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Gillian Anderson Read Ryan Coogler's 'X-Files' Script: Scully Approves

Lainey Bobainey — Wed, 25 Mar 2026 21:00:00 -0500

With the well-earned praise for Sinners at his back, Ryan Coogler's next project is tackling a reboot of the X-Files. Danielle Deadwyler has already been cast, but the big question is whether David Duchovny and/or Gillian Anderson would be involved....

Kingpin Answers to Shaggy Now in the ‘Daredevil: Born Again’ Season 2 Premiere

Tori Preston — Wed, 25 Mar 2026 16:00:00 -0500

When last we saw Matt Murdock, he was gathering a resistance group to fight back against Mayor Fisk's tyrannical overreach - and he even revealed his secret identity to them. So, uh... how's all that going? Daredevil: Born Again had...

Methinks Vincent D'Onofrio Doth Protest About Spider-Man Too Much

Mike Redmond — Wed, 25 Mar 2026 15:00:00 -0500

Ever since Andrew Garfield famously lied to everyone's faces about appearing in Spider-Man: No Way Home, no one believes anything a Marvel actor says about whether or not they'll appear in an upcoming project. Heck, just this week, Jimmy Kimmel...

Everything is Gambling: Prediction Markets are a Whole New Level of Evil

Kayleigh Donaldson — Wed, 25 Mar 2026 14:00:00 -0500

Gambling is everywhere. Following the U.S. Supreme Court's lift on state-wide bans, the gaming market exploded at a frightening rate and is now utterly inescapable. A marketing blitz powered by a multi-billion-dollar industry made gambling not only omnipresent but more...

The Case of the Disappearing Actress: Alison Pill

Dustin Rowles — Wed, 25 Mar 2026 13:00:00 -0500

Here at Pajiba, we have a recurring feature we call "The Case of the Disappearing Actress," where we mourn the apparently vanished career of some talented woman who was Everywhere for a moment and then seemingly ceased to exist. We've...

In 'Bait,' Riz Ahmed Reckons with His Own Fame

Dustin Rowles — Wed, 25 Mar 2026 12:00:00 -0500

In Bait, Riz Ahmed plays Shah Latif, a struggling actor more obsessed with gaining fame than with doing the work necessary to earn it. In the series' opening scene, Shah blows an audition to play Bond, but sneaks out the...

Vince Vaughn Lays Out Tired Reason Why He Thinks Late Night Is Dying

Andrew Sanford — Wed, 25 Mar 2026 11:30:44 -0500

I'm very much aware that late-night talk shows are going the way of the dodo and won't pretend they were some iron-clad idea that was never going to fail. But I also refuse to strip them of one very important...

Stephen Colbert To Write ‘Lord of the Rings’ Film That Actually Sounds Fun

Andrew Sanford — Wed, 25 Mar 2026 10:45:27 -0500

I'm going to eat a little crow here. I've been pretty open about not wanting to see any new Lord of the Rings movies. We have the trilogy and the Hobbit films (which I've come around to), so no more...

Well, Nicki Minaj's MAGA Turn Makes a Lot More Sense Now

Kayleigh Donaldson — Wed, 25 Mar 2026 10:30:19 -0500

Some things in life are extremely good recession indicators: empty retail spaces; increases in egg prices; everyone pretending 2016 was a great year we should be nostalgic for. Another very helpful one is seeing increasingly irrelevant celebrities suddenly pretend that...

'Jury Duty', 'SNL UK', 'Survivor', And More On Podjiba!

Dan Hamamura — Wed, 25 Mar 2026 09:55:09 -0500

It's accidental comedy week on Podjiba! Besides the premieres of SNL UK (which eventually gets to Peacock), Jury Duty Presents: Company Retreat, and LOL: Last One Laughing UK (those last two both on Prime), we also started the show off...