Guy Fieri, No! You Were the Chosen One!

By Mike Redmond | Pajiba Love | July 9, 2023 |

By Mike Redmond | Pajiba Love | July 9, 2023 |

So remember how Guy Fieri built up a huge wave of goodwill thanks to helping restaurant workers during COVID and his secret side hustle officiating gay weddings? Welp, he can kiss all that goodbye because here’s Guy hanging with Trump. (Newsweek)

NOTE: Obviously, the Jonah Hill controlling his ex-girlfriend texts are a huge story. Look for one of the writers to tackle that in the days ahead.

Why the loss of A Black Lady Sketch Show is significant. (Lainey Gossip)

Keke Palmer and Darius Jackson are probably over. Good. (Celebitchy)

From Roxana: “Girl dinner” is just charcuterie, but this is at the very least a reminder that sometimes in the summer charcuterie hits the spot. (NYT)

AOC is already endorsing Biden, and you’ll never guess how the petulant children of the Online Left are taking that news. (Mediaite)

Sarah Silverman is suing ChatGPT. (Daily Beast)

From James: Possibly the only good use of a long-form tweet: the explanation of how a man-made “minimal genome” evolved back to full functionality in less than a year. It’s really cool. (Twitter)

And in more cool science news from James: Researchers at UMass figured out how to make electricity from humid air, and it might be scalable. (The Guardian)

David Simon doesn’t see the writers’ strike ending anytime soon. (IndieWire)

Diablo Cody knows why her Barbie movie didn’t work. (Vulture)

From Kayleigh: I love young kids with old people taste who get to geek out over their septuagenarian heroes. (CBS News)

If you are looking for a quick, fun beach read, Kit Moonstar recommends Go Hex Yourself by Jessica Clare. “This is my favorite sort of cozy urban fantasy setting with a magical world existing alongside the mundane one without being too hardboiled or gritty.” What is your favorite genre for beach reading? (Cannonball Read 15)

It is with a deep sense of peace & gratitude that I have decided this will be my final season playing this beautiful game. I never could have imagined the ways in which soccer would shape & change my life forever, but by the look on this little girl’s face, she knew all along. pic.twitter.com/XGZ1T9i7Wy

— Megan Rapinoe (@mPinoe) July 8, 2023