Megan Thee Stallion has given her first interview about her alleged shooting incident with Tory Lanez with CBS Morning’s Gayle King. The network shared a clip of their conversation on social media which shows the rapper tearing up as she recounts the event, describing the night by saying she was at a party and was ready to leave but everyone else wanted to stay.

Said Megan about the situation that escalated into violence: “I never put my hands on anybody. I never raised my voice too loud.”  She was outside of the vehicle when she says Lanez said, “Dance, b*tch,” before he started shooting at her, “I didn’t want to move too quick, like ‘cause I’m like, ‘Oh my god. If I take the wrong step … I don’t know if he could shoot me and kill me. I was really scared ‘cause I had never been shot at before.”

The incident happened in the summer of 2020, and left Megan with shrapnel in her feet. Lanez has pleaded not guilty and has been prohibited from discussing the case, however, he recently violated a protective order in the felony assault case when a judge found recent tweets from Lanez appeared “to be clear messages” aimed at Megan. His new bail was set at $350K.

Megan Thee Stallion Details Getting Shot At by Tory Lanez in Gayle King Interview

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Idris Elba will star in a new thriller series at Apple TV+ titled “Hijack.”  The streaming service said in a press release Thursday that the 49-year-old Elba will star in and executive produce the series, which is written by Lupin creator George Kay and directed by Jim Field Smith. Kay and Smith will serve as executive producers with Elba, Jamie Laurenson, Hakan Kousetta and Kris Thykier.

Hijack follows the journey of a hijacked plane as it makes its way to London over a seven hour flight, and authorities on the ground scramble for answers. Elba will play Sam Nelson, an accomplished negotiator in the business world who needs to step up and use all his guile to try and save the lives of the passengers — but, his high-risk strategy could be his undoing.

Hijack is the first project to emerge from Elba’s first-look deal with Apple TV+ and will consist of seven episodes.

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AMC announced Thursday it has green lit the Bob Odenkirk series ‘Straight Man,’ set to premiere in 2023.  Odenkirk has wrapped filming on Better Call Saul, which will air its season finale this summer.

Odenkirk will play William Henry Devereaux Jr., chairman of the Railton College English department in Straight Man, which AMC describes as ‘a mid-life crisis tale.’  Odenkirk compared Straight Man to Better Call Saul, sharing in a statement: “I have loved the mix of comedy and drama in ‘Better Call Saul,’ and this is another story with a unique dynamic, and the kind of closely observed character writing and exploration that AMC has become the touchstone for.”

Straight Man will consist of eight one-hour episodes, airing on AMC and streaming on AMC+.

Bob Odenkirk to Stay on AMC Post-‘Saul’ With New Series ‘Straight Man’

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Antonio Brown has transitioned from NFL star to rap artist, sharing the release of his star-studded album titled Paradigm.  The project features 11 tracks with guest appearances from Fivio Foreign, Young Thug, DaBaby, Keyshia Cole, French Montana, 42 Dugg, Jacquees and more. French and 42 appear on the remix to AB’s lead single “Pit Not the Palace.”

AB said he isn’t closing the door on his NFL career, but instead says he has been focused on his music.  The former wide receiver of Tampa Bay Buccaneer has come a long way since famously taking his jersey off and leaving the Bucs vs. New York Jets game at MetLife Stadium on January 2.  On his track “Business Boomin” featuring DaBaby, AB apologizes for making a scene on that Sunday afternoon, rapping: “Sorry, ran up off the field/I gotta get my money, I’m boomin.”

Stream Brown’s album Paradigm – here.

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Nicki Minaj and Fivio Foreign have dropped the music video for their collaborative dingle “We Go Up,” directed by Andre “DreVinci” Jones.  This marks the third video that Nicki has dropped this year, following last month’s “Blick Blick” with Coi Leray and “Do We Have a Problem?” with Lil Baby in February.

Leading up to the release of her new video, Nicki wrote on Twitter: “I forgot to tell y’all on Jan 1st that 2022 was the wrong year to play wit me. It’s gon cost ya.”  Then shortly after its release, Nicki joked with her fans by claiming she’ll delay the release of her upcoming album, tweeting: “If y’all don’t do what needs to be done with the #WeGoUpVideo I will significantly and I DO mean significantly…delay the…the…the…oh what’s the word… oh! the album. That’s right. *sighs* the album *devil wears Prada Meryl Streep voice*.”

Watch the video for We Go Up – here.

Nicki Minaj & Fivio Foreign Share ‘We Go Up’ Music Video: Watch

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The 1980s-set comedy The Goldbergs has been renewed for its 10th season on ABC. The renewal arrives a month after star and exec producer Wendi McLendon-Covey signed a new deal to return with producers Sony Pictures Television.

Before McLendon-Covey’s new deal, the future of The Goldbergs was in jeopardy, despite being the longest-running live-action comedy currently airing on broadcast TV. The show had to write in the passing of George Segal (who played the beloved Pops) in Season 9, and is currently working around the departure of star Jeff Garlin, who played patriarch Murray Goldberg. Garlin exited in December following an HR investigation that stemmed from multiple complaints over his behavior on the set of the comedy.

The Goldbergs is a semi-autobiographical comedy based on the childhood of series creator Adam F. Goldberg, who served as showrunner until season seven. Alex Barnow and Chris Bishop have helmed the series since then and exec produce alongside Doug Robinson and series star Wendi McLendon-Covey. The cast also includes Sean Giambrone, Troy Gentile, Hayley Orrantia and Sam Lerner.

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Actor Ezra Miller, the star of the upcoming DC film ‘The Flash,’ was arrested Tuesday in Hawaii for the second time this year. The Hawaii Police Department said Miller was arrested for second-degree assault at 1:30 a.m. Tuesday at a private residence in the district of Puna, near the town of Pāhoa.

Police say that Miller became angry after being asked to leave a get-together and allegedly threw a chair that struck a 26-year-old female in the head. According to a press release, “during the course of their investigation, police determined that the individual, later identified as Ezra Miller, became irate after being asked to leave and reportedly threw a chair, striking a 26-year-old female on the forehead, resulting in an approximate half-inch cut.”  The unnamed woman refused treatment for her injury, according to police. Miller has been released from jail pending further investigation.

Last month, Miller was arrested in Hilo, Hawaii and charged with disorderly conduct and harassment after an incident at a karaoke bar.

The Flash is currently slated for a summer 2023 release.

https://www.usatoday.com/story/entertainment/celebrities/2022/04/19/ezra-miller-arrested-again-hawaii-assault-against-woman/7374978001/

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Wiz Khalifa and Logic announced they are hitting the road as co-headliners this summer, teaming up for the Vinyl Verse Tour featuring guests DJ Drama, C Dot Castro, and Fedd the God. The duo posted on social media: “VINYL VERSE SUMMER TOUR 2022 with @Logic301 Tickets on sale Friday, Apr 22 – Presale info https://vinylverse.co

The 28-city trek kicks off July 27 at the FivePoint Amphitheatre in Irvine, California, making stops in Houston, Atlanta, and Brooklyn, before wrapping Sept. 2 in St. Louis.

Tickets go on sale Friday, April 23 at 10 a.m. at Ticketmaster.

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A$AP Rocky was arrested Wednesday at Los Angeles International Airport in connection with a shooting in Hollywood last November. Los Angeles Police detectives arrested the 33-year-old, whose real name is Rakim Mayers, for assault with a deadly weapon. A$AP Rocky had just landed at LAX aboard a private jet Wednesday morning when he was handcuffed and taken into custody inside the terminal. The rapper had just flown back to the U.S. from Barbados with singer Rihanna, who is pregnant with the couple’s child.

The Los Angeles Police Department said in a statement that the shooting escalated from an argument on Nov. 6. and identified Mayers as the gunman who “fired a handgun at the victim. The victim sustained a minor injury from the incident and later sought medical treatment”. Detectives said the suspect and two other men ran from the scene after the shooting.

This is not the first time the rapper has been arrested; Mayers was convicted of assault in Sweden in 2019 for his involvement in a street fight in Stockholm after a concert, and was imprisoned for nearly a month.  He and his entourage argued that they acted in self-defense; and Mayers was eventually sentenced to two years probation.

https://www.spin.com/2022/04/asap-rocky-arrested-lax/

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Jason Momoa is set to star in Warner Bros. Studios’ upcoming live-action ‘Minecraft’ movie.  Momoa is in final negotiations to star in the live-action film based on the massively popular video game.

Minecraft is a first-person survival game developed and published by Sweden’s Mojang Studios. The first installment in the franchise debuted in November 2011, with the latest, ‘Minecraft Dungeons,’ being released in May 2020. Minecraft allows players to mine materials and use blocks to create structures and virtual worlds. It is the best-selling video game of all time, with more than 238 million copies sold.

Warner Bros. has been developing a project based on the video game for years, at one point, Steve Carell was expected to star in Minecraft’s movie adaptation.  Napoleon Dynamite filmmaker Jared Hess will direct the Minecraft film, from a script by Chris Bowman and Hubbell Palmer; and Jill Messick will receive a posthumous producing credit for developing the movie before her death in 2018.

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