Tom & Lorenzo’s Pop Style Opinionfest

T Lo run down the major categories in the 2025 Oscar nominations and pick out the snubs, surprises, and likely winners before launching into a deep dive on all the issues surrounding the history-making, much nominated "Emilia Pérez" and why so many queer and Latin-American critics have been speaking out against. PLUS: What it's like to get quote in a Vanity Fair article about Meghan Markle. Spoiler: not that much fun!

T Lo unpack the sexual abuse accusations against Neil Gaiman and how to respond when a favorite author turns out to be a monster. Plus, the latest on Prince Harry and Meghan Markle, their charity efforts during the wildfires and why everything they do is met with backlash. And they explain why further calls to cancel awards season are problematic and tone deaf.

T Lo return from their European Christmas vacation with tales of gluhwein and stroopwafels to tell. They check back in on the Justin Baldoni/Blake Lively drama surround "It Ends with Us," offer their thoughts on the Golden Globes and the Oscar race, talk about how the L.A. wildfires are likely to affect awards season, and make some predictions about Zendaya's wedding gown(s).

T Lo review three films about women assessing their lives, choices, art and bodies: Pablo Larrain's "Maria," starring Angelina Jolie, Gia Coppola's "The Last Showgirl," starring Pamela Anderson, and Halina Reijn's "Babygirl," starring Nicole Kidman, PLUS: Lorenzo recommends "100 Years of Solitude."

T Lo flip on the mics and give their opinions on: the Keira Knightley Netflix spy thriller "Black Doves," the Jesse Eisenberg-directed "A Real Pain," the astonishing "Anora," which manages to avoid so many cliches, and the unforgettable but occasionally flawed "Queer," starring Daniel Craig.

T Lo run down all of the good and a few of the bad parts of "Wicked: Part One" from the perspective of two people who never saw the musical or listened to the cast recording, including their thoughts on which witch was the best witch, who surprised us, who was misused and what went wrong with some of the numbers. PLUS: A deep dive into Hulu's "Say Nothing," and a review of "Dune: Prophecy."

T Lo give their thoughts on how to deal with the results of the 2024 election without driving yourself crazy (or off a cliff), give the full rundown on their recent trip to Ireland and why you should go, and go deep into the finale of "Disclaimer" and why the series was such a miss, even with a typically fantastic Cate Blanchett performance at its center.

T Lo serve up an hour of chatting on a range of topics to keep you distracted from looking at election returns, from the brilliance of Maya Rudolph's Kamala impersonation, to all the plans for their trip to Ireland, to the dangers of AI, the breakdown of social media and what it means for independent publishers, to Chappell Roan's fantastic "Saturday Night Live" appearance and her stans getting a little homophobic about it. PLUS: A debate over whether "Disclaimer" is still working or not!

T Lo unpack the final three episodes of "Agatha All Along," praising what worked, pointing out what didn't, and begging the creators for more. PLUS: "Disclaimer" plummets off a cliff.

T Lo unpack the story behind "Wicked" star Cynthia Erivo's offense regarding fan edits of the "Wicked" film poster and how it touches on questions of fandom, the proliferation of AI, and the issues faced by Black actors in franchise roles. Then it's a recap and discussion of "Agatha All Along" and a deep dive on whether "Disclaimer" is being honest with its viewers.