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Amy Pascal Steps Down as Sony Chairman
One of the most powerful women in the entertainment industry has resigned. Amy Pascal has stepped down as Sony Chairman — a move that was widely expected, albeit somewhat unfairly, since her...
Guest Post: Should There Be a Best Female Director Category at the Oscars?
If wewant greater gender equality in Hollywood, should the Academy Awards still besplitting its acting awards along gender lines? This wasa question posed to me by a friend a few weeks ago as we...
Tiger Moms and Fly Girls: How Do Women Fare on ‘Fresh Off the Boat’?
SXSW Lineup Announced: 5 of 20 Films in Competition Directed By Women; DuVernay To Give Keynote
Few of South by Southwest 2015’s highest-profile films will be directed by women. The Austin festival, which will take place on March 13–21, will showcase only two narrative features in...
Berlinale Women Directors: Meet Ella Manzheeva — ‘The Gulls’
Director Ella Manzheeva graduated from the St. Petersburg State University of Film and Television in 2005, specializing in TV and film sound engineering. In 2007, she enrolled at the Higher Courses...
The Big O: Look to the Past for Solutions to Hollywood’s Current Female Troubles
When did featuring a woman as the driving force in a movie become a liability instead of a strength? This question came to mind when the films in the running for the best-picture Oscar were revealed...
3 Women Directors Selected for Film Independent’s Directing Lab With Mentor Catherine Hardwicke
Remember these names: Philiane Phang, Christina Choe, and Sylvia Sether. According to Film Independent, these are some of the most promising talents in the world of independent filmmaking today....
At Sundance 2015, Filmmakers Break The Silence Of Sexual Trauma
“What are these films telling us?” According to Sundance Senior Programmer Caroline Libresco,that’s what festival programmers asked when they realized they’dchosen five films about...
The Force is with Felicity Jones: From Jane Hawking To Starring in Stand-Alone ‘Star Wars’ Movie
Felicity Jones is going from standing by the side of a theoretical physicist to starring in a big-budget blockbuster. According to The Hollywood Reporter, Jones, who recently earned an Oscar nom for...
Harper Lee to Publish Sequel to ‘To Kill a Mockingbird’
Fifty-five years after To Kill a Mockingbird first appeared in bookstores, Harper Lee has announced that a sequel to her modern classic will be published this July. The reclusive author wrote Go...
Kate Beckinsale and Chloe Sevigny to Star in Adaptation of Jane Austen’s ‘Lady Susan’
Seventeen years after they co-starred in Whit Stillman’s The Last Days of Disco, Kate Beckinsale and Chloe Sevigny will reunite onscreen in another Stillman film. Beckinsale will play the lead...
Milla Jovovich in Talks to Star in Film Adaptation of George R.R. Martin’s Short Stories
A female-centric adaptation of Game of Thrones author George R. R. Martin’s short stories is headed to the big screen.Milla Jovovich, one of the movies’ best-known female action stars, is in...
Jill Soloway Developing Feminist Comedy for MTV
Jill Soloway is developing a new series for MTV. The Transparent creator is collaborating with UCB alumna Ashley Skidmore and Lyle Friedman on creating an untitled “feminist comedy.” The...
Ava DuVernay and Oprah Winfrey to Create TV Series for OWN
After announcing a Hurricane Katrina drama that would reunite her with Selma star David Oyelowo, Ava DuVernay has lined up another project: a TV series co-created by Oprah Winfrey to air on OWN....
Trailer Watch: J.K. Rowling’s Nightmarish English Village Miniseries ‘The Casual Vacancy’
The trailer for BBC One’s miniseries adaptation of J.K. Rowling’s The Casual Vacancy begins on an idyllic note, presenting a quaint, seemingly picture-perfect British village filled with lovely...
More Sundance Deals: ‘Hot Girls Wanted,’ ‘10,000 Saints,’ ‘Songs My Brother Taught Me’
Three more Sundance titles from women directors have found distribution. Chloe Zhao’s well-received Native American drama Songs My Brothers Taught Me has found a home in Fortissimo Films. Zhao’s...
Super Bowl 2015 Trailers: Not Just For Dudes Anymore
Super Bowl Sunday has historically catered to dude-bros, but advertisers definitely acknowledged football’s female viewers last night. In between the Patriots’ victory over the Seahawks were...
Disney Introduces Its First Latina Princess — But Only on a Show for Preschoolers
As America’s largest minority group, Latinos make up 16% of the US population and 25% of domestic moviegoers. But last year, a study from the USC Annenberg School for Communication and Journalism...
Sundance 2015 Winners: Kim Longinotto, Jennifer Phang, Alante Kavaite, Chai Vasarhelyi
Sundance 2015 proved to be an action-packed — and awards-heavy — time for female filmmakers. A number of female filmmakers, especially documentarians, left Park City with prizes from the...
‘Agent Carter’ Showrunners Tara Butters & Michele Fazekas Sign Development Deal With ABC
Resurrection and Marvel’s Agent Carter showrunners Tara Butters and Michele Fazekas have signed a new development deal with ABC. Under the two-year arrangement, the long-time writing partners...