"transformers" Articles & Blogs:
Fired for Being Too Skinny
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The Megan Fox saga continues. The Wrap is reporting that the reason why Megan Fox was let go from Transformers 3 was because she showed up looking “pale,” “underweight” and “unhealthy” and the director, Michael Bay didn’t like how she look...[Read on] |
The Consequences of Speaking Out
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The news last week was that Megan Fox is off the third Transformers movie. This being Hollywood both camps have differing responses to her departure. Her side told The Wrap that said she walked away because director Michael Bay was “verbally abusive...[Read on] |
Victoria’s Secret congratulates Megan Fox’s Transformers replacement
| File this under yuck and gross. I guess this is what happens when you have a lingerie model get a gig in the movie. The company that she pitches for takes advantage of her new exposure.
This video exemplifies so many things that are wrong in Hollywoo...[Read on] |
Michael Bay Selects Victoria’s Secret Model to Be New Megan Fox
| Victoria's Secret "A Thousand Fantasies" (90 sec) from Bay Films/Michael Bay Dot Com on Vimeo.
“Nelson,” the shadowy ur-moderator of MichaelBay.com, has announced that the director has chosen Rosie Huntington-Whiteley, whose name he misspells, to play...[Read on] |
A Tale of two young actresses
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The NY Times ran two very different stories about two very different young actresses – Megan Fox and Kristen Stewart – who both appear in huge franchises, Fox in Transformers and Stewart in Twilight. Both women had cover pieces, Stewart in the Arts ...[Read on] |
Megan Fox on Feminism, Sexuality and How Hollywood Treats Women
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I basically dismissed Megan Fox as a pretty, not very smart young woman trading on her sexuality to become a movie star. I saw the first Transformers film and thought she and the film were terrible. But I did get interested when she was cast in Jennif...[Read on] |
Will New Moon be the biggest film of the year?
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I spend a lot (too much) time in the twittersphere and the blogopshere and from the people I follow and read (lots of movie, TV and pop culture people and feminists) you’d never think that New Moon is opening next week. Granted all the movie folks hav...[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] |
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] |
Where we are as women (in Film)
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There must be something in the water because over the last week there have been several substantive pieces and one panel (which I will blog about later) discussing women and film. These discussions are not new, they happen all the time, but having two p...[Read on] |
Can Feminism and Box Office Mix?
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So Jennifer’s Body tanked at the box office. From what I can tell the word of mouth among women is way better than the word of mouth among men. Vic Holtreman at Screen Rant took a unscientific look at the breakdown of the what reviewer thought and f...[Read on] |
New Moon brings a new dawn in Hollywood
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On Friday morning Hollywood woke up to the realization that fangirls can be as rabid as fanboys. By Saturday morning they realized that two BIG records had been broken, including the highest midnight screening opening and the best opening date in histor...[Read on] |
Women writers talk New Moon
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As New Moon descends on the world today I asked a couple of colleagues who write and think about film from different cities to answer some questions about the global phenomenon.
The questions I posed are followed by the answers by the different women. ...[Read on] |
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