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Another Reason to Love Betty White
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Search "Betty White" on youtube and amidst clips of her referring to Sarah Palin as a "crazy bitch" on Craig Ferguson's show, making fun of the Facebook-mania when she hosted Saturday Night Live, and calling herself a whore on The George Lopez Show, you w...[Read on] |
Mad Men Q&A;: January Jones
| January Jones is now in her third season on Mad Men playing Betty Draper, the seemingly perfect wife to Don Draper’s seemingly perfect husband. Of course, beneath the well-maintained exterior, everything is not so perfect for Betty, which Jones capt...[Read on] |
Betty Thomas — $200 Million Director
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You know things are shifting a bit when Entertainment Weekly has a column that spotlights female directors at the box office the week after Kathryn Bigelow won at her Oscar.
They note in the that Betty Thomas (former actress on Hill Street Blues) who has...[Read on] |
The Creative Emmy Winners 2010
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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...[Read on] |
Could Betty White’s Success Help Older Women Onscreen?
| Everyone who watched Saturday Night Live this past weekend knew that something special was happening from the moment Betty White took the stage. She made fun of the Facebook group that pushed for her to host SNL, appeared in every sketch and was so fuck...[Read on] |
Archie has Chosen!
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After 67 years, the original fictional love triangle has finally been resolved (or has it?). Archie, the goony, redheaded protagonist of the beloved Archie comic series , proposed to Veronica, the swanky, black-haired bad girl he’s been chasing afte...[Read on] |
Obama Establishing White House Women's Council
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Women’s groups have been calling for women’s issues to get top billing in the Obama White House. Have they gotten their wish?Women's Rights | Today 11:45 am
Women will soon have a larger voice in the White House.
President Obama plans on ...[Read on] |
Mad Men, brought to you by women
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Betty Draper takes aim at stereotypes, thanks to Mad Men's women writers
If you're anything like me, you can barely contain your excitement that season 3 of Mad Men begins on Sunday. It took me awhile to get around to watching the show (I didn't bother t...[Read on] |
America Ferrara of 'Ugly Betty' Speaks Up About Latinas' Education
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by Debra Eichenbaum, Intern, National Women’s Law Center
We were thrilled to hear that America Ferrara, star of Ugly Betty, is using her influence to bring attention to the extraordinarily high dropout rate among Latina high school students. Las...[Read on] |
Lynn Redgrave Passes Away at Age 67
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Lynn Redgrave, 67, passed away in her Connecticut home on Sunday, a spokesperson for her family announced today. Redgrave received Oscar nominations for her performances in “Georgy Girl” and “Gods and Monsters.” She also received a...[Read on] |
Vancouver 2010 Olympics Watch: Ice Dancers Meryl Davis and Charlie White
| Charlie White and Meryl Davis. Courtesy of NBC/USOC. At the U.S. Figure Skating Championships this weekend, Charlie White, 22, flipped Meryl Davis, 23, over his shoulder and skated backwards on one leg as she faced the opposite direction and balanced on h...[Read on] |
The Golden Girls 25th Anniversary DVD Collection Ships in Sophia’s Purse
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Who doesn’t love the Golden Girls. The series has already been on DVD for sometime already but now it’s getting repackaged in Sophia’s Purse! ABC/Disney is launching the 25th Anniversary Complete Collection of the Golden Girls. The 21 DV...[Read on] |
Billie Jean King honored with Medal of Freedom award by President Barack Obama
| Billie Jean King honored with Medal of Freedom award by President Barack Obama
Billie Jean King would love to head to the tennis court at the White House after she receives the Medal of Freedom.
But the tennis great hasn’t hit balls for nearly a year ...[Read on] |
Activists Split on White House's Women's Council
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While some lauded the new White House Council on Women and Girls, others had hoped President Obama would have gone furtherWomen's Council | Today 10:10 am
President Obama made headlines yesterday when he established the White House Council on Women and ...[Read on] |
White House Dog to Come Tuesday -- And It's a Kennedy
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The dog the Obamas will be getting is from the same lineage as the Kennedy dogs, reports entertainment website TMZBow Watch | 04/10/2009 8:40 pm
Expect the First Family dog to grace the White House lawn on Tuesday — and according to the entertainm...[Read on] |
Modern Lady's Modern Take on the White House Report on Women (Hint: Not Doing So Hot, Ladies)
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Yay! The White House made a report on the status of women! Oh no, as far as women in America go, we're still paid less than men and doing most of the housework. Wait, is that really all the report focused on? Not only have women's strides been small, but ...[Read on] |
Spanish spoken at White House briefing for the first time
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Add this one to the list of firsts under the Obama Administration. From HuffPo:
The White House made history on Monday. And it wasn't just by loosening travel and remittance restrictions for individuals looking to reach out to family members in Cuba.
Wh...[Read on] |
TV Star Salaries
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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...[Read on] |
Hot in Cleveland skewers LA life
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Hot in Cleveland was the highest rated show ever on TV Land. The premiere attracted 4.75 million viewers. I watched it and actually thought it was funny. I loved the fact that this was a show about three women friends who support each other. I l...[Read on] |
Why is Facebook's avatar a dude?
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Sociological Images has a great short post about Facebook's default avatar - which appears to be a white male.
Lisa makes the interesting point that when Facebook wants to represent people globally, they use avatars that look markedly different:
So ...[Read on] |
Female Creative Partnerships
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Julie White (l) and Theresa Rebeck
I am so sick and tired of all the stories about how women compete against each other (lots of them bullshit designed, I believe, to keep women from working together) that it’s important to acknowledge and celebrate wh...[Read on] |
Hollywood Feminist of the Day: Regina King
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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...[Read on] |
Quick Hit: Grading the White House on Women's Issues
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Our girl Samhita is quoted in this recent Forbes piece about the White House and Women's Issues.
Samhita Mukhopadhyay, 32, executive editor of feministing.com, believes female support is slipping. "Using reproductive rights as a bargaining chip was a bi...[Read on] |
Sarah Palin Follows the White House on Twitter, But the White House Does Not Follow Sarah Palin
| Photo by Lonerockalex/Wikipedia.Introducing Friend or Follow, arguably the most uncomfortable addition to Twitter since whatever Spencer Pratt last tweeted. The gist of the program is fairly self-evident: typing in one’s username on friendorfollow.com w...[Read on] |
Studio films are directed by white men
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In a no shit sherlock moment, The NY Times took a look at who has been in the director’s seat for the major studio releases this year.
Of the 85 or so live action films to be released by the big studios in 2009 — Paramount Pictures, Sony Pictures Ent...[Read on] |
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