Old School. Biblically Independent.
By Lainey Bobainey | Pajiba Love | July 15, 2026
Tom Holland got a dose of humility when he texted Norwegian soccer star Erling Haaland from across a room, only to be completely ignored. Dude did not care one bit. Now, had Tom been a stuffed raccoon holding a whisky bottle… - (The Mary Sue)
Last month, Norway’s “royal stepson,” Marius Borg Hoiby was convicted of 34 criminal offenses and sentenced to four years in prison. Now, however, he’s been released on “house arrest” during his appeal, and I have to stop typing now because my blood pressure is getting very high again. - (Celebitchy)
While my bp is in the red zone, this is maybe just a “me” thing. I collect gold and silver dollars, and I give them to my great-nieces and nephews when I see them once or twice a year. They put them in their piggy banks. It’s a little fun thing we’ve done for a decade now. That disgusting orange menace has managed to ruin even this for me now. - (PEOPLE)
Sure, let’s put this one right here: Remember this guy? R. Kelly has formally asked for a commutation to his 30-year sentence. HA! I laugh because otherwise I will scream and scream - (Variety)
Kegsbreath and Wormbrain have teamed up to make men in the military manlier! Or something. Testosterone for keeping dudes “on the leading edge of lethality!” Nothing for the perimenopausal/menopausal female soldiers, though. You don’t need to be lethal, I guess? Just being full of rage is probably fine. - (Guardian)
Sarah said what I was thinking, but she said it nicer than I would have: “The fakakta Paramount-Warner Bros. Discovery merger is in the news again” - (Lainey Gossip)
I’m still kind of on my wanting to feel some of these fabrics bull$hit, but also some of these are really nice-looking. Then there are some…. well, there are some fashion. - (GFY)
Stockard Channing booked Grease because she needed ‘a job for the summer’ - (EW)
Oh, Mary! is getting a live stage film featuring Cole Escola performing their title role! - (AVC)
Keenan Thompson: Director! - (LateNighter)
It’s really hard to imagine anyone other than Mathew Perry as Chandler Bing (or Ms Chanandler Bong), but can you imagine Jon Cryer? Or Janeane Garofalo as Monica Geller? - (Yahoo)
From Jen: Dave Kendall, the music journalist, producer and broadcaster who created MTV’s landmark alternative-music program 120 Minutes and became its defining early host, has died. - (Post-Punk.com)
Kayleigh watched the 1994 MTV Video Music Awards and decided to live-blog it for the Gossip Reading Club. It has *everything*: Roseanne, Tom Petty, the Russian Army choir, Snoop Doggy Dogg in a wheelchair, R.E.M., Salt-N-Pepa, Bjork & Rudy Giuliani! - (Gossip Reading Club)
Kayleigh was a guest on the Smart Bitches Trashy Books podcast, where she offered an update on the pop culture of the moment and did a dramatic reading of Club Chalamet’s old Michael Fassbender fan blog. - (Smart Bitches, Trashy Books)
CoffeeShopReader has read most of the Dungeon Crawler Carl books, but Matt Dinniman’s standalone book, Operation Bounce House, illustrated what makes his books work so well. “…it’s mainly the combination of the fun personal world and character details in a somewhat familiar sci-fi situation and some catchy dialogue, and (here’s the big one) actual hope existing in the seriously violent and dystopic situations that the characters find themselves facing through no fault of their own.” Have you read any of Dinniman’s books? (Cannonball Read 18)
Amazing skill, Benji! That might qualify for the Olympics one day.
This is Benji. He recently learned how to wiggle his toes. Not sure what to do with that yet, but a good skill to have in his back pocket just in case. 12/10 (TT: benjiandbaxter)
— WeRateDogs (@weratedogs.com) July 15, 2026 at 5:13 PM
[image or embed]
**BONUS VERY GOOD DOGS**
These hero dogs chased off a man who tried to sexually assault two female dog walkers. They were able to push him away, and then their pack of 11 rescue dogs ran him off into a tunnel and ripped off a piece of his pants. The dogs are all getting our highest honor, a 15/10
— WeRateDogs (@weratedogs.com) July 15, 2026 at 1:11 PM
[image or embed]
