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Festivals, Interviews, News

SXSW Women Directors: Meet Rebecca Johnson — ‘Honeytrap’

Rebecca Johnson makes her feature-film debut with “Honeytrap” after a string of short-film successes, including the award-winning “Top Girl,” which played at more than 30 festivals...

News

Reese Witherspoon and Bruna Papandrea Option Female Special-Ops Book ‘Ashley’s War’

The bibliophilic producing team of Reese Witherspoon and Bruna Papandrea has optioned another female-centric book. The film rights to journalist Gayle Tzemach Lemmon’s “Ashley’s War: The...

Festivals, Interviews, News

SXSW Women Directors: Meet Micah Magee — ‘Petting Zoo’

Micah Magee graduated from the University of Texas with a dual degree in Plan II Honors and Radio-Television-Film. In addition to making films, Magee worked as managing and programming director of...

News, Television, Videos

Watch: E!’s Late-Night Newbie Grace Helbig Gets Promo, Premiere Date

Documentary, Interviews, News

SXSW Women Directors: Meet Nelly Ben Hayoun — ‘Disaster Playground’

Award-winning director and designer of experiences Nelly Ben Hayoun is a critical explorer and a fearless and passionate provocateur. Wired Magazine awarded Nelly Ben Hayoun with an Innovation...

News, Television

Elizabeth Banks to Play Billie Jean King in HBO’s ‘Battle of the Sexes’

Elizabeth Banks and Paul Giamatti will star as Billie Jean King and Bobby Riggs in a HBO movie about the two tennis stars’ 1973 Battle of the Sexes. The 29-year-old King handily defeated the...

Festivals, Interviews, News

SXSW Women Directors: Meet Karyn Kusama — ‘The Invitation’

Karyn Kusama wrote and directed her first feature film, “Girlfight,” in 1999. The film won the Director’s Prize and shared the GrandJury Prize at the 2000 Sundance Film Festival. It went on to...

News, Videos

Trailer Watch: Exploding Castles and Movie-Star Unicorns Add Magic to ‘Inside Out’

A newly cut trailer for Pixar’s “Inside Out” is here, and it’s a tearjerker. The latest spot for the animated feature, voiced in part by Amy Poehler, Mindy Kaling, and Phyllis Smith, takes...

News, Videos

Trailer Watch: A Sex Surrogate’s Life is Turned Upside Down in ‘She’s Lost Control’

A trailer has been released for multiple Independent Spirit Awards nominee “She’s Lost Control.” We were enthralled by Helen Hunt’s performance as a sex surrogate in 2012’s “The...

Awards

2015 Longlist for Baileys Women’s Prize Includes Sarah Waters, Anne Tyler, Ali Smith

Sarah Waters’ “The Paying Guests,” Anne Tyler’s “A Spool of Blue Thread,” Ali Smith’s “How to be Both,” and Xiaolu Guo’s “I Am China” are among the twenty books longlisted...

News, Videos

Watch: Amy Schumer Riffs on Hollywood’s Bullsh*t Beauty Standards, Being Labeled a “Sex Comic”

News, Trailers, Videos

Watch: Britt Robertson and George Clooney Fight to Fix the Future in ‘Tomorrowland’

News

Dakota Johnson to Star in and Executive Produce Romantic Tragedy ‘Forever, Interrupted’

Newly minted star Dakota Johnson has lined up her first post-”50 Shades” project. Johnson will take the lead role in and executive produce an adaptation of Taylor Jenkins Reid’s debut novel...

Documentary, Features, News

Listen: Women and Hollywood Podcast #9: ‘The Hunting Ground’ Producer Amy Ziering

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News, Television, Trailers, Videos

Watch: Julia Louis-Dreyfus’ Selina Meyer Gets a Promotion in ‘Veep’ Season 4

After a stellar third season, “Veep” finally returns to the airwaves on Sunday, April 12. A new trailer for the HBO comedy finds Julia Louis-Dreyfus’ Selina Meyer, who flamed out spectacularly...

News, Videos

Watch: Amy Poehler, Jenny Slate, Cameron Diaz Commemorate Int’l Women’s Day with ‘Not There’ PSA

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Documentary, Festivals, News

Tribeca FF Announces Lineup for High-Profile Spotlight Screenings: Claudia Llosa, Leslye Headland

While women directors are well-represented in the international categories at the upcoming 2015 Tribeca Film Festival, they feature much less prominently in the high-profile Spotlight section. TFF...

News

Lorene Scafaria’s Next Film, ‘The Meddler,’ to Star Susan Sarandon and Rose Byrne

Writer-director Lorene Scafaria (“Nick and Norah’s Infinite Playlist,” “Seeking a Friend for the End of the World”) has booked her next film. Susan Sarandon will play Marnie Minervini, a...

News, Videos

Trailer Watch: Caitlin Moran’s Hilarious Coming-of-Age Sitcom ‘Raised By Wolves’

News, Television

‘The Daily Show’s’ Samantha Bee to Become One of 2015’s Only Two Female Late-Night Hosts

Samantha Bee, the longest-serving correspondent ever on “The Daily Show,” has taken herself out of the running to become Jon Stewart’s replacement. Instead, the comedienne will headline her...

Features, Weekly Update

Weekly Update for March 6: Women Centric, Directed and Written Films Playing Near You

Films About Women Opening This Week October Gale — Written and Directed by Ruba Nadda Toronto doctor Helen Matthews (Patricia Clarkson,) mourning the death of her husband, retreats to the...

Features, News

Quote of the Day: Salma Hayek Explains Why She’s a Feminist

Salma Hayek has been making headlines for identifying as a feminist in a recent interview with The Guardian. Hayek is the co-founder of Chime for Change, a charity dedicated to advancing women and...

Features, News, Women Directors, Women Writers

Crosspost: Why Amy Pascal’s Advice to Women to “Know Their Worth” and “Walk Away” is an Insult

The following is crossposted from Julie Bush’s blog with permission of the author. It has been edited and condensed. In Hollywood, it’s rare to be told directly that you can’t get a job...

Interviews, News

‘October Gale’ Writer-Director Ruba Nadda on Widowhood and Shooting During the Coldest Winter in Decades

Ruba Nadda is a Montreal-born, Toronto-based filmmaker. She attended York University and the Tisch School of the Arts at NYU. She has written and directed several feature films, including...

Features, News

New & Noteworthy Women-Centric VOD Releases: Salma Hayek, America Ferrera, Teresa Palmer

VOD titles are in the midst of a breakthrough moment, with many films being released to theaters and available to stream simultaneously. The blockbuster format is still tried and true, but the...

News

‘Suffragette’ Wishes You A Happy International Women’s Day

We will have to wait until the fall to see the movie, but just in time for International Women’s Day on Sunday, the team of “Suffragette” — on screen and behind the scenes — has...

News, Television

Brit Marling’s Co-Written Drama ‘The OA’ to Air on Netflix

Brit Marling has written another starring vehicle for herself. The indie actress has co-created and will star in “The OA,” a drama just picked up by Netflix. The show’s plot and premise are...

News

America Ferrera, Kate Mulgrew, Emily Bergl to Read 3 Plays from Lilly Awards’ Kilroys’ List

Actresses America Ferrera (“Ugly Betty”), Kate Mulgrew (“Orange is the New Black”), and Emily Bergl (“Desperate Housewives”) will headline the Lilly Awards Foundation’s inaugural...

News, Women Writers

Diablo Cody to Adapt Barbie for the Big Screen

Barbie has a new makeover coming her way. Oscar-winning screenwriter Diablo Cody (“Juno,” “Jennifer’s Body,” “Young Adult,” “Paradise”) will rewrite the script for the iconic...

News, Women Directors

Anika Noni Rose Cast in CBS’ Ava DuVernay-Directed Civil-Rights Pilot ‘For Justice’

Tony winner Anika Noni Rose (“Caroline, or Change”) will headline “For Justice,” a CBS drama about a FBI agent’s investigations into hate crimes across the country. Rose will play Special...

Features, News, Television

Apocalypse and Patriarchy in USA Network’s Archaeological Thriller ‘Dig’

Her body you may recognize, because it’s the poster art for the show. “Dig” is literally written on this young woman’s naked back, along with a bleeding hieroglyph that’s been carved...

News, Women Directors, Women Writers

Melanie Laurent’s ‘Breathe’ Sold to Film Movement

Variety reports that the U.S. rights to Melanie Laurent’s sophomore feature, “Breathe,” have been sold to Film Movement, an arthouse distributor based in NY. The feature, based on a book with...

News, Research, Statistics, Television, Women Writers

WGA Study: Declines for Female and Minority TV Writers “Across the Board”

Over the last three years, the employment of women and minority TV writers has suffered a sharp fall. According to a WGA-West study comparing the 2011–12 and 2013–14 TV seasons, writers rooms...

Documentary, Festivals, News

Women Directors Well Represented in Tribeca Fest’s First Round of Announced Films

The lineups of two international categories at the 2015 Tribeca Film Festival have been announced, and female directors are well represented in both competition lineups. Eight of the 12 World...

Features, News

The Big O: 12 Must-See Feminist Films Saluted by the Oscars

If any year proved how entrenched Hollywood’s female troubles are, it was 2014, and not just because the bench of best-actress candidates in the Oscar race was far from deep. Also problematic was...

Features, News

Guest Post: Fearing the Teen-Movie Makeover

Last December, I sat down in a dark movie theater in NYC.Teenagers streamed in behind me, chattering excitedly, eager for the movie tobegin. Meanwhile, I was a nervous wreck. My hands were shaking...

News

Pilot Casting News Roundup: Jane Lynch, Mireille Enos, KaDee Strickland

Pilot season is upon us, which means some of our favorite actresses are being cast in promising new projects. Here’s a short roundup:  — Emmy winner Jane Lynch (“Glee”) has signed on as...

Awards, News

Playwright Tena Stivicic Wins Blackburn Prize for Family Saga ‘3 Winters’

Tena Stivicic’s “3 Winters,” a family saga that traces the lives of women across four generations, has received this year’s Blackburn Prize. Set in Zagreb, Croatia, the play explores how...

News

Jennifer Lawrence to Play War Photog Lynsey Addario in Steven Spielberg-Directed Drama

Jennifer Lawrence will portray photojournalist Lynsey Addario in an adaptation of the latter’s best-selling memoir “It’s What I Do: A Photographer’s Life of Love and War.” Steven Spielberg...

Box Office, News, Women Directors

‘Selma’ Crosses $50 Million at Domestic Box Office

A week after it won an Oscar for Best Original Song, “Selma” crossed the $50 million mark at the domestic box office. Ava DuVernay’s film currently is the fourth highest-grossing Best Picture...

Features, News, Theater

Keeping Score: A Record Number of Female Composers on Broadway

How many female composers on Broadway can you name? Probablynot more than you have fingers on a hand, but while gender equality in thetheater has not yet been reached, there is reason to rejoice....

News, Trailers, Videos

Trailer Watch: Amy S. Weber’s ‘A Girl Like Her’

News, Television

TV Series in Development About Modeling Industry Titan Eileen Ford

An upcoming biography of Eileen Ford, the woman who invented the modeling business as we know it today, has been optioned for a TV series. “Mistresses” creator K.J. Steinberg will adapt Robert...

Features, Research

Crosspost: Study Shows Female-Led Films Bring Greater Return on Investment

The following is cross-posted from The Black List with permission. Some edits have been made for clarification purposes. It seems both in practice and belief that producers and executives are...

News, Television

Jodie Foster and Darlene Hunt to Team Up on a Comedy About a Recovering Alcoholic

If there’s anyone out there who can mine humor from addiction recovery, it might well be Jodie Foster and Darlene Hunt. Foster helmed the tonally challenging psychosis dramedy “The Beaver”...

News

Vice Launching Female-Centric Channel

Vice, the hipster news media conglomerate, is becoming “less dude.” Long known for its “edgy,” male-skewing reportage, the web/film/TV/books/music company will be launching Broadly, its...

Films, News

March 2015 Film Preview

While “Fifty Shades of Grey” may have dominated the February box office, March is set to bring audiences a love story of an entirely different color. Perhaps the month’s most talked about...

News

Book Deals: Jill Abramson to Write About Media Industry, Drew Barrymore About Her Life

Clear out your book-club calendar: Jill Abramson and Drew Barrymore have just signed publishing deals. Abramson, the first female executive editor of the New York Times, will expound on the future...

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