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Hollywood Feminist of the Day: Regina King
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Regina King
Rutina Wesley
Regina King kicked a little Emmy butt in a piece on the Huffington Post. First, she talked about the lack of people of color nominated. She cited stats from the NY Daily News the that only 53 people of color were nominate...[Read on] |
TV: Feminist Cop Shows
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Kathryn Morris
I like a good procedural. In fact, I pretty much watch most all the cop shows on TV, even Criminal Minds. But I have been a big fan of Cold Case which has a female detective Lily Rush played by Kathryn Morris at its center. Now I hea...[Read on] |
Dear Jurisprudence: Is It Legal for Rodney King to Marry a Juror from His Trial?
| Rodney King announced yesterday that he has proposed to his girlfriend, Cynthia Kelley, a juror from his 1993 civil case against the city of Los Angeles. If a plaintiff’s marrying a juror sounds suspect, that’s because it very well could be! A...[Read on] |
Interview with Regina King of Southland
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If NBC hadn’t been such a bone headed network last year in wanting to put Jay Leno in the 10pm slot (we know how that worked out) virtually eliminating all the cutting edge dramas. One show that got caught up in the disaster was Southland created by A...[Read on] |
Billie Jean King honored with Medal of Freedom award by President Barack Obama
| Billie Jean King honored with Medal of Freedom award by President Barack Obama
Billie Jean King would love to head to the tennis court at the White House after she receives the Medal of Freedom.
But the tennis great hasn’t hit balls for nearly a year ...[Read on] |
Top 10 Reasons for Sarah Palin Resignation
| The following was written prior to cocktail hour on the west coast....
1) She thought that MJ was the King of the GOP not the King of POP
2) Test results were about to be released to show that her grandchild TRIP is really the son of TRIP (Sr.)
3) She ...[Read on] |
Women at the Box Office This Weekend
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There are a several movies opening this weekend in limited release and both American Violet and Lemon Tree open wider.
American Violet opens in Boston; Philadelphia; San Francisco; Houston; Austin and Seattle. Here’s my interview with Regina Kelly wh...[Read on] |
Dr. King's vision of how we can all be great
| A moving part of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.s "The Drum Major Instinct" speech talks about servanthood. It is something that Coach Don Meyer speaks of often at his clinics and academies. it is something that was spoken to our team and staff at LSU by ...[Read on] |
Derrek Lutz wears dress to prom, wins prom king
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This story is a bit old, but too good not to share. Amidst all of the queer and gender non-conforming panic around prom season (remember Constance McMillen?), Derrek Lutz's story was buried.
Derrek is a high school student in New Jersey who self-ident...[Read on] |
Oprah, why the tears?
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I love what Oprah Winfrey has to say about her best friend Gayle King in the clip below from her upcoming Barbara Walters special. I feel lucky to have friends in my life I'd say the same about. But what this clip has people asking is--why the tears? As i...[Read on] |
Madonna Turns The Big 5-1
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In celebration of Madonna’s big birthday, BB King is having its eighth annual Madonnathon, a live performance/dance party for the living legend. Every girl has been influenced by Madonna in some way or another. She’s affected every generation...[Read on] |
Will the Next Royal Wedding Be in Monaco?
| Royal watchers will recall that last week, an unnamed guest stained the Queen Elizabeth II's dress at the 70th-birthday celebration in London for King Constantine of Greece. Curious who spilled the offending coffee on her Maj? Greek shipping heir turned j...[Read on] |
SWAN Day - Support Women Artists Now- is Tomorrow
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Tomorrow is the second annual SWAN (Support Women Arists Now) Day. The whole point of the day is to recognize and support women artists. Women & Hollywood will be supporting women artists tomorrow at the Boston screening of Hounddog.
The event is a pro...[Read on] |
Musical Monday: Genius in My Company
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So what’s “Musical Monday”? Just pick the book you’re currently reading (or just finished), then think of a song or album that best matches the book. Even hitting shuffle on your musical player will do the trick. I don’t know about you, but song...[Read on] |
Nominate your female Sports Hero
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March is Women’s History Month and there is no better way to honor female
athletes than by nominating them for one of the Women’s Sports Foundation’s 2010 award programs.
Current open nominations include:
Sportswoman of the Year Award. Every year,...[Read on] |
Cate Blanchett & Feminism in Robin Hood
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[Spoilers below]
I watched Robin Hood this past weekend with the boo and I LOVED it! Man oh man, the story of Robin Hood just hits me right in the core! I mean, Guru's Robbin Hood Theory is one of my favorite songs of all time! Best lyrics ever: Now tha...[Read on] |
Legendary Female Boxer Shot and Stabbed - Accused is Her Husband
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The scary details:
Cops in Orange County, Florida claim the 42-year-old former boxing champion -- who once fought on an undercard for Mike Tyson -- managed to stumble out of her home and flag down a passing motorist ... who took Christy to a local hosp...[Read on] |
The Controversy Over Angelina Jolie’s Directorial Debut
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Angelina Jolie has been in Europe over the last couple of months filming her still untitled directorial debut a love story that she wrote about a Bosnian Muslim woman and a Serbian man. Tough stuff to begin with but the shoot has not been easy politic...[Read on] |
Awards Watch: National Book Award Nominees
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Here are the women who were nominated for the National Book Awards. Winners will be announced on November 18,
Fiction
Bonnie Jo Campbell, American Salvage (Wayne State University Press)
Jayne Anne Phillips, Lark and Termite (Alfred A. Knopf)
Non-Fictio...[Read on] |
Honoring Martin Luther King Jr. Day - and considering "Driving While Black"
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A media ride and drive event in Memphis left me with some free time in the afternoon before heading to the airport to return home. My colleague and I were wondering how to pass a few hours, when he suggested we visit the Lorraine Motel, the assassination...[Read on] |
ESPN Bans NY Post for Showing Naked Erin Andrews Photos; Female Sportscaster Finds Allies Everywhere
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As the investigation into who the peeping Tom was violating Andrews’s
privacy, reports and blogs pop up everywhere blasting sexism, voyeurismPost | 07/23/2009 10:30 amThe disgusting ordeal ESPN reporter Erin Andrews has had to face — being the...[Read on] |
California high school elects gay male prom queen
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Sergio Garcia, an 18 year old student at Fairfax High school in Los Angeles was elected Prom Queen last week.
From the LA Times:
Garcia, 18, spent most of his years at Fairfax openly gay and wanted to be part of the Los Angeles school's prom court --...[Read on] |
Inequity Alert: TCM’s 15 most overlooked directors
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I really don’t know how these things get done but to create another list of directors and this time having it be overlooked directors and not to include any women just blows me away.
From the press release: Turner Classic Movies unveiled the network’...[Read on] |
Halle Berry Gets Back to Work (and Covers Vogue)
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Halle Berry hasn’t been in a movie in several years, hasn’t done an interview in over three, yet she could not resist the call that came in to be on the cover of September’s Vogue.
Halle is the first woman of color to be on the cover of a Septemb...[Read on] |
Unmatched: Martina and Chris Rivalry
| Tuesday night, September 14 at 8 pm EDT, ESPN will air a documentary entitled, Unmatched. The film follows the tennis rivalry and friendship between Martina Navratilova and Chris Evert. Martina and Chris discussed their relationship on and off the court ...[Read on] |
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