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.

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Political Video of the Day: Scarlett Johansson, Kerry Washington and Eva Longoria Are Voting Obama

Video

In a video for MoveOn.org, actresses Scarlett Johansson, Kerry Washington and Eva Longoria give women some of the reasons why they should go vote for Obama in the upcoming election.

By Kerensa Cadenas
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November 1, 2012 11:30 AM
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News

Scarlett Johansson is set to be the highest paid actress in Hollywood.

By Kerensa Cadenas
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July 17, 2012 12:30 PM
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Blogs

Wow, who knew I could love Scarlett Johansson so much??

By Megan Kearns
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June 1, 2012 9:33 AM
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Blogs

The summer movie season kicked off this weekend with gusto with the record breaking $200 million opening of The Avengers. I joined the throngs on Friday afternoon for a showing and there was much excitement in the theatre. Just to give you a sense of the excitement, when the credits rolled at the beginning, people clapped.