By Lainey Bobainey | Pajiba Love | August 23, 2026
Following the death of Hayden Panettiere, Anna Paquin tore Hollywood a new one for its treatment of child stars and put action behind words by opening her DMs to any child stars who need help or support. - (PEOPLE)
Rest in peace, Shelley Fabares (Coach, The Donna Reed Show). - (Deadline)
We also lost 97-year-old librarian-turned-actress Bunny Levine, who starred on Gilmore Girls and Jury Duty. She will be missed. - (Entertainment Weekly)
Richard E Grant doesn’t play. He permanently cut friends out of his life over how they handled his wife’s death. - (The Independent)
I live in Indiana and Friday was the first time I heard that Gary, Indiana, was still without electricity from the storms on the 11th. It’s just starting to get some national news coverage. This is beyond disgraceful. - (Wonkette)
North of North is returning next month (for the lucky folks in Canada; the rest of us will need to wait a little bit longer). Yay, something to look forward to! - (Elle)
Dog Park: a delightful sitcom that will fill the Colin from Accounts-shaped hole in your life - (Guardian)
Bruce Campbell now saying as clearly and plainly as he can that he’s done playing Ash - (AVC)
Olivia Rodrigo dropped a Handmaid’s Tale-inspired song ‘Serena Joy.’ - (Variety)
Flock banned a tech YouTuber from its event, so his team Flocked it. Right the flock on! - (Cybernews)
NTE hopes that you will join her in becoming obsessed with Alix E Harrow’s The Everlasting. “It’s such a timely, powerful piece about propaganda, our reliance on myths - to our benefit & our detriment -, both as a people and as individuals, that you can almost be forgiven for overlooking it’s actually also poetry and fairy tale, heartbreaking love story & message of true hope.” Which book has been your most recent obsession? (Cannonball Read 18)
The dogs were wonderful this week! (But maybe have Kleenex nearby.)