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Gotham Awards Announce Nominees for 23rd Annual Ceremony
The Independent Filmmaker Project (IFP) have announced the nominees for the 23rd annual Gotham Independent Film Awards. Nomination criteria includes that the works must be independent American...
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...
The Hollywood Reporter Announced the Top 50 Showrunners
The Hollywood Reporter has announced their 50 power showrunners of 2013 for comedy and drama. 12 women out of 50 were on the list. And four women out of 10 were on the 2014 Showrunners to...
Carol Burnett Receives Mark Twain Prize
On Sunday, the iconic Carol Burnett received the Mark Twain Prize for American Humor, one of the highest honors for a comedian. Burnett was paid tribute by other iconic stars like Julie Andrews and...
The Lady Killers: Considering the Female Killer in Horror
In contrast to many other genres, horror films have long been hospitable to the concept of the female hero. From Marion Crane to Laurie Strode, Nancy Thompson to Clarice Starling, many of horror’s...
The Big O: Oscar Didn’t Always Have a Horror Problem
There is a new Carrie intown. She has access to the Internet now and her high-school tormentors usetheir smart phones to broadcast her shower-scene to even greaterembarrassment. But the wallflower...
“It Reaches the Level of Myth” — An Interview with Kimberly Peirce — Director of Carrie
Kimberly Peirce is taking a stab at reimagining one of the most iconic horror classics, Carrie, which arguably stars one of the best horror heroines in the genre. Hitting theaters on Friday,...
How Can We Still be Talking About Whether Women Are Funny?
Yesterday morning brought the great news that Amy Poehler and Tina Fey will be hosting the Golden Globes in 2014 and 2015. They were so terrific as hosts last year that the Globe people were smart...
Nicole Kidman to Star in The Silent Wife
Nicole Kidman is attached to star in The Silent Wife. Kidman will play an affluent woman, whose nearly 20 year marriage is seemingly perfect on the outside, but her denial of her husband’s...
Introduction to the London Film Festival
Having opened in true Hollywood form on Wednesday night with a gala screening of Paul Greengrass’s Captain Phillips, the 2013 BFI London Film Festival is well under way. What could be more...
The Big O: Reality Bites Oscar — Hard
It’s time to get real about the Oscar race. Most of the films in play for a coveted spot on the best-picture roster have some element of truth to them. Today marks the arrival of Captain...
Nicole Kidman Goes All Feminist at Variety Awards
Nicole Kidman was honored at this year’s Variety Power of Women awards for her work with UN Women to advance the rights of women and girls across the world. Variety’s 5th annual Power of Women...
Nahnatchka Khan and Reese Witherspoon Team Up on Happily Ever After
Disney has picked up Happily Ever After from Don’t Trust the B creator, Nahnatchka Khan. Reese Witherspoon is on board to star and produce the project through with her Pacific Standard partner,...
The Big O: How Sandra Bullock Found Her Own Sense of Gravity
AsSandra Bullock embarks on her spellbinding one-woman space odyssey in AlfonsoCuaron’s stunning 3-D thriller Gravity at theaters this weekend, let usconsider her extraordinary trajectory right...
Quote of the Day: Jennifer Lawrence to Hollywood’s Diet Police “Go F*** Yourself”
In the upcoming November issue of Harper’s Bazaar UK, Jennifer Lawrence speaks about the time she was labeled as “fat” by producers and told that if she didn’t lose weight, she’d be...
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,...
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,...
Kimberly Peirce: “How Many More Movies Could I Have Made?”
Yesterday, the NY Times Magazine featured a profile of director Kimberly Peirce as she readies the release of the remake of Carrie starring Chloe Grace Moretz and Julianne Moore. This is a highly...
The Big O: Are Grande Dames the New Babes?
Beautybefore age. Thistwist on an old adage has held sway for the most part when it comes toselecting which actresses are granted an Oscar each year, at least for the pastseveral decades. But2013...
Elle Magazine Announced Honorees of 20th Annual Women in Hollywood Event
Elle magazine announced the honorees of their 20th annual Women in Hollywood event. The fashion magazine will honor Marion Cotillard, Penelope Cruz, Reese Witherspoon, Naomie Harris, Melissa...
Cross Post: Hollywood’s New Feminists, Why the Old One Went Away and What’s Coming Next?
Women’s rights made a major impact on Hollywood in the 1970s. Feminism, now a dirty word, was such a force to be reckoned with that you didn’t dare depict a woman in a film who didn’t have, at...
Francis Lawrence to Direct the Rest of the Hunger Games Franchise
His first film of the franchise Catching Fire is not even completed, yet Mr. Lawrence seems to made the producers and the studio quite happy because he already has the job to direct the final two...
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.
Hollywood Gets Political
With only eight days left before the upcoming Presidential election, more and more of our favorite actors, writers and directors are releasing content in support of Obama. We’ll continue to post...
Change in Release Pattern for Kathryn Bigelow’s Zero Dark Thirty
Kathryn Bigelow’s follow-up to her Oscar winning The Hurt Locker was supposed to open wide into the crowded Christmas market on December 19. The Hollywood Reporter is reporting that Sony is now...
Cross Post: Why The Twilight Saga Film Franchise Mattered, What it Accomplished, and Why its Legacy is Ultimately a Positive One
In just one month The Twilight Saga film franchise will come to an end. Oh sure we may see spin-offs, reboots (probably in a different medium) and/or quasi-sequels in some form in another, but the...
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.
Liza Johnson Directing Kristen Wiig in Hateship, Friendship
Kristen Wiig will be starring in Hateship, Friendship which begins shooting next week in New Orleans. According to The Hollywood Reporter, Liza Johnson, director of 2011’s Return, will be...
The Academy Celebrates the Career of Ann Roth
A couple of weeks ago I spent the weekend at the Hamptons International Film Festival. I was able to catch up on a bunch of films and attend some really cool events including a tribute to the...
Talking with Maggie Gyllenhaal about Won’t Back Down
I’m a bit obsessed with this film. My obsession stems from the fact that we have a film with two previous women with Oscar nominations in it (three if you count Holly Hunter in her supporting...
Cross Post: Ry Russo-Young Discusses John Krasinski’s First Sex Scene and Collaborating With Lena Dunham for ‘Nobody Walks’
Ry Russo-Young may have worked with her highest profile cast to date for her third directorial offering Nobody Walks, but that doesn’t mean she’s softened up. Working off an incisive and...
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...
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...
Lena Dunham Gets A Big, Big Book Deal
Current megastar Lena Dunham is smartly trading on her success and wide name recognition and sold her first book, a book of advice to young women, entitled Not That Kind of Girl: A Young Woman Tells...
Anne Hathaway to Star in Mindy Kaling’s The Low Self-Esteem of Lizzie Gillespie
Mindy Kaling’s Black List script The Low Self-Esteem of Lizzie Gillespie now has Anne Hathaway attached to star. Co-written with Kaling’s former The Office co-worker Brent Forrester, Gillespie...
New TV Projects From a Host of Women Including Elizabeth Banks, Reese Witherspoon and Amy Poehler
If all this television news continues, we are in for a lot of promising sounding female centric, female produced and female written shows. This time around Elizabeth Banks, Reese Witherspoon and Amy...
Hollywood Stars Stand Up for Reproductive Freedom
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Cross Post: Heroines of Cinema: 10 Reasons to Love Emma Thompson
Having previously examined the downside of being of a star actress, it seemed time for a corrective tonic. Not that I feel any A-list actress particularly needs to be acclaimed a heroine. Actors...
Lena Dunham at Fortune’s Most Powerful Women Summit and New Book Proposal
Lena Dunham is on a roll that looks like it cannot be stopped. Despite getting shut out of the Emmys, Dunham has been busy with season 2 of Girls (airing in January), publishing essays in The New...
Trailer Watch: Stoker — Starring Nicole Kidman and Mia Wasikowska
Stoker follows India (Mia Wasikowska) after her father’s death when her mysterious Uncle Charlie (Matthew Goode) moves in with her and her emotionally unstable mother (Nicole Kidman). India begins...
Meryl Streep in Talks for Into the Woods; Mommy and Me with Tina Fey No Longer Option
Meryl Streep is in talks of joining Rob Marshall’s adaptation of Steven Sondheim’s Into the Woods. Into the Woods is a musical that takes different aspects and characters of classic fairy tales...
Rebel Wilson, Pitch Perfect and Body Acceptance
In an interview with the Los Angeles Times, Rebel Wilson discusses the difficulty she had in getting cast for roles when she was starting out in Hollywood. Despite her talent, Wilson wasn’t...
Nicole Kidman, Julianne Moore, America Ferrera and Gabrielle Union Join The Respect Challenge
Some of our favorite actresses have joined The Respect Challenge, a campaign created by the non-profit Futures Without Violence. The campaign is designed to celebrate everyday heroes — someone...
Trailer Watch: Identity Thief — Starring Melissa McCarthy
Diana (the hilarious and amazing Melissa McCarthy) steals the identity of Sandy (Jason Bateman) and uses his money to live the good life in Miami. A week before his life (and credit) falls apart,...
Viola Davis and Maggie Gyllenhaal Court Controversy With Won’t Back Down
When was the last time there was a movie that focused on two women (or more) both over 30 that opened on 2,500 screens? I count three in the last two years. Earlier this year there was Joyful Noise...
Dame Helen Mirren to Receive European Achievement in World Cinema 2012
The European Film Academy is awarding Dame Helen Mirren with their prestigious Achievement in World Cinema 2012 award. It’s no surprise that Mirren would be honored, with her impressive body of...
The Male Dominated Emmy Awards
Last week we posted a piece about the research that showed that women created 26% of the TV shows during the 2011–2012 season. But, based on the lack of women visible onstage at last night’s...
Trailer Watch: Beautiful Creatures — Starring Alice Englert and Viola Davis
Beautiful Creatures, based on the bestselling YA novel written by Kami Garcia and Margaret Stohl, follows Lena Duchannes (Ginger and Rosa’s Alice Englert), a mysterious girl with supernatural...
TIFF: Interview with Susanne Bier — Director of Love Is All You Need
At the Toronto Film Festival you see a lot of heavy movies really early in the morning. Love is All You Need was a most welcome respite from the intensity that was around at the festival. Academy...
Today’s Lesson — You Can’t Please the Twihards
Today I learned an important lesson which I probably already should have known. The people who care about all things Twilight — the fans of Kristen Stewart and Robert Pattinson are intense....
Guest Post: A Fan Speaks — Kristen Stewart and Our Miserable Failure
The media stoning of Kristen Stewart, of Twilight fame, has been going on for about four weeks now. About a month ago, she was pictured having a fling, which she called a “momentary...