Danielle Brooks – ALLIANCE OF WOMEN FILM JOURNALISTS

THE BAD GUYS 2 – Review by Valerie Kalfrin

July 29, 2025July 30, 2025 Valerie Kalfrin awkwafina, Danielle Brooks, DreamWorks Animation, marc maron, Maria Bakalova, Natasha Lyonne, sam rockwell, The Bad Guys 2, Zazie Beetz

This sequel to 2022’s The Bad Guys, the DreamWorks Animation Studios hit about a crackerjack team of criminal animals who opt to change their ways, is a breezy mix of kooky characters and madcap action. While it doesn’t have the thematic depth of other DreamWorks animated films such as this year’s Dog Man and 2022’s Puss in Boots: The Last Wish, it’s an Ocean’s 11-style caper with fur, fins, and scales that left the youngsters at my screening laughing.

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WEEK IN WOMEN: NYWIFT celebrates 2023 Muse Awards — Brandy McDonnell Reports

March 29, 2023April 7, 2023 Brandy McDonnell 2023 Muse Awards, Arianna Bocco, cynthia lopez, Danielle Brooks, Deborah Chow, Enid Roth Award, Freida Pinto, Janet Yang, Lauren Ridloff, loreen arbus, Maria Hinojosa, Nancy Malone Directing Award, nywift, Sandra Lee, Sharon Stone

New York Women in Film & Television hosted its 42nd Muse Awards at its annual gala lunch held on March 28 at New York’s Cipriani 42nd Street. Celebrating women of vision and achievement, the lunchtime gala is New York Women in Film & Television’s flagship fundraising event, attended by leading executives from every major studio, broadcast and cable network and film production facility. This year’s Muse Awards honorees include actors Freida Pinto and Sharon Stone, IFC Films President Arianna Bocco, television personality Sandra Lee and Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences President Janet Yang.