"lifetime" Articles & Blogs:
Joan Allen as Georgia O’Keefe in Biopic on Lifetime
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You know that Lifetime movies of late have gotten quite “lite.” But this week we get a woman of substance, Georgia O’Keefe, played by a woman of substance, Joan Allen. The movie mostly covers her life with Alfred Stieglitz (Jeremy Irons) who sup...[Read on] |
Drop Dead Diva - Premieres Sunday on Lifetime
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I remember not too long ago when Sunday nights were reserved for some strong Lifetime dramas. Remember Strong Medicine and The Division? I really liked both those shows. After both shows left the air, Lifetime struggled and, to me, got a little too ...[Read on] |
Is Hallmark the new Lifetime but for older women?
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I never used to watch anything on the Hallmark Channel. But lately it seems that they are doing some interesting movies of the week like the kind that used to be on network TV. I’m not saying that these are high drama or always even that good, but m...[Read on] |
Lifetime orders three cop pilots
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I do think Lifetime needs to get back into the real drama business. The shows aside from Drop Dead Diva and Army Wives has not been very stellar or interesting of late. (Army Wives even at times veers into the way too mushy territory)
They’ve order...[Read on] |
This is a Moment of a Lifetime- Bigelow in Her Own Words
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Here’s Kathryn Bigelow’s Oscar speech and backstage comments:
This really is… There’s no other way to describe it, it’s the moment of a lifetime. First of all, this is so extraordinary to be in the company of such powerful, my fellow nominees, ...[Read on] |
TV Pilot Pickups and Renewals - May 19
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Fox
Is moving Fringe to Thursdays at 9 opposite Grey’s Anatomy, The Office and CSI making that hour a serious problem for us TV addicts.
Dollhouse will be back on Friday nights.
CBS
The Good Wife will star Julianna Margulies as a politician’s wife...[Read on] |
Amnesty International honors Joan Baez for a lifetime of Human Rights Advocacy
| Amnesty International turns 50 this year, and closely linked to Amnesty’s legacy of championing human rights is that of folk legend Joan Baez.
Baez was an active supporter of Amnesty from the start, stuffing envelopes at their first home office in San ...[Read on] |
Win the experience of a lifetime, courtesy Ford Mustang!
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Ford Motor Company is giving consumers the opportunity to get in touch with their 'Mustang side' through "The '10 Unleashed" campaign, part of its new 2010 Ford Mustang launch. Drifter Vaughn Gittin, Jr. was the first to unleash the new Mustang in Japan,...[Read on] |
91 years old and 557,000 miles, and still going strong together
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Everybody is talking about this little old lady and her lifetime partnership with her Mercury Comet Caliente. She's more than 90 years old, and has been driving her "Chariot" since 1964.
Now with 557,000 miles on the odometer, the spunky pair has had th...[Read on] |
Royal Wedding Watch: Victoria Beckham to Donate Royal Trousseau?
| Victoria Beckham. Photograph via Patrick McMullan.
The royal wedding of Prince William and the future Princess Catherine is just a few months away. From the daily barrage of tabloid folly, VF.com’s Royal Watcher in London plucks the best for your weddin...[Read on] |
The Legendary O’Keeffe
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Georgia O’Keeffe has been all over the news lately. Turns out Lifetime premiered a movie the other evening (feat. Joan Allen and Jeremy Irons) about O’Keeffe’s personal life and her struggle to become an established artist. Then, an e...[Read on] |
Hollywood Feminist of the Day: Helen Mirren
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Helen Mirren was honored last week in London with a lifetime achievement award from Women in Film and TV International. She is now appearing in The Last Station as Sofya Tolstoy which will probably get her another Oscar nomination. The film is in limi...[Read on] |
Jolie gets Scarpetta franchise
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Angelina Jolie is teaming up with Patricia Cornwell to play Kay Scarpetta in what will hopefully become a long term franchise says Variety. Women are not known to lead franchises, Jolie had a previous one with Tomb Raider. Other I can think of include...[Read on] |
What Happened to Oxygen?
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Or I guess the better question is why did Oxygen never happen?
When Oxygen was born in 1998 I was psyched. The founders were stellar: Geraldine Laybourne, Marcy Carsey, Tom Werner, Caryn Mandabach as well as Oprah. What could be better?
Well I have t...[Read on] |
What to Watch & What to Not: TV Shows Mid-Season Review
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If the end of summer vacation means the beginning of many new things (a new school year, new fashion trends, and, of course, brand-new TV shows), then the end of winter break gives just enough time for me to promptly forget everything that happened in T...[Read on] |
Theatre women create awards in honor of Lillian Hellman
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This year a bunch of very high profile theatre writers and others decided that they were tired of women’s work being constantly unacknowledged, so they created The Lilly awards which will honor 17 women theater artists, as well as Mary Rodgers who will ...[Read on] |
The Time Has Come
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Those were the words that Barbra Streisand uttered when she announced Kathryn Bigelow’s name as the winner of the best director Oscar. The moment came at the end of a long and boring show that featured many male winners in most categories, but DAMN, s...[Read on] |
NYWIFT Muse Awards
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Last week I had the opportunity to attend the NYWIFT Muse Awards which honored some amazing women including America Ferrara (Ugly Betty); Julianna Margulies (The Good Wife); Allison Silverman (formerly the Executive Producer of the Colbert Report); Andrea...[Read on] |
The still sorry stats on women working behind the scenes on TV
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Martha Lauzen and her team at the Center for Study of Women in Television and Film at San Diego State U. have updated the statistics on women creatives working behind the scenes during the 2008- 2009 TV season.
Here are the stats: (keep in mind these are...[Read on] |
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] |
Women are Everywhere: National Book Critics Circle Finalists
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Remember way back in November when Publisher’s Weekly came up with a list of the top 10 books (not best selling books) of the year and not a single one was written by a woman? Lo and behold the National Book Critics Circle disagrees a bit and has nomi...[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] |
Get in the swing: June is Women’s Golf Month
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Throughout the month of June, women call the shots on the links. American Express Women’s Golf Month celebrates its sixth anniversary with a nationwide initiative that provides women the opportunity to learn or re-learn the game of golf in a fun and fri...[Read on] |
Get in the swing: June is Women’s Golf Month
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Throughout the month of June, women call the shots on the links. American Express Women’s Golf Month celebrates its fifth anniversary with a nationwide initiative that provides women the opportunity to learn or re-learn the game of golf in a fun and fri...[Read on] |
Women Everywhere Read This: Top Auto Accident Statistics
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According to Online Lawyer Source, vehicular accidents pose a serious threat to the public and auto accident statistics are the leading cause of death for people under the age of 34. Leading cause? This is something serious to consider. For all the moms ...[Read on] |
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