By Mike Redmond | Pajiba Love | June 25, 2025
After igniting an album cover “controversy” that hopefully landed some marketing team a well-earned raise, Sabrina Carpenter has taken pity on the prudes and the pearl-clutchers by releasing an alternate cover that’s “approved by God.” To be honest, I barely understand half of what’s happening here, but I do know that my daughter made me race to Dunkin this afternoon for the new Sabrina Carpenter drink. That I get. My little girl was thirsty, and only $5 worth of pink sugary liquid would stave off dehydration. I don’t like to throw the word “hero” around lightly, but… (Instagram)
Diego Luna is crushing it guest hosting Jimmy Kimmel Live. (Lainey Gossip)
Aaron Rodgers swears his invisible wife exists. (Celebitchy)
First they came for Calvin & Hobbes, and we peed on them. (Wonkette)
From Jen: As part of Black Music Month, Living Colour did a Tiny Desk concert, and it is fantastic. (NPR)
Joe Rogan had the Liver King arrested, and I hate that I know what that means. (Variety)
I feel like Aaron Sorkin has been threatening us with a sequel to The Social Network for years. Why should I believe it this time? (IndieWire)
Allison Williams would’ve loved an intimacy coordinator on Girls. (The Wrap)
Oh wow, I completely forgot that Miley Cyrus used to date Patrick Schwarzenegger. That takes me back. (Page Six)
Actual, legitimate X-Files LEGOs?! TAKE ALL OF MY MONEY!! (Gizmodo)
Big Balls pulled out of the government. (Wired)
Halbs could not put down Frank Brady’s biography of Bobby Fischer, Endgame. “I don’t know that anything made sense to Bobby Fischer except chess. Maybe that’s why he fought so hard about his games and legacy.” Have you read any books about chess that you recommend? (Cannonball Read 17)
From Roxana:
This is a Hall of Fame reader comment on a very reactionary op-ed about Zohran Mamdani's victory that was published in my local paper today.
— Miles Howard (@milesperhoward.bsky.social) June 25, 2025 at 3:31 PM
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