TERRY’S PICKS: FUN HOME, MAGGIE GYLLENHAAL & SPY LANDS AT THE TOP
Bravo! The Broadway production Fun Home made feminist history this week when Jeanine Tesori and Lisa Kron became the first all-female writing team to win Best Original Score. Oh, please: 37-year old Maggie Gyllenhaal was turned down for a movie because she’s “too old” to play the love interest of a 55-year-old man. “It made...
READ MOREWeekly Roundup: Designing Women, Chelsea Handler & Comedy Actress Roundtable
//embed.gettyimages.com/embed/450139626?et=0lqDHDE3Tl9OpzQgao8q9A&ContextMore=on&sig=IjXLMsUs2WWQhsLufUy_H1FeW-cGoVwaf3NiHVoixjk= Chelsea Handler is headed to Netflix. Jessica Alba, Rose Byrne, Denis Leary and Michelle Williams attend NYWIFT’s Designing Women Awards. “You’re ugly and fat” and other compliments from the comedy actress roundtable. (Video) Malia Obama gets a job in show business. The ACLU wants to hear from women directors who’ve been discriminated against. Goodbye, Ruby Dee. — KELLY...
READ MORENYWIFT Recap. Laughing Matters: Diverse Voices From the World of Comedy
Diversity in comedy has been all the buzz as of late, and on February 20, 2014, New York Women in Film and Television joined the conversation with Laughing Matters: Diverse Voices From the World of Comedy, a panel of seven female comedians. With much laughter and a riveting discussion, Laughing Matters unfolded into a memorable...
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Photo credit: Kevork Djansezian/Getty Images. Melissa McCarthy doesn’t embrace Hollywood’s limitations. Director Freida Mock discusses her poignant documentary Anita. The highly anticipated 50 Shades movie has a woman writer AND director! This comedy actress roundtable is hilarious. As President of NBC Entertainment, Jennifer Salke tries to build diversity. We can thank Bill Murray for a bit of...
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