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Logan Paul has accused Bad Bunny of potentially exploiting Puerto Rico’s tax laws, during his recent appearance on Philip DeFranco’s YouTube show. Paul, who currently takes advantage of the country’s Act 22 program to own propety, claims Bad Bunny uses the same tax program. (Bad Bunny recently released a documentary about Puerto Rico’s gentrification, which expresses negativity on foreigners using Act 22 to purchase cheap housing in the country.)

“Bad Bunny is a Puerto Rican living in Puerto Rico who is privately taking advantage of the same tax program that he is publicly condemning,” Paul said. “I know this and I see things like this and it hurts. There are local Puerto Ricans who know about this. I see this music video that has stuck me in the middle of it surround by context that makes me look like a vulture in Puerto Rico. While I love Bad Bunny, I cannot personally support the hypocritical nature of his exploitation.”

Following his comments on Bad Bunny, Paul pledged to donate back to the local community with funds he’s saved through using the program, although his official donation amount is currently disclosed.

“We’re doing what we can to help,” Paul continued. “And I want to do more as well. And truthfully, I should be doing more.”

Still, those who viewed Paul’s reaction to Puerto Rico and Act 22 had different reactions. “I feel like Logan doesn’t get that what the community wants is not money,” one commenter wrote. “To understand what you have to do to make up for the damage you have done, you have to understand what exactly is the damage in the first place. People are angry because they are being moved out of their homes and their spaces, not becuase you are not paying enough out of your own wallet.”

Watch Logan Paul’s comments on Bad Bunny and Act 22 above.

The Carolina Panthers have gotten off to a dreadful start to the 2022 NFL season, going 1-4 through five weeks, most recently getting drubbed by Jimmy Garoppolo and the 49ers at home in a 37-15 loss. The loss was emblematic of Carolina’s struggles under Matt Rhule since he took over, as the former Baylor coach was expected to liven up the offense, which has instead flatlined under his watch.

Rhule’s Panthers dropped to 1-27 in games where teams score 17 or more points on Sunday, and on Monday, the Panthers made official the move everyone has been anticipating for nearly a year now, which was to fire Rhule.

Rhule went 11-27 in his three seasons in Carolina, never establishing an identity offensively despite trying out various coordinators and quarterbacks in his tenure. One would expect him to return to the college ranks where he will likely have his pick of the numerous jobs open right now — and likely more to come this offseason — as his style seems more suited to the college game where he can recruit players that fit his specific ideals.

As for where the Panthers go from here, in the interim, defensive pass game coordinator Steve Wilks will take over, who was previously the head coach in Arizona for one season and has been with Carolina in two separate stints. The Panthers won’t exactly be viewed as one of the NFL’s top jobs, as that is reserved for teams with a clear franchise quarterback (or potential one, at the least) and to this point it’s been fairly clear that Baker Mayfield isn’t that guy (and Sam Darnold, currently injured, isn’t either). The one thing that seems like a guarantee is that they’ll stick to the pro ranks to find their next head coach.

Meghan McCain called out conservatives over the weekend for fangirling Kanye West before and after the controversial rapper had his social media accounts restricted for a series of antisemitic posts. Kanye landed in hot water on Instagram after he shared screencaps of a text message exchange where he accused Diddy of being controlled by Jews. After his account was restricted, Ye moved over to Twitter where he vowed to go “death con 3 on Jewish people.” The tweet was later deleted by the platform for violating community standards.

In an impassioned statement on Instagram, McCain called out the seriousness of West promoting antisemitism.

“It is a cancer and it is everywhere,” McCain wrote. “It is an existential threat to American life and our Jewish friends and family both in our country and outside of it. I have zero tolerance for this sh*t. Zero.”

In a rare move, the conservative firebrand called out her side of the aisle for embracing Kanye’s antics, which she bluntly referred to as “poison.” Via Instagram:

“Conservatives always claim to hate celebrity but jump and get excited like a teenage girl at a Harry Styles concert any time any of them show our side attention. It is pathetic, we are supposed to be anti celebrity and for the average working men and women – but I guess that went out the window years ago. This man is no icon, he has no wisdom I care to hear.”

McCain ended her post by, again, urging Republicans to reject antisemitism. “Do not look the other way from this statement – it is the public hatred of Judaism and Jews and full f*cking stop there is NO place for this anywhere.”

You can see Meghan McCain’s full statement on Kanye below:

(Via Meghan McCain on Instagram)

There’s turning 18, and then there’s turning 18 when you’re LeBron “Bronny” James Jr. Bronny’s birthday was last Thursday (October 6), but the real celebration of LeBron James’s eldest son came over the weekend. Travis Scott pulled up to help ring in Bronny’s 18th properly.

Footage from the party, relayed by Complex, captured Scott performing a range of his biggest hits, such as “Goosebumps” and “Butterfly Effects.” Bronny and LeBron couldn’t contain their excitement next to Scott, showing off their hops.

The “Sicko Mode” star was the undisputed headliner, but Bronny also welcomed 2022 XXL Freshman SoFaygo to perform his Lyrical Lemonade-boosted smash “Knock Knock.”

LeBron commemorated Bronny’s actual birthday with a loving Instagram post featuring a photo of them at the Ohio State Buckeyes’s season-opener against Notre Dame last month.

“How is this kid 18 years old today y’all!!??!!” the four-time NBA champion wrote in the caption. “I can’t deal with it. I’m so proud of the young man you’ve become kid! Continue to be YOU throughout your journey because it’s simply better that way! And I’ll be right beside you whenever/however needed! Love you Young @bronny!!! Happy Bday.”

The 37-year-old James is about to tip off his 20th season in the NBA and fifth with the Los Angeles Lakers, while the basketball world anxiously waits to see which route Bronny will take to the league.

“My last year will be played with my son,” James said in February, according to The Athletic. “Wherever Bronny is at, that’s where I’ll be. I would do whatever it takes to play with my son for one year. It’s not about the money at that point.”

With the release of Call Of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 right around the corner, Activision released a new ad over the weekend to get audiences hyped up. The “Squad Up” ad features Lil Baby, who calls out a march (“left, left, left-right-left”) as a menacing-looking crew tears up an airstrip with a fleet of ATVs, motorcycles, and jeeps.

Country star Kane Brown keeps the chant going in a packed honky-tonk bar, with Nicki Minaj taking it up in front of a helicopter with an all-girl crew. Even Pete Davidson shows up, playing up his charming slacker image (which fits in nicely with the perception of the actual gamer set which will likely form most of MW2‘s audience upon launch).

There’s just one face missing: That of Cardi B, who recently admitted to turning down millions from Activision for a Call Of Duty campaign as her court dates kept her too busy to make the commitment.

Naturally, fans have turned the coincidence into yet another battleground between Cardi B and Nicki Minaj, speculating whether Nicki was Cardi’s replacement. At this point, I’d pay good money to watch a Twitch PPV in which the two rap queens take their teams to war in Call Of Duty to settle the beef with some form of literal competition just so one can be the winner and they can all get over it Tell Megan Thee Stallion to set it up.

Watch the trailer for Call Of Duty: Modern Warfare 2, out on 10/28, above.

Cardi B is a Warner Music artist. Uproxx is an independent subsidiary of Warner Music Group.

No, The Simpsons did not predict the death of a 96-year-old woman… but if it had, it’s because adult Bart traveled back in time to the late 1980s to tell his family, including his younger self, about the horrors that await them in the future, naturally.

Season 34’s “Lisa the Boy Scout,” written by Dan Greaney and directed by Timothy Bailey, begins with a tried-and-true sitcom plot: Lisa joins the Boy Scouts (not to be confused with the Junior Campers), much to Bart’s dismay. But then, the episode gets “hacked” by Psuedo-nonymous, an “anarchist collective of nameless hacktivists” demanding $20 million in Bitcoin, or else they’ll air never-before-seen, “show-destroying” clips from The Simpsons. It’s a clever concept, leading to fake (?) rejected episode ideas like how there was never was a Lenny, he was just a figment of Carl’s imagination; Martin being a 36-year-old undercover informant with a wife and kids; and Ned converting to Judaism after Homer steals his mustache and uses it as a goatee.

“Lisa the Boy Scout” also reveals how The Simpsons is able to “predict” so many real-life events. One of the hacked clips is from the first episode of the show, “Simpsons Roasting on an Open Fire,” after Homer surprises the family with Santa’s Little Helper on Christmas. The fuzzy feelings are interrupted by a grown-up Bart, who announces to the “lamewads of the past” that he has “come back in time to reveal the events of the future, so that you can amaze the world with your uncannily accurate predictions.” Like how in 2016, the Nobel prize in economics will go to Bengt Holmström.

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There’s also gas hoarding, pandemics, World Cup results, Disney buying Fox, and how, apparently, everything in the future will be owned by Panda Express. “Ooh, orange chicken,” an excited Homer exclaims. Now there’s one prediction I hope comes true.

You can watch the episode (which is one of the best in years) on Hulu.

Selena Gomez dropped the trailer to her upcoming Apple TV+ documentary, My Mind & Me, today — in honor of World Mental Health Day. Centering around Gomez’s lupus and depression diagnoses and learning to better her mental health, it will be available to stream on the platform on November 4.

“Every breath, a breakthrough. In honor of #WorldMentalHealthDay I wanted to share the trailer for my documentary Selena Gomez: My Mind & Me,” she wrote on Twitter.

“What makes me happy is connection,” Gomez notes in the trailer. “How do I learn how to breathe my own breath again?”

“No one cares about what you’re doing,” she adds. “It’s about who I am. Being okay with where I am. I am grateful to be alive.”

To the surprise of fans, it also has a teaser for a new song throughout parts of the video. An emotional ballad, Gomez’s untitled new song will likely appear in the film, in addition to soundtracking the trailer. According to the preorder page (available here), it will be “coming soon.” Some of the lyrics can be heard as puzzle pieces to the full song, with Gomez singing, “If someone sees me like this, then they won’t feel alone,” towards the trailer’s end.

Watch the My Mind & Me trailer above.

GloRilla and Cardi B’s “Tomorrow 2” remix is resonating worldwide. That includes London, where the New York Giants upset the Green Bay Packers 27-22 at Tottenham Hotspur Stadium on Sunday morning (October 9) in stunning fashion.

The Giants are one of the most surprising teams of the young 2022 NFL season. At 4-1, New York has already equaled its win total from last season, giving Big Blue plenty to celebrate. After defeating the Packers, Giants defensive end Jihad Ward went live on Instagram from the locker room. It was a “Tomorrow 2” sing-and-dance party.

Ward and star running back Saquon Barkley rapped part of Cardi’s verse to the camera, “I can’t put you in my business, you might wish me dead tomorrow / B*tches be on d*ck today, sing every word of ‘Up’ tomorrow.”

The clip made its way to Twitter, where Cardi gave her stamp of approval. “LMAAAAOOOOOOOOO …love that for them ….AHAAAAA,” the New York-bred Diamond-certified rapper tweeted.

GloRilla initially released “Tomorrow” in July as part of CMG’s compilation project, Gangsta Art. The Cardi-boosted “Tomorrow 2” arrived with a vengeance last month and debuted at No. 9 on the Billboard Hot 100 last week. It marked GloRilla’s first top-10 Hot 100 single, while this is Cardi’s 11th time inside the top 10.

Cardi B is a Warner Music artist. Uproxx is an independent subsidiary of Warner Music Group.

This weekend, from October 7 to 9, the San Diego Convention Center played host to TwitchCon, Twitch’s annual convention. Megan Thee Stallion was actually on hand for a performance, which ended up being probably the steamiest moment in the history of the Halo franchise.

Meg took the stage during the event’s final day, and as she performed “Freak Nasty,” she was joined by somebody donning a high-quality cosplay of Halo protagonist Master Chief (even if the TwitchCon lanyard and pass around his neck spoiled some of the immersion). Megan didn’t shy away from the supersoldier, either, as she danced and twerked on and around him in her usual sultry ways.

Megan later shared some photos of Master Chief and herself from the event, along with screenshots noting that both of their names were trending on Twitter. “Megan Thee Master Chief,” she wrote along with a crying-laughing emoji.

The TwitchCon appearance comes shortly ahead of a major moment for Meg, as she is set to be the musical guest on Saturday Night Live this upcoming weekend. It wouldn’t be surprising to see her pop up in a Halloween-related sketch, as she recently shared some terrific photos of herself kicking off the spooky season by donning a jack-o’-lantern on her head.

Megan Thee Stallion is a Warner Music artist. Uproxx is an independent subsidiary of Warner Music Group.

(House of the Dragon spoilers will be found below.)

The Game of Thrones prequel’s eighth episode included the most soap-operatic flourishes of the series thus far. The audience bid a fond farewell to the long-suffering King Viserys I, who has been through maggot-covered hell and back. His final moments led to a grave misunderstanding that will likely impact the rest of House of the Dragon and the very fate of House of Targaryen. Beyond that central storyline, we also got to see how Vaemond Valaryon f*cked around and found out when Prince Daemon Targaryen gave him a diagonal slice to the head, allowing him to keep his tongue but losing his life after insulting Rhaenyra and her children.

Daemon might be the salty king of drama (and boy, does he enjoy other people’s drama), but he’s got a shadow (and a contender) in one of his nephews. That would be Aemond Targaryen, whose villain origin story began when his cousins taunted him with a pig before he stole claimed a dragon for himself. This week, snickers from a cousin (after a server set a pig in front of Aemond) led to a final toast and another scuffle, which resulted in the younger Targaryens being sent their rooms. At that pivotal moment in time, Aemond and Daemon had their moment.

Ewan Mitchell picks up the role from Leo Ashton, and now, we see that Aemond very clearly wants to be his uncle and is adopting the same roguish look and vibe. Daemon (with a sigh) may or may not recognize this (pretending that Daemon doesn’t know might be better, but I think he knows), and Aemond attempted to hold his uncle’s gaze but then relents. It’s a wordless interaction that speaks volumes.

This acknowledgement between the mutual kings of chaos is so funny, but also, there’s an element of Daemon looking back at the crazy kid he used to be (and still is today). People are digging the dynamic, so let’s hope there’s eventually real conflict to come between them as the show continues. All hail the Targaryen drama kings!

HBO’s House of the Dragon airs on Sundays at 9:00pm EST.