Here are some photos from last night’s New York premiere of The Morning Show, the Apple+ show about, you got it, a morning show. Jennifer Aniston and Reese Witherspoon were in New York all day doing press on Monday, and it’s clear that Apple really wants these two women to be the “faces” of the Apple+ launch (which happens on Friday). Entertainment journalists have already gotten to see the first few episodes and the reviews are good-to-mixed. Something that’s been bugging me – which a few critics have pointed out already – is that Aniston’s morning show anchor is supposed to be the aging “diva” and Reese is supposed to be the younger upstart, All About Eve-style. But in real life and on camera, it’s clear that the age difference is negligible (about seven years). Which makes me wonder if the show is actually sort of miscast.
Anyway, the premiere. Jennifer wore a black James Galanos gown in a different kind of high-neckline style than we’re used to seeing from her. She looks refreshed, but not obviously so. Whatever she’s getting done – and it is something – it’s good, expensive work. Reese is wearing Celine by Hedi Slimane. We’ve seen her in different versions of that dress for decades. I’m including bonus pics of Mark Duplass (who is in the show) and Wendy Williams.
Reese and Jennifer stopped by Good Morning America and they tried their hand at “news reading” and they were…good?
Can Jennifer Aniston and @ReeseW do Pop News with us every morning?! 😂 pic.twitter.com/qiNr35aYmC
— Good Morning America (@GMA) October 28, 2019
Photos courtesy of WENN.
They both look good- I like Reese’s dress.
Me too, great look
they do. I’d go so far as to say Aniston looks FAB. I think her hair looks so much better with the waves than when she does the flat iron.
only thing I don’t like is Reese’s hair. that slicked back look so rarely works on anyone.
PS – Wendy needs to have her pants shortened. she looks ridic.
Aniston’s dress is soooo good. It’s still a black dress but the styling is perfect and it really fits her body type.
I like it a lot, too, except the length seems a little off. (In a different color it might have been spectacular, but I always like black).
I also really like her hair wavy – it softens her just the right amount.
Agreed. And her hair looks great, too, although in the thumbnail it looks like its been choppy to bob length, which actually would be real cute.
Her hair is great but the dress isn’t great imo
They both look great and I love Jen’s hair like that! It suits her. I am not a huge fan of either, but I want their show to succeed.
They both look great – typical looks for them, but they look great.
And yeah the age difference gave me pause too. Jen is 50, Reese is early 40s. I imagine in the show its meant to be more significant?
I am not sure who’s strings Reese pulled but they have been promoting this show as Jen is older and Reese came up admiring her and learning from Jen as her mentor. They also have Friends to rely on, didn’t Reese played her little sister? And Reese has been going for this young look on promo tour, her hair is sort of the same as in Cruel Intentions, she is dolled up as in Legally blond. This dress on Reese is just great, with that throw back hair she does give a very young vibes. Jen’s hair is good in the premiere photo, but it has been a mess as of lately. So ironed
On the other hand, around 10 years (7 in this particular case) is more than enough for a competition between different “generations” in many businesses.
Jen WERK that hair. Yayyyy Wendy!!!!
Love both of their dresses, especially Jennifer’s. But when I zoomed in, Jennifer looks so different, like she has had too many fillers. Her face looks puffy and uncomfortable. This was the first time I have ever felt she went overboard.
Her upper lip is not moving. That’s not a good look for actresses and I don’t know why they do it.
I agree that the age difference is not big enough. It was my first thought when I watched the trailer and it really bugged me. They needed actors with more like a 20-year age gap, imo.
Absolutely. In what world Aniston is ageing compared to Reese? Same generation. Just silly.
To be honest I find Aniston a bit wooden and Witherspoon one tone so I am not very convinced about this series at all.
Bugged me, too, when I first saw the preview. Still bugs me. If I remember correctly, Reese is a producer of the show, and it just screms vanity project to me. She’s clearly not right for the part of the young, naive ingenue brought in to replace the aging anchor, and I think it’s insulting to Jennifer Aniston.
It seems off to me too, if one is supposed to be the young upstart, there should be more of an age difference. But I’m going to watch to see if they address that, sometimes the initial take of a trailer isn’t quite accurate.
On the other hand, we’re supposed to believe that 60-70 year old men are still action heroes, so maybe it’s ok if it’s fudged in favor of a woman for once.
Jennifer looks fantastic. Too bad the show is not getting good reviews
Lainey at LaineyGossip raved about it.
I think both Jen & Reese look great. I love both dresses, but I’m an LBD kind of person.
Mark is adorable.
Wendy’s pants are awful.
The age thing is a problem. I think Reese is going to hurt herself there. It looks slightly delusional. From what I read Aniston is top of her game in this, so she’s going to be getting raves, which could make it worse. Reese should have cast someone younger to play against Aniston. But…I like them both and I am going to watch this and suspend disbelief.
Why is Wendy Williams 1. There? 2. Dressed as a clown? Oh, it’s Halloween!
When I first looked I thought Wendy Williams was dressed up for Halloween. What is her get up supposed to be.
Aniston looks like a bridesmaid, and she couldn’t brush her hair? There’s a way to do messy waves and that ain’t it. Reese has indeed worn the same dress for decades, but she has a difficult body type to dress and known what works on her. Wendy Williams actually looks the best of anyone here, I would actually love her ensemble with different shoes.
By far, Jen’s best look ever.
It pains me to say that I respectfully disagree that JA looks “refreshed” in a good non-obvious way. Her face-work stands out to me so much! I miss her big blue eyes and easy smile– her face looks very tight and puffed up to me now. I know she can’t look like she did in her 30s forever, but I would have much preferred to see her old face age gracefully 🙁 I know I sound like a hater… maybe I should admit I’m hating! But I just love her so much!!
They both look fab to me. I think they need to stress that Reese character was put on air from her previous job behind the camera which makes her the “new upstart” because of her inexperience on air not because of her age.
Ah thank you, I was wondering if they would address it in the show. That’s why I wanted to watch before deciding it was a problem.
Does Reese looks like Meghan’s sister Samantha?
I cannot WAIT for this show! Steve Carell only reason I’m getting new TV and whatever else I have to do to see it, HIM.
Rough month-emergency surgery on a large perforated ulcer & a 9 day hospital stay coupled with mandatiry home evacuation Sunday (back home now, everything fine).
NEED MY STEVE TV!!!!