WEEKLY ROUNDUP: THE BROOKLYN MUSEUM, HOLLYWOOD SEXISM & WALL STREET
Erin Baiano for The New York Times History is made as Anne Pasternak becomes The Brooklyn Museum’s 1st female director. She’s baaack! Nikki Finke’s new website promises great fiction and proceeds to writers. “It’s an intense sickness.” Melissa McCarthy, Salma Hayek, Aishwarya Rai & Parker Posey discuss Hollywood’s sexism. Dear Writers, screencraft.org has screenwriting contests. Deadlines...
READ MORETerry’s Picks: Sony Hack, Ana Y Yo, and Alysia Reiner
Alysia Reiner on the Red Carpet at the 2014 NYWIFT Muse Awards. Following: Hollywood exposed by the latest leaks from the Sony Pictures hack. It has us all reeling, from reading about income inequality among female executives to learning Aaron Sorkin’s view that women’s roles are not as challenging as men’s roles. The real...
READ MORETerry’s Picks: OITNB, No Country for Young Women & Film Fatales
Graph via No Country for Young Women Looking Forward: to the June 6th release of Orange is the New Black with NYWIFT member Alysia Reiner appearing again as Assistant Warden Natalie “Fig” Figueroa. Suggesting: that you check out this excellent post on No Country for Young Women by Elena Rossini on a new technique she used to measure gender bias. Applauding: the work...
READ MORENYWIFT Recap: The Content Creator’s Journey
Video courtesy of thehipsway. NYWIFT presented the panel DIY: The Content Creator’s Journey at the Tribeca Film Center on October 17. Moderated by Thelma Adams from Yahoo! Movies, the panel featured Shari Berman (award-winning filmmaker, My Life as Abraham Lincoln), Alysia Reiner (actor, Orange is the New Black, director, Speed Grieving), Al Thompson (writer/director of web series Lenox Avenue), Adam Leon (director, Gimme The...
READ MORETerry’s Picks: July 30
CHECK OUT: PowerWomen TV. It launched its full online programming recently. The online network’s founder and CEO, Amy Palmer, says, “Our content focuses on a women’s 360 approach to life — from business to style, from money to parenting.“ CURRENTLY ENJOYING: NYWIFT Member Alysia Reiner in Netflix’s original series, Orange is the New Black. She gives...
READ MOREAlysia Reiner’s ‘Inner Bitch’
Alysia Reiner photo by Josh Merwin. Award-winning actress and NYWIFT Member Alysia Reiner is not a bitch, but she does play one on the new Netflix series Orange Is the New Black. Set in a women’s prison, Reiner portrays Natalie “Fig” Figueroa, the tough-as-nails assistant warden. Based on the memoir, Orange is the New Black: My Year in a...
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