DIVA DAILIES

Who’s up for a destination wedding?! To finish off our Comfort Divas Month, Steffi is joined by Diego to breakdown a movie that means so much to both of us because...Asian. Yep, we’re discussing the romantic-comedy “Crazy Rich Asians” (2018) starring our divas of the week: Michelle Yeoh and Constance Wu in our Two Part Crazy Rich Asians episodes. In today’s episode, part 1, Diego and I share our f...

Steffi continues Comfort Divas Month with the help of my friend and brand new guest, Justin, host of Polar Opposites podcast. Together, we breakdown Black Mirror - Season 3, Episode 1 - “Nosedive” (2016) starring diva of the week: Bryce Dallas Howard. We discuss the dangers of social media, fake friends, nepotism, and why Justin finds comfort in shows like Black Mirror. Also, listen to me have a m...

This week, Steffi is joined by Diva Dailies fan favorite, Angie , to break down one of her favorite comfort movies, The Namesake (2006) starring our divas of the week: Tabu & Mira Nair. As a fan of Indian movies, Angie shares how she became a fan of the genre and some personal experiences of traveling to India. We also discuss how the Oscars treat non-Western films, the immigrant experience, and t...

Ya know...2020 has been quite a year. And considering that November is also the time we indulge in a little comfort food for the holiday season, I thought it’d be appropriate to do a month’s worth of COMFORT DIVA MOVIES. To kick off Comfort Divas month, Steffi is joined by Stefan to discuss one of his favorite comfort movies: Romy & Michele’s High School Reunion (1997). We talk about our favorite...

It’s just a bunch of Hocus Pocus. To round up our divas for the month of October, Steffi is joined by diva enthusiast & arguably one of Bette Midler’s biggest fans, Dino , to discuss “Hocus Pocus” (1993) and our diva of the week: Bette Midler. Aka the Divine Miss M herself. We breakdown that iconic musical number, discuss Bette Midler’s commercial peak, and decide if we’re #TeamThackeryBinx or #Te...

Justice for Jennifer’s Body. Justice for Megan Fox. This week Stefan & Steffi discuss the underrated dark comedy, horror movie: “Jennifer’s Body” (2009) featuring our Horror/Halloween Diva of the Week: Megan Fox. We discuss the movie’s relationship to the #MeToo Movement, the hypersexuality of Megan Fox in the media, and why “Jennifer’s Body” & Megan Fox deserve to no longer be overlooked. LOGLINE...

Do you like scary movies? Because this week Stefan & Steffi breakdown yet another scary movie classic: “Scream” (1996). We discuss horror movie tropes, the many references to “Halloween” (*check out our previous episode for “Halloween”) and of course, this week’s iconic scream queen diva, Neve Campbell.  LOGLINE: A year after the murder of her mother, a teenage girl is terrorized by a new killer,...

Time to get into the spooky spirit! October is the month of Horror/Halloween Divas!! This week, Steffi is joined by returning guest co-host, Stefan , to discuss “Halloween” (1978) & the legendary scream diva herself: Jamie Lee Curtis. THE KEYSSSSSS. LOGLINE: Fifteen years after murdering his sister on Halloween night 1963, Michael Myers escapes from a mental hospital and returns to the small town...

Happy Mean Girls Day, divas & divos!! Aka October 3rd. Kristen Maldonado & Steffi continue on our “Mean Girls” journey and turn back the clock to 2004 to reflect on a time when our diva of the week, Lindsay Lohan, was the biggest teen star on the planet. We discuss Lindsay in her prime, Tina Fey’s 1st foray into writing for film, why Rachel McAdams deserves more, & the legacy and pop culture impac...

The girls. The girls have gone wild. Kristen Maldonado & Steffi close out our Back to School Divas month with the Citizen Kane of our childhood: “Mean Girls” (2004). And of course, our diva of the week is everyone’s favorite “home schooled jungle freak” (Regina George’s words, not mine) Cady Heron aka Lindsay Lohan. Our “Mean Girls” discussion is so deep that I had to break down our “Mean Girls” e...

I SAIDDDDD….BRR. IT’S COLD IN HERE. THERE MUST BE SOME...cultural appropriation in the atmosphere? This week, Steffi is joined by returning guest co-host, Kristen Maldonado , to talk about one of the greatest cheerleading movies (PERIODT) “Bring It On” (2000), starring our Back to School Diva of the week: Kirsten Dunst. In this episode, we talk about how the movie successfully avoided the “white s...

Dust off your pink resumes and warm up those hamstrings for the good ole’ bend & snap, ladies and gents. This week, Steffi is joined by returning guest co-host, Diego Cagara , to discuss the forever inspirational movie of our youth, Legally Blonde (2001), starring our Back to School Diva of the week: Reese Witherspoon. *Cue motivational montage of us getting our shit together whilst listening to t...

UGH. AS IF! This week, Kristen Maldonado & Steffi continue on our journey of Back to School Divas by talking about one of the most iconic teen movies of our time: “Clueless” (1995) starring our diva of the week: Alicia Silverstone. So dust off your plaid yellow skirts & get ready to roll with the homies! LOGLINE: Clueless is a coming-of-age teen comedy that is loosely based on Jane Austen's 1815 n...

Class is in session, divas & divos! New month: new theme. For the month of September, we are hitting the books & talking Back to School Divas! To kick off Back to School Divas month, Steffi is joined by guest co-host, Kristen Maldonado , to breakdown the teen rom-com classic: “10 Things I Hate About You” (1999) starring our diva of the week: Julia Stiles. LOGLINE: 10 Things I Hate About You is a 1...

RomCom divas comes to a meta conclusion. This week, Steffi is joined by my guest co-host, Jess Sylvestre , to discuss “Isn’t It Romantic” (2019) starring our romcom diva of the week: Rebel Wilson. The movie may be a PG-13 RomCom...but this review isn’t!  LOGLINE: A young woman disenchanted with love mysteriously finds herself trapped inside a romantic comedy. DIVA DAILIES SOCIAL MEDIA: Twitter | I...

I’m opening the vault.  On a very special throwback episode of Diva Dailies, Lisa and Steffi discuss “My Best Friend’s Wedding” (1997) and wonder who really is Jules’ (Julia Roberts) best friend. We also talk about how Michael (aka Dermot Mulroney) is literally such a dud in this movie and how George (Rupert Everett) is the true unsung diva of the movie. Then of course, we get into our diva of the...

I hope you have what we’re having...in this episode! This week, Steffi is joined by first time guest co-host, Jess Sylvestre , to discuss the romcom that - along with “Pretty Woman” - helped launch the modern romcom era. Yep, we’re talking “When Harry Met Sally” (1989) and our romcom diva of the week: Meg Ryan.   LOGLINE: The story follows Harry & Sally from the time they meet just before sharing...

Bang, bang, bang. Love should’ve brought your ass home last night. Steffi is once again joined by Angie to break down “Boomerang" (1992) and our divas of the week: Robin Givens & Halley Berry...and unofficially Toni Braxton. You’ve got to coordinate. COORDINATE. LOGLINE: A commitment-phobic & successful ad executive, Marcus Graham (Eddie Murphy), falls into a love triangle with the similarly ruthl...

Divas & divos, get ready to “frost yourself”. This week Steffi is joined by Kristen Maldonado to discuss “How To Lose a Guy in 10 Days” (2003) and the comedic antics & improvisational skills of our rom-com diva of the week: Kate Hudson. Grab your love fern & get ready to brainstorm how to bring peace to Tajikistan. LOGLINE: “How To Lose a Guy in 10 Days” is an American rom com centered on Andie An...

In an effort to find a modern-day romcom to talk about, Angie & Steffi watch “The Lovebirds” (2020) & talk about the journey, growth, & glow-up career of our diva of the week: Issa Rae. (Additionally, we spend a good 20ish minutes talking about “Killing Eve” Season 3 - which, yes - I will figure out a way to do a proper Diva Dailies episode about our favorite MI6 agent & assassin in a future seaso...

It’s a rom com travel movie! This week Steffi is joined by 1st time guest co-host/designated member of the unofficial Audrey Hepburn fan club, Diego , to discuss the classic Hollywood rom-com film “Roman Holiday” (1953) and our legendary, iconic, diva of the week: Audrey Hepburn. LOGLINE: A bored and sheltered princess escapes her guardians and falls in love with an American newsman in Rome, who h...

Who’s ready for a summer romance?!  For the next 2 months, love is in the air as we embark on our rom-com diva journey! This week, Steffi flies solo and talk about the mother of the modern romantic comedy: Pretty Woman (1990) starring America’s sweet heart & our diva of the week, Ms. Julia Roberts. LOGLINE: A man in a legal but hurtful business needs an escort for some social events, and hires a b...

Closing our PRIDE series, Steffi is joined by Angie in a conversation about one of my absolute favorite things ever created: the “San Junipero” episode of Black Mirror. Our divas of the week are the wonderful leading ladies of the episode, Gugu Mbatha-Raw & Mackenzie Davis. SERIES LOGLINE: Black Mirror is a British dystopian science fiction anthology television series created by Charlie Brooker. H...

Continuing with our PRIDE series, this week, Steffi talks about the LEGENDARY documentary “Paris is Burning” (1990) with the one and only Matty Rants . Our divos/divas of the week are the LGBTQ+ women & men featured in the movie: Pepper Lebeija, Kim Pendavis, Freddie Pendavis, Dorian Corey, Venus Xtravaganza, Angie Xtravaganza, Willi Ninja, & Octavia Saint Laurent. LOGLINE: Filmed in the mid-to-la...

For our second PRIDE episode, Angie joins Steffi to discuss the semi-autobiographical, Emmy winning episode of “Master of None” entitled “Thanksgiving” (2017). This TV episode was written by and stars our diva of the week: Ms. Lena Waithe.  SERIES LOGLINE: Master of None is an American comedy-drama web television series, which was released for streaming on November 6, 2015, on Netflix. The series...