Brit + Co’s Weekly Entertainment Planner: Winter TV Kickoff, ‘Grace and Frankie,’ and More!

Jan 14, 2019

Welcome to Brit + Co’s Weekly Entertainment Planner! Each Monday, we highlight one thing we’re excited about in six categories — movies, TV, music, streaming services, podcasts, and a bonus pick from all of the above — to help you navigate your week in watching and listening. Check out our picks for the week of January 14 to 20 below. Your eyes and your ears will thank us!

Movies

Glass (January 18): M. Night Shyamalan’s latest film is a sequel to 2000’s Unbreakable and 2016’s Split, and it looks every bit as strange and unpredictable as we’ve come to expect from the director. Bruce Willis and Samuel L. Jackson reprise their roles as David Dunn and Elijah Price from Unbreakable, while James McAvoy and Anya Taylor-Joy join as Kevin Wendell Crumb and Casey Cooke from Split. This time around, Jackson’s character — AKA Mr. Glass — emerges as a shadowy orchestrator holding secrets over David’s and Kevin’s heads. (Photo via Universal Pictures)

TV

Midseason/Winter TV Kickoff: The winter TV season kicks off in earnest this week, and there are too many returning favorites and excellent-looking new shows premiering to pick just one. So, in the interest of spreading the love, we’re sharing a handful of TV shows we think you’ll love this week. If you’re looking for a brand-new series, check out To All the Boys I’ve Loved Before‘s Lana Condor in the Deadly Class premiere (Syfy, January 16); Roswell, New Mexico (The CW, January 15); and/or The Passage (Fox, January 14). But don’t forget about the return of This Is Us season 3 (NBC, January 15), Grey’s Anatomy season 15 (ABC, January 17), and A Million Little Things(ABC, on its new day, January 17). (Photo via Eliza Morse/Fox)

Streaming

Grace and Frankie, Season 5 (January 18): Grace and Frankie’s lives are anything but calm in season 5. After leaving their assisted living community at the end of season 4, the women must now attempt to keep their beloved beach house, which has been sold. The women are definitely up for the fight, though, with Frankie telling her concerned children in the first trailer, “I’m acting like a grown woman who is finally living by her own rules.” (Photo via Netflix)

Podcasts

The Purrcast: Yes, this is a podcast about cats. Hosts Sara Iyer and Steven Ray Morris share stories about rescuing cats, rehabilitating cats, and simply living loving lives with their furry friends. The show is now part of the Exactly Right podcast network, which is the new venture from My Favorite Murder hosts Georgia Hardstark and Karen Kilgariff. Listen here, or subscribe wherever you get your ~~cat content~~ podcasts online.

Music

The Weeknd and Gesaffelstein, “Lost In Fire”: The Weeknd is hyping up his next album, as of now seemingly called Chapter 6, and has released a new song with French producer and previous collaborator Gesaffelstein. The song is already turning some heads, with one line — “And I just want a baby with the right one, ’cause I would never be the one to hide one” — sparking rumors that the Toronto singer is referring to his longtime friend and collaborator Drake. Either way, the song is a catchy and moody winter track that you can check out here. (Photo via Phil Walter/Getty Images)

Bonus

Carmen Sandiego (January 18):Jane the Virgin star Gina Rodriguez voices world-renowned criminal Carmen Sandiego in this animated reboot of the ’90s kids’ game show. The new series arrives as a two-part, 20-episode show that is said to delve into Carmen’s mysterious past, as well as her current heist artist life. Rodriguez is also set to star in a Netflix live-action Carmen Sandiego later in 2019. (Photo via Netflix)

56 Empowerming Songs For International Women's Day 2024

There's nothing like finding a female empowerment anthem to put us in a good mood, and to help us feel like we can do anything. Not only does music affect our emotions, but we love that it's something that you can play when you're working, when you're prepping our Bridgerton Sunday brunch recipes, or when you need background noise during a spring cleaning session.

In honor of Women's History Month, we wanted to highlight some of the artists that we love, so we created an empowering playlist featuring 56 girl power anthems to listen to all day, every day.

Our criteria for adding songs to this playlist was fairly simple: they feature lyrics emphasizing confidence, independence, and ambition, and they make us feel empowered whenever we listen. Womanhood is a complicated and complex thing, and with songs that span decades, generations, and genres, this playlist starts to scratch at the surface of empowered female experiences. So put in your headphones and prepare to dance around your room because these 56 picks are too good to sit still!

B+C's Favorite Female Empowerment Songs

Single Ladies - Beyoncé
Wannabe - Spice Girls
Rare - Selena Gomez
Paper Planes - M.I.A.
Swan Song - Saweetie, NIKI
S.L.U.T. - Bea Miller
Breadwinner - Kacey Musgraves
You Signed Up For This - Maisie Peters
Sit Still, Look Pretty - Daya
Most Girls - Hailee Steinfeld
7 Rings - Ariana Grande
Truth Hurts - Lizzo
YES MOM - Tessa Violet
no tears left to cry - Ariana Grande
Respect - Aretha Franklin
Infinite - Lyn Lapid
You Should See Me In A Crown - Billie Eilish
Miss Movin’ On - Fifth Harmony
Umbrella - Rhianna
Miss Independent - Kelly Clarkson
Run The World (Girls) - Beyoncé
I Will Survive - Gloria Gaynor
Girls Just Wanna Have Fun - Cyndi Lauper
Shake It Off - Taylor Swift
Salute - Little Mix
BO$ - Fifth Harmony
Confident - Demi Lovato
Sorry Not Sorry - Demi Lovato
Me Too - Meghan Trainor
Woman Like Me - Little Mix, Nicki Minaj
Formation - Beyoncé
Fancy - Iggy Azalea and Charlie XCX
Survivor - Destiny's Child
Fall In Line - Christina Aguilera and Demi Lovato
Good As Hell - Lizzo
Stronger - Britney Spears
Dancing On My Own - Robyn
Strut - The Cheetah Girls
Work It - Missy Elliott
Best Friend - Saweetie feat. Doja Cat
Hollaback Girl - Gwen Stefani
Just Dance - Lady Gaga/Born This Way
Midnight Sky - Miley Cyrus
Go! - Santigold
Bad Girls - M.I.A.
Heads Will Roll - Yeah Yeah Yeahs
Kill V. Maim - Grimes
Django Jane - Janelle Monae
Titanium - Sia
Bulletproof - La Roux
The Dog Days Are Over - Florence and the Machine
The Man - Taylor Swift
Fighter - Chrsitina Aguilara
Work B**ch - Britney Spears
Independent Women - Destiny's Child
Stronger (What Doesn't Kill You) - Kelly Clarkson

Listen To Our Female Empowerment Playlist Here

Check out our Spring Cleaning, Picnic, and Office Vibes playlists on Spotify for more music recs, and subscribe to our email newsletter for more spring content!

This post has been updated.

Is Taylor Swift Joining The MCU? 'Deadpool 3' Will Have "A Lot Of Surprises."

Following in the footsteps of Spider-Man: No Way Home and Dr. Strange: Multiverse of Madness, *everyone* is talking about the cast for Deadpool 3 (officially named Deadpool & Wolverine). Rumors have been circulating for quite awhile about names like Channing Tatum, Elizabeth Olsen, and Taron Egerton making cameos, but there's one potential casting that has Twitter going crazy: Taylor Swift.

The singer-songwriter already has films like Valentine's Day and Cats under her belt (as well as her feature film directorial debut on the horizon), and thanks to Harry Styles' role in the MCU's The Eternals, the popstar to superhero pipeline is something we know *all too well.* Here's everything we know about Deadpool 3 — and Taylor's potential new role.

Is Taylor Swift going to play Dazzler in Deadpool 3?

Image via Kevin Winter/Getty Images for dcp

The rumor that Taylor Swift will play Dazzler (which has been on the internet since Taylor tooka picture with the cast and crew of 2016's X-Men: Apocalypse) gained traction after a video from The DisInsider. The mutant, a singer who can turn sound into light, has been one of MCU boss Kevin Feige's favorites for a long time.

"Many years ago I asked Kevin Feige if he were to ever direct his own Marvel movie, which character would he want to focus on," Fandago's Eric Davis tweeted. "He said Dazzler. He’s a big fan."

In addition to manipulating sound and light, Dazzler (whose real name, Alison, also happens to be Taylor's middle name) can also create holograms. "The louder the source, the more powerful the output," says Marvel's official site. "She can also shoot bursts of light out of her fingers, hands, eyes, and other parts."

Not only would the character's popstar similarities make sense, but Taylor is also good friends with Ryan Reynolds and his wife Blake Lively. Their kids have been included in Taylor's music (like the intro to reputation's "Gorgeous" and the names of folklore's fictional characters). Ryan lent Taylor his Deadpool suit for Halloween and both the Deadpool 3 announcement and All Too Well: The Short Film were filmed in Ryan and Blake's house.

On February 16, the official Australian Marvel Entertainment account posted a photo of some Deadpool and Wolverine friendship bracelets, in addition to a rainbow bracelet confirming the July 25 release date. "Besties," the caption reads. Considering Taylor Swift's Eras Tour has become known for friendship bracelets, and she's been in Australia this month, all signs point to a potential cameo!!

“There are a lot of surprises,” Deadpool 3 actor Karan Soni tells Variety. “Let’s just say a lot of people traveled to London.” While some sources are confirming Taylor's casting and others are denying, some dazzlingfan art will have to tide us over until we get official word!