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Bob Odekirk, star of Better Call Saul, says he’s “doing great” after having collapsed on the set of “Better Call Saul.” Odenkirk admitted afterward that he had suffered a “small heart attack.”

“I am doing great,” Odenkirk wrote on Twitter, Saturday. “I’ve had my very own ‘It’s a wonderful life’ week of people insisting I make the world slightly better. Wow! Thank you, I love everyone right now but let’s keep expectations reasonable!”

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Shortly after spending the night in the hospital, Odenkirk released a statement to his friends, family, and fans explaining what had happened:

To my family and friends who have surrounded me this week. And for the outpouring of love from everyone who expressed concern and care for me. It’s overwhelming. But I feel the love and it means so much… I had a small heart attack. But I’m going to be ok thanks to Rosa Estrada and the doctors who knew how to fix the blockage without surgery. Also, AMC and SONYs support and help throughout this has been next-level. I’m going to take a beat to recover but I’ll be back soon.

The sixth season of Better Call Saul is expected to be it’s final.

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Cardi B and Megan Thee Stallion celebrated the one-year anniversary of the release of their hit single, “WAP,” on Twitter, Saturday. Additionally, the pair teased that another collaborative effort could be on the way soon.

“Wow I can’t believe wappity WAP turned one today. It don’t even feel like it,” Cardi tweeted. “What a record! @theestallion we should do it again sometime.”

Megan replied: “Happy WAPIVERSARY. Thank you for having me, I think the people deserve another collab.”

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“WAP” was the most-streamed song of 2020 by a female artist in the US, with 732.7 million. It also had the most searched lyrics on Google in 2020

Not only the song, but the music video as well, was wildly successful. On YouTube, the single set the record for the biggest 24-hour debut for an all-female collaboration on the site.

Halle Berry reflected on the video on the one-year anniversary, writing on Twitter: “Unseen footage from #WAP video. Happy 1-year ladies. @theestallion @iamcardib.” The tweet included footage from the movie B.A.P.S.

Many conservative media pundits criticized the music video, the song’s lyrics, and the duo’s live performance of “WAP” at the 63rd Annual Grammy Awards for being sexually explicit. 

Marvel Studios has shared the newest trailer to come of the Shang-Chi and The Legend of The Ten Rings film.

The film starts Simu Liu of Kim’s Convenience in a monumental role that will see the Canadian star crossing over into new territory as he takes on the origin story of the title hero.

“Shang-Chi’s main problem in his life is rooted in not knowing who he is,” the film’s director and co-writer Destin Daniel Cretton previously said. “He has to learn how to own every part of himself. If he doesn’t allow himself to look at all of it — the good, the bad, the light and the dark — and to own it all, he won’t be able to reach his full potential.”

The film, set for release on September 3rd, also stars Awkwafina as Shang-Chi’s friend Katy and actor Benedict Wong who will reprise his role as the character Master Wong. He was first introduced to audiences in 2016’s Doctor Strange, showing back up in Avengers: Infinity War, Endgame, and is also set to appear in Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness in March of next year.

The remaining cast includes Tony Leung as Wenwu, Michelle Yeoh as Jiang Nan, as well as Fala Chen, Meng’er Zhang, Florian Munteanu, and Ronny Chieng.

According to alleged court documents, 50 Cent claims that Young Buck still owes the G-Unit imprint two albums in addition to the $250,000 that he says he lent Buck at the start of his deal.

In October of 2010, Buck filed for bankruptcy and had his assets seized by the IRS due to back taxes two years after he was let go from the G-Unit label. Four years later, G-Unit famously reunited for a performance at 2014’s Summer Jam.

That same year, Buck inked another two-year deal with G-Unit with a promise to deliver to albums. Yet, with all their beef in the way, Buck never pushed out those albums and in new court documents, 50 Cent says the contract is still valid and that Buck has been in violation by uploading and releasing music on his own Cashville Records.

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Because of this, 50 Cent reportedly moved to have Buck’s bankruptcy dismissed, in order to remove protections on Buck’s assets, citing Buck’s “illegal distribution of G-Unit’s” intellectual property.

“From July 22, 2014 until Debtor’s arrest and subsequent incarceration on or around December 20, 2019, in material breach of the Recording Contract, Debtor uploaded multiple sound recordings featuring his performances on his social media and music streaming platforms, including without limitation, YouTube, Instagram, Spotify, Apple Music, Amazon Music, Tidal, and Deezer,” reads the filing. “Such sound recordings include, but are not limited to “Skyscraper”, “No Pain”, “Road Trip”, “All We Do”, “Yes Indeed” and “It’s Alright”.”

The motion was denied, however, 50 Cent is still preparing to pursue a civil suit in the middle of Buck’s bankruptcy.

The NBA is reportedly opening an investigation into the New Orleans Pelicans and Chicago Bulls for the trade involving Lonzo Ball, as well as the Toronto Raptors and Miami Heat for the trade of Kyle Lowry. According to ESPN’s Ramona Shelburne and Adrian Wojnarowski, the league is looking into possible tampering violations.

The Pelicans traded Ball to the Bulls as part of a sign-and-trade that saw the young guard pick up a four-year, $85 million contract in the process. As for Lowry, he was sent to the Heat and signed a three-year, $90 million contract.

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It’s likely the league is suspicious of tampering because the moves were made immediately after the window for free agency began.

As for potential punishments, Woj explained the league’s options on Twitter: “Two years ago, NBA elevated maximum tampering fine to $10M for teams and opened door for suspension of executives, forfeiture of draft picks and voiding of contracts.”

The league will analyze phone call records, texts, and emails of team executives to determine whether they believe the rules were violated during either move.

The NBA recently took away the Milwaukee Bucks’ second-round pick in 2022 because of tampering in a failed sign-and-trade attempt for Bogdan Bogdanovic.

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Tyler, The Creator detailed what it was like watching DJ Khaled’s reaction to Igor land the No. 1 spot on the Billboard 200 chart in 2019 over Father ofAsahd, in a new interview on Hot 97. Tyler described it as “watching a man die inside.”

“Bro that Khaled thing was like, it was fun, it was just watching a man die inside,” Tyler told Ebro Darden, Laura Stylez, and Peter Rosenberg in the interview. “The weirdo was winning, I was moonwalking in a wig. This n***a had everyone on his album. Everyone.”

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After Khaled lost the race to number one to Tyler, he referred to Igor as “mysterious shit.”

Tyler continued: “For some guy like that to kind of indirectly be like, ‘That ain’t real rap, that ain’t real Black music.’ That’s what it felt like. And I was like, my n***a, don’t do…but I didn’t say nothing, I just let that No. 1 speak. N****’s ego had to deal with that because his whole identity is being No. 1. And when he didn’t get that, that sat with him longer in real-life time than that moment. I moved on.”

“That n***a ego was deflated, he’ll probably never admit,” he added.

Check out the full interview below.

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