Olivia Wilde Fired Shia LaBeouf To Keep Florence Pugh 'Safe'

By Mike Redmond | Pajiba Love | August 24, 2022 |

By Mike Redmond | Pajiba Love | August 24, 2022 |

Earlier today, Dustin covered Olivia Wilde’s comments about why she left Jason Sudeikis from her sprawling new profile in Variety. Well, Wilde also touched on her highly publicized firing of Shia LaBeouf from Don’t Worry Darling because he reportedly violated her “No Asshole Policy.” Turns out, LaBeouf was not Wilde’s first choice, and he had a “combative energy” to his process that made her particularly concerned for Florence Pugh, so that was enough to toss The Beef. (IndieWire)

Paul Rudd is a perfect fit for Only Murders in the Building. (Lainey Gossip)

Tom Lee was on a bender when he posted that d*ck pic to Instagram. (Dlisted)

Leah Remini had a good reason to miss Bennifer’s wedding. (Celebitchy)

Warner Bros. Discovery just punted both the Aquaman and Shazam sequels because, reportedly, they’re short on money to market and distribute films despite making a huge deal about focusing on theatrical releases. Really going great over there! (THR)

From Kayleigh:

Barbie Ferreira will not return for the third season of EUPHORIA. pic.twitter.com/fewxFsf0oG

— Film Updates (@FilmUpdates) August 24, 2022

From Roxana:

There is a new fighting game on Steam called WRITE N’ FIGHT in which all of the characters are classic writers. Here is a 100% real screenshot from the game of Ernest Hemingway punching HP Lovecraft in the nuts. pic.twitter.com/6S0LElnTiG

— Dumb Idiot Riley Fox (@riley_fox) August 23, 2022

From Alberto: New good religion just dropped:

Y de repente, encuentras una religión que sí te representa. pic.twitter.com/CVltBRBe3j

— empeltada (@empeltada) August 23, 2022

From Jen:

Long before the @Stranger_Things #HellfireClub there was THE LIBERTYVILLE HIGH SCHOOL DUNGEONS & DRAGONS CLUB (1980). I will neither confirm nor deny that the fella with an Afro in the back is me. pic.twitter.com/ztA4ZPHgPX

— Tom Morello (@tmorello) August 21, 2022

From Petr:

Heat (1995) // My Dad Eating a Peach (2022) pic.twitter.com/GqNchqdgcI

— Will Martin (@mrwillmartin) August 23, 2022

From Claude: An oral history of the now legendary Command and Conquer: Red Alert 3 clip of Tim Curry escaping to… SPAAACE! (Vice)

“Since 2012, [A24] has bred superfans, dropped swag, and perfected a house style. It’s also teetering on the verge of self-parody.” (Vulture)

Heidi Klum was invited to participate in Hulu’s new Victoria’s Secret documentary, but instead, she decided to pretend nothing bad ever happened there and bad-mouthed the whole thing. Nice, Heidi. Real nice. (Variety)

From James: I could watch this for HOURS. (Twitter)

TylerDFC appreciated that Dave Grohl’s The Storyteller stays focused on the stories he wanted to tell about his life. "[W]hen I started the book I was more interested in the Nirvana stories than anything else, but that changed the more I read." Whose autobiography have you enjoyed? (Cannonball Read 14)

REPORTER: Is this unfair to people who paid their student loans or chose not to take out loans?

BIDEN: Is it fair to people who, in fact, do not own multi-billion-dollar businesses if they see one of these guys getting all the tax breaks? Is that fair? What do you think? pic.twitter.com/HA9LzLBMSC

— JM Rieger (@RiegerReport) August 24, 2022