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Oh, Huh, Louis C.K. Is Doing a Massive Standup Tour We Guess?
For those who like initials, here’s some WTF about Louis C.K. As Deadline notes, the embattled comedian who admitted to numerous allegations of sexual misconduct has announced a massive US standup tour, spanning 50 shows in 30 cities. The trek launches next week with a two-night stand at the Hulu Theater at Madison Square Garden. It’s not clear how much say they had, but that’s at least two big brands — the streaming giant Hulu, and James Dolan, owner of MSG, the New York Knicks, and the New York Rangers — who have not objected to having their name associated with C.K. Huh! To be fair, the comedian’s transgressions are in a different category from some of the other faces of the #MeToo movement. He isn’t a convicted serial rapist like Harvey Weinstein, or an alleged pedophile like...
DaBaby Claims He Doesn’t Know Questlove, Except They Performed Together Just Two Years Ago
Questlove took to social media earlier this week to slam DaBaby for his homophobic rant at Rolling Loud Miami, and the rapper has issued a bafflingly ignorant response in return. In his original post, the Roots founder updated the “dream list” he’d previously put together when asked to hypothetically curate a lineup for his own Summer of Soul-inspired festival. The list featured a number of prominent and rising Black artists including Rihanna, Sade, the Isley Brothers, and DaBaby, except now the rapper’s name has been vehemently crossed out in red. “And now I’m updating my list — because it’s 2021 & fuck the bullshit,” he captioned the post, in part. “I’m especially not here for any savagery (if you’re lost: Google the idiocy of the crossed out). I’m not trine be all performative smurf...
Kanye West is Now Living at Mercedes-Benz Stadium As He Completes Work on New Album Donda
Kanye West has apparently moved into the Mercedes-Benz Stadium in Atlanta to complete work on his newest album Donda. After hosting a public listening session at the stadium on Thursday night, TMZ reports that Kanye is temporarily living in the building. He’s gone as far as to construct a studio space and living quarters, and has even brought in a private chef to prepare his meals. On Saturday, Kanye was seen wandering around the stadium during a soccer match between the Atlanta United and Columbus Crew at Mercedes-Benz Stadium. Advertisement Related Video Originally the plan was for Kanye to release Donda on July 23rd, but TMZ reports that Kanye is now targeting an August 6th release. His friend and collaborator, Malik Yousef, confirmed as much, including the date “August 6th” in an Insta...
New Anthony Bourdain Documentary Deepfaked His Voice
Tomorrow, fans of the late great Anthony Bourdain can get a deeper look at his unabashedly adventurous life with the documentary Roadrunner. But not all of the Bourdain quotes were actually spoken by the chef and writer during his lifetime. To help Roadrunner along, filmmaker Morgan Neville used AI learning technology to deepfake Bourdain’s voice for three separate quotes. All the AI quotes do come from Bourdain. But they might’ve been written instead of spoken, or the original audio wasn’t quite up to snuff. The deepfaked voice was discovered by the New Yorker’s Helen Rosner, who asked Neville how he got a soundbite of Bourdain reading an email he’d sent a friend. Turns out, it was AI all along. “There were three quotes there I wanted his voice for that there were no recordings of,” Nevil...
“We’ll Convert Your Children”: Satirical Song by Gay Men’s Chorus Awakens Conservative Rage Machine
A satirical song by the San Francisco Gay Men’s Chorus has awakened the conservative rage machine. The track takes a common homophobic trope and flips it on its head, with the lyrics, “We’ll convert your children/ We’ll make them tolerant and fair.” The song, “A Message From the Gay Community Performed by the San Francisco Gay Men’s Chorus,” was originally posted to YouTube on July 1st. By July 7th it had been taken down, as some of the worst people on the internet used it as a call to the Culture Wars, intentionally missing the joke in order to accuse the LGBTQ+ community of pedophilia. “A Message” almost anticipated the controversy by kicking off with a statement for bigots. “As we celebrate Pride and the progress we’ve made over these past years,” soloist Troy Iwata said, “There’s ...
British Influencer Gets Surgery to Look Like BTS’ Jimin
A British influencer has allegedly undergone surgery numerous times in an attempt to look like BTS singer Jimin. “I’m finally Korean!” they said in a video shared with TMZ. “I’ve transitioned. I’m so, so happy I’ve completed my look. I’m finally Korean, guys: I have the eyes, I’ve just had the brow lift as well.” The influencer previously went by Oli London but recently changed their name to Jimin to closer align themselves with BTS. In a series of posts, the non-binary social media star revealed that they’ve felt “trapped” in the wrong body for eight years and now feel like they can finally “be myself” because they’re “Korean.” The process allegedly involved 18 surgeries, took several years to complete, and cost over $150,000 to pull off. In other parts of the video, Jimin the influencer ...
Owner of Flintstone House Allowed to Keep Life-Sized Dinosaurs on Front Lawn
Fred Flintstone and a menagerie of dinosaurs can stay on the lawn of the landmark Flintstone House, thanks to a settlement between owner Florence Fang and the ultra-wealthy Bay Area town of Hillsborough. As reported by Palo Alto’s Daily Post, Fang will receive $125,000 as part of the terms of the settlement agreement and will be allowed to keep the changes she made to the property, including large metal dinosaurs, life-sized sculptures of Flintstones characters, and a “Yabba Dabba Do” sign. In March 2019, Hillsborough filed a complaint calling the outdoor decorations “a highly visible eyesore and are out of keeping with community standards” after Fang didn’t adhere to three stop-work orders. Related Video “Most of the residents that I talk to are concerned that if we don’t enforce our...
“Redneck Rave” in Kentucky Ends with Slit Throat, Impalement, Mass Arrests
A “Redneck Rave” in Kentucky, billed as “America’s wildest and craziest country party,” ended in mass arrests for drug possession, strangulation, and throat slitting. Via the Lexington Herald-Leader, one man was even impaled through the abdomen. The event took place in Edmonson County in a town so small it doesn’t have a stoplight. The five-day festival was organized by country rapper Justin Time, and was supposed to boast “mud, music and mayhem.” According to Sheriff Shane Doyle, he knew it would be trouble after performing a routine search on the very first arrivals. “The first vehicle that came through, we found meth, marijuana, and an open alcohol container,” he said. “And then one of the occupants had two active warrants… We were like ‘well, this doesn’t bode well for the we...
Ricky Schroder and Anti-Vaxxers Protest Foo Fighters Concert
Ricky Schroder and a group of anti-vaxxers turned up at Foo Fighters’ concert on Tuesday night to protest the band’s support of vaccination against the coronavirus. Held at The Canyon in Agoura Hills, California, the rockers’ decision to require that attendees show proof of vaccination at the intimate show didn’t sit well with the anti-vaxx crowd, who picketed outside the venue holding signs with messages like “Modern Segregation” and “Stop the Hate in the Vaccine Debate.” Schroder was photographed at the protest sporting a baseball cap emblazoned with the “Thin Blue Line” symbol, surrounded by fellow protestors wearing “Just Say No [to the] Vaccine Passport” t-shirts and carrying signs reading “COVID Vaccine Makers are Exempt from Liability” among other inflammatory statements. Related Vi...
Post Malone Gets $1.6 Million Diamond Fang Implants
Post Malone joined the ranks of celebrities with porcelain veneers over the weekend, giving the procedure his own vampire-inspired twist by getting diamond fangs put in at the same time. According to TMZ, he spent a total of $1.6 million on cosmetic upgrades. The dental procedure was performed by celebrity dentist Thomas Connelly with cosmetic dentist Naoki Hayashi. The two diamonds reportedly weigh 12 carats combined and were created by Isaac Bokhoor’s team at Angel City Jewelers. Post is a frequent customer at the Los Angeles store, where he previously purchased an opulent 40-carat yellow diamond ring and 29-carat Dallas Cowboys chain. Related Video Check out a close-up photo of Post Malone’s diamond fangs before they were installed in his mouth below. His new bling isn’t nearly as expen...
Aaron Carter Knocked Out in Celebrity Boxing Match
Last we heard from former child pop star Aaron Carter, he was doing porn. On Saturday night, the 33-year-old Carter briefly resurfaced to participate in a celebrity boxing match against former NBA player Lamar Odom. I say “briefly,” because it took Odom all of two minutes to knock out Carter. In Carter’s defense, at 6-foot-10 Odom stands a full foot taller than Carter and is more than 65 pounds heavier. As soon as the two appeared next to one another in the ring, it was evident Odom would have no trouble putting down the noted face tattoo and gun enthusiast. That said, Carter talked a whole lot of shit prior to the fight, likening himself to Apollo Creed and promising to drop Odom “like a bat habit, and I meant that.” Related Video Once the match began, Odom allowed Carter to flail his arm...
NBC Shuts Down Slip ‘N Slide Game Show After “Explosive Diarrhea” Outbreak
Well, here’s one way to get out of work: production on NBC’s upcoming game show, Ultimate Slip ‘N Slide, has been put on pause indefinitely after an outbreak of “explosive diarrhea” occurred on set earlier this month. Now, that’s what we call a shitshow. Filming officially shut down on June 2nd, when producers were first made aware that a crew member had tested positive for giardia, a tiny parasite that causes a diarrheal disease called giardiasis. While test samples of a well, pond, slide pool, water truck, and restroom sinks all came back negative for giardia, additional results found on June 10th that giardia had been in the set’s surrounding area. It’s unclear exactly how many people were affected by the disease, but a source told TheWrap that up to 40 crew members fell violently ill s...
