TV Updates Rub & Tug is revived, sans ScarJo A couple of years ago, Scarlett Johansson waded (again) into the waters of appropriation, intending to star in the movie Rub & Tug in the role of a trans man, Tex Gill, who ran a massage parlor empire in Pennsylvania in the 1970s (Tex Gill’s life sounds so cinematic) By Sarah • Jul 22, 2020 10:09 am
TV Updates Just give us the Dance of Dragons You know what? I don’t care how Game of Thrones ended, that show was f-cking rad. King Bran is stupid forever, but the rest of it rocks. I’ve been re-watching episodes (not all of them, because some are just too depressing/upsetting for the times), and when GOT By Sarah • Jul 21, 2020 01:07 pm
TV Updates Intro for July 20, 2020 Dear Gossips, I am not Okay! It’s Monday which means it’s the longest time to be away from It’s Okay To Be Not Okay and there are still six whole ass episodes left and I don’t know how much more of these feelings I can take! By Lainey • Jul 20, 2020 09:02 am
TV Updates Tyra Banks on DWTS – The Ultimate ‘Yes But No’ I’ve never watched Dancing With The Stars. In truth, I tapped out of competitive reality series after Anderson Cooper left The Mole, but it’s more because I’m disorganized than anything else, and half the attraction of week-to-week shows is being able to talk about them online or By Duana • Jul 17, 2020 03:23 pm
TV Updates Intro for July 17, 2020 Dear Gossips, I need the weekend more than ever lately. Not because of work but because the weekend is when new episodes of my current favourite show are released on Netflix. Right now, eight out of sixteen episodes are available, with new episodes, one on Saturday and another on Sunday, By Lainey • Jul 17, 2020 08:58 am
TV Updates Little Fires Everywhere The Emmy nominations will be announced in less than two weeks on July 28 which is why we’ve seen all this virtual campaigning, and given the names involved, Little Fires Everywhere could be a strong contender. Warning: Literally all spoilers Little Fires Everywhere is a beautiful limited series, led By Melayna • Jul 16, 2020 03:45 pm
TV Updates Drew’s Easy Breezy Interview Earlier this month, I covered Drew Barrymore’s InStyle cover in Celebrity Social Media, writing, “Drew Barrymore on the cover of InStyle – thoughts? Drew is a very familiar face and she has a very well-known story. We know who Drew is now, we know her arc, we know what she By Maria • Jul 15, 2020 09:28 am
TV Updates Michaela Coel deserves the full Phoebe* Like Cody, I had to work up to Michaela Coel’s new show, I May Destroy You. I loved her previous, two-series run of Chewing Gum, but I had seen a plot description of I May Destroy You and knew about the sexual assault plotline—based on Coel’s experience— By Sarah • Jul 14, 2020 10:38 am
TV Updates Intro for July 14, 2020 Dear Gossips, Jimmy Fallon returned to the studio for The Tonight Show last night. They made a point of showing the audience the safety precautions they were taking to make this happen. Everyone first tested negative for COVID-19 and temperature checks were administered upon entering the building, office spaces have By Lainey • Jul 14, 2020 09:22 am
TV Updates Loving ‘The Baby-Sitters Club’ is Absolutely Right Even though 2020 (and Twitter) keeps showing us that there are infinite ways to be an asshole online, a very grown woman saying, “I’m nervous about the upcoming Netflix series The Baby-Sitters Club” was absolutely going to be a contender for the prize. So I didn’t. I waited By Duana • Jul 10, 2020 03:30 pm
TV Updates What should Keke Palmer do next? Page Six is reporting Keke’s Palmer’s latest gig as co-host of Strahan, Sara & Keke has come to an end. Sources say ABC has no plans to resume production on the Good Morning America spinoff, after it was put on hiatus to make room for pandemic news programming By Cody • Jul 10, 2020 02:23 pm
TV Updates Oscar and Michelle’s Marriage Story There is going to be SO MUCH breakup media coming out of this pandemic. And there will be some romantic stories to be told, but I predict the vibe of post-pandemic storytelling will be overwhelmingly about the meltdown, not the meet cute. Case in point: Oscar Isaac and Michelle Williams By Sarah • Jul 10, 2020 11:29 am
TV Updates The Quibi Experiment, Three Months Later Here’s a real question for us to ponder in the summer of nothing better to do: Which is going worse, the first months of Apple TV+ or the first months of Quibi? Both are enormously expensive streaming ventures, both had flashy launches touting impressive rosters of A List talent, By Sarah • Jul 07, 2020 12:03 pm
TV Updates For Your Consideration: Maitreyi Ramakrishnan Looks like that Team Paxton vs. Team Ben cliffhanger won’t go answered. Mindy Kaling’s Netflix series, Never Have I Ever officially got the green light for season 2. It’s no surprise, considering the teen dramedy became the most streamed title in many countries around the world almost By Cody • Jul 03, 2020 11:24 am
TV Updates Kelly Clarkson wins an Emmy There are few people in Hollywood like Kelly Clarkson. Think about it. How many celebrities are as universally beloved as Kelly Clarkson? My favourite celebrity may not be your favourite celebrity. You fave is probably not mine. But when Kelly Clarkson comes up, no one is like… nah, I don’ By Lainey • Jun 29, 2020 10:08 am
TV Updates Homecoming Is For Right Now Every time I’m on a Zoom call, in an effort to counteract the general awkwardness that is people who are often having their only human interaction for the week, there’s some small talk about what people are watching – that happens regardless of whether it’s a TV industry By Duana • Jun 26, 2020 04:03 pm
