After her breakthough role in Juno, Ellen Page unexpectedly found herself on the Hollywood A-list. But she still prefers smaller, tougher movies – and speaking her mind
The day before Ellen Page and I meet up in Los Angeles, Barack Obama's administration makes a long overdue announcement: it will finally allow Plan B, a morning-after pill, to be made available to girls and women without a prescription. This move is, the New York Times reports with some understatement, "fraught with political repercussions for Obama".
This will sound absurd to most people who live in Britain, where the morning-after pill has been available without a prescription for over a decade. But in America, where certain politicians have about as much understanding of the realities of women's biology and contraceptive needs as a dung beetle, the issue of how much control a woman is allowed to have over her own body remains anachronistically fraught.
The day before Ellen Page and I meet up in Los Angeles, Barack Obama's administration makes a long overdue announcement: it will finally allow Plan B, a morning-after pill, to be made available to girls and women without a prescription. This move is, the New York Times reports with some understatement, "fraught with political repercussions for Obama".
This will sound absurd to most people who live in Britain, where the morning-after pill has been available without a prescription for over a decade. But in America, where certain politicians have about as much understanding of the realities of women's biology and contraceptive needs as a dung beetle, the issue of how much control a woman is allowed to have over her own body remains anachronistically fraught.
- 7/3/2013
- by Hadley Freeman
- The Guardian - Film News
Forget the milkman. Your significant other is more likely to be cheating on you with Netflix.
A recent survey conducted by Harris Interactive on behalf of Netflix found that 51 percent of those in relationships are likely to cheat on each other... by watching TV shows on Netflix alone that they promised to watch with their partners. Over 28 million Americans have already done it.
The study shows that people are pretty good at keeping secrets. Only 14 percent of cheaters feel guilty enough to confess, while 32 percent re-watch the episodes without speaking up. People are sneaky! If you can keep it quiet that you watched the season finale of "Mad Men" without your beau, what else are you hiding? Twelve percent of people even admit to re-watching the episodes and faking their emotional reactions so they don't get caught. Wow.
In March, New York magazine's Maureen O'Connor wrote a story about cheating on her boyfriend with Netflix.
A recent survey conducted by Harris Interactive on behalf of Netflix found that 51 percent of those in relationships are likely to cheat on each other... by watching TV shows on Netflix alone that they promised to watch with their partners. Over 28 million Americans have already done it.
The study shows that people are pretty good at keeping secrets. Only 14 percent of cheaters feel guilty enough to confess, while 32 percent re-watch the episodes without speaking up. People are sneaky! If you can keep it quiet that you watched the season finale of "Mad Men" without your beau, what else are you hiding? Twelve percent of people even admit to re-watching the episodes and faking their emotional reactions so they don't get caught. Wow.
In March, New York magazine's Maureen O'Connor wrote a story about cheating on her boyfriend with Netflix.
- 5/16/2013
- by The Huffington Post
- Huffington Post
Not everyone is happy to "bow down" to Beyonce.
Last week, Rakhi Kumar wrote an open letter to Michelle Obama explaining why she doesn't consider Beyonce a good role model for young women. Kumar's concerns revolve around the singer's sexualized clothing and the focus on her body in her music and performance, which she believes sends the wrong message to girls about attaining success. Kumar wrote to Obama in light of reports that the First Lady considers Beyonce a good role model for her own daughters.
"It's time that young girls were sent a different message," Kumar wrote. "A more refined, intelligent message. A message that engaged them at the level of their intellect and potential because implicit in our message to them should be the acknowledgement that they are naturally brilliant and that we believe that they are capable of everything - without ever having to undress to achieve their success.
Last week, Rakhi Kumar wrote an open letter to Michelle Obama explaining why she doesn't consider Beyonce a good role model for young women. Kumar's concerns revolve around the singer's sexualized clothing and the focus on her body in her music and performance, which she believes sends the wrong message to girls about attaining success. Kumar wrote to Obama in light of reports that the First Lady considers Beyonce a good role model for her own daughters.
"It's time that young girls were sent a different message," Kumar wrote. "A more refined, intelligent message. A message that engaged them at the level of their intellect and potential because implicit in our message to them should be the acknowledgement that they are naturally brilliant and that we believe that they are capable of everything - without ever having to undress to achieve their success.
- 4/25/2013
- by The Huffington Post
- Huffington Post
Maureen O'Connor, the former mayor of San Diego admits to stealing more than $2 million from her late husband's charity foundation to feed a gambling addiction she says is caused by a brain tuner.
O'Connor says she always planned to pay the money back, and it appears the U.S. Justice Department is going to give her the opportunity. ABC News reports the 66-year-old struck a deal that allows the former mayor to plead not guilty to money laundering in federal court. She will have two years to repay the stolen funds and undergo gambling addiction treatment.
In 2011, O'Connor was diagnosed with a tumor her attorney says affected the area of the brain "that controls logic and reasoning and, most important, judgment." She since had the tumor removed. "There are two Maureens -- Maureen No. 1 and Maureen No. 2," O'Connor tells reporters. "Maureen No. 2 is the Maureen who did not know she...
O'Connor says she always planned to pay the money back, and it appears the U.S. Justice Department is going to give her the opportunity. ABC News reports the 66-year-old struck a deal that allows the former mayor to plead not guilty to money laundering in federal court. She will have two years to repay the stolen funds and undergo gambling addiction treatment.
In 2011, O'Connor was diagnosed with a tumor her attorney says affected the area of the brain "that controls logic and reasoning and, most important, judgment." She since had the tumor removed. "There are two Maureens -- Maureen No. 1 and Maureen No. 2," O'Connor tells reporters. "Maureen No. 2 is the Maureen who did not know she...
- 2/15/2013
- by editorial@zap2it.com
- Pop2it
Remember that severed head in a bag found near the Hollywood sign on Wednesday (Jan. 18)? Well, as it turns out one of the two women who found it had her picture taken next to the gruesome package and, according to a Gawker report, she's even smiling in the picture.
And, because this story hasn't hit rock bottom yet, we're sorry to add that "a prominent Hollywood photo agency" is shopping the pictures around. The asking price: $5,000.
Gawker's Maureen O'Connor writes that she received an e-mail from the photo agency offering eight photos, "including a pic of the lady whose dog found the head (and she's smiling)." O'Connor declined and a survey she did of other publications turned up zero interested parties.
Lauren Kornberg, the dog walker who found the head when two of the dogs she was walking started playing with a mysterious bagged object, says she at first thought it was a Hollywood prop.
And, because this story hasn't hit rock bottom yet, we're sorry to add that "a prominent Hollywood photo agency" is shopping the pictures around. The asking price: $5,000.
Gawker's Maureen O'Connor writes that she received an e-mail from the photo agency offering eight photos, "including a pic of the lady whose dog found the head (and she's smiling)." O'Connor declined and a survey she did of other publications turned up zero interested parties.
Lauren Kornberg, the dog walker who found the head when two of the dogs she was walking started playing with a mysterious bagged object, says she at first thought it was a Hollywood prop.
- 1/20/2012
- by editorial@zap2it.com
- Pop2it
On CNN's Reliable Sources, the discussion over Democratic Congressman Anthony Weiner's Twitter photo was front and center. The most startling part of the conversation came however when host Howard Kurtz asked Gawker reporter Maureen O'Connor whether her site has "a big advantage covering this story in a way the mainstream media can't, starting with the language that you can use," which strangely predicted what was about to come next.
- 6/5/2011
- by Matt Schneider
- Mediaite - TV
Country music singer Randy Travis and and his wife/manager Elizabeth Travis are pulling the plug off their 19 years of marriage. On Friday, October 29, spokesperson Maureen O'Connor has confirmed to People that Randy and Elizabeth have ended their marriage and "the divorce was finalized as of this morning."
In a statement, it was revealed that "Elizabeth and Randy Travis have agreed to part ways. Elizabeth will remain Mr. Travis' personal manager. They do not intend to comment any further and ask for your respect for their privacy during this time."
The statement didn't give further detail about Randy and Elizabeth's separation other than "a state of incompatibility exists between the parties." According to Associated Press, a petition for dissolution of marriage was filed by Randy in Albuquerque, New Mexico on Thursday, October 28. In the papers, the "America Will Always Stand" crooner requests for an equal split of assets.
Randy Travis...
In a statement, it was revealed that "Elizabeth and Randy Travis have agreed to part ways. Elizabeth will remain Mr. Travis' personal manager. They do not intend to comment any further and ask for your respect for their privacy during this time."
The statement didn't give further detail about Randy and Elizabeth's separation other than "a state of incompatibility exists between the parties." According to Associated Press, a petition for dissolution of marriage was filed by Randy in Albuquerque, New Mexico on Thursday, October 28. In the papers, the "America Will Always Stand" crooner requests for an equal split of assets.
Randy Travis...
- 10/30/2010
- by AceShowbiz.com
- Aceshowbiz
One of country music's longest-lasting couples have called it quits. After 19 years, Randy Travis, 51, and his manager/wife Elizabeth "Lib" Travis have ended their marriage."The divorce was finalized as of this morning," spokesperson Maureen O'Connor confirmed to People on Friday. The couple filed a petition for dissolution of marriage in Santa Fe, Nm. The court papers say a "state of incompatibility exists between the two parties," the Associated Press reports.In a statement, the rep says, "Elizabeth and Randy Travis have agreed to part ways. Elizabeth will remain Mr. Travis' personal manager. They do not intend to comment any...
- 10/29/2010
- by Dahvi Shira
- PEOPLE.com
Natalie Cole is on the mend. Less than a week after receiving a kidney transplant and losing her sister Carol "Cookie" Cole to lung cancer on the same day, the Unforgettable chanteuse was released from a Los Angeles-area hospital Sunday and is now recovering at home. "She is doing well under the circumstances," her rep, Maureen O'Connor, tells E! News. Cole, 59, underwent the life-saving operation last Tuesday at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center after the organ was procured for her by One Legacy, a transplant donor network in Southern California. As the Grammy-winning singer was in surgery, her older adopted sister, Cookie, a sometime actress who had a bit role in The Taking of...
- 5/26/2009
- E! Online
Natalie Cole will be hard-pressed to live through a more unforgettable experience. The Grammy-winning singer, who has been undergoing dialysis since last fall, successfully underwent kidney transplant surgery at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center yesterday and is currently "resting comfortably," her publicist, Maureen O'Connor, tells E! News. The kidney was procured from a deceased organ donor and made its way to the 59-year-old Cole with help from One Legacy, a transplant donor network in Southern California. "Ms. Cole's physicians have advised her to postpone her summer tour dates as she recuperates for the next three to four months," her rep said. The singer, who just last month...
- 5/20/2009
- E! Online
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