Michael Cera Turned Down 'Fantastic Beasts' Like a Freaking Stud

Granted, this happened way before J.K. Rowling began her villain arc, Michael Cera made a wisely prescient move by taking a hard pass on Fantastic Beasts when the Harry Potter spinoff first started casting. According to Cera, he didn’t want to get too famous, which… would not have happened with these movies, but let’s still call it a prescient move anyway. Good on ya. (Variety)

Would Brad Pitt return Tom Cruise’s red carpet favor and support him during an award season run? (Lainey Gossip)

Kristin Chenoweth’s rendition of the National Anthem had some, uh, reactions. (Celebitchy)

Kim Davis is back to destroy your marriage again. (Wonkette)

From Jen: If you thought it wasn’t possible to love Pedro Pascal more than you already do, VF is here to prove you very wrong. (Vanity Fair)

John Oliver went to town on AI slop. (YouTube)

Despite two TV adaptations, we’re getting a movie of The Stand now. Good luck cramming all of that into two hours. (THR)

Self-censorship is good, actually. (Bad Faith Times)

Rachel Zegler has a hot bodyguard. (Jezebel)

Only losers review bomb a show they haven’t even seen yet. (The Mary Sue)

LittlePlat enjoyed flowing with Richard Flanagan’s narration of his idiosyncratic biography/memoir Question 7. “It seems like it should be disjointed—but it’s not…I think this is the most ambitious book Flanagan has written by far.” What’s the most interesting biography you’ve read? (Cannonball Read 17)

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