Billie Jean King

This larger-than-life story will form the basis of The Battle of the Sexes, a planned film with Emma Stone and Steve Carell in the starring roles. Variety reported on Stone’s involvement with the picture late last night, confirming that the star of Easy A and Aloha would replace Brie Larson (who had to drop out to star in The Glass Castle) for the Billie Jean King part.

It was 40 years ago that that Billie Jean King beat Bobby Riggs in the “Battle of the Sexes” tennis match. Is sexism still prevalent in 2013? Depends who you ask I suppose? I tend to believe it is around not in an overt way but still exists in subtler ways.