On this week's LadyWatch agenda: Ryan and Jason marvel at the LadyVortex that seems to be brewing in Las Vegas on Céline Dion's birthday, with news now that Liza is performing down the strip on the same night! PLUS: Thanking Angela Lansbury for clearing up her eyebrow-raising comments about sexual harassment, thanking Bette Midler for bringing to light an old clip of her detailing an assault while speaking to Barbara Walters, and thanking ALL the brave women and Ladies who made Time Magazine's n...
Dec 11, 2017•1 hr 38 min
Ryan and Jason pay tribute to a fallen lover of Ladies: THE lover of Ladies, to be clear. The man who would not only become the unarguable face and voice of classic film in Hollywood through his synonymous association with Turner Classic Movies, but who also made a career out of appreciating, paying tribute to, and being a loyal and caring friend to INNUMERABLE Ladies of the past and today, long after the rest of the world had moved on. A man whose loving presence and reassuring devotion gave us...
Dec 04, 2017•1 hr 14 min
On this week's LadyWatch agenda: Ryan and Jason receive a double LadyPatron gift in honor of self-proclaimed Dick Diva, the Mother of Black Hollywood, Jenifer Lewis. ALSO: Lady farewells to Della Reese and Ann Wedgeworth (through the lenses of Roma Downey and Joyce DeWitt), Gayle King picking up the pieces of This Morning, the hardware still missing from Megan Mullally's mantle, Tippi Hedren & Melanie Griffith doing sexual harassment press together, Jo Brand gets follow-up support from the w...
Nov 27, 2017•1 hr 35 min
On this week's LadyWatch agenda: Ryan and Jason gush over their respective personal brushes with LadyWatch through Laurie Metcalf and Judy Garland over the week, also generally gush over Rose Marie and her doc "Wait for Your Laugh", gush over Judy Gold's written words on the CK garbage monster (while Ryan gushes over Jason's written words on Pamela Adlon's place in the eye of the storm), and absolutely GUSH over Diana Ross's choice of budget-conscious clothing retailer (and sensible waist-worn f...
Nov 20, 2017•1 hr 45 min
On this week's LadyWatch agenda: Ryan and Jason discuss the fallout from THIS week's garbage men revelations in Hollywood, and what it means for Pamela Adlon's complicity, Dolly Parton's publicity, and Roseanne Barr's national anthem. ALSO - Michelle PFEIFFER bows at the altar of Dame Judi Dench, Jenifer Lewis's book is out and the gloves are off (look out, Jane Pauley!), Goldie Hawn's joy elevates her LadyWatch status, Glenn Close puts her old costumes on college students, Mavis Staples wants t...
Nov 13, 2017•1 hr 34 min
On this week's LadyWatch agenda: Ryan and Jason discuss the house of cards that is Robin Wright's Netflix future, Shelley Morrison's fitting "Will & Grace" send-off (and what it will do for Megan Mullally come Emmy season), whether Wendy Williams faked her Halloween fainting spell, all the fucks Bette Midler continues not to give, Whoopi Goldberg's wearable ugly farting gingerbread men, Cassandra "Elvira" Peterson's decision to retire from the Halloween limelight, how we almost got Dr. Sally...
Nov 06, 2017•1 hr 36 min
On this week's LadyWatch agenda: Ryan and Jason return with YET MORE LADY ALLEGATIONS against the monster of Hollywood, this time from Annabella Sciorra, Daryl Hannah, and Sean Young (who also has some allegations of her own AGAINST Barbra Streisand), plus Blythe Danner's impassioned defense of her own daughter's experience, and NEW allegations from Björk against her past director Lars von Trier and his questionable on-set behavior. ALSO: New Judy Garland film starring Lady-in-Waiting Renee Zell...
Oct 30, 2017•1 hr 44 min
Ryan and Jason pay tribute to a fallen Lady: a woman whose raw vocal talent colored many of the great classical musical theatre roles, and later created a career out of painting the great American songbook with same color and depth. A complicated Lady who triumphed over personal struggles and found a later career projecting her vulnerabilities into her work, the soaring soprano of the sixties, Barbara Cook.
Oct 23, 2017•1 hr 2 min
On this week's LadyWatch agenda: Ryan and Jason spend a huge amount of time covering all the Lady empowerment blooming from the downfall of the Weinstein monster, including pieces of the story from Mira Sorvino, Rosanna Arquette, Ellen Barkin, Jane Fonda, Penelope Ann Miller, Emma Thompson, Courtney Love, Rita Moreno, Tippi Hedren, Rose Marie, and a truly disgusting angle from Donna Karan. ALSO: Ivana Tr**p asserts dominance not only over her First Lady status but also Marla Maples' career choic...
Oct 16, 2017•1 hr 39 min
On this week's LadyWatch agenda: Ryan and Jason follow up on the continuing Lady feud between Kim Cattrall and Sarah Jessica Parker over who is at fault for the demise of the COMPLETELY UNNECESSARY "Sex & the City 3" film. Also: Ashley Judd's bombshell accusations against disgusting monster Harvey Weinstein and the Lady implications of the story through Naomi Judd and Gloria Allred, a LadyWatch call for help with an idea to help Puerto Rico featuring Rita Moreno and Chita Rivera, renowned ph...
Oct 09, 2017•1 hr 38 min
On this week's LadyWatch agenda: Ryan and Jason discuss the rift between Sarah Jessica Parker and Kim Cattrall over the status of a third "Sex and the City" film, welcome Megan Mullally back into the skin of Karen Walker on "Will & Grace" (now more deplorable than ever!), and send their greatest admiration to classy Lady Julia Louis Dreyfus for using her breast cancer diagnosis as a call to provide healthcare for all! ALSO: preparing for Olivia de Havilland's (possibly?) imminent return to a...
Oct 02, 2017•1 hr 43 min
On this week's LadyWatch agenda: Ryan and Jason recap last week's thrilling Lady wins at the Emmy Awards, including beautiful speeches from Nicole Kidman, Laura Dern, and Ann Dowd, plus a record-tying win for Julia Louis Dreyfus, sore loser tweets from Jackie Hoffman, and Delta Burke's explosive tear ducts. ALSO: Jason shares his thoughts on Billie Jean King's biopic, Battle of the Sexes, more Halloween and corpse laughs coming Jamie Lee Curtis's way, Dionne Warwick will NOT talk about Whitney H...
Sep 25, 2017•1 hr 39 min
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Sep 18, 2017•1 hr 31 min
On this week's LadyWatch agenda: Ryan and Jason gloat about their Bernadette Peters "Hello Dolly" scoop (and hypothesize about what that means for Donna Murphy), tell Hillary Clinton critics to go back to their Ping Pong cougar traps (that's you, Sarandon), try to help Dame Vera Lynn save her iconic White Cliffs of Dover (and its 40 species of grass), congratulate Lisa Marie Presley on a reunion with her children after a successful rehab stint (and absolve Priscilla Presley of responsibility for...
Sep 11, 2017•1 hr 42 min
On this week's LadyWatch agenda: Ryan and Jason record an episode on Jason's birthday with Lady surprises and Lady reminisces, PLUS Susan Sarandon is stealing Jason's dating moves, Kathleen Turner is finding her rice, Christina Crawford is now a playwright, Kathy Bates and her very disjointed Netflix show, Sally Kellerman loses her hidden valley, a suggestion for Betty Buckley to dress as Grizabella for The Resistance, Ute Lemper's Germanic self-love, and Oprah, Viola Davis and Tina Knowles unwi...
Sep 04, 2017•1 hr 20 min
On this week's LadyWatch agenda: Ryan and Jason stumble disoriented from the universal alignments and earthly disorder to seek some semblance of normalcy through watching Jane Fonda, Candice Bergen, Mary Steenbergen, and Diane Keaton stare at the sun. PLUS: SAG elections are good news for Gabrielle Carteris and bad news for Frances Fisher, a Florida judge smacks a prosecutor with the words of Carly Simon, Lucie Arnaz working with Cate Blanchett on a biopic of her mother Lucille Ball, Kathleen Tu...
Aug 28, 2017•1 hr 35 min
On this week's LadyWatch agenda: Ryan and Jason return from a second mini-summer hiatus to a full docket of Lady news to catch up on, including gifts from the LadyWatchers, further developments from Aretha Franklin on her retirement plan, Annie Lennox sounding the alert to save Sinead O'Connor, Rose Marie sounding the alert for more Twitter followers, LadyCruise News sounding the alert for Oprah and Gayle to dock in Vermont somehow, Judge Judy and JK Rowling continuing to collect money hand-over...
Aug 21, 2017•1 hr 40 min
Ryan and Jason pay tribute to a fallen Lady: a woman whose distinctive face and voice is emblematic of a different time in Hollywood, one in which character and talent was valued above bland conventional sex appeal, and when theatre actors could transition seamlessly to a film career. Our tribute to a Lady whose life and work were cut egregiously short by her sudden death, Glenne Headly.
Aug 14, 2017•38 min
Ryan and Jason pay tribute to a fallen Lady: a woman who disappeared from the spotlight after an extended and iconic run as America's little sister Joanie Cunningham, only to pop up periodically when it seemed the news was less than good. A woman who we hope found the happiness she sought for so many years outside of the grind that is Hollywood's sausage factory, Ms. Erin Moran.
Aug 14, 2017•23 min
On another installment in the series of Dead LadyWatch episodes, Ryan and Jason take a cruise along the trail of fascination and hindsight, this time plumbing the depths of the tragedy and mystique surrounding all the highs and lows of the great Natalie Wood's meticulously calculated career and consistently timely womanhood, as well as (of course) the storied and tumultuous romance that would eventually navigate her into the murky circumstances surrounding an untimely and puzzling death at the t...
Aug 07, 2017•1 hr 15 min
On this week's LadyWatch agenda: Ryan and Jason follow up on an escalation in the Olivia de Havilland Feud lawsuit, and just days before the show goes for all the Emmy gold! PLUS: A tribute to iconic voiceover actress June Foray, political Lady news from Hillary Clinton, Maxine Waters, and healthcare heroes from across the aisle, movie trailer round-up featuring controversial offerings from Whoopi Goldberg and Anjelica Huston, a singing cabaret debut from Kathleen Turner twice in one night, how ...
Jul 31, 2017•1 hr 43 min
On this week's LadyWatch agenda: Ryan and Jason glow about Glo, trip about Girls Trip, and marvel at the couture gift that is Celine Dion given complete freedom in front of a film crew. PLUS: What the SAG elections might mean for incumbent Gabrielle Carteris (and what it definitely means to teenage Jason), Elaine Paige clearly taking troll tour tips from Cher and Barbra Streisand, Whoopi Goldberg is having her best year since 1991, Stockard Channing's bleak outlook on the future of LadyWatch, Sa...
Jul 24, 2017•1 hr 39 min
On this week's LadyWatch agenda: Ryan and Jason are BACK, and SO MUCH has happened! While Ryan did some major LadyWatching in New York, Jason did some lower-level LadyWatching of his own in the cemetery. PLUS - The bounty of Lady riches in the 2017 Emmy nominations, the gift of Olivia de Havilland dusting off her favorite Law Suit from the closet to give Ryan Murphy an epilogue for his "Feud", the Academy welcomes a huge swath of new Lady members to their ranks (and elect a new Lady to their est...
Jul 17, 2017•1 hr 40 min
On this week's final hiatus episode of the summer, Ryan and Jason once again dig into some of their Dead LadyWatch - this time WITH A TWIST! Ryan poses a conversation starter that results in some unexpected Lady territory, as the boys reminisce about some of their Lady origin stories. Next week: WE'RE BACK!!!
Jul 10, 2017•1 hr 18 min
On this week's LadyWatch agenda: Ryan and Jason dig through the Google Alert archives to bring LadyWatchers another installment of Fake LadyWatch: June, June, JOAN Edition! These bite-sized summer hiatus episodes also feature regularly scheduled Lady Birthdays and LadyWatcher submissions, and as much nonsense as you can possibly take. Up next week: A new take on our Dead LadyWatch series!
Jul 03, 2017•37 min
On this week's LadyWatch agenda: Ryan and Jason dig through the Google Alert archives to bring LadyWatchers another installment of Fake LadyWatch: June, June, JOAN Edition! These bite-sized summer hiatus episodes also feature regularly scheduled Lady Birthdays and LadyWatcher submissions, and as much nonsense as you can possibly take. Up next week: 1 more round of Fake LadyWatch....
Jun 26, 2017•31 min
On this week's LadyWatch agenda: Ryan and Jason announce a quick summer hiatus (A QUICK ONE - WITH SCHEDULED CONTENT!), and attempt to wrap up current events for June as best they can by press time. Not only does this include triumphant Lady wins at the Tony Awards for Bette Midler, Laurie Metcalf, and Cynthia Nixon, but also follow-ups on Martina Navratilova and now Billie Jean King's thoughts on the Margaret Court controversy (and Tina Arena's thoughts too!), plus Julia Roberts in loud talks a...
Jun 19, 2017•1 hr 18 min
On this week's LadyWatch agenda: Ryan and Jason marvel at the gargantuan success of "Wonder Woman" and discuss the implications for Ladies in film going forward. ALSO: Sad news on the passing of Lady Glenne Headly, Ryan heralds the LadyHeroes of Netflix's "The Keepers", a final call for Phylicia Rashad to come to her senses, Martina Navratilova does not let a backhand escape her wrath, what Aretha Franklin is doing in the Krispy Kreme test kitchens, why Martha Stewart is sneaking into her housek...
Jun 12, 2017•1 hr 27 min
On this week's LadyWatch agenda: Ryan and Jason assess the fallout from Kathy Griffin's disastrous week in professional provocateur-ing, address Olivia Newton John's upsetting yet optimistic announcement about her health, and digress to Isabella Rossellini's Farm of Fun and Food. PLUS: the loss in Barbra Streisand's family, trying to convince Glenn Close that taking advice from chorus boys only leads to pissing off Patti LuPone, what Charlotte Rampling is doing posed next to the Mona Lisa in a n...
Jun 05, 2017•1 hr 18 min
On this week's LadyWatch agenda: Ryan and Jason catch up on last week's iconic Ladying at the Billboard Music Awards with incredible performances from Cher, Celine Dion, and their insanely expensive costumes. ALSO: A blind source item criticizing Sally Struthers for not being Glenn Close enough, Patti LaBelle sets the record straight about where Bette Midler is on the "Hello Dolly" call list, and the "Mamma Mia" sequel puts out a call for young Meryl Streeps, Christine Baranskis, and Julie Walte...
May 29, 2017•1 hr 45 min
