President Biden has signed a new amendment in the Federal Aviation Administration reauthorization bill that will make it borderline impossible to track private jet activity. This puts the kibosh on social media attempts to hold famous folk accountable for their jet-related CO2 emissions, although @thrillist reports that a new study provides some insight into the worst celebrity polluters. Here's more.
The internet has decided — again — that Chris Pratt is the worst Chris, after reports that he and his wife, Katherine Schwarzenegger, demolished a 74-year-old house by modernist architect Craig Ellwood in order to build a 15,000-square-foot residence. "They also tore up all of modernist legend Garrett Eckbo's original landscaping, effectively turning the nearly one-acre lot into one flat slab," reports Dwell. Here's the full story, including images of the house. To sprinkle some positivity on your day, we want to know, who is Hollywood's best Chris? Tell us in the comments if you're rejecting these options in favor of Rock, Guest, Walken, or some other Chris.
Hugh Grant has settled his illegal snooping lawsuit against Rupert Murdoch's Sun newspaper. The actor explained on X that he did this in order to avoid possibly heavy court costs, but made clear that he would not stop his quest to see justice done for victims of unlawful information gathering such as phone hacking. "As is common with entirely innocent people, they are offering me an enormous sum of money to keep this matter out of court. I don’t want to accept this money or settle. I would love to see all the allegations that they deny tested in court,” he wrote, adding “Murdoch’s settlement money has a stink and I refuse to let this be hush money,” and said he would use the proceeds of his settlement to “expose the worst excesses of our oligarch-owned press." Here's more from the Hollywood Reporter.
Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross are best friends, bandmates in Nine Inch Nails, and Oscar-winning soundtrack composers. GQ talked to them about their friendship, professional collaboration, how they feel about success, and the album Reznor loved in the summer of 1983.
Abbye ‘Pudgy’ Stockton (physical culture promoter, bodybuilder, strong-woman and athlete) 1917-2006. Posing with a barbell that possible weighted more than herself, 1940s
The latest obsession for celebrity fans is the romance between actor Callum Turner and singer Dua Lipa. It's just the latest example of a so-called parasocial relationship, where fans feel like they genuinely know celebrities, leading to feelings of ownership, protectiveness, and sometimes disappointment if a romance ends or a star does or says something "wrong." Here's a story from Stylecaster examining the phenomenon. But we want to know, do you think this is really a fresh phenomenon, or is it just regular old fandom and celeb culture with a swanky new name.
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The Kate Middleton photo scandal has been front-page news for hundreds of years (or that's the way it seems). @verge's Mia Soto explores what this PR misfire means for the U.K. royals, and how it reflects society's AI-influenced new reality, "a maelstrom formed when distrust and established processes converge and create chaos." How interested are you in this latest royal mess?