In Ashley Judd’s new memoir, All That Is Bitter & Sweet, released Tuesday, the actress writes candidly about her childhood, during which she says she was sexually abused and neglected by her mother, country music icon Naomi Judd.
The memoir was written with the consent of Judd’s mother and sister, Wynonna claims the actress, despite the fact that it reveals some unflattering family secrets.This could make for an awkward exchange at the dinner table next Thanksgiving.
Actress Ashley Judd — best known these days for her work in films like Where The Heart Is and High Crimes — has been cast in a new ABC drama set for premiere later this year. In what could be her first regular TV role in nearly 20 years, Judd will play a former CIA agent that journeys to Europe to find her missing son in the aptly-titled Missing, Variety dished last week.
Look out, Naomi: Ashley’s telling it all. Ashley Judd, actress/activist/denim designer, has inked a deal to publish a memoir in cooperation with Ballantine Books, the publisher announced in a release on Tuesday. The book, Ashley’s first, will draw from more than 500 pages of journal entries chronicling the star’s childhood through her work as global ambassador for PSI/Youth AIDS and marriage to IRL driver Dario Franchetti.
Ashley Judd is going back to school. The 41-year-old actress — an avid humanitarian — has enrolled in Harvard University’s Mid-Career Master in Public Administration (MC/MPA) Program, according to her publicist.
The program is designed to increase the skills and knowledge of well established and high performing professionals, who are looking to enhance their public service careers or leadership roles, The Harvard Crimson reports.
Actress Ashley Judd is heading up a Defenders of Wildlife ad campaign blasting Governor Sarah Palin for her support of the aerial killing of wolves and bears in Alaska.
In a public servce announcement released this week, Ashley accuses Madame Governor of proposing a $150 bounty for the severed legs of wolves and encourages viewers to help “stop Sarah Palin and stop this senseless savagery.”
Wow, Ashley’s more hardcore than a PETA protester!
