"kristen-vangsness" Articles & Blogs:
Criminal Minds cuts female cast members
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This should be filed in the are you fucking stupid category.
CBS has decided to make the bone headed decision to completely fire one female cast member AJ Cook. who played JJ the agent who handled the press, and cut back the episodes of Paget Brewster ...[Read on] |
Is Bridesmaids the Best Comedy of 2011?
| Maya Rudolph, Kristen Wiig, and Ellie Kemper. Courtesy of IMDb.Kristen Wiig kicks off the summer comedies (not counting Fast Five) with Bridesmaids, which she both stars in and co-wrote. She plays Annie, a woman trying to fulfill her duties as maid of hon...[Read on] |
St. Vincent’s coach Kristen Zawacki dies of apparent heart attack on Christmas
| From Saint Vincent College Athletics:
It is with great sadness that I share with you the tragic news of the death of Kristen Zawacki, associate athletic director and the first and only head coach of the Lady Bearcats. She died of natural causes due ...[Read on] |
This One Goes Out to the Ladies: Judd Apatow and Kristen Wiig collab on new comedy, Bridesmaids
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Dude-comedy maverick, Judd Apatow, recently announced he'll be producing a comedy by women. Bridesmaids is written by SNL's Kristen Wiig and The Groundling's Annie Mumolo and is a veritable who's-who of tv's comediennes; with a line-up featuring Maya Rudo...[Read on] |
Sundance Alert: The Runaways
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Talk about girl power! The film has its world premiere this weekend at Sundance with Joan Jett in attendance (and I read they rocked out afterwards.) Here’s a description (from fandango):
The story of the groundbreaking ’70s female rock group the...[Read on] |
Review: Bridesmaids
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The word being tossed around in relation to Kristen Wiig's star-making new comedy Bridesmaids is womance, and the portmanteau is somewhat apt but not entirely fair. Writers love a good pun or, better yet, a tidy way to label something, especia...[Read on] |
3rd Annual Women In Comedy Festival
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Are you a funny lady? Of course you are! Give the crowds your two cents on airplane food (what is the deal, am I right!?) at Boston's third annual Women In Comedy Festival. The festival has extended its submission deadline and now you have until January ...[Read on] |
For Crying Out Loud! Boehner’s Tears Provoke Double Standard Debate
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This post was submitted by Kristen Kiewiet de Jonge, WCF Communications Fellow.
We should all thank House Speaker-elect John Boehner for crying because his interview on 60 Minutes has ignited...
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Looking Forward: New Opportunities for Women in 2012
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This post was submitted by Kristen Kiewiet de Jonge, WCF Communications Fellow.
Strategic planning for the 2012 election cycle is fully underway at the DCCC. Top Democrats including Rep. Debbie...
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Appoint Her: Stop Passing Over Women for Leadership Roles
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This post was submitted by Kristen Kiewiet de Jonge, WCF Communications Fellow.
Several women in Congress have recently been passed over for key leadership positions, including Rep. Debbie Wasserman...
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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] |
Sundance 2011: Where Are All the Stars?
| Vera Farmiga in Higher Ground. Photo by Molly Hawkey. Those already looking past this awards season to 2012 got their first bit of critical-darling chum yesterday when Sundance announced its 2011 lineup. While we’re pretty sure we know who will dominate...[Read on] |
Twilight Eclipse arrives in five days
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It’s beginning.
I’m glad the din about this one has been a bit muted (at least in my world).
But that’s now over.
Several thousand people from across the country camped out for days in order to get a spot on the red carpet for last night’s pr...[Read on] |
Whip It: A great female empowerment story
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Whip It is not deep. It's not complex. It's not going to revolutionize filmmaking. Whip It is just a great female empowerment story with a simple but strong message that's also a lot of fun. And at a time when a lot of mainstream movies targeted at young ...[Read on] |
Set Visit: With Bridesmaids, Can Judd Apatow’s Dude-Friendly Formula Go Girly?
| Apatow’s ladies’ night? Rose Byrne, Maya Rudolph, Kristen Wiig, and Ellie Kemper. Courtesy of Universal Pictures.
By now, the legendary Judd Apatow filmmaking formula is so well known, we’ve memorized it: find talented comedians, give th...[Read on] |
Oscar Party Recap: Hollywood Finds Its License to Chill
| Sandra Bullock and Jesse James at the Vanity Fair Oscar Party. Photograph by Getty/VF. Perhaps for the first time since 2007, when the financial crisis was still a glimmer in the banking industry’s eye, Hollywood gave itself permission to have a little ...[Read on] |
Newsflash: Women Over 40 Are Not Over the Hill
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Today is my 43rd birthday. Hollywood wants to make you believe that 40 is old, passe. But I want to just say out loud that is bullshit.
And now maybe Hollywood is thinking that us 40 somethings are still worthy, at least of magazine covers. It se...[Read on] |
Could Betty White’s Success Help Older Women Onscreen?
| Everyone who watched Saturday Night Live this past weekend knew that something special was happening from the moment Betty White took the stage. She made fun of the Facebook group that pushed for her to host SNL, appeared in every sketch and was so fuck...[Read on] |
Women dominate top of the Forbes celebrity list
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Two African American women — Oprah and Beyonce — are the two top celebrities according to Forbes. Awesome. They are followed by James Cameron who made a pot of money off Avatar and Lady Gaga who has had a serious breakout year. Other women in ...[Read on] |
The Exploding Girl
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I’ve been watching Zoe Kazan since I saw her on stage in The Seagull where she and Oscar nominee Carey Mulligan acted circles around veteran actors Kristen Scott Thomas and Peter Sarsgaard. Last year was a breakthrough year for her onscreen playing da...[Read on] |
Pale male fail – Who makes the most in Hollywood
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Vanity Fair has put together a list of Hollywood’s highest film earners and not surprisingly, at the top of the list are all white men. The highest female on the list is Emma Watson who made $30 million for the latest Harry Potter films. ($15 million ...[Read on] |
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] |
Whip-It Rocks
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I needed a pick me up yesterday after way too much depressing reading on the Roman Polanski situation and as soon as I arrived at the theatre to see a bunch of awesome women on roller blades with names like Fisty Cuffs and Beatrix Strange skating around o...[Read on] |
A Tale of two young actresses
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The NY Times ran two very different stories about two very different young actresses – Megan Fox and Kristen Stewart – who both appear in huge franchises, Fox in Transformers and Stewart in Twilight. Both women had cover pieces, Stewart in the Arts ...[Read on] |
Need to Unwind? Check Out our Wine Picks
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William Shakespeare once wrote, “Good wine is a good, familiar creature if it be well used.”
Wine is one of the most enjoyable yet detailed and intricate delicacies of our time. The cultivation and combination of different vines is truly an art, an...[Read on] |
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