Hilaria Baldwin Is Ready To Laugh About Her Fake Accent

When we last checked on Hillary Lynn Hayward-Thomas a.k.a. Hilaria Baldwin a.k.a. The Incredible Birthing Woman, she was blaming her fake accent on being neurodivergent. Yup. Well, good news. Hil-dawg is ready to laugh about the whole thing, and that’s really what everyone wanted to happen, isn’t it? For the offending party to write it all off as a joke. Don’t stop believing in happy endings, folks. - (Page Six)

Ray J applied ‘fake blood’ to his eyes and heart monitor before alarming live show, photographer alleges. - (EW)

OMG, people would willingly part with money to meet Jeremy Piven? Like, their own money? Cash dollars? Wow. - (Lainey Gossip)

Is It A Sin To Be White? Is It Illegal To Be Male? A Wonkvestigation! - (Wonkette)

Crystal Hefner, Hugh Hefner’s widow, is fighting to keep his scrapbooks from being made public to protect the many women who may have been underage or who may not have given consent to be in them. - (THR)

Yesterday, we lost the Reverend Jesse Jackson. I was too young to remember him on Sesame Street, but I very much remember being excited at the chance to vote for him for my first presidential election in 1988. (Unfortunately, he didn’t get the nomination Michael Dukakis did.) His voice will be missed by so many. - (The Guardian)

In Sunday’s PL (You guys, side note: I have to tell you, Sunday feels like so long ago. I have no concept of time anymore. Is it like that for any of you?) I linked to Colin Jost being a very good, but terrified, sport on the bobsled. Now here’s Jason Kelce’s turn. I am enjoying these “regular folks” trying to do Olympic sports. - (Celebitchy)

Even dogs are trying to do Olympic sports! - (PEOPLE)

Dire Wolf Update! - (Screen Rant)

The “cry cry horse” in China is my new favorite stuffed animal. Maybe of all time. I need one in every size! - (NBC)

I don’t want to even imagine a world where Amber Ruffin didn’t get that phone call from Seth Meyers! - (LateNighter)

While working through a reading slump, faintingviolet took a prompt from the Read Harder challenge and landed on Lucy Knisley’s Woe: A Housecat’s Story of Despair. “For those of us who have shared our lives with cats so much of who Linney was…will be familiar and relatable.” What would be the title of your non-human companion’s biography? (Cannonball Read 18)

Me, either, Apollo!

This is Apollo. We promise he's a really good dog. He just can't sit on the couch normally. Still 13/10 (IG: apollodabean)

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