By Mike Redmond | Pajiba Love | December 9, 2025
While Hollywood has rallied around Paul Dano and Matthew Lillard after they were randomly blasted by Quentin Tarantino last week, Zach Woods has chose a different path: Lighting up Tarantino. Normally, I’d embed a video like this, but we’re trying to go easy on the potty talk, and well, this has some. Just a tad. (Instagram)
Blake Lively makes her first public appearance in a while as her trial date for the Justin Baldoni case gets pushed even further back. (Lainey Gossip)
Gen Z are embracing retro technology, and nobody trust them. This is a trick to call us old. Everything is a trick! (Celebitchy)
Jasmine, Jasmine Crockett, Queen of the Wild Senate Frontier. (Wonkette)
Kayleigh was on CBC Radio to talk about Club Chalamet and the perils of fandom gone feral. (CBC)
Who keeps paying Kim Kardashian to act? (Daily Beast)
McDonald’s got bullied so hard it deleted its AI Christmas ad. (Kotaku)
From Jen: Bad news for Instacart fans. (Consumer Reports)
Melissa McCarthy gave SNL the ratings boost it needed. (LateNighter)
I’m not loving how these stories make me like David Zaslav, but ghosting David Ellison is objectively hilarious. (Variety)
If you are looking for some short romances to celebrate the winter holiday season, Mrs. Julien liked 4 of the 5 shorts in the Under the Mistletoe series; but the 5th one, Tessa Bailey’s Merry Ever After, made her want to throw things. “The last thing I want to read about is a woman with a daddy proclivity falling for and under the largest traditional man she can find.” Has a recent read made you angry? (Cannonball Read 17)
Jimmy Fallon: And does it taste good? I bet it's great.
CEO of Company That Made Lemonade That Kills You: I don't know Jimmy, it kills you when you drink it, so I haven't, you know, I haven't had it. Yet!
Jimmy Fallon: That's amazing, that's amazing. We have some if - if the audience wants to try?
— Rob Wesley (@eastwes.bsky.social) December 9, 2025 at 12:05 PM
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