What Else The Final Late Show with Stephen Colbert is tonight The final episode of The Late Show with Stephen Colbert and anyone else airs tonight – and is about to start taping as I write this. Sarah will have full coverage tomorrow, this is a reminder that it’s happening and why so many people in the business will be watching. By Lainey • May 21, 2026 04:03 pm
Kylie Minogue Kylie’s Story: The Five Takeaways Kylie Minogue is not your average popstar. From her beginnings as an Aussie soap opera actress on Neighbours to becoming one of the world’s most beloved divas, Kylie’s 40-year career has been chronicled in the new Netflix docuseries Kylie. Though she initially captured worldwide attention in the 80s By MC • May 21, 2026 03:51 pm
TV Updates Intro for May 19, 2026 Dear Gossips, Welcome back to those of us in Canada after the long weekend. I was probably as offline as I’ll ever be these last few days, restricting screen time for long stretches so now that I’m just getting back into it, making a feeble attempt to get By Lainey • May 19, 2026 10:34 am
Zoe Kazan Will Zoe Kazan acknowledge her family’s legacy? Back in 2022, it was announced that Zoe Kazan would make a new series adaptation of John Steinbeck’s East of Eden, a text most famously adapted by Zoe’s grandfather, Elia Kazan. At the time, I said it would take “a couple of years” to see the project, but By Sarah • May 14, 2026 12:20 pm
Chase Infiniti Florals by Angela and Chase The Disney Upfront was yesterday in New York. Upfront season is meant to build anticipation for the next year in television, when the networks and now streamers present to buyers and advertisers their upcoming slate. But Upfront season has also become a stop on the Emmys campaign circuit, since nomination By Lainey • May 13, 2026 01:48 pm
Jennifer Garner Five Star Weekend trailer I enjoy Jen Garner as a celebrity, I think she’s figured out her public persona and her niche—dorky mom who happens to be famous—and I find her genuinely wholesome and fun, and I am always thinking less of Ben Affleck for fumbling her. Oh, Ben Affleck made By Sarah • May 12, 2026 12:30 pm
Stephen Colbert Strike Force for Stephen The final episode of The Late Show with Stephen Colbert will air next Thursday 21 May, not because Stephen wants to get out of late night, but because CBS wants to get deeper into Donald Trump’s a--. Everybody knows what a f-cking scam this situation is, and in the By Lainey • May 12, 2026 11:43 am
TV Updates Intro for May 12, 2026 Dear Gossips, Last year around-ish this time, Prime was preparing for the release of the final season of The Summer I Turned Pretty (they just started filming the movie a few weeks ago, the release date has not been announced). For a lot of women, at least in the west, By Lainey • May 12, 2026 09:40 am
TV Updates Ben Stiller and Jessica Chastain’s divorce drama Ben Stiller is in New York filming a new Apple TV+ series, The Off Weeks, with Jessica Chastain and Arian Moayed, which is how I learned that he is not expected to direct episodes of Severance for season three. Instead, Kogonada will take over directing duties. Low key incredible? Ben By Sarah • May 08, 2026 12:58 pm
Lucy Liu Superfake Lucy Liu I always love checking in with Lucy Liu, it warms my Millennial heart to see an Angel thriving. Lucy is in New York, filming a new series called Superfakes. It’s billed as a mystery-thriller and it’s about a working-class mom who sells counterfeits for cash and who gets By Sarah • May 08, 2026 11:28 am
Constance Zimmer Constance is great It took me a while to finish Love Story: John F Kennedy Jr and Carolyn Bessette – totally get why the first few episodes were so compelling, Sarah Pidgeon is so good as Carolyn, the charm, the enigma, the style. But a lot of it was roughhhh. Like, why aren’t By Lainey • Apr 29, 2026 02:00 pm
TV Updates Is Spider-Noir the next The Penguin? When writing about Clayface, I mentioned The Penguin, and how if every superhero show was as good as The Penguin, people wouldn’t be tired of superhero cinematic universes. Well, here’s a superhero TV show that might be at The Penguin’s level: Spider-Noir has a new trailer, and By Sarah • Apr 27, 2026 03:00 pm
Carey Mulligan Carey Mulligan wore all the orange Beef’s second season debuts today on Netflix. It is my weekend watch, for sure. There was a screening last night in New York, and everyone wore grey except Carey Mulligan, who showed up in traffic cone orange velvet. I don’t think I like it but it’s SO By Sarah • Apr 16, 2026 01:34 pm
TV Updates Beef 2: A Character Family Portrait The Beef season two premiere was yesterday and this shot of the cast and crew is sending me… Seoyeong Jang is wearing red too but since she’s positioned behind Oscar Isaac, you can’t really see, so it’s really Oscar and Carey Mulligan who are popping in the By Lainey • Apr 09, 2026 01:35 pm
Jean Smart Jean and Hannah: A Fifth and Final Premiere You can mock me for this admission, because I deserve it: I came to Hacks late, like didn’t start watching until mid-way through when season three was airing. And even then it took me a while to start season two after I finished season one. See? A dumbass, please By Lainey • Apr 09, 2026 11:48 am
What Else The Plums in NYC The Testaments premieres tomorrow on Hulu and Disney+ in Canada, starring Chase Infiniti as Agnes but if you’ve read Margaret Atwood’s book, you know who she really is. This is the sequel series to The Handmaid’s Tale, so we’re back in Gilead, several years after the By Lainey • Apr 07, 2026 04:25 pm
