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Women & Hollywood on Panel at the Long Island International Film Expo on Sunday
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I’ll be participating in a panel entitled: WOMEN IN CHARGE: Kicking Open The Doors To The Film Industry on Sunday, July 11th from 12-1pm on Long Island.
Location: Filmmakers Lounge @ BELLMORE MOVIES (222 Pettit Ave. Bellmore, NY 11710).
If you are ar...[Read on] |
Paramount Pictures has a gender (and race) problem
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The folks at Racebending who advocate for just and equal opportunities in film and TV, have been tracking race issues related to the recently released film The Last Airbender. While doing their research they have revealed some disturbing trends at Pa...[Read on] |
Women at the Top
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Nancy Utley has been promoted to the presidency of Fox Searchlight Pictures. She shares the title with Stephen Giula. Utley has been making Fox Searchlight quite hot of late as the COO overseeing marketing and distribution of movies like Juno to the t...[Read on] |
Sheila C. Johnson Shares Pictures From CARE Rwanda Trip
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Philanthropist Sheila C. Johnson shares pictures from a CARE International trip to RwandaPhoto Essay | Today 6:00 amBlack Entertainment Television co-founder and all-around wonderful philanthropist Sheila C. Johnson traveled to Rwanda last year on a CARE ...[Read on] |
Diablo Cody sells her next script
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I’m glad that the lack of box office success of Jennifer’s Body has not prevented Cody from selling her next script — Young Adult to Mandate Pictures, the company that produced Juno.
However, I’m a bit apprehensive about the description:
The “...[Read on] |
Other Products That Could Use Cigarette-Style Warning Labels
| Today, the Food and Drug administration unveiled upsetting new cigarette warning labels. The three dozen designs, which are featured on the agency’s Web site, “include pictures of a man smoking from a tracheostomy tube inserted into his throat; a dise...[Read on] |
Women Start New Distribution Company
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Distribution vets Emily Woodburne ( IFC and Zeitgeist), Bridget Stokes (IFC Films) and Vicky Wight (Artistic License) have joined forces and have created a new distribution company BEV Pictures. The films to be released by the company will focus on a sla...[Read on] |
The Most Powerful Women in Hollywood
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In conjunction with its Women in Entertainment breakfast, The Hollywood Reporter has published its annual list of the most powerful women in Hollywood. My thoughts are that the list is pretty much the same from last year especially in the top 10 with a c...[Read on] |
Animal Kingdom’s Jacki Weaver on Her National Board of Review Victory
| Jacki Weaver in Animal Kingdon. Photo by Narelle Sheean, Courtesy of Sony Pictures Classics. When the Australian indie film Animal Kingdom made a splash at Sundance in January, everyone couldn’t stop talking about veteran actress Jacki Weaver’s spine-...[Read on] |
Show Senator Kyl Maternity Care is Good for All Boy and Girls
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by Judy Waxman, Vice President for Health and Reproductive Rights, National Women's Law Center “First of all, I don’t need maternity care. And so requiring that to be in my insurance policy is something that I don’t need and will make the policy...[Read on] |
Hollywood Feminist of the Day: Drew Barrymore
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Drew Barrymore is a real feminist. All the pre-press for her directorial debut, Whip-It (opening on October 2.) is making me so excited to see the film. Here’s what she had to say to Time Out NY.
Your upcoming directorial debut, Whip It, is about rol...[Read on] |
Studio films are directed by white men
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In a no shit sherlock moment, The NY Times took a look at who has been in the director’s seat for the major studio releases this year.
Of the 85 or so live action films to be released by the big studios in 2009 — Paramount Pictures, Sony Pictures Ent...[Read on] |
Coachella Street Style
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Coachella is a place where celebrities and concert go-ers alike blend together in a sea of festival style. While it’s still a bit chilly in N.Y.C., it warms my style spirit to see spring dresses, fancy sunglasses, and wide-brimmed hats galore. These...[Read on] |
Then and Now: The Past 50 Years for Women in Afghanistan
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A friend recently sent a link to a Foreign Policy magazine article showing a not-so-distant past in Afghanistan. The author, Mohammad Qayoumi, recalls a past quite different to portrayals in today's media, and has the book of photographs to prove it...[Read on] |
Farrah Fawcett and Bea Arthur left off Oscar memorial montage
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While last night was certainly an excellent night for women in film, the Academy seems to have forgotten two great actresses from their memorial montage: Bea Arthur and Farrah Fawcett, who both passed away in 2009.According to Leslie Unger, spokespe...[Read on] |
Commentary continues as Semenya resumes racing
| I have seen several articles/editorials since Caster Semenya has resumed racing. But this one is by far the best. (I won't even link to the really problematic one from a male sportswriter from Kenya who seemed to have some sympathy for Semenya's situa...[Read on] |
The (HOT) Body Issue
| I know I may be a little late on this, as tons of pictures have leaked on the Internet and people with subscriptions have been drooling for over a week, but can we all just take a moment and applaud ESPN’s Body Issue?! Don’t worry…if you aren’t s...[Read on] |
The Elle Power List – 2010
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For the second year in a row, Elle Magazine asked Nikki Finke to put together a list of the most powerful women in Hollywood.
Personally, I liked the days when the list was 1-100 and it was straightforward. The list seems to have lost its bite (if it ...[Read on] |
First Lady of France Carla Bruni Spotted Filming New Woody Allen Film
| Photo by Remi Jouan.In November of last year, Carla Bruni announced that she had agreed to appear in Woody Allen’s then-unnamed new film. “Perhaps I will be very bad,” she mused. Maybe—we will soon find out. Yesterday, photographers snapped pictur...[Read on] |
Woody Allen’s Midnight in Paris Opens the Cannes Film Festival
| Carla Bruni-Sarkozy and Owen Wilson. Courtesy of Sony Pictures Classics.Glamour returns to the Croisette today as the 2011 Cannes Film Festival opens and film power brokers from across the globe arrive in droves. After a somewhat lackluster 2010, Thierry ...[Read on] |
Sony to release Mommy and Me starring Meryl Streep and Tina Fey
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Sony Pictures is having a good summer on the women front. It’s got Salt in theatres now and will be releasing Eat Pray Love in two weeks and I just realized that it will be also releasing Burlesque with Cher and Christina Aguliera this Thanksgiving ...[Read on] |
Wino Wednesday: Me Bones Be Shakin’!
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Halloween is a great time to find really creative things that are both spooky and adorable. In the spirit of it, I found these two gems to spruce up your house! Or you could be totally awesome any time of the year with some eclectic showpieces! (click on ...[Read on] |
Fashion Face-Off: "It" Girls at Chanel
| Every Friday VF.com pores through the crème de la crème of party pictures to find two contenders for the best outfit of the week. Tell us your favorite in our Fashion Face-Off. New York Fashion Week began in earnest last night at the opening...[Read on] |
Smart Phone Apps Women Really Need
| What multi-tasker isn't addicted to their phone? Now you can make calls, send emails, check into Facebook and Foursquare, take pictures, tag a song on the radio with Shazam, read the newspaper, and find a great recipe for dinner or make reservations to e...[Read on] |
Female Producer to Finance Kathryn Bigelow’s Next Film
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Kathryn Bigelow is getting ready to start shooting her next indie flick now that she has secured financing from Annapurna Pictures which is run by Megan Ellison.
The pic written by Mark Boal will shoot in the summer and is still being written. Here&#...[Read on] |
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