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Barbie Honors Helen Mirren and 8 Other Women with ‘Role Model’ Dolls

Posted By MediaFeed on Blogging

https://mediafeed.org - Mattel is celebrating the 65th anniversary of the first Barbie and International Women’s Day on March 8 by honoring inspiring women from around the world. The …

Book Review – The Partner Track by Helen Wan

Posted By LaurelLit 1123 days ago on Writing

https://laurellit.com - The Partner Track, by Helen Wan, was released back in 2013. Unfortunately, it reads like it was written today; I doubt Asian-Americans have experienced much improvement when it comes to workplace discrimination. The good news is, a Netflix series based on the novel is currently in production. I am eagerly waiting for the premiere. TheContinue Reading
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Helen Keller: An Advocate for the Blind

Posted By eBrandMe 1338 days ago on Personal

https://www.beyouteous.com - Helen Keller, whose name means light was born June 27, 1889 in Tuscumbia, Alabama. She lost her vision and became mute February 1882 and later worked on behalf of the blind, campaigning that the major cause of blindness in infants was a condition called ophthalma neonatarum.More

MVD Marquee Collection: Two by Alan Rudolph: Afterglow (1997) and Ray Meets Helen (2017)

Posted By themoviesleuth 1434 days ago on Entertainment

http://www.spoilerfreemoviesleuth.com - It comes as no surprise writer-director Alan Rudolph’s films are best described as Altmanesque.  The son of television director/actor Oscar Rudolph and protégé of Robert Altman who worked as an assistant director on both The Long Goodbye and Nashville, Alan Rudolph soon began making his own films before finding his niche with the sex dramedy Choose Me starring Rudolph regulars Keith Carradine and Geneviève Bujold.  Like Altman, his films focus on interlocking storylines involving peculiar, lonely characters and their interpersonal, often dysfunctional relationships coupled with class division.  With the MVD Marquee Collection, the distributor has curated two of the directors most notable films with the Academy Award nominated Afterglow from 1997 and the director’s fina