Kanye “Ye” West had a turbulent day on the witness stand on Friday, repeatedly appearing to struggle to stay awake as he testified in the trial over the disastrous renovation of his former Malibu mansion.

According to Rolling Stone, who was present in the Los Angeles courtroom, the rapper “repeatedly yawned, closed his eyes for long stretches and at times seemed to catch his head falling forward” during his appearance in the second week of the trial. 

The moment reached a peak when the lawyer representing the plaintiff reportedly turned away from the stand and mouthed “Is he asleep?”

The presiding judge also appeared to be in shock, asking them to ask the attorney to “make things a little snappier” with their questioning.

When asked about the work carried out on the property, Ye’s repeated answer was a simple “I don’t recall.”

The trial centres on a lawsuit brought by contractor Tony Saxon, who is suing Ye for unpaid wages, unsafe working conditions, and wrongful termination. 

Saxon claims he was forced to live on the property, a striking four-bedroom, 4,000-square-foot estate in Malibu designed by celebrated Japanese architect Tadao Ando, as Ye attempted to transform it according to a series of unusual demands. 

Those plans included making the property entirely self-sufficient and “off the grid,” and at one point replacing a staircase with a slide. 

Saxon alleges he suffered an injury during the failed construction, was subsequently fired after raising safety concerns, and says Ye is liable for his medical bills.

The results of the renovation speak for themselves. 

The Ando-designed property, which Ye purchased for $57 million in 2021, was stripped down to a bare “concrete shell”, left with no windows, doors, electricity, or plumbing. 

He sold it at a staggering loss in 2024, offloading the estate for $21 million. The Saxon case is one of several legal matters Ye is set to face in court in the coming months.

Ben Stiller has publicly demanded the White House remove a clip from his 2008 film Tropic Thunder from a government-produced video promoting the Trump administration’s military strikes on Iran, calling it “propaganda” and declaring that “war is not a movie.”

Stiller posted his objection on X after a White House video began circulating on social media, featuring clips from a string of major Hollywood films and television shows, including Gladiator, Braveheart, Iron Man, Breaking Bad, Deadpool, and Top Gun, intercut with real-life drone strike footage, and concluding with a voiceover declaring “flawless victory.” 

“Hey White House, please remove the Tropic Thunder clip,” Stiller wrote. “We never gave you permission and have no interest in being a part of your propaganda machine. War is not a movie.”

The video sparked immediate and widespread backlash online. 

Journalist Séamus Malekafzali wrote, “I don’t think a more embarrassing and humiliating thing has ever been produced before by any government in human history. I somehow might be underselling it.” 

ABC Saturday Extra host Nick Bryant asked, “Are there any grown ups in the White House? Is there any understanding of the seriousness and horror of war? This is frat house not White House.” 

Podcaster Vince Mancini drew a sharp historical comparison, questioning why the administration would bother with a supercut of old films as justification for military action.

Machine Gun Kelly had to set the record straight with paparazzi in Paris after photographers mistakenly called out Megan Fox’s name as he arrived at the Stella McCartney fashion show with his teenage daughter Casie.

Video posted by Paris Videostars captured the moment on Wednesday as the father and daughter made their way to the show during Paris Fashion Week. 

Photographers shouting Fox’s name were quickly corrected by the rapper, who shot back: “That’s my daughter, not Megan.” 

The mix-up was an awkward one, MGK, 35, shares Casie, 16, with ex Emma Cannon, not Fox.

MGK, whose real name is Colson Baker, was dressed in a tank top with “hardcore” printed across the chest, a green jacket, jeans, and black sunglasses. 

Casie wore a heather grey minidress, pointed-toe heels, sunglasses, and a sparkly mini purse. The pair posed for photos before heading into the show. 

Afterwards, MGK posted a series of snaps from their Paris trip on Instagram, captioning the carousel with characteristic self-deprecating humour: “got mogged by my own flesh and blood.”

The rapper and Fox have had a complicated recent history. 

They reportedly ended their on-again, off-again relationship in 2024 while Fox was pregnant with their daughter, Saga Blade. 

The pair first met in 2020 on the set of Midnight in the Switchgrass, got engaged in 2022, and called off the engagement in March 2024. 

A source told that the exes “haven’t been together in a real way for a long time now and whatever they had romantically is done.” 

MGK himself dismissed the ongoing speculation with a cryptic Instagram Story in January, writing: “Mainstream gossip media is so [corn emoji].”