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The Most Powerful Women in Hollywood
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In conjunction with its Women in Entertainment breakfast, The Hollywood Reporter has published its annual list of the most powerful women in Hollywood. My thoughts are that the list is pretty much the same from last year especially in the top 10 with a c...[Read on] |
What is it about professional sports that fuels grudges and vehement reactions to the opposing teams?
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Whoopi Goldberg, Liz Smith, Joan Ganz Cooney, Mary Wells and Candice
Bergen speak up about the uglier side of sportsQuestion of the Day | Today 4:00 amLiz Smith | Today 12:00 amLiz Smith: When Baseball Lost This Kid ...
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Should Roman Polanski go to prison?
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Candice Bergen, Liz Smith and Joan Ganz Cooney discuss the fate of Roman PolanskiQuestion of the Day | Today 2:00 amCandice Bergen | Today 12:00 amCandice Bergen: An Alternative Punishment for Roman PolanskiThe Roman thing is complicated as ...
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First came Katie Couric, and now we have Diane Sawyer. Is gender bias in television journalism a thing of the past?
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Joan Juliet Buck, Joan Ganz Cooney and Liz Smith reflect on whether men still dominate the network anchor chair
Question of the Day | Today 5:00 amJoan Juliet Buck | Today 12:00 amIs Joan Juliet Buck Convinced?It would be so nice to say yes.
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What living American woman has had the biggest impact on our lives?
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Join Liz Smith, Judith Martin and Joan Ganz Cooney and tell us: Who is the one woman who has truly impacted us?Question of the Day | Today 12:00 amJoan Ganz Cooney | 09/20/2009 12:00 amThe One Woman Who Had the Biggest Impact on Joan Ganz Cooney's LifeFor...[Read on] |
From Sarah Palin to Oprah Winfrey: 10 Unexpected Celebrity Marathoners
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With the 40th annual New York City Marathon happening Sunday, November 1, wOw’s spotlighting some unexpected a-list marathoners. Which marathoner do you find most surprising?Entertainment | Today 1:00 amAlanis Morissette, Mark Bittman, Dan Jansen, E...[Read on] |
The Elle Power List – 2010
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For the second year in a row, Elle Magazine asked Nikki Finke to put together a list of the most powerful women in Hollywood.
Personally, I liked the days when the list was 1-100 and it was straightforward. The list seems to have lost its bite (if it ...[Read on] |
Julianne Moore, Dennis Quaid Cast for Clinton Movie
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Will Dennis Quaid and Julianne Moore be moving into the White House?Post | Today 4:00 pm
Hillary and Bill Clinton may soon find themselves on HBO. And they could be played by appropriately A-list actors.
Though nothing has been set in stone, HBO exec...[Read on] |
Leave Ellen Page Alone!
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NY Mag’s Vulture (which by the way has some of the most provocative and great reporting about pop culture) pissed me off earlier this week with their piece on Ellen Page’s “asexual” wardrobe in Inception.
First, that whole term “asexual attir...[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] |
'Britain's Got Talent' Contestant Susan Boyle Captures Hearts (Video)
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British singing sensation wOws us … and Simon CowellPost | Today 2:10 pm
Susan Boyle captured the hearts of "Britain’s Got Talent" fans and, more importantly, Simon Cowell, fellow judges and YouTube crawlers.
Boyle, 47 and unem...[Read on] |
Michelle Obama, Oprah, Queen Elizabeth Make Forbes Top 100 Most Powerful Women List
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Forbes scoured the globe for women with the most influence in business, government, entertainment and the communityForbes 100 Most Powerful Women | 08/24/2009 10:40 am
Forbes is definitely paying attention when it comes to scoping out the world’s...[Read on] |
Susan Boyle: 10 Tips for Taking Off 20 Years, by a Top Beauty Editor
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Let’s be honest: At 47, Susan Boyle looks 67. Charla Krupp suggests ten ways she can take 20 years offMakeover Tips for Susan Boyle | 04/28/2009 5:00 pm
Editor’s note: Charla Krupp wrote the essential 2008 bestseller How Not to Look Old, whi...[Read on] |
Sandra Bullock tops list of highest paid actresses
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According to Forbes, Sandra Bullock was the highest paid actress from July 2009 through June 2010. She earned an astounding $56 million off her two successes The Proposal and The Blind Side. She gambled — and won — on The Blind Side by taking le...[Read on] |
Shaheen Jafargholi Gives Susan Boyle Run for Her Money
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Welsh boy wows judges after Simon Cowell puts abrupt end to first
attempt wth Amy Winehouse song; Susan Boyle still musical phenomBritain's Got Talent: Shaheen Jafargholi, Susan Boyle | Today 10:15 am
Susan Boyle may have some competition.
Shaheen Ja...[Read on] |
Helen Mirren Kicks Ass At the Women in Entertainment Breakfast
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My day is made. You have to watch this video. I love this woman.
Mirren received the Sherry Lansing Leadership Award yesterday morning at the annual Hollywood Reporter Women in Entertainment breakfast...[Read on] |
ESPN Bans NY Post for Showing Naked Erin Andrews Photos; Female Sportscaster Finds Allies Everywhere
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As the investigation into who the peeping Tom was violating Andrews’s
privacy, reports and blogs pop up everywhere blasting sexism, voyeurismPost | 07/23/2009 10:30 amThe disgusting ordeal ESPN reporter Erin Andrews has had to face — being the...[Read on] |
Happy Holiday- Some Links to Check Out
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Happy July 4th for those of you in the US. Here are some interesting stories to check out:
Women of the futurists- Galvanised by the violent energy of the futurist movement, women artists of the early 20th century wielded their brushes, needles and pen...[Read on] |
Why I Love Shonda Rhimes
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In case you don’t already know this, having Shonda Rhimes be a part of the TV landscape has upped the feminist quotient exponentially. Next season she adds a third show to her roster Off the Map created by Jenna Bans. She is now officially a mogul.
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Hollywood Feminist of the Day: Lisa Scottoline
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I read this interview yesterday and it totally cracked me up. I haven’t read Scottoline’s books but I am now adding them to my list. I guess I must be the only one who hasn’t read them because there are 25 million in print. She now has a non-f...[Read on] |
Jane Lynch talks to Katie Couric
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The love is just pouring out of Katie (she acts like a giddy teenager) who you know watches the show with her kids — she knows way too many intimate details to not be a fan.
I love the fact that here is a woman who has 134 entries (that’s 134 differe...[Read on] |
Female Celebrities Warp Our View of Real Women
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(WOMENSENEWS)--Are celebrity stories the new narrative of American life? Have the people we see on reality shows and "Entertainment Tonight" replaced characters created by novelists and filmmakers as the lives we most relate to?
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Halle Berry Introduces Helen Mirren
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I know, this going to be video day. Here’s Halle Berry introducing Helen Mirren at the Women in Entertainment breakfast.
“The last bastion of civil rights int he movie business is ageism and Helen you have single handedly all by yourself ...[Read on] |
On the Continuum: Women’s Sports
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I went to a lunch earlier this week where Donna Orender, the President of the WNBA was the speaker. It was a small group of women from a diversity of professions. She talked about her life and how she has gotten to where she is now.
A little backgrou...[Read on] |
Hollywood publicist Ronni Chasen shot to death in Beverly Hills
| These kind of things just don't happen. Not on Sunset Blvd. in Beverly Hills. Not to a high profile entertainment executive.
Veteran Hollywood publicist Ronni Chasen, 64,was found fatally shot after crashing her Mercedes into a lamp-post at about half pa...[Read on] |
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