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Audi says "Goodnight Moon" during the Super Bowl
Most of us watch the Super Bowl for the commercials as much as for the game, if not more so. This year, Audi's new add titled "Goodnight" will be one of the more memorable ones from the evening.
The spot will follow a storyline pretty familiar to us...more
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Gillian Zinser is 90210′s surf goddess
You might know actress Gillian Amalia Zinser (@msgillianzinser) as 90210’s surf goddess Ivy Sullivan. She attended NYU and played a recurring role in the CW drama before being signed as a regular cast member for the third season of the show.
Ever ...more
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ChickSpeak hearts Hellcats
In high school, we all loved tuning into our favorite primetime teen dramas. The storylines, abet a bit crazy at times, featured things we could relate to: dealing with boyfriend drama, taking the SATs, clashing with our parents and so and so on. We admir...more
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Review of Unmatched: Martina and Chris
Here is an excellent review of Unmatched, an ESPN 30 for 30 documentary about the friendship and tennis rivalry between Martina Navratilova and Chris Evert. I don’t know if ESPN will be airing this again, but it is worth checking your local listings if ...more
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Lena Dunham gets HBO Pilot
Lena Dunham’s Tiny Furniture which made its debut at SWSX is a really great film. I saw it a couple of weeks ago and loved it. I’m not going to write too much about it here since it will be released in November, but it is smart and a breath of f...more
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Saturday Night Live: Still Full of Guys
I remember when I counted the writers on SNL for one of the awards listings that there were a good amount of female writers on the show.
But the cast is another story.
Last season there were 12 cast members. 4 were women. Abby Elliot, Nasim Pedrad...more
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Hollywood Feminist of the Day: Regina King
Regina King
Rutina Wesley
Regina King kicked a little Emmy butt in a piece on the Huffington Post. First, she talked about the lack of people of color nominated. She cited stats from the NY Daily News the that only 53 people of color were nominate...more
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The Creative Emmy Winners 2010
Lisa Coleman and Wendy Melvoin
The Emmy folks like like the Oscar folks give out their technical and “smaller” awards on a different night from their high profile TV event. The big Emmys are next weekend.
Betty White who killed on Hot in Clevelan...more
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Interview with Mary Kay Place Emmy Nominee from Big Love
Mary Kay Place is nominated for an Emmy for her work as Adaleen Grant on the HBO show Big Love. The ceremony for her category — guest actress in a drama series — takes place this weekend on August 21st.
Women & Hollywood: Congrats on the Emmy nomi...more
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Why every parent should watch Huge (with their kids)
It’s kind of a shame that the brilliant new show Huge from Winnie Holzman (My So Called Life) and her daughter Savannah Dooley is airing during the summer when people are busy, outside, not watching TV and many of the targeted audience kids are at act...more
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The Best of the 90’s Chicks
The 1990s were a great decade. Between the fashion trends - The Rachel, anyone? - and the dope tunes, you could say the 90s were all that and a bag of chips (if you so chose to keep circulating that lingo, that is). And there was one nineties staple that ...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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Mad Men women writers part whatever
I don’t know why this is one of my bugaboos but every since Mad Men put all its female writers out in the Wall Street Journal before last year’s premiere and declared the show was basically written by women I’ve been watching the women writers on ...more
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Sarah Gilbert: from Roseanne to Talk Show Creator
Now that Comic-Con has ended the excitement for us TV addicts is now focused on the upcoming fall TV season. This week began the annual dog and pony show TCA (which I’d love to see in person one day) with all the networks rolling out all the new sho...more
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National Dance Day and Glee Camp
For better or worse, FOX television has a huge influence over popular culture. To prove that point, summer activities based on a couple of the network’s TV shows look to be a hit with adults and kids alike. Both of these shows are personal fav...more
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Hollywood Feminist of the Day: Fran Drescher
The star of The Nanny (I’m still waiting for her next sitcom) took her focus on health care and cancer (she is a uterine cancer survivor) to Capitol Hill yesterday to get Senators on board of the Safe Cosmetics Act of 2010. The bill will eliminate c...more
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Daytime television? Still for chicks?
There used to be a time when the most popular thing to do was to watch soap operas. teens would rush home after school to watch Dark Shadows. Character names topped parents’ lists of potential baby names. Dorm rooms were packed with students waiting to ...more
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2010 female ESPY winners
The 2010 ESPYs took place on July 14 at 9 p.m. ET on ESPN at the Nokia Theatre at L.A. LIVE in Los Angeles, Calif. While not known as super female friendly (e.g. they give trophies to the best MLS player but not the best WPS player), the ESPYs did honor...more
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