Generation Z

Weezer bassist Scott Shriner is still set to perform with the band at Coachella despite an incident earlier this week where his wife was shot by police and arrested on attempted murder charges, a source close to the band tells Rolling Stone.

According to the news release from the Los Angeles Police Department, the incident occurred Tuesday afternoon, April 8, after California Highway Patrol requested backup in locating three misdemeanor hit-and-run suspects who fled into a residential neighborhood of Eagle Rock in Los Angeles. LAPD officers approached the back of a home where one of the suspects was seen running, and Jillian Lauren Shriner reportedly appeared in the yard of a nearby residence, armed with a handgun.

After officers ordered Shriner to drop the firearm, she refused numerous times and pointed the handgun toward the officers, per the news release, and a shootout took place, during which Shriner was struck by gunfire and retreated back into her residence.

“At that point, there were some commands given, multiple commands to drop the gun, drop the weapon, unfortunately, it did result in an officer-involved shooting,” Detective Meghan Aguilar said at a press conference Wednesday.

Shriner and a babysitter eventually left the residence and surrendered to the police; Shriner was taken to a nearby hospital and treated for a non-life-threatening gunshot wound. A 9 mm handgun was recovered from her residence.

Jillian Lauren Shriner, an author with two New York Times bestsellers, was later booked on attempted murder charges — police allege she fired her weapon at them before she was shot — and after arraignment, was released on $1 million bail.

The 89th playing of the Masters is underway.

The first major championship of the year got off and running on Thursday morning at Augusta National Golf Club in Georgia, starting with the annual ceremonial tee shot from Jack Nicklaus, Gary Player and Tom Watson. From there, the quest for the iconic green jacket was on.

Scottie Scheffler is the betting favorite this week after his win there last year. The top-ranked golfer in the world flew ahead to a four-shot win over Ludvig Åberg and the rest of the field a year ago to claim his second career Masters win. Scheffler has three top-10 finishes so far this season on the PGA Tour, including a runner-up finish in his last start at the Texas Children's Houston Open.

Rory McIlroy has the second-best odds entering the tournament, though he hasn’t won a major championship since 2014 despite coming painfully close plenty of times. There are 12 LIV Golf members in the field this week, too, including 2023 winner Jon Rahm. Only seven of them have lifetime status from previous wins, though, which is only going to make things more difficult for the rest of the golfers on the Saudi Arabian-backed circuit to earn a spot in the field in the future so long as the golf world remains fractured.

Stick with Yahoo Sports this week as we keep you up to date with the latest action from Augusta National Golf Club in Georgia, and check out the leaderboard here.

A Minecraft Movie’—The Chicken Jockey Meme, Explained

A Minecraft Movie has struck gold at the box office, and attracted cheering crowds reacting wildly to the film, thanks to a TikTok meme.

During showings of the film, crowds of Minecraft fans—mostly teens—are joining in with every Minecraft-related phrase that Jack Black shouts out, especially “Chicken Jockey.”

The film adaptation of the incredibly popular video game, A Minecraft Movie fell flat with critics with 48% on Rotten Tomatoes, but has been met with hysterical audience reactions thanks to memes that spread online before the film’s release.

Like showings of The Rocky Horror Picture Show and The Room, fans are participating and interacting with the film as though they are attending a rock concert, with some instances of disruptive behavior.