TV Updates Henry Cavill abandons The Witcher The Witcher was Netflix’s big holiday hit in 2019, but the second season came and went relatively quietly during the 2021 holiday season (even though season two is a little bit better than season one). That’s typical for Netflix shows, though, as most of the streamer’s original By Sarah • Oct 31, 2022 10:06 am
TV Updates Intro for October 28, 2022 Dear Gossips, I’ve been listening to Rihanna’s new song, “Lift Me Up”, from the Black Panther: Wakanda Forever soundtrack all morning. Like driving to work, crying. Does it hit this hard only because I’ve seen the movie? Or does it work the same even if you haven’ By Lainey • Oct 28, 2022 09:22 am
TV Updates Taffy conquers TV As Lainey has said, we here at LaineyGossip are Taffy fans. As in, fans of writer Taffy Brodesser-Akner. Whether it’s one of her masterclass celebrity profiles or her first novel, Taffy is a must-read. That novel, Fleishman Is In Trouble, is now also a limited series starring Jesse Eisenberg, By Sarah • Oct 27, 2022 12:12 pm
TV Updates Shonda Rhimes paved the way Shonda Rhimes was the most recent guest on the 9 to 5ish with the Skimm podcast. She gave listeners some insight into some of the struggles she faced getting Grey's Anatomy off the ground, like the unanimous doubt from executives that the show would find an audience. " By Stephanie • Oct 26, 2022 11:48 am
Quiveration Timothy Olyphant on set It’s been just over a month since we last saw Timothy Olyphant. Two sightings in less than two months! Olyphantians, we are FEASTING! This is Olyphant on the set of Full Circle in New York City. It’s a miniseries from Steven Soderbergh and Ed Solomon (one of the By Sarah • Oct 25, 2022 12:18 pm
TV Updates [INT.] Chinatown Interior Chinatown, a National Book Award-winning novel by Charles Yu, is being adapted into a TV series. Lainey referenced it when Daniel Dae Kim toplined his first television series only after over thirty years in the business. That’s the basic gist of the book. Written in screenplay form, Interior By Sarah • Oct 14, 2022 03:08 pm
TV Updates Intro for October 14, 2022 Dear Gossips, Trevor Noah took over The Daily Show in 2015, and it seemed an impossible task. Jon Stewart became iconic behind the joke-news show’s desk, and there was a lot of handwringing about what would become of The Daily Show without Jon Stewart. Seven years later, the answer By Sarah • Oct 14, 2022 09:20 am
TV Updates Will and Kate’s Crown Counterparts Prince William and Kate were at Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park today in East London in support and celebration of the 10th anniversary of Coach Core, a training programme for coaches and emerging athletes. Kate wore a blue blazer, unmistakably Chanel. Like I would be surprised if it’s not Chanel, By Lainey • Oct 13, 2022 12:49 pm
TV Updates Countdown to The Crown When the Queen died last month, Netflix reported a surge in viewership – obviously people were watching The Crown seasons one through four and getting reacquainted with the storylines, the drama, the rivalries, the pettiness and the protocol. There are a lot of people who are well-primed for what happens next. By Lainey • Oct 13, 2022 11:27 am
TV Updates Intro for October 13, 2022 Dear Gossips, Big announcement yesterday! The Joy Luck Club is getting a sequel! A “Joy Luck Club 2" is happening! The original cast is in talks to return to their roles as mothers and grandmothers. The film will also highlight a new generation of Asian female-identifying actors, from granddaughters By Lainey • Oct 13, 2022 09:31 am
TV Updates The Devil in the White City is my white whale All I want in this stupid world is for SOMEONE to develop a movie or limited series based on The Devil in the White City that we will ACTUALLY get to see. Following the announcement back in August that Keanu Reeves would star in a limited series for Hulu, to By Sarah • Oct 11, 2022 10:36 am
TV Updates Devery Jacobs is Now and Next “It’s been a crazy time, a crazy year” – what Devery Jacobs told ELLE CANADA in her cover feature for the magazine’s October 2022 issue. This is an understatement. Season two of Reservation Dogs just wrapped up this week (it streams in Canada on Disney+) and season three was By Lainey • Sep 30, 2022 11:58 am
Quiveration Zahn McClarnon in Dark Winds Zahn McClarnon is an actor with over 90 credits to his name, but you’ve probably only started to notice him within the last decade. He’s done his time hopscotching through network procedurals like NYPD Blue, Criminal Minds, and Castle, and he’s been in most projects of note By Sarah • Sep 30, 2022 11:17 am
TV Updates Jen and Jon on a date I was at the newsstand at the airport yesterday before my flight home and saw Jennifer Aniston on the cover of some tabloid and the headline was something something about how Angelina Jolie ruined her life. For a minute there I forgot when I was. When, as in is it By Lainey • Sep 29, 2022 11:05 am
TV Updates Jon Bernthal shows up for Norman Reedus When last we discussed Jon Bernthal, he was giving a literal microphone to Shia LaBeouf as part of LaBeouf’s apology tour. This killed many people’s Bernthal crush. It put a serious dent in mine. I get it, they’re friends and Bernthal wants to support his friend, but By Sarah • Sep 28, 2022 11:08 am
Break Ups Simu Liu: A Breakup and a Win The last few times I’ve posted about Simu Liu it was about his love life. He and Jade Bender made it red carpet official this summer which is newsworthy because Simu is newsworthy – he’s been newsworthy now for over a year, ever since the release of Shang-Chi and By Lainey • Sep 27, 2022 01:08 pm