TV Updates Queen Charlotte is fizzy and problematic (just like Bridgerton) In the ahistorical timeline of Bridgerton, the marriage of Queen Charlotte and King George III is what opened the door to a post-racial society that includes Black dukes and South Asian viscountesse. To unpack this momentous moment, Queen Charlotte: A Bridgerton Story sends us back in time to the 1760s By Sarah • May 04, 2023 11:01 am
TV Updates John Mulaney survived Once and future internet darling John Mulaney returns with a new standup special after a wild couple of years. His flameout was well-documented: relapse, rehab, divorce, surprise baby with Olivia Munn. The internet had Many Opinions on all of it, but in his new, super-sized special, Baby J, Mulaney mostly By Sarah • Apr 27, 2023 11:37 am
TV Updates Intro for April 26, 2023 Dear Gossips, To All the Boys I’ve Loved Before… in Korea! It’s been over two years since Netflix released To All The Boys: Always and Forever, the final movie in the Lara Jean Universe but now it’s Kitty’s turn. XO Kitty premieres on May 18, and By Lainey • Apr 26, 2023 09:37 am
TV Updates Jury Duty is 2023’s first must-watch show Earlier this month, a show quietly debuted on Amazon Prime’s Freevee channel called Jury Duty. The final episodes dropped last Friday, and over the three weeks Jury Duty aired, it introduced us to Ronald Gladden, aka America’s Sweetheart. Jury Duty is a high-concept comedy series from Gene Stupnitsky By Sarah • Apr 25, 2023 03:09 pm
Douchebags Steven and Ali’s Overdue Statement Please note that this post contains references to sexual assault and may be triggering for some. Steven Yeun and Ali Wong, along with Beef showrunner Lee Sung Jin, were criticised last week for their prolonged silence re: the David Choe situation. Finally, on Friday afternoon, nearly two weeks after journalist By Lainey • Apr 24, 2023 10:18 am
TV Updates The Idol: Chaos is Coming The last time we talked at length about The Idol, it was coming out of Rolling Stone’s report on the allegedly messy production with script barely finished and constantly changing last minute, schedules all over the place, and all of it going overbudget under Sam Levinson’s leadership. It By Lainey • Apr 18, 2023 01:29 pm
TV Updates Keri Russell and Matthew Rhys are The Americans again Is it your birthday? Congratulations. You’ve been given one of the amazing showbiz gifts we all long for. A unicorn, if you will – when art becomes life and everyone’s super happy about it. Last night the Paley Centre celebrated the 10th anniversary of The Americans, which seems both By Duana • Apr 13, 2023 02:45 pm
TV Updates Ali Wong and Steven Yeun in Beef The outer limits of anger and identity are the meat and potatoes of Beef, Lee Sung Jin’s bold comedy-drama about road rage, family, and having it all. Co-produced by Netflix and cinematic tastemaker A24, Beef was created by Lee and directed by Lee, Jake Schreier, and Hikari (Lee and By Sarah • Apr 13, 2023 11:00 am
TV Updates Jonas Brothers Appreciation Didn’t think I’d be writing a post like this even three days ago but after all these years covering pop culture, it’s a good thing to still be open to the surprise. Which is that I appreciate the Jonas Brothers. I was in New York this weekend By Lainey • Apr 11, 2023 01:37 pm
TV Updates Outfits of the Week: Ali Wong’s Beef Tour Beef, the new series starring Ali Wong and Steven Yeun, is now streaming on Netflix and it is still rating 100% fresh on Rotten Tomatoes. Yasmeen Hamadeh, writing for Mashable, says that’s it’s one of Netflix’s “best shows ever”. The New York Times says it’s the By Lainey • Apr 06, 2023 02:27 pm
TV Updates Intro for April 5, 2023 Dear Gossips, I started watching Shrinking last Friday. I now have one episode left and the way it usually works with me, because I can prolong the sh-t out of anything, I might not get to it until season two is released; I just don’t want it to be By Lainey • Apr 05, 2023 10:26 am
TV Updates The Secret Invasion has begun We’re a month out from Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3, but we’re already having the next shiny Marvel thing dangled before us like keys to distract an infant. The full trailer for Secret Invasion, the Disney+ series starring Samuel L. Jackson as Nick Fury, dropped Sunday night By Sarah • Apr 03, 2023 11:33 am
TV Updates Ali & Steven: Middle Fingers Up This is a dream team right here – Ali Wong and Steven Yeun last night at the premiere of Beef, as Beyoncé ordered… “Middle fingers up Hold ‘em hands high Wave it in his face Tell him boy bye Sorry, I ain’t sorry” These two have nothing to be sorry By Lainey • Mar 31, 2023 11:44 am
TV Updates Just let Noho Hank be happy The final season of Barry begins in two and a half weeks, and the latest trailer is all about how everything is awful. We knew from the teaser that nobody is okay, but at this point, it seems like Barry could end with an asteroid destroying Earth, that’s how By Sarah • Mar 30, 2023 12:30 pm
TV Updates Intro for March 29, 2023 Dear Gossips, When the Gwyneth Paltrow ski crash trial was blowing up a few days ago, remember all the jokes people were making about how the livestream was basically a Mike White show? https://twitter.com/trinawatters/status/1639444160057843713?s=20 Well… it’s really not that far off. Variety By Lainey • Mar 29, 2023 09:29 am
TV Updates Tyler James Williams perseveres Tyler James Williams sat down with GQ and opened up about his “traumatic” experience being a child star – and the harsh words told to him by a producer on Everybody Hates Chris regarding the future of his career. He described experiencing fame as a teenager as “weird”, saying the learning By Stephanie • Mar 24, 2023 01:39 pm
