Posts by Emily Yoshida
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Funny or Die’s Steve Jobs Biopic Parody Is Here
Viral video factory Funny or Die threw its hat into the Steve Jobs biopic ring just about a month ago, and today it beats the Ashton Kutcher–starring jOBS and Untitled Aaron Sorkin–penned Steve Jobs Biographical Motion Picture Classic to the punch with iSteve, a 78-minute parody biopic (yes, the parody now precedes the parodied) starring […]
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The Great Coachella Hunt
This past weekend, Grantland editors Robert Mays and Emily Yoshida went to the Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival. Because we couldn’t just let them go and have a nice time among the rave kids and B-list celebrities in Indio, we decided to make them do a scavenger hunt. Who won the weekend (other than […]
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Girls in Hoodies Podcast: Mad Men, Coachella, and Tween Star Second Acts
After our Ryan Seacrest–on-a-budget “premiere” of Miley Cyrus’s new Snoop Lion–assisted single, “Ashtrays and Heartbreaks,” last week, the Girls in Hoodies decided to conduct a general survey of how the tween stars of the aughts are holding up these days. We’re feeling pretty good about the future of the former Miss Montana (and no longer […]
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Psy’s New Single Has Leaked, Let’s Form an Opinion
I have made no secret of the fact that I am rooting for Psy, against my better judgement. Of course, pop stars cannot live on record-breaking billion-plus YouTube hits alone, and the “Gangnam Style” backlash has come and gone with nary a note of new material from Oppa. The wait for a new single has […]
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5 Questions on American Idol: Is Candice Glover the Greatest Idol of All Time?
Whatever doesn’t deafen you makes you stronger: Grantland’s Jay Caspian Kang, Mark Lisanti, and Emily Yoshida have returned, bowed but not broken, to tackle another season of American Idol. This week: More positivity! And more Mariah! One Candice’s “Lovesong”: One of the greatest Idol performances of all time, or do people have short memories and […]
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R.I.P., Coachella Guantanamo Party
All week I’ve been wringing my hands with anxiety over the Coachella Valley Arts and Music Festival, which I will be attending for the first time in my little Californian life this weekend, and all week people have been telling me to calm down: You’ll have to wait in line to get in for only […]
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Girls in Hoodies Podcast: Survivor, Real Housewives, Cat Marnell, and Mad Men Preseason Chat
Maybe today isn’t the best day to get morbid on y’all, but this week’s tragic French Survivor deaths made us wonder, Carrie Bradshaw–style, about how dependent pop culture is becoming on high-risk entertainment. From the literal task of surviving on Survivor to the more murky waters of The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills to druggie blogger […]
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Five Questions on American Idol: Between a Rock Week and a Hard Place
Whatever doesn’t deafen you makes you stronger: Grantland’s Jay Caspian Kang, Mark Lisanti, and Emily Yoshida have returned, bowed but not broken, to tackle another season of American Idol. Only seven contestants remain. Things are getting real. One We’re down to the Top 7, and usually at this point there’s at least one or two […]
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Here Are 17 New Shows That Are Going to Be on Bravo This Year
Some people make New Year’s resolutions to give themselves motivation to try new things, have new experiences, make positive changes to their lives. I’m the opposite; every year I choose something to give up. It started with diet soda, then all artificial sweeteners, and in 2013 I took a deep breath and decided to drastically […]
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Girls in Hoodies Podcast: Spring Breakers, Beyonce, and Real World
The Girls trade in their hoodies for ski masks this week for a chat about Spring Breakers. We all loved the film, but that doesn’t mean there isn’t plenty to talk about: its success as what director Harmony Korine has called a “pop poem,” the debatable empowerment/exploitation of its Disney-factory stars, Molly’s inexplicable fascination with […]
