December 11, 2021

It’s Not Sex and the City Without Samantha

A little warning before we begin

This post contains major spoilers for the first two episodes of And Just Like That..., the continuation of Sex and the City. If you haven't watched them yet, come back when you have.

Sex and the City image accompanying The Lori Diaries review

Screen & Sound · The Lori Diaries

I knew the new chapter of Sex and the City would feel different without Samantha Jones. What I didn't expect was just how much I would miss her.

August 14, 2021

Gossip Girl Is Back. So Where’s the Spark?

The cast of the 2021 Gossip Girl reboot in a Cosmopolitan group portrait

Screen & Sound · The Lori Diaries

I wanted to love the new Gossip Girl. I really did. I was ready for the Met steps, the outrageously expensive wardrobes, the secrets, the betrayals, and at least one person making a spectacularly bad decision in a spectacularly beautiful apartment. Six episodes later, I have a question I never expected to ask about a show called Gossip Girl: how can there be this much drama and so little of it feel delicious?

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