Old School. Biblically Independent.
By Mike Redmond | Pajiba Love | November 11, 2025
I’ll give it to you straight: The chances of Alien: Earth Season 2 never seeing the light of day were definitely greater than non-zero. Despite being a juggernaut on the streaming charts, the show is wildly expensive and has been divisive with general audiences. Toss in FX seemingly dragging its feet, and the situation did not look good. Well, we may have an explanation for that delay. Not only has Alien: Earth been renewed for a second season, but Noah Hawley just locked down a nine figure deal with FX and Disney Entertainment Television. I’m thinking the show was a success, and/or someone showed the top brass a picture of the eyeball and simply said, “C’mon…” (Variety)
Keke Palmer and Jack Whitehall look good on the set of The Burbs. (Lainey Gossip)
When Joyce Carol Oates has you in her sights, she does not miss. (Celebitchy)
There’s a pasta shortage now. Strap in. (Wonkette)
From Roxana: Jail. “When your husband spends $300,000 on DraftKings.” (The Cut)
Sydney Sweeney and Zendaya are reportedly beefing. (Jezebel)
Isn’t every movie already a View-Master movie? Who is this for? (Deadline)
Not only did AI fail to help Kim Kardashian pass the bar exam, but psychics did her dirty, too. Maybe don’t let this woman handle your will. (Daily Beast)
Just assume everyone is buying Warner Bros. now. (The Wrap)
Vince Gilligan’s 5 best X-Files episodes, and wait, shut up. He wrote “Bad Blood?!” Why am I only just now learning this? (Polygon)
Oscar Isaac will come back to Star Wars if Disney stops boot-licking. (Gizmodo)
RIP Jimmy Kimmel’s childhood best friend and band leader Cleto Escobedo. (THR)
Have you ever wondered why someone chooses the books they choose? Katie41783’s Quick Questions with a Cannonballer, Classic digs into why she reads JD Robb’s 65 book In Death series. “I just really got interested in how Robb wrote the future, that it seemed as if race didn’t really matter anymore since it was rare for most people to not be mixed-race.” Read the interview to get more recommendations and Classic’s thoughts on The Great British Baking Show. (Cannonball Read 17)
if you told 17 year old me how thoroughly, world-historically vindicated ICP would be within a couple decades…
— Olúfẹ́mi O. Táíwò (@olufemiotaiwo.bsky.social) November 11, 2025 at 11:33 AM
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