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Exclusive: Oprah and Ava DuVernay Reflect on Inclusion in “A Wrinkle in Time” Bonus Feature
Ava DuVernay brought “A Wrinkle in Time” to the big screen with a twist of her own. The director ensured that her adaptation of Madeleine L’Engle’s classic 1963 fantasy novel...
The 2018 National Directors Fellowship Recipients Are All Women
The National Directors Fellowship (NDF), an 18-month program that provides training and mentorship to stage directors, has announced its 2018 participants — and all five of them are women. Per...
“UnREAL” Season 4 Gets First-Run Deal at Hulu
“UnREAL” is relocating for its fourth season. Lifetime’s drama about the behind-the-scenes machinations at a “Bachelor”-esque reality show will get a first-run on Hulu...
Quote of the Day: Rashida Jones On the Creative Advantages of Writing and Producing
Rashida Jones might be best known for her onscreen work in “Parks and Recreation,” “Angie Tribeca,” and “The Office,” but she’s also a prolific writer and...
Join Women and Hollywood for a Special Screening of “Dietland” with Creator Marti Noxon
Women and Hollywood is teaming up with AMC to help spread the word about “Dietland,” Marti Noxon’s new series tackling fat-shaming, diet culture, sexual predators, feminism, and so...
Lena Waithe to Be Honored with Trailblazer Award at MTV Movie & TV Awards
“I am tired of white folks telling my stories,” said Lena Waithe in her recent Vanity Fair cover story. The actress, writer, and producer made history last year when she became the first...
“The Split” Star Nicola Walker on the Show’s Depiction of Women, Relationships, & Divorce
Two-time BAFTA nominee Nicola Walker has acted in many series, including “Last Tango in Halifax,” “Collateral,” and “River.” She’s also appeared in features...
Mila Kunis, Gloria Allred, & More to Participate in Variety’s Path to Parity Women’s Summit
Variety is assembling industry heavyweights to discuss the next steps towards achieving gender equality. The pub is set to host its inaugural women’s summit, Path to Parity, on June 6, and the...
Quote of the Day: Jane Campion Explains Why “We’re in a Really Special Moment”
“Right now, we’re in a really special moment,” says Jane Campion in a new interview with The Guardian. Thanks to movements including #MeToo and #TimesUp, the entertainment industry seems to...
“The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel” Gets a Third Season
“The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel” hasn’t even debuted its second season yet, but it’s already received a third. According to Variety, Amy Sherman-Palladino’s period comedy...
Cannes: “Happy as Lazzaro” and “Girls of the Sun” Land U.S. Distribution
It’s official: all three women-directed features to screen in Competition at Cannes 2018 have secured U.S. distribution. Sony Pictures Classics snagged rights to Nadine Labaki’s...
Cannes Awards 2018: Another Dude Wins the Palme D’Or and Asia Argento Brings the House Down
Cannes’ 2018 Closing Ceremony was the perfect microcosm of the festival itself: it embraced some much-needed social change and somehow was still the usual old boys’ club. The fest’s...
Quote of the Day: Veena Sud Is Tired of Seeing Asian-Americans Play “The Quirky Best Friend”
In news that’s disappointing yet entirely unsurprising, “The Killing” creator Veena Sud has revealed that when she was first pitching the crime drama, she wanted the homicide cops...
Weekly Update for May 18: Women Centric, Directed, and Written Films Playing Near You
Films About Women Opening This Week Book Club – Co-Written by Erin Simms Diane (Diane Keaton) is recently widowed after 40 years of marriage. Vivian (Jane Fonda) enjoys her men with no strings...
Jennifer Aniston and Tig Notaro Couple Up in Netflix White House Comedy “First Ladies”
Jennifer Aniston and Tig Notaro are moving into the White House — on Netflix, anyway. The pair are set to star in “First Ladies” for the streamer, Deadline reports. The comedy...
Black Actresses Protest Industry Racism at Cannes
The 2018 Cannes Film Festival has seen another powerful women-led protest. Per AFP, 16 black and mixed-race actresses took to the red carpet Wednesday to stand up to to racism in the French film...
Trailer Watch: Melissa McCarthy Tracks Down a Killer in Puppet Comedy “The Happytime Murders”
Melissa McCarthy’s new movie takes place in a world where puppets and humans co-exist, but it shouldn’t be mistaken for family-friendly fare. A newly released Red Band trailer for the...
Malin Akerman, Kat Dennings, and Jane Seymour to Star in “Friendsgiving”
Malin Akerman, Kat Dennings, and Jane Seymour are hosting a Thanksgiving dinner for the ages. The trio are set to star in “Friendsgiving,” an ensemble comedy from Red Hour and Endeavor...
Addressing Adversity: Crowdfunding Picks
Whether it’s an inescapable reality of everyday life, or catalyzed by a change in our circumstances, we’ve all faced adversity. For many, multiple systems of oppression intersect to pose...
Trailer Watch: Sisters Learn About the Power of Three in the CW’s “Charmed” Reboot
The Book of Shadows is being passed down. The CW has released an extended first look at the network’s “Charmed” reboot and the young women who have inherited the “guide to...
All-Women Directing Team Set for Starz’s “The Spanish Princess”
Starz has let some news slip about “The Spanish Princess,” the follow-up series to “The White Queen” and “The White Princess”: all episodes will be...
Trailer Watch: The Cluster Prepares for Battle in the “Sense8” Series Finale
“Even after everything we’ve been through, would any of us go back to the world we’re used to?” Will (Brian J. Smith) asks in the “Sense8” series finale trailer....
Elisabeth Moss to Topline Josephine Decker Thriller About Shirley Jackson
Elisabeth Moss is following in the footsteps of Elle Fanning and taking on the role of an iconic horror writer. The “Handmaid’s Tale” star will play author Shirley Jackson in a...
Trailer Watch: Kimmy Is Accused of Sexual Harassment in Season 4 of “Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt”
“I know you’re just a sweet girl who don’t know how to act,” Titus (Tituss Burgess) tells Kimmy (Ellie Kemper) in a new trailer for the fourth and final season of...
Cannes: Kristen Stewart to Write and Direct Bisexual Drama “The Chronology of Water”
Kristen Stewart is stepping behind the camera again. The “Twilight” actress spilled the beans in an interview with Cannes Film Festival, where she’s currently serving as a juror....
Trailer Watch: A Journalist Follows the “Dark Money” in Kimberly Reed’s New Doc
“You know, the number one rule of political or watchdog reporting is, ‘follow the money,'” journalist John Adams says in the trailer for “Dark Money.” The reporter, who...
Quote of the Day: Diane Kruger Talks Sexist Resistance to Female-Led Biopics
Diane Kruger is back in Cannes and offering a refreshingly honest take on what it’s been like to transition from acting to producing. When The Hollywood Reporter asked what she makes of the...
Trailer Watch: Whitney Houston’s Public and Private Lives Collide in Cannes Doc “Whitney”
Whitney Houston is probably best known for her public persona: the passionate, bubbly, and crazy talented performing artist and actress. But as the new trailer for documentary “Whitney”...
Amy Berg to Direct Doc Series About Adnan Syed of “Serial” Fame
In news that seems inevitable if delayed, “Serial” is getting a TV follow-up. HBO and Sky have partnered to continue the true crime story with “The Case Against Adnan Syed,”...
Trailer Watch: Zoey Deutch Is a Personal Assistant on a Mission in Netflix Rom-Com “Set It Up”
Personal assistants are all too experienced in swallowing their pride and performing thankless miracles, but when your boss is asking you to wake them up from a nap with a lullaby — and not...
Reese Witherspoon to Produce Doc About Tennis Star and LGBTQ Activist Martina Navratilova
Another trailblazing female tennis player is having her story told on the big screen. Following in the footsteps of 2017 Billie Jean King biopic “Battle of the Sexes” is a doc about...
Trailer Watch: The Bordelons Are at a Crossroads in “Queen Sugar” Season 3
Nova, Charley, and Ralph Angel Bordelon are back in the trailer for “Queen Sugar’s” third season — and they are still reeling from the events of Season 2. Each of the siblings...
Submissions Are Open for the 2019 Athena Film Festival
Attention filmmakers with a short or screenplay depicting a female leader: The Athena Film Festival is now accepting submissions. Co-founded by Women and Hollywood founder and publisher Melissa...
“Pretty Little Liars” Spinoff “The Perfectionists” Gets Series Order and Teaser
“Pretty Little Liars'” ended its seven-season run in 2017, but the franchise has plenty of plot twists in store. Deadline confirms that Sasha Pieterse and Janel Parrish are set to...
Cannes: Eva Vives’ “All About Nina” Acquired by The Orchard
Eva Vives’ feature directorial debut has found a home. The Orchard snagged North American distribution rights to Mary Elizabeth Winstead-starrer “All About Nina” at Cannes. Variety...
Vanessa Taylor to Pen Jennifer Lawrence-Starrer “Bad Blood”
Vanessa Taylor has lined up yet another high-profile project. The Oscar-nominated “Shape of Water” co-writer is set to pen Legendary Entertainment’s “Bad Blood,” a pic...
Meryl Streep to Star in Panama Papers Drama “The Laundromat”
Meryl Streep will continue to fight for the truth in her next film. Coming off her Oscar-nominated role in Pentagon Papers drama “The Post,” Streep has signed on for a thriller about...
Restoration of Agnès Varda’s “One Sings, The Other Doesn’t” to Screen at BAMcinématek
Agnès Varda’s feminist musical is coming back to the big screen with a makeover. “One Sings, The Other Doesn’t” has been newly restored and will open at...
Cannes Film Festival Signs Pledge In Push for Gender Parity
The issue of the lack of female directors is dominating this year’s Cannes Film Festival. Part of this conversation is how movies get selected and who selects them. Is there a clear submission...
Cannes 2018 Women Directors: Meet Margarethe von Trotta — “Searching for Ingmar Bergman”
Margarethe von Trotta launched her career as an actress. She directed her first feature, “The Second Awakening of Christa Klages,” in 1978. The next year marked the release of “Sisters,...
2018-19 TV Season: Women Directors Have Higher Pilot-to-Series Ratio Than Men
The 2018-19 pilot season has been a marked improvement over 2017-18. Last year only one drama pilot was directed by a woman and it wasn’t ordered to series. This year 14 drama pilots are...
Cannes: Karyn Kusama and Nicole Kidman’s “Destroyer” Lands at Annapurna
“Destroyer” left a major mark at Cannes. The upcoming Nicole Kidman-starrer inspired an “all night” auction at the fest, according to Deadline. Annapurna Pictures ultimately...
Ann Dowd, Essie Davis, and Jessica Barden to Star in Gothic Series “Lambs of God”
Ann Dowd is heading from Gilead to a convent. The “Handmaid’s Tale” actress will star alongside Essie Davis (“The Babadook”) and Jessica Barden (“The End of the...
New Research Spotlights Cannes’ Long-Standing Gender Disparity
This weekend 82 women ascended the steps of the Palais de Festival in Cannes to raise awareness around the fest’s history of excluding women directors. Since Cannes kicked off in 1946 only 82...
Quote of the Day: Benedict Cumberbatch Demands Equal Pay for Female Co-Stars
Unlike many powerful players in Hollywood, Benedict Cumberbatch isn’t skirting around equal pay. The “Sherlock” and “Doctor Strange” star is taking a proactive approach...
Cannes 2018 Women Directors: Meet Agnieszka Smoczyńska — “Fugue”
Agnieszka Smoczyńska’s first feature film, “The Lure,” was recognized as the best debut at the 2015 Polish Film Festival. “The Lure” has received numerous awards at festivals worldwide,...
One of 82
On Saturday evening at the Cannes Film Festival I was one of 82 women who climbed the steps of the Palais de Festival — the most prestigious screening room in the world — as a participant...
Women and Hollywood Founder Melissa Silverstein to Participate in Historic Event at Cannes
Saturday May 12th on the 6:30 pm red carpet event, 82 international key women players of the film industry — directors, crew members, actresses, producers, screenwriters, sales agents,...
Support Women at Cannes Film Festival!
Women and Hollywood is standing with our sisters in France, LE DEUXIEME REGARD, to be a part of the 5050×2020 campaign to push for gender equality in the film industry. LE DEUXIEME REGARD is a...
Weekly Update for May 11: Women Centric, Directed, and Written Films Playing Near You
Films About Women Opening This Week Breaking In “Breaking In” Gabrielle Union stars as a woman who will stop at nothing to rescue her two children being held hostage in a house designed...
Quote of the Day: Inclusion Rider Creators on How Hollywood Needs to Change
At long last, it seems like Hollywood is on the brink of substantive change. Stacy Smith, Kalpana Kotagal, and Fanshen Cox DiGiovanni are among those pushing the needle towards a more inclusive film...