We all know about America’s weight problem. But a new study shows that US men and women are now about 20 pounds heavier than they were two decades ago. They are also farther away from their “ideal weight.” Most sources covering this study look at it from a health angle. Yes, weight gain is unhealthy, ...
To keep, or not to keep, that is the question. In movies, it seems like the answer is almost always the former. While our leading ladies may consider abortion, it’s just for a fleeting moment. The audience is left thinking that “to keep” is the only real choice. As a result, abortion barely gets its ...
I’m not happy she has panic attacks, but I’m certainly pleased she’s being so open about it. Last week Amanda Seyfried admitted that she has been suffering from extreme panic attacks and irrational fears or worries. Everyone is blaming her star status. Understandably, the high pressure of being a celebrity, tight filming schedules, and guest ...
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 ...
Do you prefer movies or films? The ad campaign for the New York International Latino Film Festival attempts to draw that distinction in these colourful graphs. Does it work? I’m not sure, but these clichés are all the more funny because they are true. Thanks to mental_floss and Ads of the World.
“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 ...
You may think all of the Botox is being used up in Hollywood where life in plastic is more fantastic, but it’s commonly used for both cosmetic and non-cosmetic procedures. In terms of non-cosmetic, Botox is used for excessive sweating, referred to as hyperhidrosis. Botox can be injected into the underarms or palms because sweating ...
Hollywood is the land of archetypes. Everyone in the entertainment business fits inside a box and those celebrities have been looked at as role models for years. Because we live in a system where the highest form of success is getting a lot of money, it’s only natural we’d strive to be like them. Objectively, ...
Boobs, boobs and more boobs. If it’s anything over PG13, it’s almost a given that we’ll be exposed to female nudity when we go see a movie. While most films are a far cry from Striptease, a new study by USC, a top-rated film school, finds that women are still cast in overly sexualized roles. ...
Sweet Jennifer Garner has terrible karma. Everyone knows that there are no good roles for older actresses, and then she goes and steals one of the only parts left. It has been announced that she will be playing Miss Marple. The character was described by Agatha Christie as: “rather like some of my grandmother’s cronies ...
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...
Laptop bags; conspiracy of the patriarchal overlords. Oh yes. I am a woman with hands. The average-sized hands of...
