Women and Hollywood
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Women and Hollywood educates, advocates, and agitates for gender parity across the entertainment industry. The site was founded in 2007 by Melissa Silverstein. She is a writer with extensive expertise in the area of women and Hollywood.
Women and Hollywood
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Note: We are going to be sharing the transcripts from the podcasts when we can. Transcript from Podcast on May 31. If you would rather listen, click here. Holiday weekends inevitably lead to quieter starts of the week and this one is no different. Add on to that, that we are now about 1 month ..read more
Women and Hollywood
1y ago
Check out our latest news brief talking about why the Cannes Film Festival is important and problematic. Listen on Spotify Listen on Apple ..read more
Women and Hollywood
1y ago
Please check out the latest podcast episodes of In Her Voice Weekly News Brief on May 10- includes latest Writers Strike info Interview with Laurel Parmet- writer/director of The Starling Girl which opens on May 12 Interview with Niki Caro- director of The Mother, now streaming on Netflix. To listen on Apple To listen ..read more
Women and Hollywood
1y ago
Dear friends- A little over 15 years ago I had a crazy idea: to try and start a conversation asking where the women were in front of the camera and behind the scenes in Hollywood. I called my blog Women and Hollywood because to me, Hollywood is everywhere. My exploration grew into a calling that ..read more
Women and Hollywood
1y ago
“A League of Their Own” hit it out of the park at last night’s GLAAD Media Awards, taking home the honor for Outstanding New TV Series. The updated take on Penny Marshall’s 1992 film will conclude with a four-episode second season on Prime Video with a premiere date TBA. “Broad City’s” Abbi Jacobson co-created the ..read more
Women and Hollywood
1y ago
Trace Lysette returns home to care for her dying mother in “Monica.” A new trailer for the Venice Film Festival title introduces us to Monica (Lysette, “Transparent), a trans woman who reunites with her mom, Eugenia (Patricia Clarkson, “She Said”), and the rest of her family for the first time since she skipped town as ..read more
Women and Hollywood
1y ago
Gina Rodriguez is celebrating the success of her new ABC comedy “Not Dead Yet” by developing a series adaptation of a popular podcast for Netflix. Deadline reports that the streamer has optioned the “Princess of South Beach” with Rodriguez set to executive produce via her I Can & I Will Productions banner. She’s not currently ..read more
Women and Hollywood
1y ago
Zendaya has been named as the recipient of CinemaCon 2023’s Star of the Year Award. The history-making actress will “receive the honor at the movie theater owners convention’s Big Screen Achievement Awards ceremony, which is taking place at The Colosseum at Caesars Palace in Las Vegas on April 27,” per Deadline. “In just a few ..read more
Women and Hollywood
1y ago
“Black Candle Women” is heading to the small screen. A series adaptation of Diane Marie Brown’s debut novel is being developed by Universal Television with “Bel-Air” showrunner Carla Banks Waddles writing the script, per Deadline. Released last month, “Black Candle Women” follows “generations of Montrose women—Augusta, Victoria, Willow—who have lived together in their quaint two-story ..read more
Women and Hollywood
1y ago
Emilia Clarke says goodbye to the distant past in King’s Landing and hello to the near future in “The Pod Generation,” a sci-fi story that sees the Emmy-nominated “Game of Thrones” alumna exploring fertility technology. A press release announced that Roadside Attractions and Vertical snagged North American rights to the Sundance winner. Written and directed ..read more