in the arena

Gilbert Arenas' comments are gross, sexist, and should have been long deleted by now.

We salute more of the women who made 2014 a year of progress in a politics, the arts, and other arenas.

Christina and Alicia, avid hockey fans from Canada, were the highlight of the “Kiss Cam” on Saturday during a Toronto Maple Leafs v Ottawa Senators hockey game when they got engaged in front of a packed arena.

What started out as a regular international friendly between the US Women and the Korea Republic squad, turned out to be a record setting performance for the 18,000+ that turned out on Thursday night for the evening match at New Jersey’s Red Bull arena.

Writer Lisa B. Valentino says she's decided to step squarely into the political arena. So take a deep breath or a Xanax if you have to… and let the colored girl tell you what’s on her mind. Did she say 'colored?' Oh yes, she did.

Dying to enjoy Lucy Lawless ('Xena: Warrior Princess') this weekend (Fri. Jan 21 @ 10PM), but don’t have access to cable premium channels? Fear not, online ladies, the ever heroic interwebs will provide you ample access to all new episodes of 'Spartacus: God of the Arena' featuring the lovely (and frequently nude) Lawless.

For lesbians planning a trip to Vancouver for the 2010 Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games February 12-28, there’s much to see and do outside of the sports arenas in this vibrant and very gay metropolis. Vancouver's not just the city where The L Word was shot.

Many celebs turned out for Nashville Rising, the benefit concert organized by Faith Hill and Tim McGraw, held at Nashville’s Bridgestone Arena. A-Lister’s included Hill and McGraw, Taylor Swift, Carrie Underwood and even Sandra Bullock. When Sandy stepped on to the stage holding a guitar I’m not sure the crowd knew what would happen next. 

The hit Starz series Spartacus:Vengeance is getting an extra dose of girl-power in the upcoming season. The series captured the attention of many lesbian fans with its portrayal of fluid sexuality in the previous season Spartacus: Blood and Sand and the six-episode prequel Spartacus: Gods of the Arena. Of course, it didn’t hurt that the lovely Lucy Lawless, who will be returning for the new season, has been one of the central characters in the Roman drama.

Recently, I had the opportunity to chat with one of television’s funniest contributors – Natasha Leggero. Originally hailing from Rockford, IL, 32-year-old Natasha has been active in the theater and television arenas since childhood.  After studying in New York City at the Stella Adler Conservatory and Hunter College following, Natasha headed to Los Angeles where her career took off.

It was announced earlier this week that Bully, The Weinstein Company’s (TWC) controversial documentary that the MPAA slapped with an R rating over six swear words will be released in theaters in its uncut, original form as unrated on March 30. Common Sense Media --an independent, not-for-profit, non-partisan group--also bestowed a “Pause 13+” on the mega-hit The Hunger Games, in which teens in a post-apocalyptic world slay each other in a Roman Colosseum style arena. The MPAA gave The Hunger Games a PG-13 rating but refused to lower Bully’s rating from R to PG-13.

Penelope Cruz and Javier Bardem have welcomed, what is destined to be one handsome, baby boy into the world over the weekend. The Oscar winner for Vicki Cristina Barcelona gave birth to their son at Cedars’ Sinai Hospital in Los Angeles. Cruz and Bardem worked together in 1992’s Jamon Jamon and in Pedro Almodovar’s 1997 film Live Flesh before re-teaming in Woody Allen’s Vicki Cristina Barcelona, for which Cruz won the Oscar playing a fiery bisexual artist. Bardem was nominated for an Oscar for playing gay poet Reinaldo Arenas in Before Night Falls. Bardem is currently nominated for an Oscar for his performance in Biutiful.