Posts by Emily Yoshida

  • The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills

    The Saddest Thing That Happened on The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills Last Night: Raining Diamonds

    Editor’s note: It may have seemed that former child actress Kim Richards, who has long struggled with sobriety during her tenure on The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills, was intoxicated on last night’s episode. There are actually a number of explanations for her behavior. Kim takes a deep breath and walks into the hotel suite. […]

  • Angela Miller

    Five Questions on American Idol: This Is for All the Awkward Turtles Out There

    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. Who can keep riding their pro-Idol high fueled solely by energy harvested from Nicki Minaj’s eyelash flutters, and who is one Elton John cover away from […]

  • GrantlandW Podcast: Girls, House of Cards, and Catfish

    This Tuesday, Molly Lambert, Tess Lynch, and I convened in the hallowed studios of the Grantland Network, poured some freshly filtered water into those B.S. Report glasses, and kicked off our inaugural episode of the podcast that we’re gonna call GrantlandW for now to talk about TV, the Internet, and other pop culture matters close to […]

  • The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills

    The Saddest Thing That Happened on The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills Last Night: Some Say the World Will End in Fire

    It’s a beautiful, hot day in June, and Adrienne Maloof is sitting by the pool as her blurry-faced children and husband take turns doing cannonballs. This is what Adrienne Maloof’s life is like when she’s not pursuing legal action against her friends and designing purses for Kohl’s. She’s a normal lady who just happens to […]

  • Oscar Travesties, Day 5: Objectively Terrible Art

    So how’s your Oscar Travesty bracket looking? Are you crushing it? Can you just about taste the victory ribs you’re going to order from Chili’s with that gift certificate up for grabs in your office pool? I wouldn’t know about that — the Grantland office has nothing riding on our individual predictions because we figured […]

  • Stanley Kubrick at LACMA

    Stanley Kubrick Never Won Best Director, and Here’s Why That Doesn’t Matter

    Last week I went to the L.A. County Museum of Art to check out its Stanley Kubrick exhibit, an exhaustive collection of props, concept art, scripts, correspondence, set photos, costumes, and other cinematic footnotes that has been on display since November. It was originally scheduled to run until the end of January, but was extended […]

  • American Idol

    Five Questions on American Idol: Why Is it Impossible to Sing That Gotye Song?

    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 in it to win it this time, at least until the tweens swoop in to break their spirit. One Why is “Somebody That I Used […]

  • Overplayed Song of the Week: Calvin Harris feat. Florence Welch, ‘Sweet Nothing’

    Weeks on Chart: 13 Peak: No. 10 on Billboard’s Hot 100, February 6, 2013 Current Radio Play Frequency: No. 10 on KIIS FM’s Playlist YouTube Hit Count: 34,454,795 at time of publication [Lyrics] Pop music allows for about five genuine weirdos to get meaningful play at any given time, and usually three of those spots are taken by rappers. Florence […]

  • Marisa Zanuck and Taylor Armstrong

    The Saddest Thing That Happened on The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills Last Night: What Every Other F—ing B— Is Thinking

    “I am very excited about Lisa’s tea party. I haven’t been to very many tea parties.” Marisa Zanuck steps out of the limo onto the winding path leading to Villa Rosa, her ivory pumps crunching down on the alabaster gravel. This would be her sixth time in the company of the ladies, and she’s never […]

  • Charlie Askew

    Five Questions on American Idol: A Brave, New, Murder-Free Group Night World

    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 show is great and will continue to be perfect forever! One How are we feeling about things? We’ve had three more hours of show, with […]

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