TV Updates Rose Byrne gets Physical Rose Byrne is a deeply underappreciated actor, and few things make me happier than seeing a deeply underappreciated actor get a great leading role, Physical is right up my alley. It’s a new series coming to Apple TV+ this June starring Byrne as a 1980s housewife who discovers aerobics By Sarah • Apr 28, 2021 10:26 am
Equality Issues Intro for April 28, 2021 Dear Gossips, In my post about Daniel Kaluuya being mistaken for Leslie Odom Jr yesterday in the Oscars virtual press room, I wrote that the journalist who asked him the question was repping the Sunday Times in the UK which last week was called out for publishing a piece seemingly By Lainey • Apr 28, 2021 10:01 am
What Else What Else? You may have seen this trending on Twitter all day – there’s a rumour going around that My Obsession, Sam and Aaron Taylor-Johnson are no more. There is NOTHING to substantiate this. Twitter seems to be going wild without anything solid to base it on. And much of the reaction By Lainey • Apr 27, 2021 04:05 pm
Celebrity Social Media Celebrity Social Media, April 27, 2021 Lainey analyzed the Oscar ratings this morning and to her question, I DO have some ideas to save it. The host is always a tricky one because I’m bored of Jimmy Kimmel and Ellen talk-show types, but there’s a familiarity for the audience. My picks would be another By Maria • Apr 27, 2021 03:29 pm
TV Updates The Falcon and the Winter Soldier is Marvel at its most frustrating Spoilers The Falcon and the Winter Soldier wrapped up last Friday, concluding an incredibly frustrating story that never quite brought all of its ideas home. WandaVision was not perfect, but it succeeded in turning a side character into a real protagonist with interesting dramatic themes and a complicated narrative, and By Sarah • Apr 27, 2021 03:01 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews West Side Story Trailer VS. In The Heights Trailer I went to the kind of high school where the annual musical was a huge deal involving literally hundreds of students and staff, and where all seven performances filled the 1,200 seat auditorium. Which, aside from being a humbleflex, makes sense – musicals are crowd-pleasers, and people who never attend By Duana • Apr 27, 2021 02:21 pm
TV Updates Master of None is back with a surprise makeover Four years after its second season, Master of None is back with a new season and a makeover. Instead of starring Aziz Ansari in a semi-autobiographical tale, Master of None will now drop five new episodes centered on Denise, Lena Waithe’s character, and her partner, Alicia (Naomi Ackie from By Sarah • Apr 27, 2021 12:53 pm
Oscars 2021 Daniel Kaluuya, a Bad Question, and a Royal Connection Oscar night was a great night for Daniel Kaluuya. He won an Oscar for his performance in Judas and the Black Messiah, people LOVED his acceptance speech, and there was a party afterwards and I hope he had a great time and didn’t think much about what we’re By Lainey • Apr 27, 2021 12:24 pm
TV Updates Sussexes > Oscars Early Oscar ratings have been revealed and while there may be a slight bump up when the final numbers are released today, it’s not like there’s going to be a dramatic increase. Last year the Oscars brought in 23.6 million viewers, which at the time was an By Lainey • Apr 27, 2021 10:39 am
Music Intro for April 27, 2021 Dear Gossips, I don’t think it’s news that with the way algorithms work on social media, sometimes our feeds can make us believe that the thing we care about is the thing that everyone else cares about. Yesterday I heard someone say that the Oscar producers’ decision to By Lainey • Apr 27, 2021 09:02 am
Celebrity Social Media Celebrity Social Media, April 26, 2021 Like The Rock, I opted out of the Oscars. In previous years, it would be wall-to-wall coverage on Sunday and I wouldn’t even be doing this column the day after, but this year things are so disjointed that it’s easier to opt out of events. The all caps By Maria • Apr 26, 2021 02:20 pm
Style Regina King: Oscar Best Everything EVERYTHING! So let’s back it up a couple of months, maybe longer, when Oscar show producers Jesse Collins, Stacey Sher, and Steven Soderbergh conceive the show open – they want it to feel cinematic, they want it to feel like a one-shot, a scene that celebrates the best of film, By Lainey • Apr 26, 2021 01:54 pm
Oscars 2021 LaKeith Stanfield: Oscar Best Dressed (Duana) There was no contest. From the moment I saw those shots, there was absolutely no contest. Did you see Lakeith Stanfield last night?! Look, while we’ve all been pointing out that women on the red carpet should be #AskedMore than just what they’re wearing first and only, we By Duana • Apr 26, 2021 01:22 pm
Oscars 2021 Oscar Overall Best – Daniel Kaluuya Well, it’s been a few hours and no sleep – time for me to contradict myself. Remember when I said I wish there were more people who were just entertaining presences, whether they were Oscar contenders or not? Maybe even people who were overtly *not* nominees, just as promises for By Duana • Apr 26, 2021 12:58 pm
Oscars 2021 The Devil’s Own Oscar Presenters We were told that the actors presenting in the Oscar movie would be playing themselves, and as I wrote last week, this would require more of a lift than in years past when they’d show up and read from a prompter and open the envelope. We saw several presenters By Lainey • Apr 26, 2021 12:08 pm
Oscars 2021 The Oscar Couple: Riz Ahmed and Fatima Farheen Mirza If you were watching the Oscar pre-show on E!, I think you know what I’m talking about, right? Riz Ahmed and his wife, Fatima Farheen Mirza, at the arrivals wall making their red carpet debut. In case you missed it, Riz and Fatima were quietly married last year. He By Lainey • Apr 26, 2021 11:42 am
