"melissa-click" Articles & Blogs:
Q&A;: Melissa Leo on The Fighter, Red State, and Kathryn Bigelow
| Leo at the Golden Globe Awards. Photograph via Patrick McMullan. As Oscar season enters its homestretch, Academy voters receive their final ballots, consensus gels around the favorites—and one name you hear over and over is Melissa Leo. She's already wo...[Read on] |
Holm V. Hernandez: Women boxers talk smack!
| Ok, this is just fun. On October 20th in Albuquerque, NM the world’s top female welterweight Holly Holm (25-1-3, 7 KO) and her challenger Melissa “Hurracan” Hernandez (11-1-2, 4 KO) were present for a press conference to announce the...[Read on] |
Women & Hollywood appears in NYC this week
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I’ll be speaking in NYC with Olivia Cohen-Cutler about Jewish women in Hollywood this Wednesday night. Would love to see some friends in the audience. Details are below.
WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 28 AT 7:00 PM
LIGHTS, CAMERA, SOCIAL ACTION!
JEWESSES IN ...[Read on] |
Pick Me Up: New ways to energize
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Many athletes (and non-athletes) are looking for a quick and easy energy boost. For those looking for options other than Red Bull, here are some of the newest energy-infused products to hit the market offering unconventional ways to put more pep in your ...[Read on] |
Hilary Swank is Wonder Woman in CONVICTION
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This movie should be renamed Wonder Woman, because that’s really who Hilary Swank’s character is. The film is captivating, cry-worthy, and I’m sure totally Oscar buzzed, but what really impressed me was the strong, powerful, and ins...[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] |
Feminist Artist Watch: Melissa Giges
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New York native Melissa Giges just released her national debut of Evident, where she sings with a soft yet almost haunting voice which conveniently matches the production of the music in the album, particularly the song, Evident. (Listen below.)
Utili...[Read on] |
Women & Hollywood in the News
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Two things I wanted to bring to your attention:
I am quoted in a piece on male stars and weight issues in the Irish Independent.
The Real Box Office Heavyweights
We have an expectation of the type of woman that we want to see on screen. We want them to...[Read on] |
Study links sport participation and opportunity for girls
| A study by Betsey Stevenson, the author of the research and an assistant professor of business and public policy at the University of Pennsylvania’s Wharton School, reveals data that indicates playing sports leads to greater educational and employment...[Read on] |
Gymnast Carly Patterson going for gold (again)
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2004 Olympic Gold Medalist Carly Patterson is going for the gold again, only this time in music. Carly’s debut album “Back to the Beginning” was released on 8/25 and includes the singles “Temporary Life” and “Time to Wake Up”. The former gym...[Read on] |
Victoria’s Secret congratulates Megan Fox’s Transformers replacement
| File this under yuck and gross. I guess this is what happens when you have a lingerie model get a gig in the movie. The company that she pitches for takes advantage of her new exposure.
This video exemplifies so many things that are wrong in Hollywoo...[Read on] |
The Donnas and more for Autism Speaks!
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Starting tomorrow night, all-female rock band The Donnas will embark on a four-day mini tour sponsored by Gibson, The Rock-n-Royalty Tour, in support of advocacy organization Autism Speaks with special guests The Vanguard, The Happiness (NYC only), Turbog...[Read on] |
Women & Hollywood in the News
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Women & Hollywood has been in the news twice this weekend. Thought I’d share:
From Ann Hornaday at the Washington Post:
Women & Film: With female characters, why does Hollywood fear that the stronger they are, the harder they fail?
This state of af...[Read on] |
Modern Lady's Modern Take on the White House Report on Women (Hint: Not Doing So Hot, Ladies)
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Yay! The White House made a report on the status of women! Oh no, as far as women in America go, we're still paid less than men and doing most of the housework. Wait, is that really all the report focused on? Not only have women's strides been small, but ...[Read on] |
Theatre Alert: The River Crosses Rivers- Short Plays by Women Playwrights of Color
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This is a straight press release that I thought I would share
GOING TO THE RIVER Presents
September 9th – 27th, 2009
The River Crosses Rivers is a festival of new short work from thirteen emerging and established women playwrights of color. Playwr...[Read on] |
Women & Hollywood in the Press
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Women & Hollywood is featured in Ellen Snortland’s column in the Pasadena Weekly.
I’ve been a fan of two women in particular who keep track of women and Hollywood. Melissa Silverstein publishes a weekly newsletter, “Women and Hollywood,” and blog...[Read on] |
Upcoming Event: Brooklyn Blogfest
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For anyone in the NYC area mark down May 7th in your calendar for the annual Brooklyn Blogfest. The theme is:
Insight. Advice. Inspiration. Resources.
The main program is: WHY WE BLOG is a panel discussion moderated by BCAT’s Megan Donis and featuri...[Read on] |
The Athena Film Festival
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I just wanted to let you all know about an exciting new project I am working on — The Athena Film Festival – It’s a film festival that focuses on women’s leadership and will take place at Barnard College in NYC next February 10-13th.
I am produ...[Read on] |
CNN live web chat: Obama and abortion
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Today at 12:15 p.m. I'll be joining three other bloggers for a discussion of Obama's remarks about abortion at Notre Dame this weekend.
Click here to watch the live stream.
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Sarah Palin Follows the White House on Twitter, But the White House Does Not Follow Sarah Palin
| Photo by Lonerockalex/Wikipedia.Introducing Friend or Follow, arguably the most uncomfortable addition to Twitter since whatever Spencer Pratt last tweeted. The gist of the program is fairly self-evident: typing in one’s username on friendorfollow.com w...[Read on] |
This Just In!: Breaking News with Meg Cabot
| The latest on the Insatiable vampire invasion has been released.
For book previews and other Overbite goodies, please click here.
Overbite (the sequel to Insatiable), is scheduled to come out July 5. Is anyone else counting down the days?
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'Sex and The City 2' World Premiere (Photos)
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Those fabulous four women are at it again, at the world premiere of ‘Sex and the City 2’Culture | Today 12:00 pmThe world premiere of "Sex and the City 2" was held on May 24, 2010, at Radio City Music Hall in New York City. If you th...[Read on] |
Wino Wednesday: Me Bones Be Shakin’!
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Halloween is a great time to find really creative things that are both spooky and adorable. In the spirit of it, I found these two gems to spruce up your house! Or you could be totally awesome any time of the year with some eclectic showpieces! (click on ...[Read on] |
Hollywood Deals
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Some interesting things in the works:
Shana Feste (The Greatest) has been hired by Hilary Swank’s 2S Films to adapt the novel “You’re Not You” and direct it for the big screen. The debut novel of Michelle Wildgen, “You’re Not You” is about ...[Read on] |
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