Hannah Waddingham Wants You To Leave Tom Cruise Alone

By Mike Redmond | Pajiba Love | December 28, 2023 |

By Mike Redmond | Pajiba Love | December 28, 2023 |

In supremely disappointing news, Ted Lasso star Hannah Waddingham is taking a firm stance against Tom Cruise haters after working with the actor on Mission: Impossible 8. She has a “real problem with anybody that goes at him now” and “no time for anyone saying anything about him.” It’s because he’s in a weird cult, lady. It’s really not that hard to figure out. There were documentaries and everything. (Variety)

Julianne Moore really hates mashed potatoes. (Celebitchy)

How about we don’t put kids to work in sawmills? (Wonkette)

From Jen: Apparently, one of Sephora’s scented lotions attracts wolf spiders. (Reddit)

People aren’t tired of superheroes, they’re tired of bad superhero movies. (Polygon)

Meghan McCain says her former co-workers on The View are “crazy old people” who can’t go a week without mentioning her, which is not even close to true. The only one obsessed with Meghan is Meghan. (Uproxx)

This can’t be said enough: We do not deserve Dolly Parton. (Page Six)

Wall Street has major doubts about the WBD/Paramount merger. (THR)

Tonight’s P-Love started with depressing Scientology news, but I’ll be damned if it isn’t going to end with feel-good Scientology news. Namely, Danny Masterson getting booked into state prison. Have fun, champ. (The Daily Beast)

FyreHaar returns to Cannonball Read with a liberating review of Mona Eltahawy’s The Seven Necessary Sins for Women and Girls. “‘What is ambition liberated from oppression?’ This resonated so strongly with me. Permission to love the goals that I make that make me feel more and more myself and less and less like my life belongs to other people.” Which authors have made you think about your relationship to your society? (Cannonball Read 15)