In recognition of the special contributions
women writers make to our culture and society, The Rona Jaffe Foundation is giving its twenty - third annual Writers» Awards under a program that identifies and supports women writers of exceptional talent.
Not exact matches
And after the emergence of the Access Hollywood tape in October 2016, in which Trump can be heard boasting about
making unsolicited advances toward
women,
writer Natasha Stoynoff said that while on a reporting trip to Mar - a-Lago, Trump led her into a room alone, pushed her against a wall, and began trying to kiss her.
The reality is that every
woman's pregnancy is different, as science
writers Tara Haelle and Emily Willingham
make abundantly clear in their meticulously researched book, «The Informed Parent: A Science - Based Resource for Your Child's First Four Years».
A week after The New York Times and The New Yorker ran back - to - back reports cataloguing Harvey Weinstein's alleged serial sexual harassment of
women in Hollywood, actress Selma Blair saw a story on HuffPost about
writer and director James Toback's new film that
made her blood run cold.
Part of that clearly has to do with the fact that Daniels is a
woman, and a porn actress (and director, and
writer) at that,
making allegations that have to do with sex.
The
writer, Bill Sakovich, is a professional translator of Japanese to English who's lived in Japan for two decades or so, who married a Japanese
woman, and who just loves Japanese culture in general — in many of his cultural posts, for example, he suggests that the more typical Japanese approach to religion, while seemingly shallow, contradictory, and form - obsessed,
makes a lot of sense to him, and indeed, is superior to Western ways.
The study shows that in film,
women made up only 3 percent of film directors, and 10 percent of film
writers.
This gives you plenty of time to learn the ropes, find your voice, and
make a few mistakes before readers start disseminating your ideas via links, Twitter, and Facebook... which is an especially good thing for
writers like me who like to dabble in controversial topics like evolution,
women and the church, Calvinism vs. Arminianism, doubt, politics, and cookie - stuffed cookies.
As an instance of this type may be mentioned a
woman of sixty - eight of whom the
writer made a special study.
SENIOR
WRITER GRANT WAHL was at the sold - out Rose Bowl in 1999 for the
Women's World Cup final, when the U.S. national team beat China in a penalty - kick shootout and made the covers of SI, TIME and Newsweek in the same week: Here was a team of pioneering women who personified the goals of Titl
Women's World Cup final, when the U.S. national team beat China in a penalty - kick shootout and
made the covers of SI, TIME and Newsweek in the same week: Here was a team of pioneering
women who personified the goals of Titl
women who personified the goals of Title IX.
Not because the lady at the grocery store or the
women on the message board or the misogynist ad -
writers at Motrin tell you you have to and then
make fun of you for it.
I'm a
writer, and after I wrote an article about a
woman who used her social media account to
make the point that saggy breasts are natural and normal, I decided it was time to face my boobs.
Michelle Kirsch is a transformational coach &
writer who inspires
women to reconnect to their intuition, reveal their own inner wisdom and
make intentional choices to create a life that feels good.
Here,
writer Cyrena Lee took the plunge (quite literally) and
makes the case for a diverse spa experience and the revelatory glimpse of what
women really look like naked.
Octavia Raheem is a life partner, student, teacher,
writer, and sometimes vegan cookie
making, raw juice drinking kind of
woman.
What's clear is that we shouldn't sweep research on sex - based brain differences under the carpet in the interest of political correctness, just because some misguided
writers use the field to
make sweeping generalizations about men's and
women's abilities and personalities.
Some of them are part of my life (my sister, my family of friends, my university professors, ladies I collaborate with) and others part of me forever (my mother and grandmother); and then there are also those who I have never actually met, but
make an impact all the same: inspiring food bloggers and photographers whose work and kindness I admire and aspire to, poets and activists, comedians and
writers who
make me feel so damn proud to be a
woman.
Pandy «PJ» Wallis is a
writer whose novels about a young
woman making her way in Manhattan have spawned a series of blockbuster films.
Olderwomendatingsites.net is a professional dating review site created for all older
women and men who want to date an older
woman here, our team is
made up of some excellent
writers, dating consultant and Bloggers.
A Tumblr blog revealing secrets of how to
make a
woman come, started by a young female
writer, is
making rounds in the blogosphere.
On this week's Single in Stilettos show, founder Suzanne Oshima talks to
writer, speaker, and romance artist Zan Perrion about what
makes a
woman irresistible to a man.
LA - based
writer Alli Reed conducted an We
make perfect match for young girls /
women and single older men.
It all sounds like a recipe for the most noxious liberal jerk - off movie since «Crash,» but in the hands of
writer - director Richard LaGravenese, Freedom
Writers turns out to be a superb piece of mainstream entertainment — not an agonized debate over the principles of modern education à la «The History Boys,» but a simple, straightforward and surprisingly affecting story of one
woman who managed to
make a difference.
Greta Gerwig who wrote and directed «Lady Bird,» which won Best Motion Picture - Musical or Comedy, noted that «it's been such an incredible year for
women in film both as actors and also
writers and directors and producers and people who are really coming to the forefront to tell their stories about the world as they know it from where they are standing, and I think that the response to these projects and the support that these projects have gotten and the way that audiences are going to see them or watching them in their homes, I think all of this just
makes it so much easier for the next crop of filmmakers who want to tell stories about
women.»
Writer / director Sebastian Gutierrez follows up 2009's
Women in Trouble with Elektra Luxx, which continues the further adventures of a retired porn star (Carla Gugino), pregnant with a recently deceased rock star's child, who
makes ends meet by teaching a community college sexual education class.
ACE Eddie = ACE Eddie Awards (Jan. 26, 2018) ADG = Art Directors Guild Awards (Jan. 27, 2018) AFI = American Film Institute Awards (Dec. 7, 2017) African American = African American Film Critics Association Awards (Dec. 12, 2017) Alliance of
Women = Alliance of
Women Film Journalists Awards (Jan. 9, 2018) Atlanta = Atlanta Film Critics Circle Awards (Dec. 10, 2017) Annie = Annie Awards (Feb. 3, 2018) ASC = American Society of Cinematographers Awards (Feb. 17, 2018) Austin = Austin Film Critics Association Awards (Jan. 8, 2018) Australia = Australian Academy Awards (Jan. 5, 2018) BAFTA = BAFTA Awards (Feb. 18, 2018) Black = Black Film Critics Circle Awards (Dec. 18, 2017) Black Reel = Black Reel Awards (Feb. 22, 2018) Boston = Boston Society of Film Critics Awards (Dec. 10, 2017) Boston Online = Boston Online Film Critics Association Awards (Dec. 9, 2017) CAS = Cinema Audio Society Awards (Feb. 24, 2018) CDG = Costume Designers Guild Awards (Feb. 20, 2018) Chicago = Chicago Film Critics Association Awards (Dec. 10, 2017) Chicago Indie = Chicago Independent Film Critics Circle Awards (Dec. 30, 2017) Columbus = Columbus Film Critics Association Awards (Jan. 4, 2018) Critics» Choice = Critics» Choice Awards (Jan. 11, 2018) Critics» Choice Doc = Critics» Choice Documentary Awards (Nov. 2, 2017) Dallas - Fort Worth = Dallas - Fort Worth Film Critics Association Awards (Dec. 13, 2017) Denver = Denver Film Critics Society Awards (Jan. 16, 2018) Detroit = Detroit Film Critics Society Awards (Dec. 7, 2017) DGA = Directors Guild of America Awards (Feb. 3, 2018) Dublin = Dublin Film Critics Circle Awards (Dec. 14, 2017) European Film = European Film Awards (Dec. 9, 2017) Florida = Florida Film Critics Circle Awards (Dec. 23, 2017) Georgia = Georgia Film Critics Association Awards (Jan. 12, 2018) Golden Globe = Golden Globe Awards (Jan. 7, 2018) Gotham = Gotham Independent Film Awards (Nov. 27, 2017) Grammy = Grammy Awards (Jan. 28, 2018) Hawaii = Hawaii Film Critics Society Awards (Jan. 12, 2018) HMMA = Hollywood Music in Media Awards (Nov. 17, 2017) Hollywood = Hollywood Film Awards (Nov. 5, 2017) Houston = Houston Film Critics Society Awards (Jan. 6, 2018) IDA Doc = International Documentary Association Awards (Dec. 9, 2017) Independent Spirit = Film Independent Spirit Awards (March 3, 2018) Indiana = Indiana Film Journalists Association Awards (Dec. 17, 2017) Iowa = Iowa Film Critics Association Awards (Jan. 9, 2018) Las Vegas = Las Vegas Film Critics Society Awards (Dec. 18, 2017) Kansas City = Kansas City Film Critics Circle Awards (Dec. 17, 2017) LGBTQ = Society of LGBTQ Entertainment Critics (a.k.a. GALECA)'s Dorian Awards (Jan. 31, 2018) London = London Film Critics Circle Awards (Jan. 28, 2018) Los Angeles = Los Angeles Film Critics Association Awards (Dec. 3, 2017) Los Angeles Online = Los Angeles Online Film Critics Society Awards (Dec. 19, 2017) Memphis Online = Memphis Online Film Critics Awards (Dec. 11, 2017) MPSE = Motion Picture Sound Editors Awards (Feb. 18, 2018) MUHS =
Make - Up Artists and Hair Stylists Guild Awards (Feb. 24, 2018) Music Critics = International Film Music Critics Association Awards (Feb. 22, 2018) Music Supervisors = Guild of Music Supervisors Awards (Feb. 8, 2018) NAACP = NAACP Image Awards (Jan. 15, 2018) NBR = National Board of Review (Nov. 28, 2017) Nevada = Nevada Film Critics Society Awards (Dec. 22, 2017) New Mexico = New Mexico Film Critics Awards (Dec. 10, 2017) New York = New York Film Critics Circle Awards (Nov. 30, 2017) New York Online = New York Film Critics Online Awards (Dec. 10, 2017) North Carolina = North Carolina Film Critics Association Awards (Jan. 2, 2018) North Texas = North Texas Film Critics Association Awards (Dec. 17, 2017) NSFC = National Society of Film Critics Awards (Jan. 6, 2018) Oklahoma = Oklahoma Film Critics Circle Awards (Jan. 2, 2018) Online = Online Film Critics Society Awards (Dec. 28, 2017) PGA = Producers Guild of America Awards (Jan. 20, 2018) Philadelphia = Philadelphia Film Critics Circle Awards (Dec. 10, 2017) Phoenix = Phoenix Film Critics Society Awards (Dec. 19, 2017) Phoenix Critic = Phoenix Critics Circle Awards (Dec. 16, 2017) SAG = Screen Actors Guild Awards (Jan. 21, 2018) San Diego = San Diego Film Critics Society Awards (Dec. 11, 2017) San Francisco = San Francisco Film Critics Circle Awards (Dec. 10, 2017) Satellite = Satellite Awards (Feb. 11, 2018) Seattle = Seattle Film Critics Society Awards (Dec. 18, 2017) Southeast = Southeast Film Critics Association Awards (Dec. 18, 2017) St. Louis = St. Louis Film Critics Association Awards (Dec. 17, 2017) Toronto = Toronto Film Critics Association Awards (Dec. 10, 2017) USC Scripter = USC Scripter Awards (Feb. 10, 2018) Utah = Utah Film Critics Association Awards (Dec. 17, 2017) Vancouver = Vancouver Film Critics Circle Awards (Dec. 18, 2017) VES = Visual Effects Society Awards (Feb. 13, 2018) Washington D.C. = Washington D.C. Area Film Critics Association Awards (Dec. 8, 2017) WGA =
Writers Guild of America Awards (Feb. 11, 2018)
Women =
Women Film Critics Circle Awards (Dec. 22, 2017)
News of the pansexuality of
Star Wars mainstay Lando Calrissian was
made official last week when
Solo: A Star Wars Story writer Jonathan Kasdan (the son of long - time
Star Wars writer and Lando creator Lawrence Kasdan) said Calrissian was someone who enjoyed men,
women, and... everything.
Little
Women» is a moving film about the
making of a sensitive
writer and the maturation of a small - town girl who transcends her milieu and at the same time retains its heritage.
In London, Roy (Josh Brolin) is a struggling
writer married to Sally (Naomi Watts), a frustrated
woman trying to
make her art gallery dreams come true, taking a job as an assistant for curator Greg (Antonio Banderas).
But now
writer - director Marti Noxon's «To the Bone» is bringing anorexia to the forefront, focusing on a 20 - year - old
woman who can't
make herself eat despite multiple hospital stays and urgent warnings from medical professionals and family.
Also on this podcast you'll also hear Karina Longworth talking about the Golden Age of Hollywood, Slate culture
writer Aisha Harris (host of the show Represent) on the importance of representation of
women and people of color in Hollywood and film awards, actor Paul Scheer on some of the worst movies ever
made (which he talks about on his own podcast that he co-hosts with his wife, actress June Diane Raphael, and their pal and fellow actor, Jason Mantzoukas.
Still, because series creator Diablo Cody has
made sure that everyone in the
writers» room has done their homework in DID, very little of the proceedings feel like a cheat [okay, I found it a bit difficult to accept Max having a one - stand with the same
woman with whom buck had an affair — but I found her plea to buck, in a roller rink, oddly poignant].
Writer - director Angela Robinson's «Professor Marston and the Wonder
Women» is too under the radar to
make a similar splash, but it is nevertheless a fitting companion piece to the aforementioned blockbuster.
She
made her mark playing difficult, disturbed and complex
women in films such as «A
Woman Under the Influence,» «Faces» and «Gloria,» all
made with her husband, the groundbreaking
writer / director / actor John Cassavetes.
With this charming comedy about a young
woman's challenging personal transition, she's
made her own successful transition from talented actress to successful
writer / director.
A low - key highlight of the recent South by Southwest Film Festival now
making its L.A. premiere, Stella Meghie's appealing debut feature focuses on three generations of Jamaican American
women, including the endearingly indecisive young New York
writer (an excellent Taylour Paige) who gives the movie its title.
As previously reported, Oscar - winning
writer - director Sofia Coppola («Lost in Translation») has already
made Cannes Film Festival history with her Focus Features period drama «The Beguiled,» becoming just the second
woman in the event's 70 - year history to win best director.
From
writer - director Andrea Di Stefano,
making her directorial debut, the film tells the story of a young Canadian surfer that meets the
woman of her dreams.
Chang would continue to establish herself as a
writer / director throughout the 1990s,
making six films in - between small film roles and an occasional bigger role like the one in Ang Lee's Eat Drink Man
Woman.
«
Women writers and directors have to start documenting the truth of female lives,» says Gerwig, who jokingly calls herself «The Lady Clint Eastwood» in the hopes that she'll be
making films for as long as the 87 - year - old has, and admires the work of other female directors such as Kelly Reichardt (Certain
Women), Rebecca Miller (Maggie's Plan) and Miranda July (Me and You and Everyone We Know).
OscarWrap: «I had a sense of wanting to
make a story centered around a young
woman that did not include whether she would end up with this boy as the central question,» says Oscar - nominated
writer - director
She salutes the show's
writers and says co-star Dominic West deserves a category for «best performance in a role that
makes every
woman hate him.»
Finally,
writer - director Kate Barker - Froyland will
make her feature film debut with «Song One,» also showing in the U.S. Dramatic Competition at Sundance and starring Anne Hathaway as another young
woman with some growing up to do.
Writer - director Dash
made a huge impact on indie filmmaking at a time when
women of color were rarely seen behind the camera.
The breakdown: Music video director Jasper
makes his feature debut as
writer - director with this crowd - pleasingly ebullient yet bittersweet tale of a young
woman aspiring to be a rapper.
Ralph Fiennes» The Invisible
Woman — a much darker, glummer film than this one, about Dickens» relationship with his mistress, the actress Nelly Ternan — at least
made the
writer a more human character than Stevens» luxuriantly locked instrument of over-reaction.
It
makes women swoon, alienating them from their jealous
writer boyfriends.
Similarly, the efforts of Aaron Sorkin and Steven Zaillian (both previous winners) to
make baseball statisticians» math - jizzing sound as clever as the pentateuch of Saint Benjamin Hecht will be regarded by fellow
writers as the screenwriters» equivalent of striking paydirt with a Tumblr blog showcasing stock photos of smiling
women eating salad.
Incredibly relevant and relate - able to the political climate of equality that continues to
make headlines in present day, Directors Jonathan Dayton, Valerie Faris and
writer Simon Beaufoy set up an insightful and well balanced look to a defining moment for
women's rights and eventually sexual identity.
Despite having the flat visual style and heatedly bubbling emotions of a
made - for - TV movie, «The World Unseen» benefits from a quiet purity of vision -
writer - director Shamim Sarif adapted her own novel, about
women in 1950s Africa wrestling with the beginning of apartheid and their growing love for each other.