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Abigail Breslin: All Grown Up!

Look at how grown up Abigail Breslin is now. Next time you’re surfing YouTube, search for video interviews with her so you can see why sophisticated and articulate accurately describe the budding actress.

I wish a casting director would cast her alongside Emma Stone in an upcoming production! Until then, look for this girl share the limelight with some of Hollywood’s finest looking actors in New Year’s Eve next month!

…Note that because the actors are listed in alphabetical order, her name appears fourth among her co-stars.

November 25, 2011 by

Ashley Madison Doesn’t Belong in Meme Generators

The latest campaign for the website designed for cheaters proves why “kindness” is not in their mission statement.

This may not be a sizzling hot story anymore, but it left its mark in print and online and I for one am even more appalled by Ashley Madison as a result.

Adultery with someone of any gender or size is not a case of ‘everything bad is good for you’ (a book that’s on my to-read list, thanks to curiosity and a friend’s recommendation), not even in moderation.

Promoting infidelity makes Ashley Madison a deplorable company of questionable morals and I know I am not alone in saying so. That there are enough unfaithful people to support Ashley Madison’s business model is a real shame in itself. Their latest advertisement, which promotes their already disgraceful business, while creating a hurdle for fat acceptance, is even more deplorable. The print ad implies that men should ditch their overweight or obese wives for a scantily clad thin seductress instead.

Ashley Madison’s advertisement raises several issues about pornography, sex, stereotypes and beauty, which you can consider while reading message boards (yes, those still exist) where people express their outrage.

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November 24, 2011 by

Death Loves Everyone. Make Death Wait.

When sharing the Cold, Hard Truth with Western students last night, Kevin O’Leary didn’t speak about non-profit organizations in particular, but rather focused on finding an organization that has great growth potential. If this commercial is indicative of the talent at Heart and Stroke Foundation, then that makes them an organization worth taking seriously as potential future employer – it’s incredible.

Watching TV tonight, there were several commercials that caught my eye as Tumblr Tuesday worthy, but this spot by Heart and Stroke Foundation made the cut.

There is a complementary ad about men, which you can see here. Both ads mark a rare occasion in which the YouTube video is overlaid by an ad that you should actually click.

Spreading their message requires no more than 3 words on the screen at once, and that’s really all it takes for a powerful call to action.

Watch. Donate. Support.

November 22, 2011 by

Inspiration: Sheryl Sandberg

“If you survey men and women in college today in this country, the men are more ambitious than the women. And until women are as ambitious as men, they’re not going to achieve as much as men.”

– Sheryl Sandberg, Chief Operating Officer, Facebook

Source: Mashable

November 13, 2011 by

Inspiration: Arianna Huffington

http://embed.5min.com/517198476/

Arianna Huffington

Acceptance Speech

2011 Glamour’s 21st Annual Women of the Year Awards

As one of the most influential women in media, Arianna is a woman to learn from.

Listen to her eloquently speak about how failure is not the opposite of success, but rather, “failure is just a stepping stone to success.”

“Usually you go to events and they suck, but this one meant so much,” Stone told WWD. “Arianna had one of the greatest speeches about success and failure. I felt so connected to her.”

Art history aficionados will also appreciate Arianna’s comments directed at the reknowned Cindy Sherman, whose work deserves to be celebrated as well.

Other award winning women at the event were comedian Chelsea Handler and actress Lea Michele, as well as Gloria Steinem, who took home the Lifetime Achievement Award.

If you see Arianna Huffington listed under “People to Subscribe to” in your Facebook sidebar, perhaps now you’ll better understand why that’d be a good call.

Lost in the big city? Overwhelmed by misleading advice? 

                   

Watch this video and hopefully it’ll provide some reassurance.

Video Source: Huffington Post 

Image: Untitled Film Still 21 – Cindy Sherman

November 12, 2011 by