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
Thursday Mar 09, 2023
Protect Our Drag Queens!
Thursday Mar 09, 2023
Thursday Mar 09, 2023
T Lo unpack the seriousness of the recent Tennessee bill making drag illegal, show how it's part of a larger movement against LGBTQ rights and take RuPaul and the producers of RUPAUL'S DRAG RACE to task for not using their massive platform to educate their viewers on what's happening. PLUS: A review of DAISY JONES & THE SIX and a dismissal of the latest nothingburger scandal hitting the Oscars.
Friday Feb 24, 2023
Friday Feb 24, 2023
T Lo unpack everything surrounding Ariana DeBose's instantly viral BAFTAs rap, including why it probably was doomed to become a camp classic from the start. After that, they talk about why the announcement of new Lord of the Rings movies fills them with dread, admit that POKER FACE is getting a little gimmicky for them, and reprimand a few stars who are treating the red carpet like a joke when they shouldn't.
Friday Feb 17, 2023
Let’s Talk About Sex (Scenes)
Friday Feb 17, 2023
Friday Feb 17, 2023
T Lo unpack YOU star Penn Badgely's recent comments about not wanting to do sex scenes anymore and how it led to a whole bunch of discourse about generational divides, consent, gender roles and the purpose of art. Plus: Why people were not feeling Rihanna's Super Bowl performance - and also why those people are wrong.
Friday Feb 10, 2023
Madonna’s Face, Sam Smith’s Devil Horns, and Melanie Lynskey Kicking Ass
Friday Feb 10, 2023
Friday Feb 10, 2023
T Lo talk about the response to Madonna's facial work and how it's part of her long history of being shocking. They rail against the ridiculous rightwing freakout over Sam Smith and Kim Petras' Grammys performance and warn that it's part of a larger rollback of queer rights. Then, they unpack some of the recent controversies surrounding THE LAST OF US and how they reveal that the show is doing everything right to challenge its viewers and make them think about the world they're watching. PLUS: Why you should watch THE TRAITORS.
Friday Jan 27, 2023
The Oscar Nominations and the Riseborough Affair
Friday Jan 27, 2023
Friday Jan 27, 2023
T Lo dive into the major categories of the 2023 Oscar nominations, and unpack some of the screwed-up thinking behind some of them, devoting most of their time to the growing scandal surrounding TO LESLIE star Andrea Riseborough's seemingly "grass roots" campaign, what it reveals about the system in Hollywood, and how it contributed to the shocking shutouts of Viola Davis in THE WOMAN KING and Danielle Deadwyler in TILL.
Thursday Jan 19, 2023
TV Talk With T Lo
Thursday Jan 19, 2023
Thursday Jan 19, 2023
Tom and Lorenzo debate recent AND JUST LIKE THAT... casting news, discuss their disappointment with ANNE RICE'S MAYFAIR WITCHES, and list all the reasons why THE LAST OF US isn't THE WALKING DEAD. Plus: a review of THE MAKANAI: COOKING FOR THE MAIKO HOUSE, on Netflix.
Friday Jan 06, 2023
THE MENU, BABYLON and Prince Harry Going Spare
Friday Jan 06, 2023
Friday Jan 06, 2023
T Lo review THE MENU and BABYLON before unpacking some of the shocking revelations in Prince Harry's memoir SPARE.
Friday Dec 23, 2022
T Lo’s Picks for the Best Movie and TV Shows of 2022
Friday Dec 23, 2022
Friday Dec 23, 2022
T & Lo reveal their Top 3 picks for 2022 movie and TV shows - to you and to each other. Without coordinating ahead of time, each picked their 3 fave TV shows and movies and took turns revealing their choices and explaining why they chose them. Come for the expected raves and stay for the surprise picks!
Friday Dec 16, 2022
BANSHEES, THE FABELMANS, and HARRY & MEGHAN Part Two
Friday Dec 16, 2022
Friday Dec 16, 2022
T Lo review THE BANSHEES OF INISHERIN and THE FABELMANS before diving into the messier aspects of the second half of HARRY & MEGHAN.
Friday Dec 09, 2022
What HARRY & MEGHAN Says and Doesn’t Say
Friday Dec 09, 2022
Friday Dec 09, 2022
T Lo dive deep into the first three episodes of the Netflix docu-series HARRY & MEGHAN detailing the lives of Prince Harry and Meghan Markle and unpack what the series chooses to reveal, what it shies away from discussing, and how you have to look at both to get a full picture of the royal couple