Beetlejuice Beetlejuice has been a much-needed box office success for Warner Bros. Discovery, so naturally, the initial plan was to make it an exclusive streaming movie for Max. Tim Burton was not having it. (Variety)

Is the tide turning against The Bear? (Lainey Gossip)

Tom Cruise agreed to do the Olympics for free, which is not how you put money in Xenu's intergalactic coffers. Dammit, Tiny Space Jesus. (Celebitchy)

An open letter to RFK Jr. from the whale head on top of his minivan. (Wonkette)

Jon Stewart is still deflecting on when he's leaving The Daily Show. (LateNighter)

GentleRain was looking for a straightforward read after months of grad school reading and turned to Crispin: The Cross of Lead by Avi, which had been on his TBR since he was 12. "The story itself is fun and never slows down, so there's nowhere to get bored in it." Do you have books from your childhood on your TBR? (Cannonball Read 16)