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Tag Archives: Women

‘Brand New Cherry Flavor’ is strange, sexy yet incredibly disturbing as a TV horror

November 10, 2021by rachelannc Leave a comment

Brand New Cherry Flavor is probably one of the creepiest, strangest and grotesque, yet best limited series I have seen in a long long time. Lisa N. Nova (Rosa Salazar) […]

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Articles, Movies, Response, TV

Thoughts I Had While Watching Seven Seasons of ‘Gilmore Girls’ for the First Time, Ever

August 21, 2020by rachelannc 1 Comment

Call me late to the game, but I have joined the world of Stars Hollow and fallen in love with the girls we know as the Gilmore Girls, twenty years after […]

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Articles, Media, Reflection, Response, TV

‘Jennifer’s Body’ is finally getting its respect, 10 years later, in intimate conversation with Megan Fox and Diablo Cody

December 12, 2019by rachelannc Leave a comment

Any of you remember a little movie called Jennifer’s Body back in 2009, which starred budding hot A-listers Megan Fox and Amanda Seyfried? The movie seemed to be a raunch targeted […]

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‘Wonder Woman’ Review: Why I am still reeling over Gal Gadot and Patty Jenkins’ powerful display of femininity

June 5, 2017by rachelannc 1 Comment

I don’t geek out over movies often — let alone a superhero or comic book movie — but Wonder Woman left such a strong impression on me that I couldn’t let […]

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Why Ryan Gosling’s tribute to Eva Mendes and her unpaid work stole everyone’s heart for “La La Land”

January 9, 2017by rachelannc Leave a comment

Now the world understands why I’ve always had the biggest crush on Ryan Gosling. Upon winning best actor in a comedy or musical at Sunday night’s Golden Globe awards, it […]

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The Power of Women and “Shine Theory”

March 8, 2016by rachelannc Leave a comment

A lot of people may wonder why I have so many female influences in my life. From Nancy Wilson to Stevie Nicks, Meg & Dia Frampton to Mandy Moore, to Olivia Wilde, […]

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‘Vinyl’ and its Underrated Women of the Record Industry

February 29, 2016by rachelannc 5 Comments

When it comes to 1973 New York, the music industry was at an all-time high. New genres were emerging. Post-punk, disco, hip-hop and rock ‘n’ roll were being born. A new […]

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Articles, Music, Response, TV

Off Camera with Olivia Wilde

January 18, 2016by rachelannc Leave a comment

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fMDr7RyD21U “I’ve always been good at asking advice,” Olivia Wilde tells Sam Jones. “I identify mentors and I’m good at asking them questions.” If you ask anyone working in Hollywood […]

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Female Bombers in “The Battle of Algiers” (1966 French Film)

June 8, 2015by rachelannc 1 Comment

Issues of women, the female and innocence have always been topics of personal interest to me. I don’t normally get all geeky and post about films and clips from my […]

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Media, Movies, Response

Boycrazy Radio Call w/ Alexi Wasser, Shannyn Sossamon & Rachel Ann Cauilan

March 20, 2015by rachelannc 1 Comment

3/18/15 10:03 PM – Boycrazy Radio Call w/ Alexi Wasser, Shannyn Sossamon & Rachel Ann Cauilan Last night, I called in to a live radio podcast called BoycrazyRadio, for the first time […]

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Celebrities, Interviews, Reflection, Vlog

Rest in Peace, Lesley Gore: ‘You Don’t Own Me’ still resonates

February 16, 2015by rachelannc Leave a comment

I admit that if it weren’t for this video, I would have never heard of Lesley Gore. But, Lesley Gore seems to be a pop princess, singer-songwriter and talented woman/activist […]

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Articles, Celebrities, Media, Music

Variety’s “Actors on Actors” series pairs Keira Knightley and Ethan Hawke to reflect on early success

December 7, 2014by rachelannc 1 Comment

Were you ever swooned by Ethan Hawke‘s young, juvenile charm and boyish smile in early films such as “Dead Poet’s Society” and “Great Expectations”? How about Keira Knightley‘s utter elegance, grace and […]

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Articles, Celebrities, Interviews, Media, Movies

“The Journey of a Brown Girl” as incredibly important theater project for any Pinay Woman

December 5, 2014by rachelannc Leave a comment

A couple of months ago, I had went to go see and support fellow UC Irvine Kababayan alumnae Jana Lynne Umipig and her newest experimental theater project, “The Journey of a […]

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Art, Concerts, Culture, Dance, Response

Joan Didion: On having character as an empowered storyteller

November 26, 2014by rachelannc Leave a comment

“We are well advised to keep on nodding terms with the people we used to be, whether we find them attractive company or not,” Joan Didion (born December 5, 1934) observed in […]

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Articles, Celebrities, Interviews, Reflection

Interviewing On Your Period (and the Regrets to Ensue from this Post)

November 6, 2014by rachelannc Leave a comment

A whole night of my confusion and stressing and my period and second-guessing my fan-girling over my interview tonight and whether I should have posted the video or not, and […]

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