Elijah Wood Did Not Get Rich From 'Lord of the Rings'

The Lord of the Rings might be one of the most successful and iconic film trilogies of all time, but that doesn’t mean Elijah Wood made bank starring as Frodo. (Variety)

James Gunn is leaning hard on Krypto to sell Superman. (Lainey Gossip)

So, King Charles is a Highlander. Noted. (Celebitchy)

SCOTUS is about to hear another abortion case. That can’t be good. (Wonkette)

From Andrew: You will not be prepared for where this comic takes you. (Bluesky)

Jean-Claude Van Damme has been accused of having sex with Romanian trafficking victims, and let me tell you, we were not exactly shocked in the ol’ Pajiba Slack. Jean-Claude always gave off horndog energy that was destined to end badly. (PEOPLE)

Nintendo wants to compete in a new type of console war. (Polygon)

Would you believe Mike Waltz can’t stop making Signal groups? (Gizmodo)

From Tori: This should be charming because I think they’re friends, but instead, I feel like Seth Meyers just low-key tried to kill Paul Rudd during “Day Drinking.” (YouTube)

The Rock wrote a crime novel set in Hawaii. (THR)

Tesla dealerships are refusing to take Cybertruck trade-ins. Womp womp, losers. (Mediaite)

Jomidi has been thinking about how similar the mystery and romance genres are, so she started turning romances into mysteries and mysteries into romances by changing just one word in the title. One Day in December becomes One Death in December, or Vera Wong’s Unsolicited Advice for Murderers becomes Vera Wong’s Unsolicited Advice for Dating. Share your titles below. (Cannonball Read 17)

From Andrew:

I swear I thought for a second that Clayton McCullough got murdered by that graphic. 🤣

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— Rob Friedman (@pitchingninja.bsky.social) April 1, 2025 at 9:26 PM