"jason-peck" Articles & Blogs:
Three Cheers for Diablo!
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It's official...one of our favorite BUST-y ladies, Diablo Cody, has sold a pilot to Fox! So far, the only thing anyone knows is that it is called The Breadwinner and it's a comedy. I can only imagine where it could possibly go from there. My mind is runni...[Read on] |
5 reasons female athletes should engage online
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If you’re a female athlete (or you represent female athletes), I have provided five key reasons you should get online and start talking about your life, your sport, and maybe even your brand.
1) You’re creating and controlling your own voice. Today, ...[Read on] |
Women & Hollywood on Panel at the Long Island International Film Expo on Sunday
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I’ll be participating in a panel entitled: WOMEN IN CHARGE: Kicking Open The Doors To The Film Industry on Sunday, July 11th from 12-1pm on Long Island.
Location: Filmmakers Lounge @ BELLMORE MOVIES (222 Pettit Ave. Bellmore, NY 11710).
If you are ar...[Read on] |
Congratulations Justice Kagan
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by Rachel Peck, Fellow, National Women's Law Center
It's official! Elena Kagan is now an associate justice of the United States Supreme Court. She was sworn in on Saturday by Chief Justice John Roberts and becomes the fourth woman to have ever served ...[Read on] |
Sexism Watch: Double Dose
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Jeers to the Hollywood Reporter for convening a year end discussion with high-profile producers round-table without a SINGLE WOMAN! Please don’t tell me a single female producer was not available.
Here are two points, from the conversation of note:...[Read on] |
Elena Kagan’s Hearings to Begin Next Monday
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by Rachel Peck, Fellow, National Women's Law Center
The Senate Judiciary Committee has officially announced that Elena Kagan's confirmation hearing will begin next Monday June 28th at 12:30 pm. Like many court-watchers around the country, we’re going...[Read on] |
Elena Kagan's Confirmation Vote to be Held Today
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by Rachel Peck, Fellow, National Women's Law Center
After months of discussion and debate, we are excited to report that the Senate will be voting today on Elena Kagan's confirmation as an associate justice of the United States Supreme Court. With fiv...[Read on] |
CFDA to Honor Fashion Icon Michelle Obama
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The Council of Fashion Designers of America will honor First Lady Michelle Obama this JuneThe Etceterist | Today 11:55 am
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Hair up, hair down, sleeves or sleeveless, Michael Kors, Jason Wu, Narciso Rodriguez — or will there be a new favorit...[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] |
Senators Point to Shattered Glass Ceilings, Historic Nature of Nomination During Committee Vote on Elena Kagan
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by Rachel Peck, Fellow, National Women's Law Center
Today the Senate Judiciary Committee met to vote on Elena Kagan’s nomination to the Supreme Court. We were particularly happy that, in their statements supporting her nomination, Senators Kohl, Fein...[Read on] |
Update: President Obama Will Renominate Dawn Johnsen
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by Rachel Peck, Fellow, National Women's Law Center
As we just wrote yesterday, because of unwarranted delaying tactics in the Senate, Dawn Johnsen’s nomination to head the Department of Justice’s Office of Legal Counsel did not receive a vote bef...[Read on] |
Awards Watch: National Board of Review
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Carey Mulligan
The National Board of Review (NBR) handed out its awards for 2009 and Jason Reitman’s Up in the Air (which is opening in limited release today) took top honors. NBR is a mysterious group. Some film people, some folks not in the bus...[Read on] |
Lindsey Vonn's Life in the Fast Lane
| Lindsey Vonn training on a Super G race course in Vail, Colorado, on November 23, 2009. Photographs by Jack Affleck, Vail Mountain, Colorado. Some Olympic moments are unforgettable: When U.S. swimmer Jason Lezak chased down Frenchman Alain Bernard in the ...[Read on] |
President Obama Faces Roadblocks in Efforts to Diversify the Court
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by Rachel Peck, Fellow, National Women's Law Center
President Obama has demonstrated a commitment to increasing the diversity of the federal judiciary. Of President Obama’s 75 judicial nominees to date (including his nominees to the Supreme Court), ...[Read on] |
Why Chelsea Clinton's Wedding Dress Will Be Oscar de la Renta
| Chelsea Clinton wearing Oscar de la Renta to the School of American Ballet's Winter Ball in New York City, March 5, 2007. From PatrickMcMullan.com. Now that Chelsea Clinton has announced that's she's engaged to her longtime boyfriend, Marc Mezvinsky, who ...[Read on] |
Winter’s Bone Scores Multiple Indie Spirit Nominations
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Winter’s Bone the big winner at the Gotham awards on Monday evening scored seven nominations for the 26th Independent Spirit Awards. The awards will be given out the day before the Oscars on February 26th.
The Kids Are All Right was right behin...[Read on] |
'Twas the Night Before Christmas - A Woman's Smart, Car Savvy Christmas Tale
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'Twas the night before Christmas, and at the North PoleOld Santa was pacing a path through the snowOn his rosy cheeks he now wore a frown;His new fancy sleigh had just broken down.It had heating and air, GPS, leather seats,and a 200 Reindeer-Power Five ...[Read on] |
Jennifer Aniston is not destructive to our society
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A big Friday fuck you to Bill O’Reilly for calling Jennifer Aniston destructive to our society and diminishing the role of dads when making comments in promotion of her new film The Switch.
The film is about a woman who decides to get pregnant with a...[Read on] |
Silver Surfer: 72 year old Kitty Pechet wins ESA Open Women title
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Seventy-two-year-old Grand Legend Kitty Pechet didn’t let the 32 degree water temperature and 28 degree air temperature stop her from winning the Open Women’s title at the 2009 England Mid-Winter Regionals....[Read on] |
Opening Ceremony Aces Fashion Week
| Solange Knowles and Dirty Projectors tell me if you want me, you really, really want me. From PatrickMcMullan.com. As a Seattle native with a weak spot for great taste—O.K., my taste—I knew the Ace Hotel had my number as soon as I saw the mini...[Read on] |
Athletes dominate the dance floor
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season of "Dancing with the Stars" came to an end last night. The
real reason A Glam Slam tunes in each time is to see the ahtletes compete.
Male or female, they have proven to be the most entertaining contestants each
season. And they are also th...[Read on] |
Gender Stereotypes No Longer Belong In Marriage
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by Rachel Peck, Fellow, National Women's Law Center
Wednesday, in Perry v. Schwarzenegger, a federal district court judge in California struck down Proposition 8, a voter enacted amendment to the California Constitution which declared that marriage cou...[Read on] |
Raising the barre: The reinvention of classical ballet
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If you think Swan Lake or The Nutcracker when you think of ballet, think again. Many contemporary troupes are forging new ways to enchant modern audiences by demonstrating that ballet is a living dance form. Check out just a few of the ways in which bal...[Read on] |
BP crisis: Oil & Water Don’t Mix tees benefit Surfrider
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With the BP oil spill now going on for more than two months and estimates of 140 million gallons leaked, this will now become the worst oil spill in the Gulf Coast’s history — surpassing the 1970-1980 Ixtoc I spill of 139 million gallons. The disast...[Read on] |
My Breast Cancer Awareness Grand Teton Subaru 2010 Outback Eco Adventure
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I was invited to attend the first-ever Subaru Responsible Recreation Excursion September 21 - 24, 2009. Upon my arrival at the Jackson Hole Wyoming airport I was greeted by a staff member holding a Subaru sign and guided to a new 2010 Subaru Outback for ...[Read on] |
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