Inga Parkel

Entertainment Reporter@ingaparkel

Inga Parkel is an Entertainment Reporter for The Independent, where she covers culture news and all things film and TV, from commentary to interviews, features, and reviews. Having joined The Independent in 2021, months after a master's degree in journalism from New York University, she has also appeared in Insider, BuzzFeed, The New York Daily News, Screen Rant, and TV Fanatic.

Interviews

<p>‘I tend to amplify things that I’m insecure about in my own life’ </p>

Interview

Abbi Jacobson: ‘I tend to amplify things that I’m insecure about’

The director, writer, and star who co-created ‘Broad City’ talks to Inga Parkel about her new TV take on ‘A League of Their Own’, working alongside best friend D’Arcy Carden, and the importance of representation

<p>Dreymon: ‘The Last Kingdom has been such a wonderful playground’ </p>

Interview

Alexander Dreymon on saying goodbye to The Last Kingdom

<p>Sylvester Stallone and Michael B Jordan</p>

Exlusive

Sylvester Stallone not turning his back on Creed franchise

<p>Sylvester Stallone and Rocky Balboa</p>

Exlusive

Sylvester Stallone recounts real-life ‘Rocky moment’

Features & Reviews

<p>Lily Gladstone as fictional investigator Cam Bentland in ‘Under the Bridge'</p>

Features

Brutal true story behind new Hulu miniseries starring Lily Gladstone

<p>‘Squid Game: The Challenge’</p>

Is Squid Game: The Challenge really as immoral as we think it is?

<p>Fans gather outside the ‘Friends’ building in NYC</p>

Features

Grieving fans flock to ‘Friends’ apartment to mourn Matthew Perry

<p>Aida Osman and KaMillion in ‘Rap Sh!t’ </p>

Issa Rae’s Rap Sh!t is a powerful ode to groundbreaking female rappers

Rae’s follow-up to the Emmy-winning ‘Insecure’ may be rough around the edges, but its tone of Black female empowerment is vital

Issa Rae’s Rap Sh!t is a powerful ode to groundbreaking female rappers

Rae’s follow-up to the Emmy-winning ‘Insecure’ may be rough around the edges, but its tone of Black female empowerment is vital

<p>Aida Osman and KaMillion in ‘Rap Sh!t’ </p>

<p>Melissa Barrera in ‘Keep Breathing’ </p>

Keep Breathing is a tediously predictable tale of survival

<p>Heartstopper and Sex Education</p>

The best LGBTQ+ shows to watch for Pride month

<p>(Top left to bottom right) ‘White Christmas’, ‘Carol’, ‘Family Switch’ and ‘Klaus’</p>

11 Christmas movies on Netflix to stream over the holidays

<p>Hacks, Euphoria, The Flight Attendant, and Succession</p>

The best HBO Max originals to watch, from Succession to Euphoria

<p>Hacks, Euphoria, The Flight Attendant, and Succession</p>

The best HBO Max originals to watch, from Succession to Euphoria

<p>Dickinson, Ted Lasso, For All Mankind, and The Morning Show</p>

The best originals to watch on Apple TV+, from Ted Lasso to Severance

<p>The Handmaid’s Tale, Only Murders in the Building, Dopesick, and The Dropout</p>

The best Hulu original shows to stream, from Dopesick to The Dropout

<p>Glee’s Finn and Rachel, How I Met Your Mother’s Ted and Robin and Grey’s Anatomy’s Meredith and Derek</p>

Features

TV taught me everything I know about love. What’s the harm in that?

<p>Quinta Brunson on ‘Abbott Elementary’ </p>

Abbott Elementary is the show teachers have deserved for so long

<p>Ginny and Felix on ‘Ginny & Georgia’</p>

Why I can’t stop watching one of Netflix’s most cringey, awkward shows

<p>Jean Smart and Hannah Einbinder in ‘Hacks’ </p>

Hacks season two is gayer than ever and I couldn’t be happier

<p>Ellen Pompeo looking fed up in ‘Grey’s Anatomy’</p>

Grey’s Anatomy went stale in 2014. But I’ll never stop watching it

The medical drama has returned with its 19th season, but let’s be honest, writes Inga Parkel, it’s been flatlining for a good few years now

Grey’s Anatomy went stale in 2014. But I’ll never stop watching it

The medical drama has returned with its 19th season, but let’s be honest, writes Inga Parkel, it’s been flatlining for a good few years now

<p>Ellen Pompeo looking fed up in ‘Grey’s Anatomy’</p>

<p>Chris Rock and Jada Pinkett Smith </p>

Why Chris Rock is wrong about Jada Pinkett Smith

Featurettes

Is Wolverine’s Hugh Jackman in the wrong cinematic universe?

<p>(Left to right) Oliver (Martin Short), Mabel (Selena Gomez) and Charles (Steve Martin) in ‘Only Murders in the Building’</p>

Exclusive

Only Murders in the Building killer speaks out after big reveal

<p>Beyoncé, Lady Gaga, Drake Coachella headliners </p>

Every single Coachella headliner since the California festival began

<p>Beyoncé, Lady Gaga, Drake Coachella headliners </p>

Every single Coachella headliner since the California festival began

Features

13 popular Netflix series cancelled too soon

<p>Julia Child HBO Max</p>

What is fact and what is fiction in HBO Max’s new series Julia

News