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News, Women Writers

Winners of the 2011 Rona Jaffe Foundation Writers Award

This is the 17th year that the Rona Jaffe Foundation has given awards to women writers at the early stage of their career. “This unique program offers grants to writers of fiction, creative...

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Trailer Watch: Janie Jones

Film opens October 28 in select cities, as well nationally on cable VOD, iTunes, Amazon Watch Instantly and Vudu.

News

Four Years and Counting

This week is the 4th birthday of Women and Hollywood. It’s been an amazingly great year for me and for the blog. But none of my success would be possible without all the people who take the time to...

Awards, News

The Testosterone Driven Oscars

When I first read the Brett Ratner was going to produce the Oscars I let out a big sigh. Brett is not known for his gender sensitivity. He’s best known for the Rush Hour movies and I remember him...

News, Women Directors

Jennifer Yuh Nelson Becomes The Top Grossing Female Director

Jennifer Yuh Nelson, the director of Kung Fu Panda 2 has become the highest grossing female director. These are worldwide numbers and they are big. The tally now is at $645 million. She wins the...

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Sarah Jessica Parker Talks to Katie Couric on Nightline

Katie Couric made her ABC debut last night with an interview with Sarah Jessica Parker about her upcoming film, I Don’t Know How She Does It which will open on September...

Festivals, News

Sexism Watch: NY Times Piece on Toronto Docs Includes No Women Directed Films

It’s so fascinating how a genre supposedly equally divided between males and females can be made to seem so completely dominated by men. For those people who don’t know much about documentaries...

News

Women Win at the Box Office This Summer

While the big budget films dominated the cash at the box office, two movies with measly budgets in comparison that nobody expected to do well, soared beyond expectations. Bridesmaids started the...

News

While I Was Away — Some Cool Story Links

Here are some stories that I found interesting over the last week: In Movies by Iranians, a Feminist Streak (The Atlantic) Telluride: Glenn Close Talks Gender Bender Albert Nobbs (Thompson on...

News

Trailer Watch: Margaret

This long on the shelf film will finally see the light of day on September 30

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Gender Watch: Vanity Fair’s New Establishment List

Another list is published and the there are not too many women on the list. The highest woman on Vanity Fair’s 17th annual New Establishment list is Lady Gaga at 9. Here’s what qualifies to get...

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