THE DOG DAYS OF AUGUST are generally slow for "news" as well as actual news, BUT:

ODDLY, Louis CK, Aziz Ansari, and Matt Lauer were all back in the news in the post-MeToo environment. Their cases are by no means identical; it was just a weird coincidence, I think.

DID NEIL YOUNG and DARYL HANNAH get hitched?

STORMY DANIELS & MICHAEL AVENATTI got P\photographed by Annie Leibovitz for Vogue, because 2018, maaaan.

MATT SMITH is joining the cast of Star Wars: Episode IX. Meanwhile, Red Letter Media finally dropped its NSFW review of The Last Jedi.

EDDIE MURPHY is expecting a 10th child with partner and Australian actress Paige Butcher.

"IT'S ENRICO PALLAZZO!" The inside story of The Naked Gun baseball game.

ROTTEN TOMATOES is adjusting its critics criteria for its Tomatometer rating system, allowing for a wider and more diverse pool of critics.

THE SWARM hit a hot dog stand in Times Square. And Reuters streamed the NYPD beekeper who came to vacuum them up.

I should be back Thursday with the usual platter.