James Cameron, What Did You Do?

In a situation that seemingly deteriorated in a matter of minutes, Netflix has officially ended negotiations to purchase Warner Bros. shortly after Paramount’s latest aggressive bid was deemed “superior” by WBD shareholders. The move comes less than a week after James Cameron lobbied Congress to stop the Netflix acquisition, so let’s see how much noise he makes about this development. You OK with this monopoly, Jim? (CNBC)

Hilary Duff is spilling all of the millennial tea. (Lainey Gossip)

Ian McKellen keeps it real about superhero movies. (Celebitchy)

The plot around Kristi Noem’s special blanket thickens. (Wonkette)

Pink wasted no time on this rebuttal. (Instagram)

Some very good news for Heated Rivalry fans. (THR)

Jonathan Majors lands exactly where you expected him to land. (Deadline)

Guess who wants another medal he didn’t earn. (Daily Beast)

Nobody asked for a Gnarls Barkley reunion. (A.V. Club)

Dune: Part Three just mogged Avengers: Doomsday. Am I using that right? Please say yes so I can go back to yelling at the neighbor kids. (Polygon)

Amanda Seyfried really wants you to know about her prosthetic b-hole. (Page Six)

Halbs was interested in Joshua Wolf Shenk’s Lincoln’s Melancholy: How Depression Challenged a President and Fueled his Greatness. “Personally, I found this book as a helpful reframe for depression, and how to create something meaningful out of it.” Did you know Lincoln viewed himself as “melancholic”? (Cannonball Read 18)