Posts by Emily Yoshida
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Judging The X Factor: Tate Is King, Demi Is All Eyebrow, and CeCe Is Doomed
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. Come, stay a while. They aren’t going anywhere; there are still some off-key versions of Celine Dion songs they haven’t heard. It was “diva” week on […]
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Overplayed Song of the Week: Rihanna, ‘Diamonds’
Weeks on Chart: 6 Peak: No. 4 on Billboard’s Hot 100, Currently Current Radio Play Frequency No. 7 on Billboard’s Radio Chart [Lyrics] It’s historically been hard to warm up to a slow Rihanna song, and that’s equal parts due to the natural quality of her vocals, the persona she’s carved for herself as a pop star, and, unfortunately, […]
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The Saddest Thing That Happened on The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills Last Night
This is Taylor Armstrong. On August 15, 2011, her husband Russell, who had been physically abusing her for years and who was involved in myriad shady business dealings, hanged himself in the guest room of a friend’s house. But that was ages — and a whole 20-episode season — ago! Life goes on.
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Scenes From Twilight Tent City’s Last Stand
If you have even the faintest strain of geek in your past, then you’ve probably been party to the movie camp-out experience at least once in your life. You probably think you know what something called “Twilight Tent City” entails. You may even think that “Tent City” sounds a little dramatic for what is probably […]
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Judging The X Factor: The Power-Mad Demi Lovato Must Be Stopped
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. Yes, they get paid for this, but someone also pays the people who scrape skull fragments from the walls at murder scenes.
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How Will Seattle Fare As the Latest City in Bravo’s Reality-Exchange Program?
Bravo’s reality TV empire is primarily a New York–Los Angeles operation, preferring to stay in the parts of the country where we stockpile attention-starved interior decorators and housewives who are ready to drop everything and shoot a season of pomtini-fueled bickering at a moment’s notice. But in recent years, a pattern has started to emerge […]
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Judging The X Factor: The Live Shows Begin With Terrible Bangs and Even Worse Song Choices
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. Take their hands as they escort you to a magical world of singing, dancing, and laughter, and then leave you to die there, just as they […]
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Overplayed Song of the Week: The Wanted, ‘Glad You Came’
Every week, Hollywood Prospectus editor and masochistically devoted mainstream-radio listener Emily Yoshida will pick an aging Top 40 hit that she has heard enough times to render the song meaningless, and thus likely to inspire otherwise inaccessible epiphanies. Weeks on Chart: 37 Peak: No. 3 on Billboard’s Hot 100, March 31, 2012 Current Radio Play Frequency Like no. 85 […]
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Overplayed Song of the Week: P!nk, ‘Blow Me (One Last Kiss)’
Every week, Hollywood Prospectus editor and masochistically devoted mainstream-radio listener Emily Yoshida will pick an aging Top 40 hit that she has heard enough times to render it meaningless, and thus likely to inspire otherwise inaccessible epiphanies. Weeks on Chart: 15 Peak: No. 5 on Billboard’s Hot 100, September 29, 2012 Current Radio Play Frequency No. 2 on Billboard’s […]
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Judging The X Factor: The Oddsmaking Top 16 Megapost You Didn’t Know You Wanted, But Now Can’t Live Without
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. This is where things get hairy. You’re going to tell your kids about this one. (You are not going to tell your kids about this one.) […]
