Terry’s Picks: Pay Gap, Likeability Factor, Maya Angelou
Pay Gap: Newsweek spells out the startling pay gap between white and minority actors on television. Likeability Factor: Read this smart interview with Amy Landecker, who plays Sarah Pfefferman on Amazon’s Transparent. She talks about playing a “hot mess,” sexism, and how “fully formed humans” aren’t always 100% likeable. Maya Angelou: WIF LA member Rita...
READ MOREWomen’s Film Preservation Fund Recent Preservations, VISIONS Series TV Dramas, Hit the Screen in September
NYWIFT and the Museum of the Moving Image (MOMI) will screen two TV movies from the PBS series Visions, which have been preserved by the Women's Film Preservation Fund (WFPF). WFPF co-chair Ann Deborah Levy tells us about the films - which touch on racism, immigration, and diversity in American culture - and the challenges and sweet success of finally bringing them to the big screen.
READ MOREWeekly Roundup: Greek Weddings & Elevator Pitches
Re: #MyBigFatGreekWedding2, thank you for the love, yes the entire big fat family is invited back for the sequel. — Nia Vardalos (@NiaVardalos) May 28, 2014 //platform.twitter.com/widgets.js Her tweets confirm it, Nia Vardalos is bringing us more big, Greek wedding! Television’s top female actors discuss the perks and pitfalls of their careers. Actress Stacey Dash brings new...
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Illustration by Luci Gutierrez. Top 100 power women in entertainment and how they succeed. SNL is doing what?! This is really happening? An impressive list of the Most Iconic Feminist Moments of 2013. Roger Ebert’s widow Chaz Ebert dedicates a week to female content. Two thumbs up! It’s the most wonderful (not perfect) time of the year! Meet Tiffani Shlain, writer, director…creator of the Webby...
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