February 2008
February 16, 2008
There was a bit of a hubub about the dress Ashley Judd wore last week during qualifying. It was a low-cut black dress with tulips on it that came below her knees. The actress wife of driver Dario Franchitti also wore some closed toed high-heels and a wide-brimmed black hat.
ESPN’s David Newton posted this story last week on the brewing controversy.
The high-heels were fine, NASCAR just asks that toes be covered. But Judd’s dress was a safety concern. NASCAR’s dress code for garages and the pits requires long pants and sleeves on shirts.
Well, despite the fact that shots of Ashley Judd in a dress on TV during races might drive up NASCAR’s sagging ratings, there will be no movie-start treatment for Judd here. NASCAR officials spoke to the team to make sure they knew the specifics of the dress code.
NASCAR spokesman Ramsey Poston sighed and leaned back in his chair when I asked about it.
“It’s not a big deal,” Poston said. “We’re confident it won’t be an issue.”
OrlandoSentinel.com
February 11, 2008
It’s that time of year again! Same style different series. The big sunglasses and floppy hat are back… in black!! The press is all over Ashley’s track-side glamour. I think she is looking super hott, as always.
Ashley Judd just rewrote the NASCAR wives’ stylebook, but she might need a little relief from the organization’s rule book.
The actor and wife of Sprint Cup driver Dario Franchitti, who is beginning his first full season, strode pit road before Daytona 500 qualifying on Sunday in a knee-length black dress, black sun hat and heels. NASCAR rules require those in the garage or areas where cars drive to wear pants, but at least her shoes were closed-toe. sptimes.com
ON TV TONIGHT:
10 p.m. (HBO) “Real Sports With Bryant Gumbel.” Correspondent Mary Carillo profiles Indy 500 champion turned NASCAR driver Dario Franchitti, who is now preparing for the Daytona 500. Franchitti, by the way, is married to Ashley Judd.
Updated gallery (4 pics)
February 29, 2008
Lionsgate Home Entertainment has announced the UK Region 2 DVD release of Bug on 25th February 2008. William Friedkin directs this horror based on the play by Tracy Letts. Having escaped her abusive ex-husband Goss (Harry Connick Jr.), Agnes (Ashley Judd), a lonely waitress with a tragic past, moves into a sleazy motel where her lesbian co-worker R.C. (Lynn Collins) introduces her to Peter (Michael Shannon), a peculiar, paranoiac drifter. They begin a tentative romance but things aren’t what they seem and Agnes is about to experience a claustrophobic nightmare reality as the bugs begin to arrive.
Features include:
1.85:1 Anamorphic Widescreen
English DD5.1 Surround and DD2.0
English HOH subtitles
Director’s Commentary
A Discussion with William Friedkin (28:05mins)
Bug: An Introduction (11:52mins)
