"huge" Articles & Blogs:
Why every parent should watch Huge (with their kids)
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It’s kind of a shame that the brilliant new show Huge from Winnie Holzman (My So Called Life) and her daughter Savannah Dooley is airing during the summer when people are busy, outside, not watching TV and many of the targeted audience kids are at act...[Read on] |
Women’s Weekend Box Office Report – July 4th Holiday
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To no one’s surprise, Twilight Eclipse opened big, almost as big as New Moon. Here are the numbers:
The first six days of Eclipse brought in $175 million domestic and another $100 million overseas. New Moon’s domestic gross was $178 in six days...[Read on] |
The Time Traveler’s Wife
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I have to preface my thoughts on this film by saying that my eyes exploded in a huge allergic reaction during the second half of the film. Weirdly, even though I could barely see I liked the second half better but for a epic type romance there was somet...[Read on] |
Women to Watch in the Olympics: All the Figure Skaters
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Figure skating is one of those Olympic sports that draws a huge viewership. As such, it leads to a sense of rivalry in the fans (I still feel Michelle Kwan was robbed by Tara Lipinski in the ’98 Games, but that’s neither here nor there) but th...[Read on] |
Abstinence-Based Sex "Education": FAIL.
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I'm a huge hater on abstinence-based sex ed. I've never been able to fathom why omitting vital, straightforward information about reproduction from young women & men is supposed to be in any way helpful. Opponents of sex ed make it seem li...[Read on] |
Saying Goodbye to Hollywood's Queen: Elizabeth Taylor
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With great sadness here at BUST HQ, we say goodbye to one of Hollywood’s leading ladies. Elizabeth Taylor died early this morning at Cedars Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles, California from congestive heart failure at the age of 79. A...[Read on] |
Why female golfers need to start “stepping up to the tee” online
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Found out two interesting pieces of news about the female golf community. Apparently, not only has Golf for Women Magazine gone out of business, but golf (in general) is also unfair to women (shocking).
I’m completely aware that I’m slightly late to ...[Read on] |
June 8 victories for female candidates: What will they do for women?
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Yesterday’s primaries brought huge victories for women across the country—many who succeeded against great odds, such as Sen. Blanche Lincoln in Arkansas and victim of egregious misogyny and...
This is a content summary only. Visit Women and Po...[Read on] |
Q&A;: English Chanteuse Anna Calvi on Her Debut Album and Upcoming Tour
| Anna Calvi. Photograph by Maisie Cousins.With her blood-red lips, pulled back hair, Flamenco-style blouses and wounded voice, Anna Calvi is the kind of chanteuse that David Lynch would throw a hot, white spotlight on. She’s a modern take on the Jazz age...[Read on] |
Food inside the Obama White House
| I was watching NBC’s Special Inside the Obama White House. I have to take pride in that my husband was on the production team making it happen.
Of course, the food expert in me has to find my personal interest hook – the food! So here’s a play-by-p...[Read on] |
Dang, Diablo is Everywhere!
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Just last week Wednesday I blogged about Diablo Cody taking on the adaption of Sweet Valley High and today…Come to discover she is in consideration to write the script for the Hugh Hefner film that has been in talks for years!
Whatever your thoug...[Read on] |
What's in Obama's Proposed 2010 Budget for You?
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We here at wOw have gone through the huge budget documents to pick out what parts of the $355 trillion plan may affect womenPost | Today 1:50 pm
We understand the logistics of President Obama’s recently revealed $3.55 trillion budget can be a bit ...[Read on] |
Cannes Awards: A Glamorous Night with Few Surprises (Except Javier and Penelope)
| Tim Burton leads the Cannes jury.
The Cannes Film Festival is a huge deal in France—comparable to what the Oscars are in the United States. An estimated 30,000 media, publicists, other festival directors, and a slew of support staff double the size ...[Read on] |
Limbaugh: "I love the women's movement, especially when walking behind it."
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Ah, Rush Limbaugh. Always so charming.
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Transcript after the jump.
Thanks to Think Progress, who also point out that Limbaugh held a "Female Summit" to find out how he could "own women."
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Will New Moon be the biggest film of the year?
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I spend a lot (too much) time in the twittersphere and the blogopshere and from the people I follow and read (lots of movie, TV and pop culture people and feminists) you’d never think that New Moon is opening next week. Granted all the movie folks hav...[Read on] |
New Moon brings a new dawn in Hollywood
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On Friday morning Hollywood woke up to the realization that fangirls can be as rabid as fanboys. By Saturday morning they realized that two BIG records had been broken, including the highest midnight screening opening and the best opening date in histor...[Read on] |
Crush of the Week: Lady Sovereign
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I went to see Lady Sovereign in concert on Wednesday, and all I can say is that this woman is off the hook! The rapper (and a self-proclaimed feminist, I might add) from the UK is gritty, enthralling and powerful and I loved every minute of her performa...[Read on] |
Female fandom: Study says they don't like the pros
| A study out of Canada about the gendered nature of fandom reveals that women are not huge fans of professional sports. Not a shocker despite the plethora of popular media accounts of women forming fan clubs and becoming the latest target demographic for f...[Read on] |
The Apple iPad: What Does It Do, and Why Would I Want One?
| The author holding an Apple iPad at today's event. A couple of days ago, I wrote a short piece for this site about what I expected the then-mythical Apple “tablet” to be. In a nutshell, my prediction was that this would be not an earth-shatter...[Read on] |
Serena's 'Signature' style
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makes Serena Williams more nervous: playing in a Grand Slam tournament or
appearing on HSN to hawk her fashion and accessories line? Well, neither
because the tennis star and style icon doesn't get nervous. But having fashion
design as an outlet has ...[Read on] |
Death of two troubled stars hits LA hard - A Tribute to Farrah Fawcett and Michael Jackson
| I don't usually comment on the life - or death - of celebrities. It's really not my thing. But our store, Wine Valet is in the heart/center of Beverly Hills and for the last hour you can see the stunned faces after the shocking news of the death of Michae...[Read on] |
Danica Patrick joins the celebrity fragrance circuit
| IndyCar
driver, Danica Patrick, recently announced that she will be joining the NASCAR
racing circuit. But it’s not only her racing that fans have to look forward to,
as Patrick is also on track to launch her own fragrance this year.
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Fragrances, an ...[Read on] |
Does Testosterone Play a Role in Career Choice?
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ABC News reports on a new study by researchers at the University of Chicago and Northwestern University which supposedly determined that women with higher testosterone levels "take more risks and are more likely to choose a finance career." Testosterone l...[Read on] |
Sad Broadway News: The Miracle Worker to Close
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Just read the news that The Miracle Worker starring Abigail Breslin and Allison Pill is going to close next Sunday. It didn’t get the greatest reviews, but a friend who saw it said the audience was full of girls who adored it.
I think it was hard to ...[Read on] |
Ask a Lawyer: Regarding the Saturday Night Live Scandal, Can One Copyright Tiny Hats?
| The past two days have seen the rise of a huge controversy about tiny hats. This weekend’s premiere of Saturday Night Live featured a sketch called “Ladies Who Lunch” in which a socialite, to the jealously and delight of her friends, purchases incre...[Read on] |
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