News, Television
Former “Veep” producer and director Stephanie Laing is building a new forum for female-centric comedy. The online network PYPO will debut on January 4, 2016, with sketches, animation,...
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The gender imbalance in Hollywood is leading more actresses to form their own production companies. Two of the latest entrants to the producers’ game are Lena Dunham and Rose Byrne, who both...
Writer-director Lorene Scafaria (“Nick and Norah’s Infinite Playlist,” “Seeking a Friend for the End of the World”) has booked her next film. Susan Sarandon will play Marnie Minervini, a...
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Features, News, Women Directors
If you’ve been in an intimate relationship, you’ve had that moment — that awful moment — where the person you’ve been sharing your bed with suddenly seems like a stranger. It was...
The relationship between Patty Hewes (Glenn Close) and Ellen Parsons (Rose Byrne) on Damages has typically been described as that of a mentor and protégé, but itʼs even deeper and thornier. The...
Last time I checked this show stars Glenn Close. Can’t tell from this video. Show will air only on Direct TV (no network crossover like there was with Friday Night Lights), Show returns on...
News, Women Writers
Women took up the mantle and went to see the film. The gross was about $24.5 (UPDATE — $26.2) million about $10 million more than predicted. I don’t know who does the predicting on these...
How did we get to a place in 2011 where the female Hollywood comedian is on the endangered species list? My god we have three female Supreme Court justices, we’ve had three female secretaries of...
This film is shaping up to be the one of the movies I am most looking forward to seeing this year. Now I know that it is a movie about a wedding, and I have said that I would be perfectly fine with...
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