Joan Holloway

Mad Men: Controversy as Joan Lowers Herself to Rise and Peggy Exits Anticlimactically (as SCDP Gets Its Halo Client)

William Bradley | Posted 05.30.2012

Read More: Jaguar, Culture News, Prostitution, Matthew Weiner, Christina Hendricks, Joan Holloway, Peggy Olson, Don Draper, Jon Hamm, Television News, Mad Men, The West Wing, Elisabeth Moss, Entertainment News

As soon as I saw what happened, I figured there would be a lot of controversy about the latest episode of Mad Men, "The Other Woman." And sure enough, there is.

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Mad Men Recap: "Little Murders"

Samantha Zalaznick | Posted 05.29.2012

Read More: Megan Draper, Vincent Kartheiser, Christina Hendricks, Pete Campbell, Joan Holloway, Joan Harris, Jon Hamm, Mad Men Recap, Elizabeth Moss, Roger Sterling, Matthew Weiner, Don Draper, Mad Men, Peggy Olsen, Jessica Pare, Mad Men Episode 11, Mad Men Season Five Episode 11, TV News

Selling sex is a basic advertising concept that we see over and over, but it's much harder to swallow when the concept becomes a reality.

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Mad Men Recap: "Mad Money"

Samantha Zalaznick | Posted 05.22.2012

Read More: Megan Draper, Jaguar, Mad Men Joan, Roger Sterling, Matthew Weiner, Christina Hendricks, Joan Holloway, Lane Pryce, Joan Harris, John Slattery, Jon Hamm, TV News, Mad Men, Mad Men Recap, Jessica Pare, TV News

They stand on opposite ends of the show, as counterparts to one another -- the sexy, damaged powerhouses with perfectly crafted exteriors. When they finally come together, their chemistry is so explosive that we simultaneously want and fear their union.

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What Your Favorite 'Mad Men' Character Says About You

Thought Catalog | Posted 04.11.2012

Read More: Peggy Olson, Mad Men, Betty Draper, Television, Joan Holloway, Mad Men Season 5, Don Draper, Mad Men Characters, Women News

We all love Mad Men. (Don't debate with me, Game of Thrones people, there can only be one Best Show Ever, and it clearly takes place at Sterling Coope...

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Boomer Lens: Mad Men Episode 4... Joan Takes Her First Steps on the Path to "True" Equality

Steven C. Eisner | Posted 04.09.2012

Read More: Mad Men Season Five, Mad Men, Mystery Date, Mad Men Review, Matthew Weiner, Cybill Shepherd, Joan Holloway, Moonlighting, Mad Men Spoiler, Fifty News

If Weiner and company keep building on Joan's strengths as a lead character, she may well go down in the cultural record book as a quintessential American female role model.

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Christina Hendricks Reveals Secret To Sexy 'Mad Men' Look

Posted 04.06.2012

Read More: Tbs, Video, Conan, Christina Hendricks, Joan Holloway, TV Canada, Tv Replay, Mad Men, Sexy, Reality-Free, Conan O'Brien, TV News

As Joan Holloway on "Mad Men," Christina Hendricks can turn every head in the room with a simple swish of her hips or turn of her shoulder. The actres...

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11 Things We Wish Would Happen For The Women Of 'Mad Men'

Posted 03.25.2012

Read More: Mad Men, Mad Men Premier, Mad Men Season 5 Premier, Sally Draper, Pete Campbell, Joan Harris, Mad Men Season 5 Predictions, Joan Holloway, Faye Miller, Mad Men Season 5, Don Draper, Peggy Olsen, Megan Calvet, Megan Mad Men, Mad Men Megan, Women News

And so the moment AMC has poured untold thousands of advertising dollars into is here: the long-awaited premier of Season 5 of "Mad Men." As you swish...

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What We Can Learn From The Women Of 'Mad Men'

TresSugar | Posted 03.20.2012

Read More: The Women of Mad Men, Peggy Olson, Mad Men, Betty Draper, Christina Hendricks, Joan Holloway, January Jones, Elisabeth Moss, Mad Men Season 5, Mad Women, Women News

Mad Men is finally returning to TV at the end of the month, and we can't wait to see what Don Draper and the rest of the Sterling Cooper Draper Pryce ...

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Essential Now, Vintage Tomorrow: Three Work Items Women Will Be Calling 'Vintage' In 50 Years

Posted 03.01.2012

Read More: Peggy Olson, Mad Men, Video, Career Women, Joan Holloway, #Inmydesk, Mad Men Season 5, Women and Work, Office Must-Haves, Office Supplies, Women News

“Mad Men” is returning to AMC on March 25, and with it, our favorite women of a certain era in office culture. While times have changed for women ...

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Christina Hendricks Discusses the Three Best Things in Life: Jon Hamm, Ryan Gosling, and Pie

Cynthia Ellis | Posted 11.16.2011

Read More: Nicholas Winding Refn, I Don't Know How She Does It, Christina Hendricks, Golden Globes, Rita Hayworth, Woody Allen, Paul McCartney, 9/11, Jon Hamm, Pierce Brosnan, Best Supporting Actress, Firemen, Anne of Green Gables, Roger Sterling, Vietnam War, Manhattan, Make a Wish, Clairol, Snl, Marilyn Monroe, Carey Mulligan, Mad Men, 3-D, Mattel, Paul Kinsey, Amc, Super Man, Barbie, Joan Holloway, Drive, Cannes, Best Director, Albert Brooks, Emmy Awards, Latisse, Bryan Cranston, Atticus Finch, Accordion, Matthew Weiner, Leslie Hassler, Lasic, Blu Ray, Cynthia Ellis, Chris Farley, Toronto Film Festival, John Slattery, Don Draper, Ryan Gosling, Entertainment News

Christina Hendricks has the old-world, but never old, sex appeal of our Marilyn, and is perhaps our first red-headed pin-up since Rita Hayworth. And she has major acting chops.

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Christina Hendricks Reveals Secret Of Sexy Joan Holloway

Posted 08.19.2011

Read More: Mad Men, Television, I Don't Know How She Does It, Christina Hendricks, Joan Holloway, Drive, Christina Hendricks Mad Men, Christina Hendricks Body, Joan Holloway Mad Men, Entertainment News

It is the pointed and tightly wound, can't-miss-a-word dialogue and slow-burning-til-massive-explosion story lines that set up "Mad Men" to be a peren...

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Mad Men Fashion Report: Undergarments, Nighties, and Bunny Costumes

Nour Akkad | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Mad Men, Betty Draper, Mad Men Characters, Mad Men Style, Janie Bryant Fashion, Janie Bryant, Joan Holloway, Mad Men Fashion, Mad Men Recap, Mad Men Season 4, Style News

This week, I'd like to focus on the garments we rarely get to see, underwear and pajamas. Actually, it seems that we've had quite a few glances of undies this season.

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Mad Men Fashion Report: Beautiful Girls in Floral Prints, Pastels and Navy

Nour Akkad | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Peggy Olson, Mad Men, Betty Draper, Janie Bryant Fashion, Janie Bryant, Mad Men Style, Mad Men Season 4, Joan Holloway, Mad Men Fashion, Sally-Draper, Mad-Men-Style, Mad Men Recap, Mad Men Characters, Style News

Before I get to the Mad Men looks of the week, here's a little tribute to Miss Blankenship. No one rocked those cat eye sunglasses better than you!

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Mad Men Recap: R.I.P. Miss Blankenship

Samantha Zalaznick | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Peggy Olson, Mad Men, Betty Draper, Elizabeth Moss, Christina Hendricks, Joan Holloway, John Slattery, January Jones, Roger Sterling, Jon Hamm, Matthew Weiner, Don Draper, Sally-Draper, Mad Men Recap, Sterling Cooper, Entertainment News

Last night's Mad Men episode, "The Beautiful Girls," centers around Faye, Sally, Miss Blankenship, Peggy and Joan -- all in different stages of life, dealing with their own roles as women as well as their roles with the men that rely on them.

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Mad Men Fashion Report: The New York Fashion Week Edition (PHOTOS)

Nour Akkad | Posted 05.25.2011

With New York Fashion Week underway, I couldn't help but see Betty in Ports 1961, Peggy in Jason Wu, Joan in Prabal Gurung, and Don in Simon Spurr. We cannot deny the profound effect Mad Men has had on the latest trends.

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A Chicagoan On 'Mad Men'? Vintage-Obsessed Photographer Hopes To Make The Cut

Huffington Post | Jen Sabella | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Vintage Style, Leilani Wertens, Mad Men Chicago, Slideshow, Vintage Clothing, Joan Holloway, Mad Men Style, Chicago Culture, Mad Men, Chicago Photography, Chicago News

Since 2007, AMC's Emmy-winning show "Mad Men" has been inspiring fans and fashionistas to embrace all things old school. From the beautiful, Mid-Centu...

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Mad Men Recap: Shall We Begin 1965?

Samantha Zalaznick | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Mad Men, Mad Men Season 4, Lane Pryce, Joan Holloway, 1965, New Years, Roger Sterling, Matthew Weiner, Don Draper, Mad Men Recap, Sterling Cooper, Entertainment News, Entertainment News

When we begin episode three, the married couples are away on vacation and we're left with those still in the office on New Year's. This episode is really about Don, Lane and Joan.

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Just How Good Is Too Good Looking in the Workplace?

Cristen Conger | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Women in the Workplace, Attractiveness, Women, End of Men, Beauty Premium, Gender Wage Gap, Too Sexy for Work, Joan Holloway, Hanna Rosin, Women Discrimination, Debrahlee Lorenzana, Beauty, Workplace Attire, Beauty-Premium, Business News

Work performance, skills and education aside, I want to get down to brass tacks on what those hiring managers really had in mind when they admitted to punishing the pretty.

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Let's Bring Back: The MAD MEN Edition (PHOTOS, POLL)

Lesley M. M. Blume | Posted 05.25.2011

The Mad Men world makes a fetish of ornamentation and deifies mysterious artifice; our culture prizes an apathetic informality and rewards the tackiest forms of extroversion.

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Mad Men's Emmy Triumph Comes As "Guy Walks Into An Advertising Agency" -- HuffPost Review

William Bradley | Posted 05.25.2011

Last night's repeat win at the Emmy Awards further enshrined Mad Men as television's best series on a night when it aired a consequential new episode.

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Mad Men: "My Old Kentucky Home" -- HuffPost Review

William Bradley | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Matthew Weiner, Joan Holloway, Betty Draper, Don Draper, January Jones, Jon Hamm, Mad Men, Peggy Olsen, Elizabeth Moss, Christine Hendricks, Ryan Cutrona, John Slattery, Roger Sterling, Entertainment News

Season 3's third episode, named for a stunning Roger Sterling musical interlude, is as much about tone as advancement of the plot. And a surprisingly musical tone at that.

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Mad Men: "Love Among the Ruins" -- HuffPost Review

William Bradley | Posted 05.25.2011

We learned more about the characters and the changes taking place in this pivotal year. And we tapped into very contemporary themes about corporate disarray and aging parents.

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Breasts Shrink with Economy?

Vanessa Richmond | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: Pornography, Mad Men, Plastic Surgery, Victoria Beckham, Breast Implants, Joan Holloway, Breasts, Porn, Healthy Living News

I know several non-celebrity women who're contemplating getting reductions, and have heard even more people, of late, discussing how ridiculous oversized implants are.

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The Mad Men (and Women!) of Morning Joe

Rachel Sklar | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Mad Men, Betty Draper, Joe Scarborough, Don Draper, Jon Hamm, January Jones, Morning Joe, Mad Men Premiere, Pat Buchanan, Pete Campbell, Joan Holloway, Willie Geist, Mad Men AMC, Media News

In the tradition of merging the media beat with whatever pop culture sensation has captured the Zeitgeist, I thought it would be fun to cast the Mad Morning Men (and Women) of Morning Joe. Hey, what else are you gonna do until next Sunday at 10?

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Mad Men Returns: The '60s Advertising Drama Is A Time Tunnel To the Present

William Bradley | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Christina Hendricks, Pete Campbell, Joan Holloway, Jon Hamm, Robert Morse, Camelot, Elizabeth Moss, Bryan Batt, Sal Romano, Roger Sterling, James Bond, Matthew Weiner, Betty Draper, John F. Kennedy, Don Draper, January Jones, John Slattery, David Chase, Bert Cooper, Mad Men, Peggy Olsen, Vincent Kartheiser, The Sopranos, British Invasion, Sean Connery, Richard Nixon, 1960s, Madison Avenue, New York, Advertising, Entertainment News

There are a number of ways to view Mad Men. For my own part, I can take it as a period piece, a sort of time capsule of the early '60s, at once relatively close yet far enough away to be intriguing for its unfamiliarity.

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