Russell Brand Found Jesus, Everybody

By Mike Redmond | Pajiba Love | April 29, 2024 |

By Mike Redmond | Pajiba Love | April 29, 2024 |

Following the widespread allegations of sexual abuse against Russell Brand, the natural response was to ask how long until he starts leaning into a right-wing heel turn? He was already heading in that direction with his nonsensical, spiritual woo-woo and “cancel culture” screeds, but now, Brand is leaning into the biggest spiritual grift of them all: Christianity. He claims to have been baptized and in the midst of being “change transitioned.” Whatever you say, pal. (Us Weekly)

Going to the theater is a god-awful experience. Marvel or IP isn’t killing cinema. The hell known as other people is. (Lainey Gossip)

Uh oh! Is RFK Jr. stealing votes from the core Republican demographic of conspiracy theorists with measles? (Wonkette)

From Tori: Alicia Witt’s still got it. (Twitter)

We’ve reached the “Even Fox News is criticizing…” portion of Kristi Noem’s dog-murdering political career implosion. (Mediaite)

A Kingdom Hearts movie is in the works. Oh? (Kotaku)

From Roxana: We could be heading into the hottest summer of our lives. (Vox)

The Daily Show is hitting the road for the RNC and DNC. (LateNighter)

Jeff freaking Bridges is coming back for Tron: Ares. (Deadline)

From Kayleigh: Dang, a whole bunch of people watched Fallout. (Variety)

The Russo Brothers blame the youths for “superhero fatigue.” (Gizmodo)

It took twenty years, but ingres77 finally read Stephen King’s Christine. He’s not a car guy. “But the rock music and ’50s nostalgia added nice flavor to the story, and King is always great when describing kids in a small town.” Which books have you had forever, but not yet read? (Cannonball Read 16)