"christina-hendricks" Articles & Blogs:
Sexism Watch: Golden Globe Edition
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To the anonymous stylist who said this about Christina Hendricks (Mad Men) and her dress:
“You don’t put a big girl in a big dress. That’s rule number one.”
FUCK YOU!
This woman is perfectly shaped! There is nothing big about her!
I hate y...[Read on] |
Christina Romer to Resign: Top Obama Economics Aide Out
| Christina Romer will abdicate her responsibilities as the president of the Council of Economic Advisers in favor of a return to her professorship at Berkeley. (In 2008, Romer was actually tapped for a position at Harvard, but her invitation was inexplicab...[Read on] |
Jada Pinkett Smith Kicks Ass
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H/T to Black Box Office for posting this interview with Jada Pinkett Smith who stars in and executive produces the new TNT drama Hawthorne which will premiere in June.
Pinkett Smith was interviewed by NPR’s News and Notes and it is worth a listen. She...[Read on] |
Variety honors a variety of Hollywood women
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Yesterday while I was taking editor in chief Peter Bart to the woodshed for his sexist comments about Jane Campion and Kathryn Bigelow the paper that he runs, Variety, was about to honor a plethora of women (including both Campion and Bigelow) for their c...[Read on] |
Sony to release Mommy and Me starring Meryl Streep and Tina Fey
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Sony Pictures is having a good summer on the women front. It’s got Salt in theatres now and will be releasing Eat Pray Love in two weeks and I just realized that it will be also releasing Burlesque with Cher and Christina Aguliera this Thanksgiving ...[Read on] |
Do you have a top dog? You could win from Bark Buckle UP!
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Our good friend Christina Selter the Pet Safety Lady is going to the New York International Auto Show, and she wants to take all your pets with her - in photo form, at least.
Bark Buckle UP is hosting an online "Top Dog" photo contest at the 2011 New Y...[Read on] |
The Bottom Line of Women and Business in This Economy
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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
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Times are tough bu...[Read on] |
Dolls team with AR Rahman for Slumdog’s Jai Ho
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The Pussycat Dolls have teamed up with two time Oscar winner A.R. Rahman for an English interpretation of the song “Jai Ho!”, the spectacular finale to the Oscar winner for Best Picture, Slumdog Millionaire.
Listen here for a preview of A.R. Rahman a...[Read on] |
Madonna Turns The Big 5-1
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In celebration of Madonna’s big birthday, BB King is having its eighth annual Madonnathon, a live performance/dance party for the living legend. Every girl has been influenced by Madonna in some way or another. She’s affected every generation...[Read on] |
Music: Top albums worth saving for
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The decade following 2000 was filled with a plethora of music shockers, from American Idol cliffhangers to Michael Jackson’s unfortunate death. Americans no longer find themselves using CD players to jam out to their favorite tunes; the introduction of ...[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] |
Rachel Weisz Takes on Two Feminist Roles
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Rachel Weisz is attached to two films with strong feminist type characters. The first is Whistleblower to be directed by Larysa Kondracki.
Here’s the description from Variety:
Based on a true story, “Whistleblower” chronicles the trials of a fem...[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] |
Yeardley Love: An Angel Remembered
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Yeardley Reynolds Love, 22, of Cockeysville, Md. and a member of the University of Virginia women’s lacrosse team was found dead in her apartment in Charlottesville, Virginia, early Monday morning, the apparent victim of a homicide. In custody and charg...[Read on] |
AskPatty joins with Bark Buckle UP Pet Vehicle Safety Awards
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Millions of Americans love their pets, and many drivers love to bring their pets along for the ride. Bark Buckle UP (www.BarkBuckleUp.com) is dedicated to pet travel safety, and as the leader in pet safety education travels the country to work closely wi...[Read on] |
The Town's Rebecca Hall on Crying, Screaming, and Going Crazy
| Rebecca Hall and Ben Affleck in The Town. Photograph by Claire Folger. � 2010 Warner Bros. Entertainment Inc. and Legendary Pictures. Ben Affleck’s second film as a director is The Town, in which he also stars, playing a bank robber who, thanks to...[Read on] |
Good Girl Power and Bad Girl Power
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Yesterday, I was so happy to read that Ellen Page is going to write and produce a comedy for HBO with her buddies Alia Shawkat and Sean Tillmann. It’s called Stitch N’ Bitch and
“follows two painfully cool hipster girls as they relocate from Brook...[Read on] |
'Glee’s' Lea Michele tackles “America the Beautiful” at Super Bowl XLV
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Access Hollywood has confirmed that Lea Michele, the 24-year-old Broadway ingenue-turned-breakout star of “Glee,” will be singing “America the Beautiful” prior to the Pittsburgh Steelers and the Green Bay Packers showdown in Super Bowl XLV.
Pas...[Read on] |
Sia: An artist that captures your soul
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You probably haven’t heard her music on the radio or seen her playing around your town, but Sia has been in music game for 12 years now.
Born as Sia Kate Isobelle Furler in Adelaide, Australia, the artist started her musical career in acid jazz and ind...[Read on] |
Female heads of state will add luster to G20 summit
| Four female leaders who smashed through glass ceilings in the male-dominated political arena will gather in Seoul to attend the G20 summit. This will be the largest number of female heads of state present at one place in the history of the G20 summit.
Th...[Read on] |
Interview with Beadie Finzi, Director of Only When I Dance
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Only When I Dance is a documentary of two young Brazilian dancers — Isabella and Irlan — and how they try and pursue their dreams of becoming professional dancers. It is by no means a rosy look at the dance world. It shows how hard, and at times...[Read on] |
Pet-Friendly Subaru joins forces with ASPCA
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Here at AskPatty.com, we like to think of ourselves as extremely pet friendly. Our contributing editor Breanne loves to share stories about her Corgis, we recently paired with Christina Selter of BarkBuckleUP at the Chicago Auto Show to announce the 20...[Read on] |
Recognizing and understanding relationship abuse
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Chris Brown took to the stage on June 27 at the BET Awards, belting out classic Michael Jackson tunes coupled with his signature dance moves in a tribute to the deceased King of Pop. His rendition of MJ’s moonwalk wasn’t the only unforgettable moment ...[Read on] |
WNBA and 2010 Lilith Tour unite to celebrate female artists and athletes all summer long
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The WNBA has finally done something right on the marketing side and we’re excited to share the following news:
The Women’s National Basketball Association (WNBA) and the 2010 Lilith Tour — one of the highest-grossing touring festivals in the world ...[Read on] |
AskPatty’s Automotive Holiday Guide for Pets
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Well, folks, here is the last in our series of automotive-themed holiday guides! Looking for a special gift for the car-crazed pet lover in your life? Are YOU the car-crazed pet lover looking for something for your traveling animal? Will you be traveling...[Read on] |
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