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Features, Films, Women Directors

Best of 2016: Another Male Director With Little Experience Given a Big-Budget Project

Women and Hollywood is off this week. Please enjoy one of our top posts of the year. This piece is from June 21, 2016. In today’s dose of “Are you fucking kidding me?” another male director...

Features, Films

Best of 2016: Renee Zellweger and Why It’s Still Not Ok to Talk About Women’s Faces and Bodies

Women and Hollywood is off this week. Please enjoy one of our top posts of the year. This piece is from July 1, 2016. Here’s a thought: how about we, as members of the media, cease to write...

Features, Films, News, Women Directors

Best of 2016: Kathleen Kennedy Doesn’t Think There’s a Woman Director Ready for “Star Wars”

Women and Hollywood is off this week. Please enjoy one of our top posts of the year. This piece is from November 23, 2016. “Star Wars” producer Kathleen Kennedy sounds determined to get a...

Features, Films, News, Women Directors

Best of 2016: Ava DuVernay Will Be First African-American Woman to Helm $100 Million Film

Women and Hollywood is off this week. Please enjoy one of our top posts of the year. This piece is from August 3, 2016. Yesterday, a list of CA tax credits was announced. On that list was...

Films, News

“Hidden Figures” and Black Girls CODE Create Website for Women in STEM

Inspired by “Hidden Figures,” 20th Century Fox and Black Girls CODE have teamed to create FutureKatherineJohnsons.com. The website will be built by “the next generation of young women poised...

Awards, Films, Trailers

Watch: Viola Davis is the One to Watch in “Fences” Clip

“Fences” may revolve around the character played by the film’s director, Denzel Washington, but its costar Viola Davis who is getting most of the awards attention. And from this clip it’s...

Features, Interviews, News, Podcast, Women Writers

Listen: Podcast with “Hidden Figures” Screenwriter Allison Schroeder

We’ve been counting down the days to “Hidden Figures’” release: We can’t for audiences to be introduced the unsung heroes behind one of NASA’s greatest accomplishments. The film is based...

News, Television

Television Academy Foundation Appoints Madeline Di Nonno as Chair

The Television Academy Foundation has elected Madeline Di Nonno as as its new chair. The Foundation is the Television Academy’s charitable arm and Di Nonno comes to the job from being chief...

Features, Films, Television

How I Went from Assistant to On-Set Writer-Producer in a Year and Rocked It

Jennifer Coté on location in Muskoka Lakes, Ontario, during filming of USA Network’s “Eyewitness.” Guest Post by Jennifer Coté Juxtaposing snapshots of my life from one year ago with where I...

Features, Films, Television, Women Directors

A Reflection on 2016 and a Promise for 2017

Friends, Let’s not pretend that 2016 hasn’t been a tough year. But as I wrote after the election, we here at Women and Hollywood are deeply committed to continuing and expanding our work in...

Films, Television, Trailers

Trailer Watch: Female Friendships Conquer All in Lifetime’s “Beaches”

On January 20, 2017, we’ll be living through one of the most disappointing presidential inaugurations in the history of this country, but fortunately the next night we can drown our tears in...

Documentary, Features, Films, Women Directors

The Best Documentaries By and About Women in 2016

“13th” So many standout documentaries by and about women have been released this year. The films that follow are just some of our many favorites. These award-winning docs explore political...

Films, News

Cast Announced for Female-Driven Hacking Drama “Assassination Nation”

A new female-led film is heading our way. As Shadow and Act reports, Foxtail Entertainment and Phantom Four is making the teen-centric thriller “Assassination Nation.” The film will star Odessa...

Awards, Films, News, Women Directors

Women-Directed Films in the Running for Best Picture at the Oscars

Oscar nominations won’t be announced until January 24, but we’re one step closer to knowing which films may score nods. The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences has released a list of...

Awards, Films, News

“13th,” “Certain Women,” and More Nab Alliance of Women Film Journalist Awards

The women have voted! The Alliance of Women Film Journalists has announced the winners selected for the 2016 AWFJ EDA Awards. The 10th annual awards were announced in 25 categories, divided into...

Features, Films, Women Directors

The Best-Reviewed Women-Directed Films of 2016 According to Rotten Tomatoes

As 2016 winds down, critics associations and outlets are furiously compiling “Best of” lists. This was a really strong year for cinema — so strong, that a record-breaking amount of...

Films, News, Television, Theater

Steppenwolf Theatre Company to Honor Phylicia Rashad

The Steppenwolf Theatre Company has announced that Tony-winning actress and stage director Phylicia Rashad has been selected as the 2017 honoree of the annual Steppenwolf Salutes Women in the Arts...

Features, News, Television, Women Directors, Women Writers

Breaking the Fourth Wall: December’s VOD and Web Series Picks

“Online Heroines” Whether through irony, autobiography, or documentary, this month’s batch of VOD and web series recommendations all chip away at the fourth wall, that barrier that usually...

Features, News, Television, Women Directors

2016’s Best Web Series By and About Women

The rise of digital content has increased dramatically over the last few years. Web series can serve as a home for topics that aren’t represented within mainstream media: LGBTQ issues, diversity...

Documentary, Films, News, Trailers

Trailer Watch: Oprah Reunites with Her South African Academy Grads in “O Girls”

“I wanted to help girls who were like me,” Oprah Winfrey says in the trailer for the doc “O Girls.” Five girls from Oprah Winfrey’s Johannesburg, South Africa school, The Oprah Winfrey...

Documentary, Festivals, Films, Women Directors

Berlinale’s Panorama Program is 55% Women-Directed (So Far)

The Berlin International Film Festival has announced 11 films for its 2017 Panorama program, and six of them are directed or co-directed by women, amounting to about 55 percent of the slate. While...

Features, Films

The Best Women-Centric Films of 2016

“Arrival” We’re huge fans of many female-led films this year, and were especially pleased to see some real-life heroines have their stories depicted on the big screen. The women behind...

Awards, Films, News

Human Rights Campaign to Honor Meryl Streep with Ally for Equality Award

The Human Rights Campaign has announced that it will honor Meryl Streep for the organization’s Ally for Equality Award at the 2017 HRC Greater New York Gala, Broadway World reports. The HRC Ally...

Comedy, Films, News, Trailers, Women Directors

Trailer Watch: A Pessimistic Doctor Finds Romance in “Everybody Loves Somebody”

“I see it every day: the illusion of love,” says Clara (Karla Souza, “How to Get Away with Murder”), an OB-GYN with a cynical stance on romance, in a newly released trailer for “Everybody...

News

Tegan and Sara Set Up LGBTQ Foundation

Musicians Tegan and Sara have set up a new project called the Tegan and Sara Foundation, the LA Times reports. The foundation is devoted to “commitment to feminism and racial, social, and gender...

Awards, Music, News

Nina Simone to Receive the Recording Academy’s Lifetime Achievement Award

Iconic singer-songwriter and civil rights activist Nina Simone will be honored with a Lifetime Achievement Award from the Recording Academy at the 2017 Special Merit Awards, Variety reports....

Awards, Music, News

BET’s Debra L. Lee Honored with Grammy Salute to Industry Icons Award

During the annual Pre-Grammy Gala in February, BET Networks Chairman and CEO Debra L. Lee will be honored as the Grammy Salute to Industry Icons recipient for her significant contributions to the...

Features, Films, News

2016’s Need for Female Film Critics

“Lemonade” by Kiva Reardon, cross post from TIFF Here are the positions people assume I hold when I meet them at film festivals: personal assistant, girlfriend, publicist. Sometimes, if I’m...

Features, Films, Television

The Most Feminist Moments and Exciting Developments of 2016

Viola Davis in “How to Get Away with Murder” In many ways, 2016 was a terrible year, and with President-elect Donald Trump and Vice President-elect Mike Pence en route to the White House, the...

Festivals, Films, Women Directors

Athena Film Festival Will Honor Eve Ensler, Patricia Riggen, Regina K. Scully

The Athena Film Festival (AFF) has announced its 2017 awardees, celebrating female leaders in the entertainment industry and those who support them. The festival will honor Tony Award-winning...

News, Television, Women Writers

Clare-Hope Ashitey Joins the Cast of Veena Sud’s New Netflix Series “Seven Seconds”

Clare-Hope Ashitey (“Suspects,” “Children of Men”) has been added to the cast of Veena Sud’s upcoming Netflix series, “Seven Seconds.” The Hollywood Reporter writes that the British...

Films, Television, Trailers

Trailer Watch: A Transgender Girl Fights for Her Rights in “Growing Up Coy”

A young transgender girl just made history by landing the cover story of National Geographic Magazine. Trans issues are getting the attention they deserve and need more and more, and the upcoming...

News, Television, Women Writers

Learn How to Write for TV from Shonda Rhimes

Heads up, aspiring TV writers. Have you always wanted to learn from one of the best? “Grey’s Anatomy” and “Scandal” creator Shonda Rhimes is starting an online course through MasterClass...

Television, Trailers, Women Directors, Women Writers

Trailer Watch: Hannah and Jessa Come to Blows in “Girls’” Final Season

The sixth and final season of Lena Dunham’s “Girls” is almost upon us. The series won’t return to HBO until February 12, but a newly released promo hints at what’s in store for Hannah...

Features, Films, News, Women Directors

The Best Women-Directed Films of 2016: “American Honey,” “The Fits,” & More

“American Honey” Women directors may not have made a major impact at the box office this year, but they absolutely helmed some of the year’s finest films. With subjects as varied as a traveling...

News, Television, Trailers

Trailer Watch: Get Nasty with “The Good Fight”

CBS All CBS All Access is about to launch two highly anticipated female-centric shows. One is the Sonequa Martin-Green-led “Star Trek: Discovery,” which will premiere in May, 2017 on the...

Features, Films, Women Directors

Women Directed Ten Percent of 2016’s Top Grossing Films

2016 wasn’t a great year for female filmmakers at the domestic box office. Women directed or co-directed 24 of the top 250 highest grossing films in the U.S. this year, amounting to about ten...

Films, News, Television, Women Directors, Women Writers

Directors UK Partners with Channel 4 for Emerging Directors Project

If you’re a member of Directors UK, or just an emerging director, here’s a new opportunity for you: Directors UK, the professional association for British screen directors, is partnering with...

Books, Films, News, Women Writers

Jandy Nelson to Adapt “The Sky Is Everywhere” for Warner Bros.

Jandy Nelson’s 2010 book “The Sky Is Everywhere” is headed for the big screen, and the YA author has been hired to pen the adaptation for Warner Bros., The Hollywood...

Box Office, Films, News

“Rogue One” Takes the Box Office

Unsurprisingly, “Rogue One: A Star Wars Story” easily won the battle of the holiday box office this past weekend. As Deadline reports, the “Star Wars” anthology story took in $290.5 million...

Films, News, Trailers, Women Directors

Trailer Watch: Alice Lowe Has the Worst Pregnancy Ever in “Prevenge”

Atrailer has landed for “Prevenge,” writer-director-actress Alice Lowe’s deliciously unconventional portrayal of pregnancy. “You’ve got this force of nature now inside you. Baby knows what...

Books, Films, News, Women Writers

Tracy Oliver to Adapt “The Sun Is Also a Star” for Warner Bros. and MGM

“Awkward Black Girl” writer, producer, and actress Tracy Oliver has signed on to adapt “The Sun Is Also a Star,” Nicola Yoon’s bestselling YA novel. Deadline reports that Warner Bros. and...

Films, News, Trailers, Women Directors

Trailer Watch: Gillian Anderson in Gurinder Chadha’s “Viceroy’s House”

“Bend it Like Beckham” director Gurinder Chadha has teamed up with Gillian Anderson and “Downton Abbey’s” Hugh Bonneville for “Viceroy’s House.” The film “depicts the final few...

Books, News

Oprah Winfrey Launches New Book Imprint

If you love Oprah’s Book Club, you’re in luck. Those who appreciate Oprah Winfrey-recommended books will be excited to learn that the mogul has a new book imprint under Flatiron Books, a...

Awards, Films, News

“Arrival,” “20th Century Women,” and More Earn AWFJ Award Nominations

The Alliance of Women Film Journalists has announced the nominees selected for the 2016 AWFJ EDA Awards. The 10th annual awards are presented in 25 categories divided into three sections: The Best...

Features, Films, Women Directors, Women Writers

Weekly Update for December 16: Women Centric, Directed, and Written Films Playing Near You

“Rogue One: A Star Wars Story” Films About Women Opening This Week Rogue One: A Star Wars Story The first of the Star Wars standalone films, “Rogue One: A Star Wars Story” is an all-new...

Comedy, Films, News, Trailers, Women Writers

Trailer Watch: Amy Schumer and Goldie Hawn Go on Vacation in “Snatched”

A hilarious red band trailer has dropped for “Snatched,” the long-awaited mother-daughter comedy starring Goldie Hawn and Amy Schumer. Just as you’d expect, the two make a perfect...

Documentary, Films, Interviews, News

“The Bad Kids’” Principal Talks Education, Oprah, and Leadership

We’re incredibly excited to see Gal Gadot in “Wonder Woman” and Brie Larson in “Captain Marvel,” but as high school principal Vonda Viland proves, you don’t have to be a superhero to...

Comedy, Features, Television

Women in TV: The Best of 2016

This year has been a shit show of unimaginable proportions, and we’re not sure how we would have made it without the help of funny women on TV. In celebration of the end of the longest 365 days...

News, Television, Women Writers

Julia Roberts to Star in Limited Series Adaptation of “Today Will Be Different”

Julia Roberts is attached to star in and produce a television adaptation of Maria Semple’s bestselling novel “Today Will Be Different” as a limited series. Semple is writing the...

Awards, Films, News, Women Directors

Oscar Foreign Language Shortlist 2017: “Toni Erdmann” Makes the Cut

The Academy has announced the shortlist for nominations in the Foreign Language Film category at the 2017 Oscars, and only one woman-directed film remains in the running: Maren Ade’s “Toni...

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