Barbie's Got Sequel Troubles

Warner Bros. has until December to lock down Margot Robbie, Ryan Gosling, and writer/director Greta Gerwig for a Barbie sequel or the rights revert back to Mattel. There’s just one small problem: They all seem content with letting Barbie stay as a delightful one-off, or are holding out for a lot more money as a team. Could go either way! (THR)

Alexander Skarsgård is the other wicker man. (Lainey Gossip)

Joyce Carol Oates defends Christopher Nolan. (Celebitchy)

Maine, what are you doing up there? Is it the lobstah? Is the lobstah contaminated? (Mediaite)

John Oliver renews his contract with HBO, but just for one year. (LateNighter)

Hating Marvel movies is not a personality. (Westenberg)

Jamie Campbell Bower talks jumping from Stranger Things to Rings of Power. (EW)

Netflix lost the master copy of an unreleased Nicolas Cage movie, and now it’s being sued for $105 million? That seems like a lot. (Kotaku)

Tim Robbins needed ayahuasca to deal with cancel culture, and yes, he announced this on Joe Rogan’s show. How’d you guess? (A.V. Club)

Don’t tell Cardi B to make her butt smaller. (The Cut)

Booting these wackos off planes is the right call, but that’s also why they’re doing it. (Daily Beast)

"Yes, this is what I intended." - JRR Tolkien

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