It was all about women – and mostly midlife women – at the Emmys. From the nominees to the winners, midlife women took the lead, and they were women, to be sure, not girls. There was Frances McDormand (Actress, TV Movie or Miniseries – Olive Kitteridge), Allison Janney (Supporting Actress, Comedy – Mom), Jane Anderson …
I’ve been a big fan of Melissa McCarthy’s since her days as the adorable Sookie St. James on the purely escapist show Gilmore Girls. Sookie was a chef with a family and a life and a fantastic best friend, Lorelai Gilmore (Lauren Graham of Parenthood fame). Sookie was the voice of reason during many of Lorelei’s most …
I came late to the Jon Stewart party. Mostly because my husband and I go to bed early. Like 10 or 10:30. It’s not that we’re old – we’ve always gone to bed early. “You have to watch Jon Stewart,” my brother would say to me. Over and over. He likes to stay up late. Meh. …
In case you missed it, midlife women were all over the Golden Globes. From the hosts Tina Fey and Amy Poehler to the Best Actress in a Drama winner Julianne Moore for Still Alice, and Best Supporting Actress in a Drama winner Patricia Arquette for Boyhood, we were represented by some of the most talented, beautiful and well-dressed women …
Unless you have Amazon Prime and have seen the show Transparent, you may be a bit mystified when you watch the Golden Globes this Sunday, January 11 and see that this groundbreaking series has been nominated for Best Comedy and that its lead actor, Jeffrey Tambor, has been nominated also. The show and the actor …
