TV Updates Key & Cobie are “Friends From College” You know what’s still low-key enough not to be a thing? Being obsessed with Keegan-Michael Key. Of course you love Key and Peele, and Jordan Peele is doing his own world-domination thing—but Key has this other thing. He’s trying to be liked, and not always good at By Duana • Jun 15, 2017 03:46 pm
TV Updates The Public Face Of Hidden Trauma Earlier this week, I wrote about the Bachelor in Paradise sexual misconduct allegations. Over the last few days, more sources have come out -- many former contestants and Bachelor rejects are just dying to get a headline – but there is not a flood of new information. Chris Harrison released a By Maria • Jun 15, 2017 11:09 am
TV Updates Do you miss Sandra Oh? In Shonda Rhimes’s book, Year Of Yes, she writes a lot about writing. She writes about where she writes (sometimes in the pantry), about how writing is never complete, about “laying track” for more writing. And she writes about the characters she’s written. The character she writes about By Lainey • Jun 13, 2017 01:34 pm
TV Updates The Reality of Consent As Rachel continues to charm on The Bachelorette, the franchise’s embarrassing cousin, Bachelor in Paradise, has halted filming because of an allegation of sexual misconduct. I am not a member of Bachelor Nation; I’ve watched one season of Bachelor in Paradise (BiP) and didn’t know who anyone By Maria • Jun 13, 2017 09:37 am
TV Updates Dating on TV, while black The Right Reasons™ is a term that has become so ubiquitous in The Bachelor universe, it's a punchline. On Monday night, we found out that DeMario was not on the show for The Right Reasons™ because he was f-cking some girl who thought she was his girlfriend days By Kathleen • Jun 01, 2017 12:24 pm
TV Updates FELICITY AND BEN, OMG Or Keri Russell and Scott Speedman, OMG. Keri Russell was honoured with a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame yesterday but the only thing anyone cares about is BEN AND FELICITY. REUNITED. OMG. How many OMGs can I fit into this post? If you’ve been reading my writing By Kathleen • May 31, 2017 11:40 am
TV Updates Intro for May 30, 2017 Dear Gossips, I don’t watch The Bachelorette. Have never seen a single episode. But I’m going to try to write about The Bachelorette today. Or write about how people write about The Bachelorette. Because I got up this morning and it’s been post after post all over By Lainey • May 30, 2017 09:36 am
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
