Chita Rivera, the sultry singer, dancer and actress who commanded the Broadway stage for more than a half-century, has died. She was 91.
Rivera died peacefully in New York on Tuesday, following a brief illness, her daughter, Lisa Mordente, shared in a statement obtained by The Hollywood Reporter.
Known for her long, sleek legs, smoldering green eyes and lusty singing voice, the two-time Tony Award winner originated some of musical theater’s most iconic characters.
When West Side Story bowed in 1957, it was Rivera singing about life in America as the fiery Puerto Rican transplant Anita. As Rose Grant, the long-suffering girlfriend of songwriter Albert Peterson, Rivera received top billing over Dick Van Dyke in 1960’s Bye Bye Birdie. In 1975, she made the stage sizzle with “All That Jazz” as Velma Kelly in Chicago. And the 1993 musical adaptation of Kiss of the Spider Woman put her in the spotlight as the sexy Spider Woman.
Rivera died peacefully in New York on Tuesday, following a brief illness, her daughter, Lisa Mordente, shared in a statement obtained by The Hollywood Reporter.
Known for her long, sleek legs, smoldering green eyes and lusty singing voice, the two-time Tony Award winner originated some of musical theater’s most iconic characters.
When West Side Story bowed in 1957, it was Rivera singing about life in America as the fiery Puerto Rican transplant Anita. As Rose Grant, the long-suffering girlfriend of songwriter Albert Peterson, Rivera received top billing over Dick Van Dyke in 1960’s Bye Bye Birdie. In 1975, she made the stage sizzle with “All That Jazz” as Velma Kelly in Chicago. And the 1993 musical adaptation of Kiss of the Spider Woman put her in the spotlight as the sexy Spider Woman.
- 1/30/2024
- by Chris Koseluk
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Saturday Night Live‘s Weekend Update began by going after George Santos, the former New York congressman who was expelled by his colleagues Friday.
“This week, we said goodbye to a former first lady, a former Secretary of State, and the Supreme Court’s first female justice,” co-anchor Colin Jost began, referring to Rosalynn Carter, Henry Kissinger and Sandra Day O’Connor.
“Melania said that she was deeply saddened to be reminded that your partner can live that long,” Che said of the most recent former first lady, whose spouse is...
“This week, we said goodbye to a former first lady, a former Secretary of State, and the Supreme Court’s first female justice,” co-anchor Colin Jost began, referring to Rosalynn Carter, Henry Kissinger and Sandra Day O’Connor.
“Melania said that she was deeply saddened to be reminded that your partner can live that long,” Che said of the most recent former first lady, whose spouse is...
- 12/3/2023
- by William Vaillancourt
- Rollingstone.com
According to a statement from the U.S. Supreme Court, retired Justice Sandra Day O’Connor passed away “of complications related to advanced dementia, probably Alzheimer’s, and a respiratory illness.” O’Connor, whose husband suffered from Alzheimer’s, first announced her diagnosis in 2018 in a letter explaining that as her condition progressed, she was “no longer able to participate in public life.”
The nation’s first female justice ascended to the court in 1981, nominated by President Ronald Reagan, who, in a bid to attract support from female voters, made a...
The nation’s first female justice ascended to the court in 1981, nominated by President Ronald Reagan, who, in a bid to attract support from female voters, made a...
- 12/1/2023
- by Tessa Stuart
- Rollingstone.com
Sandra Day O’Connor, the first female justice of the U.S. Supreme Court, has died. She was 93.
In an announcement on Friday morning, the court said that she died in Phoenix, Az of complications related to advanced dementia, probably Alzheimers, and a respiratory illness.
O’Connor was nominated by President Ronald Reagan in 1981 and, although she was appointed by a conservative, she was an important swing vote on the high court by the time she retired in 2006.
Chief Justice John Roberts said in a statement, “A daughter of the American Southwest, Sandra Day O’Connor blazed an historic trail as our nation’s first female justice. She met that challenge with undaunted determination, indisputable ability and engaging candor.”
O’Connor sided with the court’s conservative wing on a number of landmark decisions, perhaps most prominently in the 2000 decision that ended the Florida vote recount, effectively affirming George W. Bush...
In an announcement on Friday morning, the court said that she died in Phoenix, Az of complications related to advanced dementia, probably Alzheimers, and a respiratory illness.
O’Connor was nominated by President Ronald Reagan in 1981 and, although she was appointed by a conservative, she was an important swing vote on the high court by the time she retired in 2006.
Chief Justice John Roberts said in a statement, “A daughter of the American Southwest, Sandra Day O’Connor blazed an historic trail as our nation’s first female justice. She met that challenge with undaunted determination, indisputable ability and engaging candor.”
O’Connor sided with the court’s conservative wing on a number of landmark decisions, perhaps most prominently in the 2000 decision that ended the Florida vote recount, effectively affirming George W. Bush...
- 12/1/2023
- by Ted Johnson
- Deadline Film + TV
U.S. Sen. Dianne Feinstein of California, a centrist Democrat and champion of liberal causes who was elected to the Senate in 1992 and broke gender barriers throughout her long career in local and national politics, has died. She was 90.
Feinstein died on Thursday night at her home in Washington, D.C., her office said on Friday. Opening the Senate floor, Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer announced that “earlier this morning, we lost a giant in the Senate.”
“Dianne Feinstein was one of the most amazing people who ever graced the Senate, who ever graced the country,” Schumer said, his voice cracking. “As the nation mourns this tremendous loss, we know how many lives she impacted and how many glass ceilings she shattered along the way.”
President Joe Biden, who served with Feinstein for years in the Senate, called her “a pioneering American,” a “true trailblazer” and a “cherished friend.”
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Feinstein died on Thursday night at her home in Washington, D.C., her office said on Friday. Opening the Senate floor, Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer announced that “earlier this morning, we lost a giant in the Senate.”
“Dianne Feinstein was one of the most amazing people who ever graced the Senate, who ever graced the country,” Schumer said, his voice cracking. “As the nation mourns this tremendous loss, we know how many lives she impacted and how many glass ceilings she shattered along the way.”
President Joe Biden, who served with Feinstein for years in the Senate, called her “a pioneering American,” a “true trailblazer” and a “cherished friend.”
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- 9/29/2023
- by Melissa Romualdi
- ET Canada
U.S. Sen. Dianne Feinstein of California, a centrist Democrat who was elected to the Senate in 1992 in the “Year of the Woman” and broke gender barriers throughout her long career in local and national politics, has died. She was 90.
Three people familiar with the situation confirmed her death to The Associated Press on Friday.
Feinstein, the oldest sitting U.S. senator, was a passionate advocate for liberal priorities important to her state — including environmental protection, reproductive rights and gun control — but was also known as a pragmatic lawmaker who reached out to Republicans and sought middle ground.
She was elected to the San Francisco Board of Supervisors in 1969 and became its first female president in 1978, the same year Mayor George Moscone was gunned down alongside Supervisor Harvey Milk at City Hall by Dan White, a disgruntled former supervisor. Feinstein found Milk’s body.
After Moscone’s death, Feinstein became...
Three people familiar with the situation confirmed her death to The Associated Press on Friday.
Feinstein, the oldest sitting U.S. senator, was a passionate advocate for liberal priorities important to her state — including environmental protection, reproductive rights and gun control — but was also known as a pragmatic lawmaker who reached out to Republicans and sought middle ground.
She was elected to the San Francisco Board of Supervisors in 1969 and became its first female president in 1978, the same year Mayor George Moscone was gunned down alongside Supervisor Harvey Milk at City Hall by Dan White, a disgruntled former supervisor. Feinstein found Milk’s body.
After Moscone’s death, Feinstein became...
- 9/29/2023
- by The Associated Press
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
While it’s easy to imagine lawyers screaming “objection, your honor!” to the exaggerated courtroom theatrics of “The Burial,” good luck convincing audiences that this David v. Goliath legal showdown between a small-time Southern funeral home operator and an unethical Canadian billionaire should have played out any other way. Demonstrating talents far beyond her 2017 indie debut, “The Novitiate,” director Maggie Betts has a rousing old-school crowd-pleaser on her hands with this truth-based (albeit strategically embellished) drama featuring the most entertaining performance yet from Jamie Foxx, who makes a day in court feel like going to church.
Foxx plays Willie E. Gary, a Southern Baptist personal injury lawyer who channels the spirit of evangelical preachers every time he practices law — hardly the counsel you’d expect to see representing Jeremiah “Jerry” O’Keefe (Tommy Lee Jones), a 75-year-old business owner in Biloxi, Miss. But then, that unlikely partnership between a charismatic...
Foxx plays Willie E. Gary, a Southern Baptist personal injury lawyer who channels the spirit of evangelical preachers every time he practices law — hardly the counsel you’d expect to see representing Jeremiah “Jerry” O’Keefe (Tommy Lee Jones), a 75-year-old business owner in Biloxi, Miss. But then, that unlikely partnership between a charismatic...
- 9/12/2023
- by Peter Debruge
- Variety Film + TV
Excuse me while I wipe my eyes.
Blue Bloods Season 13 Episode 5 started as a typical story, but Frank's ending speech got me.
I'm with Frank -- the tradition of coming together for family meals with a side of tough conversations should never be lost. He had one of the most challenging weeks in his career, but his tribute to the Sunday dinner tradition almost made up for it.
While protesters have the right to assemble peacefully, it was ridiculous that they were allowed to do half of what they did to Henry.
Blocking someone's path so they can't get away, paying people off to spy on where that person is at all times, and screaming in their face is not a peaceful protest. I was as frustrated as Frank that these tactics were legal.
View Slideshow: Blue Bloods Season 12 Episode 1 Photos: What's About to Go Down?
It seemed like there...
Blue Bloods Season 13 Episode 5 started as a typical story, but Frank's ending speech got me.
I'm with Frank -- the tradition of coming together for family meals with a side of tough conversations should never be lost. He had one of the most challenging weeks in his career, but his tribute to the Sunday dinner tradition almost made up for it.
While protesters have the right to assemble peacefully, it was ridiculous that they were allowed to do half of what they did to Henry.
Blocking someone's path so they can't get away, paying people off to spy on where that person is at all times, and screaming in their face is not a peaceful protest. I was as frustrated as Frank that these tactics were legal.
View Slideshow: Blue Bloods Season 12 Episode 1 Photos: What's About to Go Down?
It seemed like there...
- 11/5/2022
- by Jack Ori
- TVfanatic
Exclusive: Maria Shriver has signed with CAA for representation. The agency will now help to identify opportunities for the Peabody and multiple Emmy Award-winning journalist, and for her company Shriver Media, through unscripted and scripted television content, film, summits—like her recent Sounds True collaboration, Radically Reframing Aging—and podcasting. CAA will also pursue opportunities in the publishing space for her digital outlet The Sunday Paper and her Penguin Random House imprint The Open Field, while repping Shriver for speaking engagements.
Shriver is a seven-time New York Times bestselling author, NBC News Special Anchor, and the founder of both The Women’s Alzheimer’s Movement at the Cleveland Clinic and Shriver Media, a for-benefit media enterprise that produces documentary films, summits and The Sunday Paper. In addition, she is the co-founder, with her son Patrick, of the mission-driven brain health and wellness brand, Mosh. A portion of the proceeds from...
Shriver is a seven-time New York Times bestselling author, NBC News Special Anchor, and the founder of both The Women’s Alzheimer’s Movement at the Cleveland Clinic and Shriver Media, a for-benefit media enterprise that produces documentary films, summits and The Sunday Paper. In addition, she is the co-founder, with her son Patrick, of the mission-driven brain health and wellness brand, Mosh. A portion of the proceeds from...
- 6/7/2022
- by Matt Grobar
- Deadline Film + TV
Marijuana legalization has an interesting advocate at the Supreme Court: Justice Clarence Thomas. Today, once again, Justice Thomas indicated his support for cutting back federal laws that criminalize pot. You might think this is good news since Justice Thomas is one of the most conservative Justices on the Court, therefore surely more liberal Justices would agree. But, unfortunately for the movement, his zeal to rethink how this country criminalizes weed has, so far, no other supporters on the Court.
The case today involved a medical marijuana dispensary in Colorado that,...
The case today involved a medical marijuana dispensary in Colorado that,...
- 6/28/2021
- by David S. Cohen
- Rollingstone.com
In high school, 15-year-old Heidi Schreck won enough prize money giving Constitution-themed speeches at American Legion halls to pay her way through college. A quarter-century later, Schreck spun her memories of all that youthful idealism into a hit Broadway show, “What the Constitution Means to Me,” which has proven to be every bit as much a “living, breathing document” as its subject since its 2019 debut at the Hayes Theater.
No doubt, in teaming with “The Diary of a Teenage Girl” director Marielle Heller to release a filmed version of her show on Oct. 16, she hoped that her words might impact the 2020 presidential election. What Schreck couldn’t have imagined is that the same week the special dropped on Amazon Prime, Senate lawmakers would be posing that very question to Donald Trump’s latest Supreme Court nominee, Amy Coney Barrett, asking this female “originalist” what the Constitution means to her.
Like her mentor Antonin Scalia,...
No doubt, in teaming with “The Diary of a Teenage Girl” director Marielle Heller to release a filmed version of her show on Oct. 16, she hoped that her words might impact the 2020 presidential election. What Schreck couldn’t have imagined is that the same week the special dropped on Amazon Prime, Senate lawmakers would be posing that very question to Donald Trump’s latest Supreme Court nominee, Amy Coney Barrett, asking this female “originalist” what the Constitution means to her.
Like her mentor Antonin Scalia,...
- 10/15/2020
- by Peter Debruge
- Variety Film + TV
Years ago, when I was working on a documentary on sitcom television pioneer Gertrude Berg, aka Molly Goldberg, I attended a reception at the French ambassador’s residence in Washington, DC. I spotted Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg by the desserts and decided to make a bold casting move.
I went up to Justice Ginsburg, whose opinions I so admired, and on a whim asked her if she had listened to “The Goldbergs” in her youth. She answered in the affirmative, and then I requested if she would be willing to be interviewed for “Yoo-Hoo, Mrs. Goldberg.” Without missing a beat, she said enthusiastically yes.
We filmed her interview at the Supreme Court, for which she wore a beaded collar that she proudly explained had been given to her by women in South Africa.
Turns out that Gertrude Berg, who wrote, produced, and starred in “The Goldbergs” on radio and television,...
I went up to Justice Ginsburg, whose opinions I so admired, and on a whim asked her if she had listened to “The Goldbergs” in her youth. She answered in the affirmative, and then I requested if she would be willing to be interviewed for “Yoo-Hoo, Mrs. Goldberg.” Without missing a beat, she said enthusiastically yes.
We filmed her interview at the Supreme Court, for which she wore a beaded collar that she proudly explained had been given to her by women in South Africa.
Turns out that Gertrude Berg, who wrote, produced, and starred in “The Goldbergs” on radio and television,...
- 9/24/2020
- by Aviva Kempner
- The Wrap
The country music community has been honoring the memory of Ruth Bader Ginsburg, following the Supreme Court Justice’s death on Friday at 87. On Saturday, Dolly Parton posted a poetic statement on Instagram, with a photo of Justice Ginsburg in her judicial robe.
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She was small in stature but even the tallest looked up to her. Her voice was soft but her message rang loud and clear and will echo forever. Thank you, Rbg. Rest In Peace. Respectfully, Dolly Parton
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She was small in stature but even the tallest looked up to her. Her voice was soft but her message rang loud and clear and will echo forever. Thank you, Rbg. Rest In Peace. Respectfully, Dolly Parton
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- 9/19/2020
- by Joseph Hudak
- Rollingstone.com
America lost a pioneering champion for human rights today when Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg died at 87. Click on the image above to see a photo gallery on her incomparable career.
Ginsburg was the first nominee to the high court by President Bill Clinton, who was less than five months into his first term at the time. Succeeding the retired Byron White, she was the second woman to serve on the Supreme Court, after Sandra Day O’Connor broke the gender barrier in 1981.
Hollywood, D.C. React To The Death Of Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg
In more recent years, the Brooklyn-born Ginsburg became a celebrity in entertainment industry circled, earning the nickname “Notorious Rbg.” She was a subject of an Oscar-nominated 2018 documentary titled Rbg, and her struggles for equal rights were chronicled in Mimi Leder’s 2018 feature On the Basis of Sex, in which Ginsburg was played by Felicity Jones.
Ginsburg was the first nominee to the high court by President Bill Clinton, who was less than five months into his first term at the time. Succeeding the retired Byron White, she was the second woman to serve on the Supreme Court, after Sandra Day O’Connor broke the gender barrier in 1981.
Hollywood, D.C. React To The Death Of Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg
In more recent years, the Brooklyn-born Ginsburg became a celebrity in entertainment industry circled, earning the nickname “Notorious Rbg.” She was a subject of an Oscar-nominated 2018 documentary titled Rbg, and her struggles for equal rights were chronicled in Mimi Leder’s 2018 feature On the Basis of Sex, in which Ginsburg was played by Felicity Jones.
- 9/19/2020
- by Erik Pedersen and Brandon Choe
- Deadline Film + TV
Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg has died at the age of 87, according to NPR.
The cause of death was complications from cancer; Ginsburg had battled pancreatic cancer for years, undergoing several surgeries that required her to step aside from the court. Days before her death, Ginsburg dictated this statement to her granddaughter Clara Spera: “My most fervent wish is that I will not be replaced until a new president is installed.” (The 2020 presidential election is slated for Tuesday, Nov. 3.)
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The cause of death was complications from cancer; Ginsburg had battled pancreatic cancer for years, undergoing several surgeries that required her to step aside from the court. Days before her death, Ginsburg dictated this statement to her granddaughter Clara Spera: “My most fervent wish is that I will not be replaced until a new president is installed.” (The 2020 presidential election is slated for Tuesday, Nov. 3.)
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- 9/18/2020
- by Dave Nemetz
- TVLine.com
Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, the senior liberal voice on the high court and a lifelong advocate of women’s equality, has died. She was 87.
The court said she died of metastatic pancreatic cancer Friday evening at her home in Washington, D.C., where she was surrounded by her family. Ginsburg had announced over the summer that she had been undergoing chemotherapy treatment, but she said that she would “remain a member of the court as long as I can do the job full steam. I remain fully able to do that.”
According to NPR, just days before her death, Ginsburg dictated a statement to her granddaughter that read in part, “My most fervent wish is that I will not be replaced until a new president is installed.”
Ruth Bader Ginsburg: A Career In Pictures – Photo Gallery
Chief Justice John Roberts said: “Our nation has lost a justice of historic stature.
The court said she died of metastatic pancreatic cancer Friday evening at her home in Washington, D.C., where she was surrounded by her family. Ginsburg had announced over the summer that she had been undergoing chemotherapy treatment, but she said that she would “remain a member of the court as long as I can do the job full steam. I remain fully able to do that.”
According to NPR, just days before her death, Ginsburg dictated a statement to her granddaughter that read in part, “My most fervent wish is that I will not be replaced until a new president is installed.”
Ruth Bader Ginsburg: A Career In Pictures – Photo Gallery
Chief Justice John Roberts said: “Our nation has lost a justice of historic stature.
- 9/18/2020
- by Ted Johnson
- Deadline Film + TV
Thanks to the unpredictable whims of the internet, there’s no telling where the next pop-cultural obsession will come from. In recent years, medieval portraiture, a tragic trip to the zoo (Rip Harambe), the rat-and pizza-slice-infested subways of NYC, and the celebratory queering of a horror character meant to symbolize grief and extreme parental resentment have all served as unlikely Twitter sensations.
In that context, the Supreme Court doesn’t seem too far-fetched as the source of enduring virality.
Arriving months before an awards-season biopic about the jurist starring Felicity Jones, the new documentary “Rbg” attempts to humanize the woman behind the “Notorious R.B.G.” meme but ends up mostly printing the legend instead.
Directed by Julie Cohen (“The Sturgeon Queens”) and TV producer Betsy West, “Rbg” is a proficient but prosaic overview of Ginsburg’s (exceptional) life and (world-improving) accomplishments. If you know enough to be impressed by...
In that context, the Supreme Court doesn’t seem too far-fetched as the source of enduring virality.
Arriving months before an awards-season biopic about the jurist starring Felicity Jones, the new documentary “Rbg” attempts to humanize the woman behind the “Notorious R.B.G.” meme but ends up mostly printing the legend instead.
Directed by Julie Cohen (“The Sturgeon Queens”) and TV producer Betsy West, “Rbg” is a proficient but prosaic overview of Ginsburg’s (exceptional) life and (world-improving) accomplishments. If you know enough to be impressed by...
- 10/3/2018
- by Inkoo Kang
- The Wrap
A new web series offers a chuckle-worthy take on the Notorious R.B.G. Meg Anderson stars as Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg in Scotus and the City, a comedy from Hard Four Productions.
In Scotus and the City, Justice Ginsburg resembles a typical sitcom protagonist. She spars with coworkers who are dim (John Roberts), annoying (Clarence Thomas), and combative (Jeff Sessions). On her breaks from work, she lunches with gal pals Sandra Day O'Connor, Sonia Sotomayor, and Elena Kagan and also hits the gym. That last activity may seem out of character, but it all helps build up the legend that surrounds Scotus and the City's central figure.
The show's portrayal of certain political figures may rankle some, but Scotus and the City seems to operate on the principe that our nation's leaders aren't about parody.
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In Scotus and the City, Justice Ginsburg resembles a typical sitcom protagonist. She spars with coworkers who are dim (John Roberts), annoying (Clarence Thomas), and combative (Jeff Sessions). On her breaks from work, she lunches with gal pals Sandra Day O'Connor, Sonia Sotomayor, and Elena Kagan and also hits the gym. That last activity may seem out of character, but it all helps build up the legend that surrounds Scotus and the City's central figure.
The show's portrayal of certain political figures may rankle some, but Scotus and the City seems to operate on the principe that our nation's leaders aren't about parody.
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- 3/23/2018
- by Sam Gutelle
- Tubefilter.com
Stay in the loop on industry and casting news with our write-up on who’s been slated for recent film and television roles! “On the Basis of Sex”Longtime judicial feminist and current Associate Justice of the Supreme Court Ruth Bader Ginsburg is about to get her own biopic. The blunt-talking American icon was nominated by President Bill Clinton and has been seated in the Supreme Court since 1993. The Brooklyn-born Justice Ginsburg, who was the second woman to be confirmed for the Supreme Court after Sandra Day O’Connor, speaks frequently with journalists, and several books have been written about her life. The film will follow her rise through the Washington, D.C. Court of Appeals and onward to her current role. Vickie Thomas Casting has already slotted English actor Felicity Jones to portray the well-known American judge. Additional roles are still being cast for the Mimi Leder–directed project. Production...
- 8/23/2017
- backstage.com
Keep up with the glitzy awards world with our weekly Awards Roundup column.
– The American Cinematheque has announced that the 31st American Cinematheque Award Sponsored by GRoW @ Annenberg, will be presented to Academy Award-nominee Amy Adams at the Cinematheque’s annual benefit gala. The presentation will take place Friday, November 10, 2017 at The Beverly Hilton in Beverly Hills, CA. The award presentation will be held in the International Ballroom and will include in-person tributes from some of Adams’ colleagues and friends. Other show participants will be announced as they are confirmed in the coming months.
“The American Cinematheque is extremely pleased to honor Amy Adams as the 31st recipient of the American Cinematheque award at our celebration this year,” said Rick Nicita, American Cinematheque Chairman. “Amy Adams is one of the most beloved, admired and respected actresses in movies today. Her credits range from critical favorites like ‘American Hustle’ and ‘Arrival...
– The American Cinematheque has announced that the 31st American Cinematheque Award Sponsored by GRoW @ Annenberg, will be presented to Academy Award-nominee Amy Adams at the Cinematheque’s annual benefit gala. The presentation will take place Friday, November 10, 2017 at The Beverly Hilton in Beverly Hills, CA. The award presentation will be held in the International Ballroom and will include in-person tributes from some of Adams’ colleagues and friends. Other show participants will be announced as they are confirmed in the coming months.
“The American Cinematheque is extremely pleased to honor Amy Adams as the 31st recipient of the American Cinematheque award at our celebration this year,” said Rick Nicita, American Cinematheque Chairman. “Amy Adams is one of the most beloved, admired and respected actresses in movies today. Her credits range from critical favorites like ‘American Hustle’ and ‘Arrival...
- 4/11/2017
- by Kate Erbland
- Indiewire
In his first interview since releasing 'TrumpLand,' Michael Moore explains what's at stake and why we should treat the Gop candidate like a pedophile. Aaron Richter/Redux
Earlier this week, veteran documentarian Michael Moore delivered his own October Surprise. The Oscar-winning filmmaker and legendary muckraker suddenly unveiled the release of a previously unannounced project: Michael Moore in TrumpLand, a new film culled from two one-man shows the director performed earlier this month in the predominantly Republican town of Wilmington, Ohio. Shot, edited and released in less than two weeks,...
Earlier this week, veteran documentarian Michael Moore delivered his own October Surprise. The Oscar-winning filmmaker and legendary muckraker suddenly unveiled the release of a previously unannounced project: Michael Moore in TrumpLand, a new film culled from two one-man shows the director performed earlier this month in the predominantly Republican town of Wilmington, Ohio. Shot, edited and released in less than two weeks,...
- 10/21/2016
- Rollingstone.com
For decades – don't you dare mention how many! – Miss Piggy has been an international star of television and feature film, a best-selling author, a trend-setting fashionista and the very paradigm of porcine pulchritude. (Her words. Not ours.) But now, with her new behind-the-scenes ABC TV series, The Muppets premiering on Sept. 22, the plush pig has taken on the most startling and unexpected role of her life – a single lady. The star, who hosts Up Late with Miss Piggy, a talk show within the new documentary-style show, opens up to People about the real reason she and the frog are no...
- 9/16/2015
- by Miss Piggy
- People.com - TV Watch
Sen. Ted Cruz perused Internet porn for work once -- which might sound cool .... except for the fact he had to do it with freakin' U.S. Supreme Court Justices like Sandra Day O'Connor. Back in the 1990s ... Cruz was a clerk for Chief Justice William Rehnquist and the Internet was still in its early, early days -- and when Scotus had to rule on Internet porn, they naturally did their research. Check out Ted's memory...
- 7/15/2015
- by TMZ Staff
- TMZ
Natalie Portman is set to live out your exact dreams in yet another way: According to Deadline, she'll star in a Ruth Bader Ginsburg biopic directed by Diary of a Teenage Girl's Marielle Heller. It's called On the Basis of Sex and will reportedly follow the future Supreme Court justice as she faces "numerous obstacles to her fight for equal rights throughout her career." The role is expected to be a major stretch for the Harvard-educated Portman, as Ginsburg only went to Harvard Law. (She then transferred to Columbia Law to become one of the first women to be a part of not one, but two prestigious law reviews.) Not to be outdone, Sandra Day O'Connor is currently searching for Reese Witherspoon's phone number.
- 5/8/2015
- by Nate Jones
- Vulture
The Lincoln Leadership Prize, awarded annually by the Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library Foundation, honors outstanding individuals for a lifetime of service in the spirit of 16th President Abraham Lincoln. Honorees are described as those who manifest great strength of character, individual conscience, and an unwavering commitment to the defining principles of democracy. Steven Spielberg will receive the award during a dinner March 19 at the Hilton Chicago, presented by Sally Field. ”This is an extraordinary honor. For me, Lincoln’s unprecedented commitment to the cause of democracy is one of the most important examples of leadership our nation has ever seen,” said Spielberg. “I am humbled to receive an award that embodies both his legacy and the profound contributions he made to this country.” Previous honorees include President Bill Clinton, former Polish President Lech Walesa, Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O’Connor, Archbishop Desmond Tutu, Astronaut James A. Lovell Jr., and...
- 1/28/2014
- by THE DEADLINE TEAM
- Deadline TV
Channing Tatum developing reality series with female and male burlesque, Enda corrals all but one Senate Democrat, Todrick Hall teaches flight safety
Dating Morrissey must be terribly confusing. First, he’s “humansexual,” which means you’ll need a doctoral dissertation to figure out if he’s into you. And if you order meat on a first date, he’ll stand and walk out of the restaurant. “As his food order arrives I stare intently at what appears to be a sloppy dish of dog food on his plate. … I therefore automatically stand up and walk out of the restaurant. Suddenly you come to a certain situation and you are unable to live with it, and the only protest you can make on behalf of the butchered animal is to depart the scene. He obviously understood my sudden exit, and he had been curious enough to follow me home. He steps...
Dating Morrissey must be terribly confusing. First, he’s “humansexual,” which means you’ll need a doctoral dissertation to figure out if he’s into you. And if you order meat on a first date, he’ll stand and walk out of the restaurant. “As his food order arrives I stare intently at what appears to be a sloppy dish of dog food on his plate. … I therefore automatically stand up and walk out of the restaurant. Suddenly you come to a certain situation and you are unable to live with it, and the only protest you can make on behalf of the butchered animal is to depart the scene. He obviously understood my sudden exit, and he had been curious enough to follow me home. He steps...
- 10/30/2013
- by Ed Kennedy
- The Backlot
For girls born after women were appointed to the Supreme Court, sexual harassment is not tolerated in the workplace, and females always competed in school sports. So for them, "Makers: Women Who Make America" is a history lesson.
The three-hour special that airs Tuesday, Feb. 26, on PBS (check local listings), is naturally not just for younger women. It is for everyone - those who relished victories whenever women won higher office, experienced fury when colleagues made sexual advances or were frustrated when schools allocated money only for boys sports.
It's for males and females -- those who suffered the indignities and fought to change the world and those for whom the Era is only a baseball stat. Meryl Streep narrates the film, which should be required in any course about 20th-century America. Additional information is available at www.Makers.com.
The program features the accounts of famous leaders of the...
The three-hour special that airs Tuesday, Feb. 26, on PBS (check local listings), is naturally not just for younger women. It is for everyone - those who relished victories whenever women won higher office, experienced fury when colleagues made sexual advances or were frustrated when schools allocated money only for boys sports.
It's for males and females -- those who suffered the indignities and fought to change the world and those for whom the Era is only a baseball stat. Meryl Streep narrates the film, which should be required in any course about 20th-century America. Additional information is available at www.Makers.com.
The program features the accounts of famous leaders of the...
- 2/26/2013
- by editorial@zap2it.com
- Zap2It - From Inside the Box
Just talking about Leslie’s homemade wedding dress from last night's Parks and Recreation nuptials gets its designer, costume supervisor Kirston Mann, all emotional. “I’m so sorry, I’m getting choked up,” she laughed. But it’s no wonder: The skirt is literally a collage of Leslie Knope’s greatest hits. It might have been tough to see in the flurry of insta-wedding planning in Thursday’s episode, but Mann had sewn together newspaper clippings about Leslie’s Harvest Festival victory and City Council win, her campaign flyers, and even portraits of her role models Madeleine Albright, Hillary Clinton, and Michelle Obama. (Quick! Find Sandra Day O'Connor in the photo below!) The origami flower on her waist? Made out of the Pawnee city logo. “It wasn't just a bunch of newspapers I had lying around,” Mann said. “Every single piece was pulled from a Parks episode — even though no...
- 2/22/2013
- by Denise Martin
- Vulture
Conservatives often complain that Hollywood is in the bag for the Democrats, but when it comes to internet freedom, the motion-picture industry likes what the Republican Party has to say. Chris Dodd, chairman and CEO of the Motion Picture Association of America (and former Democratic senator from Connecticut), officially embraced the Republican Party’s campaign platform on intellectual property and internet freedom:
“The Republican Party platform language strikes a very smart balance: it emphasizes the importance of us doing more as a nation to protect our intellectual property from online theft while underscoring the critical importance of protecting internet freedom.
“The Republican Party platform language strikes a very smart balance: it emphasizes the importance of us doing more as a nation to protect our intellectual property from online theft while underscoring the critical importance of protecting internet freedom.
- 8/29/2012
- by Jeff Labrecque
- EW - Inside Movies
The Motion Picture Association of America, lead by former Connecticut Democratic Senator Chris Dodd, approves of what the Republicans have to say about protecting intellectual property and internet freedom in their party platform. The Gop platform, which was formally approved last night at the party’s convention in Tampa, Florida, strongly advocates internet freedom, especially in terms of deregulation, innovation, competition. The Gop also doesn’t want to “shift control away from the successful multi-stakeholder approach of Internet governance and toward governance by international or other intergovernmental organizations.” In terms of piracy, the Gop platform states that “punitive measures will be imposed on foreign firms that misappropriate American technology and intellectual property.” Here’s what the MPAA had to say in response: “The Republican Party platform language strikes a very smart balance: it emphasizes the importance of us doing more as a nation to protect our intellectual property from online...
- 8/29/2012
- by DOMINIC PATTEN
- Deadline TV
Former Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O'Connor said in a Sunday interview that she is greatly disappointed in Americans' increasing disapproval of the highest court in the land. CBS's Face the Nation host Bob Schieffer asked O'connor about recent surveys that indicate a decline in American respect for the Supreme Court. In response, O'Connor lamented: "In the past, when the public is asked about three branches of government, the judicial branch has had the highest respect. Now it’s the same for all, it’s all down." "It’s a great disappointment to me," she said.
- 8/6/2012
- by Andrew Kirell
- Mediaite - TV
Artists Meryl Streep, Sting, Joan Baez, Cynthia Nixon, Yoko Ono and Patrick Stewart signed an Amnesty International Letter to Presidents Obama and Karzai on Afghan Women.s Rights. The open letter was released Sunday to President Obama and President Karzai, calling on them to give women a voice in the conversation about Afghanistan.s future. The letter was released by Amnesty International as it staged a "Shadow Summit for Afghan Women. hours before the Nato Summit got underway in Chicago. Joining the artists as signatories were authors, including Stephen King, Khaled Hosseini (The Kite Runner) and playwright Lynn Nottage (Ruined, By the Way, Meet Vera Stark). Signatories included former Secretary of State Madeleine Albright, retired Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O'Connor,...
- 5/21/2012
- by April MacIntyre
- Monsters and Critics
Jesse Draper, host and producer of The Valley Girl Show, is sitting down with some of the most influential women in her new series Rockin' Women. Rockin' Women showcases women who are leaders in business, startups, technology, non-profits and government. Now in its fourth season, The Valley Girl Show features interviews some of the biggest names in business and tech, from CNN's Ted Turner to Google's Eric Schmidt. "As the first female entrepreneur in my family, I wanted to interview women who are making a difference in this world and are lighting the path for the next generation of women," Draper said. "Our show has a strong female following compiled of both working and non-working women and my hope is that viewers will be inspired by these women to follow their own dreams and passions." During each episode, the female guests talk about their first jobs and how they ultimately broke into their respective industries,...
- 1/31/2012
- by Drew Baldwin
- Tubefilter.com
Christopher Anne Templeton passed away on Tuesday, February 15, 2011, in San Antonio at the age 58. She was born on February 26, 1952, in Lake Forest, Il to Edmund Owen and Joyce Irene Templeton. She is preceded in death by her parents.
Even though Christopher battled Polio her whole life, she courageously broke through all barriers she faced. She was the first disabled actress to receive many contract roles. She was a supporting actress on The Young And The Restless (as Jabot secretary, Carol) for 10 years. She went on to become a successful writer, director, and actress in many movies, independent films, and television productions. Chris' shows included Simon & Simon, Columbo, and In The Heat Of The Night among others.
Because of Christopher’s relentless tenacity, she brought her Grey Forest, TX community together through several successful events. Christopher, along with others, started the Grey Forest Farmer’s Market. She was President of the...
Even though Christopher battled Polio her whole life, she courageously broke through all barriers she faced. She was the first disabled actress to receive many contract roles. She was a supporting actress on The Young And The Restless (as Jabot secretary, Carol) for 10 years. She went on to become a successful writer, director, and actress in many movies, independent films, and television productions. Chris' shows included Simon & Simon, Columbo, and In The Heat Of The Night among others.
Because of Christopher’s relentless tenacity, she brought her Grey Forest, TX community together through several successful events. Christopher, along with others, started the Grey Forest Farmer’s Market. She was President of the...
- 2/22/2011
- by We Love Soaps TV
- We Love Soaps
Gary Sinise, the brilliant actor who played war hero Lieutenant Dan in the Tom Hanks Movie Forrest Gump, has been nominated to receive the Harry S. Truman Good Neighbor Award [Nov. 11]. The news that his in a great company of recipients was released as a holiday news announcement on Veterans Day 2010. Previous awards winners include Thomas P. ‘Tip’ O’Niell, Jr., H. Norman Schwarzkopf, Bob Dole, Buzz Aldrin, Walter Cronkite, Tom Clancy, Sandra Day O’Connor, as well as Scientists, Chief Justices for the United States, Senators, and Journalists. The presentation of the award will take place in Kansas City, Missouri on May 5, 2011 at a luncheon to mark the 127th birthday of the 33rd President – Harry S. Truman (May 8, 1884 – December 26, 1972). Gary Sinise, who never served in the military himself, has a long and close relationship with the armed services. His most memorable screen roll related to military service is his portrayal Lt.
- 11/12/2010
- by jeanettekscott
- Green Celebrity
NBC has picked up two more projects for development, one of which is a Mafia-inspired drama from Jamie Foxx.The broadcaster has made a deal for Tommy's Little Girl, which centers on a young girl raised in a Mafia family who is hidden away in an orphanage after her family is murdered by a rival crime boss. Now an attorney, she has a double life as an assassin avenging her family's murder as she attempts to locate her last living relative.The project is from writer/executive producer Jorge Zamacona (Oz, The Unusuals) along with executive prodders Foxx and Deon Taylor.The second project is a comedy from Chris Pappas and Mike Bernier (Unhitched) and Scot Armstrong (The Hangover Part II) titled Life Is Good. The logline: A husband and father of two young girls is discovered by the 19-year-old mixed-race son he never knew he had, throwing his mellow suburban family world into chaos.
- 10/25/2010
- backstage.com
Los Angeles, Oct 24 – Actress Kristin Davis is set to return to television with a new comedy show called ‘The Happiness Project’.
The show is based on the real-life experience of Gretchen Rubin, a former law clerk for Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O’Connor, who embarked on a quest to explore the nature of happiness while writing a book, ‘The Happiness Project’, which was published by HarperCollins in January, reports variety.com.
Davis will also serve as a co-executive producer on the project.
Ians...
The show is based on the real-life experience of Gretchen Rubin, a former law clerk for Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O’Connor, who embarked on a quest to explore the nature of happiness while writing a book, ‘The Happiness Project’, which was published by HarperCollins in January, reports variety.com.
Davis will also serve as a co-executive producer on the project.
Ians...
- 10/23/2010
- by News
- RealBollywood.com
Plus naughty Swedish puppets, we return to Dallas, and Studs Terkl gets oral with Story Corps.
The list of the Highest Paid Actors in Hollywood doesn’t include anyone from television, though with Charlie Sheen’s reported deal, that could change next year. Topping the list is Johnny Depp at $75 million, but the fact that second is Ben Stiller with $53 million just proves that life isn’t fair.
Tractor beams are becoming real. So far they only work on things that are microscopic, but one day soon I should be able to use one to pull Hugh Jackman to me.
The unthinkable has happened – Arthur Sulzberger, Jr. has given voice to the thought that one day, the New York Times will no longer be printed on paper. It just never seemed real until he said it.
A conservative group sued California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger and Attorney General Jerry Brown to...
The list of the Highest Paid Actors in Hollywood doesn’t include anyone from television, though with Charlie Sheen’s reported deal, that could change next year. Topping the list is Johnny Depp at $75 million, but the fact that second is Ben Stiller with $53 million just proves that life isn’t fair.
Tractor beams are becoming real. So far they only work on things that are microscopic, but one day soon I should be able to use one to pull Hugh Jackman to me.
The unthinkable has happened – Arthur Sulzberger, Jr. has given voice to the thought that one day, the New York Times will no longer be printed on paper. It just never seemed real until he said it.
A conservative group sued California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger and Attorney General Jerry Brown to...
- 9/9/2010
- by Ed Kennedy
- The Backlot
Let's hope the new series avoids the picture of unfulfilled women at law popularised in Hollywood films such as Jagged Edge
In a recent press release, the BBC promised that its new legal drama series Silk would present a true-to-life portrait of a female barrister applying for QC or "silk".
On the big screen female lawyers have not fared all that well in representing their real-life counterparts, despite similar promises from Hollywood. This was especially true in the 1980s and 1990s, when female stars were cast almost obsessively as lawyers: Glenn Close in Jagged Edge (1985), Cher in Suspect (1987), Jessica Lange in Music Box (1989), Barbara Hershey in Defenseless (1991) , Susan Sarandon in The Client (1994), and Julia Roberts as a law student in The Pelican Brief (1993), an assistant Us attorney in Conspiracy Theory (1997), and a legal assistant in Erin Brokovich (2000) – to name just a few.
These Hollywood lawyers are women in or just...
In a recent press release, the BBC promised that its new legal drama series Silk would present a true-to-life portrait of a female barrister applying for QC or "silk".
On the big screen female lawyers have not fared all that well in representing their real-life counterparts, despite similar promises from Hollywood. This was especially true in the 1980s and 1990s, when female stars were cast almost obsessively as lawyers: Glenn Close in Jagged Edge (1985), Cher in Suspect (1987), Jessica Lange in Music Box (1989), Barbara Hershey in Defenseless (1991) , Susan Sarandon in The Client (1994), and Julia Roberts as a law student in The Pelican Brief (1993), an assistant Us attorney in Conspiracy Theory (1997), and a legal assistant in Erin Brokovich (2000) – to name just a few.
These Hollywood lawyers are women in or just...
- 8/9/2010
- by Cynthia Lucia
- The Guardian - Film News
Maria Shriver has announced the lineup for this year’s Women’s Conference, to be held from Sunday, October 24 through Tuesday, October 26 at the Long Beach Convention Center.
“Our theme this year is ’It’s Time’ – and we are hoping The Women’s Conference inspires women to see this challenging moment in history as an opportunity to come together and transform ourselves, our communities and our world as Architects of Change,” she wrote in the Huffington Post. "I could not be more proud to disclose this amazing lineup, which will be led by Laila Ali, Yahoo! CEO Carol Bartz, Martha Beck, Mary J. Blige, Erin Brockovich, Campbell Brown, Deepak Chopra, Rosario Dawson, Paula Deen, Giada De Laurentiis, Linda Ellerbee, Giselle Fernandez, Sally Field, Jane Fonda, U.S. Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, David Gregory, Arianna Huffington, Women for Hire CEO Tory Johnson, Donna Karan, Billie Jean King, New York Times Columnist Nicholas Kristof,...
“Our theme this year is ’It’s Time’ – and we are hoping The Women’s Conference inspires women to see this challenging moment in history as an opportunity to come together and transform ourselves, our communities and our world as Architects of Change,” she wrote in the Huffington Post. "I could not be more proud to disclose this amazing lineup, which will be led by Laila Ali, Yahoo! CEO Carol Bartz, Martha Beck, Mary J. Blige, Erin Brockovich, Campbell Brown, Deepak Chopra, Rosario Dawson, Paula Deen, Giada De Laurentiis, Linda Ellerbee, Giselle Fernandez, Sally Field, Jane Fonda, U.S. Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, David Gregory, Arianna Huffington, Women for Hire CEO Tory Johnson, Donna Karan, Billie Jean King, New York Times Columnist Nicholas Kristof,...
- 6/21/2010
- Look to the Stars
It takes quite the woman to get these heavy hitters mobilized for a cause! Oprah Winfrey, Robert Redford, Jessica Simpson, Deepak Chopra and Laura Ling are among the newsmakers and Hollywood names slated to headline at the Women's Conference 2010 hosted by California First Lady Maria Shriver and Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger. With a mission of "empowering, inspiring and educating women", the annual conference expands to three days this year, Shriver will announce Thursday. It kicks off in Long Beach, Calif., on Sunday, October 24, with a March on Alzheimer's to raise awareness and funds to fight the disease.Among the program highlights...
- 6/17/2010
- by Elizabeth Leonard
- PEOPLE.com
Los Angeles, California (X17online) - Oprah Winfrey will be given a Minerva Award by California first lady Maria Shriver. The talk show host is among five ladies who are being honored on October 26 for "serving on the frontlines of humanity." The awards, created by Shriver in 2004, will be handed out at the Women's Conference in Long Beach. Shriver released this statement: "This year's Minerva Award honorees are women who live with a deep sense of purpose and who are passionately dedicated to serving others. These Minervas all identified problems and unmet needs in their communities and have worked tirelessly to solve them." Also receiving a Minerva Award ... former Supreme Court judge Sandra Day O'Connor.
- 6/3/2010
- x17online.com
New York -- Oprah Winfrey will be among the five women honored with this year's Minerva Awards by California first lady Maria Shriver.
The awards will be presented to the honorees on Oct. 26 at the Women's Conference in Long Beach.
Created by Shriver in 2004, the Minerva Awards honor women "who serve on the frontlines of humanity."
Winfrey will receive the award notably for her Leadership Academy for Girls in South Africa and the Oprah Angel Network. Former Supreme Court judge Sandra Day O'Connor is among the others who will receive the award.
"This year's Minerva Award honorees are women who live with a deep sense of purpose and who are passionately dedicated to serving others," said Shriver. "These Minervas all identified problems and unmet needs in their communities and have worked tirelessly to solve them."...
The awards will be presented to the honorees on Oct. 26 at the Women's Conference in Long Beach.
Created by Shriver in 2004, the Minerva Awards honor women "who serve on the frontlines of humanity."
Winfrey will receive the award notably for her Leadership Academy for Girls in South Africa and the Oprah Angel Network. Former Supreme Court judge Sandra Day O'Connor is among the others who will receive the award.
"This year's Minerva Award honorees are women who live with a deep sense of purpose and who are passionately dedicated to serving others," said Shriver. "These Minervas all identified problems and unmet needs in their communities and have worked tirelessly to solve them."...
- 6/2/2010
- by By Kaitlin Knoll
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
The time has come for an American president to help reconnect the United States Supreme Court with the rest of the country. It is time for Barack Obama to nominate a candidate to the Court who has political or financial experience as well as legal chops; time or him to throw into the ideological vipers’ nest there a person who hasn’t spent the past few decades life-tenured and decked out in a black robe. In the wake of the announcement today of Justice John Paul Stevens’s retirement, all of the eight remaining justices came to the High Court from the lower federal appeals courts. So did Stevens. He served on the 7th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals before he was nominated by President Gerald Ford. The last Justice to leave before him, David H. Souter, had served on the 1st U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals before...
- 4/9/2010
- Vanity Fair
"The time has come." Those were the words that Barbra Streisand uttered when she announced Kathryn Bigelow's name as the winner of the best director Oscar. The moment came at the end of a long and boring show that featured many male winners in most categories, but damn, staying up was worth it. I never really thought this was possible even six months ago since the gender problem in Hollywood is so pervasive, but damn, it happened - a woman won for best director. Director is the ultimate leader in Hollywood, the big kahuna, and now, finally a woman is in the club and that, my friends, is a big deal. After Bigelow's win last night I was thinking about other female firsts that I have witnessed in my lifetime. I remember when Sandra Day O'Connor became the first...
- 3/10/2010
- by Melissa Silverstein
- Huffington Post
Congratulations to Kathryn Bigelow for becoming the first female to win a DGA Award for feature film directing. And congratulations to blogs lazily implying she's the first woman to win a DGA Award period. Many other women have been honored by the guild for TV work, idiots.
Anyway, yes, she's made a leap for womankind, and she'll likely leap even further when she takes home the Oscar for directing on March 7th, becoming the first female filmmaker to do so. But will this leap be as falsely forward as Neil Armstrong's? Is The Hurt Locker like the Moon Landing, with maybe a few more women gaining recognition for their craft but ultimately doing little for the progress of women filmmakers?
Okay, that may be an annoying analogy. But not as annoying as both the male dominance of the film industry and the patriarchal perspective that needs to keep talking...
Anyway, yes, she's made a leap for womankind, and she'll likely leap even further when she takes home the Oscar for directing on March 7th, becoming the first female filmmaker to do so. But will this leap be as falsely forward as Neil Armstrong's? Is The Hurt Locker like the Moon Landing, with maybe a few more women gaining recognition for their craft but ultimately doing little for the progress of women filmmakers?
Okay, that may be an annoying analogy. But not as annoying as both the male dominance of the film industry and the patriarchal perspective that needs to keep talking...
- 2/2/2010
- by Christopher Campbell
This is big. This is Sally Ride, first woman in space big. This is Sandra Day O'Connor, first female on the Supreme Court big. This is Billie Jean King beating Bobby Riggs big. This is a big, bold blast in the glass ceiling for all women directors. Last night in the wee hours here on the east coast, Kathryn Bigelow became the first woman Ever to win the DGA top honors for feature filmmaking. What is interesting about the DGA event is that all the nominees get up to make a speech, all receive a silver plaque and then at the end of the evening one gets the gold. Reports are that when Bigelow's name was announced everyone cheered. I'm getting goose bumps just writing about it. Her acceptance speech seemed incredibly humble: "Just to be in the room with all of you is...
- 2/1/2010
- by Melissa Silverstein
- Huffington Post
15 others honored, including Ted Kennedy, Desmond Tutu, Harvey Milk, Sandra Day O'Connor, Stephen Hawking.
By Ira Teinowitz
President Obama presented the Presidential Medal of Freedom to 16 people at the White House on Wednesday, among them the first African American to win a Best Actor Oscar, Sidney Poitier.
Calling Poitier -- who won a Best Actor Oscar for 1963's "Lillies of the Field" and a nomination for 1959's "The Defiant Ones" -- an "ambassador and actor," the president in a statement said he "has left an indelible mark on American culture.
"Rising ...
By Ira Teinowitz
President Obama presented the Presidential Medal of Freedom to 16 people at the White House on Wednesday, among them the first African American to win a Best Actor Oscar, Sidney Poitier.
Calling Poitier -- who won a Best Actor Oscar for 1963's "Lillies of the Field" and a nomination for 1959's "The Defiant Ones" -- an "ambassador and actor," the president in a statement said he "has left an indelible mark on American culture.
"Rising ...
- 8/12/2009
- by Lew Harris
- The Wrap
By Ira Teinowitz
Actor Sidney Poitier and actress, singer and dancer Chita Rivera will be among the 16 recipients of President Obama’s first Medal of Freedom Awards as president next month, the White House said Thursday.
They will be part of a group that includes physicist Stephen Hawking, Sen. Ted Kennedy, Billie Jean King, former Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O’Connor, the late San Francisco Mayor Harvey Milk and Bishop Desmond Tutu.
The White House said this year’s list of recipients, to be honored in ceremonies Aug. 12, were chosen as “agents of change.”
...
Actor Sidney Poitier and actress, singer and dancer Chita Rivera will be among the 16 recipients of President Obama’s first Medal of Freedom Awards as president next month, the White House said Thursday.
They will be part of a group that includes physicist Stephen Hawking, Sen. Ted Kennedy, Billie Jean King, former Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O’Connor, the late San Francisco Mayor Harvey Milk and Bishop Desmond Tutu.
The White House said this year’s list of recipients, to be honored in ceremonies Aug. 12, were chosen as “agents of change.”
...
- 7/30/2009
- by Lew Harris
- The Wrap
“I would hope that a wise Latina woman with the richness of her experiences would more often than not reach a better conclusion than a white male who hasn't lived that life.” —Sonia Sotomayor At her confirmation hearing today, Sonia Sotomayor was forced to walk back what has become the most controversial (and well-covered) comment of her public life. “It was bad,” she told Republican Senator Jeff Sessions, when he predictably raised the issue right out of the box. Justice Sandra Day O’Connor, the first woman to serve on the high court, famously said that a wise old man and a wise old woman would reach the same conclusions when deciding the merits of an important case. “I was trying to play on her words. My play fell flat,” she said, trying to put behind her claims of reverse racism and worse. Well, yes. She could have, should have,...
- 7/14/2009
- Vanity Fair
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