George Clooney Knows You're Mad About the Whole Biden Thing

I don’t want to re-litigate the 2024 election because my kids just started Easter break, and it really doesn’t matter at this point, does it? So, I’m just going to report that George Clooney gets why people are mad at him for knifing Joe Biden, which he calls his “civic duty.” And, yup, there’s the aneurysm I wanted to avoid. Sonofa… (Variety)

Did Ben Affleck actually pose for his new Us Weekly cover feature? (Lainey Gossip)

Zo Kravitz is just “having fun” with Austin Butler right now. (Celebitchy)

The unbearable weirdness of Barron Trump, AI slop Christian music megastar. (Wonkette)

From Hannah: Dr Alan Grant: still a legend. (TikTok)

MrBeast didn’t even show up to his own $1,000 fan experience. (A.V. Club)

In case you weren’t convinced that Joe Rogan is a brain-stupid moron that no one should listen to about anything ever, he thinks being able to say the R-word again is “one of the great culture victories.” Dude, no one was stopping you before. You didn’t win anything here. You can say whatever the hell you want, and people can still say whatever the hell they want about the sh*t you just said. None of that has changed! (Daily Beast)

How do you get Superman right in 2025? (Polygon)

From Kayleigh: A brutal review of Will Smith’s new album. (Pitchfork)

Did you even notice 4chan’s gone? (Garbage Day)

It’s probably not great that George R.R. Martin is out here calling The Winds of Winter the “curse of my life.” That can’t be good. (The Wrap)

Pooja has been considering walking the Appalachian Trail, so she was interested in Andrea Lankford’s nonfiction book about missing hikers on the Pacific Crest Trail. “Lankford was in a former life a park ranger who worked in search and rescue and wilderness medicine, and her expertise definitely shows in the way she approaches the subject.” Do you dream of a great outdoor adventure? (Cannonball Read 17)

Oh. Oh hell yeah.