Reflecting on her acclaimed role on the hit drama “Mad Men,” actress Christina Hendricks said she has mostly fond memories of working on the show with series creator & executive producer Matthew Weiner. But she has suffered sexist treatment at the hands of the entertainment press and agrees that Hollywood is rife with sexual harassment.
The production company Lionsgate rejected calls on Wednesday to remove a Mad Men episode from the AMC streaming service on the grounds that characters are seen wearing blackface, despite other shows choosing to do in the wake of the Black Lives Matter riots.
Mad Men producer Marti Noxon has come forward to defend show writer Kater Gordon after Gordon accused series creator Matthew Weiner of sexual harassment this month.
Let’s raise a glass to the “feminist” role models who got the happy endings their fellow sisters didn’t want them to have.
As Mad Men begins to wrap-up with only three episodes left in the series, I’ve been watching every episode twice. A few weeks ago a line Peggy Olson said struck me as totally out of sync with today’s times.
Henry Ford is credited as saying “I knew that only half my advertising worked, but the trouble is that I do not know which half.” Today, with 30 percent of advertising already going digital, Silicon Valley geeks commanding databases are terrorizing Madison Avenue’s Mad Men.
While attending the University of Texas in 1990, Mad Men superstar Jon Hamm was accused of abusing a fraternity pledge in a hazing ritual that included battery, setting the man on fire, and dragging him around by his genitals with the claw end of a hammer.
“Mad Men” star Jon Hamm recently completed treatment for alcohol addiction, his spokeswoman said.
