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Mel Gibson Won’t Get a Hangover Cameo
Less than a week after Jodie Foster floated the news that Mel was confirmed for a cameo in the Hangover sequel, the cast and crew on the film revolted and Mel has been booted and replaced by Liam Neeson. According to the NY Post, Gibson is furious abou...[Read on]
Mel Gibson Takes Plea Deal, No Jail For Domestic Abuse
What is it with being in Hollywood that seems to make everyone coo-coo? Sources say Mel Gibson has struck a plea deal with prosecutors in which he'll plead no contest to simple battery for assaulting Oksana Grigorieva and be sentenced to counseling w...[Read on]
Black History Month – Honoring Female Athletes
Over the years, there have been many great black athletes. This month, to celebrate Black History Month, we’d like to honor some of the women who have contributed to the soul of sports. Pioneers Althea Gibson was a pioneer in both amateur tennis and pr...[Read on]
Black History Month – Honoring Female Athletes
Over the years, there have been many great black athletes. This month, to celebrate Black History Month, we’d like to honor some of the women who have contributed to the soul of sports. Pioneers Althea Gibson was a pioneer in both amateur tennis and pr...[Read on]
Gibson Girls: The Perfect Antidote to Fashion Week Futurism
Charles Dana Gibson at his summer home near Dark Harbor, Maine, 1940. Credit: Condé Nast Archive. Fashion week is generally about looking forward, assessing developing trends, and discovering new engines of creativity that are likely to determine the way...[Read on]
The Donnas and more for Autism Speaks!
Starting tomorrow night, all-female rock band The Donnas will embark on a four-day mini tour sponsored by Gibson, The Rock-n-Royalty Tour, in support of advocacy organization Autism Speaks with special guests The Vanguard, The Happiness (NYC only), Turbog...[Read on]
Does Mel Gibson Suffer from Male Menopause?
• The Barefoot Bandit was sentenced to 18 months in jail for endangering the life of an elderly man during a string-cheese-heist gone wrong. [Gawker] • Both McDonald’s and Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius are denying The Wall St...[Read on]
Theatre Alert: The River Crosses Rivers- Short Plays by Women Playwrights of Color
This is a straight press release that I thought I would share GOING TO THE RIVER Presents September 9th – 27th, 2009 The River Crosses Rivers is a festival of new short work from thirteen emerging and established women playwrights of color. Playwr...[Read on]
Michelle Obama Gives Carla Bruni-Sarkozy Swank Guitar
Two glamorous First Ladies meet in France for first time; Obama gives singer-songwriter Bruni a rad giftPost | Today 11:00 am What’s the ultimate gift for a French First Lady who uses her spare time to record her fourth music album? Not a tea set,...[Read on]
An Actress on the Brink
Photograph by Nino Muñoz Jennifer Lawrence’s performance in Winter’s Bone which opens on Friday is staggeringly good.  It is one of the most honest, realistic, heartbreaking performances I have seen in a long, long time.  It feels to me that we ...[Read on]
Awards Watch: The Susan Smith Blackburn Prize
Enron by Lucy Prebble The Susan Smith Blackburn Prize, the most prestigious international prize awarded to a female playwright (for writing in English) has named the ten finalists for the 2010 award. The award is basically the Pulitzer for women. It ...[Read on]
Awards Watch: The Writers Guild Nominations
The Writers Guild Award is one of the strictest in the award season.  Here’s how to qualify: (Feature films eligible for a Writers Guild Award were exhibited theatrically for at least one week in Los Angeles in 2009 and were written under the WGA’s M...[Read on]
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