"women-executives" Articles & Blogs:
The Elle Power List – 2010
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For the second year in a row, Elle Magazine asked Nikki Finke to put together a list of the most powerful women in Hollywood.
Personally, I liked the days when the list was 1-100 and it was straightforward. The list seems to have lost its bite (if it ...[Read on] |
NATPE Diversity Fellowship Applications Due April 28
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For all of you interested in getting into TV:
The National Association of Television Programming Executives Diversity Fellowship is a mid-career program that provides a small group of emerging television and video content creators of color with the next ...[Read on] |
Michelle Obama, Oprah, Queen Elizabeth Make Forbes Top 100 Most Powerful Women List
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Forbes scoured the globe for women with the most influence in business, government, entertainment and the communityForbes 100 Most Powerful Women | 08/24/2009 10:40 am
Forbes is definitely paying attention when it comes to scoping out the world’s...[Read on] |
Variety honors a variety of Hollywood women
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Yesterday while I was taking editor in chief Peter Bart to the woodshed for his sexist comments about Jane Campion and Kathryn Bigelow the paper that he runs, Variety, was about to honor a plethora of women (including both Campion and Bigelow) for their c...[Read on] |
The Most Powerful Women in Hollywood
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In conjunction with its Women in Entertainment breakfast, The Hollywood Reporter has published its annual list of the most powerful women in Hollywood. My thoughts are that the list is pretty much the same from last year especially in the top 10 with a c...[Read on] |
Women & Hollywood in the Press
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Here are two pieces about New Moon where Women & Hollywood was featured last week.
From CNN.com – Hey Hollywood, the Fangirls are Calling:
But successful female-centric films often are dismissed as flukes instead of viewed as trends, says Melissa Silv...[Read on] |
Julianne Moore, Dennis Quaid Cast for Clinton Movie
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Will Dennis Quaid and Julianne Moore be moving into the White House?Post | Today 4:00 pm
Hillary and Bill Clinton may soon find themselves on HBO. And they could be played by appropriately A-list actors.
Though nothing has been set in stone, HBO exec...[Read on] |
Cannes news about women directors
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The good news is that as the Cannes Film Festival has started the press is still asking questions about why there are no women in competition.
Here are some pieces that I found that address the topic.
Jury President Tim Burton in an interview with the N...[Read on] |
Selling women’s sports: Build a community, and go local
| I recently read an interesting article about women’s sports in a late October issue of SportsBusiness Journal. I felt the need to give my thoughts on the subject, especially as they relate to building and activating a community and combining that str...[Read on] |
Is the Auto Industry a Woman's Nation?
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Equal pay, equal housework, and more government obligations to women workers were all on the table at Monday's Center for American Progress conference I attended on live blogger podcast through California First Lady Maria Shriver's report on women in the...[Read on] |
Choosing Sides in the Fox-Cablevision Controversy
| The standoff between media conglomerate News Corporation and cable provider Cablevision continues: For the third day in a row, millions of would-be television watchers in New York City and its suburbs were without access to the Fox network, which is owned...[Read on] |
Michelle Obama on Work-Life Balance
| Cross-posted at MotherTalkers.
Glad to see we have a first lady focused on the plight of working families.
In a recent speech before corporate executives, Michelle Obama addressed the internal conflict faced by many working parents trying to have it al...[Read on] |
Sex and the City 2
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Over the last several days the reviews for Sex and the City 2 have been rolling in, and not surprisingly they have been scathing with a side of mean. I stopped reading them when I saw the word “leathery” describe the women’s skin.
I actually thin...[Read on] |
The Most Powerful Women in Hollywood according to Nikki Finke
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Tonight in Hollywood Elle Magazine will host the annual salute to women in Hollywood. I am looking forward to the day when we don’t need to highlight women because they will have as much power as men, but in reality, women are nowhere near as powerful...[Read on] |
In Afghanistan, the best way for women to help women is by training men
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Women for Women International provides education and aid for women in war-torn areas. Currently, they operate in eight countries -- Sudan, Nigeria, Congo, Bosnia, Rwanda, Kosovo, Iraq and Afghanistan -- teaching women how to read and become more self-suff...[Read on] |
Pamela Nicholson, president of Enterprise Rent-A-Car, named to Forbes' 100 Most Powerful Women in the World For 2009
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Pamela Nicholson, president of Enterprise Rent-A-Car has once again been named to Forbes' 2009 list of the 100 Most Powerful Women in the World.
Forbes ranks Nicholson as number 89 on the 2009 list for becoming the first woman and non-family member to ...[Read on] |
Interview with Greer Shepard, Executive Producer of The Closer
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The Closer started its fifth! season last week and Kyra Sedgwick is back as Brenda Lee Johnson the sweet talking, crime solving Deputy Chief of LAPD’s major crime squad. I very much enjoy the show. It is on TNT at 9pm on Monday nights. The show ha...[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] |
Women to Watch in the Olympics (While You Still Can): The US Hockey Team
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The ladies of the US’s women’s hockey team are a stunning group of women—who will be going for the gold this Thursday against Canada--peppered with Ivy League grads, awesome moms, and career women (including two women who have opened the...[Read on] |
How women rule the web
| Women make up the majorities on social networking and e-commerce sites, and the time and money they spend on these sites considerably exceeds those figures for men. Even on social-gaming sites, thought to be a preserve of men, women predominate. In all, t...[Read on] |
100 People Who Have Changed the Lives of Women and Girls Globally
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Women Deliver honors 100 of the most inspiring people who have delivered results for girls and women globally. The organization, launched in 2007, is committed to bringing action against maternal death, focusing on maternal health as both a human ri...[Read on] |
Modern Lady Reports on Women-Workers V. Wal-Mart Class Action Suit
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A class-action suit has been filed against the Wal-Mart corporation on behalf of 1.5 million former and current Wal-Mart women workers. The plaintiffs claim that Wal-Mart promotes a work culture of patriarchy where women are constantly devalued in the wor...[Read on] |
Marketing Sports: “Wine & Pampering” v. “Beer & Back Waxing”
| So after posting my last blog “Are Women Sport Fans?” I had a couple conversations with colleagues about female sport fans and how we “market” sport to women which spurred some additional thoughts. As I mentioned previously, females comprise 53% o...[Read on] |
Women at Cannes- Not Enough
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The Cannes Film Festival kicks off on May 13th with actresses Isabelle Huppert as the head of the jury and of the 20 films in the official competition only three are directed by women:
Fish Tank directed by Andrea Arnold
Bright Star directed by Jane Cam...[Read on] |
Saudi Women Dare to Drive in Defiance of Law
| There are a lot of rights that western women take for granted. One of them is the freedom to drive - an activity that helps women be independent. Not so in every country or culture.
Manal, a 32-year-old woman, is planning something she’s never done op...[Read on] |
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