TV Updates Kerry Washington’s birthday Today is Kerry Washington’s 41st birthday. I’m always bragging about January babies. It’s not about star signs. I’m a Capricorn and Kerry is an Aquarius. I just have this theory that the best people happen to be born in the same month I was (Justin Timberlake By Kathleen • Jan 31, 2018 03:03 pm
TV Updates John Krasinski’s Jack Ryan show goes Super Bowl The first trailer for John Krasinski’s new Amazon show, Jack Ryan, did not get me excited the series. As much as I like Krasinski, I don’t think we need an “American abroad fighting terrorists” show right now. It looks like 24 except without the catchy gimmick. Well there’ By Sarah • Jan 31, 2018 11:22 am
TV Updates FYI, Murphy Brown is back. I sent Lainey an all-caps message about Murphy Brown because I was sure someone would scoop up the chance to write about the reboot before me. I can’t possibly be the only one who is super excited about this, right? Murphy Brown ran for 10 years (starting when I By Maria • Jan 25, 2018 11:22 am
TV Updates Natalie Portman: Instagram, Tennis, SNL When Natalie Portman joined Instagram a few weeks ago, Maria observed in Smutty Social Media that her handle was @nportmanofficial because a fan account had already taken @natalieportman. Natalie Portman’s official Instagram is now @natalieportman. So either the fan voluntarily gave that up or was compensated for giving it By Lainey • Jan 24, 2018 04:54 pm
TV Updates Taylor Kitsch’s press day Waco, the miniseries, will premiere tomorrow night on Paramount Network (formerly Spike). Taylor Kitsch plays David Koresh and, as Sarah noted when she wrote about the trailer a few months ago, this is hopefully the role that will break Taylor Kitsch out of his post-FNL funk. Did you watch Manhunt: By Lainey • Jan 23, 2018 08:50 am
TV Updates It’s Double SAG-nominee Alison Brie’s Problem We’ll get to what she said in a minute. But we really need to take a second and talk about the truly maddening fact that Alison Brie was asked about James Franco at all. If you didn’t know, she’s married to his brother Dave Franco, which is By Duana • Jan 22, 2018 01:34 pm
TV Updates Riverdale is still crazy, Cole Sprouse is still hot I’m having a hard time watching this season of Riverdale sober. Over the past few days, I’ve tried to catch up in preparation for its midseason premiere tonight and without the aid of alcohol, I only made it halfway through episode 9. Good lord, this show has gone By Kathleen • Jan 17, 2018 11:37 am
TV Updates The Handmaid’s Tale season 2 The wait in between Game of Thrones seasons is LONG. GoT won’t be back until 2019. By the time we see the final season; we will have been waiting well over a year. I’m OK with the wait. I need a year to emotionally prepare for the fact By Kathleen • Jan 15, 2018 12:31 pm
TV Updates Give Sterling K. Brown all the awards I say this often. Put Sterling K. Brown in everything. Give him all the awards. He is the reason This Is Us is so great. He is an exceptional speech giver. He’s generally a beacon of light and joy and a reminder that there is good in this world. By Kathleen • Jan 12, 2018 01:00 pm
TV Updates This Is Us is back Everybody wins when the Pearson family feuds. The last time I wrote about This Is Us, we were five episodes into the season and I was annoyed. I was annoyed that the show was focusing more on unnecessary twists than the family drama of the core Pearson clan. Well, the By Kathleen • Jan 10, 2018 11:15 am
TV Updates Lena Waithe’s own words Last year, Lena Waithe became the first black woman to win an Emmy for writing in a comedy series, for her work on Master of None’s stellar “Thanksgiving” episode. This year, Waithe is launching her own show, The Chi, on Showtime. According to her profile in the New York By Sarah • Jan 04, 2018 12:08 pm
TV Updates Daenerys Stormborn arrives for the Golden Globe week Game Of Thrones is up against The Crown, The Handmaid’s Tale, Stranger Things, and This Is Us for Best Television Drama at the Golden Globes this week. The category looked almost the same last year with one exception – Westworld was in there instead of The Handmaid’s Tale. And By Lainey • Jan 03, 2018 11:06 am
TV Updates Intro for January 3, 2018 Dear Gossips, I’m so excited for tonight. Tonight is the series premiere of grown-ish, which is the spin-off of black-ish, a show I love SO MUCH, starring Yara Shahidi as Zoe Johnson who goes off to university. And, of course, many people, including creator Kenya Barris, are comparing it By Lainey • Jan 03, 2018 09:17 am
TV Updates Jennifer Aniston’s strategic placement Jennifer Aniston took over smartwater’s Instagram account this week, did you see? The photos were taken inside her home. My favourite shots, obviously, are the ones with the dogs. A post shared by smartwater (@smartwater) on Dec 4, 2017 at 2:03pm PST A post shared by smartwater (@smartwater) By Lainey • Dec 06, 2017 10:20 am
TV Updates Mae, Christina & Retta are Good Girls I only lasted 18 seconds. I watched the trailer for Good Girls, which premieres on NBC next February, and liked it almost instantly – but I only lasted 18 seconds before I punched the space bar to pause in some kind of rage-endorsement, and wrote the following in an email to By Duana • Dec 05, 2017 01:43 pm
TV Updates Alexander Skarsgard: What’s next? Earlier this year, Alexander Skarsgard won an Emmy for Big Little Lies. Now, he is graduating from a supporting role to leading, as he has signed on to star in The Little Drummer Girl, the next John le Carré adaptation from the team that made The Night Manager. That miniseries, By Sarah • Nov 29, 2017 12:31 pm
