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Trailer Watch: “The Princess” Explores How the Press, Palace, & Public Mistreated Princess Diana
“When you put a modern person in an ancient institution, they will be destroyed,” we’re told in a new trailer for “The Princess.” The HBO doc offers an intimate look...
Book Excerpt: “Mothers of Invention: Film, Media, and Caregiving Labor”
The following is adapted from “Mothers of Invention: Film, Media, and Caregiving Labor,” edited by So Mayer and Corinn Columpar and set to be published April 5. Copyright (c) 2022 Wayne...
Katie Couric on “Going There,” Confronting Her Past, and Seizing Control of Her Career
Interview by Wendy Sachs “I don’t know when I’m going to slow down. When are you going to slow down?” Katie Couric asks me over the phone when we talk in early December. The iconic,...
Vanessa Lapa Talks “Speer Goes to Hollywood,” Her Cautionary Tale About Media’s Power to Manipulate
Vanessa Lapa is an Israeli Academy-winning director and producer. She launched her career as a journalist and produced and directed over 100 news reports for Israeli TV. In 2006 she founded Realworks...
Trailer Watch: Léa Seydoux Is a Superstar Journalist in “France”
Léa Seydoux is following up her supporting roles in “No Time to Die” and “The French Dispatch” by taking the lead in “France,” a dark comedy that sees her playing...
Exclusive: Sundance Winner “Writing with Fire” Acquired by Music Box Films
The story of India’s only women-led news outlet is heading stateside. Women and Hollywood can exclusively reveal that Music Box Films has acquired rights to “Writing with Fire,”...
Apply for a Free Ticket to Join the W&H Community at the 2019 Power Women Summit
Women and Hollywood is proud to be on the Advisory Board for TheWrap’s 2019 Power Women Summit, which will be held on October 24 and 25 in Los Angeles. The summit will be the largest gathering of...
Hope, Solidarity, and Support at TheWrap’s Power Women Summit
No matter the results of today’s election, I have a good feeling about the future of feminism and inclusion thanks to TheWrap’s inaugural Power Women Summit. Held November 1 and 2, the...
Apply for a Free Ticket to Join the Women & Hollywood Community at TheWrap’s Power Women Summit
Women and Hollywood is proud to be on the steering committee for TheWrap’s Power Women Summit, which will be held on November 1 and 2 in Los Angeles. The summit will be the largest gathering of...
Nancy Gibbs to be First Female Managing Editor at Time Magazine
Nancy Gibbs has been named the Managing Editor at Time Magazine, the first woman to hold that position in the 90 year history of the publication. She succeeds Richard Stengel, who held the...
Forbes Names Women and Hollywood One of the 100 Best Websites for Women
Here’s some great news. Women and Hollywood was just named one of the 100 Best Websites for Women by Forbes. We are incredibly honored and humbled by this honor for the third year...
Alyssa Rosenberg Joins Women and Hollywood
I have some great news to report. Alyssa Rosenberg, the amazing, talented writer is joining Women and Hollywood as a weekly columnist. When I was thinking about bringing in someone to...
On the Importance of Talking About “Lady Quotas”
I saw this blog post on Jezebel from the editor in chief Jessica Coen who doesn’t have a lot of time to write as she spends most of her day keeping everything moving and flowing on the ladyblog...
Kerry Washington Covers Vanity Fair
Recently, Kerry Washington has been on the cover of some major magazines. In May, she was on the cover of Elle and now she’s on this month’s cover of Vanity Fair. Washington is the first...
Today’s Disconnect – Do Actresses Have Clout or Not?
Last week when I was in LA I read the following two articles on the same day. NY Times: On Newsstands, Allure of the Film Actress Fades and the Hollywood Reporter: Revenge...
Guest Post: Wanted: Female Astronauts: Geena Davis Celebrates “Add Female Characters” Month at Third Symposium on Gender in the Media
Did you know that November is Add Female Characters Month? It is according to Geena Davis, who took over the back page of Variety to declare it such. The ad ran on Tuesday, November 13, the...