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Women and Hollywood
Melissa Silverstein is the founder and editor of Women and Hollywood, one of the most respected sites for issues related to women and film as well as other areas of pop culture. Women and Hollywood educates, advocates, and agitates for gender parity across the entertainment industry. She is also the co-founder and Artistic Director of The Athena Film Festival. The 4th annual festival will take place from February 6-9, 2014 at Barnard College in NYC. Melissa recently published the first book from Women and Hollywood, In Her Voice: Women Directors Talk Directing, which is a compilation of over 40 interviews that have appeared on the site.Email Melissa
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To The Academy: Consider the Women
It's that time of year, The Academy Awards, the "Super Bowl for Women." It's the night where we all get catty about whose dress doesn't work, who's got a new boyfriend or girlfriend, and who looks like they haven't eaten all month.
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- February 23, 2012 10:54 AM
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Oscar Watch: Looking at Gender and the Oscars
Stacy L. Smith, Marc Choueiti and Stephanie Gall of USC have taken a look at gender onscreen and behind the scenes in the best picture nominees over the last 30 years. There are two sets of findings - films made from 2007-2010 (so that would be the Oscars from 2008-2011, and films from 1977-2010.
- By Melissa Silverstein
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- February 23, 2012 10:02 AM
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Chicken and Egg Pictures Hits $2 Million in Grants
This is one of the places for women filmmakers to get money to get their films done. The list of films they are funding is incredible. I want to see them all. The descriptions are directly from the press release. For more info on Chicken and Egg and how to apply for grants, click here.
- By Melissa Silverstein
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- February 22, 2012 12:29 PM
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Comedians Take on the Contraception Issue
These are worth watching. Just goes to show that the Republicans are our comedians best friends.
- By Melissa Silverstein
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- February 22, 2012 11:15 AM
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Sexism Watch: Vanity Fair Believes There are Only Two Female Character Actors
And they need to look like they are ready to murder you.
- By Melissa Silverstein
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- February 22, 2012 10:20 AM
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Quote of the Day on the Oscars and How Women Get Screwed
You must read these really depressing but totally spot on piece by Martha Lauzen (the woman who gives us the stats of how many women are making movies, today published by the Women's Media Center.
- By Melissa Silverstein
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- February 21, 2012 3:38 PM
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Julie Taymor and Spiderman Reach Partial Settlement
It's always interesting how the filing of the lawsuits get so much news and the settlements...not so much, but this one is important to note.
- By Melissa Silverstein
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- February 21, 2012 12:15 PM
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Trailer Watch: Dark Tide Starring Halle Berry
- By Melissa Silverstein
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- February 21, 2012 11:15 AM
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Trailer Watch: Girls
No more teases. This is the real albeit short trailer. It's Tiny Furniture but with HBO money.
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- February 21, 2012 10:24 AM
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The LA Times Confirms What We Already Know - The Academy is Old, White and Male
For some reason the folks that run the Academy have made it their business to keep the membership a secret. You kind of know who has recently been asked to be a member because they now release lists of people given invitations, but you really don't know who the majority of the 5,765 members are. They want it to seem like a secret society, but it reminds me more of a typical frat where they don't want the names to be revealed because then they would actually have to explain how unrepresentative they are.
- By Melissa Silverstein
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- February 20, 2012 12:20 PM
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