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Watch: ‘Hey Academy, I’m a Woman’ Mocks Male-Dominated Oscars

A new video directed by Leslie Korein and written by Kim Kalish offers a comic takedown of this year’s Oscars. As the video’s description notes, of 26 individual Academy Award nominees for Directing, Cinematography, and Screenwriting, none are women.

The video celebrates the long history of women making movies — including Nora Ephron and Penny Marshall — and ridicules the notion that women are somehow less deserving of awards by nature of their gender.

The team behind the video? An “#allladycrew” who show what it means to film like a girl. It’s amazing what some tiny lady brains can come up with.


Watch: “Rogue One” Clips Tease More of the Latest “Star Wars” Heroine

In anticipation of the arrival of our next “Star Wars” heroine, some new clips and featurettes from “Rogue One: A Star Wars Story” have been released. Hitting theaters on December 16,...

Watch: A Female Comedian’s Looks Are Torn Apart by “The Focus Group”

Comedian Sara Benincasa has dreamed up hilarious and horrifying nightmare fodder. Imagine having your style and body mercilessly evaluated by a focus group while in a state of undress. Now witness...

Trailer Watch: The King and the President Cross Paths in Liza Johnson’s ‘Elvis & Nixon’

It takes a lot of chutzpah to send the President of the United States a letter that reads, “I can and will do more good if I am made a Federal Agent at large” — especially when such a...

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