Emma Fraser
@frazbelina.bsky.social
I write about TV. Words at many places including The Daily Beast, Elle, Marie Claire, IGN, The Playlist, Backstage Magazine, and more. Talking about costumes, fashion and Felicity’s hair.
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Emma Fraser
@frazbelina.bsky.social
· Nov 13
Saoirse Ronan's two new films are worlds apart. Their costumes? Not so much
Despite being set more than 70 years apart, London nightlife scenes in the World War II drama 'Blitz' and 'The Outrun’s' 21st century tale of alcoholism and recovery each display a 1930s influence on ...
www.latimes.com
Back on the costume beat for the LAT Envelope, talking to designer Grace Snell and Jacqueline Durran about their collaborations with Saoirse Ronan in The Outrun and Blitz. They are two v different movies and settings with some surprising overlapping sartorial themes www.latimes.com/entertainmen...
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kind of funny that an olympian said they are here to represent "compassion, respect, and love for others" and some people automatically knew that was a statement against them
February 7, 2026 at 10:25 PM
kind of funny that an olympian said they are here to represent "compassion, respect, and love for others" and some people automatically knew that was a statement against them
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I have made... a mistake. Each auction lot had 8-12 photos, so I assumed that was the number of pieces in the lot.
It was merely a sample. Each lot contains 100-ish pieces.
I won three lots.
It was merely a sample. Each lot contains 100-ish pieces.
I won three lots.
February 5, 2026 at 9:49 PM
I have made... a mistake. Each auction lot had 8-12 photos, so I assumed that was the number of pieces in the lot.
It was merely a sample. Each lot contains 100-ish pieces.
I won three lots.
It was merely a sample. Each lot contains 100-ish pieces.
I won three lots.
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Good news, I got the behind-the-scenes deets on this week's big poop scene in THE PITT. (Per Isa Briones, there was actually a sniper laser target attached to the "poop cannon"!!!)
decider.com/2026/02/06/t...
decider.com/2026/02/06/t...
'The Pitt' star Gerran Howell was really nervous the "poop cannon" was being built for him: "I have bodily-fluid spidey sense at this point"
Howell detailed “the passing of the poop torch” to Lucas Iverson’s James Ogilvie.
decider.com
February 6, 2026 at 2:57 PM
Good news, I got the behind-the-scenes deets on this week's big poop scene in THE PITT. (Per Isa Briones, there was actually a sniper laser target attached to the "poop cannon"!!!)
decider.com/2026/02/06/t...
decider.com/2026/02/06/t...
This happens to me way often than I care to admit (and can normally be traced to a memoir that I was reading within the last five years.
The single best feature on social media is Letterboxd sending you a little email when a movie you put on your watchlist is available on a new streaming platform. Simple, informative, and then you get to ask yourself now whyyyyy did I want to watch that movie again????
February 6, 2026 at 2:54 PM
This happens to me way often than I care to admit (and can normally be traced to a memoir that I was reading within the last five years.
There are back to back scenes in this week's episode of The Pitt that offer a reminder as to why you should *never* eat while watching The Pitt www.episodicmedium.tv/review-the-p...
Review: The Pitt, "11:00 AM" | Season 2, Episode 5
“You two kiss and make up yet?”
www.episodicmedium.tv
February 6, 2026 at 2:53 PM
There are back to back scenes in this week's episode of The Pitt that offer a reminder as to why you should *never* eat while watching The Pitt www.episodicmedium.tv/review-the-p...
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Just for fun, I would LOVE for "Dark Winds" to get... say... 25% of the praise and awards attention that "Slow Horses" gets. They're both reliable, tony adaptations that return every year like clockwork, with superb ensembles anchored by a tremendous lead performance (McClarnon >>> Oldman).
‘Dark Winds’ Scores Early Season 5 Renewal at AMC
The news comes ahead of the Feb. 15 season four premiere of the noir thriller, which is set in the 1970s on the Navajo reservation.
www.hollywoodreporter.com
February 5, 2026 at 4:40 PM
Just for fun, I would LOVE for "Dark Winds" to get... say... 25% of the praise and awards attention that "Slow Horses" gets. They're both reliable, tony adaptations that return every year like clockwork, with superb ensembles anchored by a tremendous lead performance (McClarnon >>> Oldman).
Excellent renewal news!
February 5, 2026 at 4:10 PM
Excellent renewal news!
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turns out it's not so much Democracy Dies in Darkness but more WaPo Dies in a Billionaire's Pocket
February 4, 2026 at 2:21 PM
turns out it's not so much Democracy Dies in Darkness but more WaPo Dies in a Billionaire's Pocket
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There are only *3* of each of these left in the shop! Until Friday, $5 from every print sold will be going to the Immigrant Law Center of Minnesota (www.ilcm.org). So far you've helped to raise $75- let's see if we can get that to a nice even $100 (or more!).
www.brianna-ashby.com/new-products
www.brianna-ashby.com/new-products
February 3, 2026 at 3:46 PM
There are only *3* of each of these left in the shop! Until Friday, $5 from every print sold will be going to the Immigrant Law Center of Minnesota (www.ilcm.org). So far you've helped to raise $75- let's see if we can get that to a nice even $100 (or more!).
www.brianna-ashby.com/new-products
www.brianna-ashby.com/new-products
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And @judedoyle.bsky.social @frazbelina.bsky.social @washingtonpost.com @shaneisland.bsky.social @newyorker.com @rachsyme.bsky.social @thecut.com @juliareinstein.bsky.social @deadline.com @glonation.bsky.social scarlettwoman.substack.com/p/january-20...
Articles of Interest & Threads of Triumph: January 2026 in Links.
A roundup of links & culture for January 2026.
scarlettwoman.substack.com
January 31, 2026 at 11:22 PM
No show makes my anxiety spike as much as Industry (complimentary) www.avclub.com/industry-rec...
Industry hits this season's halfway point with a brutal hour
Industry hits this season's halfway point with a brutal hour
www.avclub.com
February 2, 2026 at 5:01 PM
No show makes my anxiety spike as much as Industry (complimentary) www.avclub.com/industry-rec...
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Yesterday, five-year-old Liam and his dad Adrian were released from Dilley detention center. I picked them up last night and escorted them back to Minnesota this morning.
Liam is now home. With his hat and his backpack.
Liam is now home. With his hat and his backpack.
February 1, 2026 at 3:49 PM
Yesterday, five-year-old Liam and his dad Adrian were released from Dilley detention center. I picked them up last night and escorted them back to Minnesota this morning.
Liam is now home. With his hat and his backpack.
Liam is now home. With his hat and his backpack.
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liam and his dad are home!
and someone please get rep. castro a coat!
and someone please get rep. castro a coat!
February 1, 2026 at 4:36 PM
liam and his dad are home!
and someone please get rep. castro a coat!
and someone please get rep. castro a coat!
Thinking about how Catherine O’Hara could make any single word hilarious, could rock the shit out of any outfit and did drunk acting better than anyone. What a monumental loss. The world just got a little less funny.
"You need to let go of wanting to show off and just be. That’s the trick in life, too. Just be."
Revisit E. Alex Jung's 2019 interview with Catherine O’Hara on her long career and more www.vulture.com/2026/01/cath...
Revisit E. Alex Jung's 2019 interview with Catherine O’Hara on her long career and more www.vulture.com/2026/01/cath...
Catherine O’Hara on Her Career, Sexism in Comedy, and Her Favorite Impressions
“I’ve been allowed to create my own characters and do my own writing and improvise and just create in such a free way,” says the Schitt’s Creek star.
www.vulture.com
January 30, 2026 at 7:18 PM
Thinking about how Catherine O’Hara could make any single word hilarious, could rock the shit out of any outfit and did drunk acting better than anyone. What a monumental loss. The world just got a little less funny.
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I love her so much.
January 30, 2026 at 6:55 PM
I love her so much.
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I don't think it's exaggerating to say that the stark contrast between Delia Deetz in "Beetlejuice" and Kevin's mom in "Home Alone" was the first time it really dawned on me what acting was.
January 30, 2026 at 6:38 PM
I don't think it's exaggerating to say that the stark contrast between Delia Deetz in "Beetlejuice" and Kevin's mom in "Home Alone" was the first time it really dawned on me what acting was.
Talking about this week's jam-packed episode of The Pitt over at Episodic Medium www.episodicmedium.tv/review-the-p...
Review: The Pitt, "10:00 AM" | Season 2, Episode 4
Think before you pull a foreign object out
www.episodicmedium.tv
January 30, 2026 at 5:09 PM
Talking about this week's jam-packed episode of The Pitt over at Episodic Medium www.episodicmedium.tv/review-the-p...
I was already a big Sugar defender, but I legit screamed with delight at seeing this Tigerland reunion. Hell yeah, bring on S2 in June.
January 30, 2026 at 3:07 PM
I was already a big Sugar defender, but I legit screamed with delight at seeing this Tigerland reunion. Hell yeah, bring on S2 in June.
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a hitman with alzheimer's, a doctor who is scared of blood, a detective named harry hole .... television is so back
January 29, 2026 at 4:20 PM
a hitman with alzheimer's, a doctor who is scared of blood, a detective named harry hole .... television is so back
What a delightful cast www.nytimes.com/2026/01/29/a...
They’re Stepping Up on ‘The Pitt’
www.nytimes.com
January 29, 2026 at 3:06 PM
What a delightful cast www.nytimes.com/2026/01/29/a...
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Maybe it’s because I went in with lower expectations, but Bridgerton Season 4 has won me over so far between a luminous Yerin Ha, some welcome adjustments to Benedict’s book personality, and an upstairs/downstairs romance that changes the show for the better:
'Bridgerton' Season 4 Part 1 Review: Netflix's Steamy Regency Series Raises the Bar With a Cinderella Romance
Bridgerton Season 4 Part 1 impresses with a compelling Cinderella romance, expanding the show's scope and delivering some of its best episodes yet.
collider.com
January 29, 2026 at 1:25 PM
Maybe it’s because I went in with lower expectations, but Bridgerton Season 4 has won me over so far between a luminous Yerin Ha, some welcome adjustments to Benedict’s book personality, and an upstairs/downstairs romance that changes the show for the better:
Wrote about The Beauty's post-transformation sex scenes and their purposeful lack of eroticism www.thedailybeast.com/obsessed/rya...
This Insane New Show Has TV’s Weirdest Sex
“The Beauty” has plenty of sex—but don’t expect to be turned on. Warning: Spoilers ahead.
www.thedailybeast.com
January 29, 2026 at 1:28 PM
Wrote about The Beauty's post-transformation sex scenes and their purposeful lack of eroticism www.thedailybeast.com/obsessed/rya...
A perfect TV moment I still think about all the time
The anniversary nears for the one-night GOAT of chaos that was the Adam Pally/Ben Schwartz-hosted Late Late Show. Go on a hunt to find the episode and read the oral history I did in '20. Eric Andre, Pally, Schwartz interviews.
One of my favorite things.
uproxx.com/tv/pally-sch...
One of my favorite things.
uproxx.com/tv/pally-sch...
An Oral History Of The Pally And Schwartz ’Late Late Show’ Takeover
Adam Pally, Ben Schwartz, Eric Andre and others discuss the comedy and chaos of their wild ’Late Late Show’ takeover episode.
uproxx.com
January 27, 2026 at 7:01 PM
A perfect TV moment I still think about all the time
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“Minnesotans are insisting that their neighbors are their neighbors whether they were born in Minneapolis or Mogadishu. That is, arguably, a deeply Christian philosophy, one apparently loathed by some of the most powerful Christians in America.”
Last week in Minnesota, I watched ordinary people risk their lives to protect their neighbors. In the process, they not only won a significant—though not final—victory against authoritarianism, they proved virtually every MAGA social theory wrong. (gift link) www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...
January 27, 2026 at 1:50 PM
“Minnesotans are insisting that their neighbors are their neighbors whether they were born in Minneapolis or Mogadishu. That is, arguably, a deeply Christian philosophy, one apparently loathed by some of the most powerful Christians in America.”