Women and Hollywood

Cross Post: Women Writing Pilots – Nice Work if You Can Get It

Television

Last week the networks announced the pilots they are picking up to series from among the ninety or so that were produced this year for ABC, CBS, CW, FOX and NBC. Certainly the relative success that CBS had with its schedule and the more limited slots FOX has available influenced their rationale for picking up fewer pilots to production than ABC and NBC. This year, the CW ordered 8 pilots, up from 6 in years past, an increase of 33%.

By Neely Swanson
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May 23, 2012 12:22 PM
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Lightning in a Bottle? Teaming Sandra Bullock and Melissa McCarthy

Blogs

Could this be the successor to Bridesmaids?

By Melissa Silverstein
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May 22, 2012 10:30 AM
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Women's Films Opening - May 18, 2012

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Recommendations for the week:

By Melissa Silverstein
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May 18, 2012 1:00 PM
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New TV Shows Created by Women for 2012-2013

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It's that tme of the year again. When your favorite shows get cancelled, and shows that you have no idea why they exist get renewed again for another year.

By Melissa Silverstein
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May 14, 2012 9:45 AM
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Guest Post: What It Feels Like for a Girl

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The drama Hick has been generating controversy for its depiction of young teen Luli McMullen’s journey into adolescence. Andrea Portes, who wrote the screenplay adaptation of her novel, responds to this criticism with insights into the female teen character played by Chloë Grace Moretz.

By Andrea Portes
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May 11, 2012 11:00 AM
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Trailer Watch: Forbidden Voices - Directed by Barbara Miller

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An incredibly moving story of three women bloggers fighting to keep telling the truth. As First Lady Michelle Obama says: "courage can actually be contagious."

By Melissa Silverstein
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May 10, 2012 3:16 PM
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Tribeca Watch: Speaking With Writer/Director Jenny Deller and Producer Kristin Fairweather of Future Weather

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I didn't get to see many Tribeca Fest films in the theatre this year due to my travel schedule at the beginning of the festival, but I was so glad to be able to catch the film and post screening discussion of Future Weather.

By Melissa Silverstein
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May 8, 2012 11:36 AM
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Interview with Anne Renton - Director of The Perfect Family

Blogs

The Perfect Family written by Paula Goldberg and Claire V. Reily and directed by Anne Renton and produced by Cora Olson and Jen Dubin hits theatres and VOD today. It tells the story of Eileen Cleary played by Kathleen Turner, a very religious Catholic woman whose life falls apart when she gets nominated for Catholic Woman of the Year. She walk the walk of the church and is desperately struggling with the fact that both her children are not "perfect" in the church's eyes -- her daughter played by Emily Deschanel is a lesbian having a baby and getting married to her partner, and her son played by Jason Ritter is getting divorced and seeing an older woman.

By Melissa Silverstein
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May 4, 2012 10:33 AM
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Nancy Meyers to Direct Her Daughter Haille's Screenplay

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Sorry for being a little late on this but I love this story so I wanted to make sure I shared it.

By Melissa Silverstein
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May 2, 2012 11:36 AM
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Tony Nominations: Good for Female Directors, Horrible for Female Writers

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Last June after a season where not a single female playwright was produced on Broadway it was announced that there would be at least five women with plays in the just ended 2011-2012 season. Four of the expected plays opened: The Mountaintop by Katori Hall, Stick Fly by Lydia R. Diamond, Relatively Speaking co-written by Elaine May and Seminar by Theresa Rebeck.

By Melissa Silverstein
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May 2, 2012 9:42 AM
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