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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...
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...
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...
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...
‘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...
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....
Trailer Watch: Amy S. Weber’s ‘A Girl Like Her’
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...
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...
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”...
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...
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...
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...
Weekly Update for February 27: Women Centric, Directed and Written Films Playing Near You
Films About Women Opening This Week The Hunting Ground (doc) (Women and Hollywood’s Pick of the Week) “The Hunting Ground” is an extraordinarily powerful and searing look at the epidemic of...
A List of All of Women and Hollywood’s 2015 Oscars Coverage
The road to the 2015 Oscars was rocky indeed. While we were disappointed by the fact that white males accounted for the overwhelming majority of nominees — so much so that we commissioned a...
Phylicia Rashad Cast in CBS’s ‘For Justice’ Pilot; DuVernay Will Direct
The matriarch of the Huxtable family is coming back to weekly TV. Variety reports that Phylicia Rashad, best known for her role as Clair Hanks Huxtable in “The Cosby Show,” has been cast as a...
SFFS Announces 2015 Documentary Film Fund Finalists; 7 Women Directors Make the List
The San Francisco Film Society has announced the finalists for its 2015 Documentary Film Fund, with awards totaling more than $75,000 going towards feature-length documentaries in post-production....
Women and Hollywood Pick of the Week: ‘The Hunting Ground’
“The Hunting Ground” is an extraordinarily powerful and searing look at the epidemic of sexual assault on campuses across this country. College is supposed to be the first step towards adulthood...
HBO Launches Writing Fellowship To Find Diverse and Emerging Writers
If you’re an aspiring TV writer and a fan of HBO programming, today is your lucky day. HBO has announced the launch of the HBOAccess Writing Fellowship, which will offer emerging and diverse...
‘Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt’ and Inimitable Tina Fey
Guest Post: My Valentine’s Day ‘Bitch’ Slap from Facebook
This pastValentine’s weekend, I got bitch-slapped by Facebook — a digital smack acrossmy female indie filmmaker face — and all because of one word: “bitch.” A few weeksago, I...
Guest Post: Enough with the “Black Movies,” Bring on the Black Mermaids
I love seeing movies with black people in them, but I’m not interested in making “black movies.” There’s a difference. I want to see representations of women like me in movies where it’s...
Watch: New Trailer for Lone Scherfig’s Murderous-Rich-Kids Drama ‘The Riot Club’
“I am sick to death of poor people.” That about sums up the philosphy of The Riot Club, the ultra-exclusive society at already tony Oxford University, where the future leaders of the world learn...
Study: Diverse Movies and TV Shows Earn More Money and Attract More Viewers
If you’re reading this site, chances are good you’ve heard of “Empire,” the new FOX drama that has increased its audience every single week since its series premiere seven weeks ago. There...
Watch: An Orthodox Jewish Woman Ventures into the Secular World in ‘Felix & Meira’
Seeking Our Story: Marguerite Duras Stages a Lurid Funeral for Colonialism in ‘India Song’
MargueriteDuras (1914–1996), the prolific author, playwright, political troublemaker, andfilmmaker, was born in Vietnam to French emigrant parents. Her family’s descent into poverty, themadness...
Lady Gaga to Star in the Next Season of ‘American Horror Story’
It’s been quite a week for Lady Gaga. On Sunday, she stunned critics and viewers with her powerful “Sound of Music” tribute at the Oscars, prompting Time to suggest that her show-stealing...
Guest Post: How to Hire a Woman Director
At the Oscars on Sunday night,Best Supporting Actress Patricia Arquette used her moment in the spotlight to speak out on the issue ofgender inequity. “It’s our time to have wage equality once...
Paula Patton to Star in ABC’s Arms-Dealing Drama ‘Runner’
Paula Patton is ditching the occasional supporting part in film for a leading role on TV. The “Precious” and “Mission: Impossible — Ghost Protocol” actress has signed on to...
Trailer Watch: Shailene Woodley Lets Her Anger Consume Her in Final ‘Insurgent’ Spot
The “Divergent” series’ ass-kicking heroine Tris (Shailene Woodley) is under a whole lot of pressure in the newest — and final — trailer for “Insurgent.” “This is the only...
Jessica Chastain and Emily Blunt Cast in ‘The Huntsman’
The tale of “The Huntsman” gets curiouser and curiouser. The “Snow White and the Huntsman” sequel-turned-prequel first got on our radar for ditching its star, Kristen Stewart, and its...
Watch: Cannes Grand Prix-Winner Alice Rohrwacher’s Lovely Stop-Motion Short for Miu Miu
Suzan-Lori Parks’ Historical Play ‘Father Comes Home From the Wars’ Wins Kennedy Prize
Pulitzer-winning playwright Suzan-Lori Parks has received the Edward M. Kennedy Prize for her American epic “Father Comes Home from the Wars (Parts 1, 2, & 3).” The Kennedy Prize, which...
EXCLUSIVE TRAILER: ‘How I Got Over’ Chronicles the Streets-to-Stage Journey of 15 Homeless Women
The talent, intelligence, and creativity of women on the margins is showcased in “How I Got Over,” an inspirational documentary that chronicles how 15 formerly homeless women put together and...
Marielle Heller’s ‘The Diary of a Teenage Girl’ to Open ND/NF Festival
Writer-director Marielle Heller’s Sundance gem “The Diary of a Teenage Girl” will open the 2015 New Directions/New Films festival (March 18–29). Based on Phoebe Gloeckner’s graphic novel,...
Marisa Tomei to Play Gloria Steinem in HBO Movie About the Founding of Ms. Magazine
Just days after signing a producing deal with HBO, Marisa Tomei has announced her first project with the premium cable network: a biopic miniseries of Gloria Steinem, focusing on the 1971 founding...
Watch: Kristen Wiig Wins the Lottery But Loses Her Mind in New Dramedy ‘Welcome to Me’
Marielle Heller’s ‘The Diary of a Teenage Girl’ to Open ND/NF Festival
Writer-director Marielle Heller’s Sundance gem "The Diary of a Teenage Girl" will open the 2015 New Directions/New Films festival (March 18-29). Based on Phoebe...
LA Times Study: Among Major Studios, Sony Has Most Female Directors, Warner Bros. Has Least
According to a new study conducted by the Los Angeles Times, Sony hired the most women directors and Warner Bros. the least among major studios in the last six years. But before we toast to...
Patricia Arquette Elaborates on Her Call for Equal Pay
We were thrilled to see this year’s Best Supporting Actress winner Patricia Arquette use her time at the podium to call for equal rights and equal pay for women. But Arquette’s call for change...
The Big O: The Cry for Equal Pay, the Need for Equal Screen Time, & the Death of the Mani-Cam
To quote Meryl Streep as she shouted from her primo Dolby Theatre seat in support of “Boyhood’s” newly minted Oscar winner Patricia Arquette after she turned her supporting-actress acceptance...
Arquette Calls for Equality, But ‘Ida’ and ‘Still Alice’ Are Oscars 2015’s Only Female-Centric Winners
http://video.vulture.com/video/Oscars-2015-Patricia-Arquette-s/player?layout=compact&read_more=1 DOCUMENTARY FEATURE: “Citizenfour” COSTUME DESIGN: “The Grand Budapest Hotel,” Milena...
Irene Bedard to Produce Native American Classic ‘Two Old Women’ for the Big Screen
Golden Globe-winning actress Irene Bedard will shepherd a movie adaptation of the Native American publishing sensation “Two Old Women: An Alaska Legend of Betrayal, Courage, and Survival.” Best...
Weekly Update for February 20: Women Centric, Directed and Written Films Playing Near You
Films About Women Opening This Week The DUFF (Women and Hollywood’s Pick of the Week) A definite case of “don’t judge a movie by its title,” “The DUFF” — which wincingly stands for...
Corinna McFarlane’s ‘The Silent Storm’ Sold to Sony
Corinna McFarlane’s directorial debut “The Silent Storm” has been acquired by Sony Pictures Worldwide Acquisitions. Starring Andrea Riseborough (“Birdman,” “Oblivion”) and Damian...
Mo’Nique on Being “Blackballed” and Labeled “Difficult” After Her Oscar Win
In an eye-opening interview with The Hollywood Reporter, Mo’Nique has revealed that she was “blackballed” after winning an Academy Award for her supporting role in “Precious.” The...
Engineering-Themed Competition Seeks ‘The Next (Female) MacGyver’
The Next MacGyver, a joint initiative of the National Academy of Engineering and the USC Viterbi School of Engineering, hopes to offer a new face in problem-solving under extreme pressure: a lady...
Quote of the Day: Anna Kendrick on Aging and Still Having to Play Pretty
Anna Kendrick is speaking up about the pressure to project a certain image as a young actress in Hollywood — namely, being seen as “hot.” Kendrick previously poked fun at her appearance in...
Crosspost: Holding Out For a Heroine: On Being a Woman and Loving Star Wars
The following is cross-posted from with permission from Sound on Sight.It is a truth universally acknowledged that a little girl in possession of a good imagination must be in want of a heroine. At...
Jenji Kohan Sells Salem Pilot to HBO
“Orange is the New Black” creator Jenji Kohan has created another show about female victims, scapegoats, and troublemakers. HBO has given a pilot order to “New World,” a drama set in...
Marisa Tomei Enters the World of TV Producing with HBO
Deadline is reporting that Marisa Tomei has signed on to a first-look development deal at HBO, which will see the actress developing, producing, and possibly (hopefully!) starring in projects for...