By Mike Redmond | Pajiba Love | July 2, 2026
Taylor Swift’s wedding is set to hit the holiday weekend like a wrecking ball — That’s her song, right? — and the media feeding frenzy has already begun. For those of you blissfully aware, the Swift-Kelce affair will take over Madison Square Garden on Friday evening, and an identity of one bridesmaid has reportedly been revealed. You’ll never guess who it is, and no, I didn’t just give it away in the lead pic. I’m not stupid. Except I am, and it’s Selena. You’re welcome. (Page Six)
Robert Eggers and the cinema of stink. (Lainey Gossip)
Ulta Beauty is pulling out of Target. (Celebitchy)
The Park Service would love it if everyone didn’t breathe while watching the Fourth of July fireworks in D.C. this weekend. (Wonkette)
Kayleigh wrote about Millie Bobby Brown and her status as Netflix’s biggest homegrown star. (A.V. Club)
Because it’s on everyone’s mind: No, the Minions did not work for Hitler, but only because they were trapped in a cave. — Wait, how does that make this better? (Polygon)
Andrew will play David in a Drunk Shakespearean Independence Day this Friday. If you’re in NYC, come to Brooklyn to see how he maintains his Goldblum impersonation after a few shots. (The Rat NYC)
Goop’s son is a model now, which I could’ve sworn was Apple’s thing. I can’t keep track of all these nepo babies. (Daily Beast)
From Steven: True equality means that lesbians get their own Wilt Chamberlain. (Them)
Kid Rock drunk dials Trump all the time, and of course he picks up. (Rolling Stone)
Sylvain Neuvel’s The Test resonated with Caesar’s Wife, a civil servant who has watched as conspiracy theories have grown around government policies. “It presents a terrifying ‘what if’ scenario, not because it imagines evil people doing evil things, but because it imagines ordinary people creating systems that slowly drift beyond what anyone intended.” Which fiction has tapped into your own real-life experience? (Cannonball Read 18)
PROGRAMMING NOTE: This will be the last P-Love for the holiday weekend, and maybe even the last Pajiba article, too? Don’t quote me on that, but do quote me on Lainey restoring P-Love to its regularly scheduled time on Sunday. Be safe out there!
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