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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Looking Back at 2012: Some of Our Favorite Pieces of the Year

Features

Looking back over the last year we are some of our favorite and buzz worthy pieces that ran on the site. We think they are a great overview of what went on for women in and around Hollywood in 2012.

By Melissa Silverstein and Kerensa Cadenas
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December 27, 2012 10:41 AM
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Interviews

I had the opportunity to speak with the hugely successful and very interesting screenwriter and TV writer Melissa Rosenberg last week while she was on the set of her new show Red Widow.

By Melissa Silverstein
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November 20, 2012 2:00 PM
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News

We have finally reached the end of an important moment in film history. I know that many people dismiss the Twilight saga for a multitude of reasons - it's about vampires, it is focused on a girl's story, it's a romance, it's just not good, etc., etc. - but to me, that is just a shortsighted look at what this franchise has done.

By Melissa Silverstein
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November 16, 2012 6:36 AM
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Television

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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According to the Hollywood Reporter, Melissa Rosenberg, the writer of all five Twilight movies has now surpassed Linda Woolverton as the top grossing female screenwriter with her films grossing a total of $2.56 billion worldwide. Woolverton total take is $2.39 billion. She mostly known for writing successful animated films (The Lion King) and is also the writer of the Tim Burton's Alice in Wonderland.

By Melissa Silverstein
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December 22, 2011 11:34 AM
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Women dominated the box office this weekend. Breaking Dawn grossed $139.5 million here in the US and another $144 million overseas making it the 5th highest opening domestic weekend EVER. It was only a couple of million off the opening of New Moon which holds the 4th largest opening weekend. It's great overseas number makes it number 10 on the list of opening weekends worlwide.

By Melissa Silverstein
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November 21, 2011 9:51 AM
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