Oh, Larry. Lar Lar. Larrycakes. Lar-man. In case you were wondering what happens when you bring Larry David to yoga class, wonder no more. This clip from the latest episode of Curb Your Enthusiasm Season 9 will solve that burning query. In the episode, entitled “Namaste,” Larry and his pal Leon end up in yoga [...]
Yoga on TV
Have you been noticing how much yoga has infiltrated every part of our culture or have you just been desensitized to the saturation by now? (Rhetorical.) ABC is premiering a new comedy in the hopes that yoga’s trendiness hasn’t quite peaked just yet. On tonight, right after Modern Family’s season finale (so you know they’re [...]
We don’t normally write about every single yoga reference in pop culture – because there are A LOT these days – but while watching this year’s Emmy Awards our yogapop meter readings were off the charts, to where we started keeping track of all the yoga mentions. We know celebrities practice yoga – stars, they’re [...]
Did anyone else catch this last night? We happen to love Hollywood Game Night, and of course the Emmy-winning beloved and hilarious host Jane Lynch, so we were already tuned in when celebrity guest Amy Smart gave the whole room a yoga lesson. It went like this (please pardon our excitedly-snapped screen grabs): During guest [...]
With an Om…and a coke…and Don Draper in lotus pose. SPOILER ALERT: If you haven’t already watched the series finale of Mad Men you might want to skip this, unless you really want to know what happens to Don Draper in the end. Still with us? We’re sad it’s over, but OMG what a finale! We’re fans [...]
Yoga pants are going to take over the world, and you can’t say Ellen DeGeneres didn’t warn us! The lovable and hilarious comedian opened her show on Wednesday with a very serious message: we are being consumed by yoga pants and there’s nothing any of us can do to stop it. “I want to talk [...]
So, I don’t know about y’all, but I am LOVING the Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt on Netflix. Beyond being a brilliantly funny show by co-collaborators of 30 Rock, Tina Fey, and Robert Carlock, it’s a groundbreaking comedy based on trauma, rape, and kidnapping. Recently, Emily Nussbaum of the New Yorker did a great job capturing the show’s best and worst points, but as a Yogi, one episode stood out to me, in particular.
We warned you about it and now it’s here. It’s pilot season for Amazon Studios and the new yoga comedy “Down Dog” is up for your viewing pleasure. And based on viewers’ ratings you can help decide its fate. Meet Logan, a pretty-faced playboy Cali stoner turned rockstar yoga teacher. He’s never really done too [...]
Move over Alec Baldwin. Joaquin Phoenix is engaged to a yoga instructor, and we’re sorry to everyone reading this, it’s probably not you. The enigmatic and talented actor, on a recent visit to the “Late Show with David Letterman,” gave a very animated retelling of the tale of how he met his yoga teacher and future wife. [...]
