Women & Hollywood

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This just came through and I couldn't resist putting it up. The Fox Network is developing a drama called Bitches , "about a quarte...

I'm a big fan of Jackie Hoffman. I've seen her holiday show that runs at Joe's Pub in NYC a couple of times and I literally pee...

I spent both Saturday and Sunday morning fixated on watching the English series The Commander (which was recommended by the Flickfilosophe...

Rod Lurie is one of the few guys who cares about writing really strong female characters. I fell in love with his complicated women back wh...

A woman has NEVER been nominated for the best cinematography Oscar. While that sucks one of the reasons is that there are so few female cin...

Guess I shouldn't be surprised by this by the opening night of South by Southwest next March is the latest version of a Judd Apatow come...

British actress Samantha Morton is making her TV directorial debut with "The Unloved," about a girl growing up in a children'...

Both the Women's Film Critics Circle (of which I am a member) and the Alliance of Women Film Journalists gave out their awards and surpr...

Kathleen Turner has joined the cast of the Off Broadway play “The Third Story” by Charles Busch, in which she will appear with Mr. Busch, wh...

For being the new face of an Amnesty International human rights campaign. "I wanted to be part of this film for Amnesty to help raise a...

It seems that the music business like other forms of entertainment are dominated by the young ones. Pop Matters takes a look at the best mu...

The musical Mamma Mia ! (dismissed by most critics but beloved by filmgoers) has shattered the long standing British box office record held ...

For standing up for women and children in 20 years of work with the UN Commission on Refugee and Children (which she helped found). Here...

via the folks at Broad Humor The 2008 Movie Script Contest announced its winners, and out of the 24 finalists, three were women. And of the ...

This stuff makes me so mad. I just don't understand how stories can be written in 2008 where all the people quoted and talked to are gu...

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For 20 years of Kay Scarpetta one of the great female characters in crime fiction and for standing up for gay marriage. "Maybe it is a ...

In order to begin pre-production on New Moon the Twilight sequel like this week, Summit has engaged Chris Weitz, the good friend of one its ...

I hope you've been watching The New Adventures of Old Christine on Wednesday nights on CBS. The show is incredibly funny and is on the...

So said broadcaster and writer Dame Joan Bakewell. She has been given a job by the British government to advocate for older people on TV an...

I can't believe we are still in an era of firsts for women, but we are. According to the Guardian , Dame Liz Forgan will be named the f...

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...