Taylor Momsen Got Bit in Yet Another Extremely Metal Way

After getting bitten by a bat in 2024 while touring with AC/DC, Taylor Momsen was bitten by yet another creature of the night. This time around, it was a spider, and again, it happened while touring with, you guessed it, AC/DC. - (Variety)

I enjoy reading about how metal Taylor Momsen is. I read about it from the comfort of my recliner. And then I read about Drew Barrymore saying she’s too old to bother with wearing a bra. And if I weren’t also so old, I’d jump up and applaud her. - (Celebitchy)

Mega Influencers Are Replacing Themselves With AI Clones. … that made me tired to copy/paste. Maybe I should just clone myself and have the clone do it? - (VF)

In that same vein, McSweeney’s Cover Letter for a Job I Don’t Want. - (McSweeney’s)

And if you couldn’t yet tell what kind of mood I’m in, this might do it. This was one of my favorite articles I’ve read recently about “Bixonimania.” - (Nature)

Lana Del Ray dropped a surprise new 007 First Light theme song. - (PEOPLE)

Ol’ Petey Kegsbreath “prayed” —in a super Christlike manner— with a Pulp Fiction quote at a worship service. The Pentagon said, “OMG, it’s a REAL Bible quote! SHUT UP! Fake news!” Or something very close to that. - (EW)

CinemaCon got a look at the new trailer for Avengers: Doomsday - (THR)

Reed Hastings is leaving Netflix. - (Deadline)

The Ryan Gosling/Deidre Hall lovefest continues, and I find it so freakin adorable. - (Lainey Gossip)

Speaking of soaps, Jonathan Bennett (who is probably best known from Mean Girls as Aaron Samuels) is joining the cast of General Hospital. - (EW)

What’s the most American image ever photographed, and why is it when Elvis met Nixon? Kayleigh wrote about the infamous meeting for her newsletter, and that weird time when politics and celebrity weren’t so inextricably connected! - (Gossip Reading Club)

Katie71483 would like you to consider reading Jaysea Lynn’s debut romantasy For Whom the Belle Tolls. “Proving the old adage that you shouldn’t judge a book by its cover, it is also a meditation on grief, loss, love, friendship, family, allyship, and what it means to really live.” Which book do you wish more people would read? (Cannonball Read 18)

We are so lucky that we get to exist on the same planet as dogs!

This is Rex. He found a missing child in 12 minutes on his first tracking mission. "He’s kind of a triple threat," his handler said. He's trained as a therapy dog, explosive detection canine, and missing person tracker. When the girl was safe, Rex shifted to comfort mode. 14/10 (IG: arapahoeso)

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— WeRateDogs (@weratedogs.com) April 13, 2026 at 6:17 PM