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Last Week Tonight did not ignore the Russian and Ukrainian elephant in the room during the conflict’s third-weekend running. However, John Oliver’s already taken on the subject twice (regarding the CNN-Applebee’s flub and the bizarre, premature Jeremy Renner dreamcasting), and this week, he acknowledged how rapidly the situation’s developing and moved onto skewering Disney’s delayed response to the Don’t Say Gay bill and then the deep dive subject: the annoying, bot-fueled game of high-dollar ticket buying.

Actually, the bots aren’t the whole beef that people have here. Oliver discusses how and why “Ticketmaster is one of the most hated companies on Earth.” He also takes aim at artists who (as Justin Bieber has reportedly done) essentially scalp their own tickets. To skewer this practice, Oliver begins the segment (at around the 0:45 mark) by reminding everyone of that time that Bieber landed (fortunately unharmed) in a hole onstage.

From there, Oliver dives into a rather fascinating exploration of Ticketmaster fees versus ticket-price face value and how, stunningly, some concerts actually only allow for 7% of tickets to be purchased by the consumer with others going to credit-card company client bases and the secondary market. And that leads to a discussion about Ticketmaster (and Bieber) starting the ticket-flipping thing while thinking no one will notice:

“A group of tickets held for Bieber’s tour ended up being released not to the box office but straight to the secondary market. And on one hand, I do get the impulse of “if someone is going to make $246 dollars off that ticket, shouldn’t it be be the person who is doing the performing? But it still doesn’t feel great, does it?”

From there, Oliver delighted in his next move: “And it’s also not going to stop me from showing you that clip of him falling down the hole again. Excellent. I mean, it gets better every time you see it.” That’s where Bieber falls into the hole (again) at the 16:00 min mark above before Oliver warns, “Bieber’s not unique in doing this.” Yup, Metallica and many other artists have been called out for doing the same. And as live performances roar back, those online queues are only going to grow longer.

Succession‘s award show dominance continued on Sunday at the Critics Choice Awards, where the HBO series took home Best Drama Series and Best Supporting Actor in a Drama Series for Kieran Culkin. He looked genuinely shocked that he won over co-stars Matthew Macfadyen and Nicholas Braun, as well as Billy Crudup (The Morning Show), Justin Hartley (This Is Us), and Mandy Patinkin (The Good Fight), and channeled Roman Roy in his fidgety, rambling speech.

Thankfully, he left his phone in his pocket.

“Wow. Thanks. Shut up. Awful. I was just telling Jeremy [Strong, who plays Kendall] how I really hope they don’t say my name. I was really looking forward to that relief of not having to say anything. I have not prepared anything, so anything can come out, so I don’t know what to say here,” Culkin said before thanking the critics with an Owen Wilson-esque “wow.” He also singled out J. Smith-Cameron (Gerri) as his “favorite actor to do scenes with… after Sarah Snook.” Fun fact about the Shiv actress: “Snook’s last name is actually pronounced ‘Snuuk’ but I just can’t do that. Another fun fact, Matthew Macfadyen’s name is David.” Hold for awkward laughter. “I’m just dropping bombs here,” Culkin continued. “It’s true! Look it up. I’m just talking now, I’m just saying things.”

If you want to watch Culkin “dying up here right now,” you can watch his speech above.

Currently, when it comes to Billie Eilish and Finneas, the focus is on the music they made for Turning Red. Last night was all about No Time To Die, though, as their title theme for the movie picked up the Critics Choice Award for Best Song.

Elsewhere, the Alana Haim-led Licorice Pizza got a win for Best Comedy and Bo Burnham’s Inside picked up a trophy for Best Comedy Special. The Burnham special spawned a Phoebe Bridgers cover while the Inside (The Songs) soundtrack became Burnham’s first top-10 album on the all-genres Billboard 200 chart. Hans Zimmer also got Best Score for his work on Dune.

Elsewhere, Haim and Lady Gaga were both up for Best Actress and Selena Gomez’ work on Only Murders In The Building earned her a Best Actress In A Comedy Series nomination.

Check out some of the music-related Critics Choice nominees and winners below (with winners in bold) and find the full list of all winners and nominees here.

Film

Best Actress
Jessica Chastain – The Eyes Of Tammy Faye
Olivia Colman – The Lost Daughter
Lady Gaga – House Of Gucci
Alana Haim – Licorice Pizza
Nicole Kidman – Being The Ricardos
Kristen Stewart – Spencer

Best Comedy
Licorice Pizza
Barb And Star Go To Vista Del Mar
Don’t Look Up
Free Guy
The French Dispatch

Best Song
“No Time To Die” – No Time To Die
“Be Alive” – King Richard
“Dos Oruguitas” – Encanto
“Guns Go Bang” – The Harder They Fall
“Just Look Up” – Don’t Look Up

Best Score
Hans Zimmer – Dune
Nicholas Britell – Don’t Look Up
Jonny Greenwood – The Power Of The Dog
Jonny Greenwood – Spencer
Nathan Johnson – Nightmare Alley

Television

Best Actress In A Comedy Series
Jean Smart – Hacks (HBO Max)
Elle Fanning – The Great (Hulu)
Renée Elise Goldsberry – Girls5Eva (Peacock)
Selena Gomez – Only Murders In The Building (Hulu)
Sandra Oh – The Chair (Netflix)
Issa Rae – Insecure (HBO)

Best Comedy Special
Bo Burnham: Inside (Netflix)
Good Timing With Jo Firestone (Peacock)
James Acaster: Cold Lasagne Hate Myself 1999 (Vimeo)
Joyelle Nicole Johnson: Love Joy (Peacock)
Nate Bargatze: The Greatest Average American (Netflix)
Trixie Mattel: One Night Only (YouTube)

Latto is blowing up once again based off the success of her new single, “Big Energy,” though longtime fans will she really blew up back in the day off “B*tch From Da Souf”. Since her major label debut album, Queen Of Da Souf, Latto has gone through a name change and plenty more, but one thing she won’t do is fall into the trap of pitting female rappers against each other.

That doesn’t mean stan culture won’t try to make it happen anyway, though. When she was promoting her latest single, “Wheelie,” which features a verse from 21 Savage, fans got it in their heads that the song was going to feature Nicki Minaj or Cardi B… and of course that got stans back into a competitive mindset. These two female rappers were basically forced to have beef by a misogynistic industry who seems to think there can’t be more than one woman at the top, but Latto has no intention of doing the same.

“You have to tread lightly with stan culture,” she said recently in an interview with Ebro In The Morning. “Like, ‘I’m team this and I’m gonna die about it.’ I be like, ‘Hands up, don’t shoot me.’ I be like, ‘Whoa!’ For instance, I had clapped back — I’m still a new-school baby — I’m still young. I’m still tryin’ to turn the other cheek […] So, I’m clapping back at somebody, and they’re like, ‘Oh, you’re purposely responding to Nicki Minaj pages!’ I’m like, ‘What the hell is ya’ll talking about? If you come for me, b*tch I’m on that a**. don’t care what club, gang, street you bang, I don’t give a f*ck! And it’s like that. It’s nothing, no ill intent. Everybody knows Nicki is my favorite, you can go look on the internet, I got interviews talking about standing in line for Pink Friday. I got a fake Barbie chain … my mama probably still got it at her house. I was obsessed with Nicki […] and I love Cardi to death, Cardi put me in the “WAP” video. I’ve done interviews with Cardi, I met her face-to-face and she was so humble. I don’t pick sides. That’s not my beef. I f*ck with both of them.”

When Cardi put Latto in that infamous “WAP” video, she definitely helped boost Latto’s career, but Nicki’s influence is also completely evident on the young rapper. Check out the interview up top, Latto gets into squashing the female rapper beef around the fourteen minute mark.

Sigrid season is officially upon us. In case you missed the Norwegian pop star’s debut back in 2019, Sucker Punch immediately established the young songwriter as one of pop’s most interesting new voices. Her quirky, sometimes sad, sometimes funny songs caught the attention of her peers, too. A recent collaboration with the likes of Uproxx cover star Griff for “Head On Fire” — later turned into a supergroup anthem with the addition of King Princess And MØ — helped put Sigrid back on the map for 2022.

After releasing the big, beautiful anthem “It Gets Dark” a few days ago, Sigrid doubled down a few days later by officially announcing her second album. She took to Twitter to let fans know that the album is coming — probably sooner than they expected — and to reiterate her excitement. “Guys, it’s album time,” she began. “My second album How To Let Go is coming May 6th, and I couldn’t be more excited! I’ve been trying to learn how to let go of things, not always easy, but I’m getting there 🙂 making this album has been an absolute joy and I can’t wait for you to hear it!” In a second tweet, she posted the pre-order link, adding: “you can pre-order it now ahhh.”

That’s just a few short weeks away, and likely, we’ll be getting more new music in the meantime. So stayed tuned.

Monday night is going to be full of big returns from back injuries that could play a major role in the NBA playoffs in both conferences.

The Golden State Warriors will play their first game of the season with Draymond Green and Klay Thompson healthy at the same time, as Green makes his return after nearly two months on the shelf with a back injury against the Wizards at the Chase Center in San Francisco. On Sunday night, word emerged from ESPN’s Adrian Wojnarowski that Bucks center Brook Lopez would likewise be making his return from a back injury, one that has kept him out of every game since opening night and required surgery, as the Bucks face the Jazz in Utah.

The team made the news official shortly after.

While not quite the name Draymond is, Lopez’s importance to the Bucks has been clear this season as they’ve had to navigate life without him, seeing their defensive rating dip considerably in his absence. Lopez’s presence in the paint unlocks so much of what they want to do in terms of being aggressive on the perimeter, knowing if they get beaten off the dribble Lopez is always there as a second line of protection at the rim, and allowing Giannis to be a secondary roamer rather than having to serve as the primary rim protector.

Getting Lopez back now with a month left in the season will hopefully allow him to work his way back into full game speed by the time the playoffs start and the Bucks begin their title defense in earnest against a number of serious contenders in the East.

The 2022 NCAA men’s basketball tournament field of 68 is set, as the full bracket was revealed on Selection Sunday. Shortly after, the full TV schedule for the first round of the tournament was released, with CBS, TBS, TNT, and TruTV once again splitting duties for the first weekend of action.

Earlier in the week, CBS and Turner announced their commentator teams for the tournament, with the first four teams continuing on into the second weekend for regional games.

Jim Nantz / Bill Raftery / Grant Hill // Tracy Wolfson*
Brian Anderson / Jim Jackson // Allie LaForce*
Ian Eagle / Jim Spanarkel // Jamie Erdahl*
Kevin Harlan / Dan Bonner / Reggie Miller // Dana Jacobson*
Lisa Byington / Steve Smith / Avery Johnson // Lauren Shehadi
Andrew Catalon / Steve Lappas // Andy Katz
Spero Dedes / Deb Antonelli // AJ Ross
Brad Nessler / Brendan Haywood // Evan Washburn

Here is the full schedule of tip times, TV networks, and broadcast teams for next week’s action (all times Eastern):

Thursday, March 17

12:15 p.m. (CBS): 11. Michigan vs. 6. Colorado State (Eagle/Spanarkel/Erdahl)
12:45 p.m. (truTV): 13. South Dakota State vs. 4. Providence (Nessler/Haywood/Washburn)
1:45 p.m. (TNT): 9. Memphis vs. 8. Boise State(Catalon/Lappas/Katz)
2:00 p.m. (TBS): 16. Norfolk State vs. 1. Baylor (Anderson/Jackson/LaForce)
2:45 p.m. (CBS): 14. Longwood vs. 3. Tennessee (Eagle/Spanarkel/Erdahl)
3:10 p.m. (truTV): 12. Richmond vs. 5. Iowa (Nessler/Haywood/Washburn)
4:15 p.m. (TNT): 16. Georgia State vs. 1. Gonzaga (Catalon/Lappas/Katz)
4:30 p.m. (TBS): 9. Marquette vs. 8. UNC (Anderson/Jackson/LaForce)
6:50 p.m. (TNT): 12. New Mexico State vs. 5 UConn (Eagle/Spanarkel/Erdahl)
7:10 p.m. (CBS): 15. Saint Peter’s vs. 2. Kentucky (Nessler/Haywood/Washburn)
7:20 p.m. (TBS): 12. Wyoming/Indiana vs. 5. Saint Mary’s (Catalon/Lappas/Katz)
7:27 p.m. (truTV): 9. Creighton vs. 8. San Diego State (Anderson/Jackson/LaForce)
9:20 p.m. (TNT): 13. Vermont vs. 4. Arkansas (Eagle/Spanarkel/Erdahl)
9:40 p.m. (CBS): 10. San Francisco vs. 7. Murray State (Nessler/Haywood/Washburn)
9:50 p.m. (TBS): 13. Akron vs. 4. UCLS (Catalon/Lappas/Katz)
9:57 p.m. (truTV): 16. Texas Southern/Texas A&M-Corpus Christi vs. 1. Kansas (Anderson/Jackson/LaForce)

Friday, March 18

12:15 p.m. (CBS): 10. Loyola-Chicago vs. 7. Ohio State (Harlan/Miller/Bonner/Jacobson)
12:45 p.m. (truTV): 15. Jacksonville State vs. 2. Auburn (Nantz/Raftery/Hill/Wolfson)
1:45 p.m. (TNT): 14. Montana State vs. 3. Texas Tech (Byington/Smith/Johnson/Shehadi)
2:00 p.m. (TBS): 14. Yale vs. 3. Purdue (Dedes/Antonelli/Ross)
2:45 p.m. (CBS): 15. Delaware vs. 2. Villanova (Harlan/Miller/Bonner/Jacobson)
3:10 p.m. (truTV): 10. Miami (FL) vs. 7. USC (Nantz/Raftery/Hill/Wolfson)
4:15 p.m. (TNT): 11. Rutgers/Notre Dame vs. 6. Alabama (Byington/Smith/Johnson/Shehadi)
4:30 p.m. (TBS): 11. Virginia Tech vs. 6. Texas (Dedes/Antonelli/Ross)
6:50 p.m. (TNT): 13. Chattanooga vs. 4. Illinois (Harlan/Miller/Bonner/Jacobson)
7:10 p.m. (CBS): 15. Cal State Fullerton vs. 2. Duke (Nantz/Raftery/Hill/Wolfson)
7:20 p.m. (TBS): 11. Iowa State vs. 6. LSU (Byington/Smith/Johnson/Shehadi)
7:27 p.m. (truTV): 16. Wright State/Bryant vs. 1. Arizona (Dedes/Antonelli/Ross)
9:20 p.m. (TNT): 12. UAB vs. 5. Houston (Harlan/Miller/Bonner/Jacobson)
9:40 p.m. (CBS): 10. Davidson vs. 7. Michigan State (Nantz/Raftery/Hill/Wolfson)
9:50 p.m. (TBS): 14. Colgate vs. 3. Wisconsin(Byington/Smith/Johnson/Shehadi)
9:57 p.m. (truTV): 9. TCU vs. 8. Seton Hall(Dedes/Antonelli/Ross)

For the first time, the NCAA Women’s Basketball Tournament field expands to 68 teams, matching the men’s tournament as the NCAA begins a long overdue to bridge some of the gap between the two tournaments in terms of equity. With the expanded field, there were 36 at-large bids to be handed out on Sunday night, as the women’s field moved from Selection Monday to Selection Sunday for the first time.

Like on the men’s side, this year’s tournament feels as open as ever, with the top teams all proving to be beatable this season and plenty of teams believing they could be the ones to make a deep run come tournament time. The four No. 1 seeds this year are South Carolina, NC State, Stanford, and Louisville, with some extremely enticing potential Elite Eight matchups like South Carolina-Iowa and NC State-UConn.

Here’s the complete bracket (printable version here), with the full TV schedule, tip times, and announce teams still to come.

First 4

16. Howard vs. 16. Incarnate Word
11. Dayton vs. 11. DePaul
16. Longwood vs. 16. Mount St. Mary’s
11. Missouri State vs. 11. Florida State

Greensboro Region

1. South Carolina vs. 16. Howard or Incarnate Word
8. Miami (FL) vs. 9. South Florida

5. UNC vs. 12. Stephen F. Austin
4. Arizona vs. 13. UNLV

6. Georgia vs. 11. Dayton or DePaul
3. Iowa State vs. 14. UT Arlington

7. Colorado vs. 10. Creighton
2. Iowa vs. 15. Illinois State

Bridgeport Region

1. NC State vs. 16. Longwood or Mount St. Mary’s
8. Washington State vs. 9. Kansas State

5. Notre Dame vs. 12. UMass
4. Oklahoma vs. 13. IUPUI

6. Kentucky vs. 11. Princeton
3. Indiana vs. 14. Charlotte

7. UCF vs. 10. Florida
2. UConn vs. 15. Mercer

Spokane Region

1. Stanford vs. 16. Montana State
8. Kansas vs. 9. Georgia Tech

5. Virginia Tech vs. 12. FGCU
4. Maryland vs. 13. Delaware

6. Ohio State vs. 11. Missouri State or Florida State
3. LSU vs. 14. Jackson State

7. Utah vs. 10. Arkansas
2. Texas vs. 15. Fairfield

Wichita Region

1. Louisville vs. 16. Albany
8. Nebraska vs. 9. Gonzaga

5. Oregon vs. 12. Belmont
4. Tennessee vs. 13. Buffalo

6. BYU vs. 11. Villanova
3. Michigan vs. 14. American

7. Ole Miss vs. 10. South Dakota
2. Baylor vs. 15. Hawai’i

Tom Brady spent 40 days in retirement before he decided the whole thing wasn’t for him. Brady announced on Sunday evening that he has changed his mind on ending his NFL career, and that when the Tampa Bay Buccaneers take the field this fall, he’ll be their starting quarterback, marking his 23rd season in the league.

No one is more bummed out about this, I presume, than the person who dropped more than $500,000 on the football from Brady’s “final” touchdown pass. Brady threw a pass to Mike Evans during the Bucs’ playoff loss to the Los Angeles Rams, and according to the auction site Lelands, the ball was up for sale until Saturday night at 10 p.m.

Per Lelands, the ball went for $518,628, which is a lot of money for what is now just a pretty run-of-the-mill game-used football. Brady threw it to Evans late in the fourth quarter of the Rams game, and the Pro Bowl receiver celebrated by throwing it into the crowd.

Now, it is entirely possible that this remains the final touchdown pass that Brady ever throws — maybe he gets hurt or somehow losing his starting job in training camp — but in all likelihood, this is merely a nice addition to that person’s collection of sports memorabilia for a massive price.

The Grizzlies made the trip over to Oklahoma City on Sunday night to face the Thunder, and were scheduled to wear their road blues with the Thunder in their home white uniforms.

Nowadays in the NBA, with each team having at least four uniforms if not more, the home-road designations aren’t set in stone so sometimes the road team will end up in white. The Grizzlies apparently thought that was going to be the case on Sunday, and so when the two teams stepped out on the court after intros and began doing pregame handshakes before tipoff they were both wearing white to the dismay of the officials and the equipment managers, creating a pretty hilarious scene on the court.

This wasn’t an issue of two teams in similar shades, but outright the exact same colors and that was going to be a disaster for the officials and TV crews, much less the players trying to pick out passes. As the two equipment managers got together and checked who was supposed to be in what, they realized Memphis had made the mistake and they all had to go back to the locker room and put on the appropriate blue uniforms so the game could go on. Luckily Memphis brought their blues with them as well and could make the change fairly quickly, but it will go down as one of the funniest delays of the season.