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Ashley Judd Senate Bid May Actually Happen
3 months ago
Ashley Judd met with the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee last week, fueling rumors that the 44-year-old actress may actually run for political office.
The DSCC helps support Democratic candidates running for Senate, and very much wants Judd to run against Mitch McConnell (R-KY), the Senate Minority Leader, in 2014.
Judd also dined with prominent Kentucky Democrats in Louisville.
Local TV station WHAS 11 said she told Rep. John Yarmuth and other VIPs that she is “leaning toward” running for Senate, and may decide by Derby Day, May 6.
Judd has already been hit TWICE in
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Ashley Judd Mocked in Political Ad For Even THINKING About U.S. Senate Run
4 months ago
Ashley Judd is considering a run for U.S. Senate, and the fact that it’s even crossed her mind is enough to draw fire from potential political opponents!
American Crossroads, a Super PAC founded by Karl Rove, made the ad, calling her “an Obama-following radical Hollywood Liberal.” Take a look:
Ashley Judd Attack AdJudd is considering a run in her home state of Kentucky, which explains why the ad notes that she resides in neighboring Tennessee, at least for now.
A Democrat, Judd, who just split from Dario Franchitti, would potentially take on Mitch McConnell, the Republican
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Ashley Judd Defends Appearance, Rails Against Society’s "Hatred of Women"
1 year ago
Combating critics of her appearance once again, Ashley Judd went off on the sexualization, objectification and hatred of women she perceives in society.
Stories about Judd’s puffy face, caused by the medication she had been taking for a sinus infection, gave way to plastic surgery rumors in recent weeks.
Rumors that did not sit well with the Missing star, who is assailing critics left and right over this “sad commentary” on our obsession with appearance.
“I think it’s hatred of women that invites the criticism,” the actress told NBC.
“I think it’s the
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Ashley Judd Pays Tribute to Dan Wheldon Via Poem, Message
1 year ago
Through her marriage to IndyCar racer Dario Franchitti, Ashley Judd knew Dan Wheldon well.
Therefore, a day after the 33-year old Indy 500 champion lost his life in a horrific on-track accident, the actress has memorialized the star via a Twitter message and poem.
“As we continue to absorb Dan’s accident — we forget, remember, re-experience shock, denial, anger, pain — I’m reminded of a favorite poem,” Judd writes, including the verse in question:
DEATH be not proud, though some have called thee Mighty and dreadfull, for, thou art not so, For, those, whom thou think’st, thou dost
More >Rihanna, other stars mourn Amy Winehouse on Twitter
1 year ago
The loss of Amy Winehouse yesterday at just 27 hit everyone hard, but her friends and fellow stars seem crushed by the news. Within minutes of reports of her death filtering out the Twitter world lit up with eulogies and regrets:
“I cant even breathe, I’m crying so hard,” wrote Amy’s friend, Kelly Osbourne. “I just lost one of my best friends. I love you forever, Amy and will never forget the real you!”
Mark Ronson, who produced ‘Back to Black’ was also moved; “She was my musical soulmate & like a sister to me. This is one of the saddest days of my life.”
And his sister, Samantha Ronson was
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Naomi Judd Responds to Ashley Judd Memoir
2 years ago
Country music legend Naomi Judd was not a picture-perfect mom.
That much is obvious from Ashley Judd’s allegations of incest and sexual abuse suffered as a child. Not by Naomi, per se, but on her train wreck mom’s watch.
“I will probably get around to reading it, because as a mom, I certainly want to honor her reality,” Naomi says of Ashley’s memoir, All That is Bitter and Sweet.
“I was horrible,” Naomi said. “I didn’t know any better.”
Ashley Judd’s book alleges a childhood of “trauma, abandonment, addiction and shame,” and does not mince words about her family’s role in all of the
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The Pulse: Ashley Judd’s Surprise Revelation, DWTS Rundown & More
2 years ago
The Hollywood Gossip is proud to present another edition of The Pulse, where our staff recaps all of the day’s biggest events in celebrity news and gossip.
Ashley Judd’s new memoir detailed a surprising, sad family history, while key roles were filled in the much-hyped film adaptation of The Hunger Games.
Catch up on these stories, a new video teaser from Britney Spears and a busy night on Dancing With the Stars right here with The Pulse:
The Pulse Daily Recap – April 5, 2011
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Ashley Judd Reveals Sexual Abuse, Incest Suffered as Child in New Memoir
2 years ago
In a shocking new memoir released today, Ashley Judd details a childhood wrought with lies, pain and sexual abuse. The title: All That Is Bitter & Sweet.
“My mother, while transforming herself into country legend Naomi Judd, created an origin myth for the Judds that did not match my reality,” Judd writes.
“She and my sister were quoted as saying our family put the ‘fun’ in dysfunction. I wondered: ‘Who, exactly, was having all the fun? What was I missing?’”
Ashley reveals that while her mother led her father, Michael Ciminella, on to believe he was the father of Wynonna, it was actually
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Ashley Judd shares sordid past in new book
2 years ago
[HMG Celebrity News] – An unsettling number of Hollywood stars have sad stories of broken childhoods but Ashley Judd may be able to top them – Hers was littered with liars, crooks, drug addicts, frequent pain and sexual abuse.
The whole sordid story unfolds in her new memoir; “All That Is Bitter Is Sweet.’ And most of the pain seems to swirl around Ashley’s country-superstar mother, Naomi Judd;
“My Mother created an origin myth for the Judds that didn’t match my reality,” Ashley writes. “She and my sister [Wynonna] have said our family put the ‘fun’ in dysfunction. Who was having all the
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