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March is Women’s History Month and there is no better way to honor female athletes than by nominating them for one of the Women’s Sports Foundation’s 2010 award programs. Current open nominations include: Sportswoman of the Year Award. Every year,...[Read on]

Women Start New Distribution Company

Distribution vets Emily Woodburne ( IFC and Zeitgeist), Bridget Stokes (IFC Films) and Vicky Wight (Artistic License) have joined forces and have created a new distribution company BEV Pictures. The films to be released by the company will focus on a sla...[Read on]

Women at the Box Office This Weekend- May 29

Opening This Week Pressure Cooker- directed by Jennifer Grausman and Mark Becker (at the IFC in NY) Here’s the description from the press materials: Three seniors at Philadelphia’s Frankford High School find an unlikely champion in the kitchen of Wil...[Read on]

Kim wins sports award as woman of the year

Korean figure skater Kim Yu-na became the first Asian to earn the Sportswoman of the Year honor yesterday at the 31st Annual Salute to Women in Sports gala held by the Women’s Sports Foundation. The annual event, held at the Waldorf-Astoria Hotel in Ne...[Read on]

Female athletes who paved the way for women in sports

Male athletes usually take the sports spotlight, for both their looks and their athletic abilities. But they’re not the only ones competing. Even before Title IX became law in 1972 and helped women gain access to equal opportunities in sports, women w...[Read on]

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