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The End of An Era: Judy McGrath Exits as MTV CEO
Judy McGrath has been with MTV practically since its inception, and yesterday, after 30 years she abruptly resigned as the chairwoman and chief executive of MTV Networks. I can’t remember a time...
Save the Date: The Topp Twins are Coming to NYC on May 13 for a Q and A with Me!
One of my favorite films from the Athena Film Festival which I produced last February was The Topp Twins. As I say to everyone on paper this film sounds too way out to work. It’s about lesbian...
Trailer Watch: Buck — directed by Cindy Meel
This film premiered at Sundance and has been playing the festival circuit all spring. It opens on June 24
Trailer Watch: Martha Marcy May Marlene
Film will open October 7
Debbie Liebling Pushed Out at Universal After Fast Five Opens at $86 Million
Timing is everything. This Monday, Universal’s President of Production, Debbie Liebling, lost her job the day after Universal’s Fast Five had the biggest opening of the year. She was on the job...
Saoirse Ronan Scores Title Role in The Host
This young woman is so hot. She seems to be at the top of the list for the youth set. She can do action — Hanna; she can do drama — Atonement. She can do everything and anything. She just...
Guest Post: Haunted by Future Anxiety by Laurel Haines
About ten years ago I started to feel like maybe the future wouldn’t be so great. Not my personal future, but the future we were creating by destroying the environment and racking up national debt...
Abortion to Take Center Stage in New Indie Film
I just read a story about a new film called Doonby. Never heard of it before this morning until this headline from the Hollywood Reporter came across my computer: Woman at Center of Roe v. Wade Stars...
Lifetime Unveils 2011–2012 Slate of Programs
Lifetime which a couple of years ago had some strong dramas is trying to get back into the business of scripted shows. They network has renewed Army Wives for a sixth season and ordered a Modern Love...
Los Angeles Film Festival 2011 Selections: The Women
The LA Film Festival will run from June 16 to June 26. They received over 5,000 submissions for their competition program. All the films in competition are either world, North American, or US...
Will Kathryn Bigelow Be The First Out of the Gate With a Bin Laden Movie?
I imagine that Kathryn Bigelow and Mark Boal are pretty psyched today regarding the prospects for their upcoming film which has long been rumored to be about the attempt to capture Bin Laden. In...
Bridesmaids Has Not Even Opened and It’s Already Being Copied
It’s a day of good news/bad news stories. Bridesmaids which doesn’t even open until next week is already being copied. Kirsten Dunst and Lizzy Caplan have signed up to star in Bachelorette which...
The Tony Nominations 2011 — Women Writers Completely Missing
There is some good news and some very bad news in today’s Tony nominations. The good news first. • Two women are nominated for best direction of play: Anna D. Shapiro, The Motherf**ker with the...
Manohla Dargis and A.O. Scott Talk Girls With Guns
One of the fun things that is happening in the NY Times is that they have unleashed their film critics to talk casually about films on different topics. It’s so nice to hear opinions from Manohla...
Book Excerpt- The Tattooed Girl: The Enigma of Stieg Larsson
I have a piece in the upcoming anthology The Tattooed Girl: The Enigma of Stieg Larsson and the Secrets Behind the Most Compelling Thrillers of Our Time by Dan Burstein, Arne de Keijzer, John-Henri...
Must Watch: Lara Logan on 60 Minutes
I know this is a bit off topic but this is important about how women are treated in this world. Lara Logan went to Egypt to do her job. To broadcast a revolution. She can back a battered and abused...
Sequels and Hollywood — Hardly Any Women Centric Titles
The site Den of Geek put together a list of all the sequels in the works in Hollywood. There are 95 on the list. Many will never happen. Many will. It’s interesting to note that only 6 of the 95...