WEEK IN WOMEN: Kaling and Thompson Talk LATE NIGHT and Patriarchy

June 18, 2019 Brandy McDonnell 0 Comments emma thompson, late night, mindy kaling, the week in women, twiw

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When she wrote Late Night, six-time Emmy nominee Mindy Kaling channeled her fascination with late-night television into the script. The movie, a Sundance Film Festival favorite and featured as AWFJ’s Movie of the Week, co-stars scripter Kaling and Emma Thompson who seem on screen to be as opposite as oil and water, but in real life they are delightfully in agreement about the movie, good humor and related matters — such as Hollywood’s patriarchy. Continue reading 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.