Tim Allen Seems To Be Doing Just Fine in Hollywood

By Mike Redmond | Pajiba Love | January 19, 2025 |

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Back in 2017, Jimmy Kimmel asked Tim Allen if he attended Trump’s first inauguration. This was his response: “You’ve got to be careful around here. You’re going to get beat up if you don’t believe what everybody believes. This is like ’30s Germany.” Surely, Tim Allen’s career was toast after that. Not so much! Since then, he went on to star in The Santa Clauses on Disney+, voiced Buzz Lightyear again for Toy Story 5, and now, ABC is spiking the football on the number of streams for his new sitcom, Shifting Gears. It’s a miracle he’s able to get up in the morning with all that adversity. (Deadline)

The internet responds to Justin Baldoni’s lawsuit against Blake Lively and Ryan Reynolds exactly as he hoped it would. (Lainey Gossip)

Meghan Markle pitched a “divorce memoir” a few years back. Oh? (Celebitchy)

Republicans are already cracking down on abortion, which is a big surprise to “pro-choice” Trump voters. The face-eating leopards are eating well. (Wonkette)

From Seth: Really good piece. Sure, I’m a big Glen Weldon fan and mostly align with this perspective on Neil Gaiman, but even if I didn’t, it’s very thoughtfully broken down. (NPR)

Ping me if something happens to Balatro. I’ll become the biggest online commie in the world. You won’t believe how insufferable I’ll get. (Gizmodo)

Speaking of TikTok, Elon Musk wants to bring back Vine. (Daily Beast)

And Instagram Reels can now be three minutes long. But can Trump resist not screwing over his tech lord sycophants to look like the “hero” who saved TikTok? We all know the answer to that. (The Verge)

From Nate: The whole Twin Peaks series is now available on Pluto. (Pluto)

Skeleton Crew cut a flashback to Jod’s Jedi master, so actor Yasmine Al Massri decided to share a glimpse. (Instagram)

Were you laughing during The Brutalist? Guy Pearce gets it. (IndieWire)

Remember when Zack Snyder said Rebel Moon had a bigger audience than Barbie, and everyone rightly laughed at him because views on Netflix mean nothing? Adam McKay clearly missed that moment. (Variety)

From Jen: More Lynchian goodness to keep us busy on Monday instead of watching you know what. (YouTube)

New Cannonballer Emrys found Katherine McGee’s American Royals, interesting though also head-scratching. “Imagining a world where America set up a similar system to the UK with duchys and dukes and all that is interesting. At the same time, McGee tries to paint this as a more progressive world than if we had presidents.” Which books have you enjoyed even with some questionable worldbuilding? (Cannonball Read 17)

And, finally, a familiar face who still calls ‘em like she sees ‘em: