Month: August 2021

A Producer Tells Us How Reality TV Casting Really Works

A Producer Tells Us How Reality TV Casting Really Works

Between shows like Love Island, Britain’s Got Talent, Gogglebox and The Greatest Dancer, First Dates and classics like The Crystal Maze, the nation’s appetite for reality TV and game shows really hasn’t wavered. What’s the appeal, you ask? It’s the people. The contestants who unknowingly coin irritatingly catchy turns of […]

A Deep Dive Into How ‘Live, Laugh, Love’ Infiltrated Our Homes

A Deep Dive Into How ‘Live, Laugh, Love’ Infiltrated Our Homes

Live. Laugh. Love. Three words which have always been frequently used, but never so consistently in that order until recent years. You can’t have failed to see them on Instagram, usually as a pseudo-spiritual hashtag to accompany a photograph of a former Love Island contestant gazing out to sea, or […]

Rachael Leigh Cook Is Proud Of She’s All That’s Messy But Lasting Legacy

Rachael Leigh Cook Is Proud Of She’s All That’s Messy But Lasting Legacy

When Rachael Leigh Cook first got the call about starring in a gender-swapped reboot of She’s All That, she wasn’t all that sure about participating.  “‘How do I feel about being involved with a new version of this?’” she remembered thinking at the time during a phone interview with Refinery29. […]

She Was One In A Million — The R29Unbothered Team Remembers Aaliyah

She Was One In A Million — The R29Unbothered Team Remembers Aaliyah

There’s a clip going viral of Aaliyah appearing on BET’s 106 & Park on August 21, 2001. In the video, the then 22-year-old singer is just as you remember her: confident, yet a little soft spoken; stunning, yet understated and funny without intentionally pandering for laughs. The context couldn’t get […]

The public will be granted special access to the Princess Diana statue in honour of her anniversary next week

The public will be granted special access to the Princess Diana statue in honour of her anniversary next week

The princess was tragically killed in August 1997. The Princess Diana statue was one of the most anticipated memorial unveilings in modern history, with all eyes on her sons Prince Harry and Prince William as they poignantly reunited amid their rumoured ongoing feud. The statue, which resides in the Sunken […]

Tess Daly: ‘Daily yoga helps me stay calm – I’d never be able to switch off from my to-do list without it’

Tess Daly: ‘Daily yoga helps me stay calm – I’d never be able to switch off from my to-do list without it’

Mentally, it’s a non-negotiable for the presenter. When I catch up with Tess Daly over Zoom, she’s just got back from a shopping trip with her two daughters, Phoebe, 16, and Amber, 12. She’s delighted that her youngest is finally into what she calls ‘retail therapy’ – “it’s just lovely,” […]