"hope-davis" Articles & Blogs:
Geena Davis goes to the UN
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Geena Davis seems to be one of the only women in Hollywood consistently speaking out on the issues of women and girls.
Yesterday, she was at the UN talking about the media and its effects on girls.
The money quote:
If we have such devaluing and disem...[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 Special Relationship doesn’t do justice to Hillary Clinton
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Here’s a bit about something that’s been bothering me for a couple of days since I saw the film on HBO.
I remember being excited when they announced the cast for The Special Relationship, the third in the trilogy of Michael Sheen taking on Tony Bla...[Read on] |
The Tonys and Hollywood
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photo by Brian Bedder/Getty Images
Last night one of the things that was so interesting about the Tony Awards was that three of the four acting trophies were taken by current Hollywood actors. Catherine Zeta-Jones won best actress in a musical for A ...[Read on] |
Zero Progress Made on Gender Disparity in Films Targeted at Kids
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Some bad news from the Geena Davis Institute on Gender in Media.
They released a new study: Gender Disparity On Screen and Behind the Camera in Family Films, done by Stacy L. Smith, PhD and Marc Choueiti, at the USC Annenberg School for Communication...[Read on] |
Where's Cinderella?
| "Me and Caroline (her sister who is 2 and more into Elmo aka "Mel Mo") like Areil best". So I stood there looking at these plastic toys never having seen any of the movies (I wasn't a deprived kid, we just played more than we sat in front of a...[Read on] |
Sundance Rocks the Docs
| A still from Catfish, possibly Sundance's most buzzed-about film. The Sundance faithful have been buzzing that the real gems from the first weekend of this year's festival have been the documentaries. Compared to their more high-profile fictional cousins,...[Read on] |
[Video] Are their male and female jobs? Guess who?.
| Did you know that in kids' movies, men can outnumber women five to one? And that the most common job description for women in those movies involves wearing a tiara ruling a kingdom?
Princess' aside, Geena Davis noticed what she thought was a trend a few ...[Read on] |
Awards Watch: The Susan Smith Blackburn Prize
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Enron by Lucy Prebble
The Susan Smith Blackburn Prize, the most prestigious international prize awarded to a female playwright (for writing in English) has named the ten finalists for the 2010 award. The award is basically the Pulitzer for women. It ...[Read on] |
Does Nike owe the USWNT?
| First, let me apologize for being a tad tardy to this topic. The American blogosphere moves quickly (particularly during a World Cup) and its celerity beat me on this one.
Late last week, questions of sexism and male privilege were raised over ...[Read on] |
Theatre Awards
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The arrival of marks the end of the theatre season here in NY so it’s awards time. The Tony Awards just deal with Broadway plays and there are other awards that include both Broadway and off-Broadway. I always find the mixed awards so fascinating be...[Read on] |
Is Obama's hope for global denuclearization realistic?
| Yes, it's absolutely possible
It's a lovely idea, but no
Other (tell us below)
Poll | Today 1:00 amArray
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Palin, Clinton Comic Sell Out
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Bluewater Productions can hardly believe that their ‘Female Force’ series has done so wellPalin, Clinton Comics | Today 1:00 pm
Sarah Palin is hugely popular among comic-book readers.
Bluewater Productions, a graphic-novel company, yeste...[Read on] |
Barbie to Hit the Big Screen
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President Barbie
Angela Merkel barbie
Just when I was feeling some kind of optimism and hope we get this news.
Barbie is coming to the big screen.
Ugh.
Universal finally got Mattel to make a deal. Mattel has held onto the brand for a long time (50 ...[Read on] |
Chaz Bono Announces Transition
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His publicist told TMZ:
Chaz, after many years of consideration, has made the courageous decision to honor his true identity ... He is proud of his decision and grateful for the support and respect that has already been shown by his loved ones. It is Chaz...[Read on] |
Intersex athletes: Could we have some science and sanity, please?
| Could the international and national sport governing bodies, the international press, and, basically, anyone involved in the process surrounding Caster Semenya’s controversial world championship in the 800m run have screwed this up more? I don’t think...[Read on] |
Golden Globe Nominees – The Women
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I like the Golden Globes because it is one of the only opportunities to see some great women on TV nominated with film stars. I know it’s a joke because only 100 people do the voting, but it brings a certain lightness to the awards season.
Some ...[Read on] |
An Actress on the Brink
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Photograph by Nino Muñoz
Jennifer Lawrence’s performance in Winter’s Bone which opens on Friday is staggeringly good. It is one of the most honest, realistic, heartbreaking performances I have seen in a long, long time. It feels to me that we ...[Read on] |
Female Judges on the Rise in Pennsylvania
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by Rachel Peck, Fellow, National Women's Law Center
Women have been long underrepresented in the judiciary. While women now make up half of all law school classes, outside of law school, the number of women serving as judges is sorely lacking. The...[Read on] |
The First Ladies of Comedy
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photo by: Joe Pugliese
Damn, I love them all. Look at those boot on Marion Ross! And if you don’t watch Cloris Leachman on Raising Hope you are missing something hysterical.
TV’s Legendary Sitcom Queens (The Hollywood Reporter)
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Thirteen-year-old girl in a league of her own
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Chelsea Baker, a 13-year-old Floridian, has beat the boys with her wicked 65 mph knuckle ball. Being the only girl on a boys-only Little League team can’t be easy but Baker certainly makes it look that way. Over the past four years, her teams have lost ...[Read on] |
Hounddog Screening in Boston
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I’m going to be moderating a q&a with Deborah Kampmeier the writer/director of Hounddog, Saturday night, March 28th as part of the Women Action Media conference. The screening is free.
Saturday March 28th
6:00 PM
MIT
Stata Center
32 Vassar Street
Room...[Read on] |
With Senate Health Reform Passage Likely, Women Hold Out Hope for Improvements
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by Julia Kaye, Health Policy Associate, National Women's Law Center
At 9:30am on Saturday morning, my cell phone buzzed. “Blizzard AND healthcare reform?” my friend texted. “Nelson budged!” Elated, I leapt out of bed and ran over to my laptop...[Read on] |
Once upon a time, the WNBA reached out to female bloggers…
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And they lived happily ever after.
This is not a fairytale - it’s truth.
Today, the WNBA reached out to me (on behalf of Women Talk Sports), @techmama Beth Blecherman of Silicon Valley Mom Blogs’ Techmamas, @PunditMom of PunditMom and Sarah, @GoonS...[Read on] |
Women at the Box Office: July 23-25
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Salt starring Angelina Jolie didn’t make it to number 1 thanks to the growing cultural obsession with Inception (which I liked a lot), but it was number 2 for the weekend bringing in a total of $36.5 million (the budget is estimated to be between $110...[Read on] |
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