TV Updates Intro for May 25, 2017 Dear Gossips, I hope what happened to me last night did not happen to you. What happened was that I was forced by Duana and our friend Lorella to watch the Dirty Dancing remake, if you can call it a remake. Jacek ended up joining me at the air guitar By Lainey • May 25, 2017 09:25 am
TV Updates Rachel Lindsay, “the hero we need” Moments before The Bachelorette premiered, my friend Liz texted me, “I think this is the biggest TV moment ever for you.” She’s not wrong. It was right up there with Barack Obama’s inauguration, the series finale of Dawson’s Creek, the premiere of Insecure and that episode of By Kathleen • May 23, 2017 01:21 pm
TV Updates Katy Perry: beef and pay Girl Sh-t first. So, as you know, Katy Perry’s Swish Swish was released last week. And she says that it’s not about Taylor Swift. Or at least that’s what she told Jimmy Fallon the other night, explaining the song like this: “I think it’s a great By Lainey • May 23, 2017 11:10 am
TV Updates The dead speak in Twin Peaks, but evil is excused SPOILERS FOR ORIGINAL TWIN PEAKS The new Twin Peaks begins this weekend. Before it begins, let’s revisit the original. The original was a show that charmed you with its weirdness. The town of Twin Peaks seems populated almost entirely by oddballs, and the oppressive presence of the primordial Pacific By Sarah • May 18, 2017 01:10 pm
TV Updates The first Must-See reboot Finally, fans have gotten their wish and a late 90s/early aughts Must-See TV show is getting a reboot. No, it’s not Friends. Or Seinfeld. It’s Will & Grace. We were asking for this? According to everyone involved, yes. The cast reunited for an election video in 2016 By Maria • May 17, 2017 11:17 am
TV Updates Katy Perry’s Witness and American Idol As you know, they’re rebooting American Idol on ABC. Last week, it was reported that Kelly Clarkson was supposed to be one of the judges but she’s going to The Voice instead. Now it’s Katy Perry. According to TMZ the deal is almost done and they’ll By Lainey • May 15, 2017 03:15 pm
TV Updates “RENT” Live on Fox Alert, Oregon Trail Generation*, this is not a drill. Fox has announced that RENT will be its next live musical (along with A Christmas Story, which I like, but… never thought of as a musical?). Take a second with that. Call back every angst-filled lyric you memorized and practiced and By Duana • May 15, 2017 02:30 pm
TV Updates The Riverdale finale and my new obsession Late Friday night, approximately 15 minutes after I finished watching the Riverdale finale, I was so deep into creeping Cole Sprouse’s Instagram account, I accidentally liked a photo from December 2015. I was saving photos like this one to my phone, on purpose, for no good reason. +5 perception. By Kathleen • May 15, 2017 11:00 am
TV Updates Versace in a pink robe When I first looked at these photos in thumbnail size, I thought it was Jude Law, shooting more episodes for a new season of The Young Pope. Jude Law’s young pope would totally wear a pink robe. It is not Jude Law though. It’s Edgar Ramirez as Gianni By Lainey • May 12, 2017 03:37 pm
TV Updates A girl in a suitcase Confession: I’m not watching The Handmaid’s Tale. I tried but I couldn’t make it through the second episode—it’s TOO REAL. When I read the book in college it was like a warning to not take for granted the ground gained and keep fighting for more, By Sarah • May 11, 2017 12:55 pm
TV Updates Rory Gilmore: the “secret weapon” I’m still making my way through Gilmore Girls. It’s been months, I know. And I like it, I do. It’s just not binge-TV for me. So far I’m two episodes into season 5. And finally, finally Rory has done something interesting. But I am most interested By Lainey • May 11, 2017 10:12 am
TV Updates Chris Pine, “The Boy Is Mine” On Friday in Smutty Tingles, I wrote about my unexpectedly high expectations for Chris Pine hosting Saturday Night Live after seeing him get loose in the promo. Before that, in no world would I have imagined looking forward to Chris Pine on SNL. And then he delivered! I’ll go By Lainey • May 08, 2017 10:19 am
TV Updates Twins 2017 Some cosmic force is at work right now because suddenly Jeff Goldblum is f*cking EVERYWHERE. He’s in Thor: Ragnarok, he’s in Jurassic World 2, he’s got a food truck in Australia (???), and now he’s coming to television via Amazon. Yesterday it was announced that Goldblum By Sarah • May 04, 2017 10:20 am
TV Updates Welcome back to Twin Peaks Twin Peaks is returning to television—thanks to Showtime—with a two-part premiere on May 21. They released a new teaser this week just featuring David Lynch’s beautifully composed, nostalgic shots of locations like Laura Palmer’s house, the sheriff’s department, and the Double R Café. God, David By Sarah • May 03, 2017 09:49 am
TV Updates Aziz Ansari is mastering it all The second season of Master of None premieres on Netflix on May 12—assuming they don’t end up releasing stuff early because they got hacked— and in advance of the premiere, Aziz Ansari covers New York Magazine, talking about season 2, SNL, and kinda-sorta Trump. There’s a lot By Sarah • May 01, 2017 01:04 pm
TV Updates JRod at the MET Gala? Jennifer Lopez is currently in New York, working on Shades Of Blue. Last night she stepped out for dinner with Alex Rodriguez. Tonight… well… if she’s not shooting… It’s the MET Gala. JLO has attended a few MET Galas in her time. She was last at the MET By Lainey • May 01, 2017 11:34 am
