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Trailer Watch: Meryl Streep Reconnects with the Family She Abandoned in ‘Ricki and the Flash’
“Ricki and the Flash” tells a familiar tale, a staple of rock bios: A rising star is forced to choose between fame and fans, on the one hand, and domestic responsibilities on the other. Years...
‘Mad Max: Fury Road’s’ Unexpected Secret Weapon: Eve Ensler
As its title suggests, the highly anticipated “Mad Max: Fury Road” centers on one angry dude (played by Tom Hardy). But the sequel to the 1979 Mel Gibson vehicle boasts not only a presumed...
Quote of the Day: Kristen Stewart Calls Hollywood “Disgustingly Sexist”
Kristen Stewart’s career trajectory has taken an interesting and exciting turn as of late. But in a new interview with Harper’s Bazaar UK, the young actress argues that the odds are against...
Is There Room for Women of Color In TV Comedy?
Last week, Amy Schumer made waves with the third season premiere of her sketch show, “Inside Amy Schumer.” The episode mocked everything from ageism in Hollywood to the absurdity of rape culture...
Trailer Watch: Nicole Kidman Hides Secrets During a Search for Her Lost Children in ‘Strangerland’
Viola Davis Developing and Planning to Star in Harriet Tubman Movie for HBO
One of the most important women in American history might finally have a movie made about her life. Viola Davis is developing and planning on starring in a HBO movie about Harriet Tubman. The...
Feminism in Action: Lena Dunham Discusses Her Rape, Cecily Strong Kills at White House Corr. Dinner
Quote of the Day: Carey Mulligan Criticizes the “Massively Sexist” Film Industry
Carey Mulligan had much to say about the sorry state of the film industry, especially as it pertains to gender, in a recent interview with Time Out. The Academy Award-nominated actress echoed...
Lena Dunham and Rose Byrne Launch All-Female Production Companies
The gender imbalance in Hollywood is leading more actresses to form their own production companies. Two of the latest entrants to the producers’ game are Lena Dunham and Rose Byrne, who both...
Is 2015 the Year of the Older Actress?
We at Women and Hollywood have noticed a trend: 2015 seems to be the year of the older actress. We can’t recall a year in the past decade or so with more female-centric projects led by actresses...
Carey Mulligan Discusses Her Victorian Heroines in ‘Far from the Madding Crowd’ and ‘Suffragette’
Three Movies About Women Make ‘The Billion Dollar Club’
Only twenty films have grossed more than $1 billion dollars through their global theatrical runs, with “Furious 7” being the most recent addition to that list, taking only 17 days to race its...
Meryl Streep Launches Fund for Women Screenwriters Over 40
One of the highlights of this year’s Tribeca Film Festival is the announcement of a new program funded by Meryl Streep to provide support and development opportunities for women screenwriters over...
Sony to Distribute Kelly Reichardt’s Next Film With Laura Dern, Kristen Stewart, Michelle Williams
Sony has acquired the global distribution rights to Kelly Reichardt’s next film. Based on short stories by Maile Meloy about small-town life in Montana, the untitled project will be a series of...
Teaser Watch: Meryl Streep Urges “Never Surrender, Never Give Up the Fight” in ‘Suffragette’ Teaser
In the all-too-brief first teaser for “Suffragette,” the team behind the political period drama reminds us that #VotingMatters. The spot has been released ahead of the UK’s general election...
Rebel Wilson Presents ‘Pitch Perfect 2’ Clip at MTV Awards, Confirms ‘Pitch Perfect 3’ is Happening
Rebel Wilson confirmed late last week the best possible a cappella news there is: There will be a “Pitch Perfect 3.” Wilson was also on hand to introduce a brief but satisfying clip from...
Julianne Moore to Star in Nicole Holofcener Movie as Forger
Julianne Moore will likely star in Nicole Holofcener’s follow-up to “Enough Said.” Moore would play biographer-turned-literary forger Lee Israel in an adaptation of the latter’s 2008 memoir,...
Nicole Kidman’s ‘Grace of Monaco’ Heads to Lifetime
Nicole Kidman’s “Grace of Monaco” will skip US theaters and land directly at Lifetime. The Grace Kelly biopic opened the Cannes Film Festival last spring to none-too-positive reviews. It will...
Trailer Watch: Melissa McCarthy Faces Off Against Rose Byrne in New Spot for ‘Spy’
Kristen Wiig to Star in Lifetime Parody ‘A Deadly Adoption’ (UPDATED)
Gillian Flynn to Co-Pen Steve McQueen’s Female Heist Thriller ‘Widows’
Novelist and screenwriter Gillian Flynn (“Gone Girl”) has been tapped to co-pen Steve McQueen’s next film alongside the director. The two will collaborate on the big-screen adaptation of the...
Carey Mulligan and Meryl Streep’s ‘Suffragette’ Gets Awards-Friendly Oct. 23 Release Date
“Suffragette” has received an awards-friendly US release date of October 23. Starring Carey Mulligan with Helena Bonham Carter, Meryl Streep, and Anne-Marie Duff in supporting roles, the drama...
Viola Davis and Catalina Sandino Moreno to Star in Big-Screen Legal Drama ‘Custody’
Oscar nominees Viola Davis and Catalina Sandino Moreno are heading to the big screen in the courtroom drama “Custody.” Davis will star as a family-court judge who is deeply affected by one of...
Bullock, Jolie, Lawrence, and McCarthy Among Hollywood’s Highest-Paid Movie Stars
The salaries of Hollywood’s highest paid movie stars have been revealed by The Hollywood Reporter, and fortunately the picture being painted is not entirely one of a boys’ club. After surveying...
Cate Blanchett is Unsurprised by Female-Driven Successes, Hollywood’s Pay Gap
Cate Blanchett is optimistic about the future of women in Hollywood. The famously outspoken actress believes that we are closer to achieving gender equality in the movie business — a change...
Elizabeth Banks Chosen as CinemaCon’s Breakthrough Filmmaker of the Year
Elizabeth Banks, who will make her feature directorial debut with “Pitch Perfect 2,” has been named CinemaCon’s Breakthrough Filmmaker of the Year. CinemaCon is the official convention for...
SXSW 2015 Roundup: Field, Schumer, and Garcia Gave Austin Fest “More Girl Power Than Ever”
As the sun sets on this year’s SXSW, the time has come to reflect on some of the biggest stories — and winners — to come out of the film festival, which Variety claimed “had more...
Amy Schumer to Receive CinemaCon’s Breakthrough Performer Award
Amy Schumer, star and screenwriter of “Trainwreck,” has been selected as CinemaCon’s Breakthrough Performer of the Year. Schumer is set to receive the award at Caesars Palace on April 23....
Christine Vachon at SXSW: “TV Has Already Left [Film] in the Dust” in Terms of Roles for Actresses
Legendary indie producer Christine Vachon celebrated the 20th anniversary of her production company Killer Films — now known as Killer Content — with a keynote at this year’s SXSW....
Amy Schumer at SXSW: “I Wanna Get [‘Feminism’] Tattooed on My Cl*t”
“I wanna get [the word ‘feminism’] tattooed on my cl*t,” Amy Schumer announced recently at SXSW, where she’s debuting the comedy “Trainwreck.” The raunchy rom com marks Schumer’s...
‘Suffragette,’ Starring Carey Mulligan and Meryl Streep, to be Released by Focus Features
Director Sarah Gavron’s “Suffragette” will be distributed in North America by Focus Features this fall. The British film focuses on the early-twentieth-century battle to win the vote for UK...
Disney Can’t ‘Let It Go’: ‘Frozen’ Sequel in Development
Disney has announced the inevitable “Frozen” sequel. The Oscar-winning film (for Best Animated Feature and Best Original Song) has earned $1.27 billion at the global box office, as well as many...
Reese Witherspoon and Bruna Papandrea Option Female Special-Ops Book ‘Ashley’s War’
The bibliophilic producing team of Reese Witherspoon and Bruna Papandrea has optioned another female-centric book. The film rights to journalist Gayle Tzemach Lemmon’s “Ashley’s War: The...
Elizabeth Banks to Play Billie Jean King in HBO’s ‘Battle of the Sexes’
Elizabeth Banks and Paul Giamatti will star as Billie Jean King and Bobby Riggs in a HBO movie about the two tennis stars’ 1973 Battle of the Sexes. The 29-year-old King handily defeated the...
Trailer Watch: Exploding Castles and Movie-Star Unicorns Add Magic to ‘Inside Out’
A newly cut trailer for Pixar’s “Inside Out” is here, and it’s a tearjerker. The latest spot for the animated feature, voiced in part by Amy Poehler, Mindy Kaling, and Phyllis Smith, takes...
Watch: Amy Schumer Riffs on Hollywood’s Bullsh*t Beauty Standards, Being Labeled a “Sex Comic”
Watch: Amy Poehler, Jenny Slate, Cameron Diaz Commemorate Int’l Women’s Day with ‘Not There’ PSA
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‘Suffragette’ Wishes You A Happy International Women’s Day
We will have to wait until the fall to see the movie, but just in time for International Women’s Day on Sunday, the team of “Suffragette” — on screen and behind the scenes — has...
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...
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...
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,...
Watch: Kristen Wiig Wins the Lottery But Loses Her Mind in New Dramedy ‘Welcome to Me’
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...
Patti Smith on ‘Twilight’-Haters: “F*ck Them”
Patti Smith: singer, poet, artist, Twi-hard? We jest, but it’s certainly refreshing to see the punk goddess defend the success and popularity of the much-maligned “Twilight” movies. In a...
The Big O: When Actresses Are Given Their Just Rewards — And It Feels So Good
Ten screenwriting contenders, all men. Eight best-picture nominees, each revolving around male characters. Five directing slots, and no women allowed. Oscar, you have done the ladies wrong. It’s...
Happy Monday: Tina Fey, Amy Poehler, and Jane Curtin Return to Host SNL40’s ‘Weekend Update’
Among the highlights of the “Saturday Night Live” 40th-anniversary show last night was Tina Fey, Amy Poehler, and Jane Curtin returning behind the Weekend Update desk. (Fey and Poehler famously...
Trailer Watch: Reese Witherspoon and Sofia Vergara Flee From a Drug Cartel in “Hot Pursuit”
Trailer Watch: Shailene Woodley is the Chosen One — and a Major Badass — in “Insurgent”
Trailer Watch: Amy Schumer’s Love Life is a Hilarious ‘Trainwreck’
We’re great admirers of Comedy Central’s “Inside Amy Schumer,” so we’ve been dying to see “Trainwreck” since the project was first announced. Fortunately for us, and you, the movie is...
Trailer Watch: Romance Blooms and Cate Blanchett Is Super Evil in Stunning ‘Cinderella’
A new trailer for the live-action version of “Cinderella” has arrived, and we’re totally enchanted by the visuals, which manage to bring fairy-tale imagery to life. We’re also keen to see...