“The only reason I told you this shit is cuz I thought you was gonna handle it,” an unidentified voice says in the only dialogue included in the teaser for Lena Waithe’s “The Chi.” The...
PYPO, the multi-platform comedy network for women founded by Emmy winner Stephanie Laing, has partnered with Norwegian Air. According to a press release, the airline’s flights will feature...
Like Kathleen Kennedy and Reese Witherspoon, Ava DuVernay used her appearance at Elle’s recent Women in Hollywood Event to discuss Hollywood’s misogyny in light of the revelations about serial...
Frequent “Queen Sugar” director Kat Candler is taking on another leadership role at the OWN family drama. Per Deadline, Candler will take over showrunning duties from Monica Macer beginning in...
“Naila and the Uprising” has found a home. Julia Bacha’s most recent project, a documentary about nonviolent Palestinian movement the First Intifada, has been nabbed by Fork Films and...
Monica Bellucci is set to be celebrated in Rome. The Italian actress will be honored with the 2017 Virna Lisi award as part of the Cinema Foundation for Rome’s Cityfest series, The Hollywood...
Hot off the heels of her turn as con artist-with-a-heart-of-gold Nikki Swango on FX’s “Fargo,” Mary Elizabeth Winstead has booked her next role — and it’s in a woman-helmed film....
Remember that episode of “30 Rock” where Liz and her boyfriend go to IKEA and suddenly every conversation they have about furniture turns into a metaphor for their relationship? Well, the...
Selma Blair wants us to get lost. The “Kath & Kim” alumna and her production company, Sainted Productions, have snagged the rights to Sarah Beth Durst’s 2013 novel “The Lost,”...
Screenwriter Katie Lovejoy’s new project could join the ranks of “Jane the Virgin” and “Crazy Ex-Girlfriend.” Deadline confirms that her drama series “Dead Inside” has been put into...
Two-time Oscar winner Hilary Swank has lined up her next role. Variety reports that Swank will star in “I Am Mother,” a mother-daughter story with a sci-fi twist. The feature has already begun...
Reese Witherspoon is opening up about her own history of abuse in Hollywood. “[I feel] true disgust at the director who assaulted me when I was 16 years old and anger at the agents and the...
If you were disappointed by CBS’ decision not to proceed with a “Nancy Drew” series, you’re in luck. NBC is now working on a reboot based on the beloved novel series,...
Lucasfilm prez and producer Kathleen Kennedy delivered the keynote speech at Elle’s Women in Hollywood Event last night and used her platform to acknowledge — and condemn — the...
Julia Brownell is switching gears from cults to grapes. “The Path” co-executive producer has scored a put pilot commitment from ABC for family drama “Eight Hundred Grapes,” Deadline reports....
Liv Tyler is swapping the all-white attire of the Guilty Remnant for the vivid corsets and powdered wigs of Greek Street. According to Deadline, the “Leftovers” actress has joined the next...
Women and Hollywood has selected the New York and Los Angeles winners and runners up of its First-Time Female Filmmaker Contest, an initiative to help build a pipeline of women directors.
The NYC...
Women and Hollywood’s 10th anniversary is finally here! Tomorrow night we’ll be celebrating at a sold-out event in New York City. We’ll also be gathering for events in Los Angeles on October...
Two iconic, beloved characters are teaming up for a whole new epic adventure. Netflix has snagged the rights to “Dorothy & Alice,” a spec script inspired by the protagonists of “The Wizard...
Actress, writer, and director Sarah Polley is sharing her story about Harvey Weinstein. The producer propositioned Polley, the “Stories We Tell” helmer writes in an opinion piece for the New...
Oscar, Golden Globe, Emmy, Olivier, and Tony Award-winner Helen Mirren is set to add yet another trophy to her well-used mantle. The “Eye in the Sky” star will receive The Film Society of...
“Eighty-Sixed”
Breakups, losses, growing older, career setbacks — we all have times when we just have to put our heads down and soldier on. This month, our female-led VOD and web series...
“UNSUB” hit shelves this June, and the crime story is already serving as inspiration for the small screen. CBS has bought a drama based on Meg Gardiner’s novel with Emmy nominee Liz Friedman...
Ashley Judd has been using her voice to combat sexism in the film industry for years, and now the Women’s Media Center is recognizing the two-time Golden Globe-nominated actress for doing just...
Long before Shiri Appleby called the shots on a “Bachelor”-esque reality dating TV show on “UnREAL,” she played a teenage girl in a whirlwind romance of her own on “Roswell.” She...
Jennifer Lawrence is following in the footsteps of women like Tina Fey, Helen Mirren, Halle Berry, Barbra Streisand, and Shonda Rhimes. The Hollywood Reporter announced that Lawrence will be the...
The woman who introduced the world to Meredith Grey, Olivia Pope, and Annalise Keating is being recognized alongside all-time TV greats. Shonda Rhimes has built an empire on the small screen, and...
The five participants of this year’s Through Her Lens: The Tribeca Chanel Women’s Filmmaker Program have been announced. Launched to provide industry support, funding, and other resources to new...
Cannes Film Festival director Thierry Fremaux and prez Pierre Lescure are the latest film industry figures to publicly decry Harvey Weinstein. In a joint statement to The Hollywood Reporter, Fremaux...
One week ago The New York Times published an explosive story about Hollywood titan Harvey Weinstein. Jodi Kantor and Megan Twohey’s story detailed how the producer had “paid off sexual...
It’s been nearly a year since we elected Donald Trump to our highest political office — and it still sort of seems like a bad dream. But it’s unfortunately all too real: every day Trump...
Every woman I’ve spoken with or seen on social media is gutted right now. We are raw. While some people clearly knew what was going on — at this point many are acknowledging it’s been an...
Actress, writer, and director Lake Bell is teaming up with “New Girl” creator Liz Meriwether for a comedy series. According to Deadline, Fox has given a pilot production commitment to “Bless...
“Wonder Woman” helmer and record-smasher extraordinaire Patty Jenkins made headlines last month when, after a long negotiation process, she officially signed on to helm the superheroine sequel...
The director of the new Netflix doc “The Death and Life of Marsha P. Johnson,” David France, has come under fire for allegedly stealing ideas and research from Reina Gossett. Gossett, a...
A trailer for “The Tribes of Palos Verdes” kicks off with a toast — “to new beginnings, to us.” “It was always my father’s dream to move to California — that we could start a...
Patty Jenkins and Gal Gadot on the set “Wonder Woman”: Warner Bros. Entertainment and THR
Women and Hollywood is honored to share the recipients of the Trailblazer Awards, which will be given...
Two Wonder Women are set to deliver keynotes at the the upcoming third annual Women in Entertainment Summit: record-breaking “Wonder Woman” helmer herself, Patty Jenkins, and Oscar-winning...
The British Film Institute (BFI) has renewed its commitment to finding and supporting a wider range of voices and perspectives in its films. ScreenDaily confirms that BFI has introduced several...
“Slowly but surely I realized by writing this TV show, and distributing this TV show to the world, it would actually make the world safer for somebody that I love,” “Transparent” creator...
“Star Wars: The Force Awakens” proved that a female protagonist could successfully carry an established and beloved franchise — and now it appears that “The Last Jedi” will set out to...
Arya Stark would definitely approve. “Game of Thrones” star Maisie Williams has launched production company Daisy Chain Productions with actor Bill Milner and producer Dom Santry, ScreenDaily...
The trailer for the 1977 London-set “How to Talk to Girls at Parties” begins with Enn (Alex Sharp, Marti Noxon’s “To the Bone”) and his friends attending a concert’s after-party. Hoping...
Keira Knightley is joining the likes of Jennifer Lawrence, Blake Lively, and Daisy Ridley, all of whom are playing spies in upcoming films. Variety reports that the two-time Oscar nominee has signed...
Last week was an especially bad week for women and politics. The Trump administration is removing the ACA mandate on access to contraception and trying to criminalize abortion after 20 weeks. Yet at...
Sally Potter is a proud, self-identified feminist. As she told The Guardian in a new interview, everyone on her newest film, the black comedy “The Party,” received equal pay. However, she is...
Robia Rashid is staying put. Deadline reports that the “Atypical” creator and executive producer has signed a new overall deal with the studio behind the Netflix coming-of-age series, Sony...
Drama critic Lyn Gardner will receive the outstanding contribution to British theater prize at the upcoming UK Theatre Awards. According to The Stage, Gardner, who serves as The Guardian’s theater...
Vox Media is offering a platform for women to discuss issues that affect “every woman in America.” The Hollywood Reporter confirms that the company is launching “Divided States of Women,” a...
Former “Banshee” star Maya Dunbar has sold a family legal drama to NBC, Deadline reports. The actress, whose credits include Ava DuVernay’s second feature “Middle of Nowhere,” “The...
“The idea that women and men are equal is a part of my DNA,” writes Nicole Kidman in the new issue of Net-a-Porter’s Porter Magazine. In an open letter addressed to her “3.5 billion strong...
