Category: Women In Film & TV
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I AM WOMAN, the Helen Reddy movie: it’s about time, right?
by Quendrith Johnson, Los Angeles Correspondent By now the blowout box office numbers from Freddie Mercury biopic BOHEMIAN RHAPSODY have almost stopped echoing off studio halls, including the Best Actor Oscar memories; yet when was the last time a female performer got an in-depth biopic? Okay, Joan Jett and Loretta Lynn among others, but even…
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See Rosamund Pike embody Nobel Laureate Madame Curie in RADIOACTIVE from Amazon
by Quendrith Johnson, Los Angeles Correspondent Unlike historic women of science Hypatia and Ada Lovelace, Marie Sklodowska or “Madame Curie” was not lost to the fickle (non-female) fingers of recorded history. This is due in part to being the first woman to win a Nobel Prize for Physics in 1903; although she was nominated only…
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COVID-19 loss of casting legend Moonyeenn Lee (1944-2020), daughter of Shirley Hepburn
by Nina Morris Lee, Johannesburg, South Africa Introduction: Moonyeenn Lee (1944-2020), daughter of actress Shirley Hepburn, who became a casting powerhouse known for putting together actors in films such as BLOOD DIAMOND, the Oscar-nominated MANDELA: LONG WALK TO FREEDOM, as well as HOTEL RWANDA, has died. Moonyeenn was nominated for two Emmy Awards for “The…
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CLEMENCY movie free thru 7/31 & Alfre Woodard joins BLM Global co-founder Patrisse Cullors
Curated by Screenmancer Staff New York, NY: From today through Friday, July 31st, NEON has made the critically acclaimed film CLEMENCY available to stream for free on Apple TV, Amazon and Fandago Now, Redbox On Demand, Spectrum, Xfinity, Verizon FIOS, Dish, Cox and Altice. CLEMENCY is also currently streaming on Hulu. Actor Alfre Woodard will join writer/activist/co-founder of the Black…
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NEVERENDING STORY’s Stronach, LOTR’s Sean Astin, Rhea Perlman, Christopher Lloyd, Michael Emerson, board MAN & WITCH
Curated by Screenmancer Staff New York, NY : Tami Stronach, the Childlike Empress from timeless 80’s classic “The NeverEnding Story” has been announced to star in, and executive produce, a new children’s fantasy film titled “Man & Witch,” written by her husband Greg Steinbruner. Who knows how this will play in their real marriage. 😉 Produced…
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Wild women and whiskey, not the song, Allison Volk from DEANY BEAN IS DEAD has a lockdown film
by Quendrith Johnson, Los Angeles Correspondent Even some women may not know as much as Allison Volk about how to handle this Pandemic and pandemonium we are living through, especially in the Age of Social Media. C’mon, have you ever checked your ex’s Facebook page? Perhaps thumbed through their Instagram, or hit them up anonymously…
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She’s Not Famous Yet, But After LaToya Morgan Does LOVE & BASKETBALL, She Will Be
by Quendrith Johnson, Los Angeles Correspondent Did you ever see LOVE & BASKETBALL? In light of Kobe Bryant, his daughter Gianna, and the others who passed away this year, a movie like this just gives us a moment to reflect. Maybe even enjoy the good things about B-ball, and the hoopsters who have given us…
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Director Betsy Kalin on the Future of LA in VISION 2030 with EMMY Nom & It’s a Microcosm
by Quendrith Johnson, Los Angeles Correspondent For a while now we’ve been thrilled to follow filmmaker Betsy Kalin and her remarkable camera’s eye. Kalin, who we found through the Santa Barbara International Film Festival (SBIFF) years ago when Carol Marshall and staffers set up these great indie filmmaker roundtables, previously filmed an East LA exploration, that you can find…
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Lena Dunham Does Nora Ephron’s Legacy Proud with SLEEPLESS for #AFIMOVIECLUB
by Quendrith Johnson, Los Angeles Correspondent Some may consider Lena Dunham of HBO’s “Girls” an over-sharer when it comes to intimate details, but you’ll be surprised to learn she is a huge fan of the demure rom-com genre. Specifically where Tom Hanks (lately recovered from MyCorona) and Meg Ryan are concerned. Dunham does the late…
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A Titanic Movie Life Sets Off in SEBERG, Or Kristen Stewart’s Career Sails Again on Prime
by Quendrith Johnson, Los Angeles Correspondent Perhaps the racial fault lines of another era resulted in America’s once-sweetheart Jean Seberg (1938-1979) suicided in the back of a sedan at age 40, nevertheless Kristen Stewart shines a meaningful klieg light on her short life in SEBERG, debuting on Prime Video today as an Amazon Original. Jean-Luc…
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Nancy Kwan Co-Hosts Asian Americans In Film for TCM in May
by Screenmancer Staff Actress Nancy Kwan from classics as the 1961 film FLOWER DRUM SONG will team up with TCM Host Dave Karger to look at the range of Asian actors who have found a home in Hollywood movies. The Spotlight series will include a pan-Asian selection from DAUGHTER OF SHANGHAI (1937) to JOY LUCK…
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After PARASITE Score, NEON Elevates Elissa Federoff and Christina Zisa to Prexy Roles
Curated by Screenmancer Staff NEW YORK, NY: NEON announced today that Elissa Federoff and Christina Zisa have been promoted to President of Distribution and President of Publicity, respectively. Under their leadership, the company most recently made history with four Academy Award® wins for Bong Joon Ho’s Parasite, which grossed over $54 million at the box office becoming the third…
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Catch Up With Director Lynn Roth Plus 919 Film Fest: Q & A Zoom Event April 16
By Quendrith Johnson, Los Angeles Correspondent Director Lynn Roth, who is among Showtime’s first female TV showrunners for “The Paper Chase,” will join a 919 Film Festival Q & A for her film THE LITTLE TRAITOR on April 16 via Zoom. This streaming event is open to the public, and is hosted by the Chapel Hill, NC,…
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Eva Longoria Calls Out Rita Hayworth’s Nuclear Charm in GILDA for #AFIMOVIECLUB
by Quendrith Johnson, Los Angeles Correspondent She was born in the Year of the Other Pandemic, 1918, The Spanish Flu, and Margarita Carmen Cansino turned out to be fever-inducing herself for servicemen around the planet with her WWII status as a pin-up. But not until they dyed her locks, anglicized her name, and tried to…
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Et Tu, Halle Berry? Nooo, That’s Her as E.T. Fan for AFI Movie Club
by Quendrith Johnson, Los Angeles Correspondent Mod-hatted, awesome Oscar winner, Halle Berry has it going on at-home-fashion-wise in her touching introduction to the Spielberg family classic, E.T. THE EXTRA-TERRESTRIAL for #AFIMOVIECLUB. Berry earned her place in Hollywood History for the MONSTER’S BALL Academy Award, but Halle earned her place in our hearts as the superstar…
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