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Women’s Weekend Box Office Report June 25-27
Debra Granik’s Winter’s Bone crossed the $1 million dollar mark this past weekend and is now playing on 70 screens including some in the midwest near where the film takes place.  The film cost $2 million and it looks promising for it to pay back it...[Read on]
What's in Obama's Proposed 2010 Budget for You?
We here at wOw have gone through the huge budget documents to pick out what parts of the $355 trillion plan may affect womenPost | Today 1:50 pm We understand the logistics of President Obama’s recently revealed $3.55 trillion budget can be a bit ...[Read on]
Carrie Bradshaw's $230,000 Outfit
Which one of these S.A.T.C.2 outfits costs more than the others? By now you've probably heard that the costume budget for Sex and the City 2 was estimated at more than $10 million. But what if you wanted to re-create just one of Carrie’s looks, for brun...[Read on]
DrudgeSiren.gif: Michelle Obama Brushes Dirt Off the President's Shoulders
Photo by Pete Souza.Is this insensitive given the looming fiscal crisis? Is Obama prematurely celebrating his controversial budget proposal? Is this going to sit well with voters from arid areas? And how might this brazen display of arrogance affect, say,...[Read on]
Women’s Weekend Box Office Report – July 4th Holiday
To no one’s surprise, Twilight Eclipse opened big, almost as big as New Moon.  Here are the numbers: The first six days of Eclipse brought in $175 million domestic and another $100 million overseas.  New Moon’s domestic gross was $178 in six days...[Read on]
Women & Wine - Is it Time to Start Collecting Great Wine?
Ok, so I'm a contrarian this a.m. - and instead of giving you some picks for your budget, I'm going to encouraging you to think about starting to put some gems in your cellar. The timing has never been better for getting some great wines into your cellar...[Read on]
Spring Cleaning! Hooray!
I keep seeing articles on this apparently national seasonal phenomenon, and they always have bright, fresh photos and great encouragement to dive in and clean your whole house at once. What fun! Pardon my whining —  But it’s SPRING! And the sun’s ...[Read on]
Women at the Box Office: August 13-15
The dynamic of the weekend was set up as adversarial all week. Will the girls beat the boys?  Will the boys punch the girls?  No wonder we are still so fucked up about gender at the movies.  If we didn’t set the movies up as an us vs. them dynamic...[Read on]
Green car buying on a budget?
It seems that everyone we talk to is on a tighter budget these days, and most of them tell us watching their pennies has become more than just a hobby. It doesn't matter whether it's groceries, clothing, or gas, we're all looking for the best deal whenev...[Read on]
Glee Tackles High-School Bullying
Last night's episode of Glee spotlighted high-school bullying, in the form of Kurt, McKinley High's only openly gay student, who is physically and verbally abused for his sexuality, and Shannon Beiste, the new football coach who threatens Sue's budget exp...[Read on]
Women’s Summer Box Office Recap
The weather is changing here in NYC, the kids are getting ready to go back to school and the fall film festivals are upon us, so before too much time passes let’s take a look at how women fared this summer at the box office. We all know that in gener...[Read on]
Sandra Bullock makes Box Office history
Sandra Bullock started out 2009 pretty much off the Hollywood radar screen.  She hadn’t made a movie for two years, and since most people never thought a woman over 40 could score box office successes, her upcoming films weren’t taken very seriously....[Read on]
Women at the Box Office: July 23-25
Salt starring Angelina Jolie didn’t make it to number 1 thanks to the growing cultural obsession with Inception (which I liked a lot), but it was number 2 for the weekend bringing in a total of $36.5 million (the budget is estimated to be between $110...[Read on]
Delaware State violates Title IX with recent elimination of equestrian team
Via Jarrett at HBCU Sports Blog, I learned that Delaware State University recently announced a decision to eliminate men's tennis and women's equestrian. The decision, which comes less than a year after announced elimination of the men's wrestling team, ...[Read on]
City Series, Part 12: Pittsburgh
While it may have a reputation as the “City of Steel,” Pittsburgh should probably consider changing its motto to the “City of Colleges.” Home to Carlow University, Chatham University, Duqesne University, University of Pittsburgh and others, the ci...[Read on]
Catherine Hardwicke books her next film
It’s been a while — November 2008– since the release of her last film, you know that little film Twilight, the one that made her the highest grossing female director EVER.   It’s taken way too long for her to get back in the saddle.  I personall...[Read on]
Volleyball reinstated at QU, Men's Track eliminated
After being temporarily enjoined from cutting the women's volleyball program, Quinnipiac University has decided to permanently reinstate the team. This move will likely result in a settlement of the Title IX lawsuit against the university, according to t...[Read on]
Ways to Stretch Your Golf Budget
If you’re like most of us in today’s troubled economic times you are finding it difficult to play as much golf as you would like and to afford the necessary equipment. Certainly there more important things in this world than playing golf, like eating,...[Read on]
Planning the Ultimate Chicks-Only Getaway
Summer is quickly approaching and chicks in colleges across the country are getting ready for the upcoming months of internships, jobs, and, in some cases, summer classes. However, just because a chick’s summer schedule may not be as flexible as it was ...[Read on]
What Bigelow Effect? Women Directors to Acheive Parity in 2060…Maybe
I’m a little late to this party but I wanted to give a big shout out to Elisabeth Rappe at Film.com for her awesome and thorough piece: In What Year Will Female Directors Make Up Half the Workforce? She makes some really great points and reiterat...[Read on]
Equality Watch: Female Conductors
Marin Alsop The LA Times had an in-depth article looking at how women are faring as conductors AKA leaders in orchestras across the country.  I wrote last month about Xian Zhang’s appointment in Italy, and now people are looking to see where we are in...[Read on]
Traveling on a budget? Try a hotel alternative
As a newly minted college grad, I had one thing on my mind: buy a plane ticket to Europe and spend six week backpacking across the countries I had only ever dreamed of visiting. But after I started calculating the price tag of my European adventure - from...[Read on]
New Research: Women fare better in the indie movie world
File this under no shit sherlock, but new research from the Center for Study for Women in Television and Film at San Diego State shows that women are more represented on independent films that appear in film festivals than in the top grossing big budget f...[Read on]
Fired for Being Too Skinny
The Megan Fox saga continues.  The Wrap is reporting that the reason why Megan Fox was let go from Transformers 3 was because she showed up looking “pale,” “underweight” and “unhealthy” and the director, Michael Bay didn’t like how she look...[Read on]
I am Love starring Tilda Swinton
Tilda Swinton is such an interesting actress.  She plays a wide diversity of roles from Hollywood films like Michael Clayton all the way to small budget Stephanie Daley and she is most always amazing to watch.  Tomorrow she opens in I am Love which fo...[Read on]
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