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Julia Roberts and Ryan Murphy Part 2
Their first film collaboration — Eat Pray Love — does not open for another month, but Sony wants to be in the business of Julia and Ryan.  Ryan is the creator and force behind Glee.  According to Deadline, Amy Pascal is pleased with what she’s s...[Read on]
Tobacco Companies Target Women, Say Foes
Antismoking groups are taking on tobacco industry for targeting womenPost | 02/26/2009 4:15 pm The tobacco industry has never been known for subtlety — and that’s no less true in their marketing toward women, say antismoking groups. The ...[Read on]
Attention New York Liberty Fans: Free popcorn, lunch with Kia Vaughn
Attention New York Liberty fans - need reasons to buy tickets to the games? Here are a few: you can get free popcorn at games at Madison Square Garden, and if you buy VIP season tickets, you can have lunch with newly-drafted (Rutgers grad) Kia Vaughn. I...[Read on]
Humor: The Six Most Common Personality Types on Facebook
You’ve seen these six, classic personality types before—in your news feed. Henry Alford and Ryan Heshka on Facebook’s dominant personality types. ...[Read on]
What Lady Gaga Thought About for the 72 Hours She Spent in the Egg
Today Lady Gaga told radio’s Ryan Seacrest that she spent three days in her Grammy egg before hatching. “I was in there for about 72 hours," she said. “It was time for me to really prepare and think about the meaning of the song.” The song in ques...[Read on]
CARS or Cash for Clunkers: A Personal Car-Buying Experience
How could I resist?  The government is going to buy my poor old van and I can get a new vehicle at a drastic savings.  So the process begins.  Because I have experience in the car business I thought this would be a snap.  I checked on line to be sure...[Read on]
From Sarah Palin to Oprah Winfrey: 10 Unexpected Celebrity Marathoners
With the 40th annual New York City Marathon happening Sunday, November 1, wOw’s spotlighting some unexpected a-list marathoners. Which marathoner do you find most surprising?Entertainment | Today 1:00 amAlanis Morissette, Mark Bittman, Dan Jansen, E...[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]
Is she the female Dane Reynolds? Silvana Lima airs it out
Silvana Lima : photo Billabong After an amazing season, the Brazilian surfer Silvana Lima finished at the second place of the Dream Tour. Freaksurf Magazine decided to catch up with her to get the story on this girl, some kind of female Dane Reynolds who...[Read on]
Yeardley Love: An Angel Remembered
Yeardley Reynolds Love, 22, of Cockeysville, Md. and a member of the University of Virginia women’s lacrosse team was found dead in her apartment in Charlottesville, Virginia, early Monday morning, the apparent victim of a homicide. In custody and charg...[Read on]
Eat Pray Love
Elizabeth Gilbert was miserable.  She crashed out of her marriage, careened into another relationship way too quickly and was just overwhelmed and seriously fucked up.  She needed a change — not just a haircut or new clothes — a fundamental change...[Read on]
Throwing it back:12 year old girl sues over a milestone baseball
A 12-year-old Florida girl who grabbed a historic home run ball hit by Philadelphia Phillies slugger Ryan Howard over the summer has her prize back after suing the team for its return. According to the AP, the July home run against the Florida Marlins ...[Read on]
Equality Watch: Women Missing from Great Directors Festival on TCM
Got a press release from the folks at Turner Classics movies announcing their month long great directors festival in June. This month long event will feature 350 films and not a single female director featured is included! Here are some of the guys: Fr...[Read on]
The Time Traveler’s Wife
I have to preface my thoughts on this film by saying that my eyes exploded in a huge allergic reaction during the second half of the film.  Weirdly, even though I could barely see I liked the second half better but for a epic type romance there was somet...[Read on]
A Tale of two young actresses
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]
Women at the Box Office This Weekend
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]
Women at the Box Office This Weekend
Julia- Opens in NY & LA Tilda Swinton is one of those actresses of tremendous talent.  I always find her fascinating to watch and am amazed at how completely different she is in all her roles.  But sometimes her talent outweighs the film she is in, and...[Read on]
Women at the Box Office This Weekend- May 29
Opening This Week Pressure Cooker- directed by Jennifer Grausman and Mark Becker (at the IFC in NY) Here’s the description from the press materials: Three seniors at Philadelphia’s Frankford High School find an unlikely champion in the kitchen of Wil...[Read on]
Why Can’t DIII Football Be Co-Ed?
Lebanon Valley College photo By Laura Pappano The phrase “college football” evokes testosterone-charged pre-U.S. Marine-style intensity and mammoth bodies colliding at ridiculously odd angles and high speeds. That may accurately describe DI teams o...[Read on]
Rachel McAdams – Maintaining her privacy with her success
I remember when I first saw her in Mean Girls.  She was terrifically mean.  She scared the crap out of my teenage self.  Then she broke my heart in The Notebook.  I have always admired her film choices. (I’ll give her a pass on Sherlock Holmes cause...[Read on]
Ashley Fiolek wins gold at X Games
For the last two years, Jessica Patterson has been so close to getting an X Games gold medal that she could almost taste it. Last year after leading almost every lap in the Moto X Super X, JP narrowly lost to teen phenom Ashley Fiolek. This year, Jessica...[Read on]
Soccer: Remembering the women
I have not watched one second of the men's World Cup. And yet it seems to be the only thing I can blog about these days. (I do have a post coming about working out in skirts--so stay tuned for something non-soccer. Not that there's anything wrong with...[Read on]
ChickSpeak hearts Celtic Thunder
There is something about Celtic Thunder that catches your attention. Maybe, it’s the fact that they are six gorgeous Irish and Scottish men complete with authentic swoon-worthy accents. Maybe, its because these six guys are extremely talented singers a...[Read on]
The Power of TV – Glee uses Madonna to Address Sexism
I’m an admitted big Gleek.  Last night’s show featuring the music of Madonna was by far the best episode of the series yet.  I thought it was brilliant how they used Madonna and her place in the culture as a female leader and icon to talk about ever...[Read on]
Women at the Box Office- April 3
No wide women-centric releases this week, but Sunshine Cleaning continues to roll out across the country. (Disclaimer: I worked on outreach to women for the film)  New locations include: Omaha; Grand Rapids; Lansing; Flint; Kalamazoo; Richmond; Norfolk; ...[Read on]
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