Lynn Shepherd must have known what she was getting herself into when she wrote a Huffington Post piece urging J.K. Rowling to get out of the adult literature market. Shepherd stated that other writers deserve a turn (this is how the world works, BTW) and although she has never read Rowling's work (ok..), Shepherd…
Bullying is a problem (related: today's story about 17-year-old Rehtaeh Parsons, who killed herself after photos of her alleged rape were mocked on the internet for years), but the term is misused so often that it's become somewhat of a useless buzzword. Experts say we need to separate the behavior from what teenagers…
A corgi thespian performing in the West End play The Audience has been fired and replaced with a younger, more pliant corgi after refusing to obey the command of co-star Helen Mirren.
A new management study on workplace conflict by researchers at the University of British Columbia found that both men and women think office disputes between ladies are "more disruptive to office life" than fights between men or between a man and a woman.
So. You say you're in the market for a new television show, eh? Well, if a new ABC project comes to fruition, you might be in for the literary TV adaptation of the half-decade — the network is, according to The Hollywood Reporter, developing Finn & Sawyer, a reimagining of everyone's favorite duo of racist, misbehaving…
While discussing Amy Winehouse's recent disaster concert in Belgrade on her E! public access talk show, comedian Chelsea Handler, and her panelists, said some offensive things about Serbia and its people, and those people are now angry. [Gawker]
Emma Goldman was an anarchist feminist boat rocking force to be reckoned with, and this afternoon, you can catch a one woman play about her life live from your computer.
Bristol Palin is reportedly happy for the father of her child, and then twirled and spun and shimmied away in a furiously awkward dance that could only be her way of expressing her sadness, anger, and regret.
In a Bravo marketing genius mashup, the ladies of The Real Housewives Of Orange County and The Real Housewives Of New Jersey were on the Isaac Mizrahi/Iman hosted Fashion Show last night. Let the bitchery begin!
After many protested the Theatre Development Fund's refusal to award any female playwright this years' $25,000 Wendy Wasserstein Prize, the group has announced it's changing the selection process. The 19 nominees will probably be asked to submit more plays.
The Theatre Development Fund, which awards the annual Wasserstein Prize (named after late playwright Wendy Wasserstein) to a female playwright, has turned down all 19 nominees this year. The selection panel says the entries weren't "truly outstanding." People are pissed!
Michaele Salahi and the rest of The Real Housewives Of D.C. were on The View yesterday; now Team Salahi says Whoopi abused Michaele. What the hell?
Why yes, I did see an all-female production of Shakespeare's Julius Caesar last night. And yes, it was awesome.
A DC venue is putting on "an all male spin to the Vagina Monologues," titled Deez Nuts. Our favorite viewer testimonial: "I was befuddled by the title." [The Sexist]
The other day, I was talking Mad Men, which we both watch religiously, with my 60-year-old dad. "There's something off about it," he said. "For all the attention to detail, they miss the point." Heresy!
Anna Deavere Smith is described as a "woman of many faces," a performer who takes on issues singlehanded - albeit in a Tracy-Ullman style blitz of wholly different personalities. Now she's gunning for healthcare.
Vogue's model issue may promise "drama," but don't be fooled — this issue is as staid as contributing writer Plum Sykes' riding habit.
Influential dramatist and director Harold Pinter has died at 78 after a long battle with cancer.
The Wrestler, the newest film by Darren Aronofsky, stars Mickey Rourke in a Golden Globe-nominated performance as washed-up '80s wrestler Randy Robinson. Did Rourke body-slam this role to movie history? Reviews, after jump.
How did critics treat Doubt, a film starring Meryl Streep and Philip Seymor Hoffman and based on the award-winning play by John Patrick Shanley, the film's director/writer? The answer, of course, after the jump.
