Awards
Halle Berry has been named this year’s recipient of the Critics Choice Association’s SeeHer Award, “which honors a woman who advocates for gender equality, portrays characters with...
News
Halle Berry’s comeback story continues to pack a punch. “Bruised,” the Oscar-winning actress’ directorial debut, is a major hit. The story of a disgraced MMA fighter searching...
Trailers
Halle Berry is offered a second chance in “Bruised,” the Oscar-winning actress’ feature directorial debut. The pic tells the story of Jackie Justice (Berry), a disgraced MMA fighter...
Films
Halle Berry’s feature debut is packing a wallop at the Toronto International Film Festival. Netflix snagged worldwide rights to “Bruised” ahead of its world premiere at the fest,...
Features
Halle Berry’s directorial debut is one of our most anticipated titles screening at this year’s Toronto International Film Festival. In our write-up of “Bruised,” a drama about...
Festivals
The Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF) will present yet another award to a female filmmaker at its 2020 edition. Screen Daily has confirmed Tracey Deer, whose coming-of-age pic...
“I’m really proud to be a part of our industry now because we’re finally understanding that we’re stronger together and it doesn’t have to be one of us,” says...
Television
Dime Davis, Tiffany Johnson , and Katrelle N. Kindred are joining “Boomerang.” The trio — all of whom are women of color — are directing the entirety of the BET...
The creative team of BET’s forthcoming “Boomerang” series has just acquired two female powerhouses. According to The Hollywood Reporter, Emmy-winner Lena Waithe and Oscar-winner...
Halle Berry is set to channel Amanda Nunes and Ronda Rousey in her next pic. Deadline reports that the Oscar-winning actress will make her directorial debut with “Bruised,” a mixed...
Sony Pictures has tapped Melissa London Hilfers to write their “Jagged Edge” remake, Deadline confirms. Halle Berry is signed on to star as the heroine lawyer at the center of the...
News, Women Directors
Deniz Gamze Erguven’s English language debut has a major star attached. Academy Award-winner Halle Berry will topline “Kings,” a drama set against the backdrop of the 1992 Los Angeles race...
Features, News, Women Directors
This summer has been a pretty big one for nerd culture so far. Nerd Christmas came and went with this year’s San Diego Comic-Con”: “Ant-Man” premiered; the trailers for “Superman v....
Halle Berry hasn’t been in a comedy in just about forever, so it’s interesting that the Oscar-winning actress has been pitching an action-comedy as a star vehicle for herself. That project,...
News, Television
With two episodes left in the debut season of her CBS sci-fi mystery series Extant, Halle Berry has signaling that she is taking another step in making television her new medium. Berry’s...
Features, News, Television
In pop culture, one of the best ways for a female character to get some distance from gender clichés is to literally leave Earth. To wit: Sigourney Weaver’s Ripley in the Alien movies; the...
News, Television, Videos
The trailer for Halle Berry’s Extant is here, and it’s mighty creepy. After a 13 month solo space mission, astronaut Molly Woods returns home… pregnant. Piecing together what happened on her...
News, Videos
The story of Frankie and Alice’s long road to theaters is nearly as hardscrabble as the life of its protagonist. Or is that protagonists, since Halle Berry plays an eager-to-please lap-dancer and...
Awards, Features, News
NataliePortman is in the midst of a very important performance, one that could decideher future in the movie industry. And, no, it isn’t her return to the bigscreen after a two-year break as Jane...
Comedy, News
Over the last couple of weeks there has been an ongoing controversy over the lack of African American women on Saturday Night Live. Honestly, it’s probably something we all should have been...
We have all noticed the recent trend of actresses like Anna Faris and Toni Collette trying their hand at network TV. It seems to be the medium where women can work and play interesting characters....
Maybe we can call this a bit of poetic justice but it looks like the big boys are floundering and the girls are on the rise. This weekend, the female targeted, yet not very feminist, Oz –...
Features, News
I was belatedly watching “Cloud Atlas” at my local Cineplex, catching up on movies that I hadn’t seen because, thanks to Hurricane Sandy, I no longer had my Manhattan to upstate NY umbilical...
News, Trailers, Videos
It looks like this will be released in March. good to see Halle back on screen again. It’s been a long time.
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