TV Updates Chadwick’s girlfriend has a name She’s always had a name, of course, but until yesterday, Chadwick Boseman had kept his personal life so on lock we didn’t know his girlfriend’s name. Well, at least, most blogs and publications didn’t know her name. Her name is Taylor Simone Ledword and she’s By Kathleen • Apr 05, 2018 09:27 am
TV Updates Saw Him First™ - Brandon Victor Dixon Edition Really, the title should read ‘Jesus Christ Superstar Edition’. I love that so many people loved what’s being called the most successful live musical ever – Matt Zoller Seitz called it ‘a minor miracle’. But as much fun as everyone had watching, can they fully enjoy Jesus Christ Superstar if By Duana • Apr 03, 2018 04:05 pm
TV Updates Cole and Lili kissing The last time we checked in on Riverdale’s resident showmance, starring Cole Sprouse and Lili Reinhart, the two were awkwardly fielding questions about their relationship status. It was the closest they’ve come to admitting that they’re more than just co-stars. Now, we’ve got some full By Kathleen • Apr 03, 2018 03:08 pm
TV Updates JOEY + PACEY FOREVER I am still not over EW's Dawson's Creek reunion. When I wrote about it last, I was mostly word vomiting/ hyperventilating/ having the most extra reaction to the nostalgia of seeing the whole gang back together. I was not alone in my excitement. Of course, the By Kathleen • Apr 02, 2018 03:18 pm
TV Updates New Prince Phillip The next two seasons of The Crown will feature an older cast as Queen Elizabeth and her family move into the 1970s (WHO WILL PLAY DIANA). Olivia Colman is taking over as QEII, and after a rather long casting period, Tobias Menzies of Outlander fame has just been confirmed as By Sarah • Mar 29, 2018 02:13 pm
TV Updates What happened to Donald Glover’s Deadpool series? Donald Glover is already producing one hit show for FX, Atlanta, and last year he and his brother, Stephen Glover, signed on to expand their television empire by producing an animated Deadpool series for FX’s comedy wing, FXX. It was to be something like Archer but for Marvel, and By Sarah • Mar 28, 2018 03:45 pm
TV Updates Ask the Riverdale Cast My questions about Riverdale and its nosedive of a second season are directed mostly at the writers and showrunner Roberto Aguirre Sacasa, not the cast. I’m less annoyed with the cast. I still think they are all pretty spot on – and very pretty. It’s the writing and overly By Kathleen • Mar 27, 2018 03:58 pm
TV Updates Gina Rodriguez is Carmen Sandiego In preparation for this piece, I watched a full episode of Where in the World is Carmen Sandiego? and oh my god, it was EVERYTHING. I remember it so well. I wanted to be a gumshoe so badly. I’m still just as bad at geography now as I was By Kathleen • Mar 27, 2018 12:39 pm
TV Updates That’s better, Lifetime On the day Meghan Markle and Prince Harry publicly announced their engagement, I was trying really hard not to care about their upcoming royal nuptials. Then, about 20 minutes after their photo call, I found myself zooming in on pictures of her ring. The monarchy won. I care. I haven’ By Kathleen • Mar 19, 2018 09:16 am
TV Updates John Legend’s Jesus. As for the Superstar… Last week, thinking about Emma Stone at the Oscars, I wrote about how many things would have to go wrong to constitute a bad day. Today I’m contemplating the opposite – you know when things are shaping up to give you a really good day? So far today, the weather By Duana • Mar 14, 2018 03:17 pm
TV Updates This Is Us gets married God, I love a good wedding episode. The season two finale of This Is Us aptly titled The Wedding aired last night and it was a very good wedding episode. Ending this chapter with Toby and Kate’s nuptials was the obvious conclusion to a season that has been frustrating By Kathleen • Mar 14, 2018 09:48 am
TV Updates Katy Perry on Idol The American Idol reboot no one asked for premiered this week. Lionel Richie, Luke Bryan and Katy Perry make up the new judging panel. We've been writing about the strategy behind Perry's decision to do Idol since it was announced last year. In May, Lainey asked, By Kathleen • Mar 13, 2018 12:54 pm
TV Updates Grey’s Anatomy cast shakeup I’ve found both April Kepner and Arizona Robbins insufferable for full seasons at a time during their tenures at Grey Sloan Memorial. I’ve also found them both inexplicably engaging, likeable and progressively more tolerable as the seasons went on. Arizona was at her best when she was with By Kathleen • Mar 12, 2018 09:48 am
TV Updates Intro for March 12, 2018 Dear Gossips, Kim’s Convenience was named Best Comedy Series at the Canadian Screen Awards gala last night, with Paul Sun-Hyung Lee winning Best Lead Actor, Comedy and Andrew Phung winning Best Supporting Actor for the second year in a row. "Representation matters. When communities see themselves reflected By Lainey • Mar 12, 2018 08:41 am
TV Updates Silicon Valley has a gender problem and no one misses TJ Miller That’s the takeaway from The Hollywood Reporter’s cover profile of Silicon Valley, ahead of the show’s fifth season launch. TJ Miller, of course, got caught up in Hollywood’s sex pest infestation, but that’s not why he left Silicon Valley. According to Miller, he left as By Sarah • Mar 08, 2018 09:52 am
TV Updates Wakanda represent Chadwick Boseman and Lupita Nyong’o are both presenting at the Oscars on Sunday. No idea if they’re presenting together, but they’re both riding the Black Panther high—and it will be the dominant film again on Oscar weekend which, if Get Out were to pull off some By Sarah • Mar 02, 2018 11:49 am
