#Sandra Bullock
Trailer Watch: Sandra Bullock Fights for Her Sister & Redemption in Nora Fingscheidt’s “The Unforgivable”
“You’re going to pay for what you did,” Sandra Bullock is told in a new trailer for “The Unforgivable.” From director Nora Fingscheidt, the Netflix drama tells the story...
Sandra Bullock Will Topline and Produce Nora Fingscheidt’s “Unforgiven” Netflix Adaptation
Sandra Bullock has another woman-directed Netflix pic on the way. The Oscar winner will follow up her role in Susanne Bier’s smash hit “Bird Box,” which she also exec produced, with...
Trailer Watch: Sandra Bullock Is Up Against Pure Evil in “Bird Box”
Sandra Bullock proved she was capable of pulling off the heist of the century in this summer’s “Ocean’s Eight,” but the Oscar winner may have found her match in “Bird...
Trailer Watch: Sandra Bullock Faces Her Worst Fear in Susanne Bier’s “Bird Box”
Sandra Bullock takes her kids on the boat ride from hell in “Bird Box.” Directed by Oscar-winning Danish director Susanne Bier, the post-apocalyptic thriller sees Bullock playing Malorie,...
Quote of the Day: Sandra Bullock on Nearly Quitting Acting Over Sexism
Sandra Bullock is among the highest-paid actresses in the world and an Oscar winner, but the “Ocean’s 8” star reveals that she nearly left the industry in a new interview with USA...
Sandra Bullock to Head All-Female ‘Ocean’s Eleven’ Reboot
If you’re the betting sort, you’ll probably want to put some money down on the chances that more female-led reboots of franchises will be greenlit in the coming months. A new version of...
Quote of the Day: Sandra Bullock Condemns Open Hunting Season on Women
People magazine recently named Sandra Bullock the World’s Most Beautiful Woman in 2015, and “The Blind Side” actress has used the press surrounding this announcement and her upcoming role in...
Bullock, Jolie, Lawrence, and McCarthy Among Hollywood’s Highest-Paid Movie Stars
The salaries of Hollywood’s highest paid movie stars have been revealed by The Hollywood Reporter, and fortunately the picture being painted is not entirely one of a boys’ club. After surveying...
Sandra Bullock to Star in and Produce Political Drama ‘Our Brand Is Crisis’
Sandra Bullock is reteaming with Warner Bros., the studio behind Gravity, for her next serious film. Based on Rachel Boynton’s 2005 documentary of the same name, Our Brand is Crisis will focus on...
Sandra Bullock to Play Tupperware Marketing Exec in Biopic
Sandra Bullock has been choosy with her post-Gravity projects, but the actress has finally selected a new starring vehicle: an untitled biopic of Tupperware marketing exec Brownie Wise. Wise was the...
Sarah Polley, Nicole Holofcener, Sandra Bullock Big Winners of AWFJ Awards
We previously wrote about the Alliance of Women Film Journalist (AWFJ) nominations, about which the big takeaway was that “female critics have more or less the same tastes as their male...
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...
My First Forbes Piece: Gravity — A Step Forward for Women Onscreen
I believe that it is important to talk about the issues related to women and Hollywood to as wide as audience as possible. That’s the only way we will make progress. So, I am happy to report that...
The Big O: How Sandra Bullock Found Her Own Sense of Gravity
AsSandra Bullock embarks on her spellbinding one-woman space odyssey in AlfonsoCuaron’s stunning 3-D thriller Gravity at theaters this weekend, let usconsider her extraordinary trajectory right...
The Big O: Assessing the Actress Races Coming Out of Venice, Telluride and Toronto
Telluride and Venice are fini. Toronto wraps this weekend. Time for some serious girl talk about how the lead and supporting actress categories have somewhat shifted now that the festival Oscar...
Trailer Watch: Gravity – Starring Sandra Bullock
As we previously reported, Alfonso Cuaron got flack from having a female lead in the upcoming Gravity. However with the great reviews of the film coming out of Venice and TIFF, it looks like those...
The Big O: The Oscar Season Kicks Off
Welcome to the inaugural edition of The Big O, Women & Hollywood’s new Oscar column. Not that there is any lack of web outlets that engage in prognostication and updates on the status of...
The Heat Opening Weekend Box Office in the UK
Paul Feig’s follow-up to the gender-defying Bridesmaids was ushered into UK cinemas by supportive critics and very positive reviews. Sandra Bullock and Melissa McCarthy received...
Forbes Releases Hollywood’s Highest Paid Actresses List
Forbes recently released their annual highest paid actress list. The list is unfortunately, unsurprisingly very white and very young. And several of the actresses such as Angelina Jolie and Natalie...
Alfonso Cuaron Defends Having Female Lead in Gravity
Alfonso Cuaron’s Gravity is one of the most highly anticipated films of the year and has been receiving major buzz since the release of its teaser trailer in May. But getting this...
Hollywood’s Glass Ceiling: Why Doesn’t the Film Industry Trust Women?
Here’s a piece I wrote for CNN’s Leading Women section: It would be wonderful to say that in 2013 things were looking up for women in Hollywood — both onscreen and behind the...
The Heat Packs The Heat at the Box Office
This weekend was supposed to be another coronation moment for Channing Tatum, but he ran into a couple of snags namely two crazy female cops. He also ran into the fact that he was in a $150...
The Heat – Written by Katie Dippold
Yesterday, I wrote a piece that gave my argument about why you need to go and see The Heat this weekend. What I didn’t share since I was embargoed was the fact that I really liked the...
Why You Need To Go See The Heat This Weekend!
Remember two years ago when Bridesmaids came out and women went to the movies and Hollywood (except for every woman who worked there) was shocked that women and men went to see a movie about a bunch...
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...
Oscars Rehire Producers Craig Zadan and Neil Meron
While we here at Women and Hollywood had many problems with the Oscars executive produced by Craig Zadan and Neil Meron, the Academy is very pleased that the show was able to bring in that coveted...
Trailer Watch: The Heat Red-Band Trailer – Written by Katie Dippold
We previously posted the trailer for the Melissa McCarthy and Sandra Bullock cop comedy, The Heat. The recently released red-band trailer (NSFW) gives you a better look at what to expect of the Katie...
Trailer Watch: The Heat – Written by Katie Dippold, Starring Sandra Bullock and Melissa McCarthy
The Heat, written by Katie Dippold and directed by Bridesmaids director Paul Feig brings together two stars Melissa McCarthy and Sandra Bullock as a tough Boston cop and uptight FBI agent...
Lightning in a Bottle? Teaming Sandra Bullock and Melissa McCarthy
Could this be the successor to Bridesmaids? Sandra Bullock is returning to comedy (remember how good Miss Congeniality was?) this time teaming up with Bridesmaids breakout star Melissa McCarthy for...