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I’m on a mission to get people to stop thinking of the shows that bring them happiness as “guilty pleasure.”
This is an ongoing campaign of mine, as many people continue to use this description for the entertainment they enjoy – but in my opinion, we should put a heavy emphasis on the “joy” part of the word.
Let’s look into it, rather than feeling bad about it!
‘Bling Empire’ Season 3
Reality TV makes me happy, and nothing more than shows about the affluent (and the über-affluent).
So, color me thrilled that the new season of “Bling Empire” picks up where last season’s high-stakes drama left off.
This group of rich Asians Friends in Los Angeles is quite entertaining, and I can’t wait to see how Christine Chiu and Anna Shay’s feud will end. Trust me when I say you’re going to want to binge on the first two seasons to prepare for the last.
The third season of “Bling Empire” is streaming now on Netflix.
“The Trouble with Jon Stewart” Season 2
Has anyone spoken to Jon Stewart about his return to “The Daily Show” since news broke of current host Trevor Noah’s departure?
I’m just kidding, as Stewart is very busy with his latest Apple TV+ series. The second season of ‘The Problem With Jon Stewart’ will see the lawyer and comedian continue to use common sense comedy when it comes to “difficult, topical and emotional conversations”.
The Season 2 premiere episode of “The Problem With Jon Stewart” is now streaming on Apple TV+.
The luckiest girl in the world
Consider this adjacent new true crime movie, which is close enough for me.
That’s because the plot of “Luckiest Girl Alive,” based on Jessica Knoll’s 2015 novel and starring Mila Kunis, is about a New York-based magazine publisher. who seems to have the perfect life. That is, until “the director of a crime documentary asked her to tell her version of the shocking incident that happened when she was a teenager at the prestigious Brentley School”, according to Netflix.
Yes please!
“Luckiest Girl Alive” is streaming now on Netflix.
You can whip your hair back and forth in disbelief, but it’s true: Willow is set to release her sixth album.
That’s right – if you factor in her collab album with Tyler Cole, ‘The Anxiety,’ which gave us the earworm ‘Meet Me at Our Spot’, Will Smith and Jada Pinkett Smith’s daughter has a extensive discography to his name.
Her latest, “Coping Mechanism,” has allowed the 21-year-old to continue performing — and excelling — in musical genres not everyone expected her to pursue after her megahit of 2010.
“Rock has always inspired me,” she told Guitar.com, citing alternative metal band Deftones and heavy metal band Lamb of God as examples. “I think when you start doing something at such a young age, your mind still grows in different ways. Then you grow and you realize (that) you really have to apply yourself in a way that you wouldn’t have. maybe not thought.
“Coping Mechanism” is now available.
It turns out that Charlie Puth almost didn’t name his new album “Charlie.”
In a recent interview with Ryan Seacrest, Puth explained that he “handled the production of the entire album” himself. “I almost called the album ‘Conversations With Myself’ because that’s how I wrote all these songs,” Puth said.
Songwriting is Puth’s superpower, so expect the self-titled record to be deeply personal.
“Charlie” is also out now.
Wasn’t it last week that I noticed that Thanksgiving season was approaching too quickly? Well, now it turns out the Christmas movies are coming too.
Some of you are excited about these festive films (watching my wonderful CNN colleague Sandra Gonzalez) and their heartwarming blend of holiday cheer and romance.
This year, there’s even more reason to be excited because Lindsay Lohan is starring in one such project, “Falling for Christmas,” which hits Netflix on November 10. And her plot summary sounds like everything you’d hope: “Lohan plays a newly engaged, spoiled hotel heiress who has a skiing accident, suffers total amnesia, and finds herself in the care of a handsome landlord. blue-collar lodge.
It will be nice to have Lohan back in front of the camera, with “Falling for Christmas” marking the first of two films she has agreed to star in for the streaming platform. In other words, his screen presence is a gift that will keep on giving until 2023.
I had the pleasure of interviewing Stanley Tucci recently about new episodes of the second season of “Stanley Tucci: Searching for Italy,” which premieres Sunday on CNN. As someone who loves food and travel, Tucci said quite a few things that resonated with me.
One in particular was what he hopes to pass on to his children about food.
“That they appreciate the effort that people put into growing good food, into producing good food,” he said. “That they end up really enjoying it. And then cooking great food and sharing great food, all the wonderful things that come from that.
We live in a culture that can often make food the enemy, especially when we focus on how we can eat junk food on the go. But sitting down with good quality food, shared with people we love, is one of life’s greatest pleasures.
And it’s not a culprit either.
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