"nancy-meyers" Articles & Blogs:
Q&A;: Nancy Meyers on It's Complicated
| I’m under thirty, I’m not married, and I’m not a woman. So when speaking with Nancy Meyers about her new movie, It’s Complicated, I felt a bit like an interloper. I had the same feeling when I saw the film at a screening packed wit...[Read on] |
It’s Complicated
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If you are a Nancy Meyers fan the good news for you is that It’s Complicated will make you happy, but if you have issues with Nancy Meyers and her filmmaking style this one won’t sway you her way. It’s Complicated is pure Nancy Meyers for better o...[Read on] |
Nancy Lieberman talks about her new job
| Nancy Lieberman Talks About Her New Job
Great piece from Scott on Nancy's ground breaking new job as the head coach of the new D-league team from Texas.
Hopefully, this signals more cross pollination and coordination between the D-league and WNBA. That ...[Read on] |
EW looks at the top working directors
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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...[Read on] |
It’s Complicated Trailer
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I couldn’t hold this one. Had to share immediately!
As you head out to see Meryl Streep as Julia Child in Julie & Julia here is Meryl Streep’s next film to look forward to. I am beyond excited for this film.
Nancy Meyers + Meryl Streep = AWESOME...[Read on] |
If Cameron Crowe and Nancy Wilson Can’t Stay Married, Who Can?
| Cameron Crowe and Nancy Wilson are divorcing? This should send a jolt of dread through the community of musicians, journalists, publicists, managers; any of us who’ve pledged some of our souls to rock ‘n’ roll and worried about it ever since. For ar...[Read on] |
Nancy Pelosi voted to continue House leadership
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After learning that the Fair Pay Act failed and women’s representation in Congress has officially decreased, I’m happy to announce one piece of good pro-woman news today: Nancy Pelosi was...
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Could a woman get nominated for best director this year?
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Another of the post-Cannes write ups include a supposition that 2009 might be a year where a woman could get a best director nod which would be the first since Sophia Coppola in 2003 for Lost in Translation. (H/T to Guy Lodge from In Contention for even...[Read on] |
Pelosi Denies 'Disfavor List,' Blasts House GOP
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Nancy Pelosi insisted today that she could have passed stimulus even faster, so House Republicans should be pleased with the time they were allottedPost | Today 2:20 pm
Nancy Pelosi came out swinging against ugly rumors today.
The Internet was posit...[Read on] |
Nora Ephron to Women Directors and Writers: Stop Whining and Just Do It
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Ariel Levy who has been kicking some serious ass in writing profiles in the New Yorker of late, spent some time with Nora Ephron as she readies Julie & Julia for release next month. (You can only read the article online if you have a subscription to the...[Read on] |
Vera Wang takes the ice
| Many of us know Vera Wang as an American designer whose
trademark fashion is the bridal gown. But before she entered the fashion
industry, Wang was a figure skater who competed at the 1968 U.S. Figure Skating
Championships. When her skating dreams failed ...[Read on] |
A Witch? A Ghost? Lady Gaga? You Got Something Better?
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So what are you guys gonna be for Halloween??? We want to hear about your costumes!Okay I will start with the BUST crew...I am gonna be a ninja master! Some of the other planned costume shout-outs included but were not limited to: an ass hat, ...[Read on] |
Countdown: One Week to Julie & Julia
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While The Proposal with Sandra Bullock has exceeded expectations, we all know the one movie that women have been waiting for all summer is now only one week away — Julie and Julia. I have a sense that women are going to come out and see this in droves...[Read on] |
Review of Unmatched: Martina and Chris
| Here is an excellent review of Unmatched, an ESPN 30 for 30 documentary about the friendship and tennis rivalry between Martina Navratilova and Chris Evert. I don’t know if ESPN will be airing this again, but it is worth checking your local listings if ...[Read on] |
WaPo takes on women's leadership...with cutesy, sexist nicknames
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Not amused, guys.
Believe it or not, the Washington Post has managed to stereotyped women leaders in the worst way possible - with nicknames like "The Iron Lady" and "Grandmother in Pearls."
These were made in a recent piece titled, "Women Leadership S...[Read on] |
Lindsay Lohan’s Jail Cell Is Next to That of the Bling Ring’s Alexis Neiers
| This week, incarcerated starlet Lindsay Lohan began serving her 90-day sentence in a Lynwood, California, jail. Although the Los Angeles Country sheriff’s office estimates that she will likely only remained locked up for two weeks, Access Hollywood repo...[Read on] |
Holiday Movie Preview- Lots for and about women
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I love when I get my Entertainment Weekly preview issues. Just love them. This year’s holiday movie preview just arrived and lo and behold it looks like it could be a pretty decent season for us women.
The season has already begun with Oscar frontr...[Read on] |
Pelosi to Women: We Intend to Win For You
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Jill Miller Zimon is one of WCF’s MsRepresentation bloggers in the final weeks of the 2010 election.
Joining the Obama Administration’s outreach to women, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and U.S....
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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] |
CFDA to Honor Fashion Icon Michelle Obama
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The Council of Fashion Designers of America will honor First Lady Michelle Obama this JuneThe Etceterist | Today 11:55 am
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Hair up, hair down, sleeves or sleeveless, Michael Kors, Jason Wu, Narciso Rodriguez — or will there be a new favorit...[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] |
WNBA Champions Video: Phoenix Mercury
| … in case you missed it live last week, the WNBA’s Phoenix Mercury won their second title in three years. Excellent accomplishment, and performed in front of a packed house. The video below tells the story.
ESPN’s Nancy Lieberman told me, “It was...[Read on] |
Women at the Box Office – A look back and a look ahead
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While most Americans (and the world) are struggling financially, Hollywood had a great year. Box office revenue topped $10.6 billion, up 10 percent from 2008 (according to Hollywood.com) and many of the year end stories have talked about women both at...[Read on] |
Interview with Marleen Gorris and Nancy Larson – director and writer of Within the Whirlwind
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Dutch director Marleen Gorris is one of the most feminist directors around. She has actually won an academy award for one of the most feminist films I have ever seen -Antonia’s Line which won the best foreign language film Oscar in 1995. Her other f...[Read on] |
Sexism Watch: The 50 Best Shot Films of the Decade
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Ellen Kuras
The statistics on female cinematographers are abysmal. In 2009, only 2% of the top 250 US grossing films had a female cinematographer.
That would be 5 films. Five films out of 250. Pathetic.
And a woman has never been nominated for an ...[Read on] |
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