’House of the Dragon’s Milly Alcock Is Your New Supergirl

James Gunn has officially confirmed that Milly Alcock will be the new Supergirl for his burgeoning DC Universe that is thankfully paving over the decrepit, grim-dark husk of the SnyderVerse. The House of the Dragon star’s name has been tossed around ever since casting began for the role, which will involve the solo film Supergirl: Woman of Tomorrow based on the Tom King graphic novel of the same name. Gunn loves him some Tom King, and for good reason. The guy writes good sh*t. (Instagram)

Will Taylor Swift outshine Usher at the Super Bowl? (Lainey Gossip)

How does this Brittany Watts story keep getting worse? (Wonkette)

From Chris: Congrats to Amber Glenn, the first out queer woman to win the US Figure Skating Championship! (Them)

Ayo Edibiri is bailing on Marvel’s Thunderbolts, too. (Uproxx)

Donald Trump’s “hair” is like a mood ring, apparently. (Jezebel)

From Roxana: “Around the World in Eighty Lies”: How a writer fabricated a series of stories for Atlas Obscura. (The Walrus)

Gee, if guests kept coming on to my podcast and threatening to murder people, I’d maybe take a good hard look at what kind of sh*t I’ve been putting out into the world. Or at the very least consider that my beanie is cutting off circulation to my brain and making me a weird little psycho. (Mediaite)

Bowen Yang wanted nothing to do with Dave Chappelle crashing SNL. (Deadline)

From Andrew: Oh hell yes. A revival of The Wiz is headed to Broadway. (Vogue)

Wait, Severance Season 2 still has more filming to do? Christ, we’re all going to be 80 by the time that thing hits. (Vulture)

NatalieH decided to dive into Cannonball Read 16 with a book she picked up at a New Year’s sale, Neal Shusterman’s Scythe. “The worldbuilding is particularly great and I liked the excerpts from Scythe journals at the beginning of each chapter, which…raised some interesting questions about the nature of death (or lack of).” What was the first book you read this year? (Cannonball Read 16)