By Mike Redmond | Pajiba Love | June 5, 2025
PROGRAMMING NOTE: This is a politically savvy bunch, so I’m sure most of you caught wind of MY FATHER’s latest grift and assumed I’d be all over the catnip. Hold that thought! My son graduated high school last night, so I’m deep in the midst of that circus. Anyway, I want to give Meg my full attention when I’m not on the jankiest hotspot known to man. Look for that tomorrow unless I get distracted by something else. I’m a jittery fellow.
Glen Powell, you dog. Kristin Cavallari has revealed that she recently hooked up with the Twisters star, and I hope he likes measles, mumps, and/or rubella. Perhaps even a soupçon of pertussis while he’s at it. (PEOPLE)
Was Walton Goggins and Aimee Lou Wood’s joint interview with Variety damage control for the Emmys? (Lainey Gossip)
Dakota Johnson and Chris Martin broke up. For real this time. (Celebitchy)
Trump comforts Putin in his hour of getting wrecked by Ukraine. (Wonkette)
Kayleigh wrote about Ving Rhames and how Luther was the true beating heart of the Mission: Impossible franchise. (RogerEbert.com)
Honestly didn’t think Ryan Coogler would return for Black Panther 3, but here he is confirming that, yes, he wrote a part for Denzel Washington. (IndieWire)
I recently finished The Studio, so now, every time I see news like this, I immediately think of Kool-Aid. (THR)
Everybody’s Live Season 2 chances aren’t looking so good. (LateNighter)
Leah Remini and JLo are BFFs again. (Page Six)
Wes Anderson desperately wants to cast Jodie Foster in one of his movies, and she just will not do it. (Rolling Stone)
Wicherwill is rereading the Death books in Terry Pratchett’s Discworld series, starting with Mort. “Hot take: Death is the best, but he’s the bestest best when he’s paired off with a human who can observe and call out the weirdness of his life.” Do you have a favorite miniseries within Pratchett’s larger series? (Cannonball Read 17)
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