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Kim Kardashian and Pete Davidson first met in January 2019, when she crashed a “boys’ night” birthday party for Kid Cudi with her then-husband Kanye West. Timothée Chalamet was also there, for some reason. Davidson, who got stuck paying the bill for everyone, called Kim and Kanye “the cutest couple ever” on The Tonight Show. Little did he know that two years later, he would be the one in a relationship with Kardashian. The hit it off when she hosted SNL in October 2021, appearing in a sketch where she played Princess Jasmine to Davidson’s Aladdin. It was the first time they kissed.

During Wednesday’s episode of Jimmy Kimmel Live, host Jimmy Kimmel asked Kardashian, “What became of this rug? Do you have this now? It seems like you should.” She replied, “Actually, for Valentine’s Day he got me the rug and the whole outfits and the little genie lamp. So I do own the rug.”

Kimmel then informed her that his team “had to carry in a huge bouquet of flowers that Pete sent here” in celebration of her family’s late-night appearance on Wednesday.

“Does that make the other boyfriends look bad?” he added coyly.

If Davidson was a really good boyfriend, he would have given Kardashian a more famous SNL prop, like the cowbell or the complete Steven Seagal episode. But the rug and costumes is cute, too.

You can watch the Kimmel interview above, and the Aladdin sketch below.

(Via People)

Britney Spears is clearly an active phone user based on how active she is on Instagram. When it comes to computers, though, it looks like she’s not as experienced… or just not experienced at all.

In an Instagram post yesterday, Spears praised Drew Barrymore, Kate Hudson, and the idea of sisterhood before writing, “I’m sharing this because we all seem to alienate behind our phones and computers … I’ve never opened a computer my whole life … just a phone. […] I say all this but I will probably buy a computer today !!!”

While it’s possible Spears is exaggerating, it may be the case that she at least doesn’t have much experience with laptops, if that’s what she’s referring to when she says “opened a computer”: While it’s tough to pinpoint exactly when laptops became mainstream devices, one indicator could be when they first outsold desktop computers in the summer of 2005. That was just a few years before Spears’ restrictive conservatorship began in early 2008.

In a 2016 interview, Spears noted she had a computer but didn’t use it much, saying, “Honestly, I still don’t use my computer. My kids use the computer more than I do. I understand that a lot of people are into it, and I have days where I write and stuff, but it’s really not for me. It’s not my thing.”

Meanwhile, last summer, she celebrated getting her first iPad, writing on Instagram, “This is just a groundbreaking day. I’ve always had a little phone, but now this iPad is in my hands and I feel like my life is changing as we speak and I am so excited. Upward bound! Yes!”

(Spoilers for The Karate Kid spinoff Cobra Kai will be found below.)

The cast Cobra Kai, while they’re crane-kicking the generation gap, seems like they’re a pretty tight knit bunch. Interviews generally turn into a love fest, in which they’re chatting each other up, and they all seem like grand friends. However, there’s a pair of the younger co-stars who are definitely more than friends, as confirmed by Jacob Bertrand, who portrays Eli “Hawk” Moskowitz on the Karate Kid reboot show.

While speaking with TMZ, Bertrand confirmed the rumor that he and Peyton List, who plays bad-girl-moving-toward-redemption Tory Nichols, have been dating for awhile. That’s a notable detail, considering that both Hawk and Tory took home individual All Valley Tournament trophies at the end of Season 4, but here’s what Jacob told TMZ:

“We’ve been dating for a while…. I’ve never dated anyone I’ve worked with before.. kind-of like trial by fire, almost…. We’ve been friends for a while. I met her when I was like, 15. I was actually tight friends with her brother Spencer… that was kinda awkward to be like, ‘Hey man, I like your sister.’ But yeah, we had fun on set and then hung out off-set.”

All of this, of course, must have created some specific awkward moments when Tory had a hand in Hawk losing his trademark mohawk hairstyle. But you never know, Tory could heave the Cobra Kai dojo after what she discovered in the Season 3 finale’s moments, so they could end up in the same dojo. As for when the already-wrapped Season 5 will premiere, we’ve got some guesses, but in the meantime, Cobra Kai‘s first four seasons are currently streaming on Netflix.

(Via TMZ)

There has been a lot of discussion in recent days about the Donovan Mitchell-Rudy Gobert pairing in Utah and how we may be seeing the final season of their partnership.

The two Jazz All-Stars have long had a relationship that people have had questions about, namely how they never seemed particularly close and at times frustrations between the two were apparent. Both have insisted publicly that things are fine between them over the years, with Mitchell stating plainly that they don’t have to be best friends in order to win together. The main reason they are a topic of conversation is because they have underachieved in the postseason given their regular season success, and that naturally brings about questions of their viability as a star duo on a real championship contender.

However, in recent weeks there have been some signs that there is a growing divide between them, with some eyebrow raising statements from each in media scrums and visible on-court frustrations. Utah blowing a 20-point lead to the Warriors over the weekend brought about a viral moment in which Gobert got ignored by Mitchell and the rest of the Jazz despite having two feet in the restricted area and having Klay Thompson on a switch completely sealed off.

As Gobert clears the lane to avoid the three-second count, you can see how annoyed he is by not getting a touch, and that Mitchell had the ball and didn’t get it to the big man (who has long lamented his lack of consistent touches offensively) created a powder keg for fans inside and outside Utah.

Gobert said the team had a “great” players only meeting recently and the Jazz have picked up two wins since, but Quin Snyder still addressed all the chatter recently, expressing his frustration with how his two stars are covered and what he believes is the media trying to “drive a wedge” between them.

One of his points of contention is that some have pointed out that Mitchell is averaging just 2.3 passes per game to Gobert, which is a jaw-droppingly low total given how often they share the court. Snyder has scoffed at that being an issue, but it’s hard not to see that and wonder if it’s an indicator of deeper issues.

Using the NBA’s tracking data, I went back and looked at Donovan Mitchell’s pass rate to Gobert in the regular season and playoffs since the young star arrived in Utah as a rookie in 2017 to see just how much of an outlier this year’s low pass rate to his star big man is.

Donovan Mitchell Regular Season Passes To Rudy Gobert By Year
2017-18: 3.6 passes per game (9.7% pass frequency)
2018-19: 4.4 passes per game (12.7% pass frequency)
2019-20: 5.8 passes per game (14.2% pass frequency)
2020-21: 3.5 passes per game (7.5% pass frequency)
2021-22: 2.3 passes per game (5.6% pass frequency)

Donovan Mitchell Playoff Passes To Rudy Gobert By Year
2017-18: 4.3 passes per game (12.0% pass frequency)
2018-19: 2.0 passes per game (5.5% pass frequency)
2019-20: 6.0 passes per game (13.2% pass frequency)
2020-21: 4.2 passes per game (10.4% pass frequency)

The answer to the question of how strange is this season’s low pass total to Gobert from Mitchell is probably “a little bit,” because it’s not completely out of character for Mitchell to not be connecting a ton with his big man, but he’s more than a full pass per game below his previous low for a regular season. (The 2019-20 season numbers are particularly an outlier because Mitchell was playing point guard far more due to Mike Conley’s injury issues in both the regular season and playoffs, leading to more direct action between the two than they typically run.)

Still, while it’s not totally out of the ordinary for Mitchell and Gobert not to have a ton of on-court activity together (which, again, has long led to the speculation about whether they like playing with each other) Snyder’s assertion that there’s nothing to the rumors of discontent between the two is almost assuredly false. That’s what he has to say, as they are still going to the playoffs and will try to get themselves together for a run, so publicly backing his guys is about all he can do, but at the same time, we wouldn’t be getting this much noise from this many reputable reporters if people weren’t talking behind the scenes.

This postseason very well be the end of an era in Utah if they have another early exit, as there are rumblings that Snyder is a candidate for the Lakers and Spurs jobs on top of the rumors that Mitchell and Gobert could both end up on the trade block. Winning, as always, would solve a lot of these problems for the Jazz, but the team’s two stars will have to get on the same page to have any chance of suddenly turning around their playoff fortunes.

Kevin Durant is hoping to lead a third team to an NBA Finals appearance this year, but will have to do so from the play-in as the Brooklyn Nets try to put the pieces together late in the season to fulfill the promise of their talented roster.

It’s a testament to his immense talent that every team Durant is on is considered among the favorites for a championship each year, and his accomplishments already over his 14-year career has him as a lock to be a first ballot Hall of Famer. However, despite that there are some that aren’t sure how exactly he’ll be remembered and honored by his past stops in the NBA, as his departure from the Oklahoma City Thunder created resentment from the fan base that some still hold onto. With the Warriors, he won two championships and two NBA Finals MVP awards, making the Finals in all three years he was in Oakland, but given his short stint, some have questioned if his No. 35 will end up in the rafters of the Chase Center.

In an interview with The Ringer’s Logan Murdock, Durant says he has no doubt that will happen in both OKC and Golden State despite the arguments, noting that no matter how acrimonious his departure from OKC or how short a tenure he had in Golden State, what he did in both places commands that placement among the franchise greats.

“OKC has to retire my jersey,” Durant said. “It wouldn’t even be good for the game of basketball if they didn’t. The same with Golden State. I’m still doing what I’m doing here in Brooklyn, but if I continue on what I’m doing four or five years, then I’ll feel the same way about this program.”

You’d find few outside of OKC who would disagree about the Thunder, as he and Russell Westbrook effectively built that franchise in Oklahoma City. Time figures to heal those wounds, but the Warriors question is more divisive given he was only there three years. His impact is unquestioned, but he came to a team that had already won a championship and made another Finals the year prior (having won 73 games in the regular season). Draymond Green was asked for his thoughts on an appearance on the Maggie & Perloff radio show, and was offended it was a question at all, saying that even if KD had been there for just the two championship years, he did more than enough to earn that place in franchise lore.

Green, Stephen Curry, and Klay Thompson are all locks for jersey retirements eventually in San Francisco, and you feel like it really does matter how they feel about Durant joining them in the rafters because he was the last addition to that team and was there for the shortest amount of time. That Green is so adamant that it isn’t even a question should leave no doubt as to whether the 35 will be joining 30, 23, and 11 in the future.

Someone made a semi-edgy joke and someone got mad. It happened at the Oscars, now it’s happening in the hall of Congress. The other day, Jimmy Kimmel made a joke on his late-night show about Marjorie Taylor Greene. Not only did Greene not enjoy it, she decided to report him to the authorities. But Kimmel doesn’t appear to be quaking in his boots.

The joke combined two hot topics: the increasingly deranged, troubling attack on the LGBTQIA+ community by the far right and the Will Smith-Chris Rock Oscars slap. Greene, like many in the GOP, is angry at Ketanji Brown Jackson, the first Black woman ever nominated to the Supreme Court. Some tried, bizarrely, to make her look soft on pedophiles. She’s not, and even The National Review debunked that one. But after Republicans Lisa Murkowski, Susan Collins, and Mitt Romney all vowed to give Jackson their vote, Greene made the disturbing decision to call them “pro-pedophile.”

So on his show, Kimmel made a joke: “Wow, where is Will Smith when you need him?”

It’s about as edgy as the Chris Rock joke that prompted Smith to strike him on live television, which is to say not that much. But Greene — who as an elected lawmaker doesn’t make laws but does heckle colleagues and degrade her own gender — decided to go nuclear on him anyway, saying she was reporting Kimmel to Capitol Police.

But Kimmel doesn’t seem worried.

“Officer? I would like to report a joke,” he joked. Evidently Kimmel will not lose sleep wondering if the Capitol Police, who endured injuries and psychological trauma as the result of a riot Greene remorselessly helped inspire, will pay him a visit.

(Via Raw Story)

Earthgang has been smooth sailing since they released their long-awaited sophomore album Ghetto Gods. In their continued effort to promote the project, the Atlanta rap duo returns with a new video for “Billi.” The track, which features a verse from fellow ATLien Future, is a standout from the project and the trio uses it to express their desire to be as rich as possible. In the song’s video, which dropped without Future’s presence in it, Earthgang robs an art museum with help from a few ladies. While the duo could just run off with their stolen goods, they decide to kick it in the museum and flaunt their acquisitions which include a shiny diamond and expensive artifacts.

The video for “Billi” arrives after Earthgang supplied visuals for other Ghetto Gods tracks like “Strong Friends,” “American Horror Story,” “Amen,” and “All Eyez On Me.” As for the album itself, Ghetto Gods features 17 songs and additional guest appearances from J. Cole, Ari Lennox, JID, Musiq Soulchild, Baby Tate, Nick Cannon, and more.

Earthgang’s new video was also released after they contributed three tracks — “Ghetto Gods Freestyle,” “Jozi Flows,” and “Everybody Ain’t Sh*t” — to Dreamville’s newly-released project, D-Day: A Gangsta Grillz Mixtape.

You can watch the video for “Billi” above.

Ghetto Gods is out now via Dreamville and Interscope. You can stream it here.

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Next weekend, Coachella will hold its first festival since 2019 after the coronavirus pandemic canceled their 2020 and 2021 iterations. Kanye West, Billie Eilish, and Harry Styles were initially announced as headliners for the upcoming festival which will take over Indio, California during the weekends of April 15-17 and April 22-24. In normal times, Coachella would be conducting last-minute preparations to kick off the first of their two festival weekends, but a wrench was thrown into their plans when Kanye West dropped out earlier this week. This sent officials into a scramble to find a replacement, and luckily they were able to lock in The Weeknd and Swedish House Mafia as the new headliners.

According to TMZ, Kanye West reportedly walked away from an $8 million payout by dropping out of Coachella. He also lost a $500,000 production fee by walking away from his headlining performances. For what it’s worth, Kanye is a billionaire so missing out on the 7-figure payment is most likely not that big of a concern for him. Thankfully for Coachella and all attendees, the situation has been fixed but it didn’t come without some tension during negations. Page Six, which sites a “music source,” says that The Weeknd threatened to also drop out as a headliner if he did not receive the same payment as Kanye.

“The Weeknd came in at short notice to take Kanye’s top spot. But Phil Anschutz [who owns the Coachella Festival through AEG Live] wanted to hold on to Kanye’s money and pay The Weeknd far less, just a few million,” the source told the publication. “The festival would pocket the rest […] Even after Coachella announced the new lineup on Wednesday, a deal wasn’t in place for The Weeknd, who threatened to pull out at an hour’s notice if he didn’t get the same deal as Kanye. Finally, on Wednesday — faced with the prospect of a second headline act pulling out of Coachella at the last minute — Anschutz’s company caved and agreed to pay the Weeknd the same money.”

Page Six notes that another source told them that Anschutz was not directly involved in negotiations to secure The Weeknd as a headliner.

Marjorie Taylor Greene is one of those elected lawmakers who doesn’t actually make laws. Perhaps that’s for the best. If she ever had time to make laws, who knows what they’d be like? But the Georgia representative is very busy. She heckles presidents. She heckles fellow congresspeople. She says women are inferior to men. And now she sometimes squeezed another performative act into her cramped schedule.

As per The Independent, Greene has reported Jimmy Kimmel to the Capitol Police over a Will Smith joke. The late-night host dragged her for accusing supporters of Supreme Court Justice nominee Ketanji Brown Jackson of being “pro-pedophile.” (It makes even less sense in context.) He then quipped, “Where is Will Smith when you really need him?”

It’s not the best joke, but it is a joke, and arguably not more offensive than the slightly edgy yuk that got Chris Rock smacked at the Oscars. (Perhaps you’ve heard.) But Greene decided to take it to extremes.

“ABC, this threat of violence against me by Jimmy Kimmel has been filed with the Capitol Police,” she wrote on Twitter.

“Our office takes all threats of violence towards the Congresswoman very seriously,” a spokesperson for Greene told The Independent. “Last night, Jimmy Kimmel called for violence to be committed against Congresswoman Greene. It will not be tolerated.”

(Via The Independent)

While much of regular life has returned to some kind of normalcy, COVID ain’t over. There’s yet another new variant out there, and the federal government sort of neglected to re-up on funding tests and vaccines, meaning the uninsured — and, really, everyone — is now in danger. There’s still some debate among scientists if a second booster is necessary, with the FDA recommending it for those over 50. But not everyone’s reluctant to get a fourth jab. Mr. T, already an outspoken cheerleader of vaccines, wants everyone to go back for more.

“I just received my 2nd Moderna booster vaccine, and I feel good!” tweeted the A-Team and Rocky alum. “I am still going to wear my mask and keep my distance because the virus ain’t over, Fool! Grrr”

It’s not clear who or what the unpunctuated “Grr” was meant to address, but perhaps it was meant to be open-ended. Surely he meant the virus, but maybe he also directed some of that ire to the “fools” who still won’t get vaxxed and are helping keep COVID strong.

Mr. T, who in the 1980s was simultaneously a TV star, a movie star, a wrestler, and a staple of children’s television, often using his over-the-top tough guy persona to tell kids to eat right and do the right thing, is a big fan of vaccines. Back in November, he spouted off about getting his first booster, and let everyone know he was still going to wear a mask and social distance, just to stay safe.

His latest pro-vaccine tweet earned him yet more love, as well as lots of “I pity the fool who doesn’t get vaccinated”-style jokes.

Some felt this — a celebrity preaching about a public health issue — was the kind of communication the CDC needs, especially when you have celebrity skeptics like Joe Rogan and Aaron Rodgers.

Of course, Mr. T’s tweet earned the ire of lots of anti-vaxx schmucks. And, of course, Ted Cruz.

But everyone else had to hand it to the guy who stole Rocky III from Stallone.