Jack Lowden Jack Lowden was the first choice Perhaps the most predictable assumption about what that title is referring to is that Jack Lowden was the first choice to play James Bond, considering that he’s supposedly on the very short list of candidates who’ve have been in final screen tests for the role. Jack, naturally, will By Lainey • Nov 02, 2026 12:36 pm
TV Updates Pride and Prejudice is pizza The trailer for Netflix’s new adaption of Pride and Prejudice, by Dolly Alderton, was released yesterday. And, of course, there are Thoughts. Not only because that’s what we do now on the internet, but because of course people have such strong attachment to the book and then, primarily, By Lainey • Oct 29, 2026 01:36 pm
Kristen Bell Nobody Wants This. Fair Isle Sweater Nobody Wants This. season three is now streaming on Netflix. All episodes dropped yesterday and it’s amazing to me, scanning social media, how quickly people get through these shows because I was seeing posts at, like, noon ET from people who’d finished it all in one go…on By Lainey • Oct 23, 2026 11:10 am
TV Updates Intro for October 22, 2026 Dear Gossips, Over the last few years, nearly a decade in fact, the popularity of Korean dramas has extended well beyond its home borders, with a growing global reach that followed along the path of its pop music counterpart. Over the last several months, maybe even longer, there’s been By Lainey • Oct 22, 2026 10:01 am
TV Updates It’s finally time to rescue the Yellowjackets Yellowjackets’ fourth and final season comes to Paramount+ on November 20, and yesterday, a teaser dropped showing the survivors’ long-awaited homecoming. In the timeline of the show, it’s been 19 months since the plane crash in the 1990s, and the kids are not alright. Nor are their adult By Sarah • Oct 15, 2026 03:01 pm
Girls All adventurous women do Whether you consider Lena Dunham the voice of a generation, or just “a voice” of “a generation”, or just a hack, it can’t be denied: she has pop culture power. Since Girls premiered, Lena Dunham has been the topic of endless conversation, a one-woman think-piece cottage industry. By Maria • Oct 14, 2026 11:26 am
Keri Russell Intro for October 14, 2026 Dear Gossips, I am still so mad about Shane Gillis hosting SNL for the THIRD time and continuing to be SO bad it—like literally each of his monologues is TERRIBLE—and like Lainey, I am clinging to Rosalía’s performances as an all-time highlight. (Related, have you seen By Sarah • Oct 14, 2026 09:23 am
Top Reads Crazy Rich Chinamaxxing It was announced yesterday that the Crazy Rich Asians sequel has been greenlit as a series on HBO. The film came out in 2018, becoming the highest-grossing rom-com of its decade, opening at #1 at the box office with around $30 million domestically, and ending up at almost By Lainey • Oct 09, 2026 12:47 pm
TV Updates Zoe Kazan’s East of Eden stands on its own East of Eden is one of John Steinbeck’s seminal American classics; a biblical allegory dressed up in family feathers; a love letter to California’s Salinas Valley; and a warning to America to choose its destiny a little bit better (no one listened, lol). In 1955, Elia Kazan directed By Sarah • Oct 08, 2026 11:47 am
Kylie Jenner Kylie Jenner’s Bachelorette Weekend This was inevitable. Six months ago when Kylie Jenner covered Vanity Fair, basically a press release announcing her acting ambitions pegged to her appearance in Charli XCX’s The Moment, for their spring issue that dropped right before the Oscars, it was only a matter of time. That time is By Lainey • Oct 06, 2026 11:47 am
Dakota Johnson Dakota’s Birthday Weekend Dakota Johnson’s birthday was yesterday. She celebrated in New York, hosting Saturday Night Live, and also topping the box office with Verity. And last night there was a party. Let’s start with SNL and the predictable Taylor Swift cameo but the unpredictable monologue, during which Dakota put her By Lainey • Oct 05, 2026 02:29 pm
Florence Pugh Intro for October 1, 2026 Dear Gossips, Trigger warning for sexual assault. All seven episodes of East of Eden are now available to stream on Netflix which is probably what some of us will be bingeing this weekend – and we can talk about it some more next week. I’ve glanced at a few reviews By Lainey • Oct 01, 2026 09:59 am
Sienna Miller Sienna Miller is at WAR Never heard about this series until yesterday but now that I know, I’m in. Also, it’s HBO Max, and George Kay (Lupin etc) is the showrunner so it’s giving prestige…but with a healthy amount of trash. And it should be a little trashy considering the subject By Lainey • Sep 18, 2026 10:28 am
TIFF 2026 coverage Hudson Williams at TIFF TIFF has a television section called “Primetime” (I will keep my opinion about TV shows playing at film festivals to myself but I will also mention that television festivals DO exist), and the highlight of this year’s Primetime program is Yaga, the Crave series starring Carrie-Anne Moss, Noah By Sarah • Sep 18, 2026 09:49 am
Mariska Hargitay Intro for September 18, 2026 Dear Gossips, I could write about the latest billionaire shenanigans threatening Hollywood (read here and here if you want), but you know what? It’s Friday. It’s my first few days back in the office after the respite of TIFF—as crazy as TIFF is, it’s better than By Sarah • Sep 18, 2026 09:11 am
TV Updates Intro for September 17, 2026 Dear Gossips, A couple of weeks ago, I posted in this space about The Early Spring, the Chinese drama available in international markets on Netflix that was blowing up around the world. After almost a month, The Early Spring remains at #2 on the Netflix non-English chart, where it By Lainey • Sep 17, 2026 09:17 am
