Showing posts with label Julie Heldman. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Julie Heldman. Show all posts

Monday, July 15, 2019

Remains of the Day (07/15)


Distinct Today: Wimbledon ball boy is all grown up now

Towleroad: The New Republic takes down hit piece on Pete Buttigieg that referred to him as "Mary Pete"

Twitter: Behold drunk Woody Harrelson at Wimbledon 

YouTube: Confronting America's most hateful preacher

ICYMI: Argentine wheelchair tennis stud strips down

Gr8er Days: Charles Levin, actor who appeared on "Golden Girls," "Seinfeld" and married Vera on "Alice," found dead


The Telegraph: I absolutely adore Julie Heldman and am so looking forward to reading her memoir. (Finally finished Tracey Thorn's, so Julie just moved up one in the queue!) But for the life of me, I can't understand why she's "Streisand effecting" mother Gladys Heldman's legacy: Who EVER said Billie Jean King created the women's circuit alone?

YouTube: Matthew Broussard is my new favorite comedian -- and he's kinda hot

The Daily Beast: Miss Lindsey Graham "doesn't care" if migrants stay in detention centers for 400 days 

Ride Again: Add Shakespears Sister to the list of podcasts I need to find time to listen to

Nikole Hannah-Jones: The truth about busing ... it works

Back2Stonewall: 2 gay murders in 3 days -- 2 Detroit men charged in carjacking, murder of gay man


GoFundMe: Valerie Harper's family needs help with medical expenses, and I was all too happy to contribute

Twitter: If this doesn't make me attend World Team Tennis this summer, nothing will!

Westcly: God, when I was a kid everyone wore shorts this slutty!

Newsweek: Israel is becoming a cross between the U.S. and the Philippines 

Boy Culture: Did you say you like vintage beef?

The Guardian: Acceptance of gay sex in decline in U.K. for first time since AIDS crisis


Monday, October 22, 2018

'Original Nine' Star Julie Heldman Pens Memoir Detailing Alleged Abuse by Tennis Legend Mother


Dying to read "Driven: A Daughter's Odyssey," Julie Heldman's inside scoop on women's tennis's Original Nine, which New York Times tennis writer Ben Rothenberg calls "powerful and painful."


Order HERE.

Description: In the mid-20th century, the Heldmans were tennis royalty. Julie was a volatile and gutsy tennis star, twice ranked number 5 in the world. Her mother, Gladys, was broadly admired for her unique magazine, World Tennis, and for engineering the women's tennis revolution. No one guessed that Gladys's hidden emotional abuse was the source of Julie's powerful drive. "Driven" is a highly readable insider's account of a pivotal time in women's tennis history; an in-depth look at Gladys's complex character; and the revealing story of Julie's interior journey, both on and off the court.


Sarah Silverman played Gladys Heldman to great effect in last year's "Battle of the Sexes" ...


Listen HERE.

I always thought of Julie and Gladys as the ultimate mother-daughter combo. I guess you never really know what goes on behind closed doors.