#Donna Langley
Report: Top Studios and Talent Agencies’ Leadership Lagging in Inclusion
Throughout the past year or so, the film industry has seen several gains in terms of inclusivity. Sixteen black directors worked on top-grossing movies in 2018, a 12-year high. Last year also marked...
Studio Execs Talk Hollywood’s Pay Gap, Women Directors, Unequal Opportunities for Female Talent
“I actually think women drive the box office,” said Sony chairman Tom Rothman at The Hollywood Reporter’s annual executive roundtable. This year has been dominated by headlines about sexism...
Embracing Gender and Racial Diversity Pays Off (And Then Some) for Universal Pictures
Summer’s big success story isn’t just “Straight Outta Compton,” which topped the box office for the second week in a row this past weekend, but also its studio, Universal Pictures. Without...
Sam Taylor-Johnson Exits ‘Fifty Shades of Grey’ Franchise
After making “Fifty Shades of Grey” Universal’s eighth highest-grossing film ever, director Sam Taylor-Johnson has announced her decision not to return for the bondage-romance sequels. The...
Watch: Viola Davis on Her Anti-Hunger Campaign: “I Didn’t Know Where My Next Meal Was Coming From”
As an honoree at Variety’s 2014 Power of Women event, a celebration of female philanthropy within the film industry, Viola Davis delivered a personal speech last Friday about her difficult...
Reese Witherspoon, Viola Davis, and Jane Fonda Among Variety’s Power of Women Honorees
A quintet of Hollywood power players and luminaries will be recognized for their philanthropic efforts on October 10. Variety’s 6th annual Power of Women luncheon will name Reese Witherspoon,...
Angelina Jolie to Direct, Co-Write, and Star in “Intimate” Film with Brad Pitt
Angelina Jolie is busy with post-production on Unbroken, her Oscar shoo-in opening Christmas Day, but the actress-turned-filmmaker has already lined up her next project. Jolie announced last week...
Universal Chief Donna Langley: There is No “Magic Bullet” to Improve Number of Women Directors Working on Studio Films
The Summer DGA Quarterly has hit and director Nicole Holofcener is on the cover. I have been told that Nicole is only the second-ever female director to be featured on the cover, the first being...
Aaron Sorkin Mansplains Hollywood
This week writer Aaron Sorkin showed up at the Tribeca Film Festival and, in his typical way, gave us some nuggets to digest about how the privileged few in Hollywood regard the rest of us. This is...
Donna Langley Becomes Second Most Powerful Woman in Hollywood
On Sunday, The New York Times published a great profile of Donna Langley, the Chairwoman of Universal Pictures. The article coincided with the announcement that Langley’s contract at NBCUniversal...
The Hollywood Decision Makers
Hollywood is a town where many people can say no and few people can say yes. The Wrap did a studio by studio look at the people in the town who can say yes, and no surprise, there are just a few...