Author Archives: Theresa Basile

[Women’s History Month, Day 10] I really like Zooey Deschanel and I don’t care who knows it. Haters gonna hate. I do understand why one might find Deschanel unappealing, or why one might have issues with her Manic Pixie Dream … Continue reading →

[Women’s History Month, Day 9] When people hear “Game of Thrones” and “great acting” in the same sentence, the first name that comes to mind is usually Peter Dinklage, and for good reason. His character is THE fan favorite and … Continue reading →

[Women’s History Month, Day 8] I can’t believe it’s taken me eight days to acknowledge one of the best female villains in television history. She’s a villain of a comic nature, the worst human being on a show filled with … Continue reading →

[Women’s History Month, Day 7] The actress I’m honoring today first caught my attention with a single look. I watched LOST from the very beginning because of one actor (Dominic Monaghan), but was soon swept up in the drama, the … Continue reading →

The performance I want to highlight on Day 6 of Women’s History Month is from a writer/actress/producer triple threat: Mindy Kaling from the American version of The Office. As Kelly Kapoor, Kaling plays a character who is, out of context, … Continue reading →

On Day 5 of Women’s History Month, I would like to honor an actress who had the unique opportunity to play the protagonist and antagonist of an exciting, addictive show: Nina Dobrev on The Vampire Diaries. As Elena Gilbert, Nina … Continue reading →

It’s Day 4 of Women’s History Month. Who cares? Just kidding. I care very much. But Phoebe Buffay does not care. She’s too busy carrying triplets in her uterus and has no time for your Women’s History Month, okay? Oh, … Continue reading →

It’s Day 3 of Women’s History Month, and this next performance is one I love mostly for bragging rights. Okay, that’s not entirely true, but I do feel a certain sense of smugness in correctly predicting which cast member of … Continue reading →

It’s Day 2 of Women’s History Month, and I need to talk about Elaine Benes. Comedy was (and still is) widely considered a boys’ club, but that never stopped Julia Louis-Dreyfus from making a splash on Seinfeld. The only woman … Continue reading →

The Oscars are over, and while much has rightly been said of a certain host making certain crass jokes that alienated the core Oscar audience all for the sake of increasing the appeal to the precious, more-important-than-ANYTHING 18-49 male demographic, … Continue reading →