By Mike Redmond | Pajiba Love | June 2, 2021 |
By Mike Redmond | Pajiba Love | June 2, 2021 |
There was a mini, yet understandable, freakout on Twitter earlier this evening over reports that Donald Trump’s Facebook and Instagram accounts have been reinstated, which would effectively give him a sizable platform to start another coup. Fortunately, that is not the case. Here’s what caused the mix-up. (Aaron Rupar)
Are Chris Hemsworth’s arms getting bigger by the minute? Jesus Christ. (Lainey Gossip)
Matthew Perry is going through some things. (Dlisted)
Brad Pitt and Andra Day exchanged numbers at the Oscars. (Celebitchy)
Disney privately: Cut the gay scene! We might lose precious pennies from Russia & China!
— Alex Hirsch (@_AlexHirsch) June 2, 2021
Disney publicly: 🤡 Honk honk we put rainbow bumper sticker on Lightning McQueen today CONSUME OUR PRODUCTS TEENS https://t.co/1eco8YgaoP
Petr wrote about a show that’s not often highlighted for its humour, doing a deep dive into the 28 funniest moments from The Wire. (The Gist)
After pulling a speech out of her bra, Texas high school valedictorian Paxton Smith executed an absolutely badass switcheroo to deliver a barn-burner on abortion rights to her graduating class. (D Magazine)
“The NFL on Wednesday pledged to halt the use of ‘race-norming’ — which assumed Black players started out with lower cognitive function — in the $1 billion settlement of brain injury claims and review past scores for any potential race bias.” Uh, yeah, I think they’re going to find a whole lot of bias. Call it a hunch. (AP)
Jupiter’s Legacy has been put out of its boring misery. And if you haven’t read Kaleena’s review, give it a whirl before losing hours of your life you won’t get back. Trust me. (Variety)
happy pride to the first positive representation i grew up with pic.twitter.com/xy827QhW5t
— ✨ rc is (supposed to be) on hiatus ✨ (@booksfromabiguy) June 2, 2021
To the surprise of no one, the state of Texas is almost definitely covering up the true death toll from this year’s freak winter storm that Ted Cruz tried to run away from. (Buzzfeed)
After yesterday’s comments in last night’s Pajiba Love, it was pretty funny to see this latest report on the pending comeback of Gawker. Fortunately, people are asking the right questions like, “Why?” and my favorite, “Didn’t they try this twice already?” Ask Splinter how that worked out. (Vanity Fair)
Jonathan Majors will probably fight Michael B. Jordan in Creed III. Hell yeah. (Deadline)
Claire Badger stopped reading the X-Men books a long time ago, but Jonathon Hickman has drawn her back in. "He isn’t just reinventing the wheel for the sake of it…he’s approaching the concept of mutants in a way that is responsive to the times, attentive to the history of the books, and ultimately meaningful." Have you read the House of X/Powers of X series? (Cannonball Read 13)
Kayleigh coming through with another Pride Month banger:
Stepping into my first #pridemonth like…❤️🧡💛💚💙 I’m accepting invitations, gifts, & welcome packets! I’m nominating @kingofbingo @mrrpmurphy @lavernecox as my honorary Pride Fairy Godparents to show me the ropes! And @jessicabettsmusic to be my guide 🌈🥰🌈 pic.twitter.com/S23Vetb4KH
— Niecy Nash (@NiecyNash) June 2, 2021