By Mike Redmond | Pajiba Love | October 1, 2023
Tom Hanks is one of America’s most beloved actors, so naturally, some scammers tried to use his likeness for sketchy dental plan ads. What they didn’t count on was Hanks seeing them and immediately warning his fans that he has “nothing to do with it” and it’s an “AI version” of the actor. Is this Judgment Day? Because it feels like Judgment Day. — The realistic Terminator one, not the Biblical one. Haha, like that’ll happen. (Variety)
Sarah goes long on the newly formed Streaming Innovation Alliance, and how nothing good can come of its “less regulation” plans. (Lainey Gossip)
Melania renegotiated her prenup. I’m sure that’s a good sign for Trump. (Celebitchy)
Speaking of, guess who’s trying to get his supporters to do violence again. (Wonkette)
Please enjoy this week’s edition of The Overshare, in which Emma writes about her experience watching Sitting in Bars with Cake. (Substack)
Robin Williams’s daughter has some sh*t to say about the constant AI attempts to recreate her father, which she’s understandably not down with at all. Big night for the latest tech meteor coming at us, huh? (THR)
Do not call Richard Gere a “sex symbol.” He hates that. (A.V. Club)
Texas and Yelp are suing each other over anti-abortion crisis pregnancy centers because Yelp wants to correctly label them as horseh*t. (Jezebel)
Oof, Fortnite, read the room. (Kotaku)
A judge terminated Michael Oher’s conservatorship, and more notably, asked how the hell it was even approved in the first place. (Uproxx)
Some turd(s) cut down a beloved tree in the U.K. (The Mary Sue)
Assuming all erudite people had read Vladimir Nabokov’s Lolita, ingres77 bought it while he was in high school and it sat, unread, on his bookshelf for 20 years, until he found Jamie Loftus’ Lolita Podcast. “I don’t know that I could’ve read this book without listening to Loftus’s podcast, and…I don’t think I would’ve been as well-equipped to keep my focus on what Nabokov is saying here amidst the lurid and languorous descriptions of pedophilic adoration.” Which books are important to be considered well-read? (Cannonball Read 15)
From Andrew: Drew Carey: Forever and Always the F*cking Man:
@WGAWest
— ʎǝɹɐƆ ʍǝɹᗡ (@DrewFromTV) September 30, 2023
I deeply appreciate all the love and thanks. It as with every dime.
But if you really want to thank someone for those meals, thank Bruce Helford and all the Drew Carey Show writers.
They helped make me rich enough to afford it,
No writers, no $. Simple as that