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In just a few weeks, Post Malone will release his long-awaited fourth album Twelve Carat Toothache, his first full-length effort since 2019’s Hollywood’s Bleeding. With the release date for Twelve Carat Toothache, which is June 3, rapidly approaching, Posty is understandably in full promotion mode for the album’s arrival. An example of that comes through his recent performance on the Selena Gomz-hosted episode of Saturday Night Live. It’s here that Posty performed “Cooped Up,” his newly-released record with Roddy Ricch, and “Love/Hate Letter To Alcohol,” a song that features Fleet Foxes’ Robin Pecknold.

Post Malone kicked off the night by performing “Cooped Up” alongside Roddy Ricch. The new song makes for the duo’s second collaboration following “Wow. (Remix)” back in 2019. Posty rocked a leather jack and leather pants to perform the song on the Studio 8H stage backed by orange and blue lighting before welcoming Roddy to join him. He returned later on the night to debut “Love/Hate Letter To Alcohol” in its entirety, a record he previously teased during an Instagram livestream. For that performance, he was surrounded by a choir dressed in black and white as Posty himself took center stage for an emotional set.

You can watch Posty’s SNL performances in the videos above.

Twelve Carat Toothache is out 6/3 via Republic Records. You can stream it here.

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Two years after it was first announced, the Lovers & Friends Festival finally opened its doors to fans on Saturday in Las Vegas. The nostalgia-themed ’90s hip-hop and R&B-focused showcase was first announced at the beginning of 2020, but the coronavirus pandemic pushed it back until this weekend. The Lovers & Friends Festival is curated by Live Nation, Snoop Dogg, and Bobby Dee, and it flaunted a two-day lineup that include Lauryn Hill, Usher, Ludacris, Lil Jon, TLC, Ciara, Nelly, Ashanti Ja Rule, Ne-Yo, and more. While day one was supposed to be a fun one, it concluded on a scary note as a mass stampede erupted following reports of gunshots at the festival grounds.

According to the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department, who spoke with TMZ, reports of gunfire were made at 10 pm local time and it sparked a massive stampede as fans rushed to leave the venue and flock for safety. “At this time, there is no evidence of a shooting and the initial report has been deemed unfounded,” the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department said after their investigation. They also noted that three people were transported to a local hospital with minor injuries. The festival resumed a short time with Usher and more delivering nighttime performances to conclude day one.

The stampede was not the only complaint from fans at Lovers & Friends. Many took to Twitter to complain about the showcase’s inability to provide adequate resources for those who attended the show in the sweltering desert heat as temperatures approached 100 degrees. Fans voiced their frustration about a lack of shade and a poor supply of water among other things at the festival.

You can view some tweets and videos from fans below.

There’s another Star Wars show about to hit Disney+: Obi-Wan Kenobi, which brings Ewan McGregor back to his most high-profile role. To ring it in, Kyle Mooney returned to one of his more high-profile roles: as the real, hip version of Mandalorian break-out character Grogu, better known as Baby Yoda.

This time, Mooney’s Yoda had, as co-host Michael Che pointed out, “a new vibe.” Indeed, as Yoda pointed out, he’s now more “spiritual.” He went on one of those ayahuasca retreats, “but with a bunch of pills and weed.” Rather than a traditional guide, his “boy Tom Holland got on the aux cable.”

He also talked about finding a new crew, namely Jared Leto, Santana featuring Rob Thomas, Bob the Builder and Tila Tequila. When Che said that sounded like a good team, Yoda replied, “Yeah, it’s a cult.”

Baby Yoda’s so calm now that he loves everyone, even his haters. Among them is Baby Groot, with whom he’s had a beef. “But I’m older now,” he said, “and I just want to say, Baby Groot, I know we had our issues. But I mean this from the bottom of my heart: I really, really don’t like you.”

You can watch Mooney do Baby Yoda again in the video above. Obi-Wan Kenobi debuts on Disney+ on May 27.

Things are, to put it lightly, not so great right now! Safe and legal abortion is on the verge of being eliminated. There’s a baby formula shortage. Gas prices have skyrocketed. Cryptocurrency has crashed. And oh yeah, there’s still a pandemic. On this week’s Weekend Update portion of SNL, co-host Colin Jost pieced everything together to remind us that we might be living in one of the most entertaining yet grimmest blockbusters of recent years.

“Is it me or does every story this week sound like the opening voiceover in a Mad Max movie?” Jost asked the crowd. “The year is 2022. A virus rages across the planet. Digital money has collapsed. Infants have nothing to eat. Women are forced to breed. Men are ready to die for gasoline. And we suffer under the leadership of the one known only as Joe.” (The latter prompted a Photoshopped image of Joe Biden with an Immortan Joe face doo-hickey.)

Jost then zeroed in on digital currency: “The entire crypto market has lost over a trillion dollars. But don’t worry. You can make that money back fast as long as you’ve been hoarding baby formula.”

Michael Che, meanwhile, tackled some good news. “The January 6th committee has subpoenaed five sitting Republican congressman after they refused to testify voluntarily,” he said. “Said the Republican congressmen, ‘You can’t force us to do anything, we’re not pregnant.’”

Che also took on one of the largest companies in the world. “Amazon announced that it will play employees who have to travel to get an abortion up to $4,000 in expenses every year,” he said. “The only catch is you’ve got to do it during your eight-minute lunch break.”

The two also covered such topics as Kevin Spacey’s comeback film, Ukraine winning Eurovision, and last week’s Wordle mishap. You can watch the segment in the videos above and below.

There’s a lot going on in the world these days, but somehow people still have some mental space for one of the stranger ongoing stories: Johnny Depp’s defamation trial against Amber Heard. It’s been a predictable s*itshow, though the silver lining has been that it helped the newly relaunched Court TV. Rather than cover some of the more upsetting news, SNL kicked off its penultimate episode of the season by tackling Depp-Heard.

The sketch focused on one of the more colorful aspects of the trial: Depp’s claim that he found fecal matter in his bed, allegedly left by Heard. Kyle Mooney plays a smirking Depp introduces new evidence in the trial, namely a video of poor staffers, including Kenan Thompson and Ego Nwodim, happening upon some smelly stuff in Depp’s bed.

“I think I’ve seen enough,” says Cecily Strong’s judge. “This trial has given me a lot to consider. On one hand, I believe Mr. Depp story. But on the other hand, your constant little smirk lets me know that this is not the first woman you made so mad that she pooped in your bed.” She also refers to him as a “full nightmare.”

The trial was actually on pause last week but it’s set to resume on Monday. Till then, you can watch SNL’s take on it in the video above.

There is something about a good knockout during a boxing match that cannot be matched in any non-combat sport. That is especially the case when a knockout appears to come out of absolutely nowhere — sure there are plenty of great knockouts in round 11 of a 12-round heavyweight bout, but when someone connects with a clean KO shot before dozens upon dozens of punches catches up to someone, it really is a sign that a right or left hand could not have connected any more cleanly.

On Saturday night, we got a knockout punch that rivals anything else we’ll see this year. John Ramirez and Jan Salvatierra went toe-to-toe on the undercard for the Gilberto Ramirez vs. Dominic Boesel a little later in the evening, but J. Ramirez — who entered the night 9-0 with seven of his wins via knockout — decided to steal the show.

A little more than two minutes into the first round, Salvatierra started backing into the ropes and Ramirez saw a chance to throw a vicious right hand. It caught Salvatierra right in between the eyes, and he didn’t just go down, he straight up got knocked out so badly that he fell directly out of the ring.

While Salvatierra got back into the ring, there was no chance this one was going to continue.

The Golden State Warriors are moving on to the Western Conference Finals after knocking off the Memphis Grizzlies in Game 6 on Friday night. After the game, Draymond Green had some things to say about comments Kendrick Perkins made earlier in the day on First Take in which Perkins alleged that Green is “afraid of taking a shot right now.”

After explaining the Warriors’ approach for the game and how there was no desire among the team to make the 4.5-hour one-way flight back to Memphis for a Game 7, Green told the press that “something came to my phone earlier about how I’m scared to shoot the basketball.”

“A big ogre on TV talking about what Draymond said ain’t the gospel, it is the gospel,” Green said. “What I say is the gospel. When you say that multiple times, on several different segments, you must think what I say is the gospel.”

Green went on to address another Perkins line, that anyone can make the various passes that Green makes to set up assists for his teammates, and called it “just stupid.”

“These are people who get employed on TV to talk about our game,” Green said. “‘Anybody can make that pass,’ you make that pass, I’d love to see it. I played against that guy, by the way — I’m talking about Kendrick Perkins … ‘anybody could make the pass,’ you couldn’t, so, good luck.”

Perkins went onto Twitter after to respond to these comments, saying “you ain’t cute, you ain’t handsome” and that he’s going to “say what I wanna say” about him.

Time will tell if Green or Perkins addresses this any farther on the former’s podcast or the latter’s numerous appearances on ESPN.

Two of 2021’s biggest selling albums were Drake’s Certified Lover Boy and Kanye West’s Donda. The former was the Toronto rap star’s chart-topper full-length release since 2020’s Dark Lane Demo Tapes and one that gave him another No. 1 single with “Way 2 Sexy.” On the flip side, Kanye’s Donda gave him his tenth solo No. 1 album and two Grammy wins for “Hurricane” with The Weeknd and “Jail” with Jay-Z. Despite the accolades that the albums received, Certified Lover Boy and Donda were not the most critically acclaimed bodies of work in 2021. In a recent post on Twitter, Denzel Curry, who recently called himself the “best rapper alive,” gave his honest opinion about the albums.

“Donda and CLB could’ve been better,” Curry wrote. “Yall n****s rich and got the greatest musicians at your disposal.” He continued in second post, adding, “The artwork for both projects were booty.” Unsurprisingly enough, some fans objected to Curry’s with one saying in part, “Donda and CLB washes anything this n**** has ever dropped.” Curry promptly replied, “D*cccccck Eataaaaah.”

Curry would eventually move on from the conversation, but not without sharing one last thought. “There’s people that don’t even listen to my music but agree with what I’m saying so let’s get it,” he wrote. “I’m a real one f*ck wit me.”

You can view Curry’s tweets above.

Few people in Congress have it as bad right now as Madison Cawthorn does. The North Carolina representative appears to have made so many enemies that there’s an entire PAC dedicated to destroying him, with a little help from his “friends.” Former aides have already publicly denounced him, and now so are a smattering of former campaign volunteers.

Insider spoke with four people who worked on Cawthorn’s 2020 House run, who went so far as to use their names when talking smack about the man they once believed in.

“He fooled the hell out of everybody,” said one Bruce Rose. “I despise him … he is a criminal and a performer.” Rose did not like that Cawthorn seems to think he’s above the law. “He changed. If you tout the law, you have to stand for the law, and he doesn’t,” he said. “He’s just an entitled little boy. He has not grown into manhood.

Another volunteer, April Holsinger, called Cawthorn’s habit of bringing loaded guns into airports “very irresponsible,” adding, “You should know if you have a gun in your bag or not.”

Another, Greg Wiggins, who said he will not be voting to re-elect Cawthorn, thinks he’s sold out. “He’s more interested in hobnobbing with people in Washington than hobnobbing with a farmer over here, or someone that’s a plumber, or someone that needs their help like a veteran,” Wiggins said. “It became all about Madison and not about district 11.”

Yet another, Debbie Brogden, agreed. “It seems like he’s forgotten where he comes from and who got him there,” she said. “It has been so heartbreaking to watch him turn into what he’s turned into.”

You can read Insider’s full report here while you await the even bigger bombshell that even Cawthorn can’t wait to see.

(Via Insider)

In the middle of April, Britney Spears took to Instagram to announce that she and her fiancee Sam Asghari were expecting their first child. The big reveal came months after she said she was “thinking about having another baby.” Britney shared her excitement about her soon-to-be baby Asghari in the Instagram post. “It’s growing !!!,” she wrote. “If 2 are in there … I might just loose it.” Just a month after Britney made the announcement about her pregnancy, the singer returned to Instagram with devastating news. In a joint post with Asghari, she revealed that she suffered a miscarriage.

“It is with our deepest sadness we have to announce that we lost our miracle baby early in the pregnancy,” Spears wrote in the Instagram post. “This is a devastating time for any parent. Perhaps we should have waited to announce until we were further along. However we were overly excited to share the good news.” She continued, “Our love for each other is our strength. We will continue trying to expand our beautiful family. We are grateful for all of your support. We kindly asked for privacy during this difficult moment.”

In a caption attached to the post, Britney added, “We are grateful for what we have in the process of expanding our beautiful family [pink heart emoji] Thank you for your support.”

You can read Britney’s announcement in the Instagram post above.