http://www.popculturepost.com/2008/08/20/shirley-maclaine-is-coco-chanel/ Celebrity News, Fashion, Music, Nightlife Sat, 20 Feb 2010 08:57:34 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 http://www.popculturepost.com/2008/08/20/shirley-maclaine-is-coco-chanel/comment-page-1/#comment-17808 M*(asterisk) Wed, 20 Aug 2008 17:12:36 +0000 http://hauteconcept.com/?p=6750#comment-17808 It's so funny that early in the Gay Naughts the Lifetime network was christened as "Television for women... and gay men" by one or other of the late night comedy sketch shows and it is finally fulfilling that role. While Oxygen is continuing along Oprah's path to self-improvement and empowering women to vote for who She tells them to, Lifetime is buying syndication and original properties that are truly post-feminist while dumping the "if you see a white lady with a black eye, you must be watching Lifetime"-type of programming onto their third-tier cable LMN. The Chanel biopic is a sign that Lifetime is gonna be a contender to the other networks next season by booking the big shows and big stars! It’s so funny that early in the Gay Naughts the Lifetime network was christened as “Television for women… and gay men” by one or other of the late night comedy sketch shows and it is finally fulfilling that role. While Oxygen is continuing along Oprah’s path to self-improvement and empowering women to vote for who She tells them to, Lifetime is buying syndication and original properties that are truly post-feminist while dumping the “if you see a white lady with a black eye, you must be watching Lifetime”-type of programming onto their third-tier cable LMN.
The Chanel biopic is a sign that Lifetime is gonna be a contender to the other networks next season by booking the big shows and big stars!

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