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Sally Potter’s Filmmaking Manifesto
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A reader forwarded to me feminist director (Orlando) Sally Potter’s filmmaking manifesto. Thought I’d share:
The best time to start is now (don’t wait)
Take responsibility for everything (it saves time)
Don’t blame anyone or anything (including y...[Read on] |
We Want Sex(ual) Equality
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Sally Hawkins
Every time I read about this film I get so excited. We Want Sex is the true story about women from the Dagenham Ford plant who struck for pay equity in 1968 England. It was announced at Cannes with some fanfare.
The film stars Sally Ha...[Read on] |
In Memoriam: Sally Menke
| Quentin Tarantino and editor Sally Menke at the Beverly Hilton Hotel, February 18, 2007. Photo by Kevin Winter/Getty Images. As most film enthusiasts undoubtedly know by now, Oscar-nominated editor Sally Menke was found dead in Los Angeles’s sprawling G...[Read on] |
Interview with Sally Potter, director of Rage
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Sally Potter is a filmmaking icon. She is an outspoken, visionary, feminist director who has been on the cutting edge of the indie world since she started making films. That being said, Potter’s work is an acquired taste, and her new film Rage she i...[Read on] |
Women at the Box Office: July 23-25
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Salt starring Angelina Jolie didn’t make it to number 1 thanks to the growing cultural obsession with Inception (which I liked a lot), but it was number 2 for the weekend bringing in a total of $36.5 million (the budget is estimated to be between $110...[Read on] |
Pretty Smart: Sally Ride Toy Challenge
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If you thought toys were just for fun, you’re wrong. Toys are also a great way to learn about science, engineering, and the design process! Creating a toy or game involves experiencing engineering as a fun, creative, collaborative process, relevant to e...[Read on] |
Legendary Pinup Jane Russell’s 1948 Vanity Fair Cover
| From the Everett Collection.
Jane Russell died Monday of respiratory failure at her Santa Maria, Calif., home, surrounded by family—she was 89 years old. And 63 years ago this month, Russell appeared as the face of Vanity Fair’s Hollywood issue—prom...[Read on] |
Oprah Charmed by Homeless Man
| • A homeless man in Manhattan’s Meatpacking District charmed Oprah into slipping him $100 cash through her limo window over the weekend. [NY Post] • General Motors reported its largest quarterly profit in 11 years at $2 billion, almost equal to its ...[Read on] |
Tangled and The Black Swan Kick Box Office Butt
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Tangled overtook Harry Potter at the box office this weekend on its second weekend out and is close to making $100 million in just two weeks.
On the one hand its great that a woman centric film (ok, a princess centric film) is doing so great but it wil...[Read on] |
La Femme Film Festival opens tonight in L.A.
| La Femme Film Festival, which shines a spotlight on women's roles in the entertainment industry, opens this evening in Los Angeles at the Grove with "Love Hurts," starring Carrie-Anne Moss.
Other films in the festival, which continues through Sunday at t...[Read on] |
Dear So and So: My Blog
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Dear Tipsyreader.com,
I haven’t had my morning cup o’ joe yet, so this could get ugly.
Sometimes I wish this were one of those blogs where I could write about my life at least a little bit. But there are two things wrong with this picture. One is ...[Read on] |
Archie has Chosen!
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After 67 years, the original fictional love triangle has finally been resolved (or has it?). Archie, the goony, redheaded protagonist of the beloved Archie comic series , proposed to Veronica, the swanky, black-haired bad girl he’s been chasing afte...[Read on] |
Dear So and So: Library Fines
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Dear Library Fines,
I write to tell you that you scare me. I know I don’t have the best memory. And when I do remember that you are overdue (thank you e-mailed notifications!) I am sometimes too lazy to return the books. Sorry.
But back to why you s...[Read on] |
Newsflash: The Summer of 2011 Movies Will Have No Women Leads
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Here’s another sign that we still haven’t moved the dial forward in relation to blockbuster films.
Director John Favreau told the LA Times that next summer will be crazy in terms of the amount of product that will be released and that not e...[Read on] |
Are Americans Too Stupid to Survive the Recession?
| This is no time to hoard nuts.Imagine that you are the bill-payer in a household that, like many in America, has run up a sizable debt over the past 10 years, even though things were going well for you for most of that time. Now you’re in a predicam...[Read on] |
Human Rights Film Festival opens tomorrow
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Pamela Yates
The 20th annual Human Rights Film Festival opens in NY tomorrow with director Pamela Yates’ The Reckoning: The Battle for the International Criminal Court. The festival last from June 12-June 25.
There are some great women directed an...[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] |
Where are you Sela Ward?
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I am a big, big fan of Sela Ward. Loved her in Sisters. (how about someone remake that show now except without Julianne Phillips?) Double loved Once and Again which is where we first met Evan Rachel Wood.
Last time I saw Sela Ward she was doing a s...[Read on] |
Precious kills at the box office
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This weekend catapulted Precious to the top of the Oscar list with a record setting debut in theatres. Let me say that again- RECORD SETTING DEBUT. It made $1.8 million dollars on a total of 18 screens. That is an average of $100,000 per screen whic...[Read on] |
See Mommy Run
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More and more, elite female athletes are taking on a challenge greater than sports. They’re returning to the competitive world of sports while juggling motherhood.
Soccer moms have led the charge. The U.S. Women’s National Team has consistently feat...[Read on] |
Women & Hollywood: Women to Watch
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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...[Read on] |
Hollywood Feminist of the Day Katie Couric
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Princeton invited Katie to be its first female Class Day speaker and she made sure they knew how unacceptable that is:
But, actually, I do have a bone to pick with you. I have discovered I am the first female Class Day speaker in Princeton’s history. O...[Read on] |
Pale male fail – Who makes the most in Hollywood
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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 ...[Read on] |
2009 Pulitzer Prize-Winning Women
| Kudos to the women who now have a new bullet point on their résumés.
The 93rd annual Pulitzer Prizes in Journalism, Letters, Drama and Music were announced on Monday by Columbia University and here is information on the female recipients.
Alexandra Be...[Read on] |
A View from the Set: Gurinder Chadha
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There’s a special place in my heart for Gurinder Chadha the writer and director of one of my favorite films, Bend it Like Beckham. If you haven’t seen it yet, you must put it at the top of your Netflix list. That movie minted money all across the ...[Read on] |
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