Leave Britney Alone! (But Maybe Take Away the Knife First)

I guess the issue I have with Kevin Federline’s concerns about Britney Spears’ mental health is, like, is a memoir the best place to express them? Just seems like a dude cashing in on a relationship he had with a woman 18 years ago because it’s all he’s got going for him. That said, if the knife story is true? Yikes. (NYTimes)

Roxana profiled Iranian filmmaker Jafar Panahi, whose entire adulthood has been spent battling the Iranian regime for the kind of films he wants to make and whose latest, It Was Just an Accident, is a masterpiece with major Oscars buzz. (Vulture)

It’s going to be a tough Oscar season with One Battle After Another and Marty Supreme. Does Bradley Cooper finally have a chance to squeeze in and at least win a directing nomination this year? Maybe? (Lainey)

Tim Robinson’s The Chair Company is great, but our friend Brian Grubb got one line from the premiere episode lodged in his head. (Type Click Type)

Seven Royals pieces over there today, but in between them, Ken Jennings reveals that he thinks that Jeopardy interviews are too often cringe. (Celebitchy)

Well, I thought that Oscar Isaac was tall. I mean, hee has tall energy. (GFY)

A number of Ringer podcasts, including The Rewatchables (Hi, Joanna!), is making the move to … Netflix, beginning in 2026. (Awful Announcing)

From Jen: Arby’s is being sued because their roast beef sandwiches are not as advertised. (BlueSky)

Geeta Gandbhir’s documentary The Perfect Neighbor illustrates why “Stand Your Ground” laws aren’t so great. This sounds fascinating as hell. (Commentary Track)

Speaking of powerful docs, HBO’s The Alabama Solution explores the inhumane conditions in an Alabama prison. (Reality Blurred)

RIP, Legendary movie poster artist Drew Struzan, who passed away at 78. (IGN)

Whose closet would you like to go through? Xoxoxoe’s friend, Michael Chessler, wrote a book about a young woman who works as an organizer in Los Angeles. ”Mess also delivers a thoughtful, sometimes poignant story of a young woman trying to discover what she really wants in her life - what to keep and what to discard.” (Cannonball Read 17)