December 30, 2014
Top Female Celebrity Interviews of 2014
Winnie McCroy READ TIME: 3 MIN.
Even though we just started up Women on the EDGE, we went full swing in 2014, reaching out to today's biggest women celebrities to get the inside dirt. From lesbian icons like Lea DeLaria and Meredith Baxter to Hollywood stars like Geena Davis and Debbie Reynolds, EDGE spoke with them all. See what they had to say in our celebrity year in review!
Meredith Baxter Talks About Coming Out at NCLR Event: On May 17, during the Anniversary Celebration for the National Center for Lesbian Rights in San Francisco, TV icon Meredith Baxter spoke at length about coming out as a lesbian, in an interview with Jeff 4 Justice. Read more here.
Haviland Stillwell Creates a "Spark": Actor, singer and celesbian Haviland Stillwell dropped her new dance album in May. EDGE spoke with her about her music, acting and life. Read more here.
Dolly Parton Wraps Up Blue Smoke World Tour: Country music icon and gay favorite Dolly Parton finishes up her eleventh concert tour, the Blue Smoke World Tour, with a wildly successful concert at the Glastonbury Festival, ending with concerts in Stockholm and Locarno, Switzerland. Read more here.
Women Missing From the Movies, Says Geena Davis: On Monday, September 22 at the McGraw Hill Building in New York City, actress Geena Davis convened the 2nd Global Symposium on Gender in Media, to present the shocking findings of their extensive research project cataloging the way girls and women are presented in the entertainment industry. Read more here.
Debbie Reynolds Auctions Hollywood Memorabilia: On May 17 and 18, legendary screen actress Debbie Reynolds held the third and final auction of her impressive catalog of Hollywood memorabilia, featuring treasures from virtually every discipline in movie making, including hundreds of costumes worn by such stars as Grace Kelly, Ingrid Bergman, Mae West, Barbara Stanwyck and Fred Astaire. Read more here.
Nobody's Prison Bitch: A Spoiler-Filled Conversation with Lea DeLaria: Broadway's favorite lesbian, Lea DeLaria, is winning in the role of Carrie "Big Boo" Black. EDGE chatted with DeLaria while she was filming Season Three of OITNB about this season's bad seeds, bad blood and a new cast member who is a real badass. Read more here.
Tegan and Sara to Headline Club Skirts Dinah Shore: Club Skirts Dinah Shore celebrates its 24th year by upping the ante with a star-studded roster of performers, including this year's headliners, pop stars Tegan and Sara. These Canadian lesbian twins are making a pit stop in Palm Springs on April 5 with their hit tour "Hearthrob," and the two look forward to making the desert hotter than hell! Read more here.
Winnie McCroy is the Women on the EDGE Editor, HIV/Health Editor, and Assistant Entertainment Editor for EDGE Media Network, handling all women's news, HIV health stories and theater reviews throughout the U.S. She has contributed to other publications, including The Village Voice, Gay City News, Chelsea Now and The Advocate, and lives in Brooklyn, New York.
