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‘Whip It,’ the new Drew Barrymore-directed movie about butt-kicking roller-derby girls, is one of the best guilty-pleasure movies I’ve seen in a while -- despite its formulaic plot line.
Do not mess with roller derby girls. Actually, make that do not mess with anyone when there’s a roller derby girl around. You won’t get away with it. Roller derby girl Heidi Muat proved as ...
Although Bonnie Smith last strapped on roller skates 10 years ago, it didn't stop her from checking out the Houston Roller Derby. Smith, 28, joined the all-girl group last February after she was ...
“I am a hippie girl with anger issues, I get it,” Drew Barrymore said cheerily, while talking about her new film, Whip It!, which hits theaters Friday, on the heels of fawning reviews ...
Kristy BarryMeet Kathryn Barry, aspiring Gotham Girls roller derby competitor. "Dislo-Kate-R." The last time I roller-skated was all the way back in the sixth grade, at The Roller Hut back home in ...
Especially after "Whip It" hit theaters two years ago. The film, starring Ellen Page as a roller derby rookie, was written by Shauna Cross, a former Derby Doll who skated under the name Maggie Mayhem.