By Mike Redmond | Pajiba Love | August 25, 2026
Pajiba’s favorite weirdo, Dan Stevens, has landed the lead role in Amazon’s new Robocop series that will hopefully fare better than whatever the heck happened with the Joel Kinnaman reboot. Remember that one? It’s better that you don’t. (Variety)
Harry and Meghan gift-wrapped their move for PEOPLE. (Lainey Gossip)
National Treasure 3 is happening. For real this time, I think. (Celebitchy)
Guardsmen deployed in DC actually don’t love being sicced on Americans. (Wonkette)
From Kayleigh: The world’s highest-ranking penguin is set to be a dad. (STV News)
I don’t ever want to hand it to this idiot, but I’m honestly amazed he took the easy layup here. Natalie must have his phone. (Politico)
“Even after we won, Dolly Parton, who we were up against, sent us a letter: ‘We’re proud of you guys, and I’m just glad that the Oscar came back to Tennessee one way or another.’ She’s real cool — from Tennessee, too, you know.” (THR)
From Andrew: Dolly and Pee-Wee are together again. (Reddit)
A+ meme. (Bluesky)
I don’t know how you walk away from Roger Ebert’s description of meeting Dolly Parton without thinking she’s an angel. (Instagram)
While on vacation, Dome’Loki picked up Kristy Boyce’s Dungeons and Drama and two days later she had read the whole trilogy. “The teens are such teenagers and the emotions run high. You feel Riley, Quinn, and Hazel’s yearning and anguish as they navigate the tricky world of high school dating.” What was the last series you couldn’t stop reading? (Cannonball Read 18)
The Library is devastated to learn of the passing of Dolly Parton, a music legend and titan of children's literacy. Her Imagination Library program has earned multiple Library Literacy Awards and, in 2018, she visited us to donate its 100 millionth book to our collection and host a story time. 🦋❤️
— Library of Congress (@librarycongress.bsky.social) August 25, 2026 at 3:09 PM
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