TV Updates Nene’s potential return All eyes are on Nene Leakes amid speculation she may be making a triumphant return to Real Housewives of Atlanta, despite her being very vocal about her dislike for how Bravo and Andy Cohen run their business. Recently, she deleted all traces of her September appearance on Bethenny Frankel’s By Stephanie • Nov 27, 2023 03:04 pm
TV Updates Charles Melton avoids the trap Lainey gets full credit for engineering the Charles Melton hype train since 2019. I liked him as Reggie on Riverdale, but was not prepared to go all-in on him, but Lainey is right—that guy is a star, and he’s the best kind, the sweet kind, the humble kind. By Sarah • Nov 27, 2023 02:00 pm
TV Updates Never change, Owen Wilson Two years ago, Lainey decided that Duana is right and yes, Owen Wilson can get it. (Duana is usually right about things). I am wondering if that decision still holds up, with Owen Wilson wandering Los Angeles in a sweatsuit and cowboy hat combo. I feel like the only other By Sarah • Nov 20, 2023 02:23 pm
TV Updates Clowning on Anyone But You Well, this is probably not how anyone involved with Anyone But You wants things to go, but as the film is ramping up press, Nathan Fielder and Emma Stone took a shot at the new trailer to promote their own project, The Curse. Nathan Fielder and Emma Stone present The By Sarah • Nov 20, 2023 10:36 am
TV Updates The Crown let down As a rule of thumb, it’s not a great sign when something is embargoed close to its release date. The closer the embargo lift is to the release of the film/episode(s), the more suspicious I get that what I am about to see is bad, and so By Sarah • Nov 16, 2023 12:39 pm
TV Updates David Oyelowo in Lawmen: Bass Reeves David Oyelowo stars in Lawmen: Bass Reeves, an eight-part limited series depicting the life and times of Bass Reeves, the first Black US Marshal west of the Mississippi, and a lawman with a tremendous record of thousands of arrests—including of his own son, Bennie—with comparatively few deaths to By Sarah • Nov 09, 2023 12:40 pm
TV Updates Echo’s trial run a little Marvel exclusive Marvel currently has a lot of problems, which Variety detailed last week. I am of the opinion that they can recover—are already taking the right steps in that direction—but the big question is really if audiences will hang in long enough, at least another year after an already By Sarah • Nov 07, 2023 01:05 pm
TV Updates Bravo is fumbling their bag The fallout from the Vanity Fair exposé on the Real Housewives is picking up speed. In the days after writer Anna Peele outlined just how deep the toxicity, substance abuse and racism runs in the Bravoverse, which I wrote about here, Ramona Singer was cut from Bravocon at the eleventh By Stephanie • Nov 03, 2023 01:12 pm
TV Updates Britney: The TV Series? Britney Spears’s memoir, The Woman in Me, was released last Tuesday and has been a smash hit. People are reading the book, listening to the book, talking about the book, meme-ing details from the book… We can’t get enough of the book. Which is why Hollywood wants a By Lainey • Nov 01, 2023 10:17 am
TV Updates The Housewives bombshell is here “If you go to the whorehouse, you’re gonna get f---ed.” That was one of the quotes Vanity Fair writer Anna Peele included from her interview with a Real Housewife who requested anonymity in the magazine’s piece about the "Reckoning Rocking Bravo". Upon reading this sentence, I By Stephanie • Oct 31, 2023 03:38 pm
TV Updates Timothee returns to SNL My brain refuses to retain the knowledge that Wonka is coming out this December—it is protecting me—so when Timothee Chalamet was announced as the host of the November 11 episode of SNL, I thought it was a holdover Dune thing. And then Lainey reminded me of Wonka and By Sarah • Oct 30, 2023 11:13 am
TV Updates Problems are mounting for the Real Housewives A butler from season two of Real Housewives: Ultimate Girls Trip is suing Bravo for damages, claiming his marriage was negatively affected after he was sexually assaulted during an alcohol-fueled party. While some seasons of RHUGT have been filmed in exotic destinations like Thailand and Turks & Caicos, season two By Stephanie • Oct 23, 2023 12:12 pm
TV Updates Intro for October 23, 2023 Dear Gossips, I love so much what Bad Bunny did on Saturday Night Live this weekend. First of all, he charmed the f-ck out of everyone – like, I don’t see how you could be watching and not be delighted every time he showed up on screen. And, of course, By Lainey • Oct 23, 2023 09:22 am
TV Updates Intro for October 19, 2023 Dear Gossips, I work on an entertainment news show and every morning we meet to line up the night’s episode and talk about our favourite stories of the day. Last week we were all losing it at one of the meetings over Bad Bunny’s wig hat. Fans had By Lainey • Oct 19, 2023 09:37 am
TV Updates Intro for October 17, 2023 Dear Gossips, Ken Jeong is developing a talk show to launch next year; the plan is for him to host and executive produce. I have to admit… I was surprised when I read the headline. And I’m not sure if I should be embarrassed for being surprised. But the By Lainey • Oct 17, 2023 09:45 am
Sports Taylor & Travis: The Rom-Com gets horny If you are not obsessed with Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce, I’m sorry to say, this place is not for you. Because we are obsessed. Even Sarah, who’s taken up the mantle of resident contrarian while Duana is off showrunning and directing, isn’t immune to the joy By Lainey • Oct 16, 2023 10:42 am
