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The Academy Launches Action: The Women’s Initiative, Events Planned in LA and London
The Academy of Motion Pictures Arts and Sciences — the body behind the Oscars — has a famously bad track record when it comes to recognizing female filmmakers: just one woman, Kathryn...
Women Push For Seats On the Academy Board In Record-Breaking Numbers: DuVernay, Cholodenko & More
Oscar voters are predominantly old white men. This year’s very white and male-dominated Oscars were an ugly reminder of the Academy’s lopsided constituency. This year, women in Hollywood are...
Dawn Hudson Signs New Three Year Contract With the Academy
Dawn Hudson’s early tenure at the Academy was tumultuous but let’s be real, it takes time to figure out how to run something this big, but also it takes the will of the board to allow a new...
Women and the Oscars 2014
It’s Oscar week and on the surface this year feels different. Ellen DeGeneres will host the ceremony, and while I’m sure she will be biting, I doubt that I’m going to feel the need to take a...
A Open Letter to Cheryl Boone Isaacs: Remember the Ladies
Yesterday marked the first day of Academy President Cheryl Boone Isaacs’ tenure and she made the press rounds to talk about her priorities and goals for her new job. As we know, she is...
An African American Woman — Cheryl Boone Isaacs — Wins the Presidency of the Academy
It’s literally a new day at the Academy. The Board of Governors last night voted Cheryl Boone Isaacs an African American woman as its leader. She is the first African American to hold...
Oscars Rehire Producers Craig Zadan and Neil Meron
While we here at Women and Hollywood had many problems with the Oscars executive produced by Craig Zadan and Neil Meron, the Academy is very pleased that the show was able to bring in that coveted...
Mary Pickford Foundation and Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences Honor Mary Pickford
The Mary Pickford Foundation and the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences have teamed up to launch a multi-year partnership to honor the legacy of Mary Pickford. Pickford, who was one of the...
Is Dawn Hudson in Trouble at the Academy?
It seems that today is the day about stories about women executives under fire. Late Friday afternoon a news alert rolled out from the LA Times with a story about some troubles with Dawn Hudson who...
A Woman Takes Over the Academy
While most people get the impression from the media that Hollywood is a liberal town, there are many issues where Hollywood is in the dark ages. We all know them. One is casting women (and men) of...
The Testosterone Driven Oscars
When I first read the Brett Ratner was going to produce the Oscars I let out a big sigh. Brett is not known for his gender sensitivity. He’s best known for the Rush Hour movies and I remember him...
Dawn Hudson Gets Appointed CEO of the Academy
The big news yesterday was the appointment of Film Independent’s chief Dawn Hudson as the CEO of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. Reports said that post Oscars the folks at the...