LadyWatch with Ryan & Jason

The Grannys are BACK with a special Pandemic Edition of our awards celebrating the excellence of women over the age of 50! Recorded live on Clubhouse, this year's show features guest LadyWatchers presenting all categories in true award show fashion. Big thanks to special guest presenters Ryan Bloomquist, Natalie Joy Johnson, EK Dagenfield, John Hill, Damon Bolling, Amanda Kuchinsky, Shaleah Adkisson-Toro, Brian Nash, Dana Craig, Steven Ferezy, Daniel Nolen, and Ben Rimalower!

Ryan and Jason announce recipients of The Fourth (sort-of) Annual LadyWatch Awards, honoring LadyWork performed in the year 2019! Thank you to everyone who voted again this year, your participation and enthusiasm helped make this yet another successful award season for LadyWatch!

On this week's LadyWatch agenda: WE'RE BACK WITH THE FOURTH ANNUAL LADYWATCH AWARDS NOMINATIONS ANNOUNCEMENT! Find the list of all our nominees for LadyWatch Awards celebrating excellence in Lady-ing throughout the year 2019 by visiting ladywatchpod.com/awards, and then let your LadyOpinion be heard by casting your own votes before Saturday, February 22nd at 11:59pm PST. We'll be back with a special episode discussing all the nominees and announcing the winners on Monday, February 24th!

LADYWATCH RETURNS with a special SUPER-SIZE "State of the Lady" address from Ryan and Jason, featuring Memorial remembrances for Ladies who have passed since September 2018 and (before the year passes by) a recap of just a few of the biggest Lady stories from the first half of 2019.

Ryan and Jason celebrate 81 years of "A STAR IS BORN" with a special retrospective examining every aspect of the 1937, 1954, 1976, and 2018 versions of the classic Cinderella melodrama. From the murky origins of its inspiration, to why Hollywood is drawn to these self-reflective themes of fame and addiction again and again, plus what makes each incarnation of this story unique and what binds them together. Ryan and Jason also detail their personal feelings about each version before landing on a LadyWatch ruling of the definitive film in the series, and who between Janet Gaynor, Judy Garland, Barbra Streisand, and Lady Gaga takes the crown as the ultimate titular Star!

Ryan and Jason return to memorialize 5 great Ladies we lost at the end of summer 2018: Charlotte Rae, Aretha Franklin, Barbara Harris, Carole Shelley, and Marin Mazzie.

On this week's LadyWatch agenda: Ryan and Jason make a big announcement about the future of LadyWatch, and what to expect from the movement going forward.

On this week's LadyWatch agenda: Ryan and Jason dive into the release of Barbra Streisand's concert archives on Netflix, Roseanne's extrication from her sitcom (and what this means for Natalie West), Nicole Kidman cleaning up at Amazon with a new deal, Martina McBride gets into trouble for mistreatment of unpaid interns, Heather Locklear is held in psychiatric lockdown after desperate threats of suicide, Jane Fonda makes a surprising residential life choice, Patricia Hearst makes a surprising defense of Chris Hardwick, and Elaine Paige makes a surprisingly toxic statement about sexual harassment. PLUS: Jackée Harry advocates for PrEP, Joan Baez wears the wrong shoes to da club, Pamela Anderson is still making ALL the wrong friends, and MUCH MUCH MORE!

On this week's LadyWatch agenda: Ryan and Jason speculate as to the source of the erroneous news story that Liza Minnelli and Renee Zellweger have become friends as a result of the new "Judy" movie, and what Lorna Luft might have to say about the project. PLUS: Kim Dickens is not happy about the treatment of her "Fear of the Walking Dead" character, Martina Navratilova is not happy about the BBC's color commentary pay scale, and Glenda Jackson is not happy about having to learn the actual name of her Broadway director. ALSO: Leslie Uggams and Renee Fleming visit backstage at "Carousel" on Broadway and bond over forgotten lyrics, Kathy Griffin comes to Lisa Lampanelli's defense agains TMZ, Sophia Loren is still smashing champagne bottles, Joni Mitchell's hometown finally makes peace with their most famous daughter, Dame Judi Dench will tell you to fuck off if you ask whether she has a career, and much much more!