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In late 2019, Lizzo was hit with a lawsuit over her breakout hit song, “Truth Hurts.” The suit was filed by Justin Raisen, Jeremiah Raisen, and Justin “Yves” Rothman who claimed that lyrics from Lizzo’s hit came from a track they previously worked on together titled “Healthy.” The trio was not happy that they were not credited on “Truth Hurts” despite the borrowed lyrics that allegedly appear on the song. In a statement that was given in response to the lawsuit, Lizzo said the trio “did not co-author ‘Truth Hurts,’ and have no right to co-own that work or to share in its profits.”

In August 2020, U.S. District Judge Dolly M. Gee sided with Lizzo’s claim that “a joint author of one copyrightable work does not automatically gain ownership of a derivative work in which the joint author had no hand in creating.” However, Judge Gee allowed the trio that sued Lizzo to amend their lawsuit and refile, which they did. Now, more than 18 months later, both sides have reached a settlement in the matter.

According to Rolling Stone, a federal judge moved to dismiss the lawsuit after attorneys on both sides said that their respective clients had reached a settlement. The terms of the deal were not revealed, but each side will have to pay its own legal fees. The attorneys requested a “dismissal of the entire action without prejudice.”

Lizzo is a Warner Music artist. Uproxx is an independent subsidiary of Warner Music Group.

Daniel Radcliffe has no interest in returning to the Harry Potter series, as he’s politely revealed. But that’s partly because he has other things going on. One of them is playing “Weird Al” Yankovic, the legendary novelty pop star who’s spent decades doing lampoons of hit songs. How the former The Boy Who Lived wound up playing the Hawaiian shirt fanatic is actually an interesting one — long in the making and involving some other big time celebs, as he revealed on Friday’s The Tonight Show.

“When I talked to Al for the first time, I was like, ‘I’m immensely flattered by the idea that you would pick me to play you, but like, why me?’” he recalled to host Jimmy Fallon.

It actually involved something he’d done a very long time ago. Back in November 2010, Radcliffe was on a typically packed episode of The Graham Norton Show, alongside Colin Farrell and Rihanna. At one point, when he was bit 21 years old, the actor sang a cover of a classic novelty song, “The Elements,” Tom Lehrer’s ode to the periodic table set to Gilbert and Sullivan’s dense “I Am the Very Model of Modern Major General,” from The Pirates of Penzance.

“I sang ‘The Elements’ next to Colin Farrell and a very bemused Rihanna, who I think was like, ‘Who is this kid and why is he singing all of the elements?’” Radcliffe reminisced. “And I guess Al saw that and was like, ‘This guy maybe gets it.’ And so picked me.”

Radcliffe’s rendition of the song — a great way to learn all 118 elements on the periodic table and then impress talk show audiences, hosts, and fellow guests — is really something, and terribly charming to boot. So if you’re able to do the whole song, and starred in an intensely popular film franchise, you might have a chance of being cast as a musical genius.

You can watch Radcliffe’s Tonight Show appearance in the video above.

(Via Entertainment Weekly)

On Friday, we moved one step closer towards receiving Normani’s debut album thanks to the release of its second single, “Fair.” The track is a much calmer release compared to the project’s presumed lead single, “Wild Side” with Cardi B. “Fair” captures Normani’s struggles to move on from the end of a past relationship with heartful lyrics that highlight her difficulties. “Is it fair that you moved on? / ‘Cause I swear that I haven’t,” she sings on the song before adding, “Hearts didn’t break down the middlе / Tell me how did that happen?” Shortly after the song’s release, Normani brought her talents to late-night TV for a new performance.

Normani stopped by The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon for a tender performance of “Fair.” She appeared in a delicate white dress and stood in front of a silky blue backdrop that helped to boost the emotional aspect of the performance. Additionally, Normani was impressive with her vocals from start to finish.

Prior to releasing “Fair,” Normani explained the inspiration behind the new song. “This song really captures me in one of my most vulnerable moments,” she said. “Sharing this record makes me uncomfortable because you have never really seen me in this light. Definitely aware that you might feel like you don’t know much about me but that’s only because it’s what makes me feel protected.”

You can watch Normani perform “Fair” in the video above.

Cardi B is a Warner Music artist. Uproxx is an independent subsidiary of Warner Music Group.

Next week, Latto will release her sophomore album, 777., the anticipated follow-up to her debut album Queen Of Da Souf. She’s already released the successful track “Big Energy” and the recently-released “Wheelie” with 21 Savage. While the album is due March 25, Latto has yet to reveal its tracklist. That hasn’t stopped her from revealing something shocking about one of the male artists who appears on it.

“I’m clearing my album right now and it’s been difficult to deal with these men,” she said during a recent interview on Big Boy’s Neighborhood. “They don’t know how to keep it business.” She later added, “It’s a feature on my album… it was difficult to clear. They tryna drop they nuts on me because I won’t respond to a DM.” The hosts were shocked by Latto’s claim and they did their best to try and find out who the man in question was. She revealed that the man is an artist before explaining why she kept the song on the album.

“Yeah, just because I love the song so much and I had to turn it in yesterday, so I didn’t really have a choice. So, I was backed into a corner like bullied, but I wish more females would speak up and stuff. I know the label and stuff, they say, ‘Don’t do that, [that’s] bad business,’ but man these folks be trying to drop nuts on female rappers, like I’m not gonna shut up about it.” She added, “We tolerate too much. We think, ‘Oh well, that just comes with the game being a female rapper.’ No, it shouldn’t though.”

Latto admitted that the man in question is someone she respects. “It meant something to me for sure, like I was definitely rubbed the wrong way,” Latto admitted. “But I love the song so much and I didn’t want to not put it on my album, so I’m like I don’t have no choice and I didn’t have time to record a second verse.”

Big Boy asked if 21 Savage, who appears on “Wheelie,” was the individual she was talking about, but she said it was not him. We’ll just have to wait until the tracklist arrives to have a better guess at who it is.

You can watch a clip from Latto’s Big Boy’s Neighborhood interview above and watch the full sit-down here.

We’re over two years into a once-in-a-century public health crisis, and yet many on the right still don’t seem to understand the basics. As a result, deaths from COVID-19 have long been overwhelmingly from those who listen to the likes of Tucker Carlson, who’ve played down its severity. Another person who’s done this is Kevin Sorbo, who used to be best known as a TV Hercules and now only gets headlines for spouting far right nonsense. Last month he was widely dragged for saying something dumb about vaccines. Now he’s at it again.

“Remember when we treated the flu with tea, soup, and saltines instead of communism,” Sorbo wrote, ending his question with a period, perhaps because no one remembers a time when that’s how you cured the flu.

It’s a common misconception, spread by many Republicans, including a certain former president. COVID is not the flu, as the flu doesn’t tend to kill just shy of one million Americans in only two years, and over six million worldwide. Yet people like Sorbo somehow missed that information.

And so once again, Sorbo — whose job now appears to being owned on social media, including by former colleague Lucy Lawless — was mocked for being a terrible science understander.

Some focused on his sagging career.

And others took a more serious bent, reminding him that many have needlessly suffered and died over the last two years.

(Via HuffPost)

The Russian invasion of Ukraine has been going on for almost a month, and it hasn’t been going as swimmingly as the former nation had hoped. Global leaders have rallied around Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelensky, who’s become a kind of folk hero (with a hit comedy show on his CV). Russian president Vladimir Putin has tried to keep his populace in a bubble, even feeding them Fox News clips. But his efforts don’t appear to be entirely working.

As per The Washington Post, three Russian astronauts — Oleg Artemyev, Denis Matveyev and Sergey Korsakov — boarded the International Space Station early Friday bearing an interesting sartorial choice. Their suits, rather than made of subdued colors, were instead yellow with blue stripes. It wasn’t hard for many to notice that yellow and blue just so happens to be the colors of the Ukrainian flag.

The astronauts did not say anything political, much less tip their hat to the color of their suits. (They also bore patches of blue, white, and red, the colors of the Russian flag.) “We actually had a lot of yellow material, so we had to use it,” Artemyev replied when asked about their suits. “So that’s why we had to wear yellow.”

But others had theories.

Jonathan McDowell, an astronomer, that the colors could very well be a nod to Bauman University, the MIT-like school all three astronauts attended.

Since the invasion, the Kremlin has shut down all independent media outlets and banned some social media, feeding the populace with misinformation about Ukraine. Others have found creative and brave ways of calling out state propaganda.

The trip to the International Space Station comes amidst widespread sanctioning of Russia, including seizing the possessions of oligarchs who live outside the country. There has also been tension between NASA and Roscosmos, its Russian equivalent, who threatened to cut off supplies of their own rocket engines. NASA, however, has denied that the two groups have been fighting.

(Via WaPo)

Earlier this week, Kanye West was suspended from Instagram for 24 hours due to consistent behavior that went against the platform’s rules. This includes constant attacks against Pete Davidson, who’s dating his ex-wife Kim Kardashian, threats against comedian D.L. Hughley, and racist slurs directed at The Daily Show host Trevor Noah. It was these slurs that proved to be the final straw leading to Instagram’s decision to suspend the rapper for a day. It turns out that Kanye’s comments against Trevor may have affected more than just his Instagram presence, it also allegedly got him removed as a performer for the upcoming Grammy Awards.

The what The Game says at least in a recent Instagram post he shared. “Time & time again they show us that they only want to STEAL the culture, not allow you to ever be their equals,” he wrote under the post. “In a more than obvious move for reasons of minuscule actions…. The Grammys have at the last minute decided to pull @kanyewest from performing on the show as if we didn’t know it was coming.”

He added, “Could be because @trevornoah is hosting and there was a conversation held amongst his team & the academy that led to the decision or because Ye’s account was suspended just days ago for reasons unknown especially in a world where all the negativities of the world can be found on the same app with no repercussions or suspensions. We’ll just say it’s all of the above & a continuous disrespect for us & all that we have brought to the table in entertainment, media & sports over the last 100 years especially.”

The Game went on to say that he will always support Kanye’s decision to speak his mind as The Game himself is someone who “can’t sleep at night knowing I was quiet about issues burning holes in my heart.” In the lengthy post, The Game also mentioned Colin Kaepernick’s inability to play in the NFL, lynching just becoming a federal hate crime, and recent legislation that was passed that made it illegal to discriminate someone from employment because of their hairstyle.

It’s unknown if Kanye was actually going to perform at the Grammys and if The Game’s reason is why he was pulled from the show. Nonetheless, the 2022 Grammys Awards will commence on April 3 with performances from BTS, Billie Eilish, Lil Nas X, Olivia Rodrigo, and more.

You can view the post from The Game above.

Ever since Kyle Rittenhouse was found not guilty after shooting three protesters, killing two, people have wondered where he would go next. Would he do what Donald Trumpand Tucker Carlson and the like wanted and become a rightwing superstar? Or would he go in the opposite direction, dedicating his life to peace and atonement? Based on a recent tweet, it seems he’s leaning more towards the former.

Late last week, amid soaring gas prices that are at least partly to blame on Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, Rittenhouse posted a trolling tweet. In it, he repurposes his infamous courtroom meltdown, when he started crying hysterically while on the stand. Now he’s holding a gas pump as he hyperventilates.

“No, it’s not Lemon Heads,” he wrote, “it’s the burning hole in my pocket thanks to a Joe Biden presidency.”

The “Lemon Heads” bit was a reference to LeBron James, one of many who called into question the sincerity of Rittenhouse’s crying jag. “What tears????? I didn’t see one,” James tweeted during the trial. “Man knock it off! That boy ate some lemon heads before walking into court.” (Rittenhouse has vowed to sue James over the tweet, among others.)

Rittenhouse later admitted he didn’t create the video, thanking the “mememaster” who did.

Still only 19 years old, Rittenhouse was 17 when he crossed state lines with an AR-15-style rifle to Kenosha, Wisconsin, one of the many sites of massive protests during the summer of 2020. After fatally shooting two people and wounding another, he pled self-defense and was found not guilty of all charges. His lawyer later accused rightwing personalities of trying to exploit his young client.

(Via TMZ)

After a first day of March Madness that featured a number of prominent upsets, Friday’s slate of men’s NCAA Tournament games did not feature the kind of giant slaying that made for an unforgettable day to kick things off on Thursday. The good news, at the very least, is that this means a number of high-profile matchups are in the cards for Sunday, the final day of the best four-day stretch of the year.

While only one 1-seed, the Arizona Wildcats, will take the floor, a trio of 2 and 3-seeds will also have games. The biggest matchup of the bunch will air on CBS at approximately 5:15 p.m. EST, when Duke and Michigan State will face off in the final battle between Mike Krzyzewski and Tom Izzo before the former’s coaching career comes to an end. Some of the best NBA prospects in the tournament will get a showcase, too, like Auburn’s Jabari Smith, Duke’s Paolo Banchero, Wisconsin’s Johnny Davis, Purdue’s Jaden Ivey, and more.

Here’s the full slate of games, all times ET:

12:10 p.m. (CBS): 5. Houston vs. 4. Illinois (Harlan/Bonner/Miller/Jacobson)
2:40 p.m. (CBS): 7. Ohio State vs. 2. Villanova (Harlan/Bonner/Miller/Jacobson)
5:15 p.m. (CBS): 7. Michigan State vs. 2. Duke (Nantz/Raftery/Hill/Wolfson)
6:10 p.m. (TNT): 11. Iowa State vs. 3. Wisconsin (Dedes/Antonelli/Ross)
7:10 p.m. (TBS): 11. Notre Dame vs. 3. Texas Tech (Byington/Smith/Johnson/Shehadi)
7:45 p.m. (truTV): 10. Miami vs. 2. Auburn (Nantz/Raftery/Hill/Wolfson)
8:40 p.m. (TNT): 6. Texas vs. 3. Purdue (Dedes/Antonelli/Ross)
9:40 p.m. (TBS): 9. TCU vs. 1. Arizona (Byington/Smith/Johnson/Shehadi)

The Los Angeles Lakers found themselves in a tough spot late in their game against the Toronto Raptors. The home team was up by three with a hair over 10 seconds remaining, and had the ball on the sidelines looking to inbound, get fouled, and ice things at the free throw line.

Toronto managed to do the first part of that, as Scottie Barnes inbounded the ball to Precious Achiuwa. The team’s prized rookie got the ball right back and tried to just kill the clock for a second before heading to the charity stripe, but Russell Westbrook had some other ideas.

Westbrook pestered Barnes until he was able to poke the ball away from him, then got possession of it and pushed it towards the team’s basket. Instead of playing for a layup, Westbrook brought the ball to the three-point line, got his feet right, and after initially having his right toe on the line, pulled up from deep and buried a triple to force overtime.

Westbrook’s had a tough year, and there have been a whole heck of a lot of low points as the team has struggled to get going, but this was one of the biggest shots that he has hit during his tenure in the purple and gold.