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Billie Jean King

  1. birch bayh
    Birch Bayh, Liberal Lion of the Senate, Dies at 91Bayh’s proudest accomplishment was the Title IX law banning gender discrimination in higher education. He was also chief Senate sponsor of the ERA.
  2. us open
    Billie Jean King Comes to Serena Williams’s DefenseAfter Serena Williams’ controversial final at the U.S. Open, Billie Jean King thanked her for calling out “double standards” in sports.
  3. tennis outfit court
    Billie Jean King Says Men Are Not Held to the Same Standards As Women in TennisThe tennis legend spoke with the Cut following her defense of Serena Williams’s now-banned bodysuit.
  4. the catsuit
    Billie Jean King Slams French Open for Banning Serena Williams’s ‘Catsuit’French Open officials told Serena Williams she can’t wear her all-black catsuit again, out of “respect.”
  5. dates
    Emma Stone and Billie Jean King Had a Great Time Together at the U.S. OpenStone should return the favor with an invite to the Oscars.
  6. from the archives
    Revisiting Nora Ephron on the Artifice of the ‘Battle of the Sexes’Ephron’s 1973 New York piece, “Bobby Riggs, the Lady-Killer,” displays her deadly aim and clear-eyed skepticism.
  7. battle of the sexes
    Emma Stone Discusses Battle of the Sexes’ Parallels to Trump’s Election“It still feels like we’re in a bad dream.”
  8. battle of the sexes
    Emma Stone Discusses Battle of the Sexes’ Parallels to Trump’s Election“It still feels like we’re in a bad dream.”
  9. coming soon
    Emma Stone, Steve Carell’s Tennis Biopic Battle of the Sexes Gets Fall ReleaseEmma Stone is the Billie Jean King to Steve Carell’s Bobby Riggs in a movie about the famed 1973 match.
  10. first looks
    See Stone and Carell in Battle of the Sexes ShotIt’s one of many projects about Billie Jean King and Bobby Riggs.
  11. the industry
    Sarah Silverman Armed for Battle of the SexesFighting the good tennis fight alongside Emma Stone.
  12. tennis anyone?
    Emma Stone Will Play Tennis Legend Billie Jean King After AllAlso, so will several other people.
  13. casting couch
    Brie Larson Might Play Billie Jean King in Battle of the SexesShe’s in talks to play the tennis star opposite Steve Carell.
  14. the industry
    Stone, Carell Join Battle of the Sexes BiopicWe’ve got a Capote situation.
  15. Will Ferrell to Star in a Drama About the 1973 Battle of the Sexes Tennis […]Will Ferrell is going dramatic again, this time in a movie about the iconic 1973 tennis match known as “The Battle of the Sexes” between Bobby […]
  16. olympics
    Billie Jean King Will Be in Sochi After AllShe’ll attend the closing ceremonies.
  17. party chat
    Billie Jean King on Jason CollinsBut she’s happy for him.
  18. double standards
    When Lesbian Athletes Come Out, We Hardly NoticeBut when Jason Collins does, he’s heralded as the first gay pro athlete.
  19. gossipmonger
    Fat Joe Faces Off Against Daddy Yankee Over McCain SupportCould we have our first reggaeton political debate? And how early is too early for news about Michael Jackson’s dirty underwear? It’s all in your coffee-and-croissant gossip roundup!
  20. gossipmonger
    Billie Jean Is Not My Talk-Show HostBillie Jean King says she wouldn’t mind taking fellow lesbian Rosie O’Donnell’s spot on The View. Socialiterank.com will post no more, but its (still anonymous) founders do have a book deal. Arthur Sulzberger Jr. was marginally insensitive toward deaf people at the New York Times Co. annual meeting. American Idol contestants put on a private performance at Rupert Murdoch’s house. Christie’s exec John Hays made a quip about Katie Couric at the Children for Children benefit. Cameron Diaz went shopping in Soho, then freaked out when the paparazzi showed up. Kate Winslet likes New York’s paparazzi more than London’s. A woman obsessed with Sandra Bullock tried to run over Bullock’s husband with a car. Hugh Grant was arrested on an assault charge after throwing baked beans at a paparazzo.