Ashley Judd

Actress Ashley Judd set out this week to spark a conversation about the media's sexualization of women - and she managed to open a dialog all across the media.

"Extra" caught up with the "Missing" star at the Grove to talk about her controversial article, published on the Daily Beast, bluntly titled, "Ashley Judd Slaps the Media in the Face for Speculation Over Her 'Puffy' Appearance."

"I think the reason my piece, the conversation, has caught fire the way it has is because it isn't specific or exclusive to women in Hollywood. It's really touching a raw nerve in millions of girls and women everywhere, including boys and men," says Judd.

Actress Ashley Judd's "puffy" appearance sparked a viral media frenzy. Now the "Missing" star writes that the conversation is really a misogynistic assault on all women. Read more at the Daily Beast.

Ashley Judd, wife of racer Darlo Franchitti, was at the Las Vegas racetrack Sunday when racecar driver Dan Wheldon was killed in a crash. Judd tweeted, "As we continue to absorb Dan's accident -- we forget, remember, re-experience shock, denial, anger, pain -- I'm reminded of a favorite poem: DEATH be not proud, though some have called thee Mighty and dreadful, for, thou art not so, For, those, whom thou think'st, thou dost overthrow, Due not, poore death, nor yet canst thou kill me."

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