BUSINESS
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WPS: Bruised, Battered But Still Kicking
WPS rang in Year Two with promise and optimism. Season ticket sales were reportedly up 15% from last year, commitment from local sponsors had increased, eight franchises were back in the fray – including two debutantes, each squad had been bolstered by ...more
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Women at the Box Office: August 13-15
The dynamic of the weekend was set up as adversarial all week.
Will the girls beat the boys? Will the boys punch the girls? No wonder we are still so fucked up about gender at the movies. If we didn’t set the movies up as an us vs. them dynamic...more
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TV Star Salaries
Hey folks. Good news. If you scare the crap out of your ex-wife and then get arrested for beating your current wife you too can be the highest paid TV star by far.
Yes, Charlie Sheen a man with some serious anger issues (especially towards the wome...more
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Sandra Bullock tops list of highest paid actresses
According to Forbes, Sandra Bullock was the highest paid actress from July 2009 through June 2010. She earned an astounding $56 million off her two successes The Proposal and The Blind Side. She gambled — and won — on The Blind Side by taking le...more
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AskPatty Receives Top Women In Business Blog Award
I'm excited to announce the Ask Patty Automotive Advice for Women blog has been chosen as a winner in the 2010 Top Women In Business Blog Awards, sponsored by Online MBA. I am so honored to be included with the other amazing women blogging winners. Th...more
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Women at the Box Office: July 23-25
Salt starring Angelina Jolie didn’t make it to number 1 thanks to the growing cultural obsession with Inception (which I liked a lot), but it was number 2 for the weekend bringing in a total of $36.5 million (the budget is estimated to be between $110...more
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The voice of a studio head- Amy Pascal talks to The Wrap
It’s not very often that you get to hear, really hear, a studio chief’s take on the business. Sharon Waxman, founder and editor-in-chief of The Wrap got Amy Pascal to answer some questions and talk about the state of the movies. It’s also good...more
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Women’s Weekend Box Office Report – July 4th Holiday
To no one’s surprise, Twilight Eclipse opened big, almost as big as New Moon. Here are the numbers:
The first six days of Eclipse brought in $175 million domestic and another $100 million overseas. New Moon’s domestic gross was $178 in six days...more
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Eclipse eclipses New Moon’s overnight numbers
Even though this film seems to be coming in a bit under the radar screen it will have a big weekend and if you needed confirmation of that fact, the numbers from the midnight screenings are a good guidepost.
The film took in $30 million in midnight scr...more
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Women dominate top of the Forbes celebrity list
Two African American women — Oprah and Beyonce — are the two top celebrities according to Forbes. Awesome. They are followed by James Cameron who made a pot of money off Avatar and Lady Gaga who has had a serious breakout year. Other women in ...more
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Women’s Weekend Box Office Report June 25-27
Debra Granik’s Winter’s Bone crossed the $1 million dollar mark this past weekend and is now playing on 70 screens including some in the midwest near where the film takes place. The film cost $2 million and it looks promising for it to pay back it...more
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Go healthy with your office lunch
Around 1:30 p.m. in the afternoon, half the office spills out onto the streets, dispersing into local delis, cafés, and restaurants. The other half remains indoors, sitting obediently at their desks within the confines of small cubicles. This scenario m...more
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What Happened to Sex and the City 2?
When Sex and the City 2 opened last week it did $3 million on overnight shows from Wednesday (a 20% rise from the original), and the Thursday total was $14.2 million including the overnights. It also did decent business on Friday.
Then it sank and mana...more
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Protect yourself from identity theft and win!
In a recent ChickSpeak article, Katherine Chen discussed how to protect yourself from identity theft. While its something most chicks don’t think about on a regular basis, learning to be proactive and smart can pay off.
After all, there are some things...more
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Iron Man 2 does well with women
I am not surprised that Iron Man 2 has been luring in the ladies. And I really don’t understand why Hollywood is surprised either. Robert Downey Jr. is one of the actors who women like. Here’s a guy who had been down a bunch of times but has man...more
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Will Women Rule the Box Office This Summer?
One of Variety’s stories today leads with the following headline “Women take center stage at summer B.O.” Psych. It seems that finally people are thinking about how women have box office potential to match the guys.
About fing time.
Warner Broth...more
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Turtle Wax Is Looking For A New Jingle!
Turtle Wax is the number-one selling brand of car care products in the world, available in over 90 countries. For over 60 years, Turtle Wax has been ending its ads with the same jingle. Now that it's 2010, the company is looking for something new... and ...more
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Touring women-owned businesses in a fleet of Chevy vehicles
I recently joined a team of a dozen Los Angeles-area women bloggers to participate in the Best of LA Women-Owned Businesses Tour, sponsored by Chevrolet. Together, we had a chance to experience five 2010 Chevrolet vehicles -- a Camaro, Malibu, Avalanch...more
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WB sells Supergirl the brand but not the movie
Usually when you read a story in Variety about merchandising, it’s about how a studio is going to create merchandising tie-ins for an upcoming film.
Now it looks like Warner Brothers’ consumer products division is going to by-pass the theatres and se...more
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