It Sure Seems Like Justin Bieber Sent a Message to Selena Gomez

Justin Bieber’s wife just had a baby in August, so it is not a great sign that he seemingly reacted to Selena Gomez’s engagement with a not-so-subtle Instagram post. I’m not the world’s best husband or father, but I would recommend never once doing this, especially when your kid isn’t even half a year old. It would have been smarter if you lit a stick of dynamite in the kitchen. Little boy, what is wrong with you? (Page Six)

Kerry Washington always delivers. (Lainey Gossip)

Does Brad Pitt ever listen to how these things sound out loud? Honestly. (Celebitchy)

The War on Christmas is apparently over. (Wonkette)

From Roxana: “A group of nine passengers were stranded on a remote island in Africa. They spent seven days trying to catch back up with the boat.” (Curbed)

If Disney won’t have trans characters, Squid Game sure as hell will. (Gizmodo)

Sophie Turner was right to run from this family. (The Mary Sue)

The Charlotte Hornets are sorry they pretended to give a PS5 to a kid only to… take it away? WTF? (Kotaku)

Courtney Cox is coming back for Scream 7. (Variety)

Jonathan Majors’ Magazine Dream will not sit on a shelf, apparently. (IndieWire)

Alec Baldwin is going to crack the Rust shooting wide open! (A.V. Club)

J picked up Jasmine Mas’ Blood of Hercules because of the pretty cover and didn’t like it, but it may have broken her reading slump anyway. “Alexis is a frustrating character…Multiple characters insist on believing that she is hiding something, but she’s very obviously without a clue.” Who were your least favorite fictional characters this year? (Cannonball Read 16)