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Last November, then-Alabama quarterback Tua Tagovailoa suffered a hip dislocation against Mississippi State that ended his decorated college football career. Less than a year later and Tagovailoa is in line to become an NFL starting quarterback.

According to Adam Schefter of ESPN, the Miami Dolphins have decided to make the former national championship winner their new starting signal caller, with veteran starter Ryan Fitzpatrick moving to the bench. The news comes two days after Tagovailoa, the No. 5 pick in the 2020 NFL Draft, made his professional debut in Miami’s 24-0 win over the New York Jets.

Tagovailoa wasn’t exactly asked to do a ton against New York — he completed both of his pass attempts for nine yards — but considering the injury he suffered, the fact that he was able to get on the field and has done enough to become an NFL starting quarterback is quite admirable. Following the game, Tagovailoa went out onto the field in the stadium and took a seat.

One of the greatest signal callers in college football history, Tagovailoa will have a little longer than usual to get settled in as the team’s QB1, as Miami has a bye this week before playing the Rams on Nov. 1. Currently, the Dolphins sit at 3-3 on the year, which is good for second place in the AFC East behind the 4-2 Buffalo Bills.

As a former writer for Da Ali G Show, Seth Rogen may have a biased opinion on Sacha Baron Cohen, but I still trust him when he calls Borat Subsequent Moviefilm: Delivery of Prodigious Bribe to American Regime for Make Benefit Once Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan, a.k.a. Borat Subsequent Moviefilm, a.k.a. Borat 2, “crazy and wonderful and couldn’t be more timely. It also has a few of the funniest scenes I’ve ever seen in a movie. I’m excited for you to see it.” In the replies, he highlighted one performance in particular: “The woman who plays his daughter is f*cking unbelievable.”

Borat’s daughter, credited as being named (as a character) Sandra Jessica Parker Sagdiyev, is the focus of the trailer that came out this month, and the comedy revolves around her dad “offering” her to Vice President Mike Pence. But despite starring in a sequel to an Oscar-nominated movie that made $262.6 million at the box office in 2006 (that’s $338.5 million with inflation), no one knows anything about the actress playing her.

First, let’s acknowledge something: it’s weird to think of Borat having sex. That means “I like you, I like sex, is nice” worked on someone (possibly Luenell?). It’s not Palpatine-level uncomfortable, but it’s not something I hope Borat Subsequent Moviefilm spends much time on, either. With that out of the way, it was originally reported that Maria Bakalova had been cast as Borat’s daughter, but considering the source was the website “Illuminerdi” and not Deadline or the Hollywood Reporter, something seemed off.

This skeptical hunch proved correct, as the Borat Subsequent Moviefilm press release confirms that the movie stars Sacha Baron Cohen, naturally, as well as Irina Nowak. Bakalova might not be a household name in America (her biggest film to date is 2018’s Bulgarian drama Transgression), but at least she has a comprehensive IMDb page — the only project listed on Nowak’s IMDb is, you guessed it, Borat Subsequent Moviefilm.

Nowak does not appear to have a Twitter, an Instagram, or even a Celebrity Net Worth page. In an age of being Too Online, she’s almost entirely offline. I can understood why Baron Cohen didn’t want to cast an obvious name as his on-screen daughter, though . He’s a trickster (as Slate noted, he intentionally gave the Writers Guild of America the wrong title for Borat 2, “registering his script under the name Borat: Gift of Pornographic Monkey to Vice Premiere Mikhael Pence to Make Benefit Recently Diminished Nation of Kazakhstan“), but Borat also starred relative unknowns, including Ken Davitian as producer Azamat Bagatov, to great comedic effect. To have someone like Kevin Hart as Borat’s sidekick would ruin the joke; why would a Kazakh journalist be running around the country with Adam Sandler in a silly mustache? (I take it back. That sounds good.)

Still, I wanted to know more about Nowak, and I hoped her appearance on Monday’s episode of Jimmy Kimmel Live with Baron Cohen, both in character as daughter (I hope you’re reading “daughter” in the “my wife” voice) and father, would provide answers.

Reader, it did not.

I actually have more questions now, because she’s repeatedly referred to as “Tutar.” But whoever that is as Borat’s daughter, she’s very funny, swinging between cupcake-eating innocence and “I have killed 17 dogs” violence with ease. I’m particularly amused by the photo of Kimmel and Jennifer Aniston that she stole off the wall. But the clip is not helpful in terms of finding out more about Nowak / Bakalova / Jason Mantzoukas in a wig.

There are three options at play here, as far as I can tell:

1. Irina Nowak is a real person.

2. “Irina Nowak” is NOT a real person; it’s a fake name used by Maria Bakalova.

3. “Irina Nowak” is someone else entirely.

We’ll find out on Friday, when Borat Subsequent Moviefilm premieres on Amazon.

Future fans have been impatiently awaiting the release of his new song “Gucci Bucket Hat” for over a month after he shared a snippet on social media via a video of him listening to the song in the studio — ironically, wearing a Goyard bucket hat instead. The track finally released today after leaking online overnight, generating plenty of buzz on Twitter. The song features a pair of newcomers who’ve received Future’s blessing: Freebandz signee Herion Young and budding rapper Pap Chanel.

Pap Chanel is fresh off the release of her September EP, Pretty And Paid, which featured Blac Youngsta and showed off her polished flow, honed by work with the likes of T.I. and Trina and inspired by Foxy Brown and Nicki Minaj. In her verse, she cleverly references her collaboration partner with punchlines touching on Future’s Freebandz label and one of the many memes that have grown up around him. “Now tell me, who belong to the street?” she snarls.

Meanwhile, Herion Young just released his album No Cutt earlier this month, introducing himself with a rapid-fire flow and hard-edged, street-centric rhymes. He’s been building an underground following in Atlanta for some time, dropping a string of EPs over the past three years and appearing on the Future-curated 1800 Seconds Volume 2 compilation sponsored by 1800 Tequila in 2019.

Listen to Future, Herion Young, and Pap Chanel’s “Gucci Bucket Hat” above.

A clip from Netflix’s The Cabin with Bert Kreischer went viral last week, showing Kaley Cuoco looking visibly uncomfortable while comedian Ms. Pat picks apart The Big Bang Theory. It’s a cathartic experience for anyone who remains baffled by the biggest-show-on-TV success of the CBS sitcom (like this guy), and to Cuoco’s credit, she takes the criticisms in stride. She might sink into her chair when Ms. Pat brings up her per-episode salary, but she’s not offended, or anything. I’d say I’m a fan of Cuoco now, but I already was for her excellent work on HBO Max’s Harley Quinn. You only hear her voice in the animated series, but she’ll soon become the face of the streaming service, too.

Based on Chris Bohjalian’s novel of the same name, The Flight Attendant stars Cuoco as a, well, flight attendant who has a romantic tryst with a passenger (Michiel Huisman, the second Daario on Game of Thrones), only to “wake up in the wrong hotel, in the wrong bed, with a dead man – and no idea what happened,” according to the official plot synopsis. The dark comedy-thriller, which also stars Rosie Perez, Zosia Mamet, Michelle Gomez, and T.R. Knight, is executive produced by You co-creator Greg Berlanti, while the first two episodes are directed by Booksmart writer Susanna Fogel.

The first three episodes of The Flight Attendant premiere on HBO Max on November 26, followed by two episodes on December 3, two episodes on December 10, and the finale on December 17. Meanwhile, Harley Quinn comes back not soon enough, but at least it’s coming back.

100 Gecs are a true boundary-pushing force in modern music, and that fact is now being recognized by at least one academic institution: The Clive Davis Institute Of Recorded Music (at New York University’s Tisch School Of The Arts) has made the duo their 2020-2021 Artists-In-Residence.

What this means is that Laura Les and Dylan Brady, according to the university, “will host several virtual events and workshops with students in the fall 2020 and spring 2021 semesters, including private and public conversations and small group sessions with Brady and Les, as well as members of their team.”

The first of those events will be a 90-minute online Q&A with student Cam Franklin and Pitchfork staff writer Noah Yoo, which will be free to access. The university notes, “The virtual event will explore the duo’s production philosophy and pioneering musical style, their musical releases to date, their innovative use of technology in boldly reimagining live and virtual performance and creating the 100 gecs expanded multiverse, and how issues of identity and activism are evolving in a tumultuous election year.”

JD Samson, a member of Le Tigre and an assistant arts professor at the Clive Davis Institute, says of the group, “The effortlessly authentic duo of 100 gecs exemplifies what we hope all of our students are able to embody as they journey through the Clive Davis Institute and beyond. Constantly shifting their modalities of production and performance, Laura [Les] and Dylan [Brady] are communicating with gestures of experimentation and fluidity that are viscerally shifting the boundaries and possibilities of popular music.”

RSVP to the Q&A and learn more about the residency here.

Lil Yachty says he’s dropping a new mixtape before December 31 and to whet fans’ appetites, today he shared the video for his “Not Regular” collaboration with the suddenly red-hot Detroit rapper Sada Baby. The combination is fitting considering the title of the upcoming project, Michigan Boy Boat. It’s a title that suggests that Yachty’s got more collaborations with artists from the area coming soon.

In the meantime, “Not Regular” finds Sada and Yachty posted up with a posse of stone-faced individuals, reminiscent of the video that first introduced many of us to Sada Baby, “Bloxk Party.” The two rappers go back and forth over a bone-rattling beat with chatterbox flows and no hook. “We at your door like extra, extra, read all about it,” raps Yachty, while Sada continues to riff on clever sports metaphors with “I got racks on racks on racks so I see Roger Federer.”

While the two rappers are on different parts of their respective career trajectories, both have been buzzing loudly of late thanks to some high-profile collaborations and a string of well-received singles. Sada is beginning to break out thanks to his prolific mixtape releases throughout the year, as well as a Nicki Minaj feature on the remix to his “Whole Lotta Choppas.” Meanwhile, Yachty is on the upswing once again, bouncing back from his disappointing 2019 with “Pardon Me” featuring Future and “Oprah’s Bank Account” with DaBaby and Drake.

Watch Lil Yachty’s “Not Regular” video featuring Sada Baby above.

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

Scott Baio made a lot of headlines for his ride-or-die Trump supporter status in 2016, when he was popping up outta nowhere to talk about Trump’s taxes and raging against Nordstrom. He spoke that year at the RNC, which is one reason why Marco Rubio got roasted for complaining about famous Democratic supporters not too long ago. Fast forward to 2020, and Baio is now taking offense with the idea of former Happy Days co-star, Ron Howard, crossing nostalgia with politics. Baio’s reason for the grievance: Howard is arranging a Happy Days reunion that’s geared toward building support for Joe Biden in the swing state of Wisconsin.

As Howard notes, he will participate in the reunion, and the confirmed cast members on board include Henry Winkler, Anson Williams, Marion Ross, and Don Most. Obviously, Scott Baio won’t be popping in to reprise his Chachi role (even though he has “Chachi” in his Twitter bio, which is fair, since he even did the Joanie Loves Chachi thing through the early 1980s) because he doesn’t politically swing that way. In fact, Baio’s disgusted by the thought that Howard is planning “to use a classic show like Happy Days about Americana to promote an anti-American socialist. #Shameful.”

Since Howard’s reunion appears to be lacking any Chachi at all, another actor who became known for having good 1980s hair stepped up to the plate. Yep, John Stamos (who rose to fame for his Full House run) volunteered to be Chachi.

Not too long after Stamos’ tweet, Baio tweeted a laughing emoji while passing judgment: “This is what Hollywood has come to. #shameful #LiberalsAreDesperate.”

There’s no telling if Baio is shading Stamos here or simply casting judgment upon the whole political Left. Sure, there’s probably a little bit of him who isn’t thrilled to see anyone else be Chachi, right? Whatever the case, Baio swiftly retweeted a user who cracked a Lori Loughlin joke: “Shouldnt uncle Jessie be trying to bail out Becky?”

Then Baio essentially tweeted the same joke at Stamos: “Shouldn’t you be taking care of Aunt Becky?”

The dude sure loves his emoji. And his popcorn.

Even though Baio’s been tweeting directly at Stamos, the You actor hasn’t responded to O.G. Chachi, but he’s got a groundswell of support brewing.

2020, it only grows more surreal.

Earlier this year, Drake became the artist to have the most songs to ever rank on the Billboard Hot 100 chart; He has well over 200 at this point. The rapper has been such a constant presence on the chart that having a song place on it probably doesn’t elevate his heart rate these days. He was probably beyond excited years ago when he had a song place on the chart for the first time, though. That’s the position Clairo is in now: On the Hot 100 chart dated October 24, “Sofia,” which she released as a single back in July of 2019, just made the cut and debuted in the No. 98 spot.

Having a song rank on the Hot 100 is a thrill most musicians don’t ever get to experience, especially ones as young as 22-year-old Clairo. Naturally, then, she was excited to learn about her accomplishment.

Yesterday, a Clairo fan account on Twitter reported the song would likely place on the chart, to which Clairo replied, “????????.” Sure enough, the @billboardcharts Twitter account reported that “Sofia” made its No. 98 debut, and Clairo responded, “holy f*ck,” later adding, “wow !!!!!,” and, “thank you so much.”

She also got a congratulatory message from collaborator Rostam, who wrote, “this is wild and pretty cool — proud of us, @clairo.” She replied with a bunch of watery-eyed emojis.

This chart placement comes after “Sofia” has received increased attention on the radio lately, which Clairo acknowledged by tweeting over the weekend, “can’t believe ‘sofia’ has been playing on the radio. thank you to everyone who’s been playing/listening wooooow ahahawhdh.”

Give “Sofia” a spin below, and revisit our review of Immunity here.

If you have never heard Tiffany Trump speak before, you have something in common with her dad. But let me tell you, it’s a wild ride.

Over the weekend, the president’s daughter — no, not that one, the other one — hosted a “Trump Pride” event in Tampa Bay, Florida, that was meant to praise a president who “stands in solidarity with LGBT citizens by supporting and enacting policies and initiatives that protect the wellbeing and prosperity of all gay, lesbian, bisexual, and transgender Americans.” Nadine Smith, the executive director of Florida’s largest LGBTQ civil rights organization Equality Florida Action, Inc., disagrees with that assessment. “Donald Trump is the worst President the LGBTQ community has ever seen,” she said. “This event is a pathetic attempt to hide his appalling record and it’s fooling no one. We are tired of Trump’s lies and our community understands a second term would be devastating.” Tiffany didn’t much to convince anyone otherwise:

In the clip, Trump dances onto the stage to the Black Eyed Peas’ “I Gotta Feeling.” Then, shortly into the speech, she stumbles on the LGBTQIA acronym. Prior to politics, he supported gays, lesbians, the LGBQIIA+ community,” she said. Trump then [talked] about social media and “fabricated lies.” She continued: “It saddens me. I have friends of mine who reach out and they say how could you support your father, we know your best friends are gay… My father has always supported all of you. He’s not doing it, he’s never done it for politics. And he’s not doing it for politics. And unfortunately, I think there’s a lot of people out there and other politicians that do.”

The transcript doesn’t do it justice, though. You have to hear it.

Outside of the obvious lies in her disorganized speech, it’s uncanny how much she sounds like Miley Cyrus. Or maybe a “drunk malfunctioning robot” impersonating Miley Cyrus. Definitely one of the two.

It’s a fun idea, but SNL already has a solid Tiffany impersonator in Chloe Fineman.

(Via Newsweek)

Doja Cat has had a busy 2020, especially lately. A couple weeks ago, she linked up with Bebe Rexha for the collaborative single “Baby I’m Jealous.” More recently, she joined Ozuna (as did Sia) on another new song, “Del Mar.” Yesterday, the stars aligned on late-night TV and Doja gave performances on multiple shows.

This was possible because due to the pandemic, a lot of late-night performances are pre-taped these days. So, she was able to join Rexha to perform “Baby I’m Jealous” on The Tonight Show, putting on a neon-colored show in an equally vibrant jungle-themed set. She and Ozuna also brought “Del Mar” to Jimmy Kimmel Live!. That performance was on the opposite end of the nature spectrum, as the visuals were icy blue and they sang while snow fell around them.

These performances come not long after Doja’s previous TV appearances, when she delivered renditions of “Juicy” and “Say So” at the Billboard Music Awards.

Meanwhile, she recently revealed that her upcoming third album is complete, but she’s waiting for the right time to put it out. She recently explained to Fat Joe, “Every time I go on Twitter or go on Instagram, I see everyone saying, ‘Put it out.’ You have to plan things accordingly and there’s a lot going on. So, to just drop everything tomorrow — yeah, I’d love for you to hear it, but you can’t just be doing stuff like that. It’s not the same that it used to be.”

Watch Doja’s performances above.

Some artists covered here are Warner Music artists. Uproxx is an independent subsidiary of Warner Music Group.