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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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2013 Cannes News - Part 2
More lady news coming out of Cannes.
- By Melissa Silverstein
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- May 17, 2013 5:30 PM
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Weekly Update May 17: Women Centric, Directed and Written Films Playing Near You
- By Kerensa Cadenas
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- May 17, 2013 3:00 PM
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Women Created Shows That Have Been Canceled
The last couple weeks have been a bloodbath when it's come to television cancellations. Great women created shows like Ann Biderman's Southland on TNT didn't make it. Here are some of the women created shows that got canceled this season with a focus on the main networks. We hope to see more great work from these talented women on our television screens again soon.
- By Kerensa Cadenas
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- May 17, 2013 11:15 AM
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Review Roundup: The Bling Ring - Directed by Sofia Coppola
Sofia Coppola's The Bling Ring opened up Un Certain Regard at Cannes and the reviews of the film are coming in. Here's a roundup of reviews of the film.
- By Kerensa Cadenas
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- May 16, 2013 1:30 PM
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2013 Cannes News- Part 1
Some news coming out of Cannes
- By Melissa Silverstein
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- May 16, 2013 12:00 PM
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New Poster for The Hunger Games: Catching Fire
We previously reported our excitement and lack of patience for November 22nd to roll around with the unveiling of The Hunger Games: Catching Fire trailer last month.
- By Kerensa Cadenas
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- May 15, 2013 2:00 PM
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Lucy Liu Talks About Racism in Hollywood
Lucy Liu graces the cover of online fashion magazine, Net-A-Porter's Graphic Issue. Liu discusses some of the usual interview tropes--her sense of style, relationship status and her hit CBS show Elementary, where she plays Joan Watson--a decidedly modern and most interesting twist on the typical Sherlock Holmes story.
- By Kerensa Cadenas
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- May 15, 2013 1:00 PM
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Sundance: Tribeca Film & Well Go Pick Up Francesca Gregorini's Emanuel And The Truth About Fishes
After premiering at Sundance earlier this year, Tribeca Film and Well Go have picked up Francesca Gregorini's Emanuel And The Truth About Fishes.
- By Kerensa Cadenas
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- May 15, 2013 10:00 AM
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Kate Winslet to Star in Jocelyn Moorhouse's The Dressmaker
Kate Winslet is going to star in Jocelyn Moorhouse's The Dressmaker. Moorhouse has also written the script which is based on the novel by Rosalie Ham.
- By Kerensa Cadenas
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- May 14, 2013 2:00 PM
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The Backlash Continues: Women Onscreen Falls to a Five Year Low
Make no mistake about it, no matter what you read or what people try and make you believe, things are not all roses and candy for women onscreen or behind the scenes in hollywood.
- By Melissa Silverstein
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- May 14, 2013 11:36 AM
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