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

September 27, 2015October 19, 2015 Brandy McDonnell 0 Comments geena davis, helen mirren, Hollywood agism, liv tyler, maggie gyllenhaal, Maggie Smith, monica bellucci, muhammad ali, phosphate award

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At age 38, actresses Liv Tyler and Maggie Gyllenhaal are being told by Hollywood that they’re too old to be case opposite leading men who are in their 50s and 60s. Read what they and Dame Helen Mirren have to say about that. Plus, the new Phosphate Pictures Award pitches a $25,000 prize to scripts with strong female characters and the Muhammad Ali Humanitarian Awards honor Geena Davis for feminist activism. Read this week’s The Week In Women>>

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Brandy McDonnell

Brandy McDonnell is the longtime features writer covering arts and entertainment for The Oklahoman and Oklahoman.com, part of the USA Today Network. In 2025, she garnered a Rabkin Prize, which recognizes the nation’s top visual arts writers. An approved critic for RottenTomatoes.com, she is a member of the Oklahoma Film Critics Circle and of the Alliance of Wome\n Film Journalists, for which she writes The Week in Women news blog.