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WEEK IN WOMEN: BIRD BOX Sets Netflix Records – Brandy McDonnell reports

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That the post-apocalyptic female-centric sci-fi drama Bird Box, directed by Susanne Bier and starring Sandra Bullock, has set a record in its debut, is more evidence that Netflix is destined and determined to shake up the film industry. The streaming service announced that more than 45 million Netflix accounts watched the original horror movie in the first week after its December debut, giving Bird Box the best first seven-day total for a Netflix film. Read more 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.