• Defector "The money is in all the wrong places" fascinating piece in response to Euphoria's Sydney Sweeney and her lack of financial security despite being rich
• British GQ The Sandman and the return of the emo leading man
• Variety Keanu Reeves set to star in Devil in the White City (originally a film project for Leonardo DiCaprio) which will now be a Hulu series.
Brad Pitt's "shit list", Pac-Man, the red state/blue state prestige TV divide, Johnny Depp's (French) return and more after the jump...
• Vanity Fair amusing piece on the existence of Brad Pitt's "shit list" -- actors he won't work with
• /Film A live action Pac-Man movie is coming. This is such a heinous idea that we can only hope it goes the way of that Monopoly movie we were supposed to get many years ago
• New York Times On Yellowstone and the cultural divide between what liberals & conservatives watch on television
• Deadline First photo of Johnny Depp as King Louis XV in his first film role in 3 years. It's a French language picture from actress/director Maíwenn
• AV Club "Prey is a big hit for Hulu. "If only there was a way to make money off it."
• Slate with all the chaos at Warner Bros will the LGBTQ shows be the first to get the ax. Fans are worried
• Vox fascinating comparison with the real world versus depictions of abortion (as rare as they are) from Hollywood
• Coming Soon Green Lantern series is still in development at HBOMax. Someday books will surely be written about Warner Bros complete inability to get things right with its DC comic book characters beyond the flagship Batman franchise.
• MNPP Vintage Jonathan Schaech and Gregg Araki. Yum x 2
• /Film Every season of Mad Men ranked "from worst to best". They should have titled this from "least great to greatest" because there is no "worst" with Mad Men. Have been missing that show something fierce of late
Off Screen
• Out legendary fashion designer Issey Miyake has died of cancer at age 84
• New Yorker "contributions from book club members who didn't do the reading"
• Deadline Beyoncé has her first #1 single in 14 years with "Break My Soul"