Old School. Biblically Independent.
By Mike Redmond | Pajiba Love | August 18, 2025
Severance Season 2 had a notoriously difficult production without factoring in the dual strikes that threw everything to the wind. Ben Stiller is apparently going to avoid all of that by bowing out of directing duties on Season 3 and doing literally anything else. (Variety)
The Pitt's success has shaken up the Emmys with no clear frontrunner in the Outstanding Drama Series category. (Lainey Gossip)
Oh sh*t, Blake Lively and Taylor Swift are so broken up that Taylor wrote a song about it, and PEOPLE is confirming it? Yikes. (Celebitchy)
Somebody suddenly wants to get rid of mail-in voting. Gee, I wonder what recently happened that brought this on? A mystery, I guess. (Wonkette)
From Chris: Talking about The Apple on Why Did We Watch This was probably one of my favorite episodes to do. This movie is The Room of musicals. (Apple)
Today I learned Gary Oldman passed on Edward Scissorhands. (Daily Beast)
If MAGA is so in love with Sydney Sweeney, the least they could've done is show up for her new movie. Then again, if that crowd knew how to please a woman, the country wouldn't be in the toilet right now, amirite? (Page Six)
Gal Gadot quit Entourage after one episode because "someone there behaved inappropriately," which completely tracks in every possible way. If you're like me, at least three suspects immediately popped into your head, if not more. (The Wrap)
From Andrew: Who hasn't seen Michael Clayton? (Instagram)
Barstool Sports is making a sitcom. (Deadline)
No, the squirrel in your backyard isn't a zombie. (Gizmodo)
Narfna isn’t sure exactly what Chuck Tingle is doing in Lucky Day, but she gave it 4.5 stars and recommends that you find out for yourself. “Tingle’s imagination is so bizarre and his concepts so absurd; the things he comes up with to populate his horror are not the kinds of things other people come up with.” Whose writing defies description, but you like it? (Cannonball Read 17)
From Roxana: Deeply upset that I do not live in CA and do not have a copy of the official Andor zine.
