Lucille Ball on Shine

Kings to Queens: 16 Women Who've Stolen the Comedy Crown

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Johnny Carson, Charlie Chaplin, John Belushi, Jack Benny … It used to be that comedy was a man's world, but before long funny women began bursting onto the scene, the stage and the screen. With ground broken by ladies like Lucille Ball, Carol Burnett and Phyllis Diller, stand-up lineups are as…

Update: Finally dyed my hair red!

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A few weeks ago I wrote a very forceful, lady-empowerment post about changing my hair from easy, safe blond to something more interesting and perhaps even a little wild. I said that though I felt terrified, I knew this fear was kind of stupid and I was finally going to face it, march into the hairdresser's and declare, "Make my hair red! (please.)"

But then the appointment got canceled. And I made another one and I couldn't go. And then no appointments were working out and they were booked until last night and it was all getting REALLY FRUSTRATING. In the two week interim, I had far too much time to obsess over the whole shallow situation and to hear other people's advice and opinions (all of which stoked my panic and really made me want to chicken out). To wit:
"Well it will be next to impossible to go back to blond and you'll probably cry," said my best friend Clayton.
"I think with your hair it will probably turn out like, a pinkish salmon color, which could be good!" offered my friend Phoebe.
"Wait, like red, red? Like Lucille Ball red?" gasped my sister.

Real You: If your significant other is your business partner, the stakes are higher all around

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But when it works, there's a unique reward in being part of a power couple. Before you jump into a partnership with your husband or another family member, create some clear expectations for each person's role within the company. Write them down. But even...

Support Group for Comic’s Wives

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I threatened my stand-up comic husband, Luis Moro I was going to open a support group for wives of stand-up comedians. And here it is. Is your life being used for material? You never know what your going to say next, that will end up on stage? Or maybe you are not sure which one of the jokes...