TV Updates There will be more of A Black Lady Sketch Show This past Friday, Robin Thede’s A Black Lady Sketch Show concluded its second season on HBO. Experiencing the show during this horrendous time for humanity has definitely been a relief. The cast stuck with what made us fall in love with the series and turned up what really worked By Melayna • May 31, 2021 11:42 am
TV Updates Outfit of the Week: Julianne Moore Here’s someone we haven’t talked about in a while… Julianne Moore was photographed yesterday in New York, presumably doing some promotion for the upcoming Lisey’s Story, an eight episode series premiering on Apple TV+ on June 4. The series is based on Stephen King’s book of By Lainey • May 28, 2021 02:49 pm
TV Updates The Underground Railroad rolls to a close Spoilers Be advised that episodes 9 and 10 contain disturbing images, including massacre violence, suicide, and infanticide. The final episodes of The Underground Railroad are the most harrowing of the series as Cora (Thuso Mbedu) once again tries to establish a life outside slavery. Royal (William Jackson Harper), who freed By Sarah • May 28, 2021 02:13 pm
TV Updates Mean Rose Byrne is real! When we first glimpsed the upcoming Apple TV+ series Physical, I wondered if the acidic, mean version of Rose Byrne’s character was somehow a product of her imagination, a bored, frustrated housewife projecting herself into the glamorous world of celebrity aerobics. No! Apparently not! A full trailer for Physical By Sarah • May 28, 2021 10:12 am
Style Daphne Bridgerton is back in white There were a lot of reasons why Bridgerton is so popular – the gossip, the romance, the family drama, the Regé-Jean Page, and as Sarah has written about, the costumes and the sets. What’s your favourite Daphne Bridgerton costume? Mine is the outfit she wore for her debut with the By Lainey • May 27, 2021 01:38 pm
TV Updates Jennifer Aniston: Double Shades Are you counting down to the Friends reunion? It’s premiering tomorrow on HBO Max and Crave here in Canada and as we’ve seen, there’s been a lot of coverage with all six members of the cast doing interviews to promote the special. Screeners were sent to select By Lainey • May 26, 2021 02:58 pm
Top Reads Prince Harry and the Success of The Me You Can’t See Oprah Winfrey and Prince Harry’s Apple TV+ docuseries, The Me You Can’t See, premiered last week and since then there’s been headline after headline about how Harry talks about his past, about his family, and about breaking the cycle of silence with respect to mental health. Critics By Lainey • May 26, 2021 12:56 pm
Equality Issues Lil Nas X’s wardrobe malfunction Lil Nas X was the musical guest on Saturday Night Live this weekend on the season finale hosted by Anya Taylor-Joy. The big headline coming out of his performance was how he split his pants when he dropped it low on the pole. My big takeaway was how adorable he By Lainey • May 25, 2021 10:51 am
TV Updates The Underground Railroad reaches its nadir but offers (some) hope Spoilers for episodes 4-7 of The Underground Railroad After the odyssey of the first three episodes, The Underground Railroad shifts into a contemplative mood for its middle episodes. Episode four, “The Great Spirit” (once again, all episodes are directed by Barry Jenkins, and this episode is written by Adrienne Rush) By Sarah • May 21, 2021 01:47 pm
TV Updates Friends…in Canada Yesterday in What Else?, I wrote that in Canada there wasn’t word yet on whether or not we’d be getting the Friends reunion. Today, super fresh, Crave has confirmed it: the Friends reunion will stream exclusively day and date a week from today on Thursday May 27th. Friends By Lainey • May 20, 2021 11:09 am
TV Updates Billy Porter Shares HIV-Positive Status Billy Porter has opened up about a secret he’s been keeping from almost everyone in his life for the last 14 years. In 2007, he was diagnosed HIV-positive. He’s telling his story for the first time to The Hollywood Reporter because he wants everyone to know, “This is By Cody • May 20, 2021 10:04 am
TV Updates Steve Martin, Martin Short, and Selena Gomez are nosy neighbors Yesterday, a teaser was released for Only Murders in the Building, a ten-episode series coming to Hulu (and Star, internationally) on August 31. Steve Martin, Martin Short, and Selena Gomez play nosy neighbors who get caught up in a murder mystery in their apartment building. Short’s character is also, By Sarah • May 19, 2021 03:29 pm
Style Issa Rae: How to Dress While Building an Empire Issa Rae rarely turns a bad look. She’s styled for the June issue of Vanity Fair by Shiona Turini, the costume designer on Insecure, Issa’s HBO show in which she appears equality well dressed — all the time. I’m not crazy about the belt she’s wearing on By Cody • May 19, 2021 03:09 pm
TV Updates Loki meets Mobius Sunday night, Marvel and Disney+ did great at the MTV Movie & TV Awards. Their first forays into streaming television won big, and an OG6 Avenger was given the Generation Award, and during the broadcast they dropped a clip from Loki, their next series due in just under a month. By Sarah • May 18, 2021 09:50 am
TV Updates Get to know Anne Boleyn with Jodie Turner-Smith On Friday, Jodie Turner-Smith dropped a teaser for Anne Boleyn on her Instagram. The lighting continues to be bad, but besides that, the teaser shows us brief hits of Anne Boleyn as the world starts to close in around her, with no sons delivered to Henry VIII and a venomous By Sarah • May 17, 2021 12:54 pm
TV Updates Elizabeth & Kathryn: The Witches Win Big The MTV Movie and TV Awards are kinda like the People’s Choice Awards – if you show up, it means you’re winning something. And Marvel won almost everything last night, with Anthony Mackie taking home Best Hero and Best Onscreen Duo (with Sebastian Stan, who wasn’t there). During By Lainey • May 17, 2021 12:22 pm
