Fine. We’ll talk about it. BUT I DON’T WANT TO.

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Fine. We’ll talk about it. But I don’t want to.

This past weekend ahead of the inauguration was a whole ride:

Roseanne Barr rapped on a song called “Daddy’s Home” with a right-wing “rapper” Tom McDonald and it’s … it is exactly what you think it is.

The prophets foretold that when Roseanne Barr appeared to a rap video, the apocalypse was near.

— Rick Wilson (@therickwilson.bsky.social) 2025-01-17T21:51:59.866Z

Over at TikTok, it was scheduled to be shut down on the 19th, but went down Saturday evening, hours earlier, with this message:

Then, some 12 hours later, TikTok was “saved” by Former President Social Media Pest and returned with this bullshit message:

DO NOT CONGRATULATE.

And in addition to TikTok (and Zuckerberg, Musk, and Bezos), we also have to add Bill Gates to the list of tech bros who are sucking up to President Anti-Science. (Although a bit of funny news on that front: Vivek Ramaswamy has been fired from DOGE because bitches can’t share.)

Speaking of assholes who have decided to suck up to power (and money), Snoop Dogg has disappointed an entire nation after performing at the pre-inauguration Crypto Ball, along with Soulja Boy and Rick Ross.

What happened, Snoop? WHAT HAPPENED?

No one is going to refer to Sylvester Stallone, Jon Voight, and Mel Gibson as “Mr. Ambassador.”

And then there was the inauguration yesterday.

Here are a bunch of pictures from the event if you want to look at the most reprehensible people in the country along with Presidents Biden, Obama, and Clinton and Vice President Kamala Harris.

Carrie Underwood had technical difficulties while performing “America The Beautiful,” LOL, and Ariana Grande had thoughts.

President Fearmonger’s speech was full of the usual bullshit: he was “saved by God,” he’s ushering in a new age and this is a “liberation day,” he’s going to rename the Gulf of Mexico, the “Gulf of America.”

But then he began signing a bunch of Executive Orders. Just some of the things he did yesterday are: pulled out of the World Health Organization; withdrew from the Paris climate agreement; opened Alaska to drilling; removed protections for transpeople and said there are only “two genders”; terminated DEI programs in the federal government; rescinded Biden administration orders including repealing the lowering of drug costs and ending EV subsidies; halted the TikTok ban; declared a border emergency and closed it and ended asylum; renamed the Gulf of Mexico; froze federal hiring; “ended birthright citizenship”*; and pardoned around 1,500 January 6th criminals, releasing them onto the streets to become his own personal militia and to send the message that if you commit violence in his name, you will be protected and rewarded.

*As to birthright citizenship: It’s a constitutionally protected right, enshrined in the 14th Amendment. Not even a king-president can just wipe it away with the stroke of a pen. This will certainly be litigated (as will many of the others, as long as folks are doing their jobs), and I don’t see even a conservative Supreme Court allowing him to get away with this bullshit.

Oh, and then Elon Musk did a Nazi salute — TWICE — at an event yesterday.

Elon Musk gave two back to back Nazi salutes at the Trump inauguration parade

— PatriotTakes 🇺🇸 (@patriottakes.bsky.social) 2025-01-20T20:07:32.023Z

I hate it here.

Here’s A BUNCH OF TV News

Remember when Zack Snyder claimed more people watched Rebel Moon than saw Barbie? Yeah, Adam McKay is trying to use that same Netflix math about Don’t Look Up.

Severance is making Apple TV+ some real money (again, based on streaming math). 

The Oscar nominees are coming out on Thursday.

Bridgerton will host a livestream event on Valentine’s Day to promote the upcoming fourth season.

Chris Columbus gives the thumbs up to the Harry Potter series on HBO.

Take care, British actress Pauline Quirke.

Congratulations, Christina Mandrell and Brayden Bowers!

#MeToo

Justin Baldoni filed a $400 million lawsuit against Blake Lively and Ryan Reynolds for extortion, defamation and claims related to breach of contract, among others. He also sent Disney a letter demanding that they “preserve evidence” related to Deadpool & Wolverine and “Nicepool.”

Lively’s team responded with a statement:

“This is an age-old story: A woman speaks up with concrete evidence of sexual harassment and retaliation and the abuser attempts to turn the tables on the victim. This is what experts call DARVO. Deny. Attack. Reverse Victim Offender. Their response to sexual harassment allegations: she wanted it, it’s her fault. Their justification for why this happened to her: look what she was wearing. In short, while the victim focuses on the abuse, the abuser focuses on the victim. The strategy of attacking the woman is desperate, it does not refute the evidence in Ms. Lively’s complaint, and it will fail.”

I will add anecdotally that there has been a flood of “blind items” in the gossip columns recently that appear to be placed by Baldoni’s team, suggesting that there was something romantic between Lively and Baldoni and that everything that has happened is the result of her regret or some bullshit. I don’t know for sure that his people are spreading these rumors, but it certainly would be keeping in line with everything else she’s accused him of.

Conor McGregor and the Miami Heat are being sued by a woman who claims McGregor sexually assaulted her at a game.

Hey, Skip Bayless? Maybe focus on your sexual harassment lawsuit and leave the ladies alone.

Japan’s Fuji TV is facing criticism for not being transparent about sexual misconduct allegations against their celebrity TV host and actor Masahiro Nakai.

Kat Dennings recalls being called “fat” and “ugly” by casting directors when she was 12 because Hollywood is hell.

In the wake of the Neil Gaiman allegations, a fan wrestles with separating the art from the artist, and what our ethical obligations are once we know something terrible about a favorite creator.

Renewals

Casting News

Mark Your Calendars

  • Suits: LA will premiere on February 23 on NBC.
  • School Spirits returns on Paramount+ on January 30.
  • Miss Austen premieres on PBS on May 4.
  • The Z-Suite premieres on Tubi on March 6.
  • Thomas Jefferson will debut on The History Channel on February 17.
  • Family or Fiance returns on OWN on February 8.
  • Tribunal Justice returns on Prime Video on January 27.
  • The Eastern Gate premieres on Max on January 31.

R.I.P.

Francisco San Martin, Actor known for Days of Our Lives, The Bold and the Beautiful, and Jane the Virgin

Linda Barker Laundra, Producer on All My Children, Another World, and Guiding Light among others

Lynne Taylor–Corbett, Tony Award-winning choreographer who choreographed Footloose

Barbara Clegg, British actress

Barbara Maxwell, BBC producer

WATCH THIS

Gladiator II: ARE YOU NOT ENTERTAINED, TOO? Paramount+

The Joe Schmo Show: We’ve revived “The Joe Schmo Show,” I guess because Jury Duty was so well-received? Anyway, Cat Deely has attached herself to this for some reason. Series premiere. 8 p.m., TBS

What Drives You with John Cena: John Cena and celebrities talk about cars in your dad’s new favorite show. Series premiere. Roku

Late Night:

  • Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon: Sarah Silverman, Bobby Cannavale, Lola Young
  • Late Night with Seth Meyers: Adam Scott, Julia Fox, Greg Davies, Alex Horne
  • The Late Show with Stephen Colbert: Michelle Yeoh, Britt Lower
  • After Midnight: Mary Lynn Rajskub, Patton Oswalt, Brian Posehn
  • Jimmy Kimmel Live: Sterling K. Brown, Jayson Tatum, the Milk Carton Kids, Vera Sola
  • The Daily Show: Stephanie Hsu, host Ronny Chieng
  • Watch What Happens Live: Bozoma Saint John, Jenna Lyons

TUES. 7:00 7:30 8:00 8:30 9:00 9:30
ABC Will Trent
(new)		 High Potential
(new)		 The Rookie
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CBS FBI
(repeat)		 FBI: International
(repeat)		 FBI: Most Wanted
(repeat)
CW WWE NXT
(new)		 Local
FOX Kitchen Nightmares
(new)		 Doc
(new)		 News/Local
NBC St. Denis Medical
(new)		 Night Court
(new)		 Deal or No Deal Island
(new)		 The Irrational
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2 thoughts on “Fine. We’ll talk about it. BUT I DON’T WANT TO.”

  1. Just to complain into the void, but I loved School Spirits. It was a fun play on the genre. But I have very few memories of any plot points from the first season. Same thing when Euphoria finally comes back. Two to three years between seasons on all of these shows has got to stop.

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    1. Same here. I’ve watched the first season of School Spirits twice and couldn’t tell you anything about it.

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