"any-adams" Articles & Blogs:
Julie & Julia
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If you’ve ever been to a Weight Watchers meeting one of the first things you are told is to never, ever go to the supermarket when you are hungry. The same should be said for seeing the film Julie & Julia which opens today in almost 3000 theatres (mor...[Read on] |
X Games 16 Women’s Vert Finals
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The X Games 16 Women’s Vert Finals took place at L.A. Live in downtown Los Angeles Friday afternoon. The podium looked similar to last year – only the order of the top three winners varied.
Recent high school grad Gaby Ponce took home the gold, defe...[Read on] |
Fast Company's 100 Most Creative People in Business--24 of them are Female
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I really like Fast Company's coverage--they manage to produce a lot of fresh, interesting material that isn't just about fuddy duddy notions of business, but the intersections of sustainability, design, creativity, leadership, innovation etc. (Full disclo...[Read on] |
Countdown: One Week to Julie & Julia
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While The Proposal with Sandra Bullock has exceeded expectations, we all know the one movie that women have been waiting for all summer is now only one week away — Julie and Julia. I have a sense that women are going to come out and see this in droves...[Read on] |
New hosts for At the Movies- Another couple of guys
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Fired critics Ben Lyons and Ben Mankiewicz
What’s wrong with these pictures?
One of the remaining movie review shows which peaked years ago when it starred Gene Siskel and Roger Ebert is At the Movies. Before last season they replaced Ebert and Sisk...[Read on] |
Interview with Sunshine Cleaning writer Megan Holley
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(from L-R) Megan Holley, Jason Spevack, Christine JeffsSunshine Cleaning comes out on DVD today. I think Amy Adams performance in this film is much stronger and nuanced that Julie & Julia. Here's my review from when the film came out. I was also able t...[Read on] |
Interview with Colette Burson, co-creator of Hung
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Hung creators Dmitry Lipkin and Colette Burson
When I first read that HBO was going to air a show called Hung my first reaction was huh?. Why would I want to see a show about a guy’s dick? But since I had once spoken on the phone with the show’s ...[Read on] |
My first Final Four
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Generally when I go to a women’s sporting event, I’m sitting on press row reporting on the competition or on the sidelines taking photographs. Rarely do I get to attend a game – no less a championship game – as a fan. Well I got that chance last w...[Read on] |
Movie Review: Leap Year
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The best thing I can say about Leap Year is that it was not as bad as I expected it to be. Films that open in early January are usually really, bad. Remember Bride Wars? That being said I still found the movie at times to be infuriating, especially ...[Read on] |
What the Gotham Independent Film Awards Giveth, the Spirit Awards Taketh Away
| From left: The Hurt Locker director Kathryn Bigelow, Anthony Mackie, Brian Geraghty, screenwriter Mark Boal, and Jeremy Renner. Last night, the 19th Gotham Independent Film Awards—the first hurdle in the award-season obstacle course leading up to Oscar ...[Read on] |
After the WNBA draft: Who's ballin' now?
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After a weekend of festivities, media training and photo ops, the WNBA draft was held Monday at the ESPN headquarters in Connecticut. Girls who have been dreaming of this day since they first dribbled a basketball in a school gym were a bundle of nerves...[Read on] |
TV: Feminist Cop Shows
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Kathryn Morris
I like a good procedural. In fact, I pretty much watch most all the cop shows on TV, even Criminal Minds. But I have been a big fan of Cold Case which has a female detective Lily Rush played by Kathryn Morris at its center. Now I hea...[Read on] |
Interview with Regina King of Southland
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If NBC hadn’t been such a bone headed network last year in wanting to put Jay Leno in the 10pm slot (we know how that worked out) virtually eliminating all the cutting edge dramas. One show that got caught up in the disaster was Southland created by A...[Read on] |
Women at the Box Office This Weekend- May 22
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Opening This Week
It’s a good thing the weather will be nice in the east cause there are slim pickings at the movies this weekend. I have no interest in the new Terminator and if I see Night at the Museum 2, and that’s a big if, it will be to see Am...[Read on] |
Women Are Still Less Equal
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It's not difficult to understand why a top dog might want to stay on top. For most of human history, females have been repeatedly marginalized by more powerful males until it's been institutionalized to a greater or lesser extent in almost all cultures. ...[Read on] |
Golden Globe Nominees – The Women
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I like the Golden Globes because it is one of the only opportunities to see some great women on TV nominated with film stars. I know it’s a joke because only 100 people do the voting, but it brings a certain lightness to the awards season.
Some ...[Read on] |
Good and Bad Literary News
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Let’s start with the good news.
Women dominate the long list for the Canadian award the Scotiabank Giller Prize. (The prize is named for former reporter Doris Giller.) On the list of 12, women make up 10 of the nominees.
The list includes:
Margare...[Read on] |
Best actress contenders – Thinking outside the box
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The Hollywood Reporter’s Steven Zeitchik has a recent piece about how small the pool is this year for Best Actress.
He talks about how the top three potential nominees are Meryl Streep (Julie & Julia), Carey Mulligan (An Education), Gabourey Sidibe (Pr...[Read on] |
Nora Ephron to Women Directors and Writers: Stop Whining and Just Do It
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Ariel Levy who has been kicking some serious ass in writing profiles in the New Yorker of late, spent some time with Nora Ephron as she readies Julie & Julia for release next month. (You can only read the article online if you have a subscription to the...[Read on] |
Awards Watch: The BAFTA Long List
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Certain of the Oscar categories release long list before the final nominations but BAFTA (The British Academy of Film and Television Arts) has produced a long list in all its categories before whittling it down to the final five in each.
An Education (a...[Read on] |
How will more Best Picture Nominees effect women?
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The Academy blew the minds of pretty much everyone following the film business by doubling the Best Picture nominees starting this year. So instead of five best picture nominees there will be ten.
The news was greeted with mixed emotions (as expected) ...[Read on] |
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