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The Guy Who Fell Off A Cruise Ship And Treaded Water For 20 Hours Survived By Eating Bamboo And Fending Off Sea Creatures

Only one person had a worse Thanksgiving than Donald Trump: His name is James Michael Grimes, and he’s the guy who spent the holiday trapped in the middle of the Gulf of Mexico after falling off a cruise ship. For 20 hours he managed to stay alive, though at the time the news broke it wasn’t clear how. It still isn’t entirely clear, but he recently opened up to Good Morning America, telling a wild story about eating unusual things to stay alive and fending off sea creatures.

Grimes told GMA that on Thanksgiving Eve he had a couple drinks while on board a Carnival cruise ship. Though he wasn’t drunk, he doesn’t remember what happened between when he told his sister he was going to the bathroom and awaking to find himself in the water, with no ship in sight.

For the next 20 hours, he managed to tread water and battle jellyfish. At one point he encountered some unidentified critter with a fin.

“It came up on me really quick and I went under, and I could see it. And it wasn’t a shark, I don’t believe,” Grimes recalled. “But it had more like a flat mouth, and it came up and bumped one of my legs, and I kicked it with the other leg. It scared me, not knowing what it was, all I could see was a fin.”

How did he keep up his energy over the long time? By eating what he could, including bamboo that floated by him.

“It gave some type of flavor in my mouth other than saltwater,” Grimes said. “I was never accepting that this is it — this is going to be the end of my life.”

It wasn’t until late into Thanksgiving Day, around 8:25 pm, that a Coast Guard tanker spotted him and fished him out of the water. Not only did he miraculously survive, but his condition was stable. Surely Hollywood will be calling him, ready to gift the world with the next 127 Hours.

(Via Insider)

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The Weeknd Has Teased New Music For The ‘Avatar: The Way Of Water’ Soundtrack

It appears The Weeknd will close out the year the same way he opened it — by dropping new music. Back in January, he released his fifth studio album, Dawn FM. This month, it appears he will drop a new single for Avatar: The Way Of Water.

Today (December 4), The Weeknd shared a snippet of what seems to be a new song on social media. Though the audio snippet only comprised of an instrumental and no lyrics, the audio was accompanied by an image of the Avatar logo. At the bottom of the screen was what seemed to be a release date, reading, “12.16.22.”

The Weeknd has had quite an impressive journey over the past decade. 10 years ago, he released his three breakthrough mixtapes, House Of Balloons, Thursday, and Echoes Of Silence, in the form of a compilation called Trilogy, following the breakthrough of his song, “Wicked Games.”

Now, it looks like his music is going to be on the soundtrack for one of the most anticipated movies of the year.

In a recent interview with his hometown paper, Toronto Star, he expressed what’s next for him, after he’s achieved pop superstardom.

I just follow the creative visions I have in whatever medium of art they come and am compelled to share it with as many people as are open to it.

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The College Football Playoff Is Set With Georgia-Ohio State And Michigan-TCU

Going into conference championship weekend, there was a chance for this year’s College Football Playoff to be a very simple decision from the committee. Wins by Georgia, Michigan, TCU, and USC in their respective conference championship games would’ve ensured those four would play for the national title.

However, after USC got smoked by Utah on Friday night and TCU took a gutting overtime loss on Saturday afternoon, the committee suddenly found itself having some very difficult decisions to make. After a week of talk about how we might finally get a Playoff without Alabama, Ohio State, or Clemson, the Tide and the Buckeyes were thrust back into discussion by USC and TCU faltering. Most observers believed the Horned Frogs deserved to remain in the field given it was their first loss, with the question being who would replace USC.

Ohio State’s case was that their lone loss was to the No. 2 team in the country, where they were competitive for three quarters before the floodgates opened. For Alabama, the argument is they suffered their two losses on the road by a combined 4 points against top-15 opponents, but they needed the committee to be really invested in power ratings to jump either Ohio State or TCU for that final spot.

Ultimately, it was the Buckeyes that won out on the final spot, with TCU remaining at No. 3 despite their loss, setting up a very intriguing pair of semifinals in Atlanta and Phoenix.

PEACH BOWL (Dec. 31, 8 p.m. ET): 1. Georgia vs. 4. Ohio State
FIESTA BOWL (Dec. 31, 4 p.m. ET): 2. Michigan vs. 3. TCU

Georgia-Ohio State is the type of matchup you’d expect to see in a national title game and the Buckeyes will have to prove they can handle the physicality of Georgia after they got leaned on and eventually broken down by a similarly tough Michigan team in their lone loss of the season. The Wolverines, meanwhile, avoid having to have the immediate rematch with the Buckeyes and take on a TCU team that simply never goes away, and will present a unique challenge this Michigan team hasn’t faced yet.

Alabama finished fifth, with Tennessee finishing sixth, as they both leaped above USC in the final rankings.

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Nick Cannon Was Hospitalized With Pneumonia But Assures Fans It’s ‘Nothing I Can’t Handle’

Nick Cannon’s spirits were high this week. He brought his Wild ‘N Out crew to Madison Square Garden — alongside A Boogie Wit Da Hoodie, Bobby Shmurda and GloRilla — and hilariously poked fun at himself for the world’s population hitting eight billion people with a video showing him stress-shopping for his 11 children this holiday season. But the Masked Singer host was forced to press pause.

“Okay, so I guess I’m not Superman…” Cannon posted to Instagram on Friday (December 2). In the photos, he’s masked in a hospital bed. “I promised myself I would never be back at this place again… But this is a great lesson to take care of YOU or YOU won’t be able to take care of everyone else. Don’t trip though, I don’t need any well wishes or prayers, just some solid rest and I will be back on the journey to becoming stronger than ever.”

“It’s just pneumonia, nothing I can’t handle,” Cannon continued. “Crazy thing is, last night we was just rocking a sold out crowd at Madison Square Garden in front of thousands of fans, now I’m all alone in a tiny hospital room. Life is definitely a rollercoaster! #LupusWarrior.”

Cannon’s peers showered him with well wishes and prayers. ASAP Rocky wrote, “Sending love, recover soon brother.” Deion Sanders added, “God has u covered my brother! Hear him now.” Angela Yee, DJ Jazzy Jeff, Marlon Wayans, Larenz Tate, Jeremih, Heidi Klum, and more also flooded the comments.

Cannon was diagnosed with lupus in 2012 and is an official “Lupus Warrior” for the Lupus Foundation of America. He most recently welcomed his 11th child, Beautiful Zeppelin Cannon, on November 11.

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Kenan And Kel Reunited On ‘SNL’ For A Gritty-Ish Reboot Of Their Beloved Show

Reboots have been all the rage for a while, but there are still plenty of shows that have fallen through the revival cracks. One of them is Kenan & Kel, the beloved ‘90s Nickelodeon show that made names out of stars Kenan Thompson and Kel Mitchell. The two have spent years threatening to team back up, but so far they’ve only settled for fun little one-offs. Another of those took place on the latest SNL.

The sketch started out Kel-less. In a pre-taped segment, Thompson explained that the show had been revived, sort of: Instead of Kel, Kenan was joined by episode host Keke Palmer, who was all of two years old when the show premiered. At first she makes a fine Kel replacement, doing her own schtick. Then she starts getting overly dramatic, breaking the lighthearted spell by talking about things like crime in “Chi-Raq” and claiming Kenan is the father of her baby (prompting Palmer to show off her very real baby bump).

As Kenan & Kelly wrestles with tone issues, in, finally, walks Kel, who at first is up to his old shenanigans, proving more interested in orange soda than catching up with an old friend. Then tragedy ensues. But there’s a happy ending: Kenan and Kel ultimately reveal that Jordan Peele has tapped them for a sequel to Nope called Yep.

You can watch the reunion in the video above.

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Jack Harlow Finally Met Dua Lipa After Writing A Song About Her On His Album

Another one of Jack Harlow‘s manifestations has come to fruition. Yesterday (December 3), the rapper finally met the namesake for one of his songs from his sophomore album, Come Home, The Kids Miss You.

At Variety‘s annual Hitmakers brunch, Harlow met his Atlantic labelmate, Dua Lipa. Back in May, when Harlow released Come Home, The Kids Miss You, a song on the album called “Dua Lipa” features Harlow rapping about his affections for the “Levitating” singer.

On the song, Harlow raps, “Dua Lipa / I’m tryna do more with her than do a feature / I checked the web, they out here chewin’ me up.”

During the brunch, the two were seen smiling, enjoying a conversation, and then posing for pictures. Though the nature of their conversation is uncIear, the two appeared to be in good spirits.

Later during the ceremony, Harlow presented his and Lipa’s label with Variety‘s label of the year award.

“I do see a lot of resentment sometimes between artists and their labels,” said Harlow in his speech honoring Atlantic Records. “Me personally, I’ve had disagreements and frustrations, things that I think are natural to any partnership. But one thing I cannot dispute is that I was given a real chance to develop as an artist.”

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‘SNL’ Weekend Update Compared Kanye To Long Covid And Dragged Herschel Walker Before The Georgia Runoff

For their latest episode, SNL dedicated the Cold Open to chaos MAGA candidate Herschel Walker. But Weekend Update dedicated significant real estate to an even more disastrous political figure: Kanye West. Last week the onetime brilliant musician continued torching his career and any goodwill, continuing to double down on his already virulent anti-Semitism. When he did an interview with Alex Jones, he somehow managed to be the nutty one, even uttering the words, “I like Hitler.” On Weekend Update, that earned him a particularly unflattering comparison.

“At this point, I don’t think Kanye is off his meds so much as he is immune to them,” cracked Colin Jost. “We’re basically dealing with the omicron variant of Kanye. We’d thought he’d fade away but now we realize we may have to live with the brain fog of long-haul Kanye.”

Jost also questioned his airing of an old anti-Semitic trope. “What I don’t understand about this Kanye stuff is if Jews do control the media, then how are we still seeing a new interview with Kanye every day?” he said, adding, “Also if Jews control the media, explain the 80-foot Christmas tree outside of NBC.”

Later Jost turned to Walker, pointing out the record number of early voters who have turned up for the Georgia Runoff, joking, “Herschel Walker has always encouraged his supporters to take care of voting early before it becomes a problem.”

You can watch the latest Weekend Update in the video above.

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SZA’s ‘S.O.S.’ Release Date Announcement Left Fans Overjoyed That The Album Is Finally On The Way

SZA teased at May’s Met Gala that her sophomore album was “ready to go” and advised her fans to prepare for “a SZA summer,” inducing a painful wait that lasted through the summer and fall. Finally, we’re in for a SZA winter. The multiplatinum singer-songwriter thrived as the musical guest on last night’s (December 3) Saturday Night Live, where she performed “Shirt,” debuted “Blind,” and confirmed the release date for S.O.S., the aforementioned sophomore album, is this Friday, December 9.

SZA was announced as SNL‘s December 3 musical guest in mid-November, and fans began cautiously believing that the long-awaited followup to 2017’s Ctrl would arrive in December. She told Billboard that December was the target for S.O.S., but fans still mostly adopted a believe-it-when-we-see it attitude.

It wasn’t until SZA shared the presumed cover art last week and “S.O.S. 12/9″ appeared behind her on stage at the end of her “Shirt” performance on SNL that full-fledged excitement was unlocked.

“We survived the SZA album drought,” one Twitter user wrote alongside a video of a woman tearfully turning her graduation tassel. Another tweeted a video of Miley Cyrus in an emotional Hannah Montana scene with the joke, “SZA leaving Nicki and Rihanna in the ‘lying about the album’ room.”

See more funny fan reactions to S.O.S.‘s confirmed arrival below.

S.O.S. is out 12/9 via Top Dawg Entertainment and RCA.

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The GOP Tries And Fails To Contain Herschel Walker Before The Georgia Runoff In The Latest ‘SNL’ Cold Open

As of this writing, the Georgia runoff is a few days away, with residents ready to determine who will claim one of the state’s Senate seats: Democratic incumbent Raphael Warnock or Republican challenger Herschel Walker. It’s a mighty close race, which is worrying: Walker is, to put it lightly, a questionable choice, prone to some of the strangest gaffes in political history. GOP brass are clearly worried, and their anxiety fueled SNL’s latest Cold Open.

Kenan Thompson returned as the malapropism-friendly footballer-turned-MAGA candidate, joining a meeting with a trio of Republican higher-ups. Among them was James Austin Johnson’s Mitch McConnell, whom Thompson’s Walker calls “Mitch McDonalds.” It’s all downhill from there, with Walker blurting out one brain fart after another, including calling Planned Parenthood “Planned Parent Trap” as well as a reprise of arguably his funniest slip-of-the-tongue: the instant classic “This erection is for the people.”

Eventually Cecily Strong’s Marsha Blackburn advises he “lay low and focus on the message,” to which Walker responded, “Exactly. Just like Kanye.”

“No. No. The issues people care about — inflation, crime,” Blackburn replied.

Thompson’s Walker again drew from real life, adding: “Vampires, werewolves. They’re scared of the Geico gecko. We’re going to be looking at all of that.”

You can watch the sketch in the video above.

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Takeoff’s Suspected Killer Is Being Held On $2 Million Bond Because He Allegedly Tried To Flee

Two arrests have been made in connection to Takeoff’s murder. The 28-year-old Migos rapper was fatally shot in the early hours of November 1 outside of 810 Billiards & Bowling in Houston, where he was attending a private event with Quavo. A manhunt ensued, with Houston Police Chief Troy Finner urging the public to exercise patience on November 22.

Also on November 22, Cameron Joshua, 22, (known as Lil Cam or Lil Cam 5th) was taken into custody by Houston’s Harris County Sheriff’s Office. The internet initially started speculating that Lil Cam 5th was linked to Takeoff’s murder, and on Wednesday, November 30, he was formally “charged in connection with the case,” as relayed by The Associated Press, but “is not believed to have fired” his illegal handgun during the shooting that tragically took Takeoff’s life.

The following day, Houston Police arrested 33-year-old Patrick Xavier Clark and charged him with the murder of Takeoff. ABC News reported yesterday (December 3) that Clark’s bond was set at $2 million during his first court appearance. “In requesting the $2 million bond, prosecutors argued that Clark posed a high flight risk because he had purchased tickets to Mexico two days before his arrest and applied for an expedited passport,” the report said.

Houston Police held a press conference on December 2, during which Sgt. Michael Burrow emphasized that “the investigation is still ongoing” and confirmed the alleged sequence of events on November 1.

“The event was a private party,” he said. “There was a lucrative dice game that went on at the event. There was an argument that happened afterwards outside the bowling alley, which led to the shooting. I can tell you that Takeoff was not involved in playing the dice game. He was not involved in the argument that happened outside. He was not armed. He was an innocent bystander.”

Burrow added that approximately 30 people were standing outside at the time of the shooting and “literally every single one of those people left the scene without giving a statement to police.” He asked them to come forward and give their statements to Houston Police. In the interim, Burrow said, his team used video surveillance, cellphone video and audio, physical evidence, shooting reconstruction, to confirm ballistic evidence, which led them to Clark as the shooter.

Takeoff (real name Kirsnick Khari Ball) was laid to rest at State Farm Arena in his hometown Atlanta on November 11. Offset honored him while performing at Miami Beach’s annual Art Basel on Thursday, December 1. On Friday, Takeoff’s first posthumous verse appeared on Metro Boomin’s newly released Heroes & Villains.