Americans don’t want abortion to be banned. In fact, they barely want it legislated at all: A 2024 poll found that 81 percent of voters don’t want abortion issues to be regulated by the government. Instead, they want the decision to be between a patient and their doctor.
That overwhelming support for legal abortion leaves Republicans with a major problem: How do you defend and push a policy that no one wants? In the nearly two years since Roe v. Wade was overturned, the GOP has faced an unprecedented backlash.
That overwhelming support for legal abortion leaves Republicans with a major problem: How do you defend and push a policy that no one wants? In the nearly two years since Roe v. Wade was overturned, the GOP has faced an unprecedented backlash.
- 5/23/2024
- by Jessica Valenti
- Rollingstone.com
One of the GOP’s most vulnerable incumbent lawmakers, Don Bacon, is feeling the heat on abortion.
In recent days, the Republican congressman from Nebraska quietly deleted the section on his campaign website touting a promise that he “will always fight to defend the right to life.”
The section that disappeared from the site also enumerated Bacon’s perfect ratings from the anti-abortion organizations like the Susan B. Anthony List, National Right to Life, and the Faith and Freedom Coalition, as well as an endorsement from the Nebraska Family Alliance.
In recent days, the Republican congressman from Nebraska quietly deleted the section on his campaign website touting a promise that he “will always fight to defend the right to life.”
The section that disappeared from the site also enumerated Bacon’s perfect ratings from the anti-abortion organizations like the Susan B. Anthony List, National Right to Life, and the Faith and Freedom Coalition, as well as an endorsement from the Nebraska Family Alliance.
- 3/22/2024
- by Tessa Stuart
- Rollingstone.com
Gilded Newport Mysteries, a crime fiction film set in 1895, the age of Victorian elitism, the birth of bureaucratic espionage, suffocating corsets, and the rise of the women’s suffrage movement. Despite being a murder mystery, Gilded Newport Mysteries makes me wonder about how little has changed over the years. Though on the surface it seems the world has changed for the better, closeted chauvinists still run the world. Emma, an intellectual woman in an era where such traits were discouraged in women, finds herself frequently sidelined from crucial decision-making. This exclusion highlights the pervasive influence of gender bias, a theme also seen in the film Enola Holmes. The references to Arthur Conan Doyle within the story further highlight this connection.
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What Is The Plot About?
Emma Vanderbilt-Cross is a budding journalist who writes for the women’s section columnist at a local newspaper in Newport, Rhode Island. While...
Spoilers Ahead
What Is The Plot About?
Emma Vanderbilt-Cross is a budding journalist who writes for the women’s section columnist at a local newspaper in Newport, Rhode Island. While...
- 2/7/2024
- by Shrey Ashley Philip
- Film Fugitives
Donald Trump defended his anti-abortion position in a video address to an evangelical group a little more than a week after Rolling Stone reported that he has been telling allies on the religious right, “We are getting killed on abortion.”
“Those justices delivered a landmark victory for protecting innocent life. Nobody thought it was going to happen,” Trump told the Iowa Faith and Freedom Coalition in a video address Saturday night, subtly reminding the group that he appointed Supreme Court justices who voted to overturn Roe v. Wade.
“They thought it would be another 50 years.
“Those justices delivered a landmark victory for protecting innocent life. Nobody thought it was going to happen,” Trump told the Iowa Faith and Freedom Coalition in a video address Saturday night, subtly reminding the group that he appointed Supreme Court justices who voted to overturn Roe v. Wade.
“They thought it would be another 50 years.
- 4/23/2023
- by Peter Wade
- Rollingstone.com
Two thousand attendees at the National Pro-Life Summit cast their votes on Saturday for their favorite prospective GOP nominee for president in 2024. The winner is: Florida Governor Ron DeSantis. It was the first 2024 straw poll conducted among anti-abortion voters, one of the Republican Party’s most loyal voting blocs.
DeSantis banked more than half of the votes cast, 53.73 percent. Former President Donald Trump placed in a distant second with just 19.22 percent. His former deputy, Mike Pence — who has called often for a national ban on abortion — took home roughly eight percent.
DeSantis banked more than half of the votes cast, 53.73 percent. Former President Donald Trump placed in a distant second with just 19.22 percent. His former deputy, Mike Pence — who has called often for a national ban on abortion — took home roughly eight percent.
- 1/21/2023
- by Kara Voght and Tessa Stuart
- Rollingstone.com
About half of Georgia voters cast a ballot for Herschel Walker on Tuesday. Most of these voters wouldn’t trust Walker to run the check-out at a Family Dollar. But that’s the whole point.
Herschel Walker has repeatedly proven himself to be stupid. Herschel Walker’s voters aren’t necessarily stupid. That’s too easy.
Georgia Republicans aren’t stupid. But they see safety in stupid politicians. The stupidity of Herschel Walker isn’t a problem for them. It’s a feature. And writing off Georgia Republicans as country...
Herschel Walker has repeatedly proven himself to be stupid. Herschel Walker’s voters aren’t necessarily stupid. That’s too easy.
Georgia Republicans aren’t stupid. But they see safety in stupid politicians. The stupidity of Herschel Walker isn’t a problem for them. It’s a feature. And writing off Georgia Republicans as country...
- 11/13/2022
- by George Chidi
- Rollingstone.com
The animated series “Xavier Riddle and The Secret Museum” shares the misadventures of Xavier Riddle and his two best friends. The PBS Kids’ show follows the trio as they tackle the everyday problems that children tend to face by traveling back in time to learn from real-life icons and inspirational people.
The show, which is based on the “Ordinary People Change the World” book series by author Brad Meltzer, has been popular among children five to eight years old since it first aired in 2019.
This story will walk you through everything you need to know about the show and its key characters.
Who Are the Main Characters of “Xavier Riddle and The Secret Museum?”
Let’s meet the show’s main characters:
Xavier Riddle:
Voiced by Aidan Vissers, Xavier is the show’s namesake and the leader of his friend group, which includes his younger sister, Yadina, and their friend Brad.
The show, which is based on the “Ordinary People Change the World” book series by author Brad Meltzer, has been popular among children five to eight years old since it first aired in 2019.
This story will walk you through everything you need to know about the show and its key characters.
Who Are the Main Characters of “Xavier Riddle and The Secret Museum?”
Let’s meet the show’s main characters:
Xavier Riddle:
Voiced by Aidan Vissers, Xavier is the show’s namesake and the leader of his friend group, which includes his younger sister, Yadina, and their friend Brad.
- 8/2/2022
- by Buddy TV
- buddytv.com
Exclusive: Gradually, Then Suddenly: The Bankruptcy Of Detroit, directed by Sam Katz and James McGovern, swept the 2021 Library of Congress Lavine/Ken Burns Prize for Film, a three-year-old documentary award that carries a finishing grant of $200,000.
The winning entry explores the decline of the American manufacturing city culminating in the largest municipal bankruptcy in U.S. history in 2013 and its aftermath.
Directors of runner-up Free Chol Soo Lee, Julie Ha and Eugene Yi, will receive $50,000 for their story of a Korean immigrant wrongly convicted of a Chinatown gang murder in San Francisco in 1973. Four finalists will be awarded $25,000 apiece.
Filmmakers from Ken Burns’ production company Florentine Films and staff from the National Audio-Visual Conservation Center — the Library’s moving image and recorded sound preservation facility – selected the six entries from a flurry of initial submissions of late-stage American history documentaries. That was winnowed to two by a national jury including filmmakers Sam Pollard,...
The winning entry explores the decline of the American manufacturing city culminating in the largest municipal bankruptcy in U.S. history in 2013 and its aftermath.
Directors of runner-up Free Chol Soo Lee, Julie Ha and Eugene Yi, will receive $50,000 for their story of a Korean immigrant wrongly convicted of a Chinatown gang murder in San Francisco in 1973. Four finalists will be awarded $25,000 apiece.
Filmmakers from Ken Burns’ production company Florentine Films and staff from the National Audio-Visual Conservation Center — the Library’s moving image and recorded sound preservation facility – selected the six entries from a flurry of initial submissions of late-stage American history documentaries. That was winnowed to two by a national jury including filmmakers Sam Pollard,...
- 10/26/2021
- by Jill Goldsmith
- Deadline Film + TV
Peter Scolari, the prolific television and stage actor who found instant fame and a lifetime friendship with Tom Hanks when the two co-starred in the hit 1980 TV comedy Bosom Buddies, died early this morning following a two-year battle with cancer. He was 66.
His death was announced by Ellen Lubin Sanitsky at Wright Entertainment.
Scolari’s 43-year show business career included such highlights as his Emmy-nominated series regular role of producer Michael Harris on Bob Newhart’s 1984-90 comedy Newhart, an Emmy-winning recurring role as the father of Lena Dunham’s character on HBO’s Girls, and, most recently, his role as Bishop Thomas Marx on the CBS supernatural drama Evil.
A partial roster of other TV credits include Fosse/Verdon, Madoff, The Good Fight, Murphy Brown, The West Wing, ER, Gotham, Law & Order: Svu, Ally McBeal, From The Earth To The Moon and Honey I Shrunk The Kids: The TV Show,...
His death was announced by Ellen Lubin Sanitsky at Wright Entertainment.
Scolari’s 43-year show business career included such highlights as his Emmy-nominated series regular role of producer Michael Harris on Bob Newhart’s 1984-90 comedy Newhart, an Emmy-winning recurring role as the father of Lena Dunham’s character on HBO’s Girls, and, most recently, his role as Bishop Thomas Marx on the CBS supernatural drama Evil.
A partial roster of other TV credits include Fosse/Verdon, Madoff, The Good Fight, Murphy Brown, The West Wing, ER, Gotham, Law & Order: Svu, Ally McBeal, From The Earth To The Moon and Honey I Shrunk The Kids: The TV Show,...
- 10/22/2021
- by Greg Evans
- Deadline Film + TV
There’s never a bad time for a new superhero show, mind you. But with Amazon’s brilliantly bloody The Boys having been off air for five or so months now, the streaming world is particularly due for a new supe. With its list of new releases for March 2021, Amazon is going to be rectifying that.
The animated adaptation of Robert Kirkman’s comic series Invincible is set to arrive on Amazon Prime this March 26. Kirkman’s comic series is a colorful, thrilling, and violent take on superhero myths and the series that it inspired will feature a truly impressive cast. Take that all into account and this will be an important addition to the streaming superhero canon.
Also arriving in March is another big ticket item for Amazon. The long-awaited Coming to America sequel, Coming 2 America, will premiere on March 5. Eddie Murphy returns as Prince Akeem Joffer who...
The animated adaptation of Robert Kirkman’s comic series Invincible is set to arrive on Amazon Prime this March 26. Kirkman’s comic series is a colorful, thrilling, and violent take on superhero myths and the series that it inspired will feature a truly impressive cast. Take that all into account and this will be an important addition to the streaming superhero canon.
Also arriving in March is another big ticket item for Amazon. The long-awaited Coming to America sequel, Coming 2 America, will premiere on March 5. Eddie Murphy returns as Prince Akeem Joffer who...
- 2/27/2021
- by Alec Bojalad
- Den of Geek
The plan to put Harriet Tubman on the $20 bill is back on track — and Kasi Lemmons, the director of 2019’s “Harriet,” is “thrilled” about it.
“This was well thought out under Obama,” Lemmons told Variety. “But just to have Biden talk about fast-tracking it — that’s just such good news.”
In April 2016, President Barack Obama’s secretary of the treasury, Jacob Lew, announced that Harriet Tubman would take the place of Andrew Jackson on the $20 bill. The change was to be part of a larger plan to make American money better reflect the history of the United States. The unveiling of the newly designed bills were to be unveiled in 2020, and were to be put into circulation later in the ‘20s.
The choice of Tubman, a heroic abolitionist who herself had escaped slavery, taking the place of Jackson, an enslaver, was the result of a contentious public conversation Lew had...
“This was well thought out under Obama,” Lemmons told Variety. “But just to have Biden talk about fast-tracking it — that’s just such good news.”
In April 2016, President Barack Obama’s secretary of the treasury, Jacob Lew, announced that Harriet Tubman would take the place of Andrew Jackson on the $20 bill. The change was to be part of a larger plan to make American money better reflect the history of the United States. The unveiling of the newly designed bills were to be unveiled in 2020, and were to be put into circulation later in the ‘20s.
The choice of Tubman, a heroic abolitionist who herself had escaped slavery, taking the place of Jackson, an enslaver, was the result of a contentious public conversation Lew had...
- 2/2/2021
- by Kate Aurthur
- Variety Film + TV
The Online Film Critics Society (Ofcs) has named Nomadland as Best Picture in their reveal of the annual top ten films and winners of other award categories.
“The Online Film Critics Society (Ofcs) has revealed its annual Top Ten List as well as winners of its film awards which was topped by Nomadland. In addition, The Chloé Zhao American wanderlust drama was named Best Picture. Also on the list is Pixar’s Soul which was also named Best Animated Feature.”
Read more at Deadline.
Acclaimed poet and writer Maya Angelou is the latest addition to Mattel’s “Inspiring Women” line of Barbie dolls.
“Since its inception in 2018, Mattel’s ‘Inspiring Women’ line of Barbies has featured Susan B. Anthony, Rosa Parks, Sally Ride, and seven other female role models from the past and present. The latest is celebrated poet and writer Maya Angelou.”
Read more at Mental Floss.
Check out...
“The Online Film Critics Society (Ofcs) has revealed its annual Top Ten List as well as winners of its film awards which was topped by Nomadland. In addition, The Chloé Zhao American wanderlust drama was named Best Picture. Also on the list is Pixar’s Soul which was also named Best Animated Feature.”
Read more at Deadline.
Acclaimed poet and writer Maya Angelou is the latest addition to Mattel’s “Inspiring Women” line of Barbie dolls.
“Since its inception in 2018, Mattel’s ‘Inspiring Women’ line of Barbies has featured Susan B. Anthony, Rosa Parks, Sally Ride, and seven other female role models from the past and present. The latest is celebrated poet and writer Maya Angelou.”
Read more at Mental Floss.
Check out...
- 1/27/2021
- by Ivan Huang
- Den of Geek
Walt Disney, Frank Capra, Whitney Houston, Billie Holiday, Johnny Cash and Alex Trebek are among the entertainment industry figures who have been added as proposed honorees in the National Garden of American Heroes monument project unveiled by President Donald Trump in July.
As he began his final 48 hours as President, Trump issued an amended executive order Monday that added dozens of names slated to be honored in the the planned statuary park. The location for the park has yet to be determined. Trump first announced the plan on July 3 during his speech at Mt. Rushmore.
Among the entertainment-related names making the cut are Louis Armstrong, Lauren Bacall, Ingrid Bergman, Irving Berlin, Humphrey Bogart, Kobe Bryant, Frank Capra, Ray Charles, Nat King Cole, Miles Davis, Duke Ellington, Aretha Franklin, Woody Guthrie, Charlton Heston, Alfred Hitchcock, Bob Hope, Elvis Presley and Jimmy Stewart. The monument will honor those deemed to be “historically...
As he began his final 48 hours as President, Trump issued an amended executive order Monday that added dozens of names slated to be honored in the the planned statuary park. The location for the park has yet to be determined. Trump first announced the plan on July 3 during his speech at Mt. Rushmore.
Among the entertainment-related names making the cut are Louis Armstrong, Lauren Bacall, Ingrid Bergman, Irving Berlin, Humphrey Bogart, Kobe Bryant, Frank Capra, Ray Charles, Nat King Cole, Miles Davis, Duke Ellington, Aretha Franklin, Woody Guthrie, Charlton Heston, Alfred Hitchcock, Bob Hope, Elvis Presley and Jimmy Stewart. The monument will honor those deemed to be “historically...
- 1/18/2021
- by Cynthia Littleton
- Variety Film + TV
Exclusive: A century and a half before Kamala Harris became the first woman on an winning U.S. presidential ticket, Victoria Woodhull was the first woman to run for president. The remarkable story of the feminist icon is the subject of a limited series, with Katherine Heigl set to portray Woodhull and executive produce. The project, titled Woodhull, hails from Oakhurst Entertainment and is currently out to showrunners.
The series will be based on multiple biographies chronicling the life of Woodhull, which Oakhurst, founded by former Brillstein Entertainment manager Jai Khanna and producer Marina Grasic, acquired earlier this year.
In 1872, Woodhull became the first woman to run for president from the Equal Rights Party, supporting women’s suffrage and equal rights; her running mate was abolitionist leader Frederick Douglas. She was the first woman to address the U.S. Congress and, with her sister Tennessee, the two...
The series will be based on multiple biographies chronicling the life of Woodhull, which Oakhurst, founded by former Brillstein Entertainment manager Jai Khanna and producer Marina Grasic, acquired earlier this year.
In 1872, Woodhull became the first woman to run for president from the Equal Rights Party, supporting women’s suffrage and equal rights; her running mate was abolitionist leader Frederick Douglas. She was the first woman to address the U.S. Congress and, with her sister Tennessee, the two...
- 12/8/2020
- by Nellie Andreeva
- Deadline Film + TV
Hey Hamilton fans, we've got another history lesson for you. When Alexander Hamilton, George Washington and 37 other delegates signed the Constitution in 1787, they did so with a promise. "We the people," began the document that established the nation and its fundamental laws. Except, they didn't actually mean all the people. Black men were slaves, Native Americans defined as aliens and women seen as the property of their husbands. "It was we the people," women's rights activist Susan B. Anthony declared in 1872, "not we, the white male citizens; nor yet we, the male citizens; but we, the whole people, who formed the...
- 11/3/2020
- E! Online
Mubi has revealed its picks for November with a slate packed with recent festival hits and rediscovered classics. Nimic, the latest work by award-winning director Yorgos Lanthimos, premieres exclusively on Mubi November 27. Starring Oscar nominee Matt Dillon and written by Lanthimos with frequent collaborator Efthimis Filippou, Nimic is a compact thriller about identity, perception, relationships, and circularity.
November will kick off with the exclusive online premiere of Angela Schanelec’s I Was at Home, But…,an enigmatic story of family and loss that confirms the German auteur’s status as a modern master. To coincide with the US election on November 3rd, Mubi is proud to exclusively present a new restoration of Profit Motive and the Whispering Wind. Making its way through 400 years of American history, this thought-provoking documentary by John Gianvito visits the resting places of such famed figures as Malcolm X, Mother Jones, Frederick Douglass, Cesar Chavez, Susan B. Anthony and Crazy Horse,...
November will kick off with the exclusive online premiere of Angela Schanelec’s I Was at Home, But…,an enigmatic story of family and loss that confirms the German auteur’s status as a modern master. To coincide with the US election on November 3rd, Mubi is proud to exclusively present a new restoration of Profit Motive and the Whispering Wind. Making its way through 400 years of American history, this thought-provoking documentary by John Gianvito visits the resting places of such famed figures as Malcolm X, Mother Jones, Frederick Douglass, Cesar Chavez, Susan B. Anthony and Crazy Horse,...
- 11/1/2020
- by Adriana Rosati
- AsianMoviePulse
After President Donald Trump announced that he was pardoning Susan B. Anthony, a move tied to the centennial of women’s suffrage, he got a rebuke from an unexpected source: The museum named in her honor.
The National Susan B. Anthony Museum & House declined his pardon, for a 1873 conviction for voting illegally the year before, in a statement that took indirect aim at present-day restrictions on voting rights. The president issued the clemency on Tuesday.
In a statement, the museum’s president and CEO, Deborah L. Hughes, said, “Anthony wrote in her diary in 1873 that her trial for voting was ‘The greatest outrage History ever witnessed.” She was not allowed to speak as a witness in her own defense, because she was a woman. At the conclusion of arguments, Judge Hunt dismissed the jury and pronounced her guilty. She was outraged to be denied a trial by jury. She proclaimed,...
The National Susan B. Anthony Museum & House declined his pardon, for a 1873 conviction for voting illegally the year before, in a statement that took indirect aim at present-day restrictions on voting rights. The president issued the clemency on Tuesday.
In a statement, the museum’s president and CEO, Deborah L. Hughes, said, “Anthony wrote in her diary in 1873 that her trial for voting was ‘The greatest outrage History ever witnessed.” She was not allowed to speak as a witness in her own defense, because she was a woman. At the conclusion of arguments, Judge Hunt dismissed the jury and pronounced her guilty. She was outraged to be denied a trial by jury. She proclaimed,...
- 8/20/2020
- by Ted Johnson
- Deadline Film + TV
2020 hasn’t been all bad, you know. There was a time during the early days of the Covid-19 coronavirus pandemic where it hadn’t yet racked up a massive global death toll to become the worst pandemic since the 1911 Spanish flu. There was also a time before the riots and mass civil unrest. As a matter of fact, there was even a time when everyone was getting along fairly well and the world didn’t feel like it was going to end tomorrow. It was the time of Tiger King: Murder, Mayhem, and Madness.
On March 20th, Tiger King dropped on Netflix and subscribers took very little time to devour the series and turn it into a cultural phenomenon. You couldn’t talk to anyone who wasn’t eager to tell you all about the show and why you should watch it, and during that short period of time, it even broke several Netflix records.
On March 20th, Tiger King dropped on Netflix and subscribers took very little time to devour the series and turn it into a cultural phenomenon. You couldn’t talk to anyone who wasn’t eager to tell you all about the show and why you should watch it, and during that short period of time, it even broke several Netflix records.
- 8/18/2020
- by Billy Givens
- We Got This Covered
Exclusive: Rosario Dawson, stars of USA Network’s Briarpatch, and Good Girls’ Retta have teamed up on a podcast series telling stories of the women’s suffrage movement.
The pair are to co-host And Nothing Less: The Untold Stories of Women’s Fight for the Vote, which is one of two podcasts being launched in honor of the centennial of the ratification of the 19th Amendment and women’s right to vote.
The other is The Magic Sash, hosted by gold medal gymnast and advocate Aly Raisman.
The two series, which will both launch on August 5, come from the Women’s Suffrage Centennial Commission, the National Park Service, and public media organization Prx.
And Nothing Less: The Untold Stories of Women’s Fight for the Vote will explore the array of diverse voices beyond Susan B. Anthony and Elizabeth Cady Stanton, telling stories of generations of activists fought for full access to the ballot.
The pair are to co-host And Nothing Less: The Untold Stories of Women’s Fight for the Vote, which is one of two podcasts being launched in honor of the centennial of the ratification of the 19th Amendment and women’s right to vote.
The other is The Magic Sash, hosted by gold medal gymnast and advocate Aly Raisman.
The two series, which will both launch on August 5, come from the Women’s Suffrage Centennial Commission, the National Park Service, and public media organization Prx.
And Nothing Less: The Untold Stories of Women’s Fight for the Vote will explore the array of diverse voices beyond Susan B. Anthony and Elizabeth Cady Stanton, telling stories of generations of activists fought for full access to the ballot.
- 7/22/2020
- by Peter White
- Deadline Film + TV
Jessica Chastain has a question for New York City mayor Bill de Blasio and New York governor Andrew Cuomo: Where are all the statues of women in Central Park? In a viral video posted to her Twitter page, the Oscar-nominated actress goes hunting in Central Park to find a statue of a woman but comes up hilariously and horrifyingly short.
Here are just some of the statues Chastain discovers in Central Park: The poet Fitz-Green Halleck, writer Friedrich Schiller, composer Victor Herbert, a group of hawks eating a ram, and an oversized wolf. Yes, the number of animal statues is far greater than the number of women statues.
In fact, there is only one statue of a woman in Central Park and that’s Alice of Lewis Carroll’s “Alice in Wonderland.” As Chastain observes, the one woman statue is of “a fictional character that a man wrote.” The...
Here are just some of the statues Chastain discovers in Central Park: The poet Fitz-Green Halleck, writer Friedrich Schiller, composer Victor Herbert, a group of hawks eating a ram, and an oversized wolf. Yes, the number of animal statues is far greater than the number of women statues.
In fact, there is only one statue of a woman in Central Park and that’s Alice of Lewis Carroll’s “Alice in Wonderland.” As Chastain observes, the one woman statue is of “a fictional character that a man wrote.” The...
- 7/1/2019
- by Zack Sharf
- Indiewire
When “Ally McBeal” premiered in the late ’90s, many critics applauded the legal drama for its portrayal of a flawed, complex woman in a central role. The show also sparked a national conversation when Time magazine infamously put Calista Flockhart’s face on its cover next to Susan B. Anthony, Betty Friedan and Gloria Steinem, asking, “Is feminism dead?”
Despite the controversial opinions regarding the show’s handling of female representation, critics still write about the show being far ahead of its time.
More than 20 years after “Ally McBeal” premiered, television is now showcasing some of the best roles for women, as female characters have progressed immensely to avoid tired tropes and stereotypes.
So, in this age of endless reboots, could “Ally McBeal” make a comeback?
David E. Kelley — the creator of “Ally McBeal” and some of TV’s most successful shows from “Boston Legal” to “Chicago Hope” to “Picket...
Despite the controversial opinions regarding the show’s handling of female representation, critics still write about the show being far ahead of its time.
More than 20 years after “Ally McBeal” premiered, television is now showcasing some of the best roles for women, as female characters have progressed immensely to avoid tired tropes and stereotypes.
So, in this age of endless reboots, could “Ally McBeal” make a comeback?
David E. Kelley — the creator of “Ally McBeal” and some of TV’s most successful shows from “Boston Legal” to “Chicago Hope” to “Picket...
- 5/31/2019
- by Elizabeth Wagmeister
- Variety Film + TV
“New. Selina. Now.” is Selina Meyer’s latest presidential campaign slogan. But as Sunday’s premiere for Veep‘s seventh and final season makes certain, the former president and her staffers are incapable of surmounting their old, dysfunctional patterns. Thank God.
Because Veep suffers when Selina’s not in the political arena, doesn’t it? Read on for the highlights of “Iowa.”
Another Go | The episode opens with Selina on a jet to Iowa, where she’s planning to announce her latest run for the White House. Leon urges her to figure out what she wants to say about why...
Because Veep suffers when Selina’s not in the political arena, doesn’t it? Read on for the highlights of “Iowa.”
Another Go | The episode opens with Selina on a jet to Iowa, where she’s planning to announce her latest run for the White House. Leon urges her to figure out what she wants to say about why...
- 4/1/2019
- TVLine.com
PBS previewed two 2019 kids programming launches at Friday’s TCA:
***Animated Xavier and the Secret Museum will premiere on Monday, November 11. Based on the children’s book series Ordinary People Change the World by New York Times bestselling author Brad Meltzer and illustrator Christopher Eliopoulos, the series features Xavier Riddle, sister Yadina and friend Brad as they travel back in time to meet real-life historical figures when they were kids, including Marie Curie, Harriet Tubman, Alexander Hamilton, Susan B. Anthony, and Maya Angelou, among others.
The series is produced by 9 Story Media Group’s award-winning animation studio Brown Bag Films, and will debut nationwide on PBS stations, the PBS Kids 24/7 channel and PBS Kids digital platforms. 9 Story Distribution International has worldwide distribution rights outside Canada, while 9 Story Brands is managing global licensing and merchandising rights.
***Molly of Denali, PBS’s first nationally distributed kids series to feature a...
***Animated Xavier and the Secret Museum will premiere on Monday, November 11. Based on the children’s book series Ordinary People Change the World by New York Times bestselling author Brad Meltzer and illustrator Christopher Eliopoulos, the series features Xavier Riddle, sister Yadina and friend Brad as they travel back in time to meet real-life historical figures when they were kids, including Marie Curie, Harriet Tubman, Alexander Hamilton, Susan B. Anthony, and Maya Angelou, among others.
The series is produced by 9 Story Media Group’s award-winning animation studio Brown Bag Films, and will debut nationwide on PBS stations, the PBS Kids 24/7 channel and PBS Kids digital platforms. 9 Story Distribution International has worldwide distribution rights outside Canada, while 9 Story Brands is managing global licensing and merchandising rights.
***Molly of Denali, PBS’s first nationally distributed kids series to feature a...
- 2/1/2019
- by Lisa de Moraes
- Deadline Film + TV
A federal judge has struck down a ban on abortion after 15 weeks that was passed by the Mississippi state legislature in March. In a blistering opinion, Judge Carlton Reeves declares the legislature’s “professed interest in ‘women’s health’ is pure gaslighting.”
Reeves sided with Jackson Women’s Health Organization — Mississippi’s sole abortion facility and the organization that sued over ban — deeming the law “unequivocally” unconstitutional.
In plain terms, Reeves dismantles the legislature’s argument and lays bare the law’s true motivation. “[T]he real reason we are here is simple,...
Reeves sided with Jackson Women’s Health Organization — Mississippi’s sole abortion facility and the organization that sued over ban — deeming the law “unequivocally” unconstitutional.
In plain terms, Reeves dismantles the legislature’s argument and lays bare the law’s true motivation. “[T]he real reason we are here is simple,...
- 11/21/2018
- by Tessa Stuart
- Rollingstone.com
When it comes to politics, Dolly Parton often chooses to stay mum on the topic. But in a just-released video the singer-songwriter celebrates one of the most hard-fought battles for American women, the August 1920 ratification of the 19th Amendment to the United States Constitution, which reserved suffrage rights for women and allowed them to vote.
Parton contributes the typically bubbly yet poignant and empowering “A Woman’s Right” to 27: The Most Perfect Album, a collection of songs about the Constitutional amendments that have shaped our democracy, and yet are...
Parton contributes the typically bubbly yet poignant and empowering “A Woman’s Right” to 27: The Most Perfect Album, a collection of songs about the Constitutional amendments that have shaped our democracy, and yet are...
- 9/18/2018
- by Stephen L. Betts
- Rollingstone.com
Washington — Betsy West and Julie Cohen, the directors of the Ruth Bader Ginsburg documentary, “Rbg,” listened to hours of recordings of oral arguments from Supreme Court hearings in the 1970s, and one moment of blatant sexism really surprised them.
That was the way that she reacted in 1978 when, as she was arguing a gender bias case, Justice William Rehnquist asked her, “You won’t settle for putting Susan B. Anthony on the new dollar?”
West said that in their interview with Ginsburg, they asked her how she coped with those kind of remarks.
“She said, ‘Well, I didn’t get angry. That would be self defeating.’ She understood that the way to make her case was not to get angry but to be smarter than they were, and she was,” West says.
The movie, which opens on May 4, takes a look at Ginsburg’s life and career, telling great stories...
That was the way that she reacted in 1978 when, as she was arguing a gender bias case, Justice William Rehnquist asked her, “You won’t settle for putting Susan B. Anthony on the new dollar?”
West said that in their interview with Ginsburg, they asked her how she coped with those kind of remarks.
“She said, ‘Well, I didn’t get angry. That would be self defeating.’ She understood that the way to make her case was not to get angry but to be smarter than they were, and she was,” West says.
The movie, which opens on May 4, takes a look at Ginsburg’s life and career, telling great stories...
- 5/1/2018
- by Ted Johnson
- Variety Film + TV
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