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A Big Bold Crack in the Glass Ceiling — Kathryn Bigelow Wins DGA Prize
This is big. This is Sally Ride, first American woman in space big. This is Sandra Day O’Connor, first female on the Supreme Court big. This is Billie Jean King beating Bobby Riggs big. This is a...
Defending Mo’Nique
One of the ongoing narratives of this awards season has been about Mo’Nique. About how great her performance is, and also about how supposedly ungrateful she is because she hasn’t been...
Rachel McAdams — Maintaining Her Privacy With Her Success
I remember when I first saw her in Mean Girls. She was terrifically mean. She scared the crap out of my teenage self. Then she broke my heart in The Notebook. I have always admired her film choices....
The Women of Avatar
I totally LOVED Avatar. It was a great forward thinking film with tons of passion and made me excited to be in a movie theatre. I can’t wait to see it again (my friend and I tried several times...
Interview with Sandra Laing- Real Life Subject of Skin
Skin is the heartbreaking true story of Sandra Laing (played by Sophie Okonedo) as a woman with black skin born to white parents in apartheid S. Africa. She is a white girl who looked black. As a...
Fat Actors vs Skinny Actresses
The NY Times had a piece this weekend that echoes my piece in the Guardian last Friday — the double standard for female vs. male actors regarding weight. It’s pretty simple: Guys can be fat,...