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Female Playwright Finally Appears on Globe Stage
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Nell Leyshon
It’s only taken 411 years but this month, Nell Leyshon’s play Bedlam premiered in Shakespeare’s house.
This is seen as a momentous breakthrough for female playwrights who have really making a strong statement over the la...[Read on] |
Judith Ivey is busy
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Judith Ivey as Ann Landers
Judith Ivey has had a long TV career, but lately I haven’t seen her in many things. The good news is that it looks like she’ll be quite visible here in NY as she follows the path of many female actors as they get older ...[Read on] |
From Movie to Musical
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Two beloved films — Bridget Jones’ Diary and Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown are being made into musicals.
Helen Fielding who write the book of Bridget Jones’ Diary has been working on the musical which held a recent reading in London att...[Read on] |
Vamps, Vixens and Feminists: The Elephant in the Room
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This week in London the Sphinx Theatre Company, a feminist theatre company, organized a conference Vamps, Vixens and Feminists: The Elephant in the Room to look at gender and age discrimination in the arts. They seem to have gotten some high profile peo...[Read on] |
On the Women of 'Slumdog Millionaire,' by Vishakha N. Desai
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‘Seeing so many Indian faces on the stage of the Kodak Theater in Los
Angeles was in itself a sight to savor. But the more I watched, the
more uncomfortable I became about one particular element’A Friend Stopped By | Today 12:05 pm
Editor’...[Read on] |
Hollywood Feminist of the Day: Sir Ian McKellen
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I love it when guys stand up for their female colleagues. 4,000 people and Sir Ian McKellen have signed a petition urging British broadcasters to get a clue and stop discriminating against women over 45.
Here’s what he said:
People might have though...[Read on] |
Weekend Must-See: Sins Invalid in San Francisco
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Tonight, I am headed to the 2009 production of Sins Invalid: An Unshamed Claim to Beauty in the Face of Invisibility, and I can't wait.
Chloe interviewed the Co-Founder and Artistic Director, Patty Berne, last week, and in another interview, Berne explai...[Read on] |
National Women’s History Museum bill moves to the Senate
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This is pretty cool. The House of Representatives recently passed a bipartisan bill (HR 1700) that would set the stage for a National Women’s History Museum to be built on the National Mall. It now moves to the Senate. The House passed HR 1700 on a v...[Read on] |
Vamps, Vixens and Feminists 2010: Fighting the Backlash
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Wish I could be in London for this. Hopefully we will have someone on site covering this for Women and Hollywood. Info here. Tickets – 5 pounds. Book tickets here.
Vamps, Vixens and Feminists 2010: Fighting the Backlash sponsored by t...[Read on] |
Will Women Rule the Box Office This Summer?
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One of Variety’s stories today leads with the following headline “Women take center stage at summer B.O.” Psych. It seems that finally people are thinking about how women have box office potential to match the guys.
About fing time.
Warner Broth...[Read on] |
The Young & the Pregnant: Updates All Around
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Hey Chicks! Long time no see! It’s been a crazy couple of weeks starting with (cue Funeral March) the Week of Finals which I miraculously survived. I hope all of you college Chicks out there finished up your year without too many crams sessions or sleep...[Read on] |
Happy Holiday- Some Links to Check Out
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Happy July 4th for those of you in the US. Here are some interesting stories to check out:
Women of the futurists- Galvanised by the violent energy of the futurist movement, women artists of the early 20th century wielded their brushes, needles and pen...[Read on] |
The Exploding Girl
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I’ve been watching Zoe Kazan since I saw her on stage in The Seagull where she and Oscar nominee Carey Mulligan acted circles around veteran actors Kristen Scott Thomas and Peter Sarsgaard. Last year was a breakthrough year for her onscreen playing da...[Read on] |
Women onstage this season
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Earlier this spring I wrote how excited I was to see so many amazing women appearing on the NY stage this season. New Yorkers are lucky to get all the indie films as well as the opportunity to see such great theatre if you can afford it.
I’ve gotten ...[Read on] |
Why must softball game prep include bronzer and eyeliner?
| By Megan Wood
My final college softball season starts in three weeks. Time to worry about my makeup and hair?
Softball may be a serious, competitive, slide-in-the-dirt sport, but as it grows in popularity (and TV interest), there is heightened a...[Read on] |
Great offer for Women & Hollywood readers to attend Let Me Down Easy by Anna Deveare Smith
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I had the chance to check out Anna Deveare Smith’s play on health care issues courtesy of the folks at Second Stage Theatre. If you have never seen Anna on stage doing her interpretations you are really missing out. Her Ann Richards’ piece was ama...[Read on] |
ChickSpeak hearts Kid Cudi
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“I’ve got some missions that nobody can see, and all of these emotions are pouring out of me, I bring them to the light for you, it’s only right.” This quotation is from Kid Cudi’s single ‘Soundtrack 2 My Life’ off of the album Man on the Mo...[Read on] |
Padma Lakshmi, Chelsea Handler Naked in Allure
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Three other famous females bare all for Allure’s Naked Issue, which hits newstands April 21Allure's Naked Issue | Today 1:00 pm
"Top Chef" host Padma Lakshmi, comedienne Chelsea Handler and stage and screen actress Sharon Leal bare all i...[Read on] |
Michelle Obama's Updo Sparks Hairgate II
| Michelle and Barack Obama attend a celebration of country music in the East Room of the White House, July 21, 2009. By Matthew Cavanaugh-Pool/Getty Images. The Obamas hosted a country-music concert at the White House this past Tuesday night. Country lumin...[Read on] |
Crush of the Week: Lady Sovereign
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I went to see Lady Sovereign in concert on Wednesday, and all I can say is that this woman is off the hook! The rapper (and a self-proclaimed feminist, I might add) from the UK is gritty, enthralling and powerful and I loved every minute of her performa...[Read on] |
The Apple iPad: What Does It Do, and Why Would I Want One?
| The author holding an Apple iPad at today's event. A couple of days ago, I wrote a short piece for this site about what I expected the then-mythical Apple “tablet” to be. In a nutshell, my prediction was that this would be not an earth-shatter...[Read on] |
Raising the barre: The reinvention of classical ballet
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If you think Swan Lake or The Nutcracker when you think of ballet, think again. Many contemporary troupes are forging new ways to enchant modern audiences by demonstrating that ballet is a living dance form. Check out just a few of the ways in which bal...[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] |
Pilot Watch – CW
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There are so many shows that get developed each year, some make it to the pilot stage and very few make it to series.
This year I’m going to keep track and see the progress. I’ve created a pilot watch section and will list by studio shows by and ab...[Read on] |
Alexander McQueen (1969-2010)
| Backstage at an early Alexander McQueen show, 1993. Photograph by Michael Roberts. Isabella Blow was the first one to tell me about this ‘amazing new talent’ Alexander McQueen. “You absolutely have to do a huge story on him,” she s...[Read on] |
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