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| | Ashley Judd won't run for Kentucky's Senate seat, wants to focus on her family | | Added 11 years ago | Source: CeleBitchy |
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Thank God!! Ashley Judd is NOT going to run for a Senate seat in 2014. Hallelujah! As you know, I?ve been keeping my eye on Ashley?s possible candidacy since the rumors began shortly after the 2012 election. Ashley, to her credit, seemed to be making all of the appropriate motions for a potential candidacy, meeting with the DNC, stopping short of forming an exploratory committee, and she was already being vetted by the party. Republicans seemed eager for Judd to run too ? they were praying that Minority Leader Mitch McConnell would have to run against a divorced Hollywood type who mainly lives in Tennessee. Personally, I didn?t want Ashley to be the Democratic Party?s standard-bearer in Kentucky because I think she has mental health issues and I think her candidacy would have been a hot mess. But no more worries, she?s not running!
Ashley Judd’s campaign for Senate is over before it began. After months of speculation about her political ambitions — during which time she met with the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee in Washington, D.C. — the Olympus Has Fallen actress took to Twitter on Wednesday, March 27, to officially announce that she would not, in fact, seek Republican Mitch McConnell’s seat in Kentucky next year.
“Dear Friends,” she wrote in the first of a series of tweets explaining her decision. “Thank you for these months of remarkable support & encouragement, for your voices, exhortations & prayers…Regretfully, I am currently unable to consider a campaign for the Senate.”
“I have spoken to many Kentuckians over these last few months who expressed their desire for a fighter for the people & new leader,” she went on. “While that won’t be me at this time, I will continue to work as hard as I can to ensure the needs of Kentucky families are met by returning this Senate seat to whom it rightfully belongs: the people & their needs, dreams, and great potential.”
The star — who ended her 10-year marriage to husband Dario Franchitti in January — suggested she had personal matters to tend to before she could devote herself completely to public concerns.
“After serious and thorough contemplation, I realize that my responsibilities & energy at this time need to be focused on my family,” she wrote.
Included in that family, of course, is sister Wynonna, who told Us Weekly recently that she would support Judd’s decision either way. “I’m going to love her and give her the love of a sister, which is what we all want. And give her the right to fail or succeed,” the singer said. “I’m going to support her and tell her if she needs shelter from the storm — oh, is she going to need shelter from the storm — I’m here.”
Wynonna even said she’d vote for her sister, even though she disagrees “with pretty much everything [Ashley] says.”
“I am for Ashley,” she told Us. “I am for Ashley because…I’ve seen enough movies to know that someday, we’re going to be 80 and 84 and I’m going to look back on our memories. And what am I going to remember the most? Whether she won or lost a campaign? Or am I going to remember that I was there in the wings applauding for her?”
[From Us Weekly]
See, now I?m actually excited about Ashley potentially being a power-broker behind-the-scenes. She can still raise a lot of money for the Democratic candidate, and she can do some events in Kentucky too, without getting the personal attacks she would have gotten if she was the candidate. Pundits were analyzing this last night on MSNBC, and the basic gist of the coverage is that Ashley?s withdrawal is no big deal for the Dems. Now the party gets to run someone who actually lives in Kentucky and they get to put the focus on McConnell, who isn?t even that popular in his state.
Photos courtesy of Adriana M. Barraza/WENN.com.
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| | Ashley Judd: "Currently Unable" to Run For Senate | | Added 11 years ago | Source: Celebrity Gossip |
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After lots of consideration and thought, Ashley Judd announced on Wednesday that she will not be running for a U.S. Senate seat in 2014 (March 27).
The "Missing" star would have challenged Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell's position in Kentucky.
In a statement released on her Twitter account, she begins, "Dear Friends, Thank you for these months of remarkable support & encouragement, for your voices, exhortations, & prayers. I have decided. After serious and thorough contemplation, I realize that my responsibilities & energy at this time need to be focused on my family."
Sorry to let down her supporters, she continues, "Regretfully, I am currently unable to consider a campaign for the Senate. I have spoken to so many Kentuckians over these last few months who expressed their desire for a fighter for the people & new leader. While that won't be me at this time, I will continue to work as as hard as I can to ensure the needs of Kentucky families are met by returning this Senate seat to whom it rightfully belongs: the people & their needs, dreams, and great potential."
Perhaps keeping the option open for later, the 44-year-old actress concludes, "Thanks for even considering me as that person & know how much I love our Commonwealth. Thank you!"
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| | Ashley Judd, potential Senate candidate, already the target of 'rape jokes' | | Added 11 years ago | Source: CeleBitchy |
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Here are some photos of Ashley Judd and Gerard Butler at last night?s LA premiere of Olympus Has Fallen, that stupid-looking movie where Gerry (I think?) plays a Secret Service agent trying to save the White House from an air assault or something. All I can remember from the trailer is that a plane takes out the Washington Monument, which is probably one of the most potent ?Castrated America? images in the history of filmmaking.
I didn?t even know Ashley Judd was in the movie, so this is a bit of a shock. She plays the fictional FLOTUS apparently. Ashley looked pretty good on the carpet ? I can?t find the designer ID, but I?m assuming it?s Herve Leger because it looks exactly like a Herve Leger dress. It?s a pretty color on her, and I like her hair length these days.
Ashley is the reason I wanted to cover these photos ? I know most of you don?t care, but I?ve been following Ashley?s movements to become the Democratic Party?s nominee for the 2014 Senate race in Kentucky. She still hasn?t announced, although she does seem to be making all the right motions ? she?s meeting with DNC people, she?s gauging the interest level within Kentucky, and I think she?s probably cleaning up whatever chaos and drama remains in her personal life. I still think Ashley would be a trainwreck as a candidate for state-wide office. The issue isn?t that she?s a Hollywood actress (although that won?t help in Kentucky) ? the issue is that I feel strongly that she has some mental health issues. But regardless of my concerns, it does seem like Ashley is going to do it, and as such, the right-wing media machine has already spun into action to mock her. Here?s what happened at CPAC a few days ago:
Fox News contributor and comedian Steven Crowder mocked liberal actress Ashley Judd on Saturday during a conservative gathering, claiming she was strangely fixated on rape.
?By the way, in breaking news, Ashley Judd just tweeted that buying Apple products, again, is akin to rape,? he said at the Conservative Political Action Conference. ?From her iPhone. Rape ? now she knows how my brain felt after Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood. Oh, she said it. What is this obsession with Ashley Judd and rape? It?s pretty unnerving.?
As Mother Jones noted, Judd was sexually abused as a young girl.
Crowder was referring to an opinion piece Judd wrote in 2010, in which the actress lamented she was inadvertently supporting rape by purchasing Apple products and other electronics. The mining industry of the Democratic Republic of the Congo frequently employs violence, including rape, to coerce workers into producing the materials needed to manufacture electronics.
?My electronics, received as gifts or purchased, profit armed militias and support slavery,? Judd wrote. ?I am financing mass rape as I enjoy these ridiculously Global North ultra-efficiencies and conveniences, for large scale rape is the preferred predation mining interests use to humiliate and terrify local populations, in order to control resource areas.?
Judd is rumored to be considering a run for the U.S. Senate in Kentucky. She would face Republican Minority Leader Mitch McConnell.
[From Raw Story]
Yeah. This douche is just some Fox News ?comedian? (who has a history of saying really ?funny? misogynistic stuff), so it?s not like this is coming out of Mitch McConnell?s mouth. But if Ashley gets into the race and she ends up going head-to-head with McConnell? oh, God. It?s going to be so much worse for her.
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| | Ashley Judd Split from Dario Franchitti | | Added 11 years ago | Source: The Blemish |
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After more than 10 years of marriage, Ashley Judd and Dario Franchitti are going their separate ways.
“We have mutually decided to end our marriage. We’ll always be family and continue to cherish our relationship based on the special love, integrity, and respect we have always enjoyed,” Judd, 44, and Franchitti, 39, tell PEOPLE exclusively in a statement on Tuesday.
Ashley and Dario were engaged for two years before marrying in a private ceremony in Scotland in 2001. Now that it’s over, they’ll probably just exchange awkward glances whenever they pass through the halls.
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| | Ashley Judd & her husband, Dario Franchitti, split after 11 years of marriage | | Added 11 years ago | Source: CeleBitchy |
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This is sad news no matter how you feel about Ashley Judd, because no one ever likes watching a decade-old marriage fall apart. It turns out that Ashley Judd and her race-car driver husband, Dario Franchitti, are splitting up after 11 years of marriage. They certainly looked rather happy together at last fall’s Emmy awards presentation. Or rather, Ashley looked like she was piling on the PDA while Dario was looking at whatever camera would take his picture. Yeah, these two are totally done, and here are the details:
Ashley Judd and Dario Franchitti are splitting after more than a decade of marriage.
“We have mutually decided to end our marriage. We’ll always be family and continue to cherish our relationship based on the special love, integrity, and respect we have always enjoyed,” Judd, 44, and Franchitti, 39, tell PEOPLE exclusively in a statement on Tuesday.
After being engaged for about two years, the “Missing” star and the racecar driver tied the knot in a highly private ceremony in Scotland in 2001.
Judd’s sister, Wynonna Judd, served as maid of honor, while the groom’s brother Mario was the best man.
[From People]
So Dario’s brother is named Mario? How creative of their parents. But beyond awful puns on my part, this sucks for Ashley and Mario. I’m sure he’ll be fine (he might still be looking around for the nearest camera because honestly, he doesn’t look like the brightest bulb out there), and hopefully, she’ll be okay too. I’d make a half-hearted joke about Ashley penning another wordy essay that blames her divorce on the patriarchy (and I guess I just did), but really, this is sad. All the best to Ashley and Dario as they go their separate ways.
Photos courtesy of Fame/Flynet
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| | Ashley Judd considering a 2014 run for McConnell's Senate seat in Kentucky | | Added 12 years ago | Source: CeleBitchy |
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I heard about these rumors just after the election last month, but Politico had a new story a few days ago in which several sources are now confirming something awesome/terrible. Ashley Judd is actively considering a Senate run in 2014. The initial rumors had her considering a run in Tennessee or Kentucky, but Politico says that if she runs, it will definitely be in Kentucky (which is where she grew up). And if she runs in 2014, that means she?ll be running against the current Senate Minority Leader (and thorn in Pres. Obama?s side) Mitch McConnell. You can read the full Politico story here, and here are some highlights:
Ashley Judd vs. Mitch McConnell? It might not be as far-fetched as you think. The Hollywood movie star and eighth-generation Kentuckian is seriously exploring a 2014 run for the Senate to take on the powerful Republican leader, four people familiar with the matter tell POLITICO. In recent weeks, Judd has spoken with Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand (D-N.Y.) about the possibility of a run, has discussed a potential bid with a Democratic pollster and has begun to conduct opposition research on herself to see where she?s most vulnerable in the Bluegrass State, sources say.
Whether Judd jumps into the race remains far from certain. She?s reportedly also weighing whether to wait until 2016 to instead take on freshman Sen. Rand Paul, sources say. But if Judd does become a candidate, she would be the biggest celebrity to run for the Senate since Al Franken?s successful 2008 bid for the Minnesota seat. And her entrance would add a level of star power to a race that was already poised to be the highest-profile in the country with the Senate Republican leader up for a sixth term in 2014.
?She is doing all the things that a serious candidate exploring a race should do,? Rep. John Yarmuth (D-Ky.) told POLITICO after speaking with her. ?I think there are a lot of people, and I was one of them, who wanted to let her know that her candidacy would be an exciting prospect for us. That?s what I wanted her to know. A lot of the labor unions, they were telling me that too.?
A Judd spokeswoman declined to comment beyond an earlier statement when the actress said she was ?very honored? by the consideration, but didn?t shut the door on a run.
Democrats privately acknowledge that recruiting isn?t easy against McConnell, as the state?s strongest Democrats may instead run for governor in 2015 rather than face the GOP leader?s machine in a bare-knuckle Senate bid. That?s why some Democrats are calling on Judd to run ? she could raise a ton of cash, energize the base and would have significant name recognition in the state. Yet other Democrats are nervous about her prospective candidacy: She?d be pegged as a liberal, out of touch with conservative Kentucky; she has no experience running for office; and she now lives outside her home state.
McConnell?s campaign is already talking about how it?s prepared to tear apart any Democrat who joins the fray.
?It?s going to sting,? Jesse Benton, McConnell?s campaign manager, warned to any candidates considering a run. ?We?re going to make sure that you don?t come out with your nose clean. We?re going to drive your negatives up and very aggressively and publicly litigate your record before the citizens of Kentucky.?
?This is not a free run to prime yourself for future office in ?15,? said Benton, who declined to comment on Judd specifically.
[From Politico]
Politico goes on to discuss the causes Ashley has been involved with over the years, including AIDS research, treatment and prevention, women?s right to choose, and her criticism of mountaintop removal mining. She?s a well-known and out-spoken liberal Democrat, which will help bring money to a possible race, of course, but it doesn?t even guarantee her the Democratic nomination in Kentucky, considering the more conservative demographics.
But really? this is just further evidence (in my mind) of how out-of-touch most political operatives are about ?the real world?. Anyone who has read a celebrity blog over the past year would be able to tell you this is a horrible idea. Ashley Judd should be considered an extremely flawed potential candidate for state-wide office. Her speeches would be nonsensical ramblings of ?big words? thrown together, and she wouldn?t be able to handle legitimate (or off-side) criticism without throwing a massive hissy fit and calling all Kentuckians ?misogynists? for failing to compliment her ?flawless skin?. Can you even imagine Ashley in a debate against Sen. McConnell? Good God, that would be a mess. I guess strategically, it would make sense to run Judd against McConnell if the Dems feel like they have no chance at the seat and they just want to raise money or something. But even then, surely there are better candidates?
Photos courtesy of WENN.
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Over the history of our nation, several Hollywood figures made the transition to Capitol Hill and Ashley Judd may be looking to be the next Tinseltown transplant.
The ?Double Jeopardy? dame is reportedly ?seriously considering? a campaign for Kentucky?s US Senate seat against Republican Mitch McConnell in 2014.
Kentucky Representative John Yarmuth explained, ?She is doing all the things that a serious candidate exploring a race should do. I think there are a lot of people, and I was one of them, who wanted to let her know that her candidacy would be an exciting prospect for us.?
Jesse Benton, McConnell?s right-hand man warned, ?It?s going to sting. We?re going to make sure that you don?t come out with your nose clean. We?re going to drive your negatives up and very aggressively and publicly litigate your record before the citizens of Kentucky.?
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| | Ashley Judd Drops By 'Jimmy Kimmel Live' | | Added 12 years ago | Source: Celebrity Gossip |
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Stepping out for a promotional appearance, Ashley Judd was spotted at ?Jimmy Kimmel Live? studios last night (April 11).
The ?Double Jeopardy? babe chatted about her experience with the University of Kentucky?s NCAA Championship Season, as well as her new show ?Missing,? which was shot in various European cities.
Ms. Judd explained, ?No green screen. We actually filmed ?Missing? all over Europe. Prague was our basecamp, so that?s where I had my apartment for four and a half months.?
?I actually prefer a different kind of travel. I prefer the really gritty, grassroots, developing country-type humanitarian travel I do. Prague was beautiful. I tried to take in some of the historical sights and familiarize myself with the phenomenal legacy that is Prague, because that enriched my experience of just kind of running back and forth from all the locations.?
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| | Ashley Judd blasts the 'nasty, vitriolic and gloating tone' of her critics | | Added 12 years ago | Source: CeleBitchy |
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Here are some new photos of Ashley Judd yesterday, filming a segment for Extra. I?m sure she?s promoting Missing, but at this point, hardly anyone is talking about her show. Everyone is talking about ?the puffy-face controversy? because Ashley is still talking about it too. As we previewed yesterday, Ashley gave an interview to NBC to further explain her face and excoriate her critics, just as she did in her Daily Beast essay. Interestingly enough, Ashley continues to shill her flawed (in my opinion) argument, which amounts to ?People said mean things about me, and that makes them misogynists.?
Once again, I think Ashley is simply angry that people said mean things about her, and that they say harsh things about women – not that women are judged on their appearances in general. Ashley?s point is NOT ?We should not say things about a woman?s appearance, good or bad, because a woman should be judged on her mind.? Ashley?s point is ?People shouldn?t say mean things about my appearance in particular because it?s anti-woman to notice when I have a puffy face.? It?s absolutely fine with her if you want to compliment her ?flawless skin? (her words) or say that she looks pretty.
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In the new interview, Ashley claims, ?I think it’s hatred of women that invites the criticism? I think it’s the objectification of girls and women and this hypersexualization of our society that invites the criticism.? Hypersexualization? In my opinion, that?s a separate argument. Our society does hypersexualize women, and it?s especially creepy when young girls are hypersexualized. But I don?t understand the point here, with Judd. Is she saying that our culture is so sexualized that we don?t put worth in a woman if we don?t deem her ?sexy?? Valid and interesting point, but is that what she’s saying? Or is it that a once-beautiful Hollywood starlet, who relied and profited from her beauty and her ?sexiness? for years and years, had never before had her appearance criticized?
Judd continues, ?It doesn’t have anything to do with me, really, and how I look? There was no presumption of goodwill. The conversation went straight to, ‘Oh my gosh.’ [There was a] nasty, vitriolic and gloating tone. I started to catch the double bind where, you know, my face looks puffy, ‘She’s had work,’ you know? And then, look at the same image in a different interpretation by a separate set of people is, ‘Oh, come on, she doesn’t even have any wrinkles at all, she’s clearly had work.’ So, I look bad, I’ve had work. I look too good, I’ve had work.” Except that no one was saying she looked ?too good?! Sorry. That amused me. But really, no one was like, ?She looks awesome, she must have had work done.? People only talked about the ?puffy face? because she did look so noticeably different.
The worst part of Judd?s flawed argument (once again, in my opinion) was the part where she talks about how women try to ?fix? their appearances and the cycle of seeking self-worth in beauty products and exercise equipment. This, coming from a woman who had a long-standing contract with Estee Lauder. At the very least, if you consider Ashley?s argument to be valid and without flaws, you have to admit that she was actively engaged with and profiting from this misogynistic system (that she’s now blasting) for years.
Photos courtesy of WENN.
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| | Ashley Judd Defends Her Puffy Face | | Added 12 years ago | Source: Yeeeah |
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43-year-old actress Ashley Judd wrote an article for The Daily Beast claiming that she was unduly maligned by plastic surgery allegations after she showed up on the red carpet with cheeks three times their normal size earlier this month. She claims that her puffy face was a side effect of steroids she was prescribed for a sinus infection, but that’s besides the point anyway, because you were just playing right into the misogynistic patriarchal cultural conspiracy that manipulates our current social mores. The Daily Mail says:
She said [in the article]: ‘I choose to address [the plastic surgery allegations] because the conversation was pointedly nasty, gendered, and misogynistic and embodies what all girls and women in our culture, to a greater or lesser degree, endure every day, in ways both outrageous and subtle.
The assault on our body image… and subsequent degradation of our sexuality and the general incessant objectification is what this conversation allegedly about my face is really about.
When my 2012 face looks different than it did when I filmed Double Jeopardy in 1998, I am accused of having ‘messed up’ my face (polite language here, the F word is being used more often). The most disturbing comments about [my] appearance were made by women… that women are joining in the ongoing disassembling of my appearance is salient.
Patriarchy is not men. Patriarchy is a system in which both women and men participate. It privileges… the interests of boys and men over the bodily integrity, autonomy, and dignity of girls and women.
It is subtle, insidious, and never more dangerous than when women passionately deny that they themselves are engaging in it… unless there is a change in attitude women will continue to be analyzed and suffer brutal criticism.”
As a woman, let me be the first to point out that my entire career is hinged on the misogynist patriarchal cultural conspiracy. It was the misogynistic patriarchal cultural conspiracy that paid off my student loans in six months. Misogynistic patriarchal cultural conspiracy got me an A in Calculus. And all my drinks last night. Let’s not pretend it doesn’t help as much as it hurts, ladies. I join in the bashing not because I want to hyper-sexualize or degrade, but because it makes me feel better about myself when I point out the flaws in others.
At the premiere of her new show “Missing”:
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