"annie-sundberg" Articles & Blogs:
Women’s Weekend Box Office Report June 25-27
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Debra Granik’s Winter’s Bone crossed the $1 million dollar mark this past weekend and is now playing on 70 screens including some in the midwest near where the film takes place. The film cost $2 million and it looks promising for it to pay back it...[Read on] |
Women’s Weekend Box Office Report – July 4th Holiday
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To no one’s surprise, Twilight Eclipse opened big, almost as big as New Moon. Here are the numbers:
The first six days of Eclipse brought in $175 million domestic and another $100 million overseas. New Moon’s domestic gross was $178 in six days...[Read on] |
Annie Leibovitz Comments on Tiger Woods Cover Photo
| Our February 2010 cover, featuring an Annie Leibovitz portrait of Tiger Woods, is attracting plenty of interest. Here is what Leibovitz herself had to say about it: “Tiger is an intensely competitive athlete—and quite serious about his sport. ...[Read on] |
Women at the Box Office – June 11-13
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It was good weekend for women’s films at the box office. Both Winter’s Bone directed by Debra Granik and Joan Rivers: A Piece of Work directed by Ricki Stern and co-directed by Annie Sundberg cracked the $20,000 per screen average. At 7 theatres...[Read on] |
Tribeca 2010 – Monica and David
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I was able to take in a couple of films at this year’s Tribeca Film Festival. I wish I could have seen more, but that’s life. The three films I saw were all female directed: Cairo Time by Ruba Nadda; Monica and David by Ali Codina; and Joan Rivers -...[Read on] |
The Kids Are All Right scores big at the box office this weekend
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It was a great weekend for women at the box office.
The Kids Are All Right directed and co-written by Lisa Cholodenko opened in five markets at a total of 7 theatres and grossed a whopping $504,888. That is a per screen average of $72,127. That is ...[Read on] |
Joan Rivers: A Piece of Work
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Joan Rivers has not been at the top of many a feminist’s list because she has probably had more plastic surgery procedures than years she’s been alive — 77 as of this week. But don’t let your feelings about plastic surgery, or her obsession to...[Read on] |
Review: Bridesmaids
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The word being tossed around in relation to Kristen Wiig's star-making new comedy Bridesmaids is womance, and the portmanteau is somewhat apt but not entirely fair. Writers love a good pun or, better yet, a tidy way to label something, especia...[Read on] |
Is Bridesmaids the Best Comedy of 2011?
| Maya Rudolph, Kristen Wiig, and Ellie Kemper. Courtesy of IMDb.Kristen Wiig kicks off the summer comedies (not counting Fast Five) with Bridesmaids, which she both stars in and co-wrote. She plays Annie, a woman trying to fulfill her duties as maid of hon...[Read on] |
This One Goes Out to the Ladies: Judd Apatow and Kristen Wiig collab on new comedy, Bridesmaids
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Dude-comedy maverick, Judd Apatow, recently announced he'll be producing a comedy by women. Bridesmaids is written by SNL's Kristen Wiig and The Groundling's Annie Mumolo and is a veritable who's-who of tv's comediennes; with a line-up featuring Maya Rudo...[Read on] |
Tribeca Line-Up Part 2
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Yesterday, Tribeca released the films that will play in the Encounters, Discovery, Cinemania and Spotlight sections.
Here are the women directed films:
Encounters- Zero out of 14
Discovery- (3 out of 17)
brilliantlove, directed by Ashley Horner, writt...[Read on] |
A new low in coverage of Tiger Woods...in Vanity Fair?
| The cover on the latest Vanity Fair, which includes a story by Buzz Bissinger with sordid details about Tiger Woods' extramarital affairs, plays so baldly to racist stereotypes about black, male athletes that the infamous 2008 Vogue cover pales in compar...[Read on] |
Sundance 2010- The Competition Lineup
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The Sundance Film Festival released a good amount of the lineup for the next festival and it looks at first glance to be dark and very boy oriented. Women account for only 4 out of the 16 (25%) of dramatic films in competition. Women are better repres...[Read on] |
ESPN The Magazine's Body Issue - Are my interests prurient?
| I have to say that the more I read about ESPN The Magazine's Body Issue the more I am looking forward to its release next week. And I am not the only one.I think many are intrigued by whether and how this naked stars/serious message thing is going to work...[Read on] |
Women in Theater: Achieving Gender Parity Symposium
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The Women’s Initiative presents,
“Women in Theater: Achieving Gender Parity,”
December 4, 2010 at The Players Club
16 Gramercy Park South (at 20th Street),
New York, NY
1:00pm to 5:00pm.
The Symposium will feature keynote speaker Julia Jordan...[Read on] |
Lifetime orders three cop pilots
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I do think Lifetime needs to get back into the real drama business. The shows aside from Drop Dead Diva and Army Wives has not been very stellar or interesting of late. (Army Wives even at times veers into the way too mushy territory)
They’ve order...[Read on] |
Awards Watch: The Susan Smith Blackburn Prize
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Enron by Lucy Prebble
The Susan Smith Blackburn Prize, the most prestigious international prize awarded to a female playwright (for writing in English) has named the ten finalists for the 2010 award. The award is basically the Pulitzer for women. It ...[Read on] |
Feminism, fathers and valuing parenthood
| Cross posted on PhD in Parenting.
On May 17, I participated in the Fem 2.0 chat on twitter. The topic of discussion was mommies and feminism. We talked about a lot of things, but one thing I said towards the end of the chat seemed to resonate with a l...[Read on] |
Hollywood Women Speak Out
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Three Hollywood women -- Glenn Close, Nicole Kidman and Heather Graham -- got into the political action this week each on a different issue.
Nicole Kidman went to Capitol Hill to talk about violence against women. No matter what she has or hasn’t don...[Read on] |
NCAA Women’s Soccer Final Four Determined
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The NCAA women’s soccer playoffs are coming to an end with just the last four teams standing after a somewhat predictable quarter final round. Stanford defeated Florida 5-0, Notre Dame and Ohio State both shut out their opponents, Oklahoma State and Geo...[Read on] |
The Pink Campaign on Broadway Event Monday, May 4
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Rachel Helson
Rachel Helson is an inspired young woman. At 20 years old she’s a producer (Reasons to be Pretty), an actress and an NYU senior. She’s also a serious kick ass activist for breast cancer and is producing a benefit on Monday, May 4th ...[Read on] |
Best Yoga & Yoga-Inspired Products
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According to the Sporting Goods Manufacturers Association, an estimated 13.4 Americans practice yoga or another mind body exercise on a regular basis.
That’s a lot of people.
And if you head into any fitness or exercise goods shop, it rings true. Ther...[Read on] |
Guest Post: Strange girls love too: Meet Paper Heart’s Charlyne Yi by L.A. Collins
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“I’m a strange girl,” she sighs with a confessional chuckle. Not your typical romantic leading lady by a long-shot — yet twice as magnetic, accessible and risk-taking as any other quirktress (who has drawn comparison to Diane’s Keaton’s unforg...[Read on] |
Top American Idols Personalize Ford Fiestas
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Ford Motor Company has added an exciting new element to its sponsorship of the hit television series "American Idol," by giving the top Idols an opportunity to work with Ford designers to create their own personalized 2011 Ford Fiesta. "Ford has been a s...[Read on] |
Celebrating Earth Day: Celebrities, Authors & Supporters
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It seems celebrities support everything nowadays, from classy New York restaurant openings to their hometown baseball teams. But perhaps the most significant celebrity-approved concept is the green movement.
After all, the staggering facts regarding glob...[Read on] |
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