‘Whip It’ stars help L.A. Derby Dolls fight for their future

Christina Hood of the L.A. Derby Dolls, an all-female roller derby league, scrimmages against Beach Cities in Los Angeles on Jan. 4. Christina Hood of the L.A. Derby Dolls, an all-female roller derby league, scrimmages against Beach Cities in Los Angeles on Jan. 4. “Be your own hero,” read the tagline for 2009’s “Whip It,” the first Hollywood movie to feature the female-powered sport of modern roller derby. Directed by Drew Barrymore, the film featured Ellen Page as a small-town Texas teen who reinvents herself as a banked track speedster dubbed “Babe Ruthless.”

Red Carpet Report: New nightclub The Nerd? Plus, Rod Stewart, Cyndi…

Rod Stewart performs at The Colosseum at Caesars Palace on Nov. 6, 2013, in Las Vegas. Washington Nationals right fielder Bryce Harper sits in the dugout during Game 2 of The National League Division Series against the Los Angeles Dodgers at Nationals Park on Oct. 9, 2016, in Washington, D.C. A new nightclub with the initial name of The Nerd is to be opened at the Neonopolis complex Downtown at the end of March.

Trump attends interfaith prayer service as massive crowd protests

President Donald Trump with first lady Melania Trump, Vice President Mike Pence, and his wife Karen Pence, listen during the National Prayer Service at the Washington National Cathedral in Washington on January 21, 2017. President Donald Trump with first lady Melania Trump, Vice President Mike Pence, and his wife Karen Pence, listen during the National Prayer Service at the Washington National Cathedral in Washington on January Demonstrators march across 42nd Street during a women’s march, Saturday, Jan. 21, 2017, in New York.