TV Updates Prince Harry and The Crown – How Dare He!? As noted in today’s site open, the British royal family seems pretty stressed by how they’re portrayed in season four of The Crown that just dropped yesterday and features Princess Diana. Diana, was, as we all know, the British royal family’s biggest star. And that was a By Lainey • Nov 16, 2020 12:53 pm
TV Updates Intro for November 16, 2020 Dear Gossips, The Crown is a savour for me so I did not burn through all of season four yesterday. But I did watch the first three episodes and then I rewatched over and over again specific scenes from the first three episodes. (Sarah’s review of the new season By Lainey • Nov 16, 2020 09:23 am
TV Updates WandaVision bounces WandaVision is the latest entity to give up on 2020, as anyone would. The Marvel series was expected to debut on Disney+ “this year”, but they’re still completing filming of the last couple episodes of the series (not to mention ongoing post-production on the rest of it). I said By Sarah • Nov 13, 2020 11:23 am
Equality Issues Intro for November 12, 2020 Dear Gossips, There was a lot of excitement online yesterday when the new Gossip Girl cast was photographed filming on the steps of the Met as people are now trying to figure out who’s playing whom. Not that the characters will be the same – we’re not getting a By Lainey • Nov 12, 2020 08:52 am
TV Updates WandaVision gets its close up In anticipation of its premiere on Disney+ later this winter, WandaVision covers Entertainment Weekly. Even though the profile bills EW’s access as “unprecedented”—there have been Marvel set visits before—this is a pretty standard cover feature for Marvel. They give away tidbits but hardly illuminate the whole project By Sarah • Nov 10, 2020 12:47 pm
TV Updates Lady Whistledown is our holiday obsession Over the last few years, Netflix has started debuting series designed for bingeing during the holidays. It started with Making a Murderer, and last year it was The Witcher, and this year’s holiday binge is Bridgerton, the first show from Shondaland on Netflix. It’s an adaptation of Julia By Sarah • Nov 02, 2020 01:00 pm
TV Updates The Mandalorian returns The Mandalorian returned on Friday, bringing us back to the world of Din Djarin and Baby Yoda (who remains almost unbearably cute). The first season was a simple delight, and while I continue to have reservations about this show going too deep into Star Wars lore—which it doesn’t By Sarah • Nov 02, 2020 10:52 am
TV Updates Intro for November 2, 2020 Dear Gossips, Exactly a week ago in this space, I posted about Saturday Night Live and Dave Chappelle, wondering whether or not it would be Chappelle again this coming weekend, after the US election. SNL has confirmed that indeed it will be Chappelle. Next week! pic.twitter.com/0DjJICXjJW — Saturday By Lainey • Nov 02, 2020 08:51 am
TV Updates The Beckhams: Coming to Netflix In a headline catered to my specific taste, it’s been reported that the Beckhams have signed a major deal with Netflix for a “docu-series” (which, let’s be real, is a fancy word for reality TV). According to the Sun, it’s coming from David’s newish production company, By Maria • Oct 30, 2020 01:44 pm
TV Updates The Crown: Girl Power! A couple of weeks ago we saw a teaser for The Crown season four, which promised Diana Drama! and only hinted at Gillian Anderson’s turn as Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher. Well, the full trailer dropped yesterday, and it is a much more even-handed preview of the season, balancing the By Sarah • Oct 30, 2020 11:08 am
TV Updates Anya Taylor-Joy in The Queen’s Gambit There is a certain type of character who appears in television shows, you know her when you see her: a lead character, pretty, almost always white, and the object of every other character’s fascination and sexual desire. She is interesting! So charming! A marvel! The show will insist this By Sarah • Oct 29, 2020 02:36 pm
TV Updates Shonda Invents Anna Today I’m wondering about writer Jessica Pressler. Every year or so, Jessica Pressler produces a piece for The Cut that becomes a cult thing in and of itself alongside its subject(s). Back in 2015, her article on “The Hustlers at Scores” was one of the best investigative essays By Lainey • Oct 28, 2020 02:47 pm
TV Updates Selena for the Holidays Netflix for the last several years has been dominating the holiday season. Every December, there’s something – or multiple somethings – streaming on Netflix that go viral, that no one can stop talking about. And it’s not necessarily conventional “holiday” content either. Remember Making a Murderer? I feel like we By Lainey • Oct 27, 2020 01:56 pm
TV Updates Oscar Isaac is the latest Marvel hire Yesterday, “Moon Knight” started trending on social media, which I figured was either something to do with Marvel, or NASA had announced the intention of forming a band of chivalrous knights to patrol the moon against possible moon monsters (anything feels possible these days). Fortunately, it was the former and By Sarah • Oct 27, 2020 11:37 am
TV Updates Intro for October 27, 2020 Dear Gossips, In 2017, Min Jin Lee’s Pachinko was released to critical acclaim, regarded as one of the best books of the year. Roxane Gay named it her favourite book of 2017. In August 2018, after a bidding war involving multiple outlets, Apple acquired the rights to adapt the By Lainey • Oct 27, 2020 09:00 am
TV Updates Intro for October 26, 2020 Dear Gossips, How was Adele for you? She pulled in solid ratings for Saturday Night Live this past weekend – not a surprise since she was already trending well before the episode started. And right off the top, though she claimed she was nervous, she seemed comfortable and relaxed during the By Lainey • Oct 26, 2020 08:59 am
