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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
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Robert Altman Award
Ethan Coen, Joel Coen, [...]
Last week, the NCAA — the major governing body of college sports — yanked a Focus on the Family banner ad from its website due to the group’s homophobic agenda, which conflicts with the NCAA’s policy of inclusion. WMC President Jehmu Greene appeared on the O’Reilly factor last night to discuss and opened with “The [...]
February 27, 2010 – 8:05 am
During February, SisterSong and other organizations have campaigned against anti-abortion advertising targeting Black women throughout the State of Georgia with billboard campaigns. Then, the companion legislation, HB 1155, the Pre-natal Non-discrimination Act (The Sex and Race Selection Bill) was introduced in the GA House. 80 of the billboards were erected and CBS Outdoor Advertising has [...]
February 25, 2010 – 6:38 pm
This week, the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) – the major governing body of college sports – yanked a Focus on the Family banner ad from its website amid concern that the group’s agenda conflicts with the NCAA’s policy of inclusion. As the LA Times reports, the NCAA made the decision after some of its [...]
February 16, 2010 – 7:55 am
SISTERSONG HOLDS PRESS CONFERENCE IN OPPOSITION
TO COLLECTIVE OPPOSES HB 1155
THE SEX AND RACE SELECTION BILL
WHO: SisterSong Women of Color Reproductive Justice Collective OPPOSES House Bill 1155 – The Sex and Race Selection Bill. Speakers will include reproductive justice organization leaders, civil rights leaders, faith-based leaders, local legislators, and local community members. SisterSong, headquartered in Atlanta, [...]
February 8, 2010 – 4:48 pm
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
CONTACT:
Rebekah Spicuglia, Media Director
Women’s Media Center
(office) 212-563-0680; (cell) 415-290-2970
rebekah@womensmediacenter.com
February 7, 2010 (New York, NY) – The Tebow Super Bowl ad has aired, and as expected, it is a benign telling of the Tebow family story that attempts to hide Focus on the Family’s true anti-choice, anti-woman, and homophobic agenda.
We respect Pam Tebow’s choice [...]
February 6, 2010 – 12:32 pm
With 200,000 of your letters in hand, the WMC is not backing down. Join Gloria Steinem, WMC President Jehmu Greene, Shelby Knox, and special guests on Super Bowl Sunday as we continue to hold CBS the NFL accountable for their biased policy reversal in favor of Focus on the Family’s anti-choice, anti-woman, homophobic agenda.
JOCKOCRACY, [...]
February 5, 2010 – 5:19 pm
February 5, 2010 (New York, NY) – The Women’s Media Center is not backing down. CBS, the NFL and Super Bowl advertisers are still planning to air the anti-choice Super Bowl ad, and we continue to hold them accountable. This biased policy reversal in favor of the anti-woman, homophobic organization Focus on the Family should [...]
February 4, 2010 – 1:27 pm
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
CONTACT:
Rebekah Spicuglia, Media Director
Women’s Media Center
(office) 212-563-0680; (cell) 415-290-2970
rebekah@womensmediacenter.com
February 4, 2010 (New York, NY) – Tim Tebow shared the stage with President Obama today at the National Prayer Breakfast. We have listened all week to comments from Focus on the Family about how they want to “raise the debate” regarding women’s reproductive health [...]
February 3, 2010 – 4:14 pm
We alerted you to CBS’s decision to air an anti-choice ad during the Super Bowl sponsored by Focus on the Family, an organization that promotes forced pregnancy. Here at the Women’s Media Center, we didn’t have an extra $2.8 million lying around to run a counter-ad, but we did spearhead the coalition to get CBS [...]
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