Equality Issues Intro for April 21, 2020 Dear Gossips, I live for Sundays again, at least for the next few weeks. The Last Dance is on Sundays. Killing Eve is on Sundays. And Insecure is on Sundays. Here’s the promo for next week’s episode, “Lowkey Thankful”. Wait for the joke that comes at the end By Lainey • Apr 21, 2020 08:54 am
TV Updates Some Good News with Brad Pitt Some of you have written asking for comment about Brad Pitt’s appearance on the Property Brothers’ new show. Home renovation shows are not my thing. I don’t know if I’ve ever watched an entire episode of any home renovation series. As I’ve said before, I like By Lainey • Apr 20, 2020 10:52 am
TV Updates Hannah Gadsby returns Hannah Gadsby’s extraordinary not-comedy special, Nanette, was one of the stand-out pop cultural moments of 2018. Now, two years after “quitting” comedy via Nanette, Gadsby returns with another one-woman show, this time titled Douglas (after her dog). Douglas ran off-Broadway at the Daryl Roth Theater last year, and many By Sarah • Apr 14, 2020 03:27 pm
TV Updates Saturday Night Live, At Home On Saturday night we had a games night over FaceTime (shout-out to whomever is writing the article about which group chat apps are chosen for which activities.) It was the most fun – and the most ‘out’ – I’ve felt in weeks. But even though it was great, or maybe because By Duana • Apr 13, 2020 12:50 pm
TV Updates Intro for April 13, 2020 Dear Gossips, We look different…but we’re still the same! As mentioned a couple of weeks ago, we’ve had a facelift – or, as I prefer to call it, a glow-up. If you missed the post about the changes that been implemented, please READ HERE. Please let us know By Lainey • Apr 13, 2020 08:45 am
TV Updates Issa and Insecure are back! Finally, HBO’s Insecure is coming back this Sunday, April 12 on Crave in Canada and HBO. The wait is over and the timing couldn’t be better – even when we aren’t stuck inside the show is a treat and a gift. Ahead of the premiere, Issa Rae was By Melayna • Apr 09, 2020 03:50 pm
TV Updates Quibi Reviews: Gayme Show Quibi, the platform aimed at providing viewers with “Quick Bites” of content launched yesterday. There’s a surprising and refreshing amount of queer content at launch including Sasha Velour’s Nightgowns and Dishmantled with Titus Burgess. There’s also Gayme Show, which had a good enough hook to get me By Prem • Apr 07, 2020 10:44 am
SD Recommendations Intro for April 7, 2020 Dear Gossips, Tonight’s the night, the series finale of Schitt’s Creek. It’s been six seasons – and it’s ending now, when it’s more popular than it’s ever been. Schitt’s Creek has been namechecked by almost every celebrity you can think of. Carol Burnett mentions By Lainey • Apr 07, 2020 08:53 am
TV Updates Chris Evans has reached the defensive stage In the ten years(!!) I have been writing about celebrity, Chris Evans has undergone an evolution. At the beginning of my tenure with LaineyGossip, I wondered about his ability to make Captain America, a fuddy-duddy B-list superhero, work for modern audiences. Around that time, he was going through his bro By Sarah • Apr 06, 2020 12:03 pm
TV Updates Intro for April 1, 2020 Dear Gossips, Sally Rooney’s Normal People was released in North America a year ago this month and became an instant bestseller, just like it was in the UK when bookstores couldn’t keep it in stock. I ripped through it in one sitting and then read it again, twice. By Lainey • Apr 01, 2020 08:40 am
SD Recommendations John Krasinski SDs with "best boss" Steve Carell In another world, John Krasinski would have hosted Saturday Night Live for the first time over the weekend, fulfilling a childhood dream. Instead, he posted his first Some Good News broadcast to YouTube from a Weekend Update-like desk late on Sunday, in front of a logo created by his daughters, By Joanna • Mar 31, 2020 11:56 am
TV Updates Crossover Madness Two things have happened this month: the NCAA cancelled the March Madness basketball tournament, and Westworld featured a surprise Game of Thrones cameo this week. Having HBO’s biggest show cross over with its try-hardiest show in the same month that there is no March Madness is surely a sign By Sarah • Mar 27, 2020 02:21 pm
TV Updates Quibi: Still A Thing That Is Happening Sometime in the Near Future In a time of Extreme Streaming™, watching TV is not a passive thing; it’s an outlet for energy and it’s also a talking point, particularly for those who feel squirrely right now. With that, streaming platforms like Netflix and Hulu are capitalizing on the eyeballs, dropping a steady By Maria • Mar 27, 2020 11:37 am
TV Updates Chris Evans is a sad dad Chris Evans continues his post-Marvel streak of playing very un-Captain America characters, playing a sad dad in Defending Jacob, a morally ambiguous family drama coming to Apple TV next month. Movies might be offline right now, but television trucks on, uninterrupted (for now, the production shutdowns will catch up to By Sarah • Mar 26, 2020 10:50 am
TV Updates SD In 30 Minute Segments During this time of uncertainty, people are using their time to master a new skill, like needlepoint or knitting. Some are baking bread or learning an instrument or language or writing a book. I’m doing none of that. We are conditioned to use every spare moment for self-improvement so By Maria • Mar 24, 2020 03:09 pm
TV Updates Which Succession characters would thrive in self-quarantine? As another week of self-distancing and self-quarantine goes on, it is time to ask the important questions, such as: Which Succession characters would thrive in self-quarantine? The Roy family is made up of a bunch of self-involved narcissistic assholes who get off on chaos and back-stabbing. An economic crisis brought By Sarah • Mar 24, 2020 01:19 pm
