"sportswomen-of-the-year" Articles & Blogs:
2009 was no Year of the Woman in Hollywood
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Just forget all the bullshit you and I are constantly fed (and I sometimes write) about how great things are for women in Hollywood. We did have a better year at the box office with a couple of female led films making it to the top 10, and we did get a ...[Read on] |
A Gigantic One-Year Tax Break for America's Least Needy
| Mr. Burns ardently supports repeal of the federal estate tax.Here’s my advice to the rich for 2010: savor the total repeal of the estate tax while you’ve got it, because it’s not going to last.
In June 2001, President George W. Bush sign...[Read on] |
The 10 Tribeca Films We’re Most Excited About
| Retaining a flair for the eclectic that mimics its venues in the East Village, Tribeca, and Chelsea, this year’s Tribeca Film Festival doesn’t feel as dominated by several overhyped films. Instead, we’ve got a varied catalogue of interes...[Read on] |
Could a woman get nominated for best director this year?
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Another of the post-Cannes write ups include a supposition that 2009 might be a year where a woman could get a best director nod which would be the first since Sophia Coppola in 2003 for Lost in Translation. (H/T to Guy Lodge from In Contention for even...[Read on] |
Conde Nast axes four women's magazine titles
| We've been hearing for some time that print journalism is dead. Newspapers and magazines have been cutting back or ceasing operation in alarming numbers.
Now comes news that Conde Nast is shutting down four magazines, including the awarding winning Gourm...[Read on] |
Women's 2009 Books Enjoyed a Banner Year
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(WOMENSENEWS)--Female writers in all genres and at all levels--from blockbusters to thought stirrers--have won a generous portion of this year's critical acclaim, sweeping up a large percentage of the major prizes and, partially thanks to a spate of new f...[Read on] |
Connecticut and Minnesota swap draft picks, Trade Montgomery and Whalen
| The big news in the WNBA is that Connecticut and Minnesota have traded first-round draft picks. Previously, Minnesota had the #1 Draft Pick and Connecticut had the #2 overall pick.Trade:to Connecticut: Minnesota's first round draft pick (#1 overall&...[Read on] |
Battle of the Sexes Puma Mile: Parker Makes the Men Earn It
| Barbara Parker was going to make sure she either won the $10,000 Puma contract or the man who did had to put up the fight of his life.
Parker took off at the gun that started the women's field, setting a 4:30 mile pace on the first lap and never letting ...[Read on] |
AP nominates two horses for "Female Athlete of the Year"
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It's the end of the year, aka the merry season of top ten lists. The Associated Press recently published the vote tallies for its Female Athlete of the Year, in which 158 sports editors around the country weigh in on which of these ten female athletes des...[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] |
Marta wins fifth consecutive FIFA women’s world player of the year
| The amazing Marta won her fifth consecutive FIFA player of the year award, ahead of Germany’s Fatmire Bajramaj and Birgit Prinz.
The FIFA Ballon d’Or Gala, which took place in Zurich on Monday, raised the curtain on the new decade in style. Attractin...[Read on] |
Out of the carnage rises....the WNBA season
| The final transactions page on the night before the regular season begins. All the talented players on that list - it kills me.The WNBA is a Leaner, Meaner Place this year, and that's not a good thing. Many of the players on the cut list were employed a f...[Read on] |
Vote for Sportswoman of the Year
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It’s that time of year. Time to head over to the Women’s Sports Foundation website to vote for Sportswoman of the Year.
Every year, WSF recognizes an individual and team Sportswoman whose performances over a 12-month time span have been exceptional...[Read on] |
Marta named World Player of year
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Brazil’s Marta captured soccer’s World Player of the Year award for the fourth year in a row. The 23-year-old playmaker beat teammate Cristiane, Kelly Smith of England, and Germans Birgit Prinz and Inka Grings.
“I’m really surprised,” Marta sa...[Read on] |
Will This Year’s Best Actress Oscar Be a Celebrity Death Match? (Yes.)
| The Academy Award for best actress perennially ranks as one of the most buzzed-about moments of any Oscar ceremony. (Beautiful women dressed to the nines like Gilded Age debutantes certainly doesn’t hurt ratings.) This year may prove to be a special stu...[Read on] |
17-Year-Old Sweeping at U.S. Open
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It's inspiring to see 17-year-old Melanie Oudin kicking ass and taking names at the U.S. Open, isn't it? This powerhouse from Marietta, Georgia is staring down her first Grand Slam quarterfinal.
After her latest win over Russian opponent Nadia Petrovato,...[Read on] |
13 year old Casie Cathrea makes a hole-in-one at LPGA Challenge
| Casie Cathrea, a 13 year old golfer from California, shot a hole-in-one at the CVS/pharmacy LPGA Challenge in Danville, Calif. on Thursday. In the opening round – her first on the tour, she made a hole-in-one on the 155-yard 12th hole. AMAZING! Her sc...[Read on] |
Where are you Sela Ward?
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I am a big, big fan of Sela Ward. Loved her in Sisters. (how about someone remake that show now except without Julianne Phillips?) Double loved Once and Again which is where we first met Evan Rachel Wood.
Last time I saw Sela Ward she was doing a s...[Read on] |
Wimbledon drops ‘Miss’ from scoreboards
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Wimbledon has always been known for its strict standards of etiquette. Organizers of the tournament like things to be done just so, like insisting players wear predominantly white.
But nothing is sacred and some traditions have been scrapped in recent ye...[Read on] |
EW looks at the top working directors
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I started to get real nervous as I paged through the top 25 since I didn’t run into a woman’s name until SHOCKER, at number 4 is Kathryn Bigelow. What a difference a year (a great movie, and some awards) make. Think she would have been on the list...[Read on] |
Sexism Watch: Publishers Weekly Top Ten Books of 2009
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The editors of Publishers Weekly have thrown down the gauntlet picking the top 10 books of the year and SURPRISE they are all by guys.
Here’s what Louisa Ermelino said about how they chose the books:
From more than 50,000 volumes, we valiantly set out...[Read on] |
Women Score Serious Grammy Noms
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The music business is one place where women are really dominant and present in a big, big way.
The Grammy nominations were released yesterday and Beyonce led all nominees with 10 (she also got a nomination for a song she helped write for the film Cadilla...[Read on] |
Fast Females: A 45-year-old and a filly plunder expectations and find victory
| By Laura Pappano
That blur you see is a 45-year-old woman breaking a record. (OK, snapping with an iPhone enhances the effect in this case).
That’s right. Yesterday at the Stratton Faxon New Haven Road Race — which was also the Men’s and W...[Read on] |
Carrie Underwood Rules Country Music Awards
| For the first time in almost a decade, a woman wins the top honor in the boys club of the ACMsCarrie Underwood | Today 10:55 amCarrie Underwood won Entertainer of the Year at last night’s Academy of Country Music Awards, the first woman to win the t...[Read on] |
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