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A hot new bombshell has entered the villa Thursday night (June 19): Megan Thee Stallion guest starred on the latest episode of Love Island USA. She teased her appearance with a clip of her strutting into the villa while wearing a gold cut-out bikini as her song “Her” was playing in the background. “HOTTIES A […]
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Amazon Prime Day 2025 is almost upon us.
While the pseudo-holiday isn’t here yet, the deals on Amazon are still pretty juicy. We’re talking up to 90% off on speakers, laptops, microphones, chargers and so much more. We’re celebrating Prime Day early by compiling a list of amazing tech deals available on Amazon now from top brands like Samsung, Amazon Fire TV, Beats and HP. Whether you’re looking for pieces for yourself, or for the tech fiend in your life, stick around because this list is for you.
Amazon Fire TV Soundbar Plus
$174.99
$249.99
30% off
A Fire TV soundbar with a built-in subwoofer.
Crisp sound is now at your fingertips thanks to this Amazon Fire TV Soundbar Plus. The soundbar is currently 30% off of its original price of $249.99. With this sleek and compact soundbar, you can easily enhance your movie and TV-watching experience thanks to features like built-in bass and DTS:X, which delivers multi-dimensional audio for lifelike sound.
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You’ve also got specific modes for specific media. Watching the big game? There’s a Sports mode for that. Re-watching “Sinners” for the fifth time? There’s also a specific movie setting that’ll make you feel like you’ve just stepped into the film. The best part? The setup process for the soundbar is easy. Just connect the included HDMI cable to your TV’s HDMI eARC/ARC port and enjoy. It’s that simple.
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Samsung Galaxy Watch 7
$236.78
$329.99
28% off
A bluetooth watch with AI capabilities.
Watches are pretty slept on in our opinion. A good watch is not only useful but stylish too. Samsung Galaxy’s Watch 7 includes multiple utilitarian features all compacted into a sleek package. We think this watch would be great for our health-conscious readers. Whether you’re going on a hike, getting your sleep schedule together or just keen on keeping a closer eye on your health, the watch is fixed with Galaxy AI that can keep track of your progress with tangible data.
This feature allows you to form better habits no matter what you want to track. The AI tech also allows you to go hands-free while texting thanks to Suggested Replies, a feature that would work great for our on-the-go readers. Beyond its AI capabilities, this watch is fashionable. The style comes in a slew of neutral colorways from Cream to Green.
Ortizan Portable Bluetooth Speaker
$29.59
$49.99
41% off
A waterproof speaker with Bluetooth compatibility.
Whether you’re spitefully listening to Benson Boone or bumping Haim’s I Quit, the Ortizan Portable Bluetooth Speaker is a must-have. Retailing for $29.59, 41% off of the original price, this speaker features Bluetooth compatibility and 3D HD stereo sound with an enhanced base, thanks to 24W total output power.
Hosting a party poolside? This speaker is also waterproof, meaning the music doesn’t have to stop if the speaker gets splashed. If you want to turn up the party, the speaker also features a unique night theme light with different color-changing themes. If those fascets don’t seal the deal for you, the speaker boasts around 30 hours of playtime.
Official Licensed Google TV Smart Projector
$249.96
$369.99
32% off
A Bluetooth Google TV projector with built-in streaming apps.
This Google TV Smart Projector is for those summer nights when you want to stay in and curl up with some popcorn and a cozy movie. The projector brings movie theater quality to your home thanks to 4K resolution and a crisp built-in 5W high-fidelity speaker. Google Voice Assistant allows you to issue simple voice commands with the press of a button whether you want to raise the volume or press pause.
The licensed Google product supports a wide range of devices, including USB drives, smartphones, computers, tablets, and game consoles, enabling seamless playback. Our favorite feature of the smart projector is that it can directly access Netflix, Prime Video, YouTube, Hulu, and a slew of other applications. Movie night has never been easier.
HP 15 15.6″ FHD Laptop
$378.99
$599.00
37% off
A HP laptop standing at 15.6 inch display.
In the market for a trustworthy laptop to make music on? What about playing video games via Steam? Well, HP’s 15 FHD Laptop is currently on sale for $378.99 and can do all that and more. The laptop is equipped with a large and clear 15.6-inch display along with an Intel Processor N100 that allows for a smooth run even after hours of use. You’ve got a built-in HD webcam for streaming purposes and 256 GB of storage that’s big enough for casual laptop users. Finally, AI Noise Removal allows for clear and audible video calls without noise interference. For our green thumb readers, the HP product is designed with sustainable materials like ocean-bound plastic and post-consumer recycled plastic.
Beats Powerbeats Pro 2 Wireless Bluetooth Earbuds
$199.95
$249.99
20% off
Over-the-ear earbuds in black.
These Beats Powerbeats Pro 2 earbuds deliver powerful sound, with a comfortable fit. The design centers around secure-fit ear hooks that lay over the ears, allowing users to listen to music without any discomfort. The earbud’s Active Noise Cancelling tech allows you to fully block out any unwanted interruptions, while Transparency mode lets you hear the world around you while you jam on.
You can take calls and FaceTime with Spatial Audio that simulates a 3D sound experience, and activate Siri with industry-leading Class 1 Bluetooth. To charge your new Beats obsession, simply nestle the buds into the accompanying charging case. The fast-fuel 5-minute charge offers up to 1.5 hours of playback so you can get back to listening to your favorite tunes in no time.
MENERESAS 3-in-1 Mini Microphone
$29.99
$299.99
90% off
A plug-in mic for live-streaming.
Don’t let this small package fool you. MENERESAS’ 3-in-1 Mini Microphone offers crisp audio quality for all your TikTok and streaming needs. The crisp sound quality is thanks to a built-in smart chip that effectively captures sound from all directions while reducing surrounding noise.
The mic also includes three smart modes, default noise canceling mode, mute mode and reverb mode that can be activated by pressing on the microphone a certain amount of times. Each mode allows for easy adjustments for various recording requirements. A clip attached to the mic allows you to clip the tech to whatever you want. To use, just plug the receiver into your device and power it on. The wireless mic will automatically pair with your desired device without any hassle.
INIU Portable Charger
$26.97
$32.21
16% off
A block charger displaying battery percentage.
If you’re like me, your phone is constantly dying at the worst time. With INIU’s Portable Charger, low battery is a thing of the past. Retailing for $26.97, the portable brick’s main feature is its fast charging that’s 3X faster than regular 1A chargers.
The charger offers a full week’s worth of charging capacity and is extremely compatible, working to charge everything from phones and tablets along with AirPods, Bluetooth headphones, fitness trackers, smartwatches and much more. If you can charge it, the INIU charger can handle it. When you purchase the portable charger, you will also receive a USB C cable and a nifty travel pouch. This charger is ready for travel thanks to its compact size, easily slipping into purses, backpacks and luggage.
Cardi B has been teasing her new single “Outside” and fans have been speculating who Cardi is going off on the track. What do you think of Cardi B’s new song “Outside?” Let us know in the comments! Cardi B: “Good for nothing, low down, dirty dogs.” What’s up y’all, it is your girl, Cardi […]
Trying to keep track of every one of Nick Cannon‘s 12 children is a difficult task for most — and apparently, it’s not particularly easy for Cannon himself.
During an appearance on The Really Good Podcast with host Bobbi Althoff, Cannon was asked to list out each of his 12 children’s names. The actor and host told Althoff “I usually get in trouble” when trying to name each of his kids, but proceeded to try his best.
“I’ll lay them all out for you, keep me honest. There’s ‘Roc, ‘Roe, Golden, Powerful, Rise, Onyx, Legendary, Zion, Zillion, Zen,” he said, before trailing off. “See this is where … How many [are left?]”
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In the spirit of keeping him honest, Cannon named Moroccan and Monroe, the twins he had with Mariah Carey; Golden Sagon, Powerful Queen and Rise Messiah with Brittany Bell; Onyx Ice Cole with LaNisha Cole; Legendary Love with Bre Tiesi; twins Zion Mixolydian and Zillion Heir with Abby De La Rosa; and the late Zen with Alyssa Scott.
The only two kids Cannon missed in his list were his two latest children: Beautiful Zeppelin, who he had with De La Rosa; and Halo Marie, who he had with Scott.
Elsewhere on the podcast, Cannon explained to Althoff why he has so many children, with the Drumline star saying that he has what he calls a “king complex” when it comes to procreation. “You know, Black men, we always be like, ‘What’s up king?’ I really think I’m the king,” he said, before explaining to Althoff that kings of the past would have lots of children to “enlarge their territory.”
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GloRilla is facing a copyright lawsuit from a social media personality who says the rapper stole her viral catchphrase — “all natural, no BBL” — and used it in her 2024 song “Never Find” without permission.
Natalie Henderson — aka @slimdabodylast on Instagram — says she went viral last year with the phrase, seemingly a reference to not needing a “Brazilian butt lift” cosmetic surgery. She says she then turned it into a song with lyrics including “All natural, no BBL/ Mad hoes go to hell.”
In a case filed Wednesday (June 20) in Louisiana federal court, Henderson claims that GloRilla (Gloria Woods) violated federal copyright law by copying those lyrics into her 2024 track “Never Find,” which features the line: “Natural, no BBL/ but I’m still gon’ give him hell.”
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“There are unmistakable similarities between the two works,” Henderson’s attorney writes. “Based upon a side-by-side comparison of the two songs, a layperson could hear similarities in the lyrics, arrangement, melody, core expression, content, and other compositional elements in both songs and conclude that songs are essentially identical.”
“Never Find,” featuring K Carbon, was featured on GloRilla’s debut studio album Glorious, which peaked at No. 5 on the Billboard 200 and ended up as the top-selling female rap album last year. The song itself, a bonus track, did not chart.
It’s unclear whether the copying of such a small snippet of words amounts to infringement. Copyright law does not cover short phrases, including slogans and taglines, nor does it cover commonplace material that’s been widely used by others. Whether the allegations against GloRilla clear those thresholds will be decided by a federal judge.
A rep for GloRilla did not immediately return a request for comment.
This isn’t the star’s first tangle with copyright law. Back in 2023, GloRilla was hit with a lawsuit claiming she used unlicensed samples from a decades-old New Orleans hip-hop song in her hit songs “Tomorrow” and “Tomorrow 2.” The case was dismissed last year.
In November, the rapper Plies sued her, along with Megan Thee Stallion, Cardi B and others, over claims that the 2024 song “Wanna Be” featured an uncleared sample from his 2008 track “Me & My Goons.” But the case was voluntarily dropped in March.
Lizzo is feeling “Good as Hell” these days, and she’s not shy about sharing how she’s lost weight. In a wide-ranging interview with podcaster Trisha Paytas on the Just Trish podcast episode that dropped Thursday (June 19), the star opened up about the various ways she’s tried to get in shape — including weight-loss drugs.
“Wooooooohoooooo! I feel like I worked really really hard, and was intentional with what I did with my body,” the singer said when Paytas asked her how she felt about her weight loss. “So when I get compliments … I really receive it. … I don’t take it any weird way because I tried to do this.”
When the podcaster noted that she thinks Ozempic would be the only way she herself could lose weight, Lizzo confirmed that she has tried the drug. “I’ve tried everything,” the four-time Grammy winner shared. “It’s just the science for me. Calories in vs. calories out. Ozempic works because you eat less food — it makes you feel full. So if you can just do that on your own and get mind over matter, it’s the same!”
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But ultimately, it wasn’t Ozempic — which is a diabetes medication used off-label to help with weight loss — that helped Lizzo lose weight. It was changing her diet. “What did it for me was … well, actually, was not being vegan, ’cause when I was vegan, I was consuming a lot of fake meats,” she shared. “I was eating a lot of bread. I was eating a lot of rice, and I had to eat a lot of it to stay full, but really I was consuming, like, 3,000 to 5,000 calories a day.”
The star — who has been open about her weight-loss journey and has shared videos of herself working out and eating healthy — explained that she was vegetarian for about 10 years, and moved on to a vegan diet in 2020, before giving it up in 2023. “So for me, when I started actually eating whole foods and eating, like, beef and chicken and fish, like, I was actually full and not expanding my stomach by putting a lot of fake things in there that wasn’t actually filling me up,” she shared.
Lizzo continued by noting that it was a trip to Japan that had her start to eat meat again. “I heard the Japanese diet is the healthiest diet in the world, so I was there and I was like, ‘I’m going to try the food here,’ and my body was so happy. My body was like, ‘More, more please!’”
While adding meat back to her diet helped Lizzo on her weight-loss journey, she emphasized that just because it worked for her, doesn’t mean it’ll work for everyone. “I don’t like to tell people too much about releasing weight, like what I did. I don’t want people to do what I did and it doesn’t work for them. Everybody’s body’s different!” she said. “I don’t know what your bloodwork is like. I don’t know how your body breaks down food, sugar. I don’t know. But I know for me, I just had to start eating meat again.”
Watch Lizzo’s interview on the Just Trish podcast above. The discussion about weight loss begins a little after six minutes in.
When Morgan Wallen’s I’m the Problem tour kicks off Friday (June 20) at Houston’s NRG Stadium, all eyes will be looking to see if he continues his trend of walking out to the stage with local pro athletes. It’s become a highlight of the shows and the walk outs — broadcast on the venue’s jumbotrons […]
Kacey Musgraves is recuperating after sustaining an injury from a fall while in Mexico. In a post to Instagram Stories on Friday (June 20), Musgraves shared an image of an x-ray shot of her ribs. She wrote over the image, “Sooo I’m in Mexico with a f—in’ broken rib. Wednesday night it was raining and […]
Since blasting onto the scene with his breakthrough hit “Beautiful Things,” Benson Boone has become the internet’s favorite punching bag. But instead of trying to prove them wrong, the singer decided to lean in with his latest music video.
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On Friday (June 20), Boone dropped the tongue-in-cheek music video for his new song “Mr. Electric Blue,” off his just-released LP American Heart. From the start of the clip, Boone goes out of his way to play with all the worst things the internet has to say about him when he walks into “Industry Plant Records” wearing a t-shirt that simply says “one hit wonder” for a frank conversation with his sleazy agent (played by his frequent songwriting collaborator Jack LaFrantz).
“Have you not been on the internet? Everything is terrible, Benson! We put all of our money into ‘moonbeam ice cream’ and the backflip, and it’s done absolutely horrible,” LaFrantz’s character tells an exasperated Boone. He informs the singer that he owes his faux label $10 million, and suggests that he find “a new gimmick” like “good songwriting.” At the suggestion, Boone deflates: “You know I can’t do that.”
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What ensues is a madcap montage, where Boone takes as many odd jobs as he can to raise the money. He walks dogs (while wearing another T-shirt that says “”), mows lawns (for a company called “Auto-Tune Trimmers”), washes cars (with bumper stickers declaring “mustaches are lame”) sells his sparkly jumpsuits and even opens a moonbeam ice cream truck. Of course, that still doesn’t stop the criticism from coming — when he’s recognized by a little girl as “the guy who sings ‘Beautiful Things,’” she quickly humbles him: “Your music is terrible.”
For his hustling and hard work, Boone makes a grand total of $168, but begs LaFrantz’s agent to give him another chance. But his agent assures him that he found a better solution, saying he “sold your entire catalog to retail chains, fast food chains and movie theaters,” promising that “you’ll be the most overplayed artist in the world, and I’ll be rich.” A dejected Boone sighs and smiles, saying “that’s all I’ve ever wanted,” before celebrating his ubiquity.
It’s far from the first time Boone has commented on the way people perceive him. The singer posted a TikTok back in April, explaining that he could understand people not liking him or his music if there were more people offering concrete reasons for their distaste. “I just read a comment that said ‘idek why I hate Benson Boone but it feels right,’” he wrote on the video. “Like WHAT!!? how am I supposed to improve after reading that? At least say something valid like ‘he low key just flips everywhere can he [do] anything else?’”
Watch the full video for Boone’s “Mr. Electric Blue” above.
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The WWE‘s reality competition series WWE LFG (Legends & Future Greats) premieres its second season on Sunday (June 22).
It features 16 contenders battling for a chance to make it to the big leagues of pro wrestling in the WWE. Season two also features five legendary coaches: Undertaker, Booker T, Michelle McCool, Bubba Ray Dudley and Shawn Michaels.
When Does ‘WWE LFG’ Start?
Season two of WWE LFG has a start time of 10 p.m. ET/PT.
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Where to Watch ‘WWE LFG’ Online
WWE LFG airs on A&E. The series is available to stream on Philo, DirecTV, Fubo and Hulu + Live TV. Keep reading for more details on how cord-cutters can watch the WWE reality series online.
How to Watch ‘WWE LFG’ with Philo
A subscription to Philo — which comes with A&E — gets you access to live TV from cable channels for just $28 per month.
In fact, you can watch more than 70 cable networks, such as AMC, BBC America, BET, Cartoon Network, CMT, Discovery Channel, Food Network, Hallmark Channel, HGTV, History Channel, IFC, Lifetime, Logo, MotorTrends, Nickelodeon, OWN, Paramount Network, Smithsonian Channel, Sundance TV, TLC, VH1, Vice and many others.
In addition, AMC+ is available on Philo. The premium streaming service comes with Philo Core for free, so you can get even more movies and TV shows to watch with signup.
How to Watch ‘WWE LFG’ with DirecTV
A subscription to DirecTV — which comes with A&E for WWE LFG — gets you access to live TV, local and cable channels, starting at $59.99 for the first month of service ($89.99 per month afterwards) for the streamer’s signature packages.
You can watch local networks such as NBC, ABC, Fox, and PBS, while you can watch many cable networks, including ESPN, FS1, Lifetime, FX, AMC, Bravo, BET, MTV, Paramount Network, Cartoon Network, VH1, Fuse, CNN, Food Network, CNBC and others.
How to Watch ‘WWE LFG’ with Hulu + Live TV
WWE LFG on A&E is available to watch with Hulu + Live TV. Prices for the cable alternative start at $82.99 per month, while each plan comes with Hulu, Disney+ and ESPN+ at no additional cost.
Hulu + Live TV might be best for those who want all of these streaming services together in one bundle. It features many other networks, including ESPN, ABC, Hallmark Channel, BET, CMT, Disney Channel, NBC, Fox Sports and more.
How to Watch ‘WWE LFG’ with Fubo
To watch season two of WWE LFG on A&E, Fubo starts at $64.99 for the first month, $84.99 per month afterwards (the streamer’s current deal) with more than 225 channels — including local and cable — that are streamable on smart TVs, smartphones, tablets and on web browsers.
The service even gets you live access to local broadcast networks including NBC, Fox and ABC, while it has dozens of cable networks, such as ESPN, Bravo, CMT, ID, TV Land, VH1, TLC, E!, FS1, MTV, FX, Ion, OWN, Paramount Network and much more.
Starting at 10 p.m. ET/PT, WWE LFG (Legends & Future Greats) airs on A&E on Sunday (June 22). The series features the opening theme song “Take A Lesson” by def rebel (music producer Doug Davis), while it’s available to stream on Philo.
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