By Mike Redmond | Pajiba Love | August 22, 2021 |
By Mike Redmond | Pajiba Love | August 22, 2021 |
After retreating to their corners and remaining quiet for the past few weeks, Scarlett Johansson and Disney have engaged in another round of scathing public statements as Disney attempts to move her Black Widow lawsuit behind closed doors. (THR)
Ben Affleck and Jennifer Lopez drop their daughters off at school together as Jennifer Garner spends time with John Miller in New York. (Lainey Gossip)
Kanye West and Drake are sending Joker memes at each other for… some reason? Your guess is as good as mine here. (Dlisted)
Dev Patel on being stuck in a “cultural no-man’s land.” (Celebitchy)
Xena/Hercules flashback. We had a lot of fun and got away with murder for 6 years. pic.twitter.com/CvZPi06gAy
— Bruce Campbell (@GroovyBruce) August 22, 2021
In “of course” news, Roxana, who also provided the above tweet, wrote about Marty’s classic Mean Streets, problematic protagonists, and the empathy of cinema. (Crooked Marquee)
From Kayleigh: My queen! (Instagram)
From Jen: I don’t always respect Sandler’s movie-making choices, but I respect the hell out of his status as the King of the Pickup Game. (MEL Magazine)
From Petr: Carving on a bridge in Prague showing that even us grumpy Czech bastards have some priorities straight. (Also the thread that follows is hilarious.)
Oh, nothing. Just thinking about this carving of a dog, glowing gold from unknown thousands of pats from loving hands, over four and half centuries. pic.twitter.com/HBKNohiMG7
— Sam (@korvys) August 20, 2021
From Claude: In case you thought Brooklyn 99 was the most awkwardly present sitcom out right now. Ooooof. (Vice)
From Alberto: The Onion just doing actual news: Personally Attacking Many of You Edition. (The Onion)
From TK: These two are so goddamn wholesomely adorable. (Instagram)
KTB’s real-life experience of watching a friend become known in feminist and political circles informed her read of Meg Wolitzer’s The Female Persuasion. "I thought about her a lot while reading The Female Persuasion, which…demonstrates what revolutionary things can happen if the right person sees us at the right time." Have you watched a friend or relation become "known"? (Cannonball Read 13)
From Hannah:
When the archaeologists opened the ancient vase, little did they know what primeval dark power they had unleashed. pic.twitter.com/7AMc8GYx8A
— Thinkwert (@Thinkwert) August 19, 2021