Last night, in an interview at New York City’s 92nd Street Y, trailblazing journalist Barbara Walters sat down with psychiatrist and author Gail Saltz, MD, to share her thoughts on her life and career. She spoke candidly about women in the workplace, marriage, her controversial affair with married Senator Edward Brooke, and the highly successful career she began in 1961 and continues to build today. As the child of a father whom she said attempted suicide and whom she described as a “gambler” and...

How More Women Can Get a Seat on the Board, Lead to Success: Participating at the board level of our portfolio companies is one of the most interesting and enjoyable roles I have as a venture capitalist. A significant portion of building value at a portfolio company happens within the board of directors. As a part of this group, you advise and guide strategy, tactics and outcomes for the company. In my opinion, there are two key jobs for a venture capitalist: The first is picking great investments,...

I have to admit I was a little shocked after initially reading this article titled “Why Women Shouldn’t Go to Tech Conferences” (can you blame me?) featured on Forbes Woman. The article followed Susannah Breslin who was asked to speak on a women-panel about how to make a living blogging as a career. She was annoyed at the fact that the panelists discussed how they got brands to sponsor their blogs: “They allude to getting paid what I assume everyone imagines are large sums to work with these companies...

I was recently speaking with a teen aged girl who said: “I adore my father but I would never date anyone like him. He treats me like a princess, but I don’t like the way he treats women.” I was blown away by her ability to so succinctly articulate the complexity of her emotions about the two sides of her father; the man who loves her and the man who seemingly treats women as disposable, interchangeable, companions for the purposes of physical and social convenience. It’s not that he’s blatantly...

The VMA’s always get people talking and this year is no exception. Except that it is. This year the award show is boldly choosing what few shows have chosen before: no host. The Hollywood Reporter sat down with executive producer, Jesse Ignjatovic, to explain why they made the choice that they made and to give us a head’s up on what else we can expect. THR: So no host, huh? Ignjatovic: We talked to different people and ultimately, it just didn’t feel like we needed one this year. Other years, like...

BlackBerry has just unveiled the new Blackberry Bold 9900 Touch Release Date, Specs and Price. The BlackBerry Bold 9900 Touch smartphone features a stunning new design that evolves the iconic BlackBerry aesthetic a step further. The easy to use BlackBerry keyboard is kept in tact on the new 9900, while a new brilliant high resolution, capacitive touch screen has been added, all of which running on a new performance-driver platform powered by the BlackBerry 7 operating system. The new Blackberry...

Tina Fey Talks The Next Season Of ’30 Rock’, Emmy Nominations, Alec Baldwin Leaving And Tracy Morgan: With the looming threat of Alec Baldwin’s ending tenure and Tracey Morgan recovering from his mishap, Tina Fey’s role as the captain of “30 Rock” has become a lot more strategic.As she is readying herself for the upcoming season (and as the Emmys grow closer), the new-mom sat down with Deadline to talk about how to navigate the show’s past and what she plans on for the future. DEADLINE: Do you...

A 16-year-old boy died after masturbating 42 times without stopping in Rubiato town, in Goiás region, Brazil. His mother told a local newspaper that she already knew about his son’s addiction and that she planned to see the doctor, but the decision came too late. The young man began to masturbate at midnight and spent [....

Nancy Grace joins ‘Dancing With the Stars’ season 13: Nancy Grace is part of the lineup for season 13 of Dancing With the Stars, which may be the biggest DWTS casting head scratcher since Kate Gosselin. Grace, 51, is the host of her own show on HLN, where she covers current events and frequently highlights cases of missing persons. Her often acerbic and schoolmarmish [....

Lacey Schwimmer & Chaz Bono paired on ‘Dancing with the Stars’: Author and activist Chaz Bono, the transgender son of pop icon Cher, has been paired with Lacey Schwimmer on the U.S. series “Dancing with the Stars.” ABC announced the pairings of the celebrities and their professional dance partners for Season 13 this week. In addition to Bono and Schwimmer, NBA champion Ron Artest was paired [....