Kanye Sues Jay-Z"s Roc-A-Fella Records and EMI

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Kanye West is suing Jay-Z‘s Roc-A-Fella Records and EMI, the company that helped him launch his career … because he says he’s owed a lot of loot.
Ye filed 2 lawsuits Friday … one against Roc-A-Fella, claiming he signed an exclusive recording agreement with the...
Kanye Sues Jay-Z"s Roc-A-Fella Records and EMI

Eric Dickerson Rooting for Saquon Barkley to Break My Records? ... Hell No!!

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Eric Dickerson Rooting for Saquon Barkley to Break My Records? ... Hell No!!

Ariana Grande Obliterates Spotify Records with "Thank U, Next"

Just weeks after ending her engagement to Pete Davidson, Ariana Grande dropped a new single, “Thank U, Next.”

The powerful anthem, a tribute to her exes, is smashing music records.

Its lyrics have also inspired November’s hottest meme.

Billboard Woman of the Year Ariana Grande keeps setting new records only to surpass them.

In recent days, she’s been doing it with the same song, as she shared on Instagram.

“Thank u, next has surpassed 100 MILLION streams on spotify in only 11 days,” reads a graphic shared on social media.

The graphic puts that in perspective: “it is the fastest song in HISTORY to reach this milestone.”

Ariana shared the image with a very grateful black heart emoji in the captions.

Keep in mind that that’s only her Spotify success.

It doesn’t include people listening on YouTube — or pirating it.

Her record-smashing feat doesn’t include people using other streaming services.

It also doesn’t include those of us who eschew streaming music and instead immediately purchased it from iTunes or Amazon.

Part of the appeal is that it’s a beautiful song.

The song’s real meaning also contributed to its success.

“Thank U, Next” is an anthem to Ariana’s exes — to three, in particular.

Ariana had an 8-month relationship with Big Sean from 2014 to 2015.

“Thought I’d end up with Sean / But he wasn’t a match,” Ariana sings.

Starting in the summer of 2015, Ariana dated backup dancer Ricky Alvarez for about a year.

“Wrote some songs about Ricky / Now I listen and laugh,” Ariana sings.

Famously, Ariana got engaged to Saturday Night Live comedian Pete Davidson, and broke things off in October.

“Even almost got married / And for Pete, I’m so thankful,” Ariana’s lyrics affirm.

On a sadder note, she dated Mac Miller for two years starting in 2016. He died just a few months ago.

“Wish I could say, ‘Thank you’ to Malcolm / ‘Cause he was an angel,” Ariana sings bittersweetly.

“Thank U, Next” appeals to people as a song and as an athem.

Some can relate in their own lives — they really appreciate their past loves and past relationships.

Others are just Ariana Grande fans and love to hear how at peace she is with her romantic past.

But it’s more than just a song, folks. It’s a meme.

For ages now, social media has been filled with “one taught me love, one taught me patience, one taught me pain” posts.

These posts, quoting lyrics from Ariana’s song, can do everything from critique three films or three characters or three condiments.

Of course, Ariana’s release of this song such a short time after ending her relationship with Pete Davidson has fueled conspiracy theorists.

There are people in the world who believes that all celebrity activities, from relationships to their art to overdoses and deaths, are a scripted facade.

These are the same people who use words like “illuminati” and “Deep State” with total sincerity. 

So they think that for some unknowable reason, Ariana and Pete were “ordered” by, like, Beyonce or George Soros to get engaged, then split.

According to this admittedly hilarious theory, Ariana had this song prepared and mixed for whenever they were ordered to break up.

Why? Maybe, like, mind-control embedded in the song. It did release right before election day!

Ariana being a talented and passionate musician with the resources to pull together a song quickly is apparently too simple of an explanation.

There is a glaring omission from Ariana’s song — her ex Graham Phillips.

They performed together on Broadway along with current Dynasty star Elizabeth Gillies.

You might know Graham from The Good Wife or from his more recent appearance on Riverdale as a seriously awful dude.

Our guess is that the fact that they dated in 2011, when Ariana was mostly just known as a Nickelodeon star, is a factor.

Also, she probably just views Graham as a friend whom she once dated. There’s a difference between that and an “ex.”

In case you were wondering if there was bad blood, we looked into it and found no evidence of hard feelings.

In fact, they staged a mini-reunion this past summer with another former castmate. 

Ariana was probably right to narrow her scope of exes to a handful.

View Slideshow: Ariana Grande vs. Pete Davidson: Whose Side Should You Take In This Ugly Breakup?

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Roloffs Enter the Guinness Book of World Records, Can Now Trash Talk the Kardashians

Take this, Kardashians.

Go ahead and suck on it, Duggars.

Not even close, Wilkinson-Basketts!

The Roloffs now have bragging rights that no other group of relatives on reality television can match.

We mean this both literally and officially.

On Monday, Matt Roloff surprised Instagram followers by sharing two very sweet photos on his official social media account, both of which were accompanied by a caption that explained an impressive family achievement.

We’ll go ahead and let Matt explain on his loved ones’ behalf:

“The Roloff family’s very exciting news to share with you all… We have – along with all of YOU – made history,” he wrote to open this caption, adding in more detail:

“We’ve been awarded by the Guinness Book of World Records for the most family-focused reality television shows in the history of television!!

“We couldn’t have done it without all of you.

“If you have been a fan for a while, help us share the exciting news by sharing this photo on social media and mentioning how long you have been watching #LPBW.

“We appreciate you guys! @mattroloff @rolofffarms #littlepeoplebigworld #theroloffs #therolofffamily #worldrecord.”

Wow, huh?

We had no idea this even was a record one could achieve.

But Little People, Big World has been on the air since 2005.

As you can maybe see in the photo above, the series hit the 298-episode mark in January, which was apparently the figure needed to propel the Roloffs to the top.

For comparison’s sake:

Keeping Up with the Kardashians has aired 214 episodes, while 19 and Counting may have threatened this figure if TLC had not canceled the series in the wake of that Josh Duggar molestation scandal.

At the time of its axing, that family-based program had aired 227 installments.

This news comes at an interesting time for the show and for the family as a whole.

There’s been chatter among fans regarding the series’ future, based on Matt’s bombshell news that he’s moving to Arizona.

It’s unclear at the moment if this will have any impact on TLC renewing Little People, Big World for a new season.

The past few episodes of the show have also focused more than ever on tension between Matt and Amy, both of whom seem sick of working so closely together and definitely sick of living so close to each other.

This tension has been heightened of late because both Matt and Amy are involved in serious romantic relationships.

What might happen to the series if Matt marries Caryn Chandler and/or Amy marries Chris Marek?

Again, we don’t know.

But as you can see by the comparisons we made above, Little People, Big World is not in any danger of losing this record any time soon.

Its flown past the 300-episode milestone at this point and, even if it ends after this season, no other family-oriented reality show appears to be close.

So… congratulations to the Roloffs.

We’ve thoroughly enjoyed watching your adventures over the years and we hope there are many more to come in the years ahead.

View Slideshow: Little People, Big World: Why It May Be Ending … Soon!

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Someone get Diddy a script for the “Black Panther” sequel — because he’s ALL IN after the film’s record breaking weekend! Diddy was leaving Nightingale Sunday night in WeHo when we asked if he thought the movie’s tremendous success would convince…

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