TV Updates Gilmore Girls: A, Single, Non-Definitive, Year In The Life I really appreciate having couple of days to sit with A Year In The Life. I took my time, as Kathleen texted me ever-more-frantically. “Have you started yet?! HURRY!” “OMG.” “OMG ARE YOU AWAKE?” (OK, that last one was me.) I feared being disappointed, because I thought the show might By Duana • Nov 30, 2016 03:40 pm
TV Updates Lin-Manuel Miranda is a hardcore fantasy nerd We’re going deep into the Dork Forest for this one. Lin-Manuel Miranda, human sunbeam and creator of Hamilton, is going to produce an adaptation of The Kingkiller Chronicle, a fantasy novel series by Patrick Rothfuss. Sounds kind of badass, right? “Kingkiller” kind of sounds like “Kingslayer”, so maybe this By Sarah • Nov 30, 2016 02:05 pm
TV Updates Matt & Ben’s great timing Good Will Hunting came out 19 years ago this week. That was the beginning of Matt and Ben. Damon and Affleck. And all the hysteria that followed and now the nostalgia that’s replaced it. Will there be some kind of 20 year anniversary celebration next year? Matt and Ben By Lainey • Nov 30, 2016 12:42 pm
TV Updates Sexy Archie If you read the Archie comics growing up, “sexy” probably isn’t the word you would use to describe Riverdale’s resident redhead. Awkward? Sure. Charming? Maybe. A sexy heartthrob with abs of steel? Nope. Well, the CW has released a teaser for its new teen drama Riverdale, a grittier By Kathleen • Nov 30, 2016 11:02 am
Xenu Smut “Ask the LAPD” Earlier this month, I wrote about the trailer for Leah Remini’s Scientology docuseries for A&E, which premiered last night. For the last 3 or so years, Leah has been Scientology’s public enemy #1. That is saying a lot, because for a fairly new religion, Scientology has By Maria • Nov 30, 2016 10:01 am
TV Updates The Affair’s new season is ‘A Bit Murky’ The Affair, Season 3 Episode 1 and 2 recap I would imagine there is significant overlap between the people who watch The Affair and a certain other show that is about the intimate wonderful terrible ways of family. I felt like a few days of distance would help us to By Duana • Nov 29, 2016 05:43 pm
TV Updates Alexis Bledel is Rory Gilmore She always will be, right? Alexis Bledel could shave her head and go on to win an Oscar (HA) for playing an ex-con or something and she’ll still be Rory Gilmore. Duana is going to recap Gilmore Girls: A Year in the Life so #nospoilers but we’ve been By Kathleen • Nov 29, 2016 04:01 pm
TV Updates Taraji P. Henson talks auditions with Ryan Reynolds Most headlines I’ve read today about the Taraji P. Henson and Ryan Reynolds chat for Variety’s Actors on Actors series focus on a story Ryan tells about his audition for the Cohen brothers. It was terrible. Whatever. I care more about Taraji’s reveal that she was almost By Kathleen • Nov 29, 2016 01:21 pm
TV Updates Mimi's World, re-edited Mimi's reality show, or "docuseries", premieres in two weeks. Happy Holidays everyone! A new trailer for Mariah's World was released yesterday. And, not surprisingly, the show has been changed. There's been an edit. Previously, Mariah's World was supposed to about By Lainey • Nov 18, 2016 02:54 pm
TV Updates Charlotte as Princess Kate Production has begun in London on King Charles III, the BBC’s adaptation of the play of the same name by Mike Bartlett. It’s to be a 90 minute television drama imagining Prince Charles becoming king and all kinds of family drama as a result. Charlotte Riley is Kate By Lainey • Nov 17, 2016 02:11 pm
TV Updates Weird Science TV Over the course of his career RDJ has done just about everything, but one thing he hasn’t done is direct. Well that’s about to change as yesterday it was announced that he is going to make his directorial debut, and no, he’s not directing himself in a By Sarah • Nov 17, 2016 12:34 pm
TV Updates Tom hails the king Tom Hiddleston arrived in LA yesterday from London. He’ll be on Jimmy Kimmel tonight to promote the release of the new Kong: Skull Island trailer. They’ve been teasing footage all week. The highlight here is that we’re going to see King Kong himself, being mad and crushing By Lainey • Nov 16, 2016 04:24 pm
TV Updates Rihanna, the Actor Are we past the point of rolling our eyes at pop stars who also want to be actors? Or is our eye-rolling strictly reserved for Justin Timberlake? New photos of Rihanna in character on set of Bates Motel in Vancouver were released yesterday and while I didn’t roll my By Kathleen • Nov 16, 2016 11:21 am
Girlcrushes What Kate McKinnon Can Do Sunday morning, I sent the following text to Kathleen: “Modern Challenge: How to send my mom, who doesn’t have Twitter, a link to the Kate McKinnon SNL opening that isn’t already dead?” (These are the perils of living in a geoblocked nation.) My reaction to the opening of By Duana • Nov 14, 2016 02:26 pm
TV Updates Gilmore Girls in Berlin I'm through two seasons of Gilmore Girls. It's not a show I feel I need to rip through. I don't stay up to 4am burning through episodes. That said, I do look forward to new ones, I'm just not an addict. But By Lainey • Nov 11, 2016 03:50 pm
TV Updates Gilmore Girls just got way more important I’ve always loved the factoid that economy influences fashion: When times are tough, formal stuff, like military influences or higher heels, are in– if you don’t have a lot of money to spend, you want each thing to look like a million bucks. During flush times, though, looking By Duana • Nov 10, 2016 01:36 pm
