Because we could use some celebratory news around here, Stranger Things star Noah Schnapp has officially come out as gay. Congrats, kid! (TVLine)

Emily Ratajkowski on money, power, and men being emasculated by confident, successful women. (Lainey Gossip)

Dolly Parton is already working on making 2023 better. (Dlisted)

Benedict Cumberbatch’s family might have to pay reparations in Barbados. (Celebitchy)

Damar Hamlin is reportedly alert and asking questions. Hell yeah. (NBC News)

Roy Wood Jr. absolutely wants The Daily Show job. (A.V. Club)

I know everything going on with HBO Max looks bad to casual observers, but I really can’t find the fault in anything that the new Warner Bros. Discovery CFO is saying. People have been warning for years that spending on streaming is out of control with no discernible profit model coming to save it. (THR)

Nicole Kidman boards the Taylor Sheridan train. (Variety)

Hugh Jackman seems oddly reluctant to call out Bryan Singer. (IndieWire)

Joe Rogan is still a gullible mark. (Mediaite)

Kim Kardashian officially succumbs to Taylor Swift. (Jezebel)

Elderberrywine had a great time reading P.D. James’ The Murder Room, the 12th in the Adam Dalgliesh series. "Even though the murderer is always one of the cast of characters, in these Dalgliesh procedurals, I never even attempt to guess until close to the end." Do you have a favorite long-running detective series? (Cannonball Read 15)