TV Updates Are we really more body positive now than we were then? Warning for discussion of disordered eating/self-harm There are myriad reasons Physical is a tough watch, but the thing I keep coming back to the most is the relationship between Sheila (Rose Byrne) and Greta (Dierdre Friel). Their dynamic reminds me of a friendship in my past. From the outside, By Sarah • Jun 23, 2021 03:13 pm
Equality Issues Rachel Lindsay Speaks Out Rachel Lindsay’s first person story, “Rachel Lindsay Has No Roses Left to Burn,” (as told to Allison P. Davis) in New York Magazine details the racism, toxicity, and hateful experiences she went through during her time in the Bachelor Franchise. To those who aren’t familiar, Rachel was the By Anastasia • Jun 23, 2021 12:26 pm
TV Updates Rose Byrne in Physical Warning for discussion of eating disorders/bulimia and self-harm Physical, the new Apple TV+ series starring Rose Byrne as an aerobics guru, is about as anti-nostalgic as a period piece can be (as someone born in the 1980s, it crushes my soul that this now qualifies as “period piece”). It’ By Sarah • Jun 22, 2021 11:56 am
TV Updates Ted Lasso returns with his evil twin, Led Tasso I don’t know about you, but I really needed to see Ted Lasso burst into a room and shout, “The Ted Lasso welcome wagon has arrived!” this morning. Over the weekend, I completed a huge assignment, then promptly did…something…to my computer that wrecked the drive on which By Sarah • Jun 21, 2021 12:45 pm
TV Updates Anya Taylor-Joy for Dior One of the most memorable looks at the forgettable Golden Globes this year was Anya Taylor-Joy in that green Dior. As I said at the time, she was unreal – and, of course, styled by Law Roach: I don’t think that Anya has officially been named a Dior ambassador but By Lainey • Jun 18, 2021 02:04 pm
TV Updates Will Ferrell and Paul Rudd enter dysfunctional therapy Podcast platform Wondery has cornered the market on long-form, true crime documentary podcasts that then become splashy TV series. First it was Dirty John, next it’s Dr. Death, and in November comes perhaps the splashiest of them all based purely on star power: The Shrink Next Door. Anchorman chums By Sarah • Jun 18, 2021 12:25 pm
TV Updates Jon Bernthal: Romantic lead at last, sort of Jon Bernthal has a very intense and intimidating screen presence. He broke out as loose-cannon Shane on The Walking Dead, is best known for playing the Punisher in the Netflix-Marvel shows—and maybe again in the MCU proper, there is a persistent rumor they’d like to keep Bernthal around— By Sarah • Jun 16, 2021 12:25 pm
TV Updates Return of The Morning Show A trailer for season two of Apple TV’s The Morning Show was released yesterday. Duana and I watched the sh-t out of the first season and we talked about it at length on the Show Your Work podcast and for a lot of people who work in television, I By Lainey • Jun 15, 2021 11:03 am
TV Updates iCarly Is Back There has been an iCarly social media takeover and I’m loving it. The show originally aired on Nickelodeon from 2007 to 2012 and is probably one of the reasons why most kids in my middle school wanted to be YouTubers. The big news is that there is a reboot By Anastasia • Jun 11, 2021 02:40 pm
TV Updates Intro for June 10, 2021 Dear Gossips, A trailer for the Gossip Girl reboot, premiering on Crave in Canada and HBO Max on July 8, was released yesterday. Is it just me or does the voice off the top sound like Serena Van Der Woodsen, played of course by Blake Lively? It’s not her, By Lainey • Jun 10, 2021 09:18 am
TV Updates Loki bursts out of the gate, ready to play Spoilers With the debut of Loki, Marvel is now three series deep into their new Disney+ series slate, and a shared complaint between the first two series, WandaVision and The Falcon and the Winter Soldier, is that they both got off to a slow start. Well, not so Loki. Compared By Sarah • Jun 09, 2021 10:25 am
TV Updates The Bachelor Franchise Does Not Need Chris Harrison Last night was the premiere of the new season of The Bachelorette, and one thing that it proved was that the franchise does not need Chris Harrison. This morning’s news about Chris leaving the franchise for good is an effective move the show needed to take in order to By Anastasia • Jun 08, 2021 12:29 pm
TV Updates The BAFTAS of Michaela Coel This year’s BAFTA TV Awards belonged to Michaela Coel and I May Destroy You. As we already know, it was one of if not the best series of 2020 and Michaela and the series won in the Writing, Directing, Miniseries, and Acting categories. In her speech, Michaela opened by By Lainey • Jun 07, 2021 02:27 pm
Top Reads Simu Liu’s Big Day There was a lot of Simu Liu in the headlines yesterday. Here’s how it started – with a Facebook post, ahead of the release of season five of Kim’s Convenience on Netflix, which of course as we all know now is the show’s final season, and not because By Lainey • Jun 03, 2021 10:52 am
Succession Nicholas Braun: Cousin Greg gets a magazine cover! How impatient are you for the next season of Succession? F-ck! I want it so bad! They’re still filming though, and HBO hasn’t even announced an air date so it won’t be summer, although hopefully they can get enough done for a post-Emmys start. Which would be By Lainey • Jun 01, 2021 02:06 pm
Award Season Campaigning Regé-Jean Page’s carriage upgrade We are now six weeks away from the Emmy nominations and one of the big series contenders is Bridgerton. Bridgerton is one of two high profile drama series considerations for Netflix, alongside The Crown, so Regé-Jean Page’s Variety cover feature, which came out last week, was released just in By Lainey • Jun 01, 2021 10:32 am
