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In multiple ways, DaBaby is a 1. His two latest albums, Kirk and Blame It On Baby, both peaked at No. 1 on the Billboard 200 chart. His Roddy Ricch-featuring single “Rockstar” also topped the Billboard Hot 100 chart. He’s also a 1 in the eyes of a random grandmother who went viral after rating his appearance in a video, along with the looks of other rappers.

Snoop Dogg shared the clip on Instagram — likely because the grandma saw him and exclaimed, “15!” — and in it, a woman shares with her grandmother a photo gallery of rappers and asks her to rate them each on a scale of 1 to 10. She begins with DaBaby, who earned a simple response: “One.” DaBaby saw the clip and was a good sport about it, commenting, “Damn gma. [crying laughing emoji] Yeen got no love for baby?”

DaBaby actually wasn’t the worst performer of the clip, though. Some other rappers earned 1 ratings as well while others earned 0 scores from the discerning critic, like Lil Durk, Lil Uzi Vert, Kodak Black, and Lil Wayne, the latter of whom got a harsh score of “Oh my god, minus 0!”

Check out the hilarious clip above.

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Ant Clemons might be a name you’re still getting acquainted with, but the New Jersey native is worthy of an immense amount of respect and attention. In just the last two years, Clemons has found himself working alongside artists like Beyonce, Justin Timberlake, Ty Dolla Sign, Jeremih, Chance The Rapper, Cordae, and more. All of it came as a result of landing a writing credit and background vocals on “All Mine” from Kanye West’s eighth album, Ye. While the project may have endured lukewarm reviews, the song turned out to be one of the album’s brightest moments.

“It was a song I did with my brother, Jeremih,” Clemons said during an interview with Uproxx. “It grew legs and moved and I had no idea that it was moving as fast as it was moving.” The record opened a multitude of doors for the singer, but just before folks could box him in as a songwriter, Clemons arrived with his debut project, Happy 2 Be Here, at the beginning of 2020. The 8-track effort delivered features from Timbaland, Pharrell, and Ty Dolla Sign and granted him the opportunity to establish his name as a lead artist, one he achieved as he earned a Best R&B Album Grammy nomination for it.

While the singer is — I’m sorry, I have to — happy to be here, winning the Grammy award would make things even sweeter. “I want to win Grammys, so God willing, I win this 2021 Best R&B Album Grammy,” he declared. “If this not this year, then it’s going to be the year after that, or the year after that because I know what’s meant for me is meant for me.”

In a few days, Ant Clemons will learn whether or not he’ll take home the coveted Grammy award. However, before that, we spoke to the singer about Happy 2 Be Here, life before fame, his songwriting style, and what he hopes is next for him.

You just celebrated the one-year anniversary of Happy 2 Be Here with the new song “June 1st.” It commemorates the day Kanye dropped his 2018 album Ye, one that you had a writing credit on. I can only assume the next few days after that moment were an absolute whirlwind, but I wanna hear from you. How did things really change after June 1st, 2018?

All of it was just surreal. It had been a whirlwind of just emotions and a culmination of hard work and perseverance, like meeting at one time in real life. It’s crazy when you think about those things. It’s like okay, yeah, there’ll be a milestone moment along the journey somewhere, but I can’t wait for it. I don’t even know what that looks like to me at this point. I was just working, so in it, just trying to figure out what my big break was going to be. What was going to be my Big Sean rapping for Kanye moment or like J. Cole going to New York and giving Hov the CD that he never heard or like Drake and Jas Prince and their relationship and then getting the call to go meet Wayne. Where was my validation from the people that I thought were great? That’s what I was constantly seeking and I kind of gave that up. I was like, you know, I’m done chasing this moment, and the moment I gave up looking forward to it, it happened for me. I talked to my friends about this, and I always laugh and joke about it, but I feel like I never went home because the me that came home [after working with Kanye] was Ant Clemens the artist that is on the song with Kanye that’s on the radio right now that just went No. 8 on the Billboard Hot 100. I was trying to catch up to it as it was happening in real life.

Your debut album, Happy 2 Be Here sounds like a drawn-out moment of gratitude, one that you of course earned through hard work and patience. Outside of working with Kanye, what about the journey before that June 1st day are you most grateful for?

If I began this list, one, I would say God. I’m just appreciative of the Lord. Then my parents, both my mom and my dad being my support system, like really telling me and my two sisters that we can literally do anything with Christ that strengthens us. So instilling that in us early gave me the confidence to succeed at anything. I didn’t really have any fear of being inadequate of anything because I knew I could conquer anything cause I always had God with me. But in human form, every single person along the journey from my big sister, who was the first person that grabbed me up and say, “Yo, we going to Cali, let’s let’s figure this out,” to my brothers Scott, Ali, and Dre, who allowed me to stay at their house and just write one song a day instead of rent. My brother Ray Keys introduced me to my brother Bongo [ByTheWay]. Both Ray and Bongo are like my bros for life. Bongo introduced me to The Game, Jeremih, and Ty Dolla Sign and I’m meeting all these people I’ve always dreamed of working with. It was so cool having moments of like, wow, I’m really right here looking across from The Game or looking across a Ty Dolla Sign, and they actually care about what I have to say.

I feel like the phrase, “Happy 2 Be Here,” also lives in your songwriting world. We’ve seen you in rooms with the likes on SZA, Ty Dolla Sign, Justin Timberlake, Wale, and more. What is your favorite aspect of writing with other artists?

Being able to walk in a room and see someone that you’ve only seen on television is an experience that I just don’t think I’ll ever just get over. I keep that in me because I choose to be happy to be here because we do have some form of a choice as to which emotion we’ll give light to and I want to choose happiness every day. For me, being happy to be here, just looking around, taking a moment, actually breathing, and thanking God just for right now, helps me to remember that I could be somewhere else. I could be doing something completely different than what I’m doing right now and this might not be where I want to be, but I got to be happy to be here to get to where I want to go. So not in the space of I’m fearful of the blessings going away, but I want to make sure my heart posture is correct at all times. Walking in a room with someone that I’ve always wanted to work with is a great feeling when you’re songwriting. Working with brand new people that you’ve never met before, that you just have the common love of music is a fun thing. I like creating and if I can catch a vibe with you in the studio because you also like to create it, we gon’ make it happen.

What’s the process of songwriting like for you? Are you introverted or extroverted? Do you knock it out quickly or is it a drawn-out process? How’s it work for you?

I like to think I draw it out quickly, the process is pretty fast now. It’s kind of repetition like shooting a jump shot, the mechanics of making sure you have your elbow tucked in, the follow-through. Once you do it a certain amount of times, no matter what course you go to, you’re able to get into your groove. I used to be a little introverted because I was just shy. I didn’t want people to know what I did, but my personality is extroverted, if you will. So I like people to be included in my deepest thoughts. It’s like, well, how does this make you feel? How does this sound? Is this coming out the way I want it to sound? I like feeding ideas off of people. For me, the writing process used to be writing in my phone and to a beat. Now I hate listening to beats, I don’t want to hear no beats, don’t you send me no beats! For me, when I hear the music for the first time, I want to be able to react to it and if I can’t record it and I heard it on the phone, it’s like I’ll be trying to recreate my very first reaction to it. It might be because I’m just so ADD when it comes to creating that it’s so freestyle-based, I get to whatever it is I want to get to and then it’s on to the next one.

And speaking of that Grammy, where were you when you found out you got nominated? How’d you celebrate the news?

I’ve been still trying to figure out if it’s real, to be honest. I woke up to a whole bunch of messages and stuff, and my friends were blowing me up. I went on Twitter and I saw Gayle King say, Best R&B Album, the nominations are and then say Ant Clemons and I was like she knows my name?? It really didn’t hit me until I was listening to the Joe Budden Podcast and I heard Joe say “Ant Clemons,” I was like, “wow, this is a thing.” I celebrated by being in the studio, but I’m in the studio all the time. I went right back to work, just super excited and I’m still in a space of shock that this is even a thing. I loved Happy 2 Be Here, I loved working on those records, but I had no clue that people felt the same way. To be nominated and to be accepted by your peers is such a cool thing.

I saw that you recently made a virtual visit to your alma mater, Burlington County Institute of Technology, to speak to students. Why did you feel it was important to head back there.

Man, I can’t tell you how cool it is to have your high school or someone from your high school even know what you do outside of there. But to think that those amazingly talented students at BCIT wanted me to even speak to them was surreal. Dr. Ashanti Holly, I love her to death, she was like one of my superintendents when I was in middle school, so to see that she’s a part of the BCIT high school experience is so cool. A couple of my teachers shared some really cool comments and it was the best man like that’s what all it is is about. If it’s not for everyone, then it’s not for me. I learned a long time ago that my life, not that it’s meaningless, but it wasn’t about me. I started living my best life when I really realized that it had nothing to do with me. It was really about what I could do for others and how I could help. So anytime somebody has a question, it’s my responsibility to answer because I would want somebody to turn around and give me answers just to help me get from point A to point B. If I’m not doing that and I’m not being an example, then what are we doing?

In a second life, what would Ant Clemens be doing if it wasn’t being an artist? Where’s your second passion lie?

It would be in the art in some form. I draw like so it would be graphic design, I’d probably be an animator at Disney somewhere. I’d probably be in church somewhere, not saying that that’s not what I’m doing right now. I’m not sure, my mom always told me that my grandma said I would be a pastor when I was a kid. That was something in the back of my head that was really scary to think of cause I was like that’s a big responsibility, I don’t want to be in charge of anybody getting into heaven or not. I don’t think that’s what a pastor is, but as a kid I didn’t want to be the guy that says yes or no in heaven, that’s a lot of responsibilities. But nah, in another life I’d probably be expressing myself in some form or fashion. If it wasn’t through song and dance, it’d be through some type of visual art. I got to express myself.

You’ve worked with some of the industry’s best, you’re Grammy-nominated, you’ve got a growing resume, and you’ve only put out one album. So what’s next for you on the bucket list?

It’s so many things. I’m very, very happy, but I guess I’m never content. So I’m constantly setting goals and I want to work with Drake. I’ve been saying it everywhere, I would love to work with Drake. I want to work with Frank Ocean. There’s a few people — Kendrick, I would love to do some stuff with Kendrick — and be able to at least get in the room with some of my favorites before they venture off and do other things outside of music. But outside of just music goals, I’m really excited to just live and be able to experience everything that God has for me. I’ll be 30 this year, I’ve never even thought about what my life would look like at 30. I thought I’d be like getting ready to get married or something. So, whatever the Lord has for me this year and this time, I’m excited for it.

Happy 2 Be Here (Anniversary Edition) is out now via legion/Human Re Sources. Get it here.

March is in full swing, and this weekend brings with it all of the major conference tournaments in men’s college basketball ahead of Selection Sunday. This month has already seen some wild finishes and Tournament dreams get dashed, most notably Memphis needing a win over Houston only to get taken down by a midcourt heave.

On Thursday, the ACC Tournament rolled on with quarterfinals action as top-seeded Virginia faced off with 8-seed Syracuse. The Orange led by three at the half and throughout the second half it was a tight, back-and-forth affair, but the Hoos managed to pull off the win on the final possession of the game, when they were able to probe the Syracuse defense and kick it out for a wide open three-pointer from Reece Beekman at the buzzer.

This is, indeed, March, and with it comes wild finishes in the middle of the afternoon like this one. Single-elimination tournaments are, objectively, a terrible way to determine a champion, whether for a conference crown or the national champion, but they are intoxicating to watch and there’s no doubt they produce drama that a series format simply can’t match. For that, we’re thankful for tournament hoops and Virginia knows a thing or two about surviving and advancing.

Each week our staff of film and TV experts surveys the entertainment landscape to select the ten best new/newish movies available for you to stream at home. We put a lot of thought into our selections, and our debates on what to include and what not to include can sometimes get a little heated and feelings may get hurt, but so be it, this is an important service for you, our readers. With that said, here are our selections for this week.

1. Coming 2 America (Amazon Prime)

The original Coming to America might not be the world’s funniest movie, but it remains pleasant, a world of memorably kooky characters, with the occasional incredible line, like “you all remember him as Joe the Police Officer from the What’s Happening episode of That’s My Momma.” The sequel is the same, more extravaganza than movie, with some of the best costume design ever and the occasional inspired moment — like Wesley Snipes playing a step-dancing African warlord. More than anything else, it’s a movie that’s plain fun to look at, which is a seemingly-obvious but often overlooked quality of a good movie these days. Watch it on Prime Video.

2. Nomadland (Hulu)

In his review of the film last year, our Mike Ryan wrote, “there’s a scene in Nomaldland so beautiful I gasped as it whisked my brain to some of Terrence Malick’s early work.” That pretty much sums it up well — Nomadland is one of the most beautiful and touching movies we’ve seen in a while. Watch it on Hulu.

3. Minari (VOD)

Do you want to make Alan Kim happy? You should, as he’s the world’s most adorable child. All you have to do is watch Minari. Not only will you get to enjoy a very good movie about a Korean-American family, including patriarch Steven Yeun, living in small-town Arkansas in the 1980s, you will also bring a smile to make this gosh-darn cute kid’s face. Watch it on VOD.

4. Biggie: I Got A Story To Tell (Netflix)

The thing that makes this Biggie doc stand out from the others is the previously unseen video footage from his pre-fame life. It’s worth watching to see Biggie rapping to the beat of Toto’s “Africa” alone. Watch it on Netflix.

5. I Care A Lot (Netflix)

Netflix’s I Care A Lot gave us what we really needed in a complicated lady: more of sociopathic, deranged, and unrepentant Rosamund Pike, who is at her best when she’s playing characters who we can’t stop watching but would never want to see coming our way one day in a retirement home. Seriously strong (and possibly intentional from a casting standpoint) Gone Girl vibes applied to a frightening plight that could hit anyone, and Rosamund did her thing while playing a reprehensible character who’s fearsome but still capable of eliciting audience admiration. It’s a downright diabolical thriller that gives Rosamund’s character exactly what she deserved, and we also got a gangster Peter Dinklage, which always makes everything better. Watch it on Netflix.

6. Raya and the Dragon (Disney+)

Raya and the Last Dragon is the latest film from the storied Disney animation team, and it hits all the classic notes: heartwarming story, stunning visuals, skilled voice work by notable names (Kelly Marie Tran, Awkwafina, Sandra Oh, just to name a few. It’s a solid weekend option for anyone with kids to entertain or anyone who just likes Disney movies and doesn’t feel the need to explain that to anyone. You’re the boss of you. Do what you like. Watch it on Disney+.

7. Judas and the Black Messiah (HBO Max)

Shaka King’s Judas and the Black Messiah is casually referenced as “the movie about Fred Hampton” (played by Daniel Kaluuya, who is fantastic), but that doesn’t really tell the full story. The film’s main character is William O’Neal (played by the also fantastic LaKeith Stanfield), the man who infiltrated Hampton’s Black Panthers as an FBI informant (an option given to O’Neal instead of jail time), later giving the FBI the information that would get Hampton killed. It’s the portrait of a desperate man who did a reprehensible act and had to live with that fact for years, until he couldn’t live with it anymore. Watch it on HBO Max.

8. Billie Eilish: The World’s A Little Blurry (AppleTV)

R.J. Cutler takes a year-in-the-life look at Billie Eilish’s meteoric rise to pop superstardom, exploring the complex journey that’s taken Eilish to a place as one of the definitive cultural figures of our time all before the age of 20. This is a great time for music documentaries, in general, and this particular option is one of the best, taking viewers on a ride to superstardom in a way we don’t usually get to see. Watch it on AppleTV.

9. The Sound Of Metal (Amazon Prime)

Riz Ahmed is terrific in The Sound of Metal and is a, mark it down, done deal for a Best Actor Oscar nomination. Ahmed plays Ruben Stone, a drummer in a heavy metal band who is losing his hearing at a dramatic speed. As a former addict, he worries about relapsing and checks himself into a shelter for deaf addicts. It’s here he learns to sign and starts to accept himself in new ways. Things get complicated after Ruben has surgery to install implants that, sort of, restore some of his hearing, but now he’s caught between two worlds and has to decide how he wants to live. Ahmed gives a reserved performance (at least for a character who plays in a heavy metal band) as he copes with the anguish of who he was, who he is now, and who he’s going to be. Watch it on Amazon Prime.

10. Barb & Star Go To Vista Del Mar (VOD)

For their follow-up to the Oscar-nominated Bridesmaids, Kristen Wiig and Annie Mumolo made a kitschy comedy about two best friends from Nebraska who vacation to Florida, whether they unknowingly become entangled in a villain’s plot to kill the town’s residents with deadly mosquitoes. Also, the guy from Fifty Shades of Grey sings a dramatic ballad about seagulls. Barb and Star Go to Vista Del Mar is deliriously and proudly silly in an Austin Powers and Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story kind of way. All hail the silly comedy. Watch it on VOD.

Each week our staff of film and TV experts surveys the entertainment landscape to select the ten best new/newish shows available for you to stream at home. We put a lot of thought into our selections, and our debates on what to include and what not to include can sometimes get a little heated and feelings may get hurt, but so be it, this is an important service for you, our readers. With that said, here are our selections for this week.

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1. WandaVision (Disney+)

Wanda Maximoff finally got her due, and this show manages to be everything that Marvel fans hoped for and almost nothing like what they expected. We’re now in Phase Four, baby, with magnificent cameo troll jobs throwing us off the scent of a story that delivers a rather touching medication on loss and trauma with all sorts of witchy shenanigans there to help us actually, you know enjoy the ride. Fun is the name of the game, after all, and all eyes are now pointing ahead toward The Falcon and the Winter Soldier. Watch it on Disney+.

2. Behind Her Eyes (Netflix)

It’s very easy to enjoy most of Behind Her Eyes, and yep, hearing that this show came from the same production house as The Crown makes total sense. The story started out like a seedy-yet-polished cautionary tale with delightful trashiness, and most of the limited series went down easy until, you know, that double-twist finale. At that point, the show takes off like a semi-truck that’s screeching down a cliff and skidding into the ocean. The ending is admittedly infuriating (with several problematic shades at work), but hey, it sure got people talking, and you won’t be bored with this one. Watch it on Netflix.

3. Murder Among the Mormons (Netflix)

Murder Among The Mormons is a true-crime docuseries about a series of murders in Salt Lake City in the 80s, focusing on Mark Hofmann, a rare documents dealer and forger. Hofmann is a singular kind of dowdy sociopath, working entirely within an utterly esoteric Mormon milieu. Co-directed by Jared Hess of Napoleon Dynamite fame, the docuseries makes Hofmann feel like a Gentleman Broncos or Masterminds character come to life, and Murder Among the Mormons is not only solid true crime, but a wry glimpse into the kinds of oddballs who have been inspiring Jared Hess characters for his entire career. Watch it on Netflix.

4. Ted Lasso (AppleTV)

Ted Lasso shouldn’t have worked. It’s a show based on a character with a funny name and a thin premise (American football coach starts coaching English soccer team), both of which first appeared during a commercial campaign. The fact that it’s good at all, let alone this good, is a minor miracle. He’s a sweet man with a lovely mustache and he just wants to help. You could do far worse in a television show. Watch it on Apple TV+.

5. Allen v. Farrow (HBO Max)

You might go into this docuseries fully expecting to be shocked and appalled, but you’ll still somehow manage to be more shocked and appalled with each episode you watch. Be prepared to never be able to watch a Woody Allen movie through the same lens ever again. Watch it on HBO Max.

6. Dickinson (AppleTV)

The second season of Dickinson evolved past its quirky “period-drama-but-make-modern” roots to give fans a fascinating look at the price of fame and a deeper understanding of who this talented female poet was. It leaned into its queerness, gave Hailee Steinfeld a starring vehicle that felt worthy of her talents, and brought back Wiz Khalifa in the role of Death. We have no complaints. Watch it on Apple TV+.

7. Search Party (HBO Max)

A Twink kidnapping; a meta Lifetime re-telling of Chantel Witherbottom with Portia playing Dori; Eliot embracing the right-wing media machine and crafting his own line of bedazzled handguns. This show does it all while also giving us the funniest car chase in the history of cinema. Watch it on HBO Max.

8. Lupin (Netflix)

Lupin has everything: Diamond heists, decades-long revenge plots, fancy criminals who are always one or two steps ahead of the detectives who are investigating them, etc. It’s no wonder the stylish French drama became a foreign language crossover hit. Lupin is fun. You should watch Lupin. Watch it on Netflix.

9. South Park (HBO Max)

South Park is still on hiatus as far as full seasons go, but they’re filling in the gaps with pandemic-themed special events. The first premiered back in September 2020 and the second, South ParQ: Vaccination Special, hit this week. This news isn’t quite as good as, say, a regular season of new episodes and no more pressing need for specials with “pandemic” and “vaccination” in the title, but you take what you can get. You can watch it on HBO Max.

10. Good Girls (NBC/Peacock)

This is a show that started out as a thought experiment that questioned: “What if Breaking Bad was actually about suburban moms who robbed grocery stores and laundered fake cash through their book club meetings?” This is also a show that has Retta (Parks & Rec) accidentally shooting a Canadian crime boss fronting as a craft store owner in the foot while Mae Whitman and Christina Hendricks take their kids on a late-night stakeout of a crack house. What more do you need to know? Watch it on Peacock.

Following the success of last year’s The Pandemic Special, creators Trey Parker and Matt Stone came back with the gang for the South ParQ Vaccination Special, and for sure, distributing a vaccine on this show reflected what’s going on out here in the so-called real world. It was chaos, while also skewering QAnon with the help of Butters. The organic-food-demanding QAnon Shaman was on hand, and South Park did what it does best: skewer absolutely everyone. The show doesn’t always hit the mark, but the creators have shown themselves to be surprisingly adept at hopping on current events as they happen. So yes, they also touched upon The Muppets, which were not cancelled (contrary to the belief of Don Jr.). Instead, the beloved show surfaced on Disney+, although right-wing feathers were ruffled over 18 episodes receiving content warnings for “negative depictions or mistreatment of people or cultures,” as with the episode where Johnny Cash sings in a barn where the Confederate flag is present. Well, South Park put its own spin on the controversy.

Of course, this is not the first time (and not even the tenth time) that Parker and Stone came for Disney. These guys come for everyone, including themselves with their own notorious South Park disclaimer (which already both makes use of and fun of standard legal riders found on nearly every Hollywood product):

“All characters and events in this show — even those based on real people — are entirely fictional. All celebrity voices are impersonated… poorly. The following language contains coarse language and due to its content it should not be viewed by everyone.”

Here’s the updated South Park disclaimer as seen on the Vaccination Special:

“This program includes negative descriptions and/or mistreatment of people or cultures. These stereotypes were wrong then and will still be wrong in the future. Rather than remove this content, we want to acknowledge its harmful impact, learn from it and spark conversation to create a more inclusive future together. Like the The Muppets, this show should not be watched by anyone.”

Who knows if this disclaimer will stand, or if Parker and Stone will choose to revert to their previous cheeky words, but they’ve pretty much copy-pasted the first paragraph of the Disney+ disclaimer. And they did it without further interpretation, too, so it sure looks like they’re making fun of everyone, including themselves. At least we know who they’re roasting below, though…

A few weeks ago, Swizz Beats and Timbaland confirmed that rap legends and Wu-Tang bandmates Ghostface Killah and Raekwon The Chef would participate in an upcoming episode of the popular streaming concert series Verzuz, and today, they revealed the specifics of the upcoming kung-fu duel. Raekwon Vs. Ghostface has been set for Saturday, March 20 at 5 pm PT / 8 pm ET. Fans will have a new viewing option, as well; in the wake of Swizz and Tim’s partnership with Triller, the next battle will stream on the app rather than Apple Music, where it has previously streamed.

While Ghostface and Rae have spent much of the last year laying — typical of the Wu-Tang brotherhood as a whole when they’re not promoting a new album (or squabbling over it) — Ghost did reveal in 2019 he’s working on a horror thriller with RZA and in 2017, he was early on the cryptocurrency bandwagon, so don’t be surprised if he flogs an NFT or two during the show. Meanwhile, Raekwon celebrated the 25th anniversary of Only Built 4 Cuban Linx with a deluxe vinyl reissue, teasing work on a second sequel to turn the Cuban Linx brand into a trilogy. The Wu-Tang as a whole has an elaborately-produced photobook coming out but getting ahold of it sounds like the luck of the draw.

Check out the upcoming Verzuz on 3/20 on the Verzuz Instagram and Triller app.

Piers Morgan feels entitled to push people around, but the second someone pushes back, he runs away. That’s exactly what happened during Monday’s episode of Good Morning Britain when co-host and weatherman Alex Beresford criticized Morgan’s attack on Meghan Markle. “I understand you don’t like Meghan Markle, you’ve made it so clear a number of times on this program, a number of times,” he said. “And I understand you’ve got a personal relationship with Meghan Markle — or you had one, and she cut you off. She’s entitled to cut you off if she wants to. Has she said anything about you since she cut you off? I don’t think she has, and yet you continue to trash her.” That’s when Morgan stormed off. He would leave the show for good later that day.

Beresford, who has been with Good Morning Britain since 2014, addressed Morgan’s decision to quit the show on Twitter on Thursday. “There is so much that could be said. Piers’ departure sincerely wasn’t the conclusion I was hoping for,” he wrote. “Over the last few years, Piers and I have had a lively, cheeky on-air relationship. We both wanted to be on the show Tuesday morning, and from our very public conversations on Twitter, we both knew how strongly our opinions differed on the treatment of Harry and Meghan pre and post the interview that has split the world.” Beresford continued:

“I hoped we could reach a place of understanding. It’s sad that we weren’t able to get there, but challenging his opinion was not an outrage. On this occasion, we have to agree to disagree. I didn’t want him to quit, but I did want him to listen. Personally, Piers has always support my growth. He’s given me advise on several occasions and for that I am grateful. I wish him well!”

Now that is how you handle a disagreement. No wonder Beresford is being hailed as a global treasure on Twitter… although there might be another reason for that, too.

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One of the great time-honored traditions of America’s pastime is players suffering really weird injuries. No sport it seems has more players get injured off the field or court more than baseball, and we got the latest example of this on Thursday.

Minnesota Twins outfielder Byron Buxton has battled various ailments since breaking into the majors, but his latest injury issue that will keep him out briefly is one that will go on the all-time “baseball injury” lists. Buxton had to have a root canal after breaking a tooth while eating a steak, which the Twins expect him to return from soon, per Betsy Helfand of the Pioneer Press.

Before we get into the lineage of strange baseball injuries, I have a few questions about this incident. What kind of steak was Buxton eating that broke his tooth? Was it just an incredibly tough piece of meat? Was it a bone-in steak that he just bit right into the bone? If not the bone, how does one even break a tooth on steak?

Sadly, there is no follow-up information available at this moment about Buxton’s situation, and hopefully he’s feeling alright, although root canals are always miserable so that’s on a sliding scale. Buxton can at least feel some comfort in knowing he is far from alone in the annals of baseball history when it comes to strange off-field injuries.

Just last year Zach Wheeler of the Phillies got a fingernail on his pitching hand caught on his pants while putting them on and had soreness that required a start to be pushed back, and Jose Quintana cut his thumb badly enough doing dishes that he needed five stitches. There have been ribs broken during massages, torn MCL’s carrying luggage up stairs, video game mishaps, and kids injuring their parents. The all-timer, though, is Clint Barmes injuring his collarbone while trying to carry deer meat up the stairs of his apartment building.

Just like the financial world found itself disrupted by online traders organizing on Reddit to force a surge on GameStop stocks, the art world is having its own technology disruption after a JPEG image sold for $69 million on Thursday.

The piece, “Everydays: The First 5000 Days” by digital artist Beeple, is a “non-fungible token” or NFT that scored a multi-million dollar sale price after being auctioned off by Christie’s. The piece went through two weeks of bidding, and when it ended on its astronomical price, it became the “third-highest auction price for a work by a living artist.” Beeple’s reaction on Twitter pretty much matched the rest of the world.

As for what the heck is a NTF, here’s a brief explainer via Variety:

In simplified terms, an NFT provides a method of authentication for piece of digital content, based on blockchain technology. It certifies and tracks the ownership of a unique digital asset. In essence, the owner of the NFT gets bragging rights to an “original” version of a digital item… even though that piece of digital content can be reproduced and viewed millions of times over by others.

In a nutshell, think of it as buying an “original print” of a painting, only the painting is the original file for the digital image. And if that sounds like the makings of a very volatile and risky investment, it is. According to The New York Times, NFTs had a brief heyday back in 2017 before the market for them crashed. However, they’ve since come roaring back in recent weeks thanks to Elon Musk’s Tesla company making a $1.5 billion investment in Bitcoin. Somehow, it always comes back to Elon.

(Via Variety, The New York Times)