Old School. Biblically Independent.
By Lainey Bobainey | Pajiba Love | October 21, 2026
Robert Pattinson wasn’t supposed to star in Primetime, but apparently, if you drop 200 tins of Zyn on his doorstep, he’ll do whatever you want. “Where was this information in 2008?!” every Twi-hard is surely asking. - (THR)
Conan O’Brien’s Subway Takes interview is entertaining enough. But when the not-famous but lightning-quick woman sits down nearby, it gets even funnier! - (Lainey Gossip)
Celine Dion in Paris. With a dog! - (GFY)
Oh yay, we’re rebooting Coach; that’s what the folks have been clamoring for. - (Deadline)
Oh yay, we’re rebooting Glee; that’s also what the folks have been clamoring for. (I don’t know, maybe they have been?) - (Variety)
Oh yay, we’re rebooting Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea? I don’t have any idea what people are clamoring for, I guess. - (AVC)
The first genuinely honest ad for generative AI I've ever seen, from Microsoft / CoPilot
A mediocre white guy sees his non-white colleague getting praised for good work, he asks AI to *literally copy it*, and then he gets all the praise instead:
www.ispot.tv/ad/SoDi/micr…
— Ketan Joshi (@ketanjoshi.co) October 21, 2026 at 2:12 PM
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We probably didn’t cover Amy Robach and TJ Holmes getting married because, honestly, few of us care. In a serendipitous twist, their exes, Andrew Shue and Marilee Fiebig, are now engaged. Congrats! - (PEOPLE)
Electronic Arts will lay off roughly 400 employees, shut down its BioWare studio, and cancel the next game in the Mass Effect series. - (Kotaku)
Even members of the Bush family (THE Bush family!) are crossing party lines to vote for James Talarico. - (The Guardian)
Dolly Parton’s sister Stella is warning folks to double- and triple-check their ballot selections in Tennessee because hers kept changing back to someone she wasn’t voting for. - (Instagram)
I can’t tell if these two hate each other or just really enjoy messing with each other? Cole Sprouse reacts to twin Dylan Sprouse saying they’re ‘children of incest’ - (EW)
Halle Berry & Olivier Martinez’s son Maceo testified for four hours in his custody hearing. - (Celebitchy)
The CBR18 Book Bingo Reading Challenge is wrapping up on November 15, and jomidi is squeezing in one more Comment Diversion. “For this one I am going to explore bird books of four types - character named Bird, bird on the cover, plot involves birds (or birdwatching), and title with a bird in it.” Stop by their comment diversion to recommend your best bird books. (Cannonball Read 18)
