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Film & Television

Another Opening for Elaine Stritch

By Anne de Mare
In addition to the profound joy I felt in celebrating a good friend's success, what was so moving to me was the chance to see an independent film about an independent woman celebrated and hailed as the extraordinary achievement that it is.
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Film & Television · News

THE BIG PICTURE—‘ELAINE STRITCH: SHOOT ME’

By Elizabeth Hemmerdinger
In an upcoming documentary, an icon tells the story of her early days on the stage, the false starts, the failed and full-blown romances, and her present-day struggles with time as she soldiers on from rehearsal to performance, cursing, praying, laughing, despairing, and wrestling with the tricks aging plays on us.
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Arts & Culture · Poetry

Poetry Sunday: Joan Rivers, Audrey Hepburn, and Us

By Women's Voices For Change
Sighted in person in 2001, she was frightening—frozen, a waxen figure from "The Twilight Zone." Two weeks later, on TV, she looked better. In the 2010 documentary "Joan Rivers: A Piece of Work," she looked even better—never particularly real nor her age, but more animated and more, well, human.
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Film & Television

Crowds and Sounds and the Unexpected

By Elizabeth Hemmerdinger
By Elizabeth Hemmerdinger

The brilliant British filmmaker Lindsey Dryden, deaf in one ear since childhood and threatened with losing her hearing altogether, helps us “hear” the loss, feel the fright, and share the grace of a dancer, a young pianist, and a music critic who are doing the seemingly impossible.

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News

News Brief:Boomer Women Rule Emmy Awards; A ‘Quinceanara’ Party at 45, Not 15; Less HRT = Lower Breast Cancer Rates; More Boomers Homeless, Especially Women

By Womens Voices for Change
Someone was listening: Last night’s Emmy Awards were a veritable festival of women over 40, with victories by Glenn Close (Damages) for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series; Jean Smart (Samantha Who?) for Best Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series; and Laura Linney (John Adams) for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Miniseries. And Tina Fey, above, scored a triple:…
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