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...show with the most nuanced take on gender now is actually a sitcom: 30 Rock. Through comedy-show producer Liz Lemon (Tina Fey)--a woman middle manager in an overgrown-boys' field--it has dealt with topics from misogynist swear words to the gap between baby-boom and Gen-X feminists with a gender-consciousness that's unashamed but unafraid to make fun of itself. (In one flashback, teenage Liz sues her high school to become placekicker on the football team; she flubs a kick and cheers, "Yeah! Feminism!") Liz isn't powerful enough to be in a mafia...
...victory rally in Little Rock, Ark., Huckabee took a hard-earned moment to gloat, having overwhelmingly won four southern states despite having been counted out by the national press. "Today people across this country are saying that, yes, we heard what the pundits said," Huckabee told the crowd, speaking, as usual, without notes. "But this is our vote, not theirs. This is our election, not theirs. This is our presidency, not theirs...
...Oprah isn't the only one. Voters in many of the Super Tuesday states, particularly on college campuses, shouldn't be surprised to see celebrities such as Robert DeNiro, who appeared today with Obama at a New Jersey rally, Kerry Washington, Usher, Chris Rock, Brendan Routh, Kate Walsh, Kal Penn and Tate Donovan speaking on Obama's behalf. Voters in California are getting phone calls from Ed Norton and Alfre Woodard; caucus-goers in Colorado might hear from Forest Whitaker. Enrique Marciano, who stars in CBS's Without a Trace, is campaigning for Obama with Arizona Governor Janet Napolitano. Minnesotans...
...were calling everyone we knew and everyone just dropped everything to be part of the video, it was amazing," said Fred Goldring, who produced the video and is a former chairman of Rock the Vote. "We're still hearing back from folks asking if we'll do another one. This is amazing, it's unlike any other campaign I've ever seen. It's a movement...
...main theme in both the documentary and the book is of human resilience, Alford says. "What has always interested me is when people get caught between a rock and a hard place, how do they respond...