Show Your Work Podcast Show Your Work: Beyoncé’s blessing, Ben's admission, and the mothers of superheroes Duana and I had always intended for this week’s episode of Show Your Work to be about Beyoncé, because this weekend was the one year anniversary of Formation. Then, well, Beyoncé released the Beyoncé Pregnancy Package and so, obviously, we had to discuss the rollout of the announcement, and By Lainey • Feb 06, 2017 03:42 pm
Equality Issues Show Your Work: Taylor “spineless feminism” and Constance constant callouts Last week, after the Women’s March, Taylor Swift tweeted this: So much love, pride, and respect for those who marched. I'm proud to be a woman today, and every day. #WomensMarch— Taylor Swift (@taylorswift13) January 21, 2017 And, well, they came for her. Just read the comments By Lainey • Jan 30, 2017 05:05 pm
Equality Issues Show Your Work: Paparazzi and Morning TV Chrissy Teigen was at the Women’s March in DC on Saturday as Duana and I were recording the latest episode of our Show Your Work podcast. She was making headlines the day before for tweeting about an encounter she’d had with a paparazzo who used a racist slur By Lainey • Jan 23, 2017 04:35 pm
Break Ups Show Your Work: Johnny Depp & money dicks Johnny Depp and Amber Heard finally settled their divorce last week. He will be paying her the $7 million he agreed to in installments, less the $100,000 that he’d already donated to her designated charities. But just as soon as he wrapped up that legal problem, we found By Lainey • Jan 16, 2017 04:18 pm
Golden Globes 2017 Miss Golden Globe(s) and their Introducer So tell the truth. If the Miss Golden Globe(s) hadn’t been introduced, would you have known whose progeny they were? I wouldn’t at all, but apparently some of the internet thinks they’re very easily identifiable? It’s kind of a ridiculous job, but they did fine, By Duana • Jan 09, 2017 04:08 pm
Show Your Work Podcast Show Your Work: Nut Crushers and Trojan Horses Emmy Rossum didn’t just demand equal pay for the 8th season of Shameless, she actually asked for MORE pay than co-star William H Macy, to compensate for all the seasons she was paid less than he was. As Duana describes it on this week’s episode of our Show By Lainey • Dec 19, 2016 03:29 pm
Show Your Work Podcast “Persistent Freaky Baby Quality”, James Marsden, and Good Girls Revolt Natalie Portman was named Best Actress by the Broadcast Critics last night at the Critics’ Choice Awards for her performance in Jackie. She was nominated for a Golden Globe this morning. It’s the tightest Best Actress Oscar race we’ve seen in years. And Natalie Portman knows how to By Lainey • Dec 12, 2016 04:25 pm
Show Your Work Podcast Working Class? Casey Affleck, Taraji P Henson, and the making of Oprah Jeff Bezos, the head of Amazon, and Matt Damon hosted a holiday party for Manchester By The Sea this weekend in LA. That’s officially what they’re calling it, a “holiday party”, which, I guess is a new euphemism for “campaign event”? It’s not like they’re actually By Lainey • Dec 05, 2016 03:25 pm
Show Your Work Podcast Working Class? The Rock, Gabrielle Union, Anna Kendrick, and shut up Jimmy Fallon Moana, as expected, was the #1 movie at the box office this weekend, earning over $80 million dollars, just over initial projections. The reviews have been terrific too. So it’s another win for Dwayne The Rock Johnson as he continues to methodically diversify his career. The Rock discussed this By Lainey • Nov 28, 2016 05:01 pm
Show Your Work Podcast Hamilton, Harry, and Gilmore I got lucky back in June. On June 12th, right after the Tony Awards ended, a new block of Hamilton tickets was released and somehow I was able to get a couple, good seats too, on December 3. New York City on a Saturday night during the holidays with Duana. By Lainey • Nov 22, 2016 12:02 pm