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THE WEEK IN WOMEN: Dench is Awarded, Kruger is Lamarr-ed, Hamilton is TERMINATOR-ing — Brandy McDonnell reports

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Dame Judi Dench, turning 83 on December 9, will receive the Santa Barbara Film Festival’s Kirk Douglas Award on November 30. Douglas turns 101 on — coincidentally — December 9. Congrats to both! Diane Kruger is slated to produce and star in a miniseries about Hedy Lamarr, the movie star with a brilliant mind and many scientific inventions to her credit. And, Linda Hamilton is returning after a 25-year hiatus to the ‘Terminator’ franchise, as an older but equally kickass Sarah Connor. Read details on THE WEEK IN WOMEN.

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Brandy McDonnell

Brandy McDonnell writes features and reviews movies, music, events and the arts for The Oklahoman, Oklahoma's statewide newspaper, and NewsOK.com, the state's largest news Web site. Raised on a farm near Lindsay, Okla., she started her journalism career in seventh grade, when she was elected reporter for her school's 4-H Club. Taking her duties seriously, she began submitting stories to The Lindsay News, and worked for the local weekly through high school. She attended Oklahoma State University, where she worked for The Daily O'Collegian and earned her journalism degree with honors. She worked for three years at small Oklahoma dailies The Edmond Sun and Shawnee News-Star. In 2002, she joined The Oklahoman as a features reporter, writing about movies, the arts, events, families and nonprofits. She moved to The Oklahoman's entertainment desk in 2007. In 2004, she won a prestigious Journalism Fellowship in Child & Family Policy from the University of Maryland's Philip Merrill College of Journalism. Along with her membership in AWFJ, she also is a founding member of the Oklahoma Film Critics Circle. Brandy writes The Week In Women blog for AWFJ.org.