Women in Hollywood

Interview with Sally Potter, Director of Rage

Melissa Silverstein | Posted 11.29.2009 | Entertainment


Melissa Silverstein

Sally Potter is a filmmaking icon. She is an outspoken, visionary, feminist director who has been on the cutting edge of the indie world since she started making films.

Interview: Baby Bumps and Celebrity Moms

Morra Aarons-Mele | Posted 09.17.2009 | Living


Morra Aarons-Mele

It's wonderful that pregnancy is seen as such a beautiful thing, but it's a shame that motherhood is framed against a backdrop of such beauty [that] no one can live up to.

What Does a $70 Million Opening Weekend Get Catherine Hardwicke? Fired.

Melissa Silverstein | Posted 01.08.2009 | Entertainment


Melissa Silverstein

Nikki Finke is reporting that Hardwicke was actually fired because she was "difficult" and "irrational." Geez, they just should have called her a bitch and been done with it.

Women's Films: A New Box Office Trend?

Melissa Silverstein | Posted 12.18.2008 | Entertainment


Melissa Silverstein

As of today, there are two women-centric films -- Sex and the City and Mamma Mia! -- in the top 10 at the box office for the year.