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Nikki Finke Gets the Last “Toldja” in Funny or Die video
When Nikki Finke started writing Deadline back in the days of the writers strike it was a revelation. Here was a woman pushing the envelope all across Hollywood — agitating and...
TV Trailer Watch: Lena Dunham’s ‘Girls’ Season 3: “I’m Someone Who Can’t Keep My Mouth Shut”
“Everything that’s been so terrible and so painful in the last few months is leading me to this point. It’s amazing to realize I hold the keys to the prison that is my mind,” says Hannah...
Trailer Watch: Jessie McCormack’s Baby-Swap Dramedy ‘Expecting’
Thirtysomething friendship is the focus of first-time writer-director Jessie McCormack’s upcoming dramedy Expecting, which finds two gal pals (Michelle Monaghan and Radha Mitchell) in a fairly...
Trailer Watch: Divergent
Teenage girls of the future continue to get the raw deal in Divergent, the big-screen adaptation of Veronica Roth’s best-selling YA trilogy. Shailene Woodley plays Tris, a “divergent” who...
Trailer Watch: Angelina Jolie as Maleficent
Angelina Jolie is all cheekbones and horns in the new teaser trailer for Disney’s Maleficent. The film follows the Wicked template of lending sympathy for the evil queen/stepmother/middle-aged...
Final Trailer for Hunger Games Catching Fire
The tracking for this film is huge. Predictions have it opening at $150 million. The first film in the series opened in March and grossed $152 million on its opening weekend. It is the largest...
International Trailer Watch: The Book Thief
The Book Thief, based on Marcus Zusak’s bestselling novel, just released an international trailer for the upcoming film. The film follows a young girl Liesel (Sophie Nelisse) who lives in Nazi...
Trailer Watch: Belle — Directed by Amma Asante
Amma Asante’s Belle premiered last month at TIFF. The film tells the true story of Dido Elizabeth Belle (Gugu Mbatha-Raw) the bi-racial, illegitimate daughter of a Royal Navy admiral in the 18th...
Trailer Watch: Gloria
Gloria, which screened at TIFF last month and has been riding high since its premiere in Berlin, is Chile’s submission for the Best Foreign Language Film for the upcoming Academy Awards. The...
New Trailer for Frozen — Co-Directed by Jennifer Lee
Disney has released a new trailer for Frozen, co-directed by Jennifer Lee. The film voiced by Kristen Bell, Idina Menzel and Jonathan Groff, follows Anna (Bell) who must find her sister Elsa...
Trailer Watch: Sweet Dreams — Directed by Lisa Fruchtman and Rob Fruchtman
Award winning documentary filmmakers Lisa Fruchtman and Rob Fruchtman have a new documentary being released, Sweet Dreams. The film has already received many critical accolades including being a top...
Trailer Watch: The Invisible Woman
The Invisible Woman, starring Felicity Jones, follows the life of Charles Dickens’ longtime mistress. Jones plays Nelly Ternan, who was Dickens’ mistress for 13 years up until his death. Ralph...
New Trailer: Diana — Starring Naomi Watts
Here is the first domestic trailer for Diana, starring Naomi Watts. The film covers the period during the last two years of Diana’s life while she was dating surgeon Hasnat Khan (Naveen Andrews)...
Trailer Watch: Frozen — Co-Directed by Jennifer Lee
Jennifer Lee, co-director of the upcoming Frozen, is only the second woman in Disney history to direct a Disney animated feature. Frozen, is an adaptation of the Hans Christian Andersen fairy tale,...
Trailer Watch: New Trailer for Philomena — Starring Judi Dench
Philomena, starring Judi Dench, has taken the festival circuit by storm — receiving critical praise at Toronto and nabbing the Best Screenplay award at Venice. Dench plays Philomena, a woman...
Trailer Watch: Full Trailer for Black Nativity — Directed by Kasi Lemmons
Kasi Lemmons’ Black Nativity is based on Langston Hughes’ infamous retelling of the Nativity story with an all black cast. In this contemporary and musical setting, the film follows Langston...
Trailer Watch: Sunlight Jr. — Written and Directed by Laurie Collyer
Laurie Collyer’s Sunlight Jr. is her latest film following up 2006’s Sherrybaby starring Maggie Gyllenhaal. Written and directed by Collyer, the film follows Melissa (Naomi Watts) and her...
Must Watch: SNL Girls Parody with Tina Fey
Over the weekend, Tina Fey hosted the first new episode of the latest season of Saturday Night Live. One of the highlights of Fey’s hosting was a parody of Girls with Fey playing Blerta,...
TV Trailer Watch: Homeland Season 3
The official trailer for season 3 of Homeland has been released just in time for the season premiere. The new season focuses on the repercussions of the CIA headquarters bombing. Carrie (Claire...
Trailer Watch: New Trailer for How I Live Now — Co-Written by Penelope Skinner
How I Live Now, co-written by Penelope Skinner and starring Saoirse Ronan, premiered at TIFF earlier this month. The film, which is adapted from Meg Rosoff’s novel, follows Daisy (Ronan) an...
Watch This: Actress Jennifer Lewis Gives a Powerful Speech
Actress Jennifer Lewis gave a powerful speech at the premiere of her new film, Baggage Claim. Lewis was asked what advice she would give to aspiring actors and she gave a heartfelt, hilarious and...
TV Trailer Watch: American Horror Story: Coven — Starring Jessica Lange
Last season’s American Horror Story: Asylum was a crazy mish-mash of serial killers, alien abductions and Nazi sympathizers all set in a mental institution. It also featured some of the best...
Flying Lessons — Starring Maggie Grace
Flying Lessons follows 25 year old Sophie (Maggie Grace), who returns to her hometown when her life hits a crossroads. When she arrives home, Sophie must face a complicated relationship with her...
Trailer Watch: Side Effects — Starring Rooney Mara
Rooney Mara gets her lead post her Oscar nominated performance in The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo in Side Effects, a thriller from Seven Soderberg. It looks a bit messy but one can never...
Watch This: Judi Dench on Skyfall
Skyfall, marks the 50th anniversary of the James Bond franchise and it revitalizes itself with a compelling storyline that puts major focus on Dench’s character M. When M’s past comes back to...
Trailer Watch: West of Memphis — Directed by Amy Berg
In 1994, three teenagers from Arkansas were convicted, despite lack of any physical evidence, of ritually murdering three 8 year old boys. Amy Berg’s acclaimed documentary West of Memphis takes a...
Election Day Video: Kate Walsh on Why She’s Voting Obama
Kate Walsh, from Private Practice, tells her story about why she’s voting Obama. Make sure you go out and vote today.
The Disney Princesses Welcome a New Sister — Princess Leia
Start your day off with a little levity. We’re all going to need it. It’s kind of funny that Princess Leia our first example of a kick ass competent woman in sci-fi has joined the family of...
Listen to Barbara, Cher and Kathy Griffin Support Obama
One day more! Don’t forget to vote.
Women Are Not a Special Interest Group — Yes We Plan
A vote for Obama is a vote for Planned Parenthood and a vote for women.
Watch This: Stella is 95 — Airing on PBS
The documentary, Stella is 95, is airing on PBS throughout November. Directed by Robin Baker Leacock, the documentary follows 95 year old Stella, a woman who doesn’t see her age as any impediment...
Political Video of the Day: Stockard Channing A is for: Always Remember
National treasure, Stockard Channing, recently did a video for the “A is For” campaign. With a group of women founders including Martha Plimpton, Lizz Winstead and Sarah Thyre, A is For brings...
Political Video of the Day: Scarlett Johansson, Kerry Washington and Eva Longoria Are Voting Obama
In a video for MoveOn.org, actresses Scarlett Johansson, Kerry Washington and Eva Longoria give women some of the reasons why they should go vote for Obama in the upcoming...
Trailer Watch: Breaking the Girls — Directed by Jamie Babbit
IFC recently aquired the rights to Breaking the Girls from Jamie Babbit best known for But I’m A Cheerleader The script is co-written by Go Fish writer, Guinevere Turner, and follows two college...
TV Trailer Watch: The Carrie Diaries — Starring AnnaSophia Robb
The CW recently released the trailer for their prequel series to Sex and the City, The Carrie Diaries. The show follows Carrie Bradshaw (AnnaSophia Robb) in high school, right after she’s lost her...
Political Video of the Day: Women’s Voices: The Gender Gap Movie
In 1984, Jenny Rohrer directed Women’s Voices: The Gender Gap Movie to inform people about the gender gap as the election approached. With real life testimonials from women combined with visuals...
Trailer Watch: Save The Date — Starring Lizzy Caplan and Alison Brie
Alison Brie and Lizzy Caplan star in Save the Date as sisters, Beth and Sarah, who are dealing with their own respective romantic entanglements. Sarah’s in a rebound relationship after rejecting...
Watch This: The Michelle Obama Diaries — Produced by Issa Rae
We had previously written that Issa Rae was a woman in media to watch. She continues to produce content that proves that. Her latest is The Michelle Obama Diaries. Written by Lena Waithe and...
This is What You Don’t Want When Releasing a New Product
Go Ellen h/t Upworthy
Early Look at the WIGS Channel’s Celia Starring Dakota Fanning and Allison Janney
Premiering on You Tube’s WIGS channel this Friday is Celia — a short film about reproductive rights starring Dakota Fanning and Allison Janney. Written and directed by Rodrigo Garcia (also a...
Trailer Watch: The Central Park Five — Co-Directed by Sarah Burns, Ken Burns and David McMahon
Recently nominated for a 2012 IDA Documentary Award for Best Feature and on the roster for the upcoming 2012 AFI Film Festival, The Central Park Five is based on Sarah Burns’ best-selling book. In...
Femme Celebs Croon You Don’t Own Me For Reproductive Freedom
Whom do you recognize in this video? I spy Mae Whitman, Miranda July, Natasha Lyonne, Lena Dunham. You Don’t Own Me.
Ava DuVernay Talks About The Gotham Nominations
I was in LA yesterday and already had a meeting set up with Ava DuVernay to just say hi in between her press appearances. I was able to chat with her a couple of hours after her two Gotham award...
Trailer Watch: Starlet — Starring Dree Hemingway and Besedka Johnson
Starlet is about an unlikely relationship between a young woman, Jane (Hemingway) and 85 year old, Sadie (Johnson). After Jane purchases a thermos filled with money from Sadie’s garage sale, she...
Trailer Watch: Carrie — Directed by Kimberly Peirce, Starring Chloe Grace Moretz
It’s a little hard not to be wary of a Carrie remake. The iconic 1976 film starring Sissy Spacek and a terrifying Piper Laurie is one of my favorite horror movies. But bring in acclaimed director...
Lizz Winstead, Co-Creator of The Daily Show, Creates Lady Parts Justice
Co-Creator of The Daily Show and one hilarious lady, Lizz Winstead recently launched Lady Parts Justice, a website using comedy to bring awareness to women about just how much we have to lose in...
From the Mouth of Girls
Women Moving Millions, a community of women who have donated $1 million or more to organizations that support women and girls, have launched a video with Global Girl Media asking a group of young...
New Trailer: Zero Dark Thirty — Directed by Kathryn Bigelow
I love that they are keeping many details about this movie so closely held. It makes people even more excited. The fact that a woman directed film is one of the most anticipated of the awards season...
Call Me Maybe — Feminist Ryan Gosling Edition
Who says feminists have no sense of humor? This is from the folks at the School of Social Work at Portland State U. h/t Sandy Leotti
Hollywood Stars Stand Up for Reproductive Freedom
Love this. Sign the petition Draw the Line from the Center for Reproductive Rights.
Hamptons Film Festival: Catching Up With the Very Busy Producer Amy Hobby
Apologies for the background noise. Gayby opens in NY this Friday. Making a Comedy About Friends Making Babies (NY Times)