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Check Out the New Women and Hollywood

Today marks another milestone in the life of Women and Hollywood. We are back on our own site and own domain. It was time.

1 min readMay 7, 2018

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Check Out the New Women and Hollywood

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Cannes Competition Numbers Remain Predictably Low For Female Directors

“The world will never be the same again, the Cannes Film Festival will never be the same again,” said Cannes Artistic Director Thierry…

4 min readApr 12, 2018

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Cannes Competition Numbers Remain Predictably Low For Female Directors

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Join Women and Hollywood for a Special Screening of Lynne Ramsay’s “You Were Never Really Here”

Women and Hollywood is working with Amazon Studios to help spread the word about the powerful new movie written and directed by Lynne…

2 min readMar 28, 2018

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Join Women and Hollywood for a Special Screening of Lynne Ramsay’s “You Were Never Really Here”

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Netflix Must Lead on Inclusion Issues — Instead, They Are Lagging Behind

It’s been 10 days since Frances McDormand uttered those two words that set Hollywood afire — inclusion rider. And in those 10 days Brie…

3 min readMar 14, 2018

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Netflix Must Lead on Inclusion Issues — Instead, They Are Lagging Behind

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Frances McDormand Made My Night at the Oscars a Memorable One

I’ve tried to get Oscar credentials for the past several years. This year, my dream finally came true. Like most people, I’ve watched the…

5 min readMar 5, 2018

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Frances McDormand Made My Night at the Oscars a Memorable One

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Sally Potter on Tackling Politics On-Screen in “The Party” and the Future of Feminism

Sally Potter is the writer-director behind films such as “Ginger & Rosa,” a coming of age tale set against the Cuban Missile Crisis, the…

9 min readFeb 16, 2018

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Sally Potter on Tackling Politics On-Screen in “The Party” and the Future of Feminism

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Golden Globes 2018: Women Rule and Men Hide

After all the post-mortems are finished, last night’s Golden Globes ceremony will be remembered as the night that the women in Hollywood…

4 min readJan 8, 2018

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Golden Globes 2018: Women Rule and Men Hide

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2017 — The Year That Could Change Everything or Nothing

On the one hand, I can’t wait for this fucking year to end. It’s been brutal and exhausting. It started with women marching together in…

2 min readDec 22, 2017

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2017 — The Year That Could Change Everything or Nothing

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Liz Hannah Takes Hollywood By Storm with “The Post”

Liz Hannah had a damn good time celebrating her 32nd birthday last week. “The Post,” which she wrote along with Josh Singer, premiered in…

3 min readDec 21, 2017

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Liz Hannah Takes Hollywood By Storm with “The Post”

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“Home Again” Writer-Director Hallie Meyers-Shyer Talks Rom-Coms and Her Mother’s Influence

“Home Again” finds Reese Witherspoon starting over. The Oscar winner plays Alice, a recently separated woman who returns to her hometown of…

7 min readDec 12, 2017

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“Home Again” Writer-Director Hallie Meyers-Shyer Talks Rom-Coms and Her Mother’s Influence

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Melissa Silverstein

Melissa Silverstein

Women and Hollywood educates, advocates and agitates for gender equity in Hollywood. Artistic Director of Athena Film Festival. Author of In Her Voice

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