Helen Mirren has been in the biz for more than 40 years; she’s won an Academy Award and is one of a very small handful of women over 60 to have a (semi-) permanent spot on the big screen. If anyone is qualified to comment on the state of women in Hollywood, it’s Helen. She’s ...
“Poor Ange,” you must be thinking, “She only makes 30 mill a movie.” While the problems of the rich and the famous often leave us feeling more bitterness than sympathy, the fact of the matter remains that Hollywood’s actresses earn far less than its actors. This week Forbes Magazine’s list of the top earning male ...
Helen Mirren is sick of penis. Specifically she is sick of the reverence given to them in Hollywood. In a beautiful speech given at the Women In Entertainment awards, she eloquently summed up the problems faced by women in the entertainment industry, and the world at large. “Unappreciated, underused and ill-used,” she began. “Undervalued, undernourished, ...
In a country where women are stoned for immodesty, appearing in a soap opera is practically a political statement. However, for many of these actresses, financial need overshadows their concerns about respect. The Secret of this House is Afghanistan’s first soap opera, created as a more wholesome alternative to those racy Hindi shows from India. ...
Emma Stone is the next big thing. She’s being compared to Lindsay Lohan, but without the drugs and drama. This girl is quick, witty and a joy to watch. Everyone I know has a crush on her. So why is her career doomed? It’s the curse of the red-heads. Hollywood always has one token sassy ...
Kylie Minogue has been voted UK’s Most Powerful Celebrity in a poll. Originally Australian, she is apparently seen as an “adopted Brit” with no “negative buzz” in the press.
Mack, Morning Quickie
Amanda Seyfried, probably best known for her role as Sophie in Mamma Mia, apparently only eats spinach for lunch. I’m hoping this is a journalistic exaggeration of the truth because if she only eats spinach and exercises a lot then surely she would be collapsing on a regular basis. When asked in an interview what ...
Brittany Murphy died on Sunday from a possible heart condition. She was only 32. She was most famous for roles in Clueless and Mile 8. She had been ill lately and had trouble concentrating, even losing consciousness while in the middle of takes while filming her latest movie. She was taking a lot of prescriptions ...
Dear Madame X, I have just started seeing this girl. She seems great, but she recently told me she...
Toni Morrison’s novel Beloved arrived in my hands via a public library, when I was a broke teenager with...
My attention was drawn this week to an article about the reaction at a Canadian university to proposals to...
Airport security. Bloody nuisance. Also a conspiracy designed to subjugate women. Allow me to elaborate. Despite flying quite a...
The Cannes film festival has kicked off this week with controversy over the lack of films made by women...
Dear Madame X, I seem to be only attracted to men who are macho assholes. I like them at...
When A Clockwork Orange was published in 1962, the term sexualized violence wasn’t in use. The distinction between sexualized...
Skincare. Not so very long ago, a man would have been mocked mercilessly for using just the word, never...
