In the spirit of optimism, three hundred women gathered at the Women's Foundation of California Momentum Awards on Friday May 8th to honor 6 influential women who have trail blazed their way to become extraordinary pioneers in their communities. These women have in their unique way stood forward...

If you passed by Elizabeth Charles lately, or if you're part of their mailing list, you might have seen an ad of a woman who looks like she just took some sharp object and thrashed it through her jugular. The model lays there motionless, seems dead, and has her...

For some, he was a national hero. For most, he was a terrifying tyrant. And for the past two Sundays, HBO gave us an inside look into the life of the brutal dictator Saddam Hussein and his family. House of Saddam is a four-part miniseries that can best be described...

Hanukkah and Christmas are just around the corner. But the first holiday of this December happens to be a Muslim festivity, known as Eid al Adha, or the day of sacrifice. It marks the last day of the Muslim pilgrimage, known as the Hajj. Many Muslims start this day...

These days are very good times for bargain hunters, but not so much for retailers. Take a walk through your favorite shopping center or department store. You're guaranteed the deepest discounts you've seen in years. It's like Black Friday started a month ago. Could this be the silver lining in...

**Spoiler alert! Do not keep reading if you haven't yet watched your Tivo'd "Mad Men" season finale.**

Sunday's season finale included a lot of bomb dropping moments - and I'm not talking about the threat of a Soviet nuclear strike. The first strike... "Don, I'm pregnant," -Boom! Strike 2: "Peggy,...

They say a new haircut can make you look, talk, and walk differently. If it's a haircut gone wrong - then you'll most likely talk lower and walk slower or faster if you wanted to get the hell out of somewhere before anyone could see you. But if it's a...

I have vivid memories of myself at 5 years old crying and pulling at her clothes, begging her not to leave. I couldn't understand why my mother had to work while my friends' moms stayed home and picked up their kids after school, greeting them with milk and cookies. It...

I've been looking forward to this moment since her first day at Sterling Cooper -- finally, FINALLY -- Peggy Olsen got her "hair did." It took a Bob Dylan concert, no love life, and Peggy's gay co-worker Kurt to transform her locks to a more sophisticated (although subtle), fashion-forward bob....