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Upcoming Short Film Project Together Now Pairs Female Directors With Actresses
More fabulous news from women in Hollywood is coming out of the Cannes Film Festival this weekend: Robin Wright, Catherine Hardwicke, Freida Pinto and Juliette Binoche have announced that they are...
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Priyanka Chopra on Playing a Bond Girl: “F*** That—I Wanna Be Bond”
Quantico star and voice of Kamala Khan Priyanka Chopra is on the cover of the June/July Complex. In an in-depth interview with the magazine, conducted on the Quantico set, Chopra discussed her career...
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Wonder Woman First Live-Action Film With Female Director to Receive $100...
While we all agree (and plenty of studies show) that female representation in Hollywood could be improved with better representation behind the camera, it often comes down to whether a studio is...
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Finally! First Female Writer Added to CBS’ Upcoming Star Trek Series
As the announcements have continued to roll out for the upcoming Star Trek series for CBS All Access, one question has been lingering in our minds: will they be hiring women on this writing staff any...
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Wolverine, Iron Man, and Hollywood’s Infinite Chances for Middle-Aged Male...
Spoilers for X-Men: Apocalypse to follow. Are you tired of Hugh Jackman’s Wolverine yet? 20th Century Fox hopes not. Between Jackman’s recent cameo in X-Men: Apocalypse and his upcoming reprisal of...
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Megan Fox Says Stereotypical Roles For Women Still Dominate Hollywood Films -...
While Megan Fox has been a little scarce in Hollywood recently, she’s starting to re-emerge–but she’s also doing it on her own terms. The actress has been limiting her roles purposefully, never...
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Producer Effie Brown Talks About the Difference Between “Diversity” and...
Effie Brown has been in the film industry for over twenty years and has 53 films under her belt in some capacity, including Real Women Have Curves, But I’m a Cheerleader, and Dear White People. But it...
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#Girlboss Coming to Netflix as a Comedy Written by Pitch Perfect‘s Kay Cannon
I first heard about #Girlboss, the part-memoir/part-inspirational guide for female entrepreneurs by Sophia Amoruso, when I randomly decided to listen to the audio book on a cross-country flight. It’s...
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Geena Davis to Produce Documentary on Gender Disparity in Hollywood … With a...
Geena Davis has been on the front lines fighting for gender equality at all levels and in all positions in Hollywood. She even formed the Geena Davis Institute on Gender in Media to study and work...
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Casting Directors: Diversity Has To Start “On The Page” For Real Change to...
In the wake of discussions revolving around diversity in Hollywood–which many credit to the most recent #OscarsSoWhite but in truth has been a long-standing issue in the industry since well before...
View ArticleAdult Life Skills Director Rachel Tunnard Gives Hollywood Gender Parity a...
Rachel Tunnard, director of the feature film Adult Life Skills, knows what it’s like to be a female filmmaker in a male-dominated industry. It ain’t always pretty. Using a device from her film (using...
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Disappointing Study Finds Female Film Critics Are Greatly Outnumbered on...
San Diego State University recently performed a study that looked into the demographics of film critics and found that male critics greatly outnumber female critics. The study, titled, “Thumbs Down...
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Leslie Jones Looked #Flawless at the Ghostbusters Premiere - The best revenge...
Just a few weeks ago, Ghostbusters star and comedian Leslie Jones tweeted that there were no designers willing to dress her for the film’s Los Angeles red carpet premiere. Several stylists came out of...
View Article“Women in Film Production” Panel at SDCC Derailed by Male Con Staffer Who...
Ok so now that I am finally sitting down on a 3hr train ride, I wanted to address something that happened at our rad ladies panel on Friday — LH (@laurasaurusrex) July 24, 2016 Cinematographer and...
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Interview: Tammy Blanchard On Playing a “Bad Mom” in Tallulah
Tallulah I recently got the chance to interview actress Tammy Blanchard and director Sian Heder about their work on the movie Tallulah, which just came out on Netflix. The film centers around Ellen...
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Ava DuVernay Becomes First African American Woman to Command $100 Million...
We love Ava DuVernay around here, which is why we’re super stoked about the fact that she’s just become the first woman of color to command a $100 million budget in movie history. According to a...
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Renee Zellweger Lays All That Incredibly Sexist Speculation About Her Looks...
Renee Zellweger is firing back at all the ridiculous rumors that have been circulating around about whether or not she’s altered her face–and she’s doing it in her own words. In an op-ed piece for The...
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FX CEO Reports Significant Improvement in Diversity of Director Pool - An...
While it’s fairly common knowledge that television networks have a problem with the overall diversity of their directorial pool, FX’s issues were particularly bad. Over the 2014-2015 season, only 12%...
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Rachel Bloom Parodies Sexist Hollywood Casting Calls, Re-writes Them for...
Rachel Bloom’s had it with those ridiculous casting calls actresses have to deal with while working in Hollywood. They’re always written with the male gaze in mind—women are often (though not always)...
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Natalie Portman “Can’t Wait” for More Female Directors
Natalie Portman recently made her directorial feature debut with her adaptation of Amos Oz’s A Tale of Love and Darkness, and spoke to Jason Guerrasio of Business Insider about the challenges of...
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