TV Updates Grease: Live brings down the house Before yesterday at oh, 5PM, I barely remembered Grease: Live was going to be on TV. When I did, I was looking forward to some snark. Remember, I called Grease a shouted play with some songs in it. I’ve never been so happy to be wrong. Last night wasn’ By Duana • Feb 01, 2016 09:56 am
TV Updates Idris Elba: “Welcome to diverse TV” Idris Elba won twice at the SAG Awards on Saturday, first for his performance in Beasts Of No Nation and then for his performance in Luther. He was also nominated, alongside his Beasts Of No Nation co-star Abraham Attah, for Best Ensemble. And while they were presenting the film together, By Lainey • Feb 01, 2016 07:31 am
TV Updates Jessica Alba, You’re Hired NBC is clinging to its Celebrity Apprentice franchise for dear life. As Trump geared up for his run for President (I can’t believe I just wrote that), NBC cut ties with him and his entire business (two of his children worked as advisors, as did other Trump staffers). But By Maria • Jan 29, 2016 01:51 pm
TV Updates Kit to the SAGs? Kit Harington was photographed yesterday in London. Those shots are attached below. Today he was seen at Heathrow and so was Sophie Turner aka Sansa Stark so I’m wondering if they were both headed to LA for the Screen Actors Guild Awards happening on Saturday. Game of Thrones has By Lainey • Jan 28, 2016 04:24 pm
TV Updates Miley Cyrus: Woody Allen’s new muse Scarlett Johansson, Cate Blanchett, Penelope Cruz, Emma Stone, Kristen Stewart, now Miley Cyrus. It was confirmed yesterday that Woody Allen has written and directed a new TV series for Amazon – 6 half episodes themed in the 1960s starring Elaine May and Miley Cyrus. He and Elaine have worked together before. By Lainey • Jan 26, 2016 12:23 pm
TV Updates The X-Files came back big The X-Files returned on Sunday night and even with a time delay thanks to championship football, the ratings were REALLY good. Even allowing for spillover football fans who tuned out within the first few minutes of the show, The X-Files pulled around 13.5 million viewers, which is great for By Sarah • Jan 26, 2016 11:58 am
TV Updates I think Saint Tom the Huge Dork is gone for good I’ve been missing Saint Tom the Huge Dork, as Tom Hiddleston has deliberately lowered his profile over the last couple years. Saint Tom the Huge Dork was born of the glory days when he was last promoting 2013’s Thor: The Dark World, and doing silly dances all over By Sarah • Jan 25, 2016 03:59 pm
TV Updates Friends + BBT That Friends “reunion-but-not-really” happened last night at the taping of director James Burrows’s tribute and now we have a photo of the Friends without Matthew Perry, who’s doing a play in London, with cast members from Big Bang Theory. Ummmm NIGHT MADE. Can't breathe #friends meets By Lainey • Jan 25, 2016 10:27 am
TV Updates Shonda Rhimes deserves it After 10 days of #OscarsSoWhite, Shonda Rhimes accepted the Norman Lear Award for Achievement in Television on Saturday night from the Producers Guild Association. Have you read her book Year Of Yes yet? WHY NOT!?! We reviewed Year Of Yes on The Social last week. During the segment, I read By Lainey • Jan 25, 2016 09:42 am
TV Updates Winona and her friends It should never be a bad day when one of my favourites, Winona Ryder, is featured. Winona was out last night in New York to support her friend Marc Jacobs at the Marc Jacobs Beauty Velvet Noir Mascara launch. As previously reported (click here for a refresher), Winona is the By Lainey • Jan 19, 2016 10:25 am
TV Updates Mr. Robot is the Critics’ Choice As of 9:52am this morning Lainey had not yet transcribed our text conversation last night where, after Rami Malek and Mr. Robot won Critics' Choice Awards, joining the one Christian Slater got earlier in the evening, she sent me a series of increasingly pointed ‘ahem!’ s. This is By Duana • Jan 18, 2016 11:42 am
TV Updates Half of Tracee Ellis Ross Do you watch black-ish? It’s one of the shows I have on auto-record on my PVR. And I will always watch black-ish on a plane. There have been times while watching black-ish on a plane that I’ve embarrassed myself and guffawed out loud. I think it was the By Lainey • Jan 18, 2016 10:51 am
TV Updates Master of None did not lose to Jeffrey Tambor Watchers of award shows know that Aziz Ansari comes prepared to lose. And while he did lose Best Actor In A Comedy Series to Jeffrey Tambor, he did not lose the top prize, Best Comedy Series. Master of None won, which is, I think, the first time they’ve won By Sarah • Jan 18, 2016 09:08 am
TV Updates Krysten Ritter at the Critics’ Choice Awards During the holidays Lainey started texting me, stressed out, because she was watching Jessica Jones, which is a very stressful show. One of the best things about Jessica Jones—THE best thing—is Krysten Ritter, who gave one of 2015’s best leading actress performances on television as Jessica. But By Sarah • Jan 18, 2016 08:06 am
TV Updates The return of Mulder & Scully The X-Files premiere was last night. Gillian Anderson, David Duchovny, and Chris Carter were all there in LA. The show starts on January 24. Will you watch? I’ve not been paying attention. A few days ago I remember seeing a headline that the first 12 minutes of the first By Lainey • Jan 13, 2016 01:33 pm
TV Updates Nicole Kidman is Celeste Nicole Kidman attended the UNICEF Ball in Beverly Hills last night. If she’d been at the Globes on Sunday wearing this? It would have been my Best Dressed. Spectacular. Nicole’s in LA right now working on the HBO adaptation of Liane Moriarty’s Big Little Lies. You read By Lainey • Jan 13, 2016 10:08 am
