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45 results for "x factor"
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Afternoon Links: The Lonely Island and Reggie Watts Kick Off YouT...
Tess LynchThe Lonely Island have become grown-ass men. In a new video for YouTube's Comedy Week, the trio take on the mature subjects of wife sex and cemetery real estate ("wobble-dee-wobble-dee drop into my grave plot"). It goes hard, because it's #DIAPERCORE...
Blog | May 20, 2013 -
Five Questions on American Idol: New Judges, New Season, Same Sui...
Jay Caspian Kang, Mark Lisanti, and Emily YoshidaWhatever doesn't deafen you makes you stronger: Grantland's Jay Caspian Kang, Mark Lisanti, and Emily Yoshida have returned, bowed but not broken by The X Factor, to tackle another season of American Idol. Yes, it's definitely time to start worrying ...
Blog | January 17, 2013 -
Overplayed Song of the Week: Will.i.am Featuring Britney Spears, ...
Emily YoshidaWeeks on Chart: 5 Peak: No. 12 on Billboard's Hot 100, This Week Current Radio Play Frequency: No. 8 on KIIS FM's Playlist [Lyrics] As ubiquitous as Will.i.am may seem, he hasn't been a part of the central pop conversation in the past year or...
Blog | January 09, 2013 -
Judging The X Factor: The Semi-Star-Studded Finale Spectacular We...
Jay Caspian Kang and Emily Yoshida and Mark LisantiFor 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. The big purple spaceship finally crashed across the finish line last night. Her...
Blog | December 20, 2012 -
YouTube HOF: The Year in Internet
Grantland StaffAs the Grantland staff looks back this week on the highlights of the year in music, TV, film, and sports, we would obviously be remiss if we left out the one medium to rule them all: the Internet. Here are our picks for the best (and worst) of the In...
Blog | December 19, 2012 -
Judging The X Factor: Imagine All the People, Singing for Their T...
Jay Caspian Kang and Mark Lisanti and Emily YoshidaFor 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. They now realize the show is never going to end, and they're slowly coming to t...
Blog | December 13, 2012 -
Judging The X Factor: America Takes the Contestants Hostage
Mark Lisanti and Emily Yoshida and Jay Caspian KangFor 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 nig...
Blog | December 06, 2012 -
Judging The X Factor: Britney Spears and Will.I.Am Show the Kids ...
Emily Yoshida and Jay Caspian Kang and Mark LisantiFor 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 deadnes...
Blog | November 29, 2012 -
Judging The X Factor: Tate Is King, Demi Is All Eyebrow, and CeCe...
Jay Caspian Kang and Emily Yoshida and Mark LisantiFor 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 ve...
Blog | November 15, 2012 -
Judging The X Factor: The Power-Mad Demi Lovato Must Be Stopped
Jay Caspian Kang and Emily Yoshida and Mark LisantiFor 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 ...
Blog | November 08, 2012 -
Judging The X Factor: The Live Shows Begin With Terrible Bangs an...
Jay Caspian Kang and Emily Yoshida and Mark LisantiFor 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...
Blog | November 01, 2012 -
Judging The X Factor: The Oddsmaking Top 16 Megapost You Didn't K...
Jay Caspian Kang and Mark Lisanti and Emily YoshidaFor 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. ...
Blog | October 24, 2012 -
Homeland, Other Shows That Are Not Homeland, Renewed for a Third ...
Emily YoshidaAlmost from the start, Homeland seemed like a one-season premise, a more grounded kind of American Horror Story that could deliver some satisfying, thought-provoking thrills for a few weeks before flitting off to TV heaven and happily cementing its s...
Blog | October 22, 2012 -
Judging The X Factor: The Promise of Youth and the Disappointment...
Emily Yoshida and Jay Caspian Kang and Mark LisantiFor 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. Like Monet, Van Gogh, and so many great minds before them, the importance of th...
Blog | October 12, 2012 -
Judging The X Factor: Britney Is Entrusted With Teenage Lives, L....
Jay Caspian Kang and Mark Lisanti and Emily YoshidaFor 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. No, you shut up, YOUR job is ridiculous. The X Factor death march trudged al...
Blog | October 11, 2012 -
Judging The X Factor: Britney Crying, Villains Thriving, and Crac...
Emily Yoshida and Jay Caspian Kang and Mark LisantiFor 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 a tough job, and honestly, nobody really has to do it, but — shhhhh ...
Blog | October 05, 2012