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Jake Paul has been known to be extraordinarily petty in the media, and he doesn’t care who he offends in the process. This was certainly true just last week as Paul inserted himself in the situation between Zayn Malik and Yolanda Hadid. The former One Direction star pled no contest over a case in which he was accused of pushing Yolanda Hadid into a dresser. Since that time, he and Gigi Hadid have decided to take a break, and the singer is currently going through anger management courses.

Paul once got into it with Zayn at a boxing match, and since then, he has held a grudge. It’s what ultimately led to him sending shots at Zayn just last week, much to the chagrin of Zayn and Gigi’s biggest fans. Now, however, Paul is continuing his assault on the star with even more public comments.

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Yesterday, Paul was in Las Vegas to promote his upcoming fight against Tommy Fury, and when approached by TMZ, he decided to unleash some demeaning comments about Zayn. “He’s a f***ing lunatic. The guy’s a complete asshole,” Paul said. He then went on to say that Malik is facing some negative consequences and that he deserves every single one of them. Needless to say, Paul is being quite harsh about the situation.

This is the typical Paul way, and it is certainly a way to sell tickets for a fight that many believe could lead to his first-ever loss. Let us know who you think will win, in the comments below.

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Friday’s return of Astroworld Festival ended in tragedy. Eight people have been confirmed dead, including two teenagers, along with a number of hospitalizations. People have taken to social media where they recounted their first-hand experience at the festival while Scott and those involved with the festival have issued statements.

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Until things went south, the festival was filled with surprises. Scott launched the festival with an incredible line-up including SZA, Lil Baby and more. However, there were a number of special guests that weren’t listed on the bill including Drake and Roddy Ricch. The latter of which took to Instagram after authorities confirmed the number of victims to offer his aid to the families affected.

“please have the families of those who we lost yesterday reach out to @shawnholiday,” Ricch wrote on his Instagram story. “I’ll b donating my net compensation to the families of this incident. #Pray4Houston.”

Houston Mayor Sylvester Turner confirmed details about the victims on Saturday. He said that the youngest victim was 14-years-old. Another victim was 16 while another two were 21-years-old. Two other victims were 23 and the oldest casualty was 27. Houston Fire Chief Samuel Peña said “the crowd began to compress toward the front of the stage” around 9:30 p.m., leading to mass panic.

We’ll keep you posted on anymore updates regarding Astroworld Festival. Check out Roddy Ricch’s post below. 

It was disturbing to see the news Saturday morning in the immediate aftermath of the first day of Houston’s Astroworld festival after officials declared 8 people died as a result of a crowd surge. Among the ones to answer for the tragic events that took place at Houston’s NRG Park on Friday night is Astroworld’s concert promoter and worldwide entertainment conglomerate, Live Nation.

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On Saturday, attendees of Astroworld, as well as the internet, soon enough, saw the horrifying outcomes of a festival gone wrong, spurred by safety violations and little effort to quell an already aggressive and ever-growing crowd. Videos from Astroworld’s first day went viral, capturing crowds bursting through barricades, trampling other fans, and attendees screaming for help as concertgoers dropped to the ground. Stories, rumors, and news have festered and spread like wildfire as the situation and investigations continue to unfold. Authorities confirmed rumors of security being injected with drugs and news of uncontrollable crowd surges. 

This isn’t the first time Live Nation Entertainment and its subsidiary Live Nation Worldwide have been asked to answer for the tragedies that have ensued at their events. For years, countless artists at shows and festivals hosted by Live Nation have seen crowds enduring mass injuries for breaking through barricades, falling, and witnessing violent on-site intrusions. According to records verified by Variety, the entertainment conglomerate has been linked to at least 750 injuries and around 200 deaths at its events since 2006. These statistics span across seven countries, not including the dozens of lawsuits Live Nation has been caught up in.

One lawsuit back in 2011 resulted in the company settling for $50 million after a stage collapse disaster at the Indiana State Fair killed seven people and injured 61 others. Another lawsuit was brought to the table by a Gwen Stefani concertgoer back in 2016 when she broke her leg amidst a mid-show stampede.

After issuing a two-line statement, the world’s largest live-entertainment company has and will continue to come under fire for its countless violations, which keeps proving fatal for event attendees. At this point, it’s about how long the fire lasts, and if anything will truly be done about it. We’ll keep you updated. 

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An upsetting amount of graphic footage has been making rounds on the internet this weekend, following the tragedy that occurred at Travis Scott’s Astroworld Festival on Friday. Reports say that while some people were trampled by the crowd, others may have been injected with drugs, causing them to go into cardiac arrest.

Early this morning, TMZ shared a disturbing clip that shows an unconscious patron of the festival being dropped on her head by authorities who were attempting to get her to a nearby medical tent. A security guard, police officer, and another person can all be seen carrying a woman on a stretcher.

The group then asked for help in attempting to get the hurt person off of an elevated ledge. All three men were positioned near the foot end of the stretcher, and a fourth person joined them there instead providing support by the woman’s head. As they dragged the stretcher off the ledge, the woman’s head violently hits a metal grate below.

She is then placed on one of the waiting go-carts and driven to a medical tent. TMZ shared that they have no word of the woman’s condition, “but it looks extremely serious.”

Reports coming out from Astroworld Fest attendees prove that this wasn’t an isolated incident. Some have shared that they spent their evening doing CPR on others, dragging bodies over barriers, and laying them out in the VIP section. “I immediately see that there is not enough medics for this so I relieve one medic of CPR,” one patron who also happened to be an ICU nurse wrote on Instagram.

“I ask where the ambu bag is, where the AED is, where the stretcher and ambulance is, where tf any shit is and they said essentially there is none. There’s one ambu bag, one stretcher and one AED for 3 – now 4 – people who are pulseless and blue. People from the crowd were trying to help, teenagers are doing CPR on people who still have a pulse bc nobody has done a pulse check. It was an absolute shit show.”

If you’d like to see the video obtained by TMZ, you can find it here.

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Kanye West has been getting into various different fields as of late. The artist has been expanding his brand and is doing everything he can to create more products for consumers. He is also getting into the world of high school basketball as he recently created Donda Academy, which will be a prep school for some of the most talented prospects in the entire country.

High-caliber players like JJ Taylor, Rob Dillingham, Jahki Howard, and Zion Cruz have all committed to the team, and last night, they got to play their very first game as a unit, against Minnesota Prep.

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As you can see in the clip posted below via Overtime, Kanye was front and center for the match as he could be seen sitting courtside. This new endeavor means a lot to the hip-hop mogul, so it should be no surprise that he would be at the game to support these immensely talented high school hoopers.

While his team played fairly well, they ended up losing by six points to Minnesota. The final score was 92-86 and according to Overtime, Cruz had 15 points while Dillingham had 18. It was a solid start for Donda Academy, who are certainly showing potential in the early going of the season.

You can check out some highlights from the game, below.

Tua Tagovailoa has had a rough season with the Miami Dolphins thus far. After a solid rookie campaign last year, Tua has had issues as the Dolphins’ offensive line simply cannot protect him. Tua has had unfortunate moments, including earlier in the season when he had to miss a few weeks with some broken ribs.

Recently, there had been chatter that Tua could be moved to the Houston Texans for Deshaun Watson, although a trade never happened. Ironically enough, the Texans the Dolphins are playing each other today, and fans were hopeful that this could be an opportunity to show both the Dolphins and the Texans that he is a great quarterback who can lead a team.

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Unfortunately, Tua won’t be able to prove much today as according to Adam Schefter of ESPN, Tua is now out today with a fractured middle finger in his throwing hand. Jacoby Brissett will have to play instead, while Tagovailoa will be inactive. The belief was that Tua would recover in time for today, but that simply was not the case.

A timetable has not been given on Tua’s injury, however, there is a hope that he will be back in time for the team’s next game. Either way, this is not the start to the season the Dolphins had envisioned.