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Netflix News: Updates on ‘Kimmy Schmidt,’ ‘Jessica Jones,’ ‘Orange/New Black,’ ‘Grace & Frankie’
Netflix dropped several news bombs over the weekend at the Winter TCAs. Here’s the latest updates on four of our favorite (female-centric, female-created) shows: "Unbreakable Kimmy...
Hey Netflix, Where’s ‘Jessica Jones’s’ Season 2 Renewal?
"Marvel’s Jessica Jones" has appeared on numerous best-of-TV lists (including ours) and is being pirated like crazy, according to a new podcast interview with showrunner Melissa...
Trailer Watch: Krysten Ritter is an Anti-(Super)Heroine in ‘Marvel’s Jessica Jones’
A full trailer for “Marvel’s Jessica Jones” has landed, and it begins with the eponymous character telling us, “A big part of the job is looking for the worst in people. Turns out I excel at...
Why Queer Women (and Women in General) Should Be Excited for Netflix’s ‘Jessica Jones’
For those who have been waiting — and waiting and waiting and waiting — for the Marvel Cinematic Universe to give us a queer female character, the wait is finally over. Over the weekend,...
Trailer Watch: ‘Marvel’s Jessica Jones’ Makes Sure Everyone Remembers Her in Teaser
Melissa Rosenberg Expands Her Producing Empire
Melissa Rosenberg, best known as the screenwriter behind “Twilight” and a head writer for Showtime’s “Dexter,” is making her Tall Girls Productions a busy place. Rosenberg has recently...
Melissa Rosenberg and Liz Friedman Board Patricia Cornwell Movie Adaptation
Author Patricia Cornwell’s Dr. Kay Scarpetta has had a difficult time making the transition from page to screen. But two recently hired writers may speed up the forensic pathologist’s leap to...
Krysten Ritter to Play Superheroine Jessica Jones in Netflix Series
If you’re still mourning the end of Don’t Trust the B — — , here’s some good news: Krysten Ritter is returning to television. According to Deadline, Ritter has been cast as Jessica...
Catching Fire Does Super Hero Numbers and Becomes Highest Opening Weekend Starring a Female Lead
My latest Forbes piece: It’s been a big fall for movies starring women at the box office. First, Gravity starring Sandra Bullock broke all October records. That film opened at over $55 million...
5 Things Melissa Rosenberg Should Do with Her Jessica Jones Show for Netflix
It was terrific to get the news last week that Marvel, which has devoted its big-screen franchises to the adventures of white dudes in Spandex and body armor, would not just be producing four new...
Looking Back at 2012: Some of Our Favorite Pieces of the Year
Looking back over the last year we are some of our favorite and buzz worthy pieces that ran on the site. We think they are a great overview of what went on for women in and around Hollywood in...
A Conversation with Melissa Rosenberg – Writer of the Twilight Series
I had the opportunity to speak with the hugely successful and very interesting screenwriter and TV writer Melissa Rosenberg last week while she was on the set of her new show Red Widow. Women...
A New Post Twilight Hollywood
We have finally reached the end of an important moment in film history. I know that many people dismiss the Twilight saga for a multitude of reasons – it's about vampires, it is...
New TV Shows Created by Women for 2012–2013
It’s that tme of the year again. When your favorite shows get cancelled, and shows that you have no idea why they exist get renewed again for another year. For renewals, one piece of good news is...
Twilight’s Melissa Rosenberg Becomes Highest Grossing Female Screenwriter
According to the Hollywood Reporter, Melissa Rosenberg, the writer of all five Twilight movies has now surpassed Linda Woolverton as the top grossing female screenwriter with her films grossing a...
Breaking Dawn Scores 5th Highest Opening Weekend Ever
Women dominated the box office this weekend. Breaking Dawn grossed $139.5 million here in the US and another $144 million overseas making it the 5th highest opening domestic weekend EVER. It was...