Gutsy Broad: Angelina Jolie

Posted by mimi on Feb 7, 2008 in dish | 1 comment Let’s just get it out of the way, shall we? Angelina Jolie is not-to-be-believed gorgeous. And outspoken. And bold. Tattoos, vials of blood, marriages, leather clothes, Goth-girl-gone bad and everything. She’s like that girl from high school you just knew would end up in jail. Or pregnant. Or both.And yet, she’s also the cool girl you wish you had the cojones to become. The one...
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Classy Dame: Helen Mirren

Posted by mimi on Jan 26, 2008 in dish | 2 comments Helen Mirren really is a Dame–she was named a Dame of the British Empire in 2003. But it’s not just for that reason that Dame Helen is Classy. She’s smart, and she doesn’t take herself too seriously. She’s a brilliant actress with incredible range–from the evil seductress morgana in John Boorman’s Excalibur to Prime Suspect’s alcoholic Sup. Jane...
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Cool Chick: Drew Barrymore

Posted by mimi on Jan 18, 2008 in dish | 1 comment You have to give props to someone who emerges from the child star wastelands (and I do mean wastelands, since she had a vicious cocaine and alcohol addiction when she was a young teenager) and manages to become a successful adult. She’s funny, adorable, and doesn’t take herself too seriously. She really does deserve the “American’s Sweetheart” title folks give her....
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Gutsy Broad: Elizabeth Edwards

Posted by mimi on Jan 4, 2008 in dish | 0 comments Okay, I admit it. I have a fangirl crush on Elizabeth Edwards. There’s just something about her I really respond to. Like her willingness to call out rude, mean-spirited behavior (yes, I’m talking about that Coulter woman). Or to keep on keepin’ on despite a cancer diagnosis–and recurrence. She lost a son in a car accident. She has two small kids at home and a daughter in...
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