Everyone knows that when you work a job, you get paid. This might be an hourly wage or a salary…
About Leah Cevoli
Leah Cevoli is a multi-talented entertainment professional whose work stretches across many genres. She is a rock ‘n roll enthusiast, body image activist, a certified yoga teacher, and fan of all things horror, Leah's acting credits include appearances on high profile tv shows like HBO’s "Deadwood," and voice-over on the Cartoon Network hit "Robot Chicken". Leah is a contributing writer for Ms. In The Biz and the founder of AllShapesAndSizesWelcome.com: Body Image & Women’s Issues in Entertainment, a group of women who speak on panels and at conventions nationwide. Leah has a reputation for crowdfunding success and social media magic. To date, her company, GreenlightYourPassionProject.com has managed 50+ campaigns, and have been instrumental in raising over $5,000,000 for indie projects. Her latest projects include: the feature-length documentary "Remember The Sultana" narrated by Sean Astin, the gritty feature-length drama, "Girl Lost," distributed thru Cinema Epoch, and the light hearted comedy, "Dance Baby Dance". All three films were released in the spring of 2018.
No one is safe. The reality is that anybody pursuing their passion, whether it’s photography, acting or crocodile wrangling, can…
About Sylvia Hendershott
1/2 of Husband and Wife Celeb/Commercial Photography Team The Hendershotts - Sylvia and her husband Adam are a Los Angeles based photography team that specializes in kid's fashion and celebrity portraits. Their work has been featured in Baby Couture, People, US Weekly, 944 and more. When they're not working, they love going to the movies and catching up on DVR with their two fluffy pups.
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About Susan Rubin
I am primarily a playwright. My work’s been performed in Cuba, San Francisco, Los Angeles, Baltimore, and New York. The World Premiere of my newest play, “eve2” opens at LA’s Bootleg Theatre in July, 2013. It’s a surreal take on Eve and Adam, only this time, Eve gets a second bite at the apple! I write documentaries on subjects from women's reproductive rights, to the rise of the radical right wing, to violence against women. The documentaries tell brutal truths; they are balanced for me by my plays that are comedic, magical, musical and surreal. Telling stories with a different voice. I write for Ms Blog - part of Ms Magazine, founded by Gloria Steinem, and currently the longest existing feminist magazine in the US. Blogs let me talk to a large audience about difficult issues with irony and humor. Six of my Ms blogs are now a web series, “Vagina Dialogues” on Funny or Die.
Summer is finally here! We all have been waiting to show off our bronzed legs and sun-kissed cheeks. Unfortunately there…
About Violeta Meyners
Celebrity Makeup Artist - Originally from the Black Sea Coast of Romania, Violeta Meyners is a celebrity makeup artist whose journey has brought her halfway around the world to Los Angeles, CA. Upon her arrival in Hollywood she applied and was accepted to the highly selective American Academy of Dramatic Arts, where she earned a degree in acting. Fascinated by the behind the scenes aspects of the industry Violeta continued her education at MKC Beauty Academy, then went on and developed her career and sharpened her skills assisting top makeup artists creating gorgeous looks for runway shows such as St John and editorial work including Vogue, Vogue Bambini, Vanity Fair, People Mag, and Maxim. Violeta is famous for creating beautiful skin that glows from within combined with lush lashes and gorgeous smoky eyes. Her clients include: Priscilla Presley, Sir Tom Jones, Elisabeth Rohm, Autumn Reeser, Taryn Manning, Brittany Ishibashi, Natalia Livingston, Francia Raisa, John Stamos and Angela Kinsey.
One of the things I hear over and over is that people are not comfortable “selling” themselves. It is one…
About Stephanie Piche
Stephanie has over 25 years sales and marketing experience and has led over 36 successful new media, commerce and mobile technology product launches. She's the founder and Executive Producer of Mingle Media TV Network, an online media and digital entertainment company and YouTube partner producing and curating live and scripted web series. Stephanie is also an active member in the Academy of Television Arts and Science (ATAS) and member of Film Independent.
Burn more calories than you consume. Sounds like a simple enough formula for losing weight. Yet, simple doesn’t always mean…
About Teresa Jusino
Teresa Jusino is an East Coast transplant who currently lives and writes in Los Angeles. Her pop culture criticism has been featured on websites like Tor.com, GirlGamer.com, Al Dia, ChinaShopMag.com, PinkRaygun.com, Newsarama, and PopMatters.com. 2012 saw Teresa’s work appear in two Doctor Who anthologies: Chicks Unravel Time (Mad Norwegian Press) and Outside In (ATB Publishing), and she was also published in Mad Norwegian’s Whedonistas. Her fiction has appeared in Crossed Genres, and she is currently working on two new anthology projects that will be released in late 2013/early 2014, as well as scripts with which she hopes to take the television industry by storm!
I have often found myself floundering around once a year or so feeling creatively lost and needing to find artistic…
About Helenna Santos
Helenna Santos is the Founder and Editor-In-Chief of Ms. In The Biz. She is also an actor and producer with Mighty Pharaoh Films and can often be found on panels at conventions such as San Diego Comic-Con, and has been interviewed by major press outlets including CNN. Her work as a contributing writer has been featured in MovieMaker Magazine, Backstage Magazine, IndieWire and BUST Magazine. She has produced numerous award winning short films, digital series, and feature films. As an actor, she can be seen in CW's "The Flash," as well as ABC's "A Million Little Things" and "The Good Doctor", and the highly anticipated Netflix limited series "The Baby-Sitters Club". Her latest feature film as producer and actress "The Shasta Triangle" is now available via VOD.
This article focuses on something near and dear to all our female hearts. We love and covet them, even when…
About Stephanie Thorpe
Stephanie Thorpe is a veteran web content creator, serving as a producer, director, writer and actor on numerous projects—in fact, she just crossed her 100-episode milestone. Recently she and her producing partner Paula Rhodes acquired the film and television rights to the 35-year-old cult comic book "ElfQuest," which they are currently developing for the screen. Stephanie also co-created and produced "The Ladies & The Gents," a web series consisting of 60 episodes of comic vignettes. That series just launched in April and will roll out through the summer. In addition to these projects she has many other irons in the fire, some of which she can share info on ("Shelf Life" "SlumberCon") and others are coming soon! A founding member of the "League of Extraordinary Ladies," she is frequently thrilled to find herself speaking on panels at Cons throughout the year. As an actor she recently appeared in "The Ladies," "Pairings," "Night of the Zombie King," and was featured on Bonnie Burton’s program "Geek DIY." Stephanie is very excited to be a contributor to the online mag "Ms. in the Biz!"
