100 WOMEN WE LOVE 2008
Lily Tomlin’s extraordinary career as a funny lady bloomed on the TV show Laugh-In in 1969, the year of the Stonewall rebellion. Fittingly, she has woven feminism and LGBT life into her characters—the not-so-hardworking phone operator Ernestine, Violet Newstead in 9 to 5 and the numerous personas populating The Search for Signs of Intelligent Life in the Universe, the one-woman play written by Tomlin’s partner Jane Wagner, for which Tomlin won a Tony Award. She was also nominated for an Academy Award for her turn as Linnea Reese in Robert Altman’s Nashville, played recurring roles on TV shows from Murphy Brown to The West Wing, and has won six Emmys, a Grammy, and a Lifetime Achievement Tony Award in 1977. Tomlin, who has called Wagner the most influential person in her life and career, narrated 1995’s landmark LGBT documentary The Celluloid Closet. –KL
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Hats off to the 100 Women We Love, class of 2008 (in no particular order, ’cause we love ’em all!).
Vickie Starr (Far Right)
What do Morrissey, The Gossip, The Scissor Sisters, Sia, Le Tigre, and Mika have in common? You might never have heard of them if not for Girlie Action Media & Marketing, of which Vickie Starr is an owner. Girlie Action has hand-picked many of your favorite artists, promoting them from indie obscurity to bona-fide stardom. “The music business is a roller coaster ride right now, and has been for the past several years,” says Starr. “We have managed to survive, and even thrive, by staying flexible, open-minded and creative, keeping up on new technologies and new business models so that we can continue to serve our artists in the best way possible.” –MF
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