Women & Hollywood

Rachel Getting Married has a great script by Jenny Lumet, a wonderful leading actress -- Anne Hathaway as Kym -- a great supporting actress...

For standing up against domestic violence. “I think it’s an issue that everyone can take part in because it applies to everyone...You can be...

Hilary Swank to star in Betty Anne Waters , about a single mother who worked her way through law school in order to free her brother, who wa...

Here's some notes from last weekend: Nights in Rodanthe did better than expectation with a gross of $13.4 million. 75% of the audience...

To see the pairing of Glenn Close and Marcia Gay Harden on Damages . This is one thing that will make the cold more bearable. (photo EW)

Make sure to check out this panel Amazing Women in Film moderated by Thelma Adams. Panelists include: Maggie Renzi, Rita Taggart and Barbar...

A bunch of really great movies have come out on DVD in the last couple of weeks and I've been remiss in not giving you an update. Sex an...

The 31st annual Mill Valley Film Festival kicks off tomorrow night with Dakota Fanning and The Secret Life of Bees. Other women and women...

Katie Couric continues to kick butt. She may believe she is a feminist, but her answers disagree. Think about these answers when you go an...

The LA Times put together its first Oscar predictions of 2008 and out of the seven people asked for their opinion exactly NONE were women. G...

Fortune Magazine's annual list. A couple in the entertainment field 8- Oprah- queen of the world 12- Anne Sweeney- Disney 18- Judy McGr...

I admire Diablo Cody. She just does her thing without giving a crap what other people think and tells them so. Not surprisingly for a woma...

I've seen the trailer for Oliver Stone's W a couple of times now and while I think that it is so hysterical I worry that people who ...

How can it be that in 2008 two major music shows can get away with not nominating women. EW reports that the Hip-Hop Honors and the BET Hip...

Most people wrote her off a year ago but she kicked ass this week with her Sarah Palin interviews that hopefully will be a turning point in ...

I just can't get enough of Tina Fey. Loved her on SNL on Saturday night this week doing Sarah Palin again. Just in case you missed it....

For standing up for women with HIV/AIDS. The original Deena from Dreamgirls on Broadway tours nationally and internationally with her one...

Nights at Rodanthe is the film this weekend targeted at women. It's another in the line of Nicholas Sparks romantic novels like The No...

Totally got the chills while watching this. Opens December 12th. Oscar nominations for all!

Somebody please tell me WTF happened to Diane Keaton? She is one of the leading older working actresses. She was awesome in her oscar nomi...

Jada Pinkett Smith will star in and executive produce a pilot for TNT, Time Heals . Smith will play a nursing director and single mother (w...

Gotta love Ashley Judd for continuing to stand up about the most important issues effected our planet. Also in this clip are Julia Ormond, ...

My piece on Abby Disney is on p. 36.

Spinning Into Butter , the Mark Brokaw directed film, adapted from Rebecca Gilman's play, has been finished for a while but couldn't...

Another reason why I don't watch this show anymore. Yuck.

Mamma Mia! was the number one foreign movie for the third week in a row with $14.5 million. The worldwide gross has reached $476.1 million...

I was traveling all day yesterday without internet access so here's my delayed wrap up from the Emmy Awards. Firstly, the show was so g...

Just want to let you all know, especially the awesome people who post comments, that I guess the site has made it to a level where trolls an...

Back Tuesday hopefully with a new bag of tricks.

Week two of the fall season and it's another good weekend for women at the box office. Disclaimer: I've been a consultant to two of...