"Let's Have Some R-Rated Fun": Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson has officially found a new "love interest" in the upcoming Baywatch movie: actress Ilfenesh Hadera, who plays the character Deb Kawi on the new Showtime drama Billions. (Oh, and you can follow Hadera on Instagram @ilfenator.) [Entertainment Weekly]
SNL Is Getting Rowdy: Ronda Rousey's first Saturday Night Live promos hit the internet Wednesday night, and we'll just say this: We can't wait to see who else she flips over this weekend. Beck "The Wreck" Bennett feels her wrath. [Men's Fitness]
A "Glorious Renaissance": Sylvester Stallone deserves that Best Supporting Actor Oscar nomination he received for Creed—and there's a good chance he could take home the golden statue, writes David Sims in The Atlantic. "Stallone’s remarkable performance in Creed in some ways feels like a response to the countless Rambo and Expendables sequels he suffered through to get to this point," Sims writes. [The Atlantic]
Breaking the Turf Ceiling: The Buffalo Bills made history Wednesday by hiring Kathryn Smith, a veteran administrative assistant on the Jets and the Bills, to be the NFL's first female full-time coach. Smith will be the team's special teams quality control coach. [ESPN]
The Supermarket, Re-Invaded: Consumers aren't buying so-called "diet foods" in huge quantities anymore, so brands like Weight Watchers and Jenny Craig are shifting gears to more generally labeled "health foods" that emphasize non-GMO, vegan, and gluten-free ingredients (even if those claims aren't proven to be nutritious). [NPR]
Song for the Dumped: Green Bay Packers wide receiver Jordy Nelson has a lot going for him: He's won a Super Bowl, made a Pro Bowl, and is happily married to his high school sweetheart, Emily. But long before they tied the knot for good, there were some rocky moments: She apparently dumped him in middle school. "She didn't want to be tied down to one guy in seventh grade during the summer," Nelson said. Understandable. [FOX Sports]
Anything But a Sure Shot: The Houston Rockets fouled the Detroit Pistons' Andre Drummond early and often in their matchup Wednesday night, but it didn't really work all that well for either squad: Drummond missed 24 of his 36 free throws, and the Rockets still lost. [CBS Sports]
Eat Your Brötli: Google is set to unveil a new compression algorithm for its Chrome browser, called "Brötli," that promises to help the pages load 17–25% faster for standard HTML pages, the company's Ilya Grigorik announced (where else?) on his Google Plus page. [Gizmodo]
