Posts by Emily Yoshida
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Anna Kendrick Joins K-Pop Girl Group f(x)
Anna Kendrick goes K-Pop with F(x) from Anna Kendrick At a certain point we don’t even have to question why Anna Kendrick does the things she does, because the net profit of Annadorable Kendrickulousness leaves us with no complaints. Here is a video about Kendrick flying to Seoul to join K-Pop girl group f(x). Is […]
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Five Questions on American Idol: Picking Over the Burned-Out Husk of Detroit Week
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. There are eight contestants and three recappers left. These numbers will change. One So, we didn’t get Motown Week this season. We got “Detroit Week.” Which […]
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Overplayed Song of the Week: A$AP Rocky ft. Skrillex and Birdy Nam Nam, ‘Wild for the Night’
Weeks on Chart: 3 Peak: N/A Current Radio Play Frequency: N/A YouTube Hit Count: 6,228,464 total from all official accounts at time of publication [Lyrics] “F**kin’ Problem,” the song that bumped A$AP Rocky into the mainstream, is still hanging onto the midsection of charts, and sounds more and more like a Linkin Park song with every replay, but today […]
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Well, This Is the Worst Thing Ever: Actresses Without Teeth
Have fun never sleeping again. [h/t @bobbyfinger]
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The Saddest Thing That Happened on The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills Last Night: Bringing a Divorce to a Vow-Renewal Party
The glass doors of Villa Rosa slowly come into focus as Adrienne hobbles up to them. She barely has the strength to make it over the lily-strewn moat, but she feels the heat of the cameras at her back and knows she must press forward. This is her last stand, and even if she is […]
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Behold: The Second Coming of Miley Cyrus
So. This seems important. On March 20 at 5:51 p.m. PDT, @MileyCyrus tweeted a Facebook video of a figure in a baggy unicorn onesie dancing very professionally to J. Dash’s booty-friendly track “Wop.” It’s a mesmerizing, grainy, black-and-white clip, shot in one take, and at the very end, the figure makes a face and walks […]
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Girls in Hoodies Podcast: Girls, Veronica Mars, and Horror TV
This week the Girls in Hoodies bid farewell to Girls‘s divisive second season. What are we to make of the show’s trajectory now that Hannah and Adam are “Together” again? How much responsibility do TV writers have to reassure us they’re not as dumb as their characters? Has Ray been the hero of Girls all […]
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Overplayed Song of the Week: Swedish House Mafia, ‘Don’t You Worry Child’
Weeks on Chart: 25 Peak: No. 6 on Billboard’s Hot 100, February 9, 2013 Current Radio Play Frequency: No. 21 on KIIS FM’s Playlist YouTube Hit Count: 72,252,532 at time of publication [Lyrics] Well, I’m glad this appears to be out of our systems now. It wasn’t going to be very long before the name “Swedish House Mafia” stopped being […]
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Five Questions on American Idol: How About a Pleasant Night of Beatles Songs?
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. They’re down to nine contestants, and will not rest until there’s just one remaining, because that’s how it works. One It was Beatles Night, because Paul […]
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The Saddest Thing That Happened Last Night on The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills: Paint It Black
Adrienne turns back to the hedge and grabs another Zing vodka shot from the human hand protruding from it, then downs the shot and takes a moment to look around. It feels great to have all these human bodies around pretending to be inanimate objects and serving her things. The other wives had thrown some […]
