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The world of horse racing was hit by a scandal earlier in the day on Sunday when news broke that Kentucky Derby winning horse Medina Spirit failed a post-race drug test. Medina Spirit tested positive for higher than usual levels of betamethasone, and as a result, the horse will have another sample tested that could determine whether or not its win at Churchill Downs will be thrown out.

There are plenty of gigantic ramifications that could come as a result of this — namely that its trainer, Bob Baffert, had set the all-time record when Medina Spirit became his seventh horse to win the Derby. Far down the list of ramifications is that it allowed former president Donald Trump the opportunity to remind people that he really misses having internet platforms to opine on things, as he released a statement in which he called Medina Spirit “a junky” and made up some stuff about how the whole world is laughing at us.

The question that exists here, beyond why exactly Trump commented on this, is how a horse having an elevated level of an anti-inflammatory corticosteroid is proof that things are going bad in a country. Other questions we have: whether he knew for sure that Medina Spirit was the horse or if he thought it was the jockey, can a horse be “a junky.”

Baltimore rapper YTK went viral on Saturday morning after he released his new single, “Let It Off,” which features a distinct sample of Mariah Carey’s 2005 track “Shake It Off.” After someone on Twitter reposted it with the caption, “Mariah Carey has 24 hours to respond,” Carey responded in a very light-hearted manner, writing “How about y’all have 24 hours to respond to my lawyers (purple heart).” It was later revealed that the singer’s reply was indeed a joke, but what some may not have realized is that Questlove also had a role in the ordeal.

The person who posting the inciting tweet reached out to Questlove to aid in clearing the sample for YTK’s track. Questlove then messaged Mariah and was able to put the Baltimore rapper in touch with the right people to begin the clearance process. He later explained on Twitter why he helped YTK get the sample cleared. “I’m DYIN,” The Roots drummer wrote in a tweet. “I helped w the Mariah sample cause 11 years ago we were in the same situation in which Erykah has 24 hours to clear “Gone Baby Don’t Be Long” w Paul McCartney & Lenny Kravitz saw the tweet & hit up Stella to hit her pops & the song was saved! #PayItForward.”

“Gone Baby Don’t Be Long” can be found on Erykah Badu’s 2010 album, New Amerykah Part Two (Return Of The Ankh), on which Questlove is credited on two songs. As for YTK, it remains to be seen if and when the rapper will land the sample clearance.

Seth Rogen and James Franco first achieved notice together. They were both on Freaks and Geeks, the one-season show that launched so many careers, and since then they’ve regularly teamed up, from Pineapple Express to This is the End to The Interview. But they may never do so again: In a new interview with the Sunday Times (as caught by Entertainment Weekly), Rogen finally spoke bluntly about the long-standing sexual misconduct allegations lodged at his longtime screen partner.

Franco has been accused of inappropriate behavior a number of times in the last decade. In 2014, a 17-year-old accused him of contacting her over Instagram DM, trying to schedule a meet-up. In 2018, five women accused him of various unseemly behavior. Franco has denied all the allegations. When Rogen was recently asked about those accusations, he took a sharper tack than he ever had before.

“What I can say is that I despise abuse and harassment and I would never cover or conceal the actions of someone doing it, or knowingly put someone in a situation where they were around someone like that,” Rogen said.

The actor and filmmaker also talked about the time he made a joke about the allegations made against Franco while hosting SNL in 2014. “I decided to prank James Franco,” he joked. “I posed as a girl on Instagram [and] told him I was way young. He seemed unphased. I have a date to meet him at the Ace Hotel.”

Cut to seven years later and Rogen says he “very much regrets making that joke,” which he called “terrible.” He added, “I also look back to that interview in 2018 where I comment that I would keep working with James, and the truth is that I have not and I do not plan to right now.”

Recently Rogen has re-evaluated some of his past actions, including apologizing to Emma Watson for his handling of a scene in This is the End that got a little too extreme, prompting her to drop out of it entirely.

(Via The Sunday Times and EW)

Despite having 12 albums to his name, DJ Khaled hasn’t spent too much time atop the album charts. His first No. 1 was 2016’s Major Key, which came a decade after his debut Listen… The Album. Khaled earned his second chart-topper a year later with Grateful. He came up short in 2019 with Father Of Ashad, whose release was infamously bungled. This time around, Khaled has nothing to worry about, as Khaled Khaled debuted at the top of the Billboard 200.

The album debuted with a total of 93,000 units in its first week, a number comprised of 76,000 streaming equivalent album units and 14,000 pure album sales. Despite it topping the charts, the first-week total is the lowest amount for Khaled since his 2015 album, I Changed A Lot, which debuted with only 25,000 equivalent album units.

Looking further down the chart, the next four positions are occupied by former No. 1 albums. Moneybagg Yo’s first chart-topping album, A Gangsta’s Pain, clocks in at No. 2, while Morgan Wallen’s Dangerous: The Double Album holds still at No. 3. Justin Bieber’s Justice takes a step upward from No. 4 while Young Thug and YSL’s Slime Language 2 slipped down to No. 5

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Even after he handily lost the election, even after he inspired a failed coup, even after he was banned by much of social media, Trump still, somehow, inexplicably rules the Republican party. GOP lawmakers continue to swear fealty to the disgraced 45th American president, and anyone who doesn’t — such as high-ranking representative Liz Cheney — is now in trouble of losing power. And then there’s Illinois representative Adam Kinzinger, who seems to be the only one in the party who truly has zero Fs to give.

Kinzinger was the first Republican lawmaker to agree with Democrats that they should invoke the 25th amendment after the aborted but deadly January 6 insurrection. It even cost him the love of some family members. But he’s soldiered on, and on Sunday he went on Face the Nation to warn that the party he’s long called his own that, should they continue to be in thrall to a former commander-in-chief who now lives in a resort with strangers, then they’re in deep, deep doo-doo.

The representative was asked about Cheney, who it looks may loser her number three position among House Republicans, just for being critical of a dangerous president who’s now a blogger. He wasn’t going along with his colleagues. He pointed out that what she’s saying — that he clearly lost an election, that he inspired a deadly mob, etc. — was “exactly” what House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy said the day of the insurrection.

“She’s just been consistently saying it,” he sad. “And a few weeks later, Kevin McCarthy changed to attacking other people.” He then said the party really needs to take an honest look at what led to the events of January 6. But that’s not happening.

“Right now, it’s basically the Titanic. “We’re in the middle of this slow sink. We have a band playing on the deck, telling everybody it’s fine, and meanwhile, as I’ve said, Donald Trump’s running around, trying to find women’s clothing and get on the first lifeboat.”

Kinzinger added that it’s not good, “not only for the future of the party,” but also “for the future of this country.” The message from those who wish to oust Cheney from her position of power, he said, is “it’s just time to focus on the future and move on, like this was 10 years ago and we’ve been obsessed over it since. It’s been four months, and we have so many people, including our leadership in this party, who have not admitted that this is what it is — that this was an insurrection led by the president of the United States, well deserving of a full accounting from Republicans.”

In any case, half of Republicans still believe in what has been dubbed “The Big Lie” — that the election was somehow stolen from Trump, even though nothing approaching hard evidence has ever been provided. And so the fun times persist.

(Via Insider)

Drake has never been one to shy away from showing love to the mothers in his life. Examples of this come on songs like “Look What You’ve Done” and “You & The 6.” On the latter he raps, “You and the 6 raised me right, that sh*t saved my life” in reference to his mother Sandra while the former closed with a touching outro from his grandmother.

With that being said, it’s no surprise that the Toronto rapper used the Mother’s Day holiday to honor the moms around him, which includes Sophie Brussaux, the mother of his three-year-old son Adonis.

The tributes came in the form of Instagram posts. Drake shared a pair of throwback photos that captured him close by his mother’s side with the caption, “Only look for sympathy inside my mothers eyes.” Elsewhere on his Instagram Story, the rapper posted pictures of Brussaux with Adonis and wrote “Happy Mother’s Day big mama @sophieknowsbetter.” She reposted the photo to her own Instagram Story and added three blue hearts to it.

This past weekend, Drake decided to use the Mother’s Day holiday to deliver a limited number of his own candles to fellow Canadians through Uber Eats and Postmates. Customers who ordered $50 or more worth of food through the food delivery service platforms could receive a free candle from the rapper’s Better World Fragrance House brand as long as supplies last. He also teased the brand’s “first scent series,” which debuted today and is available for purchase through the Better World Fragrance House website.

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Aaron Rodgers really wants the full-time job of hosting Jeopardy! and, if you believe the show’s producers, he has a good shot at actually getting that gig later this year. But while the other contenders finish out their guest hosting duties this month, at least he can claim he’s still hosting episodes in a fictional canon.

Rodgers will serve as the host of Jeopardy! on an episode of The Conners, running the board while a character from the show makes an appearance during an upcoming episode. The show’s Twitter account shared the news on Saturday, announcing Rodgers as one of the guest stars of the final two episodes of the show’s third season.

In the trailer, Aunt Jackie flirts with Rodgers while she appears on the show and he hosts.

“Aaron Rodgers, this — I’ve been feeling some obvious chemistry here.”

He doesn’t appear to notice the advances, taking the role a bit more seriously than Jackie, who appears to be in the red money-wise during the game.

Rodgers was really enthusiastic about Jeopardy! during his two-week hosting stint, using the occasion to raise COVID-19 relief funds, chat with supporters and share clips from the show. He’s yet to address The Conners and his appearance on social media just yet, but it’s another example of his commitment to Jeopardy! that he wants to host in the ABC television canon, too. We’ll have to wait and see if he gets another chance at the actual Jeopardy! stage later in the year, but he certainly continues to look the part.

DK Metcalf made his track and field debut on Sunday afternoon, and all things considered, the Seattle Seahawks standout was pretty impressive. Metcalf threw on his track spikes and ran the 100 meter dash at the USATF Golden Games and Distance Open at Mt. SAC, an event that had potential U.S. Olympic Qualifying implications if he was fast enough.

The bad news for Metcalf is that he was not fast enough to reach that point, coming in ninth place in his heat and missing out on qualifying. The good news is that Metcalf still threw down a startling time, running the 100 in 10.36 seconds.

By no means did Metcalf look out of place, and despite this not being the sport he’s trained in, the Seahawks receiver managed the put forth a good time with room to grow. Time will tell if he decides to pursue this a little more, but before then, Metcalf received a ton of praise from other folks in the NFL.

One NFL player who knows a thing or two about life on the track is Marquise Goodwin of the Chicago Bears, who made the 2012 U.S. Olympic team as a long jumper. He, too, gave Metcalf props for doing what he did at his size.

Goodwin was hardly the only track athlete to throw praise Metcalf’s way.

Metcalf is one of the brightest young receivers in the NFL, so if he never did anything other than play football, no one would really blame him. Having said that, this is some serious promise in the 100 meters, and hopefully we’ll see him run it a few more times.

Actors love to master a thick, regional accent, but you know which one almost never gets any love? The Philly ‘burb accent. It’s more distinct than the Boston, not as insane as the Baltimore, and yet not even native Bradley Cooper dared replicate it when he made the Southeast Pennsylvania-set Silver Linings Playbook. In fact, about the only place you hear performers trying to work their way around it is on SNL.

A few years ago, James McAvoy — star of two films by proud Philly local M. Night Shyamalan — did a phenomenal Philly accent while hosting the show. The accent’s back in the news now, thanks to HBO’s Mare of Easttown, which finds another UK native, Kate Winslet, doing her best stab at it. Now SNL is getting back in on the game, with a hilarious parody that leans in thick on the tricky accent.

Kate McKinnon stands in for Winslet, playing a working class detective with a ratty ponytail investigating some miserable murder. But never mind that: What’s important is they all have incredibly specific accents that are so thick a non-resident, played by Mikey Day, has trouble deciphering their content. Indeed, the fake show is called Murder Durdur, “durdur” being roughly how one from just outside the City of Brotherly Love pronounces the word “daughter.”

The parody has more in its arsenal than the Philly ‘burb accent. There’s very easy cheesteak jokes, yes, but there’s also nods to Yuengling Lager and Conshohocken and Delco and the Schuylkill River, as well as Winslet’s favorite PA grocery chain, Wawa.

You can watch the sketch in the video above.

The COVID-19 pandemic hasn’t been easy on anyone, and those of us lucky to endure isolation, disease and uncertainty often found new outlets with which to distract ourselves. Some took to gaming remotely, threw themselves at new hobbies or tried new shows and movies. One of those people is actor Mickey Rourke, who apparently fell in love with a show that’s quite a commitment if you’re a completionist.

Rourke shared on Instagram this weekend that he’s a huge Law and Order: SVU fan, sharing an image of the show’s logo and cast and an extremely nice compliment about the show and its cast. He even hilariously threw some shade at the Marvel Cinematic Universe.

“I never knew anything about it before until the lockdown since i have all my gym equipment in my living room,” Rourke explained, saying he started watching SVU about six months ago. “I’ve been doing all my training at home isolating.”

Rourke said he never intended to get whole hog into SVU. “I click on this show just by accident and curiosity and have to say I’ve never seen such terrific acting ever on television!” he wrote. “Each show that I seen and I probably seen a 1000 of them by now the producing is terrific, the direction is top class and most of all i am really impressed with this ensembles of highly talented actors.”

Rourke singled out the lead actors, starting with Mariska Hargitay and Christopher Meloni, two of the show’s mainstays. But he also had love for BD Wong, Ice T and others, like Stephanie March, who have played huge roles on the show over the years.

Rourke certainly picked a good show to fill his time, as there are literally days worth of SVU episodes at this point in the show’s run. And it’s really charming to see an actor not only get sucked into a show themselves, but to also offer high praise of other performers. If he’s fishing for an appearance on his new favorite show, well, he made quite the first impression here.

The Iron Man 2 alum also threw a barb at the acting in Marvel movies. “Respect to all of you, the work that you all do is real acting,” he wrote. “Not like that crap that all on Marvel sh*t.”