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Reese stands up for women
Reese Witherspoon was in DC yesterday talking about the need to stop violence against women. She represents Avon which came to town to give a $500,000 grant to the State Department’s Fund for Global leadership.
One of her quotes:
I think when you ha...more
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Women & Hollywood: Women to Watch
What a great idea. The people who run the Cultural Leadership Programme in the UK know that there is a leadership disparity between men and women in the arts. Lots of times the issue is that the women are just not visible enough in order to get that n...more
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The Time Has Come
Those were the words that Barbra Streisand uttered when she announced Kathryn Bigelow’s name as the winner of the best director Oscar. The moment came at the end of a long and boring show that featured many male winners in most categories, but DAMN, s...more
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This is a Moment of a Lifetime- Bigelow in Her Own Words
Here’s Kathryn Bigelow’s Oscar speech and backstage comments:
This really is… There’s no other way to describe it, it’s the moment of a lifetime. First of all, this is so extraordinary to be in the company of such powerful, my fellow nominees, ...more
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Indie Spirit Moments
The last couple of weeks have been all Bigelow all the time, but since The Hurt Locker and the blue people weren’t up for any awards at this year’s Indie Spirits, it allowed other films to shine.
I was so psyched to see Gabby Sidibe (and Precious) wi...more
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Women & Hollywood Radio Show #1
So it wasn’t perfect, but it’s the beginning and next time will be better. Nothing ventured, nothing gained.
If you can make it through the first couple of minutes of me talking to myself about Kathryn Bigelow and the Oscars, the show starts to rock...more
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Hollywood Feminist of the Day: Dr. Martha Lauzen
I know I beat the drum consistently for Kathryn Bigelow but I want everyone to remember that if, and when she wins, the best director award at the Oscars on Sunday it will be only the beginning. Don’t let anyone fool you into thinking things are eq...more
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EW looks at the top working directors
I started to get real nervous as I paged through the top 25 since I didn’t run into a woman’s name until SHOCKER, at number 4 is Kathryn Bigelow. What a difference a year (a great movie, and some awards) make. Think she would have been on the list...more
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Another female director is nominated for an Oscar
With all the hoopla over Kathryn Bigelow (as well the nomination for An Education as best picture) I missed another women directed film — The Milk of Sorrow directed by Claudia Llosa — which is up for the foreign film Oscar.
Not only is this film dir...more
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Kathryn Bigelow on Good Morning America
Here’s Kathryn Bigelow talking about the film and what it might mean to other women if she wins the Oscar. The anticipation for the Oscars is killing me. I am so excited.
When asked what she thinks of being a role model she said it is “thrilling”...more
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2009 was no Year of the Woman in Hollywood
Just forget all the bullshit you and I are constantly fed (and I sometimes write) about how great things are for women in Hollywood. We did have a better year at the box office with a couple of female led films making it to the top 10, and we did get a ...more
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Kathryn Bigelow wins Best Director at BAFTAs
The awards season keeps rolling on for Kathryn Bigelow and The Hurt Locker. Not only was the film named best picture last evening at the BAFTA’s (the British version of the Academy Awards), but Bigelow became the first woman EVER to be named best direct...more
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Female jockey Julie Krone is a “Freak”
I was delighted to read that award-winning filmmaker Katherine Brooks (”Loving Annabelle,” 2006, and “Waking Madison,” 2009) is making a film based on legendary female jockey Julie Krone. The film is called “Freak,” which refers to a racing...more
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The Technical Academy Awards- For Guys Only?
If you didn’t know any better after reading this AP article on the Academy’s technical awards you’d think that only men worked in Hollywood. This piece is one of the strangest takes on the industry that I have seen in a while.
Here’s the first l...more
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The Academy Awards nominees luncheon
Yesterday, 121 Oscar nominees gathered to celebrate themselves and get their marching order for the show (speeches can only be 45 seconds.)
Anne Thompson has a report from the event.
How fun would it have been to be in that room where Tom Sherak the hea...more
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Another Nicholas Sparks tearjerker: The dish on Dear John
Whenever I first saw the trailer for Dear John, I was more than excited. Being an avid fan of Nicholas Sparks and his super easy to read and sometimes overly sappy novels, I was hoping that a movie would finally be made about one of his books that followe...more
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Oscar Campaigning
You have to check out the NY Magazine piece that Mark Harris wrote on the Oscar campaign. The more I read and learn about this stuff, the more it resembles politics with handlers telling people what to wear, what to say, where to go and how to act.
It ...more
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Pale male fail – Who makes the most in Hollywood
Vanity Fair has put together a list of Hollywood’s highest film earners and not surprisingly, at the top of the list are all white men. The highest female on the list is Emma Watson who made $30 million for the latest Harry Potter films. ($15 million ...more
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