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Woman Claims She’s Married to Michael Jackson’s Ghost
Kathleen Roberts has a lot going on: she’s a medium, a self-declared “reincarnation of Marilyn Monroe,” and the alleged wife of Michael Jackson’s ghost — or at least she claims they’re married in an essay she penned for the Daily Star. According to Roberts, she and Jackson’s ghost have been married ever since he proposed “clairvoyantly” with a pink engagement ring. Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. allegedly officiated the ceremony when she was getting out of a bathtub, because why not. Roberts believes Jackson’s ghost sought her out because of her resemblance to his longtime fascination Marilyn Monroe; reports claim Jackson displayed a large, painted, fiberglass figure of Monroe in his private Neverland office and kept a photo of her on his bedside table, too. “I feel special that he chose me f...
Anderson .Paak Shares Picture of Tattoo Warning Against Releasing Posthumous Music
Everyone knows that some meetings could have been emails, but have you ever heard of a whole tattoo that could have been an email? Anderson .Paak has shared a picture of what is apparently some fresh ink, and it details across nine lines of all-caps writing that after his death, none of his music should be released posthumously. As Billboard, NME, and others have reported, the image appeared on .Paak’s instagram stories, though it was gone a few hours later and may have been deleted. If the photograph was real, then .Paak endured a couple of hours of pain, spent a few hundred dollars, and made a lifelong commitment to a message that really might have been a text to his lawyer. “When I’m gone, please don’t release any posthumous albums or songs with my name attached,” the tattoo r...
DaBaby Retracts Apology for Homophobic Rant
DaBaby has retracted his apology to the LGBTQ+ community which he made in response to the growing controversy over his homophobic rant at last month’s Rolling Loud Festival. Amidst public outcry, the rapper posted the apology to Instagram on August 2nd. “Social media moves so fast that people want to demolish you before you even have the opportunity to grow, educate, and learn from your mistakes,” DaBaby wrote. “As a man who has had to make his own way from very difficult circumstances, having people I know publicly working against me– knowing that what I needed was education on these topics and guidance– has been challenging. I appreciate the many people who came to me with kindness, who reached out to me privately to offer wisdom, education, and resources. That’s what I needed and it was...
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...
