Tom & Lorenzo’s Pop Style Opinionfest
Authors and bloggers Tom Fitzgerald and Lorenzo Marquez render judgment on all the latest goings-on in the worlds of celebrity, pop culture, television and fashion. Strap yourselves in for some hilarious opinionating on all the most pressing issues of our time, darlings.
Episodes
Monday Jan 11, 2021
How Vogue did Kamala Harris Wrong
Monday Jan 11, 2021
Monday Jan 11, 2021
T Lo take a look at the controversy surrounding Vice President-Elect Kamala Harris' covers for Vogue magazine, bringing their knowledge of the magazine's style and inner workings along with their perception of VP Harris' own style and why they two were bound to fail when you put them together. All that plus their reactions to the "Sex and the City" reboot!
Wednesday Dec 23, 2020
T Lo's Holiday Entertainment Guide
Wednesday Dec 23, 2020
Wednesday Dec 23, 2020
T Lo give their thoughts on a whole bunch of holiday home-viewing options, with reviews of "Tenet," "Ma Rainey's Black Bottom," "Bridgerton" and "Wonder Woman 1984." PLUS: Why Tom may never watch "The Mandalorian" again!
Friday Dec 11, 2020
Movie Talk: The Controversies Surrounding "Mank" and "The Prom"
Friday Dec 11, 2020
Friday Dec 11, 2020
T Lo review "Mank" and respond to the critical kerfuffle surrounding its mythmaking and then tackle Ryan Murphy's "The Prom" and the charges of "gayface" in casting James Corden. PLUS: Dumb online controversies and why they keep happening!
Friday Dec 04, 2020
"The Crown" Meltdown, Elliot Page and the Scary Decline of Movie Theaters
Friday Dec 04, 2020
Friday Dec 04, 2020
T Lo talk about the silliness surrounding the calls for "The Crown" to label itself fiction, discuss Elliot Page's announcement and how to talk and write about trans celebrities, and respond to the shocking Warner Brothers plan to release their 2021 slate of films on HBO Max.
Friday Nov 13, 2020
The Life and Legacy of Princess Diana
Friday Nov 13, 2020
Friday Nov 13, 2020
In preparation for season 4 of "The Crown," T Lo take a good long look at the life of Princess Diana - not just the scandals, heartbreaks, revenge schemes and fashion, but the way her tumultuous life changed both the institution of the British monarchy and how the public sees it, but also the royal family itself.
Friday Oct 30, 2020
AOC, Kim Kardashian and the Shifting Sands of Celebrity Culture
Friday Oct 30, 2020
Friday Oct 30, 2020
T & Lo contrast the outcry against Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez's Vanity Fair cover with the outrage over Kim Kardashian's tone-deaf 40th birthday celebration, noting how celebrity culture is changing in 2020 while AOC is forcing change on the dried-up world of politics.
Friday Oct 23, 2020
When Sarah Jessica Parker Calls, Pick Up
Friday Oct 23, 2020
Friday Oct 23, 2020
T Lo got a surprise phone call from none other than Sarah Jessica Parker, who took issue with something they wrote about her. The resulting conversation was broad, illuminating, sincere, nuanced and friendly as two different sides of the celebrity ecosystem got to hear what it was like for the other one.
Friday Oct 16, 2020
V TAWK: Star Trek: Disco, Bly Manor, The Undoing and The Queen's Gambit
Friday Oct 16, 2020
Friday Oct 16, 2020
T Lo talk about a bunch of new shows: The 3rd season of "Star Trek: Discovery," "The Haunting of Bly Manor," "The Undoing" and "The Queen's Gambit." It's a spoiler-free in-depth look at all four, from costumes to stars to sets, locations and special effects.
Friday Oct 09, 2020
Hate-Watching "Emily in Paris" and Mourning "GLOW"
Friday Oct 09, 2020
Friday Oct 09, 2020
T Lo are amused by the "Emily in Paris" backlash and unpack how and why the show is both a fun distraction and horribly off-tone for the current moment. Plus, a sad goodbye to "GLOW" and other more interesting shows with more complicated characters.
Friday Sep 25, 2020
Hanging with the Boys in the Band
Friday Sep 25, 2020
Friday Sep 25, 2020
T Lo review and unpack the new adaptation of "The Boys in The Band" on Netflix, offering thoughts as gay men who came of age in the 20th Century and how the play has changed in their minds over time and whether this new version has anything new to say or hits differently in the present day.