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An outpouring of tributes from friends and colleagues were shared on social media, Sunday night, as news of Bob Saget’s passing broke. John Stamos, Patton Oswalt, and more all reflected on their relationships with the iconic actor.

“I am broken. I am gutted. I am in complete and utter shock,” wrote Stamos, who starred alongside Saget on Full House. I will never ever have another friend like him. I love you so much Bobby.”

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Legendary comedian Richard Lewis wrote: “R.I.P. buddy. Life can turn to shit in one moment. My heart aches for his whole family. In often a ruthless business he was historically not just hilarious but more importantly one of the kindest human beings I ever met in my career.”

Saget passed away, Sunday, at the age of 65. No cause of death was revealed, but detectives on the scene at the Ritz-Carlton in Orlando found no signs of foul play or drug use. Saget was in the midst of a nationwide comedy tour.

Check out more responses to Saget’s passing below, including messages from Jon Stewart, Marc Maron, and more.

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Ari Fletcher shared a damning message for her haters on Twitter, Sunday, admitting that she doesn’t even know they exist. 

“Not funny shit, I be trying so hard to give a fuck but I just can’t,” Fletcher wrote. “Idk why, like my mind and body just feel like y’all opinions about me be hilarious. I literally cannot stop laughing at y’all! God bless them empty hearts and lost souls!”

She continued in another tweet: “When you genuinely don’t like somebody you don’t talk about them on the internet, because that draws attention and attention good or bad equals money. People talk all that shit meanwhile I don’t even know you exist and you done payed my Chanel bill.”

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Despite dealing with haters from time to time, Fletcher has been off to a successful year in 2022. She recently shared on social media that she’s raked in a massive $200,000 since New Year’s.

“Made 200k already and we only 8 days into 2022! Blessed, thankful, highly favored,” she tweeted.

Her partner, Moneybagg Yo, chimed in that he’s made over $1 million as well.

Check out Fletcher’s new tweets below.

Cypress Hill’s B-Real says he’d take Outkast legend André 3000 over Fabolous when asked who is the better MC. B-Real weighed into the debate in response to TDE rapper Reason’s opinion that Fabolous is the better rapper.

“Nah.. they both dope af but 3000 is ona different level in IMO,” he commented on a HipHopDX report.

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Another commenter replied, pointing out that 3000 has released “zero solo albums.”

“Nah son. He got bars,” fired back B-Real. “And although he maybe ain’t feelin it any more you can’t take away what he’s put down to this point. You take all the football gear and loud shit out of the scenario it’s bar work. And what does it matter if he got solo albums out? Zero .. that’s my dollar fifty.”

He added: “They spit different type shit so the comparison is odd but it’s about preference. Depends what you like. I get down with both but to me Andre is slightly ahead.”

André 3000, who has taken a step back from his music career since Outkast’s final album in 2006, made a rare contribution this year by appearing on Kanye West’s Donda track, “Life Of The Party.” The song was named by Tyler, The Creator as one of his favorites of the year.

Check out B-Real’s explanation in the comments of the post below.

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Andrew Garfield recently reflected on the build-up to Spider-Man: No Way Home and how he had to keep his appearance in the film a secret. Garfield, who starred in The Amazing Spider-Man, says that it was “very fun” to lie to the press.

”It was stressful, I’m not gonna lie,” Garfield told The Wrap when asked about how he handled rumors about his appearance. “It was rather stressful but also weirdly enjoyable.”

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Garfield continued: “There were moments where I was like, ‘God, I hate lying.’ I don’t like to lie and I’m not a good liar, but I kept framing it as a game. And I kept imagining myself purely as a fan of that character, which is not hard to do. I placed myself in that position of, ‘Well, what would I want to know? Would I want to be toyed with? Would I want to be lied to? Would I want to be kept on my toes guessing? Would I want to discover it when I went to the theater? Would I want to be guessing, guessing, guessing.’”

No Way Home has dominated the box office since its release, remaining in the top spot of the earning charts for each of the last four weeks. It has become one of the ten highest grossing films of all-time having earned $1.53 billion worldwide so far.

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New York Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez has tested positive for COVID-19, her office announced on Sunday. The congresswoman was recently seen vacationing in Miami, Florida for the New Year’s holiday.

“Representative Ocasio-Cortez has received a positive test result for COVID-19,” a statement posted to her Twitter account reads. “She is experiencing symptoms and recovering at home. The Congresswoman received her booster shot this Fall, and encourages everyone to get their booster and follow all CDC guidance.”

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The United States is currently experiencing a massive surge of COVID-19 cases linked to the Omicron variant.

While the Omicron variant does not initially seem as deadly as other variants of COVID-19, Rochelle Walensky, the director of the CDC, recently explained on Fox News why higher rates of transmission could result in rising death rates.

“We are starting to see data from other countries that indicate on a person-by-person basis it may not be,” Walensky explained. “However, given the volume of cases that we’re seeing with Omicron, we very well may see death rates rise dramatically.”

They added: “Right now, I think the most important thing to do is to protect Americans. We do that by getting them vaccinated and getting them boosted.”

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Legendary comedian Bob Saget has reportedly died at the age of 65, according to TMZ. Saget was pronounced dead at the Ritz-Carlton in Orlando on Sunday.

The sheriff’s department confirmed on Twitter that they had been called in regards to an unresponsive man in a hotel room who was identified as Saget. While a cause of death hasn’t been revealed, they say “detectives found no signs of foul play or drug use.”

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“Earlier today, deputies were called to the Ritz-Carlton Orlando, Grande Lakes for a call about an unresponsive man in a hotel room,” the tweet reads. “The man was identified as Robert Saget & pronounced deceased on scene. Detectives found no signs of foul play or drug use in this case.”

Saget had recently embarked on a comedy tour with dates scheduled to run through June. On Saturday night, he performed in Jacksonville.

“Loved tonight’s show @PV_ConcertHall in Jacksonville,” he wrote on Twitter afterward. “Appreciative audience. Thanks again to @RealTimWilkins for opening. I had no idea I did a 2 hr set tonight. I’m happily addicted again to this shit.”

Saget is perhaps best-known for his portrayal of Danny Tanner on the ABC sitcom, Full House, from 1987 to 1995. The show was later revived under the title, Fuller House, for Netflix from 2016-2020.

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The entire Warriors team wore Klay Thompson jerseys ahead of the five-time All-Star’s return to the court on Sunday. Thompson hasn’t seen any NBA action since tearing his ACL in Game 6 of the 2019 NBA Finals against the Toronto Raptors.

The team’s social media pages shared photos of the players celebrating what was referred to as “Klay Day.”

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Thompson announced that he’d be returning to the court against the Cleveland Cavaliers, earlier this week, by sharing a clip from Space Jam on social media. 

Draymond Green recently discussed what it’s been like practicing with Thompson with Marc Spears of The Undefeated.

“Just playing with him in practice today, which was my first time really scrimmaging with him, it just felt right,” Green said. “Last night I couldn’t sleep. I literally had like electrical currents just flowing through my body like I’m sitting on a wire, and when we lined up for the jump ball today and I’m just sitting there looking at him. Wow, I have not lined up next to this man in two and a half years.”

The Warriors’ matchup with The Cavs tips off at 8:30 PM, ET.

Check out the Warriors’ pregame outfits below.

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Timbaland came under fire on social media, over the weekend, after comparing The Weeknd’s new album, Dawn FM, to Michael Jackson’s legendary Thriller. The Weeknd dropped off his new project on Friday after short notice.

“This album different y’all. This shit right here on some Thriller shit,” Timbaland said on Instagram Live after hearing the project. “Trust me when I tell you and the way he dropped this shit — yo! Congrats. This shit is amazing.”

He added: “This album is beyond great. We need a vinyl to this.”

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“I fucks with Timbaland but this type cappin is nuts and disrespectful to Michael jackson thriller,” one person wrote. “Timbo wyling.”

Another added: “Timbaland gushing about how Weeknd’s new joint is some ‘Thriller shit’ sent me. I was largely unmoved three tracks in and are in no rush to get back to it.”

Thriller is widely considered one of the best pop albums of all time. The album was released in November 1982 and was produced by Quincy Jones. Jones appears on the interlude, “A Tale by Quincy,” off of Dawn FM.

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