Category: Awards Shows
The Tried-and-True Cheap Shot: When Will Men Stop Mocking Bald Women?
Perhaps what’s most useful to note about the scuffle heard ‘round the world at the 2022 Oscars is that it all could have been avoided [Read More…]
Just When You Were Ready to Write Off the Academy, It Proves It’s the Only Legitimate Cinematic Institution Truly Aware That House of Gucci Is Trash and Kristen Stewart’s Performance Was Divine
The Academy, like so many institutions that get their clout from dangling glamor to the hoi polloi via long-standing awards ceremonies, has come under fire [Read More…]
American Invasion: The BRIT Awards
The BRITs have long had their fair share of American influence over the years. However, since its inception in 1977, no one could argue that [Read More…]
Dua Lipa: A Celestial Performer
Toeing the line between classic and futuristic, Dua Lipa proved herself a consummate performer at the 2021 Grammys as she delved into a rendition of [Read More…]
Don’t Be Duped Into Thinking The Grammys “Get It” Now
Doling out a few pieces of “candy” to an audience really seems to have gone a long way in this climate of perpetual disappointment and [Read More…]
Don’t Talk to Madonna About Using Gas Masks (or Riding a Disco Ball) In Your Performance
While Madonna and Lady Gaga may have played nice for the cameras at M’s illustrious Oscar after party last year in 2019 (which is ten [Read More…]
Lina Wertmüller At Last Given Some Overdue Credit With Honorary Oscar at Governors Awards
While an Oscar appears to become increasingly meaningless with each passing year, the sentiment behind it was not lost on veteran Italian filmmaker Lina Wertmüller [Read More…]
“Throw It Back” Video & Subsequent VMAs Performance Show and Tell Why Missy Elliott Is Still Inimitable
There was a moment when the world of post-00s hip hop felt particularly dark in its decided voidness. It happened around 2005, when Missy Elliott [Read More…]
Madonna Takes on the Character of Her Truth or Dare Persona for 1990 Iteration of Maternalness
Sucking on her candy of choice in those days–a Mike and Ike–she says, “I think I have unconsciously chosen people that are emotionally crippled in [Read More…]
The Grammys Is Chloe Flower
While many were left swept up in the idea of the Grammys slowly but surely coming around to the twenty-first century with its “forward-thinking” (a.k.a. [Read More…]
