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Peacemaker‘s penultimate episode gave us a lot more insight into Chris Smith’s (John Cena) “perfect” alternate universe. And just when we all thought we understood that it was the Nazi America, Auggie Smith (Robert Patrick) says something that throws a wrench into our assumptions.

**Spoilers for Peacemaker season 2 lie ahead**

For a man who is not afraid to call people out, Bill Burr sure caved quickly for a paycheck. Burr is one of the comedians who performed at the Riyadh Comedy Festival and now he’s defending the choice. Just say you wanted the money, man.

On his Monday Morning Podcast, Burr said that going to the festival was “one of the top three experiences I’ve had” and “mind blowing.” As comedian David Cross, who was not asked to perform nor did he want to perform there, put it, the festival can be described as follows: “Depraved, awful people put a ‘fun face’ on their crimes against humanity.”

Good news is coming your way because Reading Rainbow is coming back with a big surprise. On social media, Mychal Threets, the viral librarian was named the new host and the Internet at large celebrated vigorously. It’s a moment engineered to make you feel warm and fuzzy as someone truly devoted to raising awareness about literacy gets elevated to a symbolic position that will have real impact among young readers. Can you believe it’s really been almost 20 years since Reading Rainbow was on the air?

“There have been two hosts in the history of Reading Rainbow. The Legend of Literacy, LeVar Burton! And… me, Mychal Threets, a librarian,” the star shared. “I was raised on Reading Rainbow, LeVar Burton is my hero. I am a reader, I am a librarian because LeVar Burton and Reading Rainbow so powerfully made us believe we belong in books, we belong everywhere. I am so happy for all of us that Reading Rainbow is returning! YOU all did this! We’re flying twice as high, butterflies in the sky! Stay tuned…”

I grew up a fan of Kevin Costner’s films. My dad loved them and it, in turn, made me a fan of his work. And while he’s a talented director and actor, there is one genre of film he does better than anyone else: The baseball movie.

Starting with Bull Durham in 1988, Costner did two baseball movies back to back. One, he was a catcher for a minor league team who had a pitcher that needed trained. The other, an exploration of grief through a man’s determination to build a magical baseball field to see his dad play. To be clear, it is the ghost of his father but still. That is Field of Dreams and was released in 1989.