"candace-parker" Articles & Blogs:
Candace Parker will have tests to determine if surgery is necessary
| Candace Parker's injury in Seattle Friday night appears to have been downplayed, because the truth is out now that she dislocated it then. In light of yesterday's second such injury, the Sparks star forward will have an MRI and X-rays this week to determi...[Read on] |
Candace Bushnell and More to create web series
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Who said webisodes were just for the young things? More Magazine and Candace Bushnell aka creator of the Sex and the City columns and the woefully underloved Lipstick Jungle (now that Ben Silverman is gone they should bring the show back except the wome...[Read on] |
Parker Spitzer, Cable’s Favorite Duo, May Be Disbanded
| Middling cable network CNN may dispose of one half of the Parker Spitzer team. Guess which half? “CNN is considering replacing Kathleen Parker,” according to today’s Wall Street Journal. Rumors of a Parker departure have been swirling since as early...[Read on] |
Battle of the Sexes Puma Mile: Parker Makes the Men Earn It
| Barbara Parker was going to make sure she either won the $10,000 Puma contract or the man who did had to put up the fight of his life.
Parker took off at the gun that started the women's field, setting a 4:30 mile pace on the first lap and never letting ...[Read on] |
ESPN features “The Selling of Candace Parker:” Can she transcend women’s sports?
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Today, ESPN released a cover story with Candace Parker as part of their complete package of features for Women’s History Month 2009.
The story is well written, clear, inspiring and balanced. What’s great about it is the focus - a story about how Cand...[Read on] |
Inspiring women and an inspiring league
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This past week, I traveled to Chicago for a wedding and a work trip. Just as I pulled out of my place in DC, I tweeted my status, “En route to Chicago.” Among responses from friends wishing me safe travels came an email from one of my WNBA contacts in...[Read on] |
Happy Tears for Demi Moore, Ellen Barkin, and Parker Posey
| The cast party. Parker Posey, Ellen Barkin, and Demi Moore. From PatrickMcMullan.com. Last night’s Cinema Society screening of Happy Tears took a sartorial turn when Demi Moore walked the red carpet in an ensemble pulled from host Donna Karan’s Fall 2...[Read on] |
Hollywood Feminists of the Day: Eva Longoria-Parker and Rosario Dawson
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Kudos to Eva Longoria-Parker and Rosario Dawson for standing up and using their voices to protest the new immigration law in Arizona.
Here’s what Longoria-Parker said to Us Magazine:
I haven’t made it a secret that I’m strongly opposed to the Ar...[Read on] |
Mary-Louise Parker Does Not Smoke Weed, but She Has Licked a Pot Lollipop
| Photo by Robert Todd Williamson/h Magazine
I can recall the exact moment I fell in love with Mary-Louise Parker. It was during an Emmy roundtable last year hosted by The Hollywood Reporter, featuring Emmy-nominated actresses like Christina Applegate, Amy ...[Read on] |
Book Review: Artemis Fowl & the Time Paradox
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Author: Eoin Colfer
Pages: 416
Series: Artemis Fowl #6
Date Started: 8/20/10
Date Finished: 8/24/10
Simple Summary: Artemis has to go back in time to save a lemur he “killed” when he was ten. Surprise! Opal Koboi is back!
Rating: ★★★☆☆ My...[Read on] |
Nominations for BET Artists and Athletes of the Year announced
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The 2009 BET Awards will be hosted by Jamie Foxx and aired live from Los Angeles, California on June 28th.
So who will walk away with the “Best Female Athlete”? Will your pick for “Best Actress” make her way to the podium? Find out when artists...[Read on] |
2010 female ESPY winners
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The 2010 ESPYs took place on July 14 at 9 p.m. ET on ESPN at the Nokia Theatre at L.A. LIVE in Los Angeles, Calif. While not known as super female friendly (e.g. they give trophies to the best MLS player but not the best WPS player), the ESPYs did honor...[Read on] |
Women dominate top of the Forbes celebrity list
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Two African American women — Oprah and Beyonce — are the two top celebrities according to Forbes. Awesome. They are followed by James Cameron who made a pot of money off Avatar and Lady Gaga who has had a serious breakout year. Other women in ...[Read on] |
NYWIFT Muse Awards
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Last week I had the opportunity to attend the NYWIFT Muse Awards which honored some amazing women including America Ferrara (Ugly Betty); Julianna Margulies (The Good Wife); Allison Silverman (formerly the Executive Producer of the Colbert Report); Andrea...[Read on] |
'Sex and The City 2' World Premiere (Photos)
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Those fabulous four women are at it again, at the world premiere of ‘Sex and the City 2’Culture | Today 12:00 pmThe world premiere of "Sex and the City 2" was held on May 24, 2010, at Radio City Music Hall in New York City. If you th...[Read on] |
The world’s most powerful celebrities are women
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Forbes has published another one of its lists this time the world’s most powerful celebrities. Since it’s a celebrity list and is (as they say) “a measure of power based on money and fame,” I’m not surprised that women dominate the top of the ...[Read on] |
New Spider Girl kicks butt
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A new Spider-Girl hits stores next week. And apparently she will be a multi-dimensional female superhero, whose power is about more than her cupsize.
Anya “Arañita” Sofia Corazon already existed in the Marvel universe, but is now officially reb...[Read on] |
The 10 Toughest Ladies of Film
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For years women have been kicking butt and taking names but very few of them ever get the recognition they deserve. One place this isn’t true is on film. Although the following 10 ladies may not all be real they are all fine examples of powerful, toug...[Read on] |
What Women Want: Equal Benefits for Equal Premiums
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by Candace Webb, Outreach Manager, National Women's Law Center
The “What Women Want: Equal Benefits for Equal Premiums” hearing convened by the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions (HELP) Committee yesterday largely focused on the twin ...[Read on] |
Women actors make way less money than men
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I’m sure this is no shock to anyone but the new Forbes list of top earning actresses is out and while some women earn a ton of money from acting and endorsements, they make way les than their male peers.
The top female earner was Angelina Jolie with $2...[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] |
Spotlight on Candace Bushnell: Sex & the City Author
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As you walk past them, their expensive perfume eludes from every corner, their high-end-high-heels leave a beating rhythm that you can’t get out of your head, and you are left watching in complete awe as they demand attention in every room they enter...[Read on] |
Supporters of Sarah Palin's "feminism" getting desperate
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It's been nearly a month since I wrote this
piece in The Washington Post about Sarah Palin's fake
feminism, and I'm still seeing responses to it - some awesome,
some...well, not. I've gotten emails calling me a jealous whore, seen
articles desperat...[Read on] |
Scents to Smell for in 2010: A Guide to What’s Next
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Scientists and psychologists say scent is the sense that triggers the most memories in one’s mind. There is a French bakery on the main street in my hometown, and the scent of their freshly baked croissants in the morning is one I can still distinctly d...[Read on] |
Black History Month – Honoring Female Athletes
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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] |
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