Pop Culture Potpourri: Checkered Flags and Checkered Pasts

CHECKERED FLAGS I couldn’t be happier for actress Ashley Judd today. Her husband, racecar driver Dario Franchitti (also known in the tabloids as Mr. Ashley Judd) won the 91st edition of the Indy 500 yesterday. Judd was there cheering him on the entire time, but the moment that remains with me is the shot of her soaking wet in her flowery summer dress hurling herself over the pit wall and dashing towards her dear hubby. The couple has been married for six years now, though I still don’t understand how they ended up together. They seem like such an unlikely … Continue reading