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Drake puede decir que ha superado a Rihanna, pero ella es la que realmente parece haber seguido adelante, ¡solo hay que ver lo feliz que se ve celebrando el gran fin de semana de cumpleaños de A$AP Rocky!

La cantante y el papá del bebé llegaron a la ciudad de la Costa Este para celebrar el cumpleaños número 35 de A$AP, que en realidad era el 3 de octubre. Nada como una fiesta prolongada ¿cierto?

Parece que la fiesta era estrictamente para adultos, ya que no había señal de sus dos pequeños. En cuanto a dónde estaban exactamente; al parecer, encendieron los motores en la Gran Manzana y después se dirigieron a una pista de go-kart en Jersey aunque, no está claro si ahí es donde se llevó a cabo la fiesta.

En cualquier caso, se lo pasaron en grande, bailando uno encima del otro y compartiendo con sus amigos cercanos. Rihanna, en concreto, se aseguró de bailar a lo grande.

Debemos decir que después de dar a luz a su segundo hijo en agosto, tiene muy buen aspecto y está más ágil que nunca. Nos atrevemos a decir sigue siendo hot como el infierno a pesar de lo que Drake podría decir.

Por supuesto, nos referimos a las cosas que dijo en su nueva canción "Fear Of Heights", donde lamentó el hecho de que la gente sentía que no había superado a la cantante, mientras afirmaba que había estado con mujeres mucho más atractivas que ella, además de sugerir que A$AP estaba "atrapado" con Rihanna.

Drake ha recibido mucho hate de parte de los fans de Rihanna debido a esta última canción, además se apresuraron a señalar lo obsesionado que estuvo alguna vez por la estrella del pop. Recordemos que él, infamemente, declaró su amor por ella en la televisión en vivo durante los VMA 2016.

La verdad es que salieron un poco después de eso pero no duró, y la relación se esfumó.

Un par de años más tarde Rihanna mencionó a Drake en una portada de Vogue, diciendo esto sobre su relación: "No tenemos una amistad ahora, pero no somos enemigos tampoco. Es lo que es". El medio también señaló que sus "ojos brillaban con fría indiferencia".

Ella no ha hablado mucho sobre él desde entonces, pero Drake todavía habla de ella; una madre de 2 que está en una relación comprometida y que es una magnate multimillonaria de la moda.

Los chicos de 5ive dicen que quieren dejar atrás su larga disputa con la boy band rival 98 Degree s, a pesar de que el grupo de Nick Lachey, una vez más les envió un mensaje en vivo.

El cantante de 5ive, Ritchie Neville, le comentó a TMZ que la banda realmente desea lo mejor para 98 Degrees y quiere lo mejor para los chicos y sus familias.

Esto viene justo después de que 98 Degrees atacara a la boy band británica a principios de esta semana. Nick y el grupo hicieron un hit de radio promocionando sus próximos shows con dos boy bands con las que se llevan bien, All-4-One y O-Town, pero entonces la conversación dio un giro cuando 98 Degrees atacó a 5ive una vez más sacando a relucir su larga disputa.

98 Degrees y los anfitriones criticaron a 5ive por ser la peor boy band de la historia recordando la mala sangre que se remonta a los años 90. Nick y los chicos han hecho esto antes, anteriormente hablando de los 5ive en el show de Andy Cohen, lo que provocó una fuerte respuesta del ex miembro de 5ive Abz Love.

Pero Ritchie nos dice: "Ellos pueden seguir con ese viejo asunto y la inmadurez si quieren. Nosotros solo seguimos con nuestras vidas, dando conciertos y criando a nuestros hijos".

Según Ritchie, la larga disputa comenzó cuando 98 Degrees fue al Reino Unido en los años 90 para la gira "Smash Hits", donde compartieron el centro de atención con 5ive, una banda que estaba emergiendo en aquel momento en Londres.

Ritchie dice que la rivalidad surgió porque ambas bandas competían por el amor del público durante la gira, y dice que 5ive ganó una votación del público y fue a la Smash Hits Poll Winners Party, una entrega de premios británica televisada. Dice que 98 Degrees se puso celoso y tuvo problemas con 5ive desde entonces.

Richie nos dice: "Todos éramos niños entonces, yo tenía 18 años. Entiendo que perder es duro a veces, pero es una pena que ahora seamos hombres adultos y sigamos con esta rivalidad".

The boys from 5ive say they want to drop their longstanding beef with rival boy band 98 Degree s... even though Nick Lachey's group once again called them out live on-air.

5ive singer Ritchie Neville tells TMZ ... the band genuinely wishes 98 Degrees well and wants the best for the guys and their families.

This is coming on the heels of 98 Degrees slamming the British boy group earlier this week ... Nick and the group did a radio hit promoting their upcoming shows with two boy bands they get along with, All-4-One and O-Town, but then the convo took a turn when 98 slammed 5ive, once again bringing up their decades-long beef.

98 Degrees and the hosts ripped 5ive for being the worst boy band ever ... recalling bad blood dating back to the '90s. Nick and the guys have done this before, previously calling out 5ive on Andy Cohen's show, which prompted a strong response from former 5ive member Abz Love.

But Ritchie tells us ... "They can carry on the beef and immaturity if they want. We're just getting on with our lives, playing gigs and raising our children."

According to Ritchie, the longstanding beef started when 98 Degrees went over to the United Kingdom in the '90s for the "Smash Hits" tour, where they shared the spotlight with 5ive, a new band at the time from London.

Ritchie says the rivalry grew out of both bands competing for the audience's love on tour, and he says 5ive won an audience vote and went to the Smash Hits Poll Winners Party -- a televised British awards show. He says 98 Degrees got jealous and had beef with 5ive ever since.

RN tells us ... "We were all kids then, I was 18. I understand losing is hard sometimes but it's a shame that we are now grown men still carrying on this beef."

President Biden's administration may or may not be shocked to hear Iran was supposedly instrumental in the lead-up to the attack on Israel ... the implications of which are dire.

The Wall Street Journal published a bombshell report Sunday, citing multiple sources from within Hamas, Hezbollah and even a European official with knowledge ... all of whom say Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps worked with Hamas in planning the ambush.

This alleged coordination dates back several weeks, apparently ... with talks going as far back as August and several reported meetings taking place in Beirut between all the parties. In addition to Iran being involved, WSJ reports that Lebanon's Hezbollah was in the mix.

The intention in all this, per WSJ, was two-pronged ... Iran apparently wanted to manufacture a "multi-front threat" against Israel -- this as the country grappled with its own internal politics, while disrupting U.S.-brokered peace talks between Saudi Arabia and Israel.

When asked directly about whether the U.S. had any knowledge of Iran's alleged involvement in directing the Hamas-led attack ... Sec. of State Anthony Blinken denied knowing anything about it, saying there was no evidence on their end that was, in fact, the case.

A separate U.S. official said the same thing to the WSJ ... but the outlet is insisting people overseas are saying differently. If what they're saying is true -- it's troubling on many fronts.

For one, it would be an indictment on U.S intelligence ... but it would also indicate that a broader conflict in the Middle East is looming -- with Israel having already gone on the record to say they would retaliate if it was found that Tehran sanctioned this Hamas move.

Issa Rae is pretty famous these days, which is why this mispronunciation of her name probably stung badly for spectators of this live interview ... and why they spoke up.

The triple threat star -- famous for her show 'Insecure' -- was doing a sit-down Saturday at the CultureCon conference in NYC ... where she was about to answer questions from moderator Glenda McNeal, who's a bigwig over at AmEx.

As McNeal intro'd Issa ... she kinda botched her first name, calling her Ih-suh as opposed to Ee-suh (the correct way to say it). Just as quickly, she was informed by the crowd.

Take a look for yourself ... there was a chorus of "Issa" from the audience, with multiple people shouting out and interruption McNeal's train of thought to let her know she'd said it wrong -- and it clearly took the speaker by surprise, and ditto for IR herself.

McNeal corrected herself, and then apologized ... saying she'd made a mistake, noting she was part of the Black community and meant no harm. Issa seemed to find it hilarious.

No harm, no foul big picture -- but it is a testament to something in the grand scheme of things. Fact is, we're reaching a point when perceived disrespect simply won't be tolerated ... especially among beloved celebs like Issa, who's star is growing brighter by the day.

Everybody wants a piece of Maluma these days -- but that doesn't mean he wants folks going for a handful of the goods ... evidenced here in this video.

Check out this clip of the Colombian singer that made the rounds this weekend -- it shows him walking through a lower-level crowd during his concert at the Mohegan Sun Arena in Montville, CT ... getting pretty close to adoring fans, and maybe even too close.

As you can see, as people reach out to touch him ... somebody appears to reach for his crotch -- and it looks like they might've even made contact, to Maluma's chagrin.

Right away, he pulls back and kinda swats their hands away ... and gives 'em a little tsk-tsk. Unclear if it's a man or woman who got handsy -- but in any case, Maluma wasn't having it.

This ain't the first time Maluma's had to deal with overzealous fans -- it wasn't that long ago that he had to scold an audience member during a gig ... who threw a phone at him.

Todo el mundo quiere un pedazo de Maluma estos días, pero eso no significa que él quiera que intenten tocarlo sin permiso, como se puede ver en el siguiente video.

Échale un vistazo a este clip del cantante colombiano que lo muestra caminando a través de una multitud en el nivel inferior durante su concierto en el Mohegan Sun Arena en Montville, Connecticut. Se lo ve bastante cerca de los fans que lo adoran.

Como se puede ver, la gente se acercan a tocarlo y alguien parece llegar a su entrepierna (incluso podría haber hecho contacto) para disgusto de Maluma.

Inmediatamente, él se retira y aparta sus manos. No está claro si se trata de un hombre o una mujer pero en cualquier caso, Maluma no estaba contento.

No es la primera vez que Maluma tiene que lidiar con fans demasiado entusiastas. No fue hace mucho que tuvo que regañar a un miembro de la audiencia durante un concierto que le arrojó un teléfono.

Joe Budden says Drake is an old head trying to appeal to young'ns ... but Drizzy's firing back, telling Joe to shut it in the fiercest way possible.

The podcaster went in on Drake's latest album, "For All the Dogs," during his newest episode of 'The Joe Budden Podcast' -- saying the dude is "rapping for the children" ... while going on to say that Champagne Papi needed to grow up and stop pandering to the youth.

Take a listen for yourself ... Joe seems to think that Drake's too old to be palling around with YouTube streamers (like Kai Cenat) or other Gen Z rappers like Lil Yachty, etc. He also has some words about Drizzy's sex life ... saying, "Stop f****** these 25-year-olds!!!!"

JB's words clearly struck a nerve, 'cause Drake responded with an essay-worth of hate toward the one-time MC -- writing, "@joebudden you have failed at music. You left it behind to do what you are doing in this clip cause this is what actually pays your bills."

There's more ... he adds, "For any artist watching this just remember you are watching a failure give their opinion on his idea of a recipe for success...a quitter give their opinion on how to achieve longevity." Drake has a lot more to say -- and let's just say it's critical.

In response, it seems Joe might be pulling back a bit ... acknowledging he went overboard.

Olivia Wilde thinks Taylor Swift should spotlight real issues, like environmentalism, instead of football -- but some are noting ... she left a big carbon footprint with Harry Styles.

The director/actress is catching flak from Swifties far and wide over a tweet she reposted on her Instagram Stories Friday -- which reads, "I wish Taylor Swift was in love with a climate scientist." Olivia didn't add any extra commentary -- but the sentiment is clear enough.

Of course, many are taking OW's cosigned remarks as straight-up shade toward Taylor and Travis Kelce's relationship ... and it's not going over well among TS's fan base.

One of the biggest criticisms, it seems, lies in the fact that Olivia herself was also recently dating a major pop star -- with whom she traversed the globe over the past few years ... whether it was to promote their film, support his concerts or simply to vacation.

Indeed, Olivia and HS have gone all over together ... jet-setting from L.A. to NYC and to Vegas and Raleigh, NC -- not to mention hitting up Santa Barbara. Overseas, they were photographed in Italy, France and the UK In other words, quite a bit of traveling.

Naturally, in order to have gone to most, if not all, these locations -- they've had to take planes ... and that undoubtedly hurts the environment, something that's being pointed out in the all the backlash aimed at Olivia. While she's been an outspoken advocate for climate change -- even launching an eco-friendly clothing brand -- some say ... this is a bad look.

Doja Cat está siendo acusada una vez más de ser complaciente con las comunidades marginales después de llevar una camiseta con una foto que la gente de la alt-right (fanáticos de derecha) conoce muy bien... Sam Hyde.

La cantante publicó y luego borró estas fotos en su Instagram el viernes, pero afortunadamente Internet las capturó y ahora están circulando por todas partes, arrastrando a Doja Cat por el barro, en lo que muchos consideran un respaldo a Hyde y su humor.

Para aquellos que no lo saben, Hyde es un comediante muy querido por los trolls en los foros en línea, y que ha sido acusado incluso de abrazar sentimientos neonazis.

Esta foto en particular de él sosteniendo una semiautomática se ha convertido en carne de meme durante años. Cada vez que hay un tiroteo masivo en Estados Unidos, partidarios de extrema derecha hacen circular la foto por Internet, afirmando falsamente que Sam Hyde es el autor del tiroteo, en un intento por difundir información falsa.

No está claro si el propio Hyde comenzó la tendencia, pero él y su grupo se han apoyado en la broma. En pocas palabras... el tipo es muy problemático y polarizante.

Es por eso mismo que resulta increíblemente extraño que Doja Cat esté usando la camiseta, que, por cierto, el propio Hyde parece estar vendiendo en su sitio web por $38. Muchos otros no están tan sorprendidos tampoco.

Lo cierto es que Doja ha coqueteado con los ultraderechistas desde hace mucho tiempo. En 2020, salieron a la luz viejas imágenes en las que aparecía hablando con unos tipos en un chat, en lo que más tarde se dijo eran conversaciones racistas. Ella negó las acusaciones en ese momento.

Por supuesto, también está la canción "Dindu Nuffin'", que sacó hace tiempo. Todo esto junto, además de esta última movida, está empujándola nuevamente a la controversia.

Doja Cat is once again being accused of pandering to fringe communities after wearing a shirt with a photo folks on the alt-right know all too well ... showing off one Sam Hyde.

The rapper/singer posted and then deleted these pics on her IG Friday, but fortunately ... the Internet captured them and they're now circulating -- with DC getting dragged through the mud for what many consider an endorsement of Hyde and his brand of humor/following.

For those unaware, Hyde is a comedian ... who has been widely embraced by trolls in online chat rooms and forums, and who's even been accused of embracing neo-Nazi sentiments.

This particular photo of him holding a semiautomatic has become meme fodder for years -- anytime there's a mass shooting here in the States ... far-right keyboard warriors circulate the pic and falsely claim that Sam Hyde is the shooter, attempting to spread misinformation.

It's unclear if Hyde himself started that whole trend, but he and his comedy group have leaned into the joke -- bottom line ... the dude is highly problematic and polarizing.

That's exactly why Doja Cat rocking this shirt -- which, BTW, Hyde himself appears to be selling on his own website for a cool $38 -- is incredibly strange ... and getting double takes from her fans online. By the same token, many others aren't all that surprised by this either.

Fact is ... Doja has flirted with far-right wingers for a long time now -- including back in 2020 when old footage surfaced showing her talking to a bunch of dudes in a chat room ... which was later alleged to have featured racist convos. She denied those allegations at the time.

Of course ... there's also the "Dindu Nuffin'" song she put out once upon a time. All of that stuff mixed together -- plus this latest stunt -- is again thrusting her into controversy.

La nueva película de "El exorcista" no está recaudando tanto dinero como le gustaría a su estudio, lo que no es una gran noticia teniendo en cuenta que se gastaron casi 500 millones de dólares para ponerla en marcha.

Las cifras de taquilla del primer día de "El exorcista: Believer', de David Gordon Green, son, cuando menos, decepcionantes, con solo 11,9 millones de dólares recaudados el viernes, lo que incluye unos 2,8 millones de dólares en los preestrenos del jueves.

A este ritmo, la proyección para el fin de semana de 3 días es de unos 28 millones de dólares en el país, que es inferior a las estimaciones iniciales para esta película de terror, que estaban en torno a los $30 y $35 millones.

Por supuesto, cuando la película de Taylor Swift se estrene la semana que viene, es casi seguro que borrará del mapa a "El exorcista: Believer', por lo que en general, esta última entrega, o eboot no parece estar en camino a hacer grandes ganancias. Y eso es preocupante para Universal.

¿La razón? El estudio gastó una fortuna para obtener los derechos de la franquicia 'El Exorcista', más de 400 millones de dólares, y están planeando producir otras dos secuelas después de esta. A pesar de las malas críticas y de la decepcionante taquilla, puedes apostar a que seguirán adelante con el plan: han gastado demasiado dinero para no hacerlo.

The new 'Exorcist' movie isn't raking in as much dough as its parent studio would like -- which isn't great news considering almost half a billion dollars was spent to get it going.

Here's the deal ... the first-day box office numbers for David Gordon Green's 'Exorcist: Believer' are in -- and they're underwhelming to say the least ... just $11.9 million from Friday's haul, which includes about $2.8 million in Thursday previews.

At this pace, the projection for the 3-day weekend is about $28 million domestically ... which is lower than what the initial estimates had this horror flick making, about $30-$35 million.

Of course, when the Taylor Swift movie comes out next week ... it's almost sure to wipe 'Exorcist: Believer' completely off the map -- so, big picture, this latest installment/reboot doesn't appear to be on track for major gains ... and that's troubling for Universal.

The reason ... the studio spent a fortune to attain the rights to the 'Exorcist' franchise -- upwards of $400 million -- and they're planning on cranking out 2 more sequels after this. Despite poor reviews and an underwhelming box office, you can bet they're gonna chug right along and crap those out in the next few years -- they spent way too much $$$ not to.

La prueba del Sistema Nacional de Alerta de Emergencia resultó ser un gran éxito para casi todo el mundo, a menos que seas un preso con un teléfono celular ilegal tras las rejas.

Millones de usuarios de teléfonos móviles en todo Estados Unidos recibieron el miércoles una alerta de la Agencia Federal para la Gestión de Emergencias y la FCC para garantizar que las alertas de emergencia lleguen al público a nivel nacional. Los teléfonos recibieron un mensaje de prueba y emitieron un fuerte sonido.

Sin embargo, el sistema hizo que los presos que escondían algunos teléfonos celulares fueran un blanco fácil para los guardias de la prisión.

Un funcionario de la prisión estatal de Nueva York nos cuenta que confiscaron dos teléfonos en el correccional de Sing Sing durante la prueba. Además, una fuente en USP Coleman en Florida dice que ellos también confiscaron dos teléfonos durante la prueba de emergencia.

No está claro cuántas prisiones se enfrentaron a lo mismo, llamamos en Arizona, California, Chicago y otros, pero hay que imaginar que fue un problema en todo el país.

Una fuente en Nevada nos dice que la mayoría de sus presos ya eran conscientes de la prueba, por lo que probablemente apagaron sus teléfonos para que no fueran confiscados.

Cuando los contactamos para que hicieran comentarios, la BOP nos dijo: "La Oficina Federal de Prisiones (BOP) no da detalles sobre los procedimientos específicos de seguridad interna por razones de seguridad y protección."

Como era de esperar, nos dijeron que los teléfonos tras las rejas se han convertido cada vez  en un problema más grande y los funcionarios han implementado nuevas tácticas para tratar de localizarlos, incluyendo perros rastreadores de teléfonos llamados "E-Dogs".

The National Emergency Alert System test turned out to be a huge success for just about everyone ... that is unless you were a prisoner with an illegal cell phone behind bars.

Millions of cellphone users across the U.S. got an alert Wednesday from the Federal Emergency Management Agency and FCC to ensure emergency alerts reach the public at a national level. Phones received both a test message and made a loud alert noise.

However, the testing system made prisoners hiding phones an easy target for prison guards.

A New York State Prison official tells us they confiscated two phones at Sing Sing Correctional Facility during the test. Additionally, a source at FCI Coleman Low in Florida says they too confiscated two phones during the emergency test.

It's unclear how many other prisons faced similar circumstances -- we called around in Arizona, California, Illinois and others -- but you gotta imagine it was a problem nationwide.

A source in Nevada tells us most of their prisoners were already aware the alert was gonna happen, likely turning their phones off, so they didn't confiscate any devices.

When reached for comment, the BOP told us, "The Federal Bureau of Prisons does not elaborate on specific internal security procedures for safety and security reasons."

Unsurprisingly, we're told phones behind bars have become a growing problem, and officials have implemented new tactics in trying to locate them -- including phone-sniffing dogs called "E-Dogs."

School officials in one Louisiana town must really hate twerking.

Just ask Kaylee Timonet who was filmed happily shaking her booty at a homecoming after-party -- causing the Walker HS senior to lose her scholarship endorsement and her title as president of the school's government association.

Walker HS principal Jason St. Pierre meted out the punishment after he saw Kaylee's video on social media and was apparently super offended, according to "Unfiltered With Kiran," a blog that first reported the news.

Kaylee told the blogger she was just having some harmless fun at the bash with her friends -- one of whom shot the clip and posted it online -- not knowing St. Pierre would take retribution.

Kaylee said she was summoned to St. Pierre's office at school days later and was dressed down by him for twerking, causing her to burst out in tears.

“They basically told me I should be ashamed of myself and that they were concerned about my afterlife if I wasn’t following basically God’s ideals, which made me cry even more,” Kaylee said, adding, “I felt like my life was over.”

Kaylee went on to say St. Pierre removed her scholarship application, despite her 4.2 grade point average, and then booted her from the school's government association.