TV Updates Regé-Jean’s SNL Dinner I’ve read a lot of books on Saturday Night Live. Maybe not as many as Duana, as she’s the in-house expert, but enough to know what the schedule is for the week and how they make sketch decisions and the behind-the-scenes work process that by now, over forty By Lainey • Feb 19, 2021 01:36 pm
TV Updates Ruth Negga takes on Josephine Baker When I think of Josephine Baker, my mind goes to HBO’s The Josephine Baker Story, which taught me just how much of a badass she was. Miss Baker was the Beyoncé of the 1920s. She made the banana skirt iconic. Baker’s story is one that needs to be By Cody • Feb 19, 2021 11:44 am
TV Updates Demi’s New Doc This summer will mark three years since Demi Lovato’s near fatal overdose and she’s revisiting those harrowing moments in a new documentary, Demi Lovato: Dancing With the Devil. The four-part docuseries will debut March 23 on YouTube and the trailer promises a vulnerable look at the circumstances leading By Cody • Feb 19, 2021 10:51 am
Top Reads Donald Glover’s Big Deal + Malia Obama It was announced last week that Donald Glover and Phoebe Waller-Bridge will be headlining a series adaptation of Mr & Mrs Smith on Amazon. Yesterday The Hollywood Reporter reported that he’s signed a lucrative multiyear deal with Amazon to produce and curate projects – and all of this is happening By Lainey • Feb 18, 2021 02:38 pm
TV Updates Jason Sudeikis is Dating? Right at the beginning of January, Olivia Wilde and Harry Styles were photographed at a wedding holding hands. Olivia and Harry started working together last September. By November it was revealed that she and Jason Sudeikis had ended their engagement months ago, like early in 2020. Initially it didn’t By Lainey • Feb 18, 2021 10:41 am
TV Updates Why Claudia Conway is on American Idol Obviously the TikTok generation, and those who become stars there, know the unwritten rules and customs better than any of us ‘olds’; in ten years time, they’ll have created an entirely new media landscape to befuddle us, based on self-generating everything, especially your image. Self-generation is why Claudia Conway By Duana • Feb 17, 2021 03:15 pm
Equality Issues The Power Of Bachelor Nation Unionization Bachelor Nation has been going through a lot, even though a lot of people are under the assumption that ignorance in the franchise is a new problem after reports of Rachael Kirckonnell’s racist actions came up. Yeah, no. This mess has BEEN around. Before getting into the why the By Anastasia • Feb 17, 2021 02:23 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Regé -Jean Page wastes no time The undisputed breakout of Bridgerton season one is Regé-Jean Page, the duke himself. With all the momentum of being the breakout star of Netflix’s biggest original show to date, Page is wasting no time. He has booked his first major role post-Bridgerton and will co-star with Chris Pine in By Sarah • Feb 17, 2021 12:18 pm
TV Updates The New Mr & Mrs Smith Amazon announced a few days ago that they’re rebooting Mr & Mrs Smith, which I consider to be a classic movie, and not just because it’s the movie where Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt fell in love, kicking off 12 years of Brange. RIP Brange. Of course the By Lainey • Feb 16, 2021 02:29 pm
Douchebags The Bachelor Franchise Is In Crisis (We are so pleased to welcome Anastasia, the newest writer to join the team. Anastasia is a journalism student and a member of Bachelor Nation. She can be reached on Twitter @annieanokyee and on Instagram @annie.anokye. and by email at anastasia@laineygossip.com.) Anyone who is a huge Bachelor By Anastasia • Feb 16, 2021 11:56 am
TV Updates BRIDGERTON FOUND ITS KATE Today in Very Important Bridgerton News, the woman who is too good for Anthony Bridgerton has been cast. Sex Education’s Simone Ashley will star as Kate Sharma in season two. Kate! Is here! And she will NOT be taking ANY of Anthony’s bullsh-t, of which there is a By Sarah • Feb 16, 2021 09:29 am
TV Updates Queen Jodie (in the dark) As we learned last year, Jodie Turner-Smith is playing Anne Boleyn in a new prestige drama series about the doomed queen’s downfall. We’ve seen her on set in the headpieces, but now we have our first official still of JTS as Anne and, well, it’s not great. By Sarah • Feb 11, 2021 11:53 am
Top Reads Jennifer Aniston: Brad and Boyfriend Rumours Here are Jennifer Aniston and Reese Witherspoon in LA working on the second season of The Morning Show. Jen was seen in a grey suit for one scene and a camel coat for another – very Alex Levy. Both at one point are wearing face shields. Have we talked about the By Lainey • Feb 10, 2021 10:35 am
TV Updates WandaVision gets to the point Spoilers through episode 5 of WandaVision In my review of the first two episodes of WandaVision, I said the show got off to a slow start and a lot of people argued with me (which happens whenever you say anything less than positive about Marvel online). Listen, I, too, enjoy By Sarah • Feb 09, 2021 11:33 am
TV Updates SAG Awards TV Noms – Discuss Once again we’re splitting discussion of these nominations into TV and Film, and so the actual nominations process, which used to be “televised”, deserves a mention – solely inasmuch as Daveed Diggs’ panic at not being able to add Lily Collins to the IG Live was so real it gave By Duana • Feb 04, 2021 01:08 pm
TV Updates Intro for February 4, 2021 Dear Gossips, The Screen Actors Guild will announce their nominations later today and while there may be a couple of surprises, it will not be the giant bowl of f-cksh-t that the Golden Globes served up yesterday. Like, I’m pretty sure we won’t be hearing Jared Leto’s By Lainey • Feb 04, 2021 08:59 am