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
TV Updates Six Week Checkup, Pitch Edition Have you been wondering how you’re feeling about Pitch? A little bit, right? You enjoy watching it while it’s on, and you like it while you’re watching it, but you can’t exactly call it one of your favourite shows, even though you’d love to, right? By Duana • Nov 08, 2016 12:39 pm
TV Updates TV Review: Netflix’s The Crown The Crown is allegedly the most expensive TV show ever made— definitely the most expensive for Netflix to date—and its hefty price tag is obvious from the opening moments of the first episode. Every cent is up there on screen, with locations that take in the plains of South By Sarah • Nov 07, 2016 11:23 am
Xenu Leah Remini: SJW (Scientology Justice Warrior) The first trailer for Leah Remini’s Scientology show is here – and it’s as crazy as an alien volcano explosion (or whatever Scientology is). The trailer is short but it includes a lot of accusations you’d know about if you watched Going Clear, like the practice of disconnection By Maria • Nov 02, 2016 04:17 pm
TV Updates To Float A Butterfly News of Mimi’s broken engagement is making headlines all over the place. First everyone was wondering if she got dumped. Then we heard about a big ass fight in Greece. And then we met Bryan Tanaka, her dancer/choreographer, who may have been why James Packer was getting so By Lainey • Oct 28, 2016 01:34 pm
TV Updates A slightly backwards Waco series In the gold rush of Peak TV, every network is scrambling for original scripted content, and Spike TV is the latest to throw their hat in the ring in the hopes of airing the next Breaking Bad or Game of Thrones. It was announced yesterday that Spike will air a By Sarah • Oct 27, 2016 11:07 am
TV Updates Road to Gilmore Girls: Trailer of Melancholy I love the way the fans are being treated with the Gilmore Girls revival. There is a treat every other week. It’s kind of ironic, because wild horses couldn’t drag these fans away. And this trailer delivers all the goods. Every face you wanted to see, right? There’ By Duana • Oct 25, 2016 01:34 pm
TV Updates You have to watch Crazy Ex-Girlfriend We are immersed Peak TV, we all know it. There’s so many shows to watch. Westworld? Haven’t touched it. Atlanta? Not yet, dying to see it. Walking Dead? I’m 2 seasons behind and refuse to say I don’t watch it. Mr. Robot and Better Call Saul? By Maria • Oct 20, 2016 02:54 pm
TV Updates #everybodyhurts: This Is Us First up: there are spoilers ahead. It is hard to talk about this show without revealing plotlines because… well, there’s major spoilers below. You’ve been warned. We are three episodes into This Is Us, which Lainey has been writing about since May. The hype leading up to this By Maria • Oct 18, 2016 04:47 pm
TV Updates Big Little Lies: the first trailer If you’ve been reading this site for some time, you might remember that back in 2014 I kept nagging you to read a book called Big Little Lies by Liane Moriarty. The simple introduction to Big Little Lies is that it’s about the school run, mom alliances, the By Lainey • Oct 17, 2016 09:33 am
