Kate Winslet Is Your New 'Lord of the Rings' Person

Kate Winslet has reportedly landed the female lead in The Lord of the Rings: The Hunt for Gollum set to be directed by Gollum himself, Andy Serkis. Who Winslet is playing is currently under wraps, but apparently, both Serkis and Peter Jackson spent all last year wooing her. However, it should be noted that the prequel is a Warner Bros. production, and there seems to be some things happening over there. Just a small bit of kerfuffle. - (Deadline)

First: Didn’t know Kathie Lee Gifford was still around. Second: Didn’t know Tonsil Lauren was still around. Third: Shhhh, huuusshh, KLG, no one gives a crap what you think about, well, anything. - (EW)

Matt Berry will be the announcer at the Oscars on Sunday, and if he does, in fact, go “full Matt Berry,” I will rewatch it every day for the serotonin hit I so desperately need. - (Vulture)

Misty Copeland dragged Timmy about asking her to promote Marty, but I’m sorry, burying the lede here: Misty Copeland is performing at the Oscars! - (Celebitchy)

Billie Eilish will star in an adaptation of The Bell Jar, written and directed by Sarah Polley. - (EW)

I don’t typically feel that Katy Perry and I have a lot in common, but just this once I’m going to say: I have also spent an ungodly amount of time at the dentist recently (and I didn’t even have anything fancy done!) and that “Pet’s Mart/Pet Smart” clip she shared is a banger and has been in my head for days and days, and it’s dumb and I love it so much. - (Lainey Gossip)

The WGA wants to make sure its writers are being paid if their material is used to generate AI. - (AVC)

That glob of goo in the White House is so emmereffing weird. He’s been giving out Florsheim shoes to all of his pet monkeys and they better wear them, haha, no, he’s just kidding, it’s fun, it’s all in fun! No, it’s not, they better wear them, even if they don’t fit, which they likely don’t, because weirdo is guessing their shoe sizes! Seriously, so goddamn weird. Annnnnyway, his favorite shoe company is suing him. - (NYMag)

(SPOILERS for Shrinking episode airing today) Christa Miller loved sparring with her guest star, and I LOVED seeing her! - (PEOPLE)

Masturbation habits of hundreds of thousands of users were apparently leaked. [insert Archer gif: “So we’re just not doing phrasing anymore?”] - (Mashable)

Having moved to a new town, Jen K joined a bunch of book clubs, one of which was reading the fantasy novella, The Bruising of Qilwa by Naseem Jamnia. “This is a story that drops small hints and lines about so many other things that are going on that the reader wants to explore more.” Has a book club introduced you to an author you enjoyed? (Cannonball Read 18)

That smile!

This is Reedy. He’s so happy to share his favorite part of the day with you. 13/10 (TT: runreedyrun)

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