In The Press

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Recent Press Appearances:

Friday
Oct022009

Examinder.com: Varsity Brawlers, Tough Cookies Bout Preview

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

As the 2009 Los Angeles Derby Dolls’ season rolls on, challengers and newbie team Varsity Brawlers will take on the returning 2008 champs, the Tough Cookies, this Saturday, October 3.

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Thursday
Oct012009

Tribune-Review: Roller derby opened up new worlds for Penn-Trafford grad

"It was really cool to watch yourself on a massive screen in front of a massive audience," says Piplica, who has a non-speaking role in the movie as one of the deadly Manson Sisters on the Hurl Scouts roller derby team. "It was a once-in-a-lifetime experience."

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Thursday
Oct012009

LA Times: 'SNL' actress trained to skate for roller derby movie 'Whip It.'

Training included learning how to pretend to take a hit and even how to stop without brakes. It also included lessons from members of real derby team, including the L.A. Derby Dolls. By involving actual derby girls in the project (in addition to training, they play roles as extras), Barrymore showed the actors the very community that she was trying to create in the film, which opens Friday. "I think it was important for Drew to kind of let everyone know that so many different types of women do derby," Wiig says. "Not just the big tough girls with the tattoos and stuff -- there's a lot of that -- but we met women there who are teachers and nurses and mothers and wives."

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Thursday
Oct012009

UPI: L.A. Derby Dolls help out on 'Whip It'

Members of the L.A. Derby Dolls served as consultants, actresses and trainers on the new movie "Whip It," the all-female roller derby league said.

Screenwriter Shauna Cross adapted her book from and based much of the film on her experiences with the L.A. Derby Dolls, with whom she skated for three years as "Maggie Mayhem," an original member of the Sirens.

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Thursday
Oct012009

Wall Street Journal: “Whip It” Roller Derby Trainer Alex Cohen on Skating, Scrimmaging and Choosing the Best Derby Name

By day, Alex Cohen hosts "All Things Considered" for station KPCC in Los Angeles. By night, however, the former NPR reporter tears around an angled track as a rock 'em, sock 'em roller derby girl. A long-time champion of the sport, which was invented in Depression-era America and revived in Austin, Texas in 2000, Cohen was tapped by the producers of the upcoming derby film "Whip It" to teach its leading ladies how to authentically scrimmage and take a fall. She recently spoke to the Journal about how she became involved with the sport, working with "Whip It" star Ellen Page, and how she picked her derby name "Axles of Evil."

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