Lowbrow

Welcome to Lowbrow! Your cheat-sheet to big pop-culture moments from the perspective of two women 25 years apart. There's been no shortage of royal scandals over the years, but in 1992, one photo involving some toes being sucked next to a pool blew up in the tabloids like nothing else. This episode, resident royal expert Holly explains to Em who 'Fergie' is, why Queen Lizzie hates her, and delves...

Welcome to Lowbrow! Your cheat-sheet to big pop-culture moments from the perspective of two women 25 years apart. This week, like every year, the Met Gala has taken over our feeds and minds. But back in 2014, it wasn't the fashion that dominated the headlines. Instead, everyone was talking about music's power couple, Beyonce and Jay Z, as well as Bey's younger sister Solange, and some leaked foota...

Welcome to Lowbrow! Your cheat-sheet to big pop-culture moments from the perspective of two women 25 years apart. Sienna Miller is having a moment. She's currently the star of one of the biggest shows on tv, Anatomy Of A Scandal. But in 2005, she was being splashed across tabloids and chased down the street by the paparazzi, after her boyfriend had a very high profile affair. In this episode, Holl...

Welcome to Lowbrow! Your cheat-sheet to big pop-culture moments from the perspective of two women 25 years apart. In 1995, Hugh Grant was one of the most famous actors in the world. Known for playing charming British love interests, he was in a string of hit movies and in a long term relationship with Elizabeth Hurley. Then he was caught by the police pulled over on the side of the road, and the t...

Welcome to Lowbrow! Your cheat-sheet to big pop-culture moments from the perspective of two women 25 years apart. In 2012, Taylor Swift released a song called All Too Well that didn't make too much of a splash at the time. Fast forward 9 years to when she re-released the song, but added a few extra (very telling) verses, and the whole world went crazy trying to decipher who she was singing about....

Welcome to Lowbrow! Your cheat-sheet to big pop-culture moments from the perspective of two women- 25 years apart. Angelina Jolie: icon of the screen, drop dead gorgeous, human rights advocate...and to a certain A list celebrity in 1999, the woman who married her boyfriend.  In this episode, Holly blows Em's mind with the story of Angelina Jolie and Billy Bob Thornton's whirlwind romance. But...

Welcome to Lowbrow! Your cheat-sheet to big pop-culture moments from the perspective of two women- 25 years apart. In 2004, a teen movie came out that would set the bar for all other teen movies to follow. Mean Girls was a cultural reset, and introduced us to some of the most fetch quotes we'd ever heard. Meanwhile, an 8 year old Emily was also watching Mean Girls with the rest of the world,...

Welcome to Lowbrow! Your cheat-sheet to big pop-culture moments from the perspective of two women- 25 years apart. It's Holly's turn to instil some pop culture lore onto Em, and of course she's starting with a royal scandal. Before Prince Harry was a beloved activist living in Hollywood, he was just a cheeky chap looking to blow off some steam in Las Vegas between military tours. Cut to a game of...

Welcome to Lowbrow! Your cheat-sheet to big pop-culture moments from the perspective of two women- 25 years apart. In this inaugural episode, Em is here to explain to Holly a moment that rocked her world; when Zac Efron dropped a condom on the red carpet of a kid's movie premiere. Unsurprisingly, Holly doesn't remember this life-changing pop culture moment. So, Em breaks it down moment by moment s...

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