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No Women Nominated for DGA Awards
My screen saver is a picture of Kathryn Bigelow holding her two Oscars. Each day when my computer boots up that is the first image I see. I never expected a woman to win best director and best...
The Hailee Steinfeld Nomination Debate
As the debate about Oscar nominations concludes this week, one interesting conversation that has been going on is the debate about whether True Grit actress Hailee Steinfeld should be placed in the...
Raven Symone on Her Recent Weight Loss
Raven Symone showed up last week at the People’s Choice Awards looking notable slimmer. Clearly, she was under pressure to lose weight because this is the comment she made when asked about...
The Bigelow Effect: Kathryn Bigelow Speaks Out In Support of Winter’s Bone
It’s been almost a year since Kathryn Bigelow made history winning the best director Oscar and in that time she directed a pilot — Miraculous Year — for HBO that did not get picked up,...
Kathy Bates Stars in New NBC Show — Harry’s Law
Some good news this January. On January 17th, Kathy Bates takes on the leading role in David E. Kelley’s new TV show Harry’s Law. She plays a long time patent lawyer who gets fired and remakes...
A Sad and Lonely Women Onscreen- Mary in Another Year
I saw Another Year over a month ago and when I walked out of the screening room there was steam coming out of my ears. It’s not that I didn’t enjoy the film or the performances, I just was so...
Not Living Up to Expectations — The Development of The Dirty Girls Social Club
One thing that is always cool for an author is to have your book optioned to be a TV show or film. That is something that happened to Alisa Valdes-Rodriguez that author of several novels including...
While We Were Away
Here are some stories that I wanted people to see that ran during the holidays. Oscar Watch: Kids Are All Right Faces Academy Males (Thompson on Hollywood) What came after “the year of the...
2010 National Film Registry Films — One Female Director Included
At the end of last month the Library of Congress released this year’s list of 25 films that have been added to the National Film Registry. According to the Librarian of Congress James H....
Trailer Watch: The Other Woman
Natalie Portman is in a couple of movies early this year. This one has been on the shelf for a while and is based on Ayelet Waldman’s book Love and Other Impossible Pursuits. Was released on demand...