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In this week’s Roommates Who Rock, we pay tribute to the original working girls – Laverne De Fazio and Shirley Feeney. Not just a silly sitcom, Laverne & Shirley impacted a generation and moved the ball on women’s rights as much as any stalled ERA legislation would.
Airing from 1976 to 1983, Laverne & Shirley was [...]

This week WilliamPaid honors Lori Gordon and Brooke Thalacker, roommates who rock.
Last year, Lori Gordon lost half her nest egg and moved in with a roommate half her age, Brooke Thalacker. Brooke, a teacher and aspiring school counselor now rents part of Gordon’s home.
“I just love Thalacker,” Gordon says. The two women lead busy [...]

Every Friday WilliamPaid takes the time to honor roommates who have gone above and beyond the call of duty. This week we honor two people on our “Roommates Who Rock” Wall of Fame: Randy Tribble and Rick Jones.
Randy Tribble and Rick Jones were once college roommates, and now coach football for opposing high school teams. [...]

This week WilliamPaid honors FIVE ROOMMATES on our “Roommates Who Rock” Wall of Fame. Their names? Keaton Davis, Kevin Adams, Jen Cady, Martin Rosa, and Tina Quach. Why these five individuals and what did they do to deserve to be honored?
These five roommate heroes are winners or finalists in the Apartments.com recent “Roommate of the [...]

Paige Wiser, Chicago Sun Times writer, admits that she learned everything she needed to know about roommates just by watching television. With good reason, since most of our favorite shows are filled with all the do’s and don’ts of living with roommates. The entire cast of “Friends” swapped roommates, moved apartments, and played games with [...]

The Roommate, a thriller movie with Leighton Meester and Minka Kelly, will be released in 2010. Entertainment Weekly reports that the film will follow the story of a college freshman (Meester) who develops an unhealthy fascination with her roommate (Kelly). Things get crazy.
Sounds like Leighton Meester would not win WilliamPaid’s Roommate of the Week Award. [...]

Every Friday WilliamPaid takes the time to honor roommates who have gone above and beyond the call of duty. Today we honor a roommate who stood by his buddy through the rigors of a relationship ending and paparazzi dodging. Ewan McGregor, we salute you!
There have been many famous roommates over the years; Adam Sandler and [...]

Over at Ron’s Apartment Living Blog (on About.com), Editor Ron Leshnower wrote this week about “friendly debates” with roommates about politics. Ron offers the following tips:
•Agree to disagree.
•Don’t try to convert each other.
•Don’t let your roommate’s beliefs get to you.
•Show some respect.
•Limit your show of support for candidates and political parties (in other words, politely [...]

We are busy redesigning WilliamPaid’s blog. We want to be a resource for renters and roommates. So we thought we would pause to ask YOU, our readers, for advice. What types of information and links would you like to see on our blog? Post your comments here or send us a Tweet on Twitter. We [...]

Roommates and roommate relationships headlined TV drama this week. On Episode 4, Season 3 of Mad Men, Peggy Olson dreams of moving into a Manhattan apartment and decides to look for a roommate. Peggy’s ad seeking a roomie reads: “Working Girl Seeks Roommate. I’m a clean, responsible, considerate person who wants a roommate to share [...]