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There's no denying that in Hollywood, you are what you wear. In fact, everyone is so well styled that it's often hard to tell the normals from the celebs (okay, that size two girl being followed by...
View ArticleWas 2009 The “Year Of The Woman” In Movies?
There are pretty much three roles for actresses in mainstream movies—the ingenue, the quirky best friend, or the mother—and all other actresses get sent to the glue factory. Some actresses enjoy...
View ArticleWomen Stage Mock “Vanity Fair” Starlet Cover
This is the best response to Vanity Fair's all-white cover of Hollywood starlets we've seen: some pranksters mocked up a fake cover of "Vanity No Fair," with — gasp! — women of color sitting in the...
View ArticleHow To Get More Women In Front Of The Camera? Get More Behind It.
We’re hoping that women like Kathryn Bigelow, the woman behind "The Hurt Locker" who could win the Oscar for Best Director this year, will begin to give voice to the silent minority in Hollywood:...
View ArticleOwn A Piece Of Hollywood History
We love looking to movies for fashion inspiration but can't imagine actually owning Marilyn Monroe's pink dress from "Gentlemen Prefer Blondes" or the carpet bag from "Mary Poppins." For starters,...
View ArticleSomeone Finally Says Something Sensible About “Sex And The City 2″
You know what gets people worked up on the internet? Not children going to bed hungry. Not murderers and rapists who never see the inside of a jail cell. Not people who abuse animals. No, it's "Sex and...
View ArticleA Comprehensive Chart Of Every Stereotypical Annoying Female Character
Ladies -- always mucking up the important film narratives for the dudes, am I right? That's why this extensive "female character flowchart" is so handy: You can easily figure out which terribly cliched...
View ArticleHelen Mirren Does Not Worship At The Altar Of The 18-Year-Old Male Penis
Helen Mirren is one of those people who, when she talks, you listen. This Tuesday, the Dame received the Sherry Lansing Leaderships Award — so named for the former CEO of Paramount Pictures — at The...
View ArticleCatherine Hardwicke Was Told She Couldn’t Direct “The Fighter” Because She’s...
"I couldn't get an interview even though my last movie made $400 million. I was told it had to be directed by a man — am I crazy? []The Fighter'] is about action, it's about boxing, so a man has to...
View ArticleRosamund Pike Is Not “A Flirty Piece Of Ass”
"I auditioned for a job recently, and didn't get it. Word came back that they were looking for 'a flirty piece of ass.' Now, I do not want, and have never wanted, to be a flirty piece of ass, but when...
View ArticleTina Fey Defines “Crazy”
"I have a suspicion that the definition of ‘crazy’ in show business is a woman who keeps talking even after no one wants to f**k her anymore." — Tina Fey, writing in The New Yorker. Yes, The New...
View ArticleToday’s Lady News: “Gentleman Prefer Blondes” Actress Jane Russell Dies
"Gentlemen Prefer Blondes" and "The Outlaw" actress Jane Russell passed away yesterday in California at age 89. In addition to acting, Jane Russell was a pin-up girl during World War II and a...
View Article“There’s A Misogyny In Audiences,” Says Director
"Nicholas Stoller, director of 'Forgetting Sarah Marshall' and 'Get Him To The Greek,' says, "There's a misogyny in audiences, a much higher bar of required likability for women stars. You need to make...
View ArticleWe Feel Weird About Elle Fanning’s Fashion Muse Status
Okay, okay, so I get it: fashion's always on to the next. The newest, the weirdest, the most avant-garde -- and apparently, the youngest. And that's why the Fanning children, Elle and Dakota, have been...
View ArticleIn Defense Of Katherine Heigl & The “America’s Sweetheart” Problem
Let's get one thing straight: I am not a fan of Katherine Heigl movies and I probably won't see her new film "One for the Money" unless I'm forced. But that doesn't mean I don't think she's gotten a...
View ArticleWell Played: Scarlett Johansson On The Hollywood Walk Of Fame
Hellooooo, Scarlett! Disregarding the fact that, like, everyone and their corgi seems to be getting a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame, Scarlett nailed it in Preen yesterday at her ceremony. Nailed...
View ArticleAll The Famous People At San Diego’s Comic-Con
Comic-Con is going on right now, and in case you were wondering, pretty much all of Hollywood is there. And many of them are wearing weird costumes! In case you weren't able to make it to the largest...
View ArticleThe Rest Of Hollywood Is As Sexist As Seth MacFarlane
It's never really a good year for the Bechdel test. But is it possible that things are degenerating for women in film? According to a study done by USC's Annenberg School of Communication and...
View ArticleThere Were Fewer Women In Charge In Hollywood In 2013 Than 1998
The rates of employment for women in film production are below what they were over a decade ago. Each year, the Center for the Study of Women In Television & Film at San Diego State University...
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