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March 18, 2010 – 10:51 am
30 Women Making History
In recognition of the 30th anniversary of Women’s History Month, Women’s Media Center is profiling 30 extraordinary women making history. Our goal is to raise $10,000 to support WMC Exclusives — every dollar raised will go directly toward hiring women writers to comment on major news stories and report topics often [...]
March 10, 2010 – 12:05 pm
30 Women Making HistoryIn recognition of the 30th anniversary of Women’s History Month, Women’s Media Center is profiling 30 extraordinary women making history. Our goal is to raise $10,000 to support WMC Exclusives — every dollar raised will go directly toward hiring women writers to comment on major news stories and report topics often neglected [...]
In a little-noticed moment of female triumph, Kathryn Bigelow wasn’t the only upset at the Oscars. In the category for “Best Media Center in a Leading Role,” WMC took home the gold! Woohoo!!! We just want to thank women! And media! And all of the women in media!
J/K. This priceless moment between WMC President Jehmu [...]
Kathryn Bigelow isn’t even a trending topic on Twitter right now – where’s the love? We need to recognize #women in film #oscars
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Kathryn Bigelow is Queen of the World [...]
Where are women in Hollywood? Is anyone noticing that we just had three back to back all-male categories? All the nominees were male – meaning of course that all the winners were male. Best Animated Feature, Best Original Song, Best Original Screenplay. ALL MEN. This is unacceptable.
Women are 51% of the population but are [...]
Oscars alert: Women’s Media Center is live-blogging and Tweeting during the Oscars tonight! Stay tuned for our take on the year’s biggest night in entertainment.
Tonight’s Oscars are unique, not just because of the double-stuffed Best Picture nominees, or the outlandish outfits that sometimes make more news than actor wearing them, but because a woman – “The [...]
Best Feature – PRECIOUS
Lee Daniels, Sarah Siegel-Magness, Gary Magness
Best First Feature – CRAZY HEART
Scott Cooper, Robert Duvall, Rob Carliner, Judy Cairo, T Bone Burnett
Best Female Lead – Gabourey Sidibe
PRECIOUS
Best Supporting Female – Mo’Nique
PRECIOUS
Best Foreign Film – AN EDUCATION
Lone Scheerfig
Best Documentary ANVIL! THE STORY OF ANVIL – Best Documentary
Producer Rebecca Yeldham
Robert Altman Award
Ethan Coen, Joel Coen, [...]
By Melissa Silverstein
Women & Hollywood’s blogger here assesses the implications of a historic win for Kathryn Bigelow.
In less than one week, March 7 to be exact, the Hollywood awards season will be over, and chances are very good that for the first time a woman—Kathryn Bigelow—will have won the best director Oscar for [...]
February 26, 2010 – 10:50 am
In today’s Huffington Post, WMC co-founder Jane Fonda discusses women’s contribution to filmmaking, the dismal state of women in Hollywood, and WMC’s campaign to celebrate this year’s Oscar nominees and ensure a longer list of women next year.
Show Me the Women — In Hollywood
By Jane Fonda
Without women, the greatest moments in film this year would [...]
February 25, 2010 – 1:47 pm
At her Women & Hollywood blog, Melissa Silverstein points out a troubling oversight within a recent AP article about the Technical Academy Awards:
“Forty-five men you’ve probably never heard of were honored with an Academy Awards ceremony of their own that recognized scientific and technical achievements in moviemaking.”
With no acknowledgment about the lack of non-male honorees, [...]
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