LadyWatch with Ryan & Jason

On this week's LadyWatch agenda: Ryan and Jason go to see Liza's beads and sequins on display at the Paley Center for her upcoming auction and get to see a sneak preview of the sexcapades had by Jane Fonda, Candice Bergen, Diane Keaton, and Mary Steenburgen in "Book Club". PLUS: Jason announces his upcoming Hollywood Fringe show about Judy Garland, Olivia Newton John opposes the upcoming TV biopic about her life, Lady takes on the Cosby win from Janice Dickinson, Terry McMillan, Robin Quivers, and Lisa Bonet (and why we should give her and Ann Curry the entire chocolate factory in light of this news), Isabella Rossellini makes a surprising choice about the handling of her own personal sexual assault story, Camilla Parker Bowles' hair stands on end after a ghostly encounter, why we have Cher to thank for Adam Rippon's harnesswear, Shania Twain is dragged to empty dancehalls for her uninformed views of American politics, and MUCH MUCH MORE.

Direct download: 205_Ep._205__Ring_Them_Bells.mp3
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On this week's LadyWatch agenda: Ryan and Jason touch briefly on the spotty legacy of former First Lady Barbara Bush, express surprise at Bette Midler tapping out Bernadette Peters for the closing of "Hello Dolly" on Broadway (and why this is good news for Betty Buckley), and ponder whether are union jobs to be had as part of Gabrielle Carteris' call for an end to Hollywood meetings in hotel rooms. PLUS: Tina Knowles had concerns about Beychella, Tina Turner's high standards for her new bio musical in the West End, Tyne Daly joins the "Murphy Brown" reboot, Michelle Pfeiffer is caught in an awkward panel question about her weight in the 80s, Jane Goodall is immortalized in bronze holding a palm nut, why Frances Conroy prefers ratty roles over the mousey ones, cruise news featuring Lainie Kazan in a spinning chair and a country music festival on the S.S. Gay Bash, and MUCH MUCH MORE!

Direct download: 204_Ep._204__Killing_Me_Softly.mp3
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On this week's LadyWatch agenda: Ryan and Jason investigate some mysterious events at Lady performance art exhibitions, namely who would steal a rock from Yoko Ono's riverbed of wisdom, and how Marina Abromovic is going to survive a shock of one million volts to blow out a candle afterwards. PLUS: Patti LuPone shoots her mouth off again (this time shading Uma Thurman's Broadway acting chops), Liza bounces back (as usual), Margaret Atwood backs a Time's Up movement in Canada, Molly Ringwald reevaluates the films that made her a superstar, why Kathleen Turner had to wear sneakers for a TV appearance, the death of Mitzi Shore brings up a story about the time Jason literally got sweated out of The Comedy Store, news of the death of 'Mozart in the Jungle' almost finishes off Ryan himself, and MUCH MUCH MORE.

Direct download: 203_Ep._203__So_Macho.mp3
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On this week's LadyWatch agenda: Ryan and Jason cover yet another in Barbie in the new Sheroes line, extolling the virtues and examining the blemishes of Iris Apfel's legacy, plus Judge Judith Sheindlin cashes in her NOT unreasonable $45 million salary, Loretta Switt cashes in on poop bags, Dame Maggie Smith cashes in on 1980s Hogwarts RPG enthusiasts, Meryl Streep is called upon to cash in on the death of friend Carrie Fisher, Laurie Anderson cashes in on Hurricane Sandy, Elvira cashes in on a store that is DEFINITELY not a Hot Topic ripoff, Dame Helen Mirren's tattoo artists and removers cash in, and yet Dionne Warwick finds that Paradise is NOT the place to cash in. ALSO: Elizabeth Hurley's nephew's stab wound elicits a warning to all of London, Madeleine Albright's fascism warning to the world, a warning to Betty Buckley about avoiding flying axes in Colonial Williamsburg, and MUCH MUCH MORE.

Direct download: 202_Ep._202__Dont_Make_Me_Over.mp3
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On this week's LadyWatch agenda: Ryan and Jason usher in a new age of LadyWatching, newly-minted as "the only podcast dedicated to celebrating women over the age of 50", and formally welcome CĂ©line Dion to her 50s. PLUS: Roseanne's successful return to television causes a rift in opinion about normalization between Ryan, Jason, AND THE ENTIRE WORLD, Olivia de Havilland's court feud with Ryan Murphy comes to an end (for now), an exciting NEW "Grey Gardens" documentary starring Lee Radziwill and both Edies, Star Jones figures out a new best way to have a late-life destination wedding, Rita Moreno's curtain entrances live on at Netflix for another year, Molly Ringwald has conflicted views about reboots, another "Sex and the City" endorsement for Cynthia Nixon's gubernatorial campaign from a surprising source, what Ryan traded for a makeout with Janice Dickinson, how long Sigourney Weaver can hold her breath under water (and why Frances Fisher can beat that), an extended cut of Ryan's Cherry Jones impression, Margo Martindale vs. Ann Dowd, Connie Ray vs. Park Overall, and MUCH MUCH MORE!

Direct download: 201_Ep._201__Another_Winter_in_a_Summer_Town.mp3
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