"2010-mustang-drifting" Articles & Blogs:
Win the experience of a lifetime, courtesy Ford Mustang!
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Ford Motor Company is giving consumers the opportunity to get in touch with their 'Mustang side' through "The '10 Unleashed" campaign, part of its new 2010 Ford Mustang launch. Drifter Vaughn Gittin, Jr. was the first to unleash the new Mustang in Japan,...[Read on] |
Take a test drive and Ford will give $20 to Susan G. Komen for the Cure
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Want to do something fun this weekend that also supports a great purpose? Ford is showing its support of breast cancer awareness by donating $20 to Susan G. Komen for the Cure in the name of each prospective customer who test drives a Ford, Lincoln, ...[Read on] |
Mackinac Island: Story of a town with a different set of wheels
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Imagine replacing your four automobile tires in for four carriage wheels, four horse hooves or a set of bicycle tires.
Or what if you just used your own two feet? Sound crazy? Not for Mackinac Island residents, who live on a surprisingly mountain-like is...[Read on] |
Ford Teams up with Martha Stewart to give away "Warriors in Pink" Taurus
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Ford Warriors in Pink, now in its 15th year of support for breast cancer health, recently joined forces with Martha Stewart to focus on breast cancer treatments and awareness with a special Warriors in Pink episode of her television show.
For many year...[Read on] |
Art & Thought Special Edition: Silk & Bamboo
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On the first floor of the Egyptian Art galleries, there is a small exhibition featuring 60 musical objects and illustrations. I feel, as I enter “Silk and Bamboo”, that I am walking through an ancient tomb where all the artifacts of the past have been...[Read on] |
Inspired by music, Taurus designers find harmony
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Popular culture is filled with examples of cars inspiring music. The Beach Boys loved their "Little Deuce Coupe" and, of course, Wilson Pickett sang about "Mustang Sally." Turns out it's a two-way street: Music can inspire car designers, too.
A diverse ...[Read on] |
How technology makes auto travel safer and more efficient
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It’s easy for many of us to take for granted how much technology contributes to making driving safer and more efficient than ever before. At the same time, it’s hard for many of us to comprehend what improvements technology will bring us in the fut...[Read on] |
Alice in Wonderland – First $200 Million Movie of 2010
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So the first big hit of 2010 is a movie about a girl. Uh oh. Remember yesterday’s post about Degenderizing Disney? Funny thing is Alice in Wonderland over the last two weeks has made $221 million in the US and $221 million overseas is a Disney mov...[Read on] |
Top people in media according to the Guardian
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The Guardian has issues its top 100 people in media list. Women make up on 18 of the 100.
Here is the criteria to get on the list:
A panel of experienced media watchers from the worlds of politics, journalism, advertising, television and the interne...[Read on] |
The Academy Awards nominees luncheon
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Yesterday, 121 Oscar nominees gathered to celebrate themselves and get their marching order for the show (speeches can only be 45 seconds.)
Anne Thompson has a report from the event.
How fun would it have been to be in that room where Tom Sherak the hea...[Read on] |
Hollywood Feminist of the Day: Fran Drescher
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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...[Read on] |
Drive safely into summer with Cooper Tire--by doing your P-A-R-T
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I recently attended a "Driving & Tire Boot Camp" event at The Cooper Tire Vehicle Test Center (CTVTC) in Pearsall, Texas, which is about 40 miles south of San Antonio. The Cooper Tire Vehicle Testing Center is where Cooper Tire evaluates and assess...[Read on] |
Anyone Who Says There Is Hardly Any Oil Left Ought to Take a Ride on Barataria Bay
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Julie Dermansky reports from New OrleansJulie Dermansky | 08/06/2010 7:30 pm
The government says 75 percent of the BP oil spill is gone. The well was capped. But when I went back on the water to see for myself, what I saw was as bad as it’s been.
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Social Studies: The Week in Twitter Trending Topics
| It is time, once again, to look back fondly upon the week in Twitter trending topics. We’ve taken screen shots of the top 10 terms every day this week. Naturally, they will all be archived in the Library of VF Daily. Join us, as we trace and analyze our...[Read on] |
Indie Spirit Moments
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The last couple of weeks have been all Bigelow all the time, but since The Hurt Locker and the blue people weren’t up for any awards at this year’s Indie Spirits, it allowed other films to shine.
I was so psyched to see Gabby Sidibe (and Precious) wi...[Read on] |
The finalists for Lisbeth
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Thompson on Hollywood has a report that there are five finalists for the role of Lisbeth Salander and they are all pretty much unknown. Sorry, no Carey Mulligan or Ellen Page.
Daniel Craig is still the first choice for Mikael Blomkvist but they are st...[Read on] |
Sad Broadway News: The Miracle Worker to Close
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Just read the news that The Miracle Worker starring Abigail Breslin and Allison Pill is going to close next Sunday. It didn’t get the greatest reviews, but a friend who saw it said the audience was full of girls who adored it.
I think it was hard to ...[Read on] |
It’s Official, Sex and the City’s Carrie No Longer a Mac Lover
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HP has just unveiled their new commercial starring Sarah Jessica Parker for their “Computer is Personal Again” campaign. So what did HP do to get Carrie to give up her Mac, hmmm? The upcoming Sex and the City 2 movie is set to feature HP’s sprin...[Read on] |
The Legendary O’Keeffe
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Georgia O’Keeffe has been all over the news lately. Turns out Lifetime premiered a movie the other evening (feat. Joan Allen and Jeremy Irons) about O’Keeffe’s personal life and her struggle to become an established artist. Then, an e...[Read on] |
Awards Watch: DGA Doc Nominees
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Agnes Varda
Mai Iskander
A couple of women, one veteran, Agnes Varda and one newcomer, Mai Iskander just got their first nominations for a DGA Award.
Iskander was nominated for Garbage Dreams about boys born into the “trash world” in Egypt whic...[Read on] |
When Meryl met Tina
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When I saw this picture I tried to come up with my idea of what these two awesome women said to each other on the red carpet at the Screen Actor’s Guild Awards this past Saturday. Every scenario I wrote was so lame that I can’t post them. Any of y...[Read on] |
Diablo Cody sells her next script
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I’m glad that the lack of box office success of Jennifer’s Body has not prevented Cody from selling her next script — Young Adult to Mandate Pictures, the company that produced Juno.
However, I’m a bit apprehensive about the description:
The “...[Read on] |
Hollywood Feminist of the Day: Sophie Okonedo
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I saw Invictus over the holidays. There were some very interesting things going on in the film especially how inspirational true leadership is and how sports can be a great connector across cultures. But one thing I thought was strange about the film ...[Read on] |
Women & Hollywood Talks Oscar Nominations
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Here’s the link to my BBC interview:
Women & Hollywood Talks Oscar Nominations on the BBC
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