By Mike Redmond | Pajiba Love | October 8, 2023 |
By Mike Redmond | Pajiba Love | October 8, 2023 |
After spending the past two weeks elevating the NFL from an obscure swamp league to the greatest spectacle on the freaking planet, Taylor Swift did not attend Travis Kelce’s game against the Minnesota Vikings tonight. Naturally, people are handling this news with all the chill you’d expect, and I guarantee more than a few of them have said it’s the absolute worst thing to happen all weekend. (Page Six)
Emma Stone also used the NYFF as a strike loophole. (Lainey Gossip)
Matthew McConaughey is defending his mom for hazing his now-wife. She was “looking out” for him, you see. Bruh… (Celebitchy)
“Anderson Cooper’s beaver apocalypse?” You have my attention. Click. (Wonkette)
From Chris: Newsom giveth, Newsom taketh away. (CBS News)
Hugh Jackman is writing a memoir with “big bombshells” about how he’s finally being “honest with himself.” Gee, I wonder what that’s all about. (Us Weekly)
If you’ve ever used 23andMe, you might want to sit down for this. (The Verge)
We’re supposed to believe Kim Zolciak is hooking up with Chet Haze, but this feels more like a backdoor promotion for The Surreal Life than anything else. (TMZ)
From Seth: Well, now I would like them to do an album together, please. (TikTok)
Guillermo del Toro’s Star Wars movie was about the rise and fall of Jabba the Hutt, and yeah, no. I’m good, thanks. (Gizmodo)
RIP former Food Network star and chef Michael Chiarello. (THR)
The graphic novel Class Act was banned in one school district because a parent was concerned that the discussion of the boys’ feelings about the microagressions they experienced would make white children feel bad. CoffeeShopReader appreciated the way Jerry Craft’s art provided context to the characters’ feelings. “A lot of the issues Drew faces are not directly addressed, so it’s up to the reader to notice not just what’s going wrong but also why.” Would you consider books a good way to introduce kids to difficult topics? (Cannonball Read 15)
From Tori:
— Charlie 👑🐀 (@CharlieDayQuote) October 7, 2023