Posts by Emily Yoshida
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The Saddest Thing That Happened Last Night on The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills: Lettuce Feast
This is Adrienne Maloof. Adrienne’s family owns the Sacramento Kings NBA franchise and the Palms Resort and Casino in Las Vegas among other things/ideas, and they are all very wealthy, or maybe they aren’t. Right now Adrienne is suffering a bit of an undefined crisis, one that we now know ends in a bitter, very […]
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Fox’s Babes on a Bus Terrorizes Small-Town America, Channing Tatum Wastes His Talent, Bon Iver and Grizzly Bear Hug It Out
The log line for Babes on a Bus, Fox’s new reality dating show pilot: “At each stop, the women will be introduced to the town’s finest bachelors, who will be on hand to impress them with romantic scenery and delicious local food. They even will introduce the ladies to their family and friends. At the […]
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Judging The X Factor: America Takes the Contestants Hostage
For reasons still not entirely clear to them, Grantland editors Jay Caspian Kang, Mark Lisanti, and Emily Yoshida have decided to track the second season of The X Factor. It’s not an abusive relationship, it’s just a very complicated one. Last night, America’s third-favorite singing competition dragged itself to the Final Six. For the first […]
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Frankie Has a Stroke, Hobbit Fans Have Nausea, and at Least Two People’s Heads Are on Fire
It is now being reported that Malcolm in the Middle star Frankie Muniz suffered a “mini-stroke” last Friday in Arizona — he was rushed to the hospital by friends after reportedly “acting really weird” and having difficulty speaking and understanding words. The cause of the stroke is still unknown, and Muniz is currently undergoing several tests. “Have to start […]
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The Saddest Thing That Happened on Real Housewives of Beverly Hills Last Night: Putting On the Clay From God
“A lot of people at this table want to see you fail. I’m just saying.” — Brandi Glanville As you may remember from last week, Kim Richards organized a trip to Ojai for all the ladies for a weekend of healing, relaxing, and growing closer together. It went about as well as you can imagine […]
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Judging The X Factor: Britney Spears and Will.I.Am Show the Kids How It’s Done (Badly)
For reasons still not entirely clear to them, Grantland editors Jay Caspian Kang, Mark Lisanti, and Emily Yoshida have decided to track the second season of The X Factor. It’s their favorite singing competition show ever — don’t let the deadness in their eyes fool you. Carly Rose Sonenclar Kang: I can’t really figure out […]
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Overplayed Song of the Week: Ne-Yo, ‘Let Me Love You’
Every week, Hollywood Prospectus editor and masochistically devoted mainstream-radio listener Emily Yoshida will pick an aging Top 40 hit she has heard enough times to render the song meaningless and thus likely to inspire otherwise inaccessible epiphanies. Weeks on Chart: 16 Peak: No. 6 on Billboard’s Hot 100, This Week Current Radio Play Frequency: No. […]
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The Saddest Thing That Happened on The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills Last Night: ‘Uh-Oh, Somebody’s Crying!’
This is Brandi Glanville. Brandi is the “hot” housewife, the youngest by a good margin, probably the poorest (if we don’t count Taylor and her tragically byzantine financial ruin), and not even technically a wife — her marriage to actor Eddie Cibrian ended over three years ago when he cheated on her with LeAnn Rimes, […]
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An Autopsy of the Twitter-Ravaged Remains of Liz & Dick
Like everyone else with an Internet connection and a soft spot for Lindsay Lohan, Grantland staffers Molly Lambert and Emily Yoshida watched the Lifetime Original Movie Liz & Dick this weekend. Like everyone else, they were left alternately baffled and annoyed, and definitely with more questions than answers. Molly Lambert: Where to begin? There’s so […]
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The Saddest Thing That Happened on The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills Last Night: Kim Richards Goes to Prom
This is Kim Richards. When Kim was a child, she acted in a lot of films and television shows, and she was very famous. She was able to buy a home for and support her entire family with the money she earned during that time. Because of this, she didn’t have what many would call […]
