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Women In Hollywood
Melissa Barrera Is New in Town On Vida , the telenovela veteran explores a Mexican-American L.A. community.
By Carina Chocano
how i get it done
May 3, 2018
How Women Filmmakers Get It Done Directors Olivia Milch, Dawn Porter, and Susanna White discuss everything from work-life balance to inclusion in Hollywood.
Behind the All-Female Review Site Ready to Take on Rotten Tomatoes Actress and director Miranda Bailey has issues with RT’s male bias and binary review system. So she’s starting her own.
By John Horn
women in hollywood
Mar. 5, 2018
By Anna Silman
The Oscars’ Most Meaningful Gift: Its Lady Presenter Pairings The show’s producers finally understood the value of letting women present together, women who — gasp — actually like each other in real life.
By Emily Yoshida
Jameela Jamil Has Found Her Good Place The British TV presenter turned American sitcom star embraces life as a loose cannon.
By Anna Silman
spreadsheet activism
Jan. 24, 2018
Google Doc Filled With TV Writers’ Salaries Is Already Showing Pay Gap Entries in the spreadsheet indicate disparities between men, women, and people of color.
By Katie Van Syckle
women in hollywood
Nov. 18, 2017
By Devon Ivie
L.A. Prosecutors Form Special Sexual-Assault Task Force Six veteran sex-crimes prosecutors will respond to claims of sexual abuse in Hollywood.
By Katie Van Syckle
women in hollywood
Nov. 5, 2017
Michelle Pfeiffer Says Sexual Harassment in Hollywood Is ‘Systemic’ “There really hasn’t been one woman that I’ve talked to who hasn’t had an experience,” Pfeiffer said.
By Katie Van Syckle
women in hollywood
Oct. 15, 2017
Sarah Polley Says She Rejected Weinstein’s Proposal for a ‘Close Relationship’ The writer, actress, and director shares her experience in a New York Times op-ed.
By Katie Van Syckle
women in hollywood
Oct. 15, 2017
Watch Kate McKinnon Compare Harvey Weinstein’s Face to a Penis SNL hosted a faux –women’s panel on sexual harassment in Hollywood.
By Katie Van Syckle
women in hollywood
Sept. 18, 2017
Big Little Lies Stars Proved Female Friendship Is More Than a MemeBig Little Lies swept last night’s Emmys and reminded us how important it is for women to amplify each other’s voices.
By Anna Silman
Younger Stars on Lying About Their Ages to Get Acting Jobs in HollywoodSutton Foster: “I have never felt the need to lie about it. I feel proud to be 42.”
By Katie Van Syckle
women in hollywood
May 24, 2017
Nicole Kidman’s One-Woman Plan to Make Hollywood a Better Place The actress is pledging to work with a female director every 18 months.
By Anna Silman
women in hollywood
Apr. 30, 2017
By Jenni Miller
women in film
Apr. 2, 2017
Marvel VP of Sales Says Fans Seem Uninterested in Diversity or Female Characters “What we heard was that people didn’t want any more diversity. They didn’t want female characters out there.”
By Karen Brill
Scarlett Johansson Says Nursing Helped Her Stay Grounded In doing so, she gives a subtle rebuttal to her ex’s insinuation that her schedule is too busy to care for her daughter.
By Theresa Avila
women in hollywood
Mar. 11, 2017
Jill Soloway on the Importance of Mentoring Female Directors Soloway was the keynote speaker at the film portion of SXSW.
By Jenni Miller
a day without a woman
Mar. 8, 2017
By Dee Lockett
women in hollywood
Mar. 3, 2017
Why Before I Fall Will Make Ry Russo-Young a Household Name The indie director on her new movie, clawing her way up the film circuit, and the evolution of the teen girl.
By Jenni Miller
women in hollywood
Feb. 20, 2017
Ryan Murphy Wants to Solve Hollywood’s Gender Problem The Half Foundation is dedicated to diversity behind the scenes of his projects.
By Lisa Butterworth
women in hollywood
Feb. 17, 2017
The Female Directors of XX Are Exorcising Their Demons Onscreen St. Vincent, Roxanne Benjamin, Jovanka Vuckovic, and Sofìa Carrillo talk murder, mayhem, and male directors.
By Jenni Miller
wrinkles in time
Feb. 1, 2017
By Anna Silman
women in hollywood
Jan. 6, 2017
Hidden Figures Shows How a Bathroom Break Can Change HistoryThe most memorable scenes in Hidden Figures , the new biopic about the black women of NASA, take place in and around a women’s bathroom.
By Anna Silman
Viola Davis Was Honored With the First Hollywood Walk of Fame Star of 2017 While reflecting on her life, the actress spoke about finding the meaning in the story of a caterpillar becoming a butterfly.
By Theresa Avila
Debbie Reynolds Has Died, One Day After the Death of Daughter Carrie Fisher Reynolds was hospitalized on Wednesday in Los Angeles after a medical emergency.
By Theresa Avila
Janelle Monáe Talks About the Women Who Really Made American Great Again The singer turned actress has demonstrated an impressive knack for selecting roles with profound and far-reaching cultural impact.
By Anna Silman
Sarah Paulson Has No Time for Questions About On-Set Cat Fights “I just think it’s sort of sad, really, that that would be the expectation.”
By Anna Silman
hidden figures
Dec. 11, 2016
By Elisabeth Donnelly
women in hollywood
Dec. 8, 2016
Tina Fey: Being a Woman in Power Means Feeling Able to Say No “Feeling like you can say no without negative repercussions is an important kind of power that we can help give each other.”
By Anna Silman
hollywood sexism
Dec. 2, 2016
By Theresa Avila
women in hollywood
Nov. 21, 2016
Gabrielle Union Called Out Lena Dunham for Her White-Girl Privilege The actress opened up about race, sexual assault, and how Nate Parker’s Birth of a Nation failed women.
By Anna Silman
women in hollywood
Nov. 11, 2016
By Katie Van Syckle
women in hollywood
Nov. 1, 2016
By Shira Levine
How Women Champion Each Other in Hollywood 15 women in film on their career breakthroughs.
By Katie Van Syckle
Helen Mirren Has 5 Tips for World Domination “Never drink alcohol, unless … it’s a day that ends in the letter Y.”
By Lisa Butterworth
Kristen Stewart Is Tired of the ‘Woman in Hollywood’ Question “I look forward to a time when there’s not a need for a special night for women. When half of the population doesn’t have an asterisk beside it.”
By Lisa Butterworth
women in tv
Oct. 22, 2016
Jessica Jones ’ 2nd Season Will Only Feature Female DirectorsShowrunner Melissa Rosenberg announced that all 13 episodes will be directed by women.
By Jenni Miller
women in hollywood
Oct. 21, 2016
By Anna Silman
Lucy Liu Would Like You to Stop Asking Her About Being an Asian-American Actress “When you go to China, you don’t order Chinese food, you’re just ordering the f*cking food.”
By Summer Rej
Homeland ’s First Female President Sounds FamiliarClaire Danes says audiences will feel at least a little bit of the Bern.
By Matthew Giles
women in hollywood
Sept. 30, 2016
This Actress Has a Great Argument Against Ageism in Hollywood “You’ll probably be a 70-year-old woman with a 110-year-old boyfriend in a movie, because that’s the age gap that’s allowable.”
By Anna Silman
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