LadyWatch with Ryan & Jason

Ryan and Jason pay tribute to a fallen Lady: A woman who built a career playing befuddled and often deceptively silent characters with a face that is known even if the name is not, our favorite screaming librarian, Alice Drummond. 

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Ryan and Jason pay tribute to a fallen Lady: Quite possibly THE iconic TV mom of the 20th century, but also an accomplished soprano of stage and screen, game show circuit workhorse, and tireless pitchLady for any product, anywhere. Everyone's favorite bawdy broad behind the scenes, Mrs. Carol Brady herself, Florence Henderson.

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Ryan and Jason pay tribute to a fallen Lady: The unsung hero of Golden Age Hollywood musicals, Time Magazine's "Ghostess with the Mostest" (and thorn in Natalie Wood's side), the multi-talented voice of a thousand faces, Marni Nixon.

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Ryan and Jason pay tribute to a fallen Lady, a woman whose incredible late-in-life success story was matched only by her singular stage presence, her spectacular voice, and her indomitable spirit... the great Sharon Jones.

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Ryan and Jason pay tribute to a fallen Lady, with a Memorial that is itself as tardy as the Lady herself would want a Memorial to be, literal star of stage and screen, Beth Howland.

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On this week's LadyWatch agenda: EVERYTHING

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On this week's LadyWatch agenda: Ryan and Jason take one final dive into the Google Alert archives for the last of our special June, June, JOAN installments of Fake LadyWatch, a series of bite-sized summer hiatus episodes featuring your regularly scheduled Lady Birthdays and also June Lady story predictions! Up next week: WAAAAAAAAAAAY TOO MANY STORIES!

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On this week's LadyWatch agenda: Ryan and Jason jump back into the Google Alert archives for another special June, June, JOAN Edition of Fake LadyWatch, a series of bite-sized summer hiatus episodes which also feature your regularly scheduled Lady Birthdays, and also June Lady story predictions!

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On this week's LadyWatch agenda: Ryan and Jason jump back into the Google Alert archives for another special June, June, JOAN Edition of Fake LadyWatch, a series of bite-sized summer hiatus episodes which also feature your regularly scheduled Lady Birthdays and also June Lady story predictions!

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On this week's LadyWatch agenda: Ryan and Jason pull from the Google Alert archives for the first of 4 special June, June, JOAN Editions of Fake LadyWatch, a series of bite-sized morsels of summer episodes also featuring Lady Birthdays and Lady story predictions!

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Ryan and Jason pay tribute to a fallen Lady, one of the greatest Lady success stories we've yet encountered, a woman who did not fully come into her own until her 70s and continued to burn bright all the way into her 80s. THE comedic character actress of her time, everybody loved Doris Roberts.

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On this week's LadyWatch agenda: Ryan and Jason sing the many praises of Netflix, none greater than being the official Mary Kay Place place, but also for keeping Sissy Spacek, Swoosie Kurtz, Marsha Mason, Ana Gasteyer, and Mary Louise Wilson in paychecks and TV sets. ALSO: Christine Baranski gets an official green light at CBS for her 'Good Wife' spinoff, Helena Bonham Carter helps us clear up Brexit, Naomi Judd is hopefully not a racist (but Wynonna definitely loves grits), Robin Wright has her don't-fuck-with-me-fellas moment and Susan Sarandon will have a fuck-me-fellas moment when she is 80, Sheila E. comes to her own (and Chaka Khan's) defense at Linda Perry's defense of Madonna, and MUCH MUCH MORE!

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On this week's LadyWatch agenda: Ryan and Jason stumble over themselves with astonishment at the news of a Carrie Fisher/Debbie Reynolds documentary at Cannes Film Festival (and offer a compete Cannes Lady report covering everyone from Dionne Warwick to Susan Sarandon, and grey pounds everywhere you look). Plus: Unpacking the troubling developments on Sinead O'Connor's mental health, Barbra Streisand's new Broadway-by-way-of-Hollywood album and tour, Enya's reclusive compound (and how Celine Dion can help her), Linda Ronstadt's producing chops, Madeleine Stowe's naked bravery, and the debut of a Dawnn Lewis LadyWatch Pledge. PLUS MUCH MUCH MORE! 

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On this week's LadyWatch agenda: Ryan and Jason return from a week off completely overwhelmed with Ladies all over the news, from the return of Jane Fonda and Lily Tomlin in 'Grace and Frankie', to Susan Sarandon and Jessica Lange taking on two of the all-time Lady greats in a new anthology series on FX. Also: Janet Jackson and the longest baby announcement in the history of music, Sinead O'Connor's dick and who can suck it, Geena Davis' 2nd Annual Bentonville Film Festival (and what she learned from Susan Sarandon), Hollywood Walk of Fame Stars for two Ladies (but only one who's been possessed by the devil), Shirley MacLaine's arson squad threatens Florida, Sharon Osbourne leaves Ozzy and the reason why is none of our business, and MUCH MUCH MORE

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On this week's LadyWatch agenda: Ryan and Jason navigate some tricky personal territory to bring you a special episode of DeadLadyWatch honoring THE movie star of the 20th century, THE sex symbol, THE activist, THE one and only Goddess receiving Ryan's prayers these days, Dame Elizabeth Taylor. May her eternal rest in peace bring us all a little peace.

 
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On this week's LadyWatch agenda: Ryan and Jason pay homage to Prince through his many Lady connections, a full segment dedicated to this week's Aretha Report, commencement Ladies (with honorary degrees coming outta their caps and gowns), too soon to tell whether Faye Dunaway is gonna blow as a tropical storm or the full hurricane, Glenn Close and a post-mortem All About Eve reboot, Cloris Leachman is an American Goddess, Sophia Loren isn't in love with dead guys, Anna Deavere Smith shining a light on the school to prison pipeline (and the foot to Jason's mouth pipeline) and much, much more!

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Ryan and Jason pay tribute to a fallen Lady, a miracle of a child actress and longtime advocate for mental health and identical cousins everywhere, the one (or two?) and only Patty Duke.

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On this week's LadyWatch agenda: Ryan and Jason sing Lady praises for 'Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt', send well-wishes to a spattering of Lady car accidents, Cyndi Lauper's high road and Sharon Stone's low road, 'Baby Jane' remake casting, Kerry Washington's portrayal of Anita Hill in 'Confirmation' (and MTV.com draws attention to the 'Designing Women' parallel), Tilda Swinton's bald head washed in white hot water, Geena Davis and Susan Sarandon at odds on the Democratic presidential nominee, Jane Fonda's opinion on the patriarchy and "a certain age", Judy Blume's evil alter-ego Judy Gloom and why Beverly Cleary is involved, Jennifer Tilly taking Broadway to the cleaners at poker, Marie Osmond treading on Sarah Brightman's intergalactic territory, Barbra's strange powers over Prince Charles, and much much more!

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On this week's LadyWatch agenda: Ryan and Jason pay (what can only loosely be described as) respects to Liza's 3rd dead ex-husband David Gest, plus gushing over HBO's documentary about Gloria Vanderbilt (and gushing over her spotty fox son), more (non-)quotes about Bill Cosby from Phylicia Rashad, Janet Jackson's mysterious family planning (and how La Toya wants in on THAT), what Barbra's 'Gypsy' film looks like (this month), Vivienne Westwood's published diaries (and a Vivienne bench on which to stage a protest), Kirstie Alley endorses Trump (and has been officially Reviled by LadyWatch), and Robin Roberts' bad timing as Mississippi's tourism cover Lady (to say nothing of her Mississippi UN-covered). PLUS Mary Su & Mary Lu and much, much more!

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On this week's LadyWatch agenda: Ryan and Jason catch up on Part 2 of last week's Twitter politics war between Susan Sarandon and Debra Messing (with Kathy Najimy, Rosie O'Donnell, and Sally Field(s) caught in the crossfire, and Jamie Lee Curtis flying away to safety). Plus: RHONY Ladies are back, Barbara Cook is not, Elaine Paige is back, Sean Young is not, Doris Day sees her shadow, Shirley Bassey is 50 ft. tall and without a heart in a Welsh castle, and Whoopi's got a new product to get women discreetly high at work at least once a month. Also: Everything's as if Glenn Close never said goodbye, what makes Sigourney Weaver a trailblazer for drag queens everywhere, what makes Joan Lunden a trailblazer for Wrestlemania Warriors everywhere, Bea Arthur was sick of being Bea Arthur, what Ariana Huffington has to say about your current napping habits, and much much more!

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On this week's LadyWatch agenda: Ryan and Jason dive in with political news of Ladies on all sides of the primaries, from Susan Sarandon's Twitter aggression to Susan Olsen's enlightening opinions on race relations and Donald Trump. Plus: Aretha Franklin needs a Diva Understudy (again), Emma Thompson and Miriam Margolyes strip down for fish, Judge Judy's salary gets CBS sued, Julie Walters and her revolting farm village, JK Rowling shares her rejection to the world, Jason has some eating tips for Ellen Barkin, Ryan has some Tovah Feldshuh advice for film distributors, and much much more!

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On this week's LadyWatch agenda: Ryan and Jason detail their Sunday spent at the Forest Lawn Cemetery Museum's exhibition tribute to Leading Ladies, as well as Ryan's pilgrimage to Elizabeth Taylor's crypt. Plus: Trisha Yearwood's passion for Jewel, Lainie Kazan's passion for art, and Kathleen Turner's passion for enchiladas, Betty White has personnel issues, the Tribeca Film Festival has Jodie Foster, Patti Smith, and Olympia Dukakis, Toni Tennille has regrets, Olivia Newton John still has a fiancé who faked his own death, Kathie Lee Gifford has no shame, Judi Dench has great tits, Petula Clark has a pizza joint, and much much more! 

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On this week's LadyWatch agenda: Ryan and Jason give 'My Name is Doris' two Ladies up (those two Ladies are Sally Field and Tyne Daly), welcome Lilly Wachowski to join her sister Lana on LadyWatch (and Caitlyn Jenner gets a time out), Loretta Lynn and her costumer on WWHL, Vanessa Williams gets real about bra fat, Sophia Loren is surrounded by admiration, why Mavis Staples should sleep with one eye open for Sally Kirkland, the secrets Stefanie Powers' parrot keeps, why British Ladies have an issue owning up to their racial insensitivity, and much much more!

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On this week's LadyWatch agenda: Ryan and Jason return from a weekend spent LadyWatching in Palm Springs at both Carol Channing's 95th Birthday Celebration and Shirley MacLaine's apparent town hall meeting. Plus: Aretha Franklin is gonna get paid, Dolly Parton's busy year ahead in recording, touring, television, and theatre (and how she's subsidizing Kenny Rogers), internet flack over Leslie Jones' Ghostbusters character (and Leslie's flack right back), a TV Land reboot of First Wives Club to fill their Lady void, Gladys Knight's trick for getting out of a traffic ticket (but still won't work with the Board of Health), Bjork stands up to her (mostly male) critics, Grace Coddington wants you to smell like roses, Isabella Rossellini re-teams with an iconic collaborator, things you may not know about Loretta Lynn, Jason retracts a previous statement about Vanessa Williams' capabilities, what Sandy Duncan's kids most probably bought mom for her birthday, and much much more!

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On this week's LadyWatch agenda: Ryan and Jason pick out the few Lady bits from the longest Oscar ceremony in history, Oprah and Whoopi caught in a Twitter snafu, Gladys Knight's Chicken and Waffles gets sloppy, Yoko Ono rushed to the hospital and then rushes home to run around, Twiggy's new clothing line and why she needs fat faces, Shirley MacLaine spills dirt on Demi Moore, Jessica Lange and Atlantis. PLUS, Salma Hayek's sad sad day on the Washington ranch, Lorraine Toussaint's Kool-Aid warning, and Susan Sarandon's never-ending quest for young flesh, paddles, and balls.

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On this week's LadyWatch agenda: Ryan and Jason take a moment to live-stream Celine's first show back in Vegas after the death of her manager/husband/everything, speculate on Sandy Duncan's hasty exit from Broadway's 'Finding Neverland', pick out the Lady highlights in NBC's tribute to Jim Burrows, Ryan finds Mary Louise Wilson On Demand, Jason still isn't sold on the 'Ab Fab' movie teaser, Star Jones' sudsy take on 'The View' drama makes it to the small screen, Trudie Styler's new film partnership, Yoko Ono's new-old album sequel, Cindy Williams takes Sally Struthers' boots on a high school tour, Emma Thompson sticks her foot and some cake into her mouth, Sarah Brightman sings to a spaceship (completely utterly literally), and much much more!

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On this week's LadyWatch agenda: Ryan and Jason discuss the Lady implications of our empty Supreme Court Justice seat (and what that could mean for Cicely Tyson types everywhere), Meryl talking about Africa and Rosie talking about autism and both of them getting the hot water, Leslie Uggams' monster hit 'Deadpool' and the Ladies on parade in 'Zoolander 2, Laurie Metcalf's stunning work on 'Horace and Pete', Buzzfeed's profile of the Queen of Late Night Schmaltz Delilah, Roseanne's new medicinal enterprise, Sarah Ferguson's philanthropic parenting, Mavis Staples' new hipster record, Sally Kirkland's lost and found (and found and found) love, Julia Sugarbaker rises again thanks to Linda Bloodworth Thomason, Glenda Jackson steals a role from Kathleen Turner and pulls back a stump, plus what Suzanne Somers might have to do with Florence Henderson's sex drive, and much much more!

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On this week's LadyWatch agenda: Ryan and Jason cover a surprisingly wide array of Ladies involved with Super Bowl 50, including Marlee Matlin's lost performance, Betty White's Dab, Helen Mirren's Bud, Carol Channing's hit and Doris Roberts' flop. PLUS: Gloria Steinem and Madeleine Albright do more harm than good for Hillary, Oprah's new horseless horse farm, Nancy Reagan's new gold mint, Jennifer Jason Leigh's guitar anguish, Isabella Rossellini plays a psychic gypsy mob boss, Julie Walters plays a British Mrs. Garrett, Goldie Hawn plays something please ANYTHING, and much much more!

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On this week's LadyWatch agenda: Ryan and Jason discuss the Lady showing on FOX's oddly effective 'Grease: Live' broadcast and the SAG Awards, plus official word on Netflix's 'Gilmore Girls' reboot, Faye Resnick back in the news like it's 1994, Chaka Khan's crowdsourced music video, Helen Mirren selling old people on paying for the BBC (and why they should consider it), Aretha Franklin's contribution to the crisis in Flint and the thorn in Patti LaBelle's side, Dolly Parton's naming of a dinner theater (in her name), Meg Ryan and the Ephrons, Glenda Jackson and Parliament, and much much more!

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On this week's LadyWatch agenda: Ryan and Jason follow up on Celine's very public grieving process, Ladies react to OscarsSoWhite, Darlene Love sues Google over goodwill, Sophia Loren's hot sons restore a villa, Andie MacDowell lands in tourist class, Marie Osmond fetes Olivia Newton John (by talking about herself), Laurie Metcalf fondly remembers the unmitigated laziness of Roseanne Barr, the ABBA Ladies open a casual Swedish Greek burlesque restaurant EVENT!, Aretha Franklin takes TWO reverends aboard her first flight in over 30 years, Grace Coddington's departure from the magazine where she'll also retain an office and an assistant, and MUCH MUCH MORE 

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On this week's LadyWatch agenda: Ryan and Jason send double condolences to Celine Dion in her time of great grief and try to find the silver lining going foward, support black Ladies in their call to arms against The Academy membership race bias (AND age bias!), and also celebrate Bette Midler's surprise announcement for a 'Hello Dolly' revival on Broadway. Plus: Cher plays superhero to the Flint water crisis, Patti LaBelle plays cougar on the DL, Trisha Yearwood plays a pivotal role in 'Passion' (a live musical event) on FOX, tempering the NBC Must See TV reunion rumor mill, how Linda Ronstadt created The Eagles, Loretta Lynn's controversial presidential endorsement, Belinda Carlisle's website woes, Angela Lansbury's hit and run mystery, Annette Funicello is still dead, and much much more.

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On this week's LadyWatch agenda: Ryan and Jason address the death of Natalie Cole and why she doesn't have a special bonus memorial episode (and what you can do about it), send thoughts and prayers to Iman following the death of her husband, join Alexandra Billings in wagging a finger at Dame Edna Everage's alter ego, unpack how Princess Diana ended up staying with Goldie Hawn, and find out to what lengths Shirley Bassey went to urinate in the 70s. PLUS: Patti LaBelle's newest Walmart dessert creations, Vivienne Westwood re-creates heaven and hell in Culver City, Lana Wachowski models for Marc Jacobs' spring line and maybe Marc Jacobs is mean to his mother, Jane Fonda finally finds an award that deserves her, and Gloria Vanderbilt probably fucked Errol Flynn. Oh yeah, and much much more!

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Ryan and Jason cover all the Lady moments from the 73rd Annual Golden Globe Awards! Jane's ruffles, Bernadette's teeth, Taraji's cookies, Judith's Light.

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On this week's LadyWatch agenda: Ryan and Jason announce the winners of the 1st Annual LadyWatch Awards, chosen by LadyWatchers like you! Plus: The Kennedy Center Honors and that incredible fur drop from Aretha Franklin, Celine hits some bad notes but sticks the landing, Tonya Pinkins sounds off about her exit from 'Mother Courage' on Broadway and the need for black perspectives in the arts, what Oprah's points did to stocks, Tippi Hedren mourns for a king, Bjork's virtual reality app and what you need to use it, JK Rowling's vote of approval against Potterhead racism, a surprise ending to Bridget Jones' Baby, and much much more!

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