#Actress
Nicole Kidman To Be Honored During New York Film Festival
This year marks the 50th anniversary of the New York Film Festival. The festival which runs from September 28 — October 14th will feature seven films directed by women and also will be...
The Summers of Meryl Streep
Meryl Streep can’t do much wrong in our book. Her newest film, Hope Springs, opened this past weekend on over 2,000 screens. A film that cost $30 million to make has now made over $20 million...
Meryl On Video
It seems that today is video day and I’ve got two great ones from Meryl Streep as she is promoting Hope Springs (which I hope you go and see this weekend.) The first is from Watch What...
Elizabeth Banks Stands Up for Planned Parenthood and Obama
I just wish she didn’t have to justify why she got her birth control. But at least she’s doing some talking which is more than most folks.
Vulture’s Meryl Streep Matrix
Couldn’t pass up sharing this. Created by the folks at Vulture. Don’t forget to go out and support Hope Springs this weekend. Read the Definitive Meryl Streep Matrix (Vulture)
Hope Springs Written by Vanessa Taylor
Here’s a confession. I got nervous when I saw the posters for Hope Springs. I am so used to seeing Meryl Streep play roles in which she seems larger than life that when I looked at the hairdo, the...
Trailer Watch: Nobody Walks — directed by Ry Russo-Young and written by Ry Russo Young and Lena Dunham
The film premiered at Sundance 2012 and will open in theatres on October 12
A Huge Day for Jennifer Lawrence: $10 Million Hunger Games Salary and New Starring Role
Yesterday was a big day for Jennifer Lawrence. Not only is she in talks to increase her salary for the next Hunger Games film Catching Fire, she is also in negotiations/attached to star in a new...
Weekly Roundup
Here’s a round-up of some of the stories we didn’t get a chance to cover last week but wanted you to know about. The Opposite Trajectories of Kate Hudson and Anne...
The Public Shaming of Kristen Stewart
Yesterday, the highest paid film actress, Kristen Stewart, — she of Twilight fame — released a very bizarre press release apologizing to her boyfriend and Twilight co-star Robert...
Guest Post: Why Catwoman is the Best Part of The Dark Knight Rises
I owe Christopher Nolan and Anne Hathaway an apology. Four years ago, I left The Dark Knight fuming at the death of Rachel Dawes and its utter predictability from Nolan, who likes to kill off his...
Will Catwoman Be a Breakout Feminist Character?
As The Dark Knight Rises hits fever peak I’ve been wondering about Anne Hathaway’s character of Catwoman. Will she be like Michelle Pfeiffer’s in Batman Returns who as I recall was a bit...
Oliver Stone Talks Strong Women Characters
In a recent interview with the Associated Press to promote his new film Savages, Oliver Stone was asked to pick his favorite 5 films featuring strong women. For a man, who primarily focuses on hyper...
Academy Names 176 New Members
In an attempt to diversify its membership, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences has invited 176 people to become members. There are just under 6,000 members of the full Academy. Keep in...
Cross-Post: Oscar Flashback — Nora Ephron
“It is true that you are wiser when you are older. That is true. The wisdom arrives at the same moment your mind is a blank. It’s a very ironic confluence of things. It’s kind of...
Julia and Jennifer Cover New Magazines in Anticipated March Movies
Julia Roberts gets ready to hit the big screen in a big way as the evil Queen in Mirror, Mirror on March 30 and Jennifer Lawrence will take her bow and arrow to the masses as Katniss Everdeen in the...
Nora Ephron Dies at 71
I’m sitting here reeling from the news that Nora Ephron has died. No one even knew she was sick and now she is gone. The loss to movies, and especially to women in movies, cannot be...
Barbra Streisand To Get Back Behind The Camera
Newflash. Babs is going to get back behind the camera. According to Showbiz 411, Barbra Streisand who has not directed a film since The Mirror Has Two Faces in 1996 is getting ready to direct Oscar...
Thinking About the Ending of Girls
I’ve been on the road so I didn’t have a chance to comment on the finale of Girls. First thing I want to report on is that every single meeting I have had during the run of the show no matter...
Brave — The First Female Pixar Heroine
The first time you see Merida’s red curly hair flowing in the wind as she rides atop her horse going full speed at the beginning of Brave you immediately know that this is not your typical...
Kristen Stewart is Top Earning Actress in Hollywood
The woman with the most Oscars is not the highest paid woman in Hollywood. According to Forbes, that honor goes to Kristen Stewart who this year will have two monster hits with the current Snow...
Trailer Watch: First Real Trailer For Breaking Dawn Part 2
Looks like Bella finally got some energy. I guess once she became a vampire it was ok for her to run outside and not fall over her own two feet. Becoming a vampire clearly makes you less clumsy. Film...
Girls Season One Ends: Check Out This Interview with Lena Dunham
The first season of Girls came to a close last night. This pop culture tour de force has become the zeitgeist hit of the moment. I am beyond impressed with what they have accomplished. I am on the...
Oscar Winner Kathryn Bigelow Nears Completion of Filming Zero Dark Thirty
Update- Seems like the reports of the completion of filming Kathryn Bigelow’s follow-up to her Oscar winning film, The Hurt Locker were a bit premature. I am now told that production of has moved...
Quote of the Day: “Why? Why? Why? Don’t they want the money?
That is the quote Meryl Streep uttered Tuesday night at the annual Women in Film Crystal + Lucy Awards. She was onstage to present Viola Davis with her Crystal Award for Excellence...
AFI Honors Shirley MacLaine with Lifetime Achievement Award
Last Thursday, Hollywood came out to honor one its most beloved and enduring stars — Shirley MacLaine with the 40th AFI Lifetime Achievement Award. She is only the 7th woman to receive the...
TV Critics Organizations Roll Out Their Nominees
The Critics Choice Television Awards and the Televisions Critics Association have both released their list of nominees. It is clear that the critics in both organizations love Downtown Abbey,...
Guest Post: People Cannot Stop Talking About Girls
It’s impossible to read a pop culture blog or check out a review of your favorite TV show without noticing commentary about HBO’s most talked about series this year, Girls. That simple single...
Kristen Stewart Covers Vanity Fair and Tells Off The Voracious, Starving Shit Eaters
Fame is a bitch for Kristen Stewart. She used to be the kind of actress where as she said she could sit on her stoop and smoke pot in her underwear with her boyfriend and dog and nobody would care....
Charlize Theron Has a Pretty Good Weekend at the Box Office
Snow White and the Huntsman starring Kristen Stewart and Charlize Theron opened in the US and in number of overseas countries this past weekend. It grossed $56.3 million in the US, and $35 million...
‘Snow White and the Huntsman’
If you have to deal with another version of Snow White (which I don’t understand why we do) you would think that a kick-ass Snow White might be the answer to your prayers. Not so much. Kristen...
Trailer Watch: Les Miserables
Not woman centric but the trailer features Anne Hathaway singing I Dreamed a Dream. This looks really great. Opens December 7. h/t The Playlist
Viola Davis Gets Honorary Degree from Providence College
Viola Davis received an honorary doctorate degree from Providence College. She also gave the commencement address. Great lines: Your authentic self is constantly trapped under the weight of the most...
Nicole Kidman Hits Cannes With Two Films
I continue to be impressed with Nicole Kidman because the woman does not take the easy road in terms of her parts. She arrived in Cannes with two very different films — Lee Daniels’ The...
Cannes 2012: News Update
Here’s some movie news picked up from the trades coming out of Cannes Saoirse Ronan will star in Testament of Youth, which Calendar Girls co-writer Juliette Towhidi adapted from the 1933 Vera...
Lightning in a Bottle? Teaming Sandra Bullock and Melissa McCarthy
Could this be the successor to Bridesmaids? Sandra Bullock is returning to comedy (remember how good Miss Congeniality was?) this time teaming up with Bridesmaids breakout star Melissa McCarthy for...
Kristen Wiig Says Goodbye to SNL After Seven Years
She can now be a full time moviestar. NBC.com Video Widget
Trailer Watch: Won’t Back Down
This is my kind of movie. It stars Maggie Gyllenhaal, Viola Davis, and Holly Hunter. Look for it in Theatres September 28. Yahoo! Video Player
Jessica Chastain Passes on a Part in Iron Man 3
When the news surfaced last week that Jessica Chastain was circling a part in Iron Man 3 I was a bit surprised. I just doesn’t seem to be her type of film. She does not scream big Hollywood action...
Trailer Watch: Hope Springs Starring Meryl Streep
What do you think about this one. It opens in the slot in August where movies targeted at women like Julie & Julia and The Help have been quite successful. It’s directed by the same guy who did...
Who Should Direct Catching Fire?
So now it is official and Gary Ross has walked away from directing the sequel of Catching Fire because the production schedule was too tight. Here’s what he said: As a writer and a director, I...
Lena Dunham in Conversation with Nora Ephron
I am very impressed with Lena Dunham. Have been since I saw Tiny Furniture. As the launch of her HBO show Girls approaches on the 15th of April (which I will write about next week), Lena is curating...
Hunger Games Backlash: Jennifer Lawrence Doesn’t Look Hungry Enough
As of two days ago The Hunger Games’ domestic gross was up above $173 million dollars. It will clearly be above $200 million before the weekend. It’s a success so the nitpicking has started....
Cate Blanchett is Busy Working Just Not on the Big Screen
If you’ve been wondering where Cate Blanchett has been over the last couple of years you are not alone. She’s been working — hard — running the very prestigious Sydney Theatre...
Is Princess Culture Redeemable?
I am extremely ambivalent about the whole princess thing. If I never saw another princess anywhere it would be too soon. But I live in the real world and write about Hollywood and Hollywood is...
Trailer Watch: Breaking Dawn Part 2 Teaser
The saga will conclude next Thanksgiving. Looks like Bella’s going to have some fun in this one.
The Hunger Games
I spent most of the beginning of The Hunger Games kind of holding my breath in hopes that the movie would live up to all the hype I put on it. I loved the books A LOT. I also put a whole heap of...
Interview with Nina Jacobson: Producer of the Hunger Games
Nina Jacobson is poised to have a really great weekend. She’s about to open The Hunger Games which if tracking and advance sales hold will be one of the best opening weekends ever. She answered...
Trailer Watch: New Snow White and the Huntsman Trailer
It’s all about Charlize vs Kristen. https://medium.com/media/44c117fa08eaff6d962dabbeeb3e0bfb/href
Interview with Rachael Harris — Star of Natural Selection
Natural Selection is a small but very touching movie about a woman who has spent 25 years locked in a world and a marriage that have kept her from being a full person. Rachael Harris plays Linda a...
Lena Dunham Curates Hey Girlfriend, A Program of Eight Films at BAM Beginning April 2
Lena Dunham is pushing her brand mightly well. To coincide with the premiere of her new HBO show Girls on April 15, Dunham has joined forces with BAM to curate a program of eight films entitled...