Billy Ray Cyrus Threatens To Sue Son for… Not Wanting Him To Die

As Lainey linked in yesterday’s Pajiba Love, Trace Cyrus was rightfully concerned this week after Billy Ray Cyrus showed up to Trump’s inauguration looking like Rob Zombie’s corpse as you can see above. It was not great, but in fairness to Billy Ray, the night’s theme was decrepit old fartbags who are absolute ghouls to women. So, on that front, nailed it. Anyway, while most fathers would be touched that their sons don’t want them to die, Billy Ray went the opposite direction and threatened Trace with legal action. That’ll stop everyone from talking, Billy Ray, you sure showed them. (Page Six)

Benedict Cumberbatch’s Variety cover feature doesn’t tell us enough about his friendship with Tom Cruise. (Lainey Gossip)

The Barack Obama divorce drama was started by blue checks on Twitter, so that’s all the proof you need that it’s a right-wing smear campaign. (Celebitchy)

Science made Trump look bad, so he’s shutting it all down. (Wonkette)

From Dustin: Your little Severance promo is not going to make anyone forget you were standing next to Musk and Zuck at the Inauguration, Timmy C. (YouTube)

Dark Horse Comics has publicly kicked Neil Gaiman to the curb. (THR)

Michael Moore is making a new documentary about… Blake Lively? (IndieWire)

Jennifer Lopez says Kiss of the Spider Woman is the role she’s been waiting for her whole life, but easy on the Oscars talk. (Variety)

Is Lindsey Graham growing a spine? That can’t be right. (Daily Beast)

From Roxana: Ugh! “Inside ‘Teflon Joe’s’: Why your favorite grocery store is not what you think.” (Fast Company)

Karine Jean-Pierre would not have done it any differently. (Rolling Stone)

Sinestro is in the new Green Lantern show? Oh damn. (Gizmodo)

Patton Oswalt gets it. (Bluesky)

Fiat.Luxury was pretty sure The Ministry of Time by Kaliane Bradley was about time travel, but she was delighted to find it’s also about the ill-fated Franklin expedition to the Arctic. “This reads with the devoted energy of fanfic, which, it turns out, it kind of was!” What niche interest of yours do you think would make a great plot point? (Cannonball Read 17)