Kathryn Bigelow is nominated for an Academy Award for Best Director for the movie The Hurt Locker. She is only the fourth woman to be nominated for Best Director, and only the second American woman to be nominated in this category. At least the nominations are getting closer in years…
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Audrey Hepburn singing “Moon River” in Breakfast at Tiffany’s.
As soon as it gets warm out, I’m reenacting this scene.
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traveling solo is good for the soul-o.
Last weekend, I flew from Atlanta to Los Angeles to be in a wedding. The wedding was for one of my best friends, who has lived in LA for a decade now. This was my first time visiting her, since I’m usually too lazy, broke, or pregnant to travel. But, this was a special occasion, [...]
tina fey
actor. writer. comedian. producer. mother of alice.
“If you want to make an audience laugh, you dress a man up like an old lady and push her down the stairs. If you want to make comedy writers laugh, you push an actual old lady down the stairs.”
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isabella rossellini
Isabella Rossellini is ballsy. She is an actor, model, writer and mother, whose career choices are character driven and reflect a wide range of female personalities, which is not easy for women to accomplish in Hollywood. Early on, we knew her as gorgeous and deranged in Blue Velvet and in recent years, she proved to [...]
natalie wood
actor. mother of natasha and courtney
“You get tough in this business, until you get big enough to hire people to get tough for you. Then you can sit back and be a lady.”
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lisa kudrow
actor. comedian. mother of julian
“I’ve learned you can make a mistake and the whole world doesn’t end. I had to learn to allow myself to make a mistake without becoming defensive and unforgiving.”
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lucille ball
actor. comedian. model. film and television executive. mother of lucie and desiderido
“I’m not funny. What I am is brave.”
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joan didion
new journalist. novelist. screenwriter. playwright. magical thinker. mother of quintana roo dunne
“The willingness to accept responsibility for one’s own life is the source from which self-respect springs.”
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mary tyler moore
actor. writer. mother of richard jr
“Take chances, make mistakes. That’s how you grow. Pain nourishes your courage. You have to fail in order to practice being brave.”
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betty grable
actor. singer. dancer. my grandpa’s favorite pin-up girl. mother of victoria and jessica
“The woman’s vision is deep reaching, the man’s far reaching. With the man the world is his heart, with the woman the heart is her world.”
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this message will self-destruct. boom.
What do a musician mom, Madonna, and Tibetan monks have in common?
Self-destruction.
Not the wasting away life through drinking/drugs/food/sex kind of destruction, more of a reinvention, killing off the old to make way for the new. Something Buddhists call self-realization. As a musician (and I use that term loosely) and mother of small children, I take [...]
