Women & Hollywood

Sister Aloysius Beauvier likes order, clarity and keeping things just the way they are because that is how she controls the students and her...

Slumdog Millionaire is the feel good movie of the season. It's generating a lot of good reviews, great word of mouth, award nomination...

With her nominations for Doubt and Mamma Mia! , Streep becomes the most nominated actor with 23 nominations. She has six wins (which ties ...

ABC News ran a story on the canning of Catherine Hardwicke which quoted me. Check it out: "She's done exactly what Hollywood said ...

Directing on Broadway is still a boys club just like it is in Hollywood. If you are doing a new play you need to have one of the guys in th...

Zoe Kazan is a young woman with a unique pedigree. Her grandfather was Elia Kazan, the director. Her dad is the screenwriter, Nicholas Kaz...

Nightline did a short piece on the successful female centric movies that came out this year asking if these films will finally get Hollywood...

Less than a week after being named the most powerful woman in Hollywood, Oprah uses her power to talk about the issue that has plagued her a...

Kelly Reichardt wants to make small, intimate films about people and their lives who most of the world ignores. That's not exactly the ...

I take offense to two harsh pieces about Nicole Kidman's box office prowess (or lack thereof) in the LA Times and The Guardian . The ...

I know we don't have a woman president (I am I'm kind of over that) but aside from Barack and Michelle Obama, the other most interes...

No shocker here. Women earn less than men and everyone earns less than Will Smith. The Hollywood Reporter unveiled it's annual salary ...

The press release was sent out yesterday afternoon. Catherine Hardwicke, will not be directing the sequel to Twilight which Summit wants t...

(Amy) Pascal, when asked what she'd like to change in the industry: "I wish all of us would be a little braver. I wish all of us wo...

Variety has a feature in today's paper that focuses on the best director candidates. The top tier a re called "THE GENERALS" ...

It's that time of the year again when Hollywood takes a moment and celebrates the women in its ranks at the Hollywood Reporter annual Po...

I find this very strange (as have several of the readers of the blog.) When I got my favorite magazine (EW) in the mail this week I was so e...

I guess this isn't such an important story because I only read about it in one place (good job LA Times), but it is important and should...

Everyone who reads this site (whether you are a man or woman) is spirited in some way. This holiday season I have linked up with Nancy Mill...

One of the most important days in the indie film world was yesterday, the unveiling of the Sundance Film Fest's competition lists. For t...

Meryl Streep is having a good year. In fact, she's had a couple of good years. Looking back on her career she's had some really bi...

Oscar season is well underway and yesterday brought us the Independent Spirit Award nominations and the Gotham Awards. Courtney Hunt's ...

I have always been impressed with Nicole Kidman's choice of roles. She takes on parts that are challenging and the characters are not a...

I was watching last week's Fringe yesterday and there were a bunch of commercials for the upcoming sci-fi film The Day the Earth Stood ...

Last week while I was away it looks like Twilight blew away everyone's box office expectations. Summit (the studio) said they would be...

Here are my comments and interview with director Emily Abt: While the HIV/AIDS epidemic does not make the headlines regularly anymore, a new...

Back in early December. Have a great holiday.

A couple of weeks ago I attended a meeting where women playwrights met with high level creative personnel in the NY theatre business to disc...

This is Julia's entire introduction: In 1983 Mel Gussow wrote a piece for the New York Times called WOMEN PLAYWRIGHTS; NEW VOICES IN THE...