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Terry’s Picks: Muse Honorees Blythe Danner, Lizz Winstead, Sarah Barnett

As we look forward to this Thursday’s Muse Awards, here are some of our honorees: Blythe Danner talks to The Hollywood Reporter’s “Awards Chatter” podcast about her 50 year career and taking on her first leading film role at age 72 in I’ll See You in My Dreams. Lizz Winstead’s Tinder parody app Hinder, created...

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Follow #nywiftmuse on Twitter for Muse Awards Buzz on December 10

The buzz about the Muse Awards is that it’s all about the speeches. It’s not a surprise as the event is an intimate gathering of women in entertainment and those who support them. It’s a safe place for women to talk openly about their experience in entertainment. This 2012 acceptance speech from Muse winner Mariska...

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Moving Forward: Women in Comedy

November 9, 2015 – by Margarita Sophia Cortes and Destiny Lilly I remember watching the Emmy’s when Jon Stewart and a sea of white men in suits filled the entire stage to accept their award. The screen panned out just far enough to fit all the men on stage. I think Jon even joked about...

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She’s Got Funny Tales From The Dark Side

Comedy Makers: Tale From The Dark Side November 9, 2015 – by Margarita Sophia Cortes Get ready for another fun-filled night with a mixed panel of women writers, producers, directors and show runners in “Comedy Makers: Tales From The Dark Side” presented at Carolines on Broadway on Tuesday, November 10, 2015 New York Women in...

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Terry’s Picks: Lizz Winstead & Good News About Female Showrunners

//embed.gettyimages.com/embed/483977697?et=bybCBLE6SrBhoa8j8z4kew&sig=xlrMyHUpolJE9q8fCyzhTixC8uKXgWINyBBMcernf58= Lizz Windstead at the 2014 PFLAG National Straight For Equality Awards Check Out: Daily Show creator Lizz Winstead on her “campaign for reproductive rights—with laughter” on WMC Live with Robin Morgan, available on WMCLive.com and iTunes. Looking Forward To: the 2nd Global Symposium presented by the Geena Davis Institute on Gender and Media. Happy to Report: the female showrunners in scripted television series is going to...

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Film News Roundup

(Image from Let Me Entertain You: Carol Burnett Sings album cover.) Bravo, Carol Burnett. You are much funnier than people in Washington. Scandal! Scandal! Scandal! Q&A with Kerry Washington. Can Deborah Turness improve The Today Show ratings in her new role? Lizz Winstead was an “idiot” and Glenn Beck defends it. “There’s no average days,” says Rookie Blue creator Tassie Cameron....

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