"brothers" Articles & Blogs:
Catherine Hardwicke books her next film
 |
It’s been a while — November 2008– since the release of her last film, you know that little film Twilight, the one that made her the highest grossing female director EVER. It’s taken way too long for her to get back in the saddle. I personall...[Read on] |
New Line is the place for women’s flicks
 |
While Sex and the City’s success might not have changed all of Hollywood’s minds about women as a market one place where women are getting new found attention is New Line the studio that produced the film.
New Line, which has been around for 40 years...[Read on] |
The legacy of Thirtysomething
 |
It’s been over 20 years since Thirtysomething went on the air and 18 years since it departed and now finally the first season will be released on DVD today. What I find so interesting about the show is how far reaching into TV and films — but mostly...[Read on] |
Guess Gets Seductive, Even More So Than Usual
| Clockwise from top left: Shantel VanSanten, Maurice Marciano with Alyssa Miller and party host Vanessa Hudgens, Mark Sailing, Louise Roe, and Solange Knowles. From PatrickMcMullan.com.
The new Guess fragrance, Seductive.
On a serendipitous Hollywood eveni...[Read on] |
The Bottom Line of Women and Business in This Economy
 |
Where do women fit in today’s tumultuous economy? Some women are
fueling their entrepreneurial spirit to support their families, while
others blame men for financial crisisWomen in Business, Economy | 08/04/2009 11:35 am
<
p>
Times are tough bu...[Read on] |
Interview with Sandra Laing - Real life subject of Skin
 |
Sandra Laing and Sophie Okonedo
Skin is the heartbreaking true story of Sandra Laing (played by Sophie Okonedo) as a woman with black skin born to white parents in apartheid S. Africa. She is a white girl who looked black. As a young girl she rea...[Read on] |
Sister, Sister
 |
Everybody needs a sister– at least if the results of a new study from the University of Ulster in Ireland hold true. Researchers at the school recently asked 571 people ages 17 to 25 about their lives and discovered that the ones who grew up with sister...[Read on] |
Is Probable WikiLeaks Target Bank of America Being Haunted by the Ghost of Lehman Brothers?
| In an interview with Forbes earlier this week, alabaster bête-noire Julian Assange, WikiLeaks’s commander-in-chief, said that the Web site’s next document dump will involve a large U.S. bank. The leaked information, scheduled for wide re...[Read on] |
Will Women Rule the Box Office This Summer?
 |
One of Variety’s stories today leads with the following headline “Women take center stage at summer B.O.” Psych. It seems that finally people are thinking about how women have box office potential to match the guys.
About fing time.
Warner Broth...[Read on] |
Top Three Parties: Coachella, Coachella, Coachella
|
Paul McCartney. 2. The Killers. 3. Lupe Fiasco. From PatrickMcMullan.com. Every Monday, VF Daily usually picks the top three parties around the globe that happened over the weekend. But this weekend, there was only one party that mattered: Coachella. Coa...[Read on] |
Lifetime orders three cop pilots
 |
I do think Lifetime needs to get back into the real drama business. The shows aside from Drop Dead Diva and Army Wives has not been very stellar or interesting of late. (Army Wives even at times veers into the way too mushy territory)
They’ve order...[Read on] |
Meet Hip Hop pioneer Sheri-Sher of the first all female crew Mercedes Ladies
 |
I may not be a hip hop head but I do love a good story about pioneering girls taking on Pretty Tough challenges.
If hip-hop is on your playlist, and you have an appreciation for Old School, you’ll appreciate this Davey D. video interview with S...[Read on] |
What the Hell is an Anti-mom?
 |
One Day at a Time
It’s Emmy preview time and the Hollywood Reporter published a piece The Rise of the TV’s ‘Anti-Moms’ about the types of moms on TV today. Not surprisingly they run the gamut from hapless to neurotic to cruel to superhuman. ...[Read on] |
Studio films are directed by white men
 |
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] |
TV is So White- DUH
 |
Shonda Rhimes
The NY Times had a piece yesterday about how TV is still so white. It was titled No Smooth Ride on TV Networks’ Road to Diversity. It actually should have been titled No Smooth Ride for Men on TV Network Road to Diversity.
They piece t...[Read on] |
Holiday Movie Preview- Lots for and about women
 |
I love when I get my Entertainment Weekly preview issues. Just love them. This year’s holiday movie preview just arrived and lo and behold it looks like it could be a pretty decent season for us women.
The season has already begun with Oscar frontr...[Read on] |
Spare Change and a Big Lesson
| My favorite way to spend time is outside a coffee shop, with a delicious cappuccino, a good book, and some sunshine. This is my ideal me time, and the less interruptions, the better. In fact, I’m known to even put my Blackberry away, with the ringer t...[Read on] |
Shoe Review: MBT the Anti-Shoe
 |
I’ve always loved sports. I would play basketball on the driveway with my brothers Jim and John. I would hit baseballs with them – and am still proud of the day I sailed one clear over the top of our 100 year old 2-story house. I would postpone ...[Read on] |
ChickSpeak hearts The Black Keys
 |
You would probably never guess it by looking at them, but blues rock band The Black Keys are subtly ushering in a new age of musical genius.The seemingly nondescript pair, never wearing much more than their own jeans and Converse in videos, effortlessly b...[Read on] |
Birth Order & Career Choice: Are They Connected?
 |
This article is from bizMe online magazine by Suzanne Barstow. Check bizMe for your monthly dose of career advice.
I’m a new parent. I tell you this not just as a warning-those in the throws of babydom deserve special dispensation, so please excuse a...[Read on] |
A first hand report from Comic-Con
 |
Abigail Tarttelin attended Comic-Con with Schrodinger’s Girl a film she is in. Women & Hollywood asked her to write up her impressions of the offerings that we will be seeing on our TV screens this season.
Hello Women and Hollywood Readers,
This is ...[Read on] |
Kelly Williams wants ladies to pay attention to their cars
 |
Kelly Williams may never have received as many accolades as Danica Patrick when she was competing, but that doesn't lessen her achievements.
In 1994, Williams became the first female driver to win a race in CASCAR (Canadian Association for Stock Car Au...[Read on] |
Danica Patrick Makes NASCAR Racing Debut in GoDaddy #7 Chevy
 |
Danica Patrick, the Indy Racing League's most talked about driver will be making her official NASCAR racing debut in just a few weeks driving the #7 Chevy as a driver for Dale Earnhardt Junior's JR Motorsports Nationwide team (aka JRM) sponsored by GoDad...[Read on] |
The power of the telephone: feminism, sports and social change
 |
Billie Jean King. Photo credit: Blog.taragana.com/sports
I’ve been blogging the past couple of weeks about social media and its impact upon women in sport – mainly due to my own personal interests but also to fulfill a class requirement. This week,...[Read on] |
When you're a woman in motorsports, All's fair in love and racing
 |
You may recall the name Dina Parise from an article written in 'Ask Patty' a couple years ago. It was then that Dina, a former professional skater for the 'Ice Capades,' traded her skates for seat in her husband's 1967 Camaro and began her Drag Racing ...[Read on] |
|
|
