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Where's Geena Davis? (taxmanblog)

Fri, 29 Aug 2008 14:59:00 GMT

I didn't realize that ABC brought back Commander in Chief. Given that McCain is all of 89 or 90, she could be the next president, much like the TV drama. I've been critical of Obama's campaign playing right into McCain's hand. McCain must have decided to return the favor with his selection of Palin. Look, she seems like a great conservative. But how do you bang on someone's lack of experience with...

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Palin Comparsion (Tom Watson: My Dirty Life & Times)

twwatson@earthlink.net — Fri, 29 Aug 2008 20:50:59 GMT

... In the movie, of course, she'd be a Democrat portrayed by a feisty Julia Roberts or a peppery Geena Davis. In real life, she's McCain's long bomb downfield, timed to offset Obama's long drive in Denver - a high risk venture that is so neatly the opposite of Barack Obama's hand-off to Joe Biden . You know your opponent is behind when he names the young, untested Governor of Alaska...

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Which TV star does Palin most resemble? (tampabay.com blogs)

Fri, 29 Aug 2008 17:53:00 GMT

John McCain found a masterful way to dominate TV coverage the day after Barack Obama gave one of the most majestic political convention speeches in history: He nominated a real-life Geena Davis for vice president. Telegenic Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin...

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John McCain's running mate, Sarah Palin, was a high school jock (The Final Score)

Fri, 29 Aug 2008 15:24:59 GMT

... other purveyors of TV videos will be pushing "Commander In Chief," the short-lived series starring Geena Davis as the female VP who becomes President of the United States.

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Dottie Wiltse Collins, 84; star pitcher of WWII-era women's baseball league (LA Times)

Sun, 24 Aug 2008 07:00:00 GMT

Collins was instrumental in building the women's league exhibit for the Baseball Hall of Fame and was one of the inspirations for Geena Davis' character in the film 'A League of Their Own.' Dottie Wiltse Collins, a top pitcher in the women's professional baseball league in the 1940s who was instrumental in pulling together the Baseball Hall of Fame exhibit that led to the film "A League...

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The XXIX Summer Olympiad (Simpleprop.Com)

Thu, 21 Aug 2008 20:43:54 GMT

... Doesn’t make for great TV and the only newsworthy thing coming out of Archery in recent memory was Geena Davis’ attempt to make the Olympic team in 2000. Athletics - commonly referred to as “Track & Field”, just edges out Aquatics with 48 events. These events fall into 4 categories: Track (almost all the running), Field (jumping/vaulting and throwing), Road (marathon and walking),...

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Dottie Collins, Woman Pitcher, Dies at 84 (Red Hot Mama)

Tue, 19 Aug 2008 00:42:06 GMT

Dottie Collins, star pitcher of the All-American Girls Professional Baseball league in the 1940s, has died at the age of 84. Collins was portrayed by Geena Davis in the movie A League of Their Own. The New York Times has a lot of good information on Ms. Collins’ career, but I think that at least this [...]

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Remembering Star Pitcher Dottie Collins (Oklahoma Women's Network Blog)

Sun, 17 Aug 2008 19:23:00 GMT

She's not an Oklahoman , but please pause with me a moment to honor the passing of a truly remarkable woman. Remember the 1992 film "A League of Their Own" in which Geena Davis played the outstanding pitcher Dottie Collins? Well, the real Dottie Collins recently died and her obituary ran in today's New York Times. (FYI, it is a big deal for NYT to run your obit; we were thrilled when...

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Help Us Cast 'The Michael Phelps Story' [Defamer Casting] (Defamer)

Thu, 14 Aug 2008 17:30:00 GMT

Now that Michael Phelps has finally won more gold medals than Geena Davis, we can get down to the real business at hand: the swimmer's showbiz future. Sure, there's bound to be an awkward SNL-hosting...

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Poll gives Bush resounding vote of confidence (Las Vegas Gleaner)

Wed, 13 Aug 2008 15:43:11 GMT

Always good for a laugh if not reliable results, a Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey finds fully half of those polled do not -- repeat, do not -- think George W. Bush is the worst U.S. president in history. When those respondents were asked if not Bush, then who, most of them named Barack Obama, although John Kerry, Michael Dukakis and Geena Davis were also popular responses....

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SmartTalk Media Announces New Investors, Major Corporate Re-Branding Initiative (PR News Wire )

Wed, 13 Aug 2008 15:09:00 GMT

... more than one million tickets to more than 500 lecture performances featuring speakers including Geena Davis, Brooke Shields, Katie Couric, Anna Quindlen, Lisa Ling, Ann Curry, Erin Brockovich, Joy Behar, Suze Orman, Valerie Plame Wilson, Marie Osmond, Maya Angelou, Glenn Close, Susan Sarandon, Jane Fonda, Julie Andrews, Whoopi Goldberg, Mariane Pearl, Barbara Walters, Jane Goodall,...

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In Olympia (Shaken & Stirred)

Tue, 12 Aug 2008 01:58:41 GMT

You Are Archery You are a bit of a traditionalist. You like old fashioned things with deep traditions. You also like to see the result of your accomplishments right in front of you. If practice makes perfect, that's fine by you. You like to practice a skill. What Olympic Sport Are You? Me and Geena Davis, right? (Via Hannah.)

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Remembering Bernie Brillstein (Entertainment Weekly's PopWatch)

Mon, 11 Aug 2008 18:48:40 GMT

... such actors as Brad Pitt, Jennifer Aniston, Courteney Cox, Sylvester Stallone, Adam Sandler, Geena Davis, Nicolas Cage, Richard Dreyfuss, Peter Falk, George Wendt, David Spade, and Rob Lowe, as well as such writers as SNL's Alan Zwiebel and The Bob Newhart Show's Tom Patchett and Jay Tarses. Among the works he produced or got off the ground were Hee Haw, Alf, It's Garry Shandling's...

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Manic Pixie Dream Girlfriends (feminist blogs)

Mon, 11 Aug 2008 12:23:09 GMT

... a satire of the form, so including Mary may be unfair), Charlotte from Lost in Translation , Geena Davis’ character in The Accidental Tourist , and definitely Ana from Stranger Than Fiction . And maybe Clementine from Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind , although maybe not. I really like most of these films — and I’ve found the stock MPDG character attractive lots of times — but...

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Tearful Alison Williamson leaves the Games a 'broken arrow' (Times Online)

Sun, 10 Aug 2008 14:04:24 GMT

Williamson is used to surreal occasions, having once beaten Hollywood star Geena Davis in a competition in Sydney, but the atmosphere at the Olympic archery field was something else as Koreans swayed on the terraces alongside their glummer-faced Chinese rivals. The irritating thing for the veteran of four previous Olympics was knowing that Britain are good enough to beat France, as Folkhard...

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Industry icon Bernie Brillstein dies (Variety.com)

Fri, 08 Aug 2008 20:38:14 GMT

... nurtured at Brillstein-headed shingles included such biz heavyweights as Brad Pitt, Adam Sandler, Geena Davis, Martin Short, Jim Belushi, Dabney Coleman, John Larroquette, Dana Carvey, Dennis Miller, Nicolas Cage, Rob Lowe and Jay Tarses.In the 1980s, the Brillstein Co. was among the first contempo talent rep shingles to branch out into TV production in a significant way with shows...

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Bernie Brillstein, manager was 77 (Bill Boyarsky)

Fri, 08 Aug 2008 16:52:32 GMT

A one-time WMA agent, Brillstein headed Hollywood's most successful management company in the 1980s and in the '90s in partnership with Brad Grey, now chairman and CEO of Paramount Pictures. Clients whose careers were nurtured at Brillstein-headed shingles also included such biz heavyweights as Lorne Michaels, Gilda Radner, Dan Aykroyd, Brad Pitt, Adam Sandler, Geena Davis, Martin Short,...

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WTF: My Picks for Vice Presidents [Opinions] (Film School Rejects)

Wed, 06 Aug 2008 12:55:16 GMT

... “24,” and he even spent some time in the White House (albeit a fake one) as the Chief of Staff to Geena Davis in “Commander in Chief.” In that sense, he has more White House experience than Barack Obama (or McCain himself, for that matter). For the big O, I choose Michael Hogan . Again, he’s not known by name, but sci-fi fans the world over recognizes his stern mug as Colonel Saul...

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Olympic Gold Medalist Apolo Ohno Guest Judges On Bravo's "PROJECT RUNWAY" This Wednesday, August 6 At 9 PM ET/PT (Reality TV Website)

Tue, 05 Aug 2008 14:34:38 GMT

... with a room full of barking dogs? Celebrity stylist Robert Hallowell (clients include Lucy Liu and Geena Davis) joins as guest judge.

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Biggest Celebrity in the World: Marroons & their Moolah (Atlas Shrugs)

Thu, 31 Jul 2008 06:01:36 GMT

... Matt Damon actor $4,600 Larry David comedian, writer $2,300 Laurie David writer, activist $2,300 Geena Davis actress $4,600 Robert DeNiro actor $2,300 Danny Devito actor $2,000 Taye Diggs actor $2,300 Michael Douglas actor, director $4,600 Karen Duffy model, actress $2,300 Tracey Edmonds entertainment executive $2,800 Anthony Edwards actor $2,300 Michael Eisner Disney ceo 1984-2005...

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