Relationship Assumption Emma Stone & Dave McCary: SAG official There are many ways to go “official” now. It used to be just “red carpet official”. “Instagram official” is now a thing. And there are different levels of “Instagram official” – you can go “official” on an Instagram story but when it shows up on your feed, well, then it’s By Lainey • Jan 28, 2019 10:25 am
Equality Issues Sandra Oh Surprises at SAGs They say the mark of a good actor is that they’re able to continually surprise you. It’s not surprising that Sandra Oh won the SAG award last night, as she has swept every award this year, and I’m sure there are people who want to retroactively go By Duana • Jan 28, 2019 09:46 am
SAG Awards 2019 Chris Pine Wears Clothes Chris Pine is not my Best Chris—that would be Hemsworth—but maybe he’s yours. He is enough people’s Best Chris that I accept him as A Best Chris. Maybe not THE Best Chris, but definitely A Best Chris. He made a case for being THE Best Chris By Sarah • Jan 28, 2019 09:29 am
SAG Awards 2019 Mahershala Ali, a reluctant frontrunner Mahershala Ali made history at the SAG Awards last night. He became the only actor to win the Best Supporting Award twice in the show’s 25-year history. At this point, you can already put Mahershala’s name down on your Oscar ballot for your office pool. He’s the By Kathleen • Jan 28, 2019 09:16 am
Movie Reviews and Previews The end of a Crazy Rich season Crazy Rich Asians was not nominated for Oscar last week so the SAGs was the last awards season stop for the cast, at least until the sequel comes out. Which won’t be for a while since director Jon M Chu is working with Lin-Manual Miranda on the film adaptation By Lainey • Jan 28, 2019 08:48 am
#RentLive, brought to you by Vanessa Hudgens Here’s what Kathleen and I decided, after we wiped our tears, yelled at each other, and squeezed hands with all of our new virtual bffs on the LiveBlog: there was the show we were supposed to see…and the show we actually saw. And she wrote about the former, By Duana • Jan 28, 2019 08:25 am
TV Updates #RentLive: What we were supposed to see Expectations were high. At least, *my* expectations for Rent: Live on Fox were almost as high as my inevitably maniacal range of emotions. Hysterics were expected. This is a groundbreaking musical about young people taken too soon by a senseless disease. It’s about the magic that can happen when By Kathleen • Jan 28, 2019 08:14 am
SAG Awards 2019 Alison Brie is living in the 80s Alison Brie was, once again, a double-nominee for her role on GLOW. GLOW is set in the 1980s. Ever since she started getting nominated for GLOW, she has really embraced the Eighties glam of GLOW, and regularly wears dresses that are sort of tacky in that over-the-top 80s way (see By Sarah • Jan 28, 2019 07:44 am
SAG Awards 2019 Megan Mullally did her best It’s not like she was given a lot to work with. As host of the 25th SAG Awards—the silver anniversary, as SAG-AFTRA president Gabrielle Carteris pointed out—Mullally should have been working with top-tier material, to make SAG’s biggest night shine extra bright on their milestone. And By Sarah • Jan 28, 2019 07:29 am
Chinese Squawking Chicken Intro for January 28, 2019 Dear Gossips, Busy night last night with the SAG Awards and Rent: Live and Sundance happening at the same time. So we’re starting with some SAG content with me and Sarah, then switching over to Rent for a couple of posts from Duana and Kathleen, then going back to By Lainey • Jan 28, 2019 07:09 am
Rent Live Blog January 27, 2019 Dear Gossips, And musical theatre nerds! Tonight is Rent: Live! Duana and Kathleen texted me before Christmas with a request: We want to live blog the broadcast. They each claim to love Rent more than the other and have been looking foward to this night for a long long time. By Lainey • Jan 27, 2019 06:43 pm
Lifestyle Duana Names: Beyond Steve & Dave Hi Duana, I have been reading your column for years, as a lover of the stories of names, where they come from and how they fit into a family. It is now my turn and one of my first thoughts of course was names, and your advice. We are expecting By Duana • Jan 25, 2019 05:03 pm
What Else What Else? PROGRAMMING REMINDER: Duana and Kathleen are liveblogging Rent: Live on Sunday night right here on the main page at 745pm ET. Join them for the chat while you nerd out over the broadcast! On this week’s episode of What’s Your Drama, Sasha and I talk about threesomes and By Lainey • Jan 25, 2019 04:55 pm
UNHhhh: The Best Show on the Internet The two best queens are back with a brand-new season of UNHhhhh, the hit show where Trixie Mattel and Katya Zamolodchikova talk about whatever they want, because it’s their show and not yours. If you haven’t heard of UNHhhh, your life up until this point has been objectively By Prem • Jan 25, 2019 04:43 pm
Lifestyle Sasha Finds: Volition Silt Gelee Mask We’ve been experiencing a harsh cold snap out east and my mug is getting the sh-t kicked out of it. So I’ve been really trying to up the hydration factor and boy oh boy have I ever found the mask of all masks! Please turn your attention to By Sasha • Jan 25, 2019 04:06 pm
TV Updates Broad City Season 5 Kicks Off with Excellence I am so obsessed with Comedy Central’s Broad City that I have alerts on my phone for when new episodes air. If you haven’t seen the show, I’d highly recommend it. Broad City is about two women, Ilana (Ilana Glazer) and Abbi (Abbi Jacobsen), living in New By Prem • Jan 25, 2019 03:46 pm
