Amelia Earhart

Actor Hilary Swank Becomes a High Flying Aviator in Amelia

Brad Balfour | Posted 11.10.2009 | Entertainment


Brad Balfour

Between the big smile, mouth full of teeth and unique vocal cadence, Swank fashioned such an uncanny facsimile of Earhart that Amelia is garnering awards talk even while still flying into theaters.

Amelia Earhart's Fashion Line: Found at Last

Mary Hall | Posted 11.11.2009 | Style


Mary Hall

Fortunately, Amelia's place in American fashion survives and we can see some of her original designs today. She had a style and elegance that went beyond flight clothing.

Fear Of Flying: Top Ten Most Mysterious Airplane Incidents

Glynnis MacNicol | Posted 10.28.2009 | Living


Glynnis MacNicol

The most recent addition to this list is last week's report of Northwest Airlines Flight 188 plane, which overshot its destination by 150 miles.

"Amelia" Earhart: A Different Kind of "Chick Flick"

Dan Glickman | Posted 10.26.2009 | Entertainment


Dan Glickman

We may love our Mad Men on television. But increasingly our society is moving beyond "the problem that has no name," as Betty Friedan once famously put it.

ReThink Review: Amelia -- Yup, It's a Biopic

Jonathan Kim | Posted 10.24.2009 | Entertainment


Jonathan Kim

I hardly knew anything about Earhart before seeing Amelia -- and I didn't feel like I knew much more when I left.

Review: Amelia

Zorianna Kit | Posted 12.10.2009 | Entertainment


Zorianna Kit

Watching Amelia, a biopic of aviation pioneer Amelia Earhart, is like spending two hours reading a Wikipedia entry on the title character.

HuffPost Review: Amelia crashes

Marshall Fine | Posted 10.23.2009 | Entertainment


Marshall Fine

It's as if, once Hilary Swank got her hair cut and lightened and had the faux freckles applied, well, that was the whole character.

Flights of Fashion: How Amelia Earhart Became America's First Celebrity Designer (PHOTOS)

Gioia Diliberto | Posted 10.23.2009 | Style


Gioia Diliberto

Among the styles recently returned from the dead are micro minis, skinny belts, jumpsuits, platform shoes -- and, now, just in time for Fox Searchlight's Amelia -- the Amelia Earhart look.

'Amelia' Reflects Aviator Fashion Trends

AP | SAMANTHA CRITCHELL | Posted 10.22.2009 | Style


NEW YORK — Before they became staples of the runway, bomber jackets, flight suits and protective aviator sunglasses were born in the cockpit of ...

Amelia

Regina Weinreich | Posted 10.30.2009 | Entertainment


Regina Weinreich

In the new movie directed by Mira Nair starring Hilary Swank, Earhart is the ideal and idealized woman of her time, a role model for young aviatrixes and women everywhere.

Amelia Earhart Mystery: New DNA Evidence May Reveal Truth About Her Disappearance

ABC | Christina Caron | Posted 08.27.2009 | World


It has been 72 years since famed aviator Amelia Earhart and navigator Fred Noonan disappeared while attempting to fly around the world. But the myster...

Hilary Swank In 'Amelia': The Trailer (VIDEO)

Huffington Post | Katy Hall | Posted 08.07.2009 | Entertainment


Here's a first look at the trailer for 'Amelia,' the Fox Searchlight movie based on the life of Amelia Earhart, who disappeared in 1937 while trying t...

What If She Survived? Amelia Earhart Jungle Princess At The National Pastime Theatre

Decider | Posted 12.20.2008 | Chicago


This new play by James Asmus asks what might have happened if Amelia Earhart had survived her 1937 flight around the world....