels and (quite enjoyable — I must say) spread of foods/drinks/merch decor in his green room. While u had chicken bones, empty bottles of henny and variety boxes of wise chips from Costco in ur green room.

You bought a dope fiend AND A DUDE a birkin before I’ve even seen teyana post some flowers from you on her damn birthday. Like you spent teyana’s pr/video budgets on hanging out with a white girl who literally turned around and was proud for ‘hustling you for a USED bag, a wet n wild eyeliner and a hot plate of food,’ [crying laughing emojis].”

“Rap dudes will always band together in stupidity. As if anyone in the world will boycott adidas because group of men who can’t stop calling themselves ’n****s’ say so. No one boycotted RZA for letting a white dude spit on me, you all actually boycotted me for being a victim! Lol Black women should never stand in solidarity with men who go out of their ways to disrespect black women. If anything it’s great they want to boycott… adidas should replace Kanye with a black female designer The fact this n**** whines SO much like a damn wet cat is enough to deem all Kanye west fashion projects f*cking lame. Who wants to dress like a crybaby who hasn’t had a hot song in over ten years?”

For the second time in three years, the Las Vegas Aces will play for a WNBA championship. After winning the Commissioner’s Cup back in July, the Aces are now in a position to take home their second trophy this season after going into Seattle and beating the Storm, 97-92, in what will go down as the final game of Sue Bird’s legendary career.

The Aces looked like they were ready to punch their ticket to the Finals, scoring the game’s first six points without much resistance. This opening punch woke the Storm up, though, as the team was able to rip off a 17-3 run in the immediate aftermath, thanks in large part to the play of Breanna Stewart. The two-time WNBA Finals MVP went for 13 points on 5-for-6 shooting and caught fire by hitting all three of her attempts from deep.

Still, Seattle was only able to take a 23-29 lead into the second quarter, with Kelsey Plum’s 10 points helping to fend off the barrage from Stewart.

Stewart didn’t exactly slow down in the second quarter. She continued to get herself look after look, attacking the Aces defense whenever she got the opportunity and making them pay. By the time the two teams went into the locker room for halftime, Stewart led all scorers with 26 points on 9-for-12 shooting with all five her her attempts from three being successful.

A pair of issues for Seattle, however, were the team’s inability to get anyone beyond Steward and Jewell Loyd (12 points, 4-for-6 shooting) going from the field — every other player on the Storm combined to score nine points. They also struggled mightily from the charity stripe, connecting on only seven of their 12 free throw attempts. All that mixed with some balanced scoring and hot shooting from the field by the Aces — the team shot 19-for-34 (55.9 percent) and 5-for-11 (45.5 percent) from three — meant the home team only took a 47-44 lead into the half.

It did not take long for that lead to disappear. The Aces were brilliant on both ends of the floor in the third, and after taking the lead on a Chelsea Gray three a little more than two minutes into the period, it became awfully hard for Seattle to get it back. Gray was relentless in the third, scoring nine points and picking up a pair of assists, all while making the Storm defense look uncomfortable as the team went up, 66-59 after three.

With the season and Bird’s career both on the line, Seattle made several pushes and kept coming within one possession, but each time, Las Vegas had an answer, like this insane shot Gray hit to beat the shot clock.

And then, the breakthrough came with less than three minutes left in the game. Gabby Williams went up for a layup with the Storm down by two, made it, and got fouled by A’ja Wilson, which sent her to the line. She’d go on to convert … right before Jackie Young came right back down for the Aces and converted an and-one of her own.

The teams continued to trade buckets down the stretch, and as she’s done all postseason long, Gray took her game to another level. After she buried a three, Las Vegas forced a miss, got the ball into her hands, let her go to work, and saw their faith paid off.

Gray led the way for the Aces with 31 points, 10 rebounds, and six assists, while Wilson pitched in 23 points, 13 rebounds, and three blocks. Young’s 18 points and Plum’s 15 rounded things out for the team. The 1-2 punch of Stewart (42 points, seven rebounds, three blocks) and Loyd (29 points) nearly got Seattle across the finish line, but ultimately, it just was not enough. Bird, in her final game, had eight points and eight assists.

Las Vegas will now wait to see if they’ll take on the Connecticut Sun or the Chicago Sky, the latter of whom they beat to win the Commissioner’s Cup, in the WNBA Finals. Those two teams played earlier in the evening and will need a Game 5 to determine who moves on — that game will take place on Thursday night in Chicago at 8 p.m. ET on ESPN2.

Earlier this year, 2nd Grade — the goup consisting of members from Remember Sports, Free Cake For Every Creature, and Friendship — reissued their mixtape Wish You Were Here Tour. The band is already back with more material; they’re set to unveil their album Easy Listening later this month, and the jangly new single “Me & My Blue Angels” is out today.

“I wrote ‘Me & My Blue Angels’ about my band, but really it goes out to anyone who you trust 100% to have your back when the sh*t hits the fan,” said bandleader Peter Gill in a statement. “As a kid I would go to the air show in Brunswick, Maine and be awed by the sights and sounds of stunt planes overhead performing dangerous aerial fugues in tight formation. The melody and overall composition here are meant to emulate the force, grace, grandiosity, and technical precision of the Blue Angels’ flight paths.”

Though the song starts off with dark, deep chords, it immediately leads into a light, colorful sonic landscape. Gill’s vocals are optimistic and soft. At less than three minutes, the song doesn’t overstay its welcome. It is, in fact, easy listening. Check it out below.

Easy Listening is out 9/30 via Double Double Whammy. Pre-order it here.

Danny DeVito was suitably freaked out this summer when the right-leaning, Trump-heavy Supreme Court upended a flurry of human rights. Now it’s the GOP’s turn to be freaked out by DeVito. On Monday, a Republican congressman had a complete meltdown over the actor and filmmaker’s latest show. Why? Because it’s about the devil.

Mike Johnson, a representative from Louisiana, took to Facebook to denounce Little Demon, the new FXX animated sitcom about a women (Aubrey Plaza) who was impregnated by Satan himself (DeVito) and gave birth to a daughter who happens to be the Antichrist (Lucy DeVito, his actual daughter). It’s a family affair and isn’t that heartwarming? But Johnson didn’t think so.

The lawmaker was casually watching a college football game Sunday night when he caught the trailer for the show. Yep, it was just a trailer. But that was enough to ruin his entire evening.

“I couldn’t get to the remote fast enough to shield my 11-year-old from the preview, and I wonder how many other children were exposed to it—and how many millions more will tune in to the new series, owned and marketed by DISNEY,” Johnson fumed in a lengthy post. “The trailer included dark images of Hell, demons, and satanic imagery, and an explanation that the main character is… the Antichrist(!).”

Johnson concluded that “Disney and FX have decided to embrace and market what is clearly evil.” He then quoted the Book of Peter.

Danny DeVito himself had a similarly intense reaction to the pilot itself, although his take was decidedly more positive. He spent the premiere live-tweeting it, which led to much confusion, although his tweets might be even better out-of-context. Between that and an easily wigged-out member of the party whose fearless leader might be going to jail, this is some great free advertising for what sounds like a fun new show.

(Via HuffPost)

Sunday evening’s matchup between the Florida State Seminoles and LSU Tigers in New Orleans provided a wild amount of entertainment for both die-hard and more casual college football observers. The game featured an utterly ludicrous finish, with Florida State fumbling the ball near the goal line, LSU completing a 99-yard drive to score at the buzzer, and the Tigers missing a game-tying extra point attempt to lose in epic fashion. Following the game, much was made of a prominent win for Florida State, but perhaps more attention was paid to LSU’s defeat in head coach Brian Kelly’s debut on the sideline.

That leads to yet another bizarre moment in Kelly’s early tenure, which occurred during a press conference on Tuesday. Kelly prodded a member of the media for arriving late to the press conference, and that member of the media corps pushed back with a quip about how she would perhaps be more likely be on time if LSU won.

The reporter was later identified as Leah Vann of The Advocate, who later let Kelly off the hook to some degree by sharing that she apologized and he was “super chill” in response.

Even in the moment, Kelly did not blow up after Vann’s comment and, to put it candidly, it would not be difficult to form a list of college football coaches who might have been more prickly in the face of that remark from a reporter. At the same time, it’s another weird moment surrounding Kelly, who famously used a bizarre southern accent after being hired in Baton Rouge, and the questions about his cultural fit with LSU likely won’t be dying down any time soon.

The Connecticut Sun set a positive tone in the WNBA Semifinals, toppling the Chicago Sky on the road in Game 1. However, Connecticut lost the next two games, including a home tilt in Game 3. That mini-skid left the Sun one game away from potential elimination.

On Tuesday evening, the Sun responded in kind, zooming to a double-digit lead in the early going and holding off the Sky for a 104-80 victory that set up a Game 5 in Chicago. The Sky took control immediately, using a 22-6 opening run that included eight straight points. Chicago turned the ball over four times in the first five minutes, with Connecticut making nine of its first 14 shots from the floor.

Connecticut’s 16-point lead was slashed to a 30-22 margin by the end of the first quarter, and it felt as if Chicago may be leveling the playing field after the early barrage. Between quarters, Sky standout Kahleah Cooper expressed frustration, and almost bewilderment, about the slow start with the opportunity to advance to the WNBA Finals.

Alyssa Thomas was a huge factor for the Sun in the early going, scoring 11 points and grabbing six rebounds in the opening period, but the Sky managed to cut the deficit to as few as five points at 38-33. Almost on cue, Connecticut used a 10-2 run to break away and, after a brief period of stabilization by Chicago, the Sun closed the first half on another 10-3 run that was punctuated by a buzzer-beater from DiJonai Carrington to give the Sun a 17-point halftime lead.

Connecticut shot 59.5 percent from the floor in the first half, and the team’s defense forced nine turnovers that led directly to 14 points. While the margin was not insurmountable for the visiting Sky, the big run necessary to close the gap never materialized. Chicago was unable to mount a push early in the third quarter, and a late-quarter flurry pushed Connecticut into an even more favorable position.

In the final seconds of the third quarter, DeWanna Bonner buried a three-pointer with two seconds remaining and Odyssey Sims ended the quarter with a steal and a bucket before the buzzer to put Connecticut up by 22 points.

From there, the Sun were never again in serious danger, extending the lead to a 93-66 and seemingly slamming the door for good. With Candace Parker returning to the game, the Sky produced a run of 11 consecutive points, forcing Connecticut into a timeout with fewer than five minutes remaining. The home team immediately converted a three-pointer on the first possession, though, and that quieted any remaining murmurs of a potential comeback.

It was a balanced and impressive effort from the Sun on both ends of the floor. Connecticut flummoxed Chicago on the defensive end, forcing 15 turnovers and holding the Sky to only three offensive rebounds. On offense, the Sun shot 57 percent from the floor and 16-for-20 at the free throw line, with seven players scoring at least nine points each.

For the Sky, the message will likely be to forget this game and, in particular, the lopsided margin. Chicago hosts Game 5 on Thursday, and that home-court advantage could prove useful on the biggest stage. Still, Connecticut likely gained confidence with this complete performance in a must-win spot, and all eyes will be on the series finale with a trip to the WNBA Finals on the line in less than 48 hours.

People have been speculating for a while about whether Adele is engaged to super-agent Rich Paul, who she’s been dating for a little over a year. They first appeared together in the public eye last July while sitting courtside for the 2021 NBA Finals. In May of this year, she revealed that the two of them moved in together. Today, she posted some photos on Instagram, and one caught fans’ eyes and have them wondering if she and Paul are secretly married.

After posting some selfies with her new Emmy award, she included a picture of the award itself. In the background, one can see a customized game of Rummikub with a label that reads “The Paul’s.” It caused conversation about the state of their relationship to be stirred up again, with many excitedly jumping to conclusions. One user commented: “‘The Paul’s’ is you married?!”, which got likes from many other curious fans dying to know the truth.

When asked last month if she was married, Adele repeatedly said insisted she wasn’t engaged. Instead she said, “I’m just in loooove! I’m happy as I’ll ever be. I might as well be married.” In another conversation with the journalist, she gave a more straightforward answer: “I’m not engaged,” she said. “I just love high-end jewelry, boy!”

I’m going to take a risk here and assume that, unless you’re brand new to this planet, you’ve heard of Serena Williams. It’s almost impossible to believe that there was ever a time that people didn’t know who she was, and thanks to this unearthed video, we can see that, even at age nine, the world was starting to know her name. In a 1991 video posted by CNN, 9-year-old Williams is interviewed along with her father, Richard Williams, and she mentions her dream to become No. 1 on the junior tennis circuit.

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Little did Williams know, her dreams of being No. 1 would surpass junior tennis and take her on to win so many titles that the tennis star may have to Google herself to be able to name them all. During the interview with CNN, Richard Williams reveals that Serena and her older sister, Venus, had already been offered multi-million dollar contracts but the family refused to sign—although not for reasons one may think, like wanting more money or being unhappy with working conditions. Richard Williams tells CNN they didn’t sign because, “If we accept all of these millions of dollars that people are offering us, we won’t have little girls no more. We’ll have a business. And they’re too young to be a business.”

With Williams announcing her retirement before emotionally completing her last matches amid standing ovations and tears from fans, it feels fitting for CNN to pull this out of the vault. Seeing a pint-sized Williams dream big as a little girl in Compton, California, and witnessing her career evolution, this video clip is bound to bring a smile to your face.

Check it out below:

People have been speculating for a while about whether Adele is engaged to super-agent Rich Paul, who she’s been dating for a little over a year. They first appeared together in the public eye last July while sitting courtside for the 2021 NBA Finals. In May of this year, she revealed that the two of them moved in together. Today, she posted some photos on Instagram, and one caught fans’ eyes.

After posting some selfies with her new Emmy award, she included a picture of the award itself. In the background, one can see a customized game of Rummikub with a label that reads “The Paul’s.” It caused conversation about the state of their relationship to be stirred up again, with many excitedly jumping to conclusions. One user commented: “‘The Paul’s’ is you married?!”, which got likes from many other curious fans dying to know the truth.

When asked last month if she was married, Adele repeatedly said insisted she wasn’t engaged. Instead she said, “I’m just in loooove! I’m happy as I’ll ever be. I might as well be married.” In another conversation with the journalist, she gave a more straightforward answer: “I’m not engaged,” she said. “I just love high-end jewelry, boy!”