THE WEEK IN WOMEN News: GIRLS TRIP, Patty Jenkins, Geena Davis and Women Texas Film Fest
The hit comedy “Girls Trip” has crossed the $100 million mark at the box office and broken a couple of
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THE WEEK IN WOMEN News: Geena Davis, Alicia Silverstone and New Stars on Hollywood’s Walk of Fame
Geena Davis celebrates 25th anniversary of ‘A League of Their Own,’ while Alicia Silverstone reflects on the legacy of ‘Clueless.’
Read moreTHE WEEK IN WOMEN: Geena Davis and Hollywood Gender Equality — Brandy McDonnell reports
After more than a decade of commissioning research and advocating for change through her Institute on Gender and Media, Geena
Read moreTHE WEEK IN WOMEN: ‘Where Are The Women?’ Project, plus Geena Davis, Elizabeth Moss and Suzy Amis Cameron — Brandy McDonnell Reports
It costs Hollywood nothing to make movies that treat women well, and in fact, those films are less risky business.
Read moreArcLight Women Summit: Gretchen McCourt, Geena Davis, Cathy Schulman & More – Quendrith Johnson reports
With the disparity in representation of women in the director’s chair and actor compensation, as Jennifer Lawrence penned in a
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SPOTLIGHT June 2015: GEENA DAVIS, Actress, Activist, Festival Co-Founder
It’s never a bad time to take a moment to appreciate Geena Davis. Throughout her career, she’s brought iconic female characters to the big screen. But focusing AWFJ’s Spotlight on Davis at this time is a particularly fitting tribute to the Oscar-winning actress, coming as it does in the wake of Davis’ first annual Bentonville Film Festival. Read on…
Geena Davis Forum: Searching Cels for Girl Mice and Ninjas – Sara Voorhees reports
Geena Davis was watching preschool TV shows and children’s videos with her two-year-old daughter when she began to wonder: where
Read moreTHE WEEK IN WOMEN: 2,000 Scripts Confirm Hollywood Sexism, THE BOSS Wins Big Box, Plus Geena, Charlize, Mira and Maria Bello News — Brandy McDonnell comments
Polygraph’s impressive recently released analysis of 2,000 film scripts broken down by gender and age puts date behind the anecdotal
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THE WEEK IN WOMEN: Hollywood Ageism Denies Actresses Their ‘Prime,’ plus Phosphate Award for Female Characters, and Davis Honored with Ali Award – Brandy McDonnell comments
At age 38, actresses Liv Tyler and Maggie Gyllenhaal are told by Hollywood they’re too old to be cast opposite leading men in their 50s. Read what they and others say about that. Plus, the Phosphate Pictures Award pitches $25,000 prize to a script with a strong female lead and the Muhammad Ali Humanitarian Awards honor Geena Davis for activism. Read The Week in Women>>
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WEEK IN WOMEN: Amazon reboots A LEAGUE OF THEIR OWN – Brandy McDonnell reports
Amazon has tossed out a series order for its reboot of A League of Their Own months after wrapping production on the pilot. Abbi Jacobson (Broad City) and Will Graham (The Onion News Network) created the series, which is billed as a reinterpretation of Penny Marshall’s 1992 feature film starring Geena Davis
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