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Only Murders in the Building has been a delightful success on Hulu thanks to the chemistry between its all-star cast of Steve Martin, Martin Short, and Selena Gomez. The trio worked so well that, at one point, there was talk of getting them to host the Oscars together. While Martin and Short’s comedic relationship stretches back decades, Gomez is obviously a new addition to their duo. But according to a new interview with Short, her comedic timing was scorching right out of the gate.

While talking to Deadline, Short opened up about the moment that Gomez joined the cast of Only Murders, and what it was like bringing in a much younger star. (Spoiler alert: She burned him good.)

“She’s such a great actress ’cause she pretended to know who we were,” Martin joked before revealing the moment Gomez made him feel his age. “I said, ‘Selena, what did you do when you found out you were working with me?’ And she said, ‘I Googled you.’”

Damn, Selena Gomez. Of course, the interaction was all in good fun, and Only Murders quickly became an audience favorite at Hulu who wasted no time in getting a second season together despite the pandemic. The first season just ended back in October, but Season 2 is already set to start streaming on June 28. That’s one heck of a turnaround.

(Via Deadline Hollywood on Twitter)

Amber Heard’s multi-part TODAY interview (with Savannah Guthrie) continues to unfurl after the morning show showed how the actress alleged unfair treatment on social media. It’s something that she believes led to the jury’s verdicts — that both she and Depp were guilty of defamation against each other, but she somehow was on the hook for $15 million against Depp’s own $2 million in damages. This, surprisingly, led Joe Rogan to sympathize with Amber, and there’s no telling how she’ll ever be able to pay for those damages with her own career left in tatters as he could gain a resurrection.

More of Amber’s discussion with Guthrie revealed her insistence that she was truthful at all moments in court (“To my dying day, I’ll stand by every word of my testimony”), but she didn’t stand a chance given the environment in and surrounding the courthouse. Jurors were non-sequestered and able to view all those viral TikToks that lampooned her testimony. Via Variety, here’s how Amber described the chaotic courtroom circus:

“I think even the most well-intentioned juror…it would have been impossible to avoid this. Every single day I passed three, four, sometimes six city blocks lined with people holding signs saying ‘Burn the Witch,’ ‘Death to Amber.” After three and a half weeks, I took the stand and saw a courtroom packed full of Captain Jack Sparrow fans who were vocal, energized.”

She also adding her own interpretation of the First Amendment, saying, “It’s a freedom to speak truth to power, and that’s alI I spoke. I spoke it to power and I paid the price.”

Amber further pointed out that she didn’t understand how she was accused of performative testimony under the circumstances:

“Says the lawyer for the man who convinced the world he had scissors for fingers? I’m the performer? I had listened to weeks of testimony insinuating or saying quite directly that I’m a terrible actress, so I’m a bit confused how I could be both.”

Amber also alleged that audio footage revealed in court was heavily edited after Guthrie questioned her regarding testimony that Amber may have instigated fights with Depp:

“I know much has been made of these audiotapes. They were first leaked online after being edited. What you would hear in those clips are not evidence of what was happening. It was evidence of a negotiation of how to talk about that with your abuser.”

Meanwhile, Depp appears to be embracing that legion of TikTok fans by joining the platform, and there are still plenty of questions surrounding allegations that a paid army of bots fueled an anti-Amber campaign for years. In addition, IndieWire detailed how Hollywood insiders remain skeptical that fans alone can push Depp toward reinvigoration at the box office, particularly after several of his movies flopped, and alleged substance abuse (and “Marlon Brando-scale set behavior”) may have contributed to production hiccups. In summation, it sure doesn’t feel like there are any winners here.

(Via Variety, TODAY & IndieWire)

As the Golden State Warriors move one win away from their fourth NBA title in the last seven years, the rest of the league is beginning to ramp up their discussions around the upcoming NBA Draft.

We’ve already had one trade, as the Nuggets moved JaMychal Green and a 2027 first to the Thunder for the 30th pick in the draft, and that figures to be the first of many, with a number of teams in the lottery and mid-first round all looking to make moves for veterans. The question, of course, is whether there are enough teams out there looking to move their veterans for draft capital, which may create a bit of a sellers market for those squads.

Among the teams reportedly making their first round pick available are the Chicago Bulls, who hold the 18th overall pick and are seeking an upgrade to their frontcourt. After some rumblings that Zach LaVine might open up his free agency recruitment to other teams, it appears the Bulls got the message and are willing to play ball on discussing the five-year max LaVine wants, per Jake Fischer of Bleacher Report, making them likely to retain the star swingman. However, retaining LaVine puts the pressure on to contend immediately, and the immediate need is in the frontcourt, where Nikola Vucevic struggled to capture the same magic he had in Orlando in years past.

Per Fischer, the Bulls are “actively discussing” trade packages centered on Coby White and the 18th overall pick, with other salary filler possibly included (including Vucevic if it were to be for a bigger name). It seems unlikely that Rudy Gobert ends up being the main target as they aren’t willing to part with Patrick Williams in those discussions, but other bigs on the market could be in play for Chicago.

Myles Turner in Indiana is, once again, finding his way into trade rumors and would fit Chicago’s defensive needs, but trading within the division is always a bit tricky — although Indiana has shown a willingness to do so after dealing Caris LeVert to Cleveland. The Hawks are open for business and if Clint Capela doesn’t end up in a deal for Deandre Ayton or Gobert, he may be an option for the Bulls to consider.

It’s clear that the Bulls recognize that their end-of-season struggles weren’t solely the result of injuries and that upgrades are needed to contend in the top-heavy East, and they’ll go into this month’s draft hoping to make a win-now move for a big man.

Fleet Foxes are one of the most respected indie bands of their generation, and to a degree, that has been reflected on the charts: Helplessness Blues peaked at No. 4 on the Billboard 200 while Crack-Up topped out at No. 9. As is often the case with indie bands, though, while the albums perform well, they haven’t had much success with singles on the Hot 100. In fact, before this week, Robin Pecknold and company had yet to get a song onto the chart.

This week, though, that changed: Post Malone’s “Love/Hate Letter To Alcohol,” a collaboration with Fleet Foxes from Twelve Carat Toothache, debuted at No. 70 on the new Hot 100 chart dated June 18, giving the band their first-ever appearance on the chart.

The band was pretty happy about the accomplishment: On Instagram, the accounts for both the band and Pecknold shared a graphic noting the chart debut, with Fleet Foxes adding heart and sparkle emojis and Pecknold going with the “call me hand” emoji (which is also used to represent a shaka sign).

This collaboration was a long time coming: Posty called Pecknold a “great writer” in 2018, then in 2020, Pecknold said of his friendship with Malone, “He’ll text me every once in a while and it’s always a really fun thing to receive. To have that pop up in my iMessages, it always feels like a glitch in the Matrix or something. […] He’s a super sweet guy, he’s a real gentleman, and he’s probably the best melody writer in the business right now, I think. And by some glitch in the Matrix, we have a casual friendship.”

[This post contains spoilers for Stranger Things season four]

The new “Bob Odenkirk spoiled the Better Call Saul midseason finale months ago” is “Gaten Matarazzo spoiling Stranger Things season four years ago.”

Back in 2016, the cast of the Netflix show, including Matarazzo (Dustin), Millie Bobby Brown (Eleven), Noah Schnapp (Will), Natalia Dyer (Nancy), Finn Wolfhard (Mike), and Caleb McLaughlin (Lucas), spoke to AOL’s Build series (remember, this was 2016) about the unexpected breakout success of season one. They also discussed their favorite fan theories. “There’s this one in this video and he was saying how other test subjects, besides Eleven, like, 1 through 10, most of them are dead,” Matarazzo said. “But others were banished to the Upside Down. Like, they couldn’t get out.” Sounds familiar!

After referencing the effects the Upside Down had on Will, he reiterated the theory that the influence of the mysterious alternate dimension eventually morphed one of the test subjects into the season one monster: the Demogorgon. Now, if you watched season four, you’ll know that this 2016 theory isn’t far off from what was revealed at the end of volume one. Specifically, viewers learned that Vecna, the mind-controlling monster murdering the teenagers of Hawkins, Indiana, was Dr. Martin Brenner’s first test subject, Henry Creel (later renamed 001).

This will only further encourage people on Reddit to throw fan theories at the wall and see what sticks. You never know when your “Adam Scott from Severance is actually one of the cannibals on Yellowjackets” theory will come true years down the line.

Stranger Things season four returns for two more (very long) episodes on July 1.

(Via E! Online)

On January 6, 2021, millions of people watched on in horror as hundreds of insurrectionists busted through security barriers and crashed through windows to illegally enter and attempt to overtake the Capitol building. Those images were horrifying to watch in real time, but were practically PG-rated compared to the security camera footage and other never-before-seen videos that have been brought forth during the first two days of the hearings surrounding the attack. Yet Marjorie Taylor Greene seems to have somehow have missed ALL of this, as she’s demanding to know why we haven’t seen any photographic evidence of the supposed MAGA coup… Say what?

As Raw Story reports, the Georgia congresswoman was interviewed by Right Side Broadcasting on Monday and complained about how she was being partly blamed for the events of January 6, but seemed confused about whether she was admitting that there was a violent attack on the Capitol or not.

“Third day on the job, the Capitol gets breached, then they blame me and President Trump and many other Republican members of Congress for doing it,” Greene complained. “I was so shocked, and I’ll tell you what was so shocking: I thought the Capitol was the most secure building in our country, at least.”

When the host noted that the Capitol is outfitted with thousands of cameras, Greene wildly claimed that “Well there are lots of cameras, but you can’t see the video footage. I don’t know why you can’t.” Again: Say what?

Even if Greene truly HAS totally managed to avoid seeing ANY photographic evidence of the violence at the Capitol on January 6, the House Select Committee played an 11-minute video of never-seen-before footage (which you can see below) during its first primetime hearing last Thursday night. So it would follow that she’s not watching those either.

As Raw Story writes:

[T]here have been massive releases of video and photographic evidence, including images taken by the insurrectionists themselves. The U.S. Dept. of Justice, and the House Select Committee on the January 6 Attack have released video and photographic evidence. There was also video and photographic evidence released by the House impeachment managers during Donald Trump’s second impeachment.

Yet, somehow, any and all video footage of that day seems to have eluded poor Margie. Amazingly, not everyone seems to believe Greene, who is a big fan of the “I don’t recall” defense.

(Via Raw Story)

Day 2 of the January 6th select committee’s hearings — and a reportedly sh*tfaced Rudy Giuliani urging Donald Trump to simply declare victory on Election Night 2020 — were at the forefront of every late night talk show host’s mind and monologue on Monday, Jimmy Kimmel included. But Kimmel also made sure to reserve some time to talk about the fascinating/disgusting rumors coming out of Russia that pooping in a suitcase is part of Vladmir Putin’s brilliant plan to win the Russia Ukraine War.

According to Kimmel, there are rumors coming out of Russia that Putin “reportedly travels with a suitcase to poop in.” Yes, it sounds like a Triumph the Insult Comic Dog punchline, but this is actual news — and Putin has his reasons for adopting this repulsive habit, as Kimmel explained:

They think he does this because he doesn’t want his enemies to get information about his health status from analyzing his fecal matter. Because nothing screams ‘I’m in perfect health’ like traveling around the world with a suitcase full of your own bowel movements.

They say the way it works is a security guy carries a briefcase around… that’s a good gig. ‘Hey, Sergei. You’re on the poop bag today.’ It’s so interesting. I mean, if he goes to another continent with it, would that technically make it an ICBM?

It’s a story that elicits many questions but hardly any answers, though Kimmel thinks it could be a good product for people flying Spirit Airlines. You can watch the full clip above, beginning at the 9:10 mark.

While we’ve long heard rumors that the Big Lie was born on Election Night 2020, when a tipsy Rudy Giuliani told Donald Trump to forget what the polls said and just declare himself president, the story is far less funny when it’s being told by Liz Cheney as part of the January 6th senate hearings. (But still really, really funny.) Seth Meyers couldn’t wait to talk about Giuliani being “wasted on Election Night” during Monday’s “A Closer Look” segment.

When Meyers heard Cheney say that Giuliani was “inebriated” on Election Night, he figured it was just a side note to detailing what was clearly a clusterf**k of an evening. “What I could have never imagined, in my wildest dreams,” he admitted, “was that it was just a tease for what was coming up. Because it turns out a significant portion of the hearing, bolstered by witness testimony, focused on former mayor Giuliani—an attorney to the President of the United States—being blitzed out of his f**king mind.”

While Jason Miller, a senior adviser to Trump, went on record—albeit seemingly reluctantly—that, “The mayor was definitely intoxicated, but I do not know his level of intoxication when he spoke with the president,” other witnesses weren’t as forthcoming. Former campaign manager Bill Stepien explained that people didn’t want Giuliani talking to the president, and noted how following that night, Trump staffers were lumped into one of two groups: the batshit Big Liars who were following Trump and Giuliani’s lead and what he called “Team Normal.”

“It’s so funny to me how, in all these depositions, Trump aides are all hemming and hawing, pausing, and taking their time to use the most precise legal language possible, because they’re under oath” Meyers observed. “But then as soon as someone asks, ‘Was anyone drunk at the White House?,’ they all immediately buzz in like the over-eager uncle on Family Feud: ‘Rudy! It was Rudy!’ In fact, if ‘Who was drunk at the White House?’ was a question on Family Feud, the top five answers would all be the same.”

Meyers admitted that he would love to see more of these depositions, and find out how, exactly, these people surmised that Rudy was drunk—and hoping that “Well, I saw him holding an empty bottle of scotch and hitting on a portrait of Dolly Madison” might be one answer.

You can watch the full clip above, beginning around the 3:30 mark above.

Yesterday was a big day in the NBA, as the night started with the Celtics and Warriors tied at 2 wins apiece in the Finals, with Golden State ultimately winning and taking the series lead. An event like that is bound to bring out the stars to watch, and sure enough, it did, as Jay-Z and his daughter Blue Ivy Carter were courtside. While Jay-Z was arguably the coolest person in the building, to Carter, he was clearly still just an embarrassing dad.

At one point during the game, the PA announcer made a note of the pair’s presence, at which point Jay, who was all smiles, lovingly put his arm around his daughter. Carter briefly took exception to that, saying something to Jay and trying to get his hand off her. She quickly relented, though, and stewed in some minor embarrassment as Jay gave her a kiss on the cheek.

All in all, it seems like the two had themselves a good night, as they got to say hi to E-40 and meet up with Stephen Curry in the bowels of the Chase Center after the game. They certainly had a better time than the Celtics, whose turnovers and missed free throws throughout the evening stopped them from getting a win and going up 3-2 in the series.

Rootin’ tootin’ Lauren Boebert’s primary in Colorado is right around the corner. That’d be June 28 to be specific, and she sure grew awfully quiet (practically sticking her head into the sand) after fellow far-right incendiary Madison Cawthorn was unseated during his North Carolina primary. That loss went down largely due to GOP embarrassment after the American Muckrakers PAC devoted themselves to his political demise and leaked damaging videos to that effect. The group then announced their intent to unseat Boebert as well. That’s led to a fraud investigation about how Boebert concocted astronomical campaign write-offs, and it’s not over yet.

We’ve also heard Boebert’s ex-employees airing grievances, including accusations of missing paychecks while Boebert allegedly splurged on breast implants, and now, there’s an even more disturbing set of allegations involving bodily harm. News of how she allegedly caused a serious auto accident (and fled the scene) will likely not go over well in Boebert’s district. The accident in question (dug up by the Muckrakers) involved Boebert reportedly (according to Daily Mail) crashing an ATV (which “careened down a ravine and smashed into a rock face in Moab, Utah”) mere days before her 2020 primary. She allegedly fled to save her own political tush, leaving her own son (and her dog) behind, and her former sister-in-law (Tori Hooper) was seriously injured.

The accident, which was never reported (allegedly due to Boebert’s pleas with her sister-in-law) was confirmed by Hooper’s mother after a source to Daily Mail:

Boebert’s former sister-in-law, Tori Hooper, 28 who was married to her brother Benjamin Bentz was left struggling to take control of the Jeep ATV as it careened down a ravine and smashed into a rock face in Moab, Utah after the congresswoman abandoned the driver’s seat

The source, who spoke on condition of anonymity, said: ‘It was pretty crazy. She [Boebert] got out of the driver’s seat and left Tori screaming and freaking out, and her son and dog in the back seat.

“Tori couldn’t get out of her seatbelt, so she grabbed the steering wheel. She’s steering into a cliff. They hit a rock wall; it struck her whole face. It was bad.”

The Daily Mail‘s source also revealed how (allegedly) “Lauren begged Tori not to say anything. She tried to use her money. She said: ‘I’ll pay for it all,’ but Tori had insurance, so she didn’t have to pay for anything.” Tori reportedly suffered broken teeth as relayed by coworkers at Boebert’s Shooter’s Grill, along with a broken nose (which later had to be rebroken during surgery) and other assorted injuries.

Boebert has yet to provide comment on the allegations, although the Daily Mail reported that noises are being made about child protection officials possibly investigating Boebert “for reckless abuse of a child,” given that her son was in the vehicle.

Her challenger, State Senator Don Coram, hopes to unseat Boebert on June 28.

(Via Daily Mail)