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Hot Takes: Eurovision, A Baby Bieber and More

By H. Alan Scott

We're ending this week with the hottest take of them all: Eurovision. The international song competition is on Saturday at 3pm ET on Peacock, and guess what? It's going to be weird. In fact, the countries in the Grand Finale seem to have a focus on over-the-top performances, lots of pyrotechnics and more. I might even go as far as to say this year's Eurovision might be the weirdest in recent memory.

Let's be real, for many Americans, the name Eurovision likely makes them think of some high-end eyeglass shop, but I encourage you to give it a whirl, it's lots of fun.

Of the 26 countries competing for the Grand Finale prize, the favorites to win include Netherlands, Spain, Ukraine, Italy, Croatia, France, Estonia, and Austria. Israel is also participating. This has sparked controversy amid the country's ongoing war with Hamas.

You can listen to my full breakdown of this year's Eurovision and more on H. Alan Scott's Hot Take, an audio exclusive for subscribers. So go subscribe to Newsweek to get those episodes every Monday and Friday.

Here are other hot takes so that you're prepared for the weekend...

• For me though, the biggest hot take of the week is Piers Morgan's interview with the real Martha from Netflix's Baby Reindeer. If you haven't watched, you need to, but in brief: It's about Richard Gadd's real life experience being stalked by an obsessed fan. Fiona Harvey, who alleges to be the real Martha, told Morgan that she only sent around 10 emails, that Gadd was obsessed with her, and that she's suing Netflix. (Check out Listed below for more on the interview).

• Did you hear that Justin Bieber and Hailey Bieber are having a baby?! Can you belieb it?! (See what I did there?)

• Canadian rapper Drake may need to start looking to ramp up his security as two trespassing incidents took place at the superstar's home this week, just days after a drive-by shooting. Police responded to Drake's mansion around 3:30 p.m. Thursday for reports of a trespasser on the property, which is in the ritzy Bridle Path neighborhood in Toronto. The trespasser went to the hospital and no charges have been made at this time.

• An investigation by NBCUniversal has cleared Andy Cohen of any misconduct. The investigation started after past cast members of Real Housewives accused the host and executive producer of the franchise of condoning things like excessive alcohol on set, drug use and racism. Bravo also renewedCohen's Watch What Happens Live for another season.

• I had three fantastic chats this week. The first was with Chris Pine about his new movie Poolman. You should watch the movie, but listen to the chat on the Parting Shot podcast because it's one of my best. I also spoke my longtime friend Nikki Glaser—we graduated high school together—about her new HBO comedy special Someday You'll Die. Finally, my chat with another friend, Michelle Buteau, came out in the magazine about her new film Babes. It's a friend romantic comedy with another friend, Ilana Glazer. You can also listen to that chat next Wednesday on the Parting Shot podcast.

That's it for the week. Scroll down for more entertainment news! I'll see you on Monday.

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Nikki Glaser's 'Someday You'll Die' Pushes All the Right Buttons

By H. Alan Scott

Comedian Nikki Glaser never wants to offend. "I never want to say offensive or raunchy [things] or push the envelope, because that speaks to some kind of comedian who wants to rile people up." Instead, on her new HBO comedy special Someday You'll Die (May 11), she wants to hit you with "honest and really funny, precise, acute jokes throughout."

Those jokes are about classic topics discussed in ways unique to Glaser: sex, being a woman and struggles "with trying to be my authentic self, but also molding to what other people want of me." On that, she's clear about not wanting things women are often expected to, like kids and a home. "Why do people want kids? I think it's narcissistic, and that's OK. I don't want to buy a home, but I wanna want to buy a home."

Also the host of CW's FBoy Island, she also is dabbling in music, she wrote the single "Someday You'll Die" which will be released the same day as the comedy special. Glaser ultimately knows she's able to explore the topics she does in comedy because of luck. "I got really lucky with how things lined up. Even being born a decade later, I would have been probably mystified by YouTube and TikTok. I don't think I have a brain for that."

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In an interview with Newsweek, Roseanne Barr promised a tell-all book that will make her former co-stars from her show, 'Roseanne'—later reconstituted as 'The Conners', though without her—a bit uncomfortable. Click below to read her unapologetic rant against ABC, her former co-stars and the media.