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Women & Hollywood Talks Oscar Nominations
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Here’s the link to my BBC interview:
Women & Hollywood Talks Oscar Nominations on the BBC
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Anne Hathaway and James Franco Combine in Age to Equal One Oscar Host
| Hathaway, left, in Love and Other Drugs. Franco, right, in 127 Hours. Everyone in Hollywood wants to look younger—even Oscar. The AMPAS today announced the hosts for the 83rd Oscars, and they are youthful—actress Anne Hathaway (Oscar nominee) and acto...[Read on] |
'Precious' Pushes Past Controversy to Oscar Night
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(WOMENSENEWS)--Not since the film version of "The Color Purple" came out 15 years ago have black women had so much at stake at the Academy Awards.
"The Color Purple"--based on a book of the same name by Alice Walker about sisterhood a...[Read on] |
Why Chelsea Clinton's Wedding Dress Will Be Oscar de la Renta
| Chelsea Clinton wearing Oscar de la Renta to the School of American Ballet's Winter Ball in New York City, March 5, 2007. From PatrickMcMullan.com. Now that Chelsea Clinton has announced that's she's engaged to her longtime boyfriend, Marc Mezvinsky, who ...[Read on] |
Will This Year’s Best Actress Oscar Be a Celebrity Death Match? (Yes.)
| The Academy Award for best actress perennially ranks as one of the most buzzed-about moments of any Oscar ceremony. (Beautiful women dressed to the nines like Gilded Age debutantes certainly doesn’t hurt ratings.) This year may prove to be a special stu...[Read on] |
Another female director is nominated for an Oscar
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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...[Read on] |
What the Gotham Independent Film Awards Giveth, the Spirit Awards Taketh Away
| From left: The Hurt Locker director Kathryn Bigelow, Anthony Mackie, Brian Geraghty, screenwriter Mark Boal, and Jeremy Renner. Last night, the 19th Gotham Independent Film Awards—the first hurdle in the award-season obstacle course leading up to Oscar ...[Read on] |
Oscar Party Recap: Hollywood Finds Its License to Chill
| Sandra Bullock and Jesse James at the Vanity Fair Oscar Party. Photograph by Getty/VF. Perhaps for the first time since 2007, when the financial crisis was still a glimmer in the banking industry’s eye, Hollywood gave itself permission to have a little ...[Read on] |
Q&A;: Melissa Leo on The Fighter, Red State, and Kathryn Bigelow
| Leo at the Golden Globe Awards. Photograph via Patrick McMullan. As Oscar season enters its homestretch, Academy voters receive their final ballots, consensus gels around the favorites—and one name you hear over and over is Melissa Leo. She's already wo...[Read on] |
Keeping the Mood Light at The Lovely Bones Premiere
| Susan Sarandon, Christian Ashdale, Peter Jackson, and Saoirse Ronan at The Lovely Bones premiere in New York City, on December 3, 2009. Photographs by PatrickMcMullan.com. “I didn’t even recognize you!” Susan Sarandon said to an Alexander Wang-clad ...[Read on] |
Sigourney Weaver shits on Kathryn Bigelow
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Whoa sister! Sigourney Weaver — feminist icon — was just thrown her sister Kathryn Bigelow under the bus in a big way.
In a interview this weekend with Fohla Online in Brazil (where she was traveling with James Cameron on his quest to save the Amaz...[Read on] |
Hollywood Feminist of the Day: Sophie Okonedo
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I saw Invictus over the holidays. There were some very interesting things going on in the film especially how inspirational true leadership is and how sports can be a great connector across cultures. But one thing I thought was strange about the film ...[Read on] |
Early Oscar Prediction—Best Directress: Kathryn Bigelow
| Oscar season generally begins after the Toronto International Film Festival, once the bulk of prestige films have screened for critics and picked up distributors, leaving only a handful of latecomers to tip the balance. (This year, these known unknowns in...[Read on] |
Oscar Fashion: Classic Hollywood
| Tina Fey and Diane Kruger. Some leading ladies (and best-supporting-actress nominees) opted to channel old Tinsel Town glamour for the walk down the red carpet tonight.
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Which designer's fashions do you feel best understand the needs of real women?
| Diane von Furstenberg
Eileen Fisher
Isaac Mizrahi for Liz Claiborne
Donna Karan
Oscar de la Renta
Other (tell us below)
Poll | Today 1:00 amArray
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Oscar Campaigning
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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.
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Does Ch. Margaux Go with Cottage Cheese & Ketchup?
| In doing some research for my most recent blog about food and wine pairings for a fun Oscar night, we came across some interesting facts.
Richard Nixon's favorite food was cottage cheese with ketchup. Yes. When we were kidding around with various nicknam...[Read on] |
Women Score at the Gotham Awards
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Kathryn Bigelow’s The Hurt Locker started off the awards season with a win for best feature at the IFP’s Gotham Awards. The event also included a tribute to director Bigelow. We shouldn’t read too much into the win but last year’s winner Froze...[Read on] |
Sexism Alert: The Catfight Begins
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Peter Bart has never been known as being ahead of the curve on gender issues, so it’s not too surprising that his was the first column to begin pitting Jane Campion and Kathryn Bigelow in a girl-on-girl competition for year end awards for their films Br...[Read on] |
Dolls team with AR Rahman for Slumdog’s Jai Ho
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The Pussycat Dolls have teamed up with two time Oscar winner A.R. Rahman for an English interpretation of the song “Jai Ho!”, the spectacular finale to the Oscar winner for Best Picture, Slumdog Millionaire.
Listen here for a preview of A.R. Rahman a...[Read on] |
Hilary Swank is Wonder Woman in CONVICTION
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This movie should be renamed Wonder Woman, because that’s really who Hilary Swank’s character is. The film is captivating, cry-worthy, and I’m sure totally Oscar buzzed, but what really impressed me was the strong, powerful, and ins...[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] |
Lynn Redgrave Passes Away at Age 67
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Lynn Redgrave, 67, passed away in her Connecticut home on Sunday, a spokesperson for her family announced today. Redgrave received Oscar nominations for her performances in “Georgy Girl” and “Gods and Monsters.” She also received a...[Read on] |
The Time Has Come
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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...[Read on] |
Defending Mo’Nique
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One of the ongoing narratives of this awards season has been about Mo’Nique. About how great her performance is, and also about how supposedly ungrateful she is because she hasn’t been criss-crossing the country to gather all her accolades.
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