Month: February 2022

Many Euphoria fans experienced technical difficulties with HBO Max on Sunday during the finale of the show’s second season. The episode, “All My Life, My Heart Has Yearned for a Thing I Cannot Name,” went live at 9:00 PM, ET.

“We’ve seen the tweets from some of our users who had trouble accessing HBO Max around 9 p.m. ET and are engaging directly to help get them back into the platform,” a WarnerMedia rep told Variety in an email statement. “This short interruption has since been resolved.”

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DownDetector reports that at least 52,000 complaints were filed about the issue on Sunday night.

Euphoria’s second season has dominated the television space over the last several months, boasting an average viewership of 6.6 million, up almost 100 percent from season one. Even the episode, “Thousand Little Trees of Blood,” which aired during the Super Bowl, reached 5.1 million viewers in its first night alone.

HBO has already renewed Euphoria for a third season. 

“Sam, Zendaya, and the entire cast and crew of Euphoria have taken season two to extraordinary heights, challenging narrative convention and form, while maintaining its heart,” HBO Programming Executive Vice President Francesca Orsi said in an announcement, last month.

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FTN Bae was arrested, earlier this week, for allegedly stalking and harassing Doodie Lo, who she claims sexually assaulted her 5-year-old son. 

The Shade Room shared a letter addressed to lawyer Ariel E. Mitchell on their Instagram page, Saturday.

“It is my understanding that Ms. Elder has alleged the results of Mr. Saulsberry’s assessment were the product of some kind of bribe, either monetary or other material compensation, or that the procedure administered to him was different than that she experienced. None of these allegations are true, nor do they have any basis in reality,” the letter reads.

The letter continues: “The results of both assessments were based on the physiological data collected and were not the product of any other promises and/or compensation. Both Ms. Elder and Mr. Sulsberry paid the appropriate fee for her/his assessment in advance as clients are told ‘NO ONE buys a test.’”

FTN Bae originally accused Doodie Lo of sexually assaulting her child with a screw, back in October 2021. After apologizing, she has since reaffirmed her position as recently as earlier this week on Instagram. 

Check out FTN Bae’s recent post about the situation below.

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Green Day have canceled their upcoming show in Moscow, in protest of Russia’s ongoing invasion of Ukraine. The show was originally scheduled to take place on May 29 at Spartak Stadium.

The band announced their decision in a statement on their Instagram Story, over the weekend.

“With heavy hearts, in light of current events we feel it is necessary to cancel our upcoming show in Moscow at Spartak Stadium,” the statement reads. “We are aware that this moment is not about stadium rock shows, it’s much bigger than that. But we also know that rock and roll is forever and we feel confident there will be a time and a place for us to return in the future. Refunds available at the point of purchase. Stay safe.”

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According to Variety, Khalid, OneRepublic, Yungblud, Girl in Red, Judas Priest, Denzel Curry, and OneRepublic all also have shows scheduled at Spartak Stadium in May, while many other popular artists have shows scheduled in March and April.

The indie band, AJR, has also canceled their upcoming performances in Russia.

Russian President Vladimir Putin launched the country’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine, last week. In the days since, hundreds of thousands of Ukrainians have been forced to flee their homes.

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Laverne Cox trolled Jada Pinkett Smith and Will Smith at the 2022 SAG Awards red carpet, Sunday night, by bringing up Jada’s past “entanglements.” The word is a reference to her relationship with singer August Alsina in 2015, which she labeled an “entanglement” on Red Table Talk.

“We love you. Thank you for all the years of joy you’ve brought us,” Cox told the couple after running into them on the red carpet. “Thank you. We can’t wait for more ‘Red Table Talk’ and more entanglements.”

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While Will and Jada laughed off the joke, Jada confirmed that there will be “no more of those.”

“No more entanglements, no more entanglements!” Cox continued. “I love you, girl. I’m just kidding. I’m just joshin’ you.”

Jada first discussed her relationship with Alsina in 2020, explaining that she and Will were on a break at the time.

Cox served as the host for E!’s coverage of the event. Will is nominated for Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Leading Role for his performance in King Richard. In the film, he stars as Richard Williams, the father of tennis stars Venus and Serena.

Check out the awkward SAG Awards interaction below.

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Former President Donald Trump says that Russian President Vladimir Putin’s invasion of Ukraine “would never have happened” if he had not lost the 2020 election to Joe Biden. Trump, labeling his loss as “rigged,” spoke at the Conservative Political Action Conference in Orlando, Florida, on Saturday.

“We are praying for the proud people of Ukraine,” Trump told the audience. “God bless them all. As everyone understands, this horrific disaster would never have happened if our election was not rigged and if I was the president.”

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Following up on similar comments Trump made, earlier this week, in which he labeled Putin a “genius,” the former President explained that the real problem is current NATO leaders.

“The problem is not that Putin is smart – which of course, he’s smart – but the real problem is that our leaders are dumb,” Trump argued. “They’ve so far allowed him to get away with this travesty and an assault on humanity.”

“He understood me and he understood that I didn’t play games,” Trump continued, referring to Putin. “This would not have happened. Someday, I’ll tell you exactly what we talked about. And he did have an affinity, there’s no question about it, for Ukraine. I said, never let it happen, better not let it happen.”

Check out Trump’s comments below.

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