Natasha Lyonne, What Are You Doing?

Natasha Lyonne had built up a reservoir of goodwill in recent years thanks to the critical success of both Russian Doll and Poker Face. Welp, that’s all gone now with Lyonne announcing that she’s directing a film made with generative AI, and yes, that’s the really bad kind. The news is not going over well. (The Verge)

Pedro Pascal is way too busy to date Jennifer Aniston. (Lainey Gossip)

Yes, Billy Ray Cyrus and Elizabeth Hurley are still dating. (Celebitchy)

RFK Jr. replaces Narcan program with thoughts and prayers. (Wonkette)

From Jen: Airyn De Niro on coming out as trans. (Out)

Tony Gilroy knows you’re tired of waiting for K-2SO to show up. (Gizmodo)

Pete Hegseth killed a military program for being “woke.” It was signed into law by Trump and championed by Marco Rubio. Whoops. (Mediaite)

Sam Elliott isn’t done working with Taylor Sheridan. (The Wrap)

From Chris: Over on Why Did We Watch This, we’re talking Addicted to Love, a black comedy that’s shot like a romcom and the results are pretty weird! (Apple)

The tariffs have officially hit Temu. (The Cut)

Ben Affleck is not wrong. (IndieWire)

Have you judged a book by the cover and been right? Halbs says the cover of Edgar Kunz’s poetry collection, Fixer, tells you what you need to know. “The old Zippo implies the story of a real life lived. That’s the book.” Have you read any poetry this month? (Cannonball Read 17)