"winning" Articles & Blogs:
Emmy-winning writer Kater Gordon departs Mad Men
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Something’s fishy over at Sterling Cooper.
It’s not too often that a newly minted Emmy winner leaves the show that earned her an Emmy, but that’s what seems to have happened to Kater Gordon. Nikki Finke reported on Deadline Hollywood yesterday th...[Read on] |
Theatre Awards
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The arrival of marks the end of the theatre season here in NY so it’s awards time. The Tony Awards just deal with Broadway plays and there are other awards that include both Broadway and off-Broadway. I always find the mixed awards so fascinating be...[Read on] |
Salt-N-Pepa Kick Off Legends of Hip-Hop Tour
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Grammy Award Winning and legendary hip-hop icons Salt-N-Pepa are kicking off a 20-city Legends of Hip-Hop Tour! As the first ever female rap crew, Salt-N-Pepa, broke barriers and opened doors wide open that were once closed to women in hip-hop. They gave ...[Read on] |
Women to Watch in the Olympics (While You Still Can): The US Hockey Team
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The ladies of the US’s women’s hockey team are a stunning group of women—who will be going for the gold this Thursday against Canada--peppered with Ivy League grads, awesome moms, and career women (including two women who have opened the...[Read on] |
Mo'Nique's Spreads The Love With New Comedy Tour
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Mo'Nique doesn't stop! After winning a number of awards (including a SAG Award, a Golden Globe and the Washington, DC, Boston, Los Angeles, and New York Film Critics Award) being nominated for an Academy Award, and hosting a successful...[Read on] |
Women in Art - an award winning video
| This video by digital artist Philip Scott Johnson has been around for a while but I'm just getting to it. It's 500 years of female portraits in Western art set to Bach's Sarabande from Suite for Solo Cello No. 1 in G Major, BWV 1007 performed by Yo-Yo Ma
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Kathryn Bigelow wins Best Director at BAFTAs
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The awards season keeps rolling on for Kathryn Bigelow and The Hurt Locker. Not only was the film named best picture last evening at the BAFTA’s (the British version of the Academy Awards), but Bigelow became the first woman EVER to be named best direct...[Read on] |
Congratulations, Martha Coakley!
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This post was written by WCF Fellow, Stephanie Glover
Congratulations, Martha. After winning the Massachusetts Democratic primary, you are on your way to becoming the first female senator from...
This is a content summary only. Visit Women and Politics f...[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] |
Mother's Day Interview - Gold Medalist Mary Wineberg
| Last week I talked to Mary Wineberg, lead-off leg of the 2008 Olympic gold medal-winning 4x400m relay team. In 2009, she and her husband had their first child, Brooklyn Marie, who is now 9 months old. Mary is already back in shape and setting “post-...[Read on] |
WeMix.com Serena Williams launch “Serena’s Song” contest
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Rapper Ludacris is teaming up with tennis star Serena Williams for an online contest aimed at finding a theme song for the superstar tennis champion.
The “Serena’s Song” contest is a nationwide songwriting competition inviting independent musicians...[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] |
Frances McDormand Takes on a New Role – Producer
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Actress Frances McDormand can add an new title to her resume – producer now that she has optioned two books.
The first is the Pulitzer Prize winning book Olive Kitteridge by Elizabeth Strout. She purchased the book before it won the Pulitzer. Jan...[Read on] |
LIVE’S High Heel-a-thon
| The 2010 Regis and Kelly LIVE! High Heel-A-Thon is set to take place on Wednesday, September 22nd. The High Heel-A-Thon is a fun 150-yard dash in support of The Heart Truth®. Although this is simply a fun event in heels, a lot of serious athletes als...[Read on] |
HBO developing show for Laura Dern
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HBO seems to be on a great track. Based on her Golden Globe winning and Emmy nominated performance as Katherine Harris in Recount, HBO wanted to get into the series business with Dern. But she wanted to wait for the right vehicle
Enter Mike White (Ye...[Read on] |
Women filmmakers win big at Tribeca
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Austrian filmmaker Feo Aladag won the Best Narrative Feature award for her debut feature When We Leave. The film’s star Sibel Kikilli was also named best actress.
Here’s what the jury said about the film:
When We Leave examines one woman’s strug...[Read on] |
Kim Kardashian’s sweet-smelling fight against breast cancer
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Kim Kardashian, one of the most glamorous and downright gorgeous women in Hollywood, has taken up arms in the fight against breast cancer. In celebration of Breast Cancer Awareness Month, Kim has turned to her closest and most trusted support group - her ...[Read on] |
Transcript of President Obama’s comments to UConn women’s basketball team
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“Hello everybody. Please have a seat. Have a seat.
Well, welcome to the White House, everybody. Congratulations to the UConn Huskies on your second straight undefeated season and your second straight NCAA championship. I want to point out this team h...[Read on] |
African National Congress: "Such comments can only serve to portray women as being weak"
| Seldom have I seen a rejoinder as plain-spoken and incisive as the ANC's to accusations that women's 800-meter world champion Caster Semenya is not a woman. I could not find or conjure up a better title for this post.
Caster Semenya earned a gold medal i...[Read on] |
Lunafest- A Women’s Film Festival Near You
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The folks who bring us the yummy lunabars are also the ones behind Lunafest - a traveling festival of films by and about women - that are happening in communities across the country.
They are looking for submissions for the next festival and the deadline...[Read on] |
Petrova takes title at Los Angeles Marathon
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It’s Marathon Monday in Los Angeles.
I had every intention of getting up early this morning and heading downtown to watch the 24th annual running of the race. It was a cool, overcast morning, 59 degrees at the start of the women’s race, with the temp...[Read on] |
Keeping the Mood Light at The Lovely Bones Premiere
| Susan Sarandon, Christian Ashdale, Peter Jackson, and Saoirse Ronan at The Lovely Bones premiere in New York City, on December 3, 2009. Photographs by PatrickMcMullan.com. “I didn’t even recognize you!” Susan Sarandon said to an Alexander Wang-clad ...[Read on] |
Oscar-winning short Smile Pinki to air on HBO, June 3
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Megan and Pinki go to the Oscar
It’s hard to watch Megan Mylan’s Oscar winning short film Smile Pinki without having emotions. At the beginning it was sadness, but by the end you can’t stop smiling as much a Pinki the young Indian girl whose life...[Read on] |
A woman gets her own theatre
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Great news. Rising star director Kate Whoriskey has been tapped by the Intiman Theatre in Seattle to take over as Artistic Director when current star director Barlett Sher leaves in 2010.
She will join a small club of female artistic directors in charg...[Read on] |
Best music to relax to
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Every chick needs to unwind sometime. Luckily, that doesn’t have to mean shamelessly splurging or even going out and getting a massage or mani/pedi. Relaxation can start in the home and float beautifully through the speakers. In the days when vinyl was ...[Read on] |
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