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Jennifer Love Hewitt Said Something Very True About Body Image

The Huffington Post | Posted 05.24.2013 | Women

Being a woman in Hollywood sounds exhausting, but Jennifer Love Hewitt has learned how to deal with the body critics. In an interview in this mont...

LOOK: Strong Female TV Characters

The Huffington Post | Nina Bahadur | Posted 05.16.2013 | Women

While career prospects for women in Hollywood are rather bleak at the moment, there are some truly awesome roles for women being created on the small ...

Some Things Never Change For Women In Hollywood

The Huffington Post | Emma Gray | Posted 05.15.2013 | Women

Despite articles declaring it to be the "Year of the Woman" in Hollywood, 2012 wasn't actually all that great for female actresses. According to a ...

LOOK: This Is How Few Women Directors There Are In Hollywood

The Huffington Post | Christina Huffington | Posted 04.20.2013 | Women

When Kathryn Bigelow failed to get a Best Director nomination for Zero Dark Thirty at this year's Academy Awards, some commentators asked if it was be...

WATCH: Susan Sarandon Talks Working With Other Actresses

The Huffington Post | Christina Huffington | Posted 04.17.2013 | Women

Susan Sarandon dropped by HuffPost Live on Wednesday to promote her upcoming film "The Big Wedding" and to talk about -- among other things -- what i...

Gee, Maybe Audiences Will See An Action Movie That Stars Women

Robert J. Elisberg | Posted 05.08.2013 | Entertainment
Robert J. Elisberg

This is an article that I wrote on the Huffington Post almost two years ago, on May 5, 2011. Given that today is International Women's Day, I thought ...

Diablo Cody Thinks Lena Dunham Is 'Our New Woody Allen'

The Huffington Post | Lori Fradkin | Posted 01.30.2013 | Women

People cannot process the fact that a woman could be sexual and funny and brilliant and sensitive and flawed and beautiful and all of those things.

In Hollywood, Women Really Are Helping Other Women: And Why This Needs to Be a Headline!

Jess Weiner | Posted 03.24.2013 | Impact
Jess Weiner

In order to ensure more women's voices receive recognition, and that more women have a chance to move up in rank while making media, the key to creating more equality needs to take place behind the scenes.

'Are We Okay?'

Margaret Wheeler Johnson | Posted 03.15.2013 | Women
Margaret Wheeler Johnson

Season 1 left us with so many questions. The first episode of Season 2 couldn't begin to answer all of them, but it certainly gave us A LOT to discuss...

Star Power: Inside the Elle Women in Hollywood Awards

Napoleon Perdis | Posted 12.25.2012 | Style
Napoleon Perdis

Elle Women In Hollywood is a beautiful event to behold; impossibly chic down to the tiniest detail and peopled with a virtual constellation of celebrities, many of whom have had to struggle to earn their place in one of the toughest industries.

PHOTOS: Viola Davis & Octavia Spencer Get Glam For ELLE's Women In Hollywood Party

The Huffington Post | Michelle Marques | Posted 10.16.2012 | Black Voices

Our favorite female celebs stylishly celebrated the power of the 'She' at ELLE's 19th Annual Women In Hollywood Celebration last night in Beverly Hill...

The Job I Didn't Get Because I'm A Woman

Posted 10.05.2012 | Women

By Barbara Stepanksy I have little story I’d like to tell about the Hollywood Glass Ceiling. I frequently talk with my director girlfriends ab...

Is Rebel Wilson Our Next Leading Lady Of Comedy?

AP | SANDY COHEN | Posted 11.07.2012 | Women

LOS ANGELES — Get ready to notice Rebel Wilson. She may have already caught your eye with her brief appearance in "Bridesmaids," playing the fr...

Joe Satran

Fired 'Brave' Director Speaks Out

HuffingtonPost.com | Joe Satran | Posted 08.29.2012 | Entertainment

Most people take some time to pity themselves after getting fired. They wallow in cocoons of Snuggies, oversized sweaters and empty pizza boxes, spend...

What Would Nora Do? One Last Look at Nora Ephron's "Successful" Film Career

Jan Lisa Huttner | Posted 09.09.2012 | Women
Jan Lisa Huttner

"What would Nora do now?" I asked myself? Back down and go with the flow?

How I Made Peace with the Other 'F' Word

Shasta Nelson, M.Div. | Posted 04.08.2012 | Women
Shasta Nelson, M.Div.

I'd heard women start sentences with "I'm not a feminist, but ...," modeling for me that we wanted to distance ourselves from some scary picture of women burning bras and hating men.

Scorned: Most Famous Cases of Love Gone Wrong (QUIZ)

Posted 01.19.2012 | Entertainment

In today's society, monogamy has become a hard vow to keep. But faithful celebrity relationships? Those might be even harder. We scoured our files...

Reese Witherspoon Wants To Make Out With Jennifer Aniston

AP | By SANDY COHEN | Posted 12.18.2011 | Entertainment

LOS ANGELES -- Reese Witherspoon and Jennifer Aniston might be closer friends than anyone realized. Describing Aniston Monday night at Elle magazine'...

Jennifer Aniston, Evan Rachel Wood And Freida Pinto Bare All

Posted 12.18.2011 | Entertainment

To coincide with their Women in Hollywood event in LA, ELLE has released a short film to toast some of the biggest names in tinseltown. While it ...

The New Streisand Effect?

AP | SANDY COHEN | Posted 12.18.2011 | Fifty

LOS ANGELES — Nine women were honored at the annual Women in Hollywood event, yet two ladies in particular stole the show. Viola Davis surprise...

Behind the Scenes With the Indefatigable and Bold Geena Davis

Pat Mitchell | Posted 11.06.2011 | Media
Pat Mitchell

This lack of good role models for women, and especially for girls who need to see what they can be in order to have those dreams and ambitions, is something that has concerned Geena and many of us for quite some time.

'The Smurf Ghetto': Hollywood's New Glass Ceiling For Female Directors

Moviefone | Posted 10.31.2011 | Women

What's the top-grossing film directed by a woman? (Hint: It's not 'Big' or 'You've Got Mail' or 'It's Complicated,' and it's certainly not 'The Hurt L...

The Mysterious Disappearance of Hollywood's Trailblazing Women

Francine LeFrak | Posted 05.25.2011 | New York
Francine LeFrak

Last year was a painful one for movies about fearless women struggling for rights, freedom and equality. Has feminism in film become passe?

12 Women We Love For Their Souls... Not Lingerie

Tom Matlack | Posted 11.17.2011 | Healthy Living
Tom Matlack

Who are the men Esquire's talking about? What is it that we love about these women? Their factory-fresh "breasts"? Their naughty smiles? Are those things truly what men at their best love about women?

What if Jeff Bridges Were a Woman?

Ann Daly, PhD | Posted 05.25.2011 | Entertainment
Ann Daly, PhD

Hollywood narratives simply cannot accommodate women beyond the marriage plot. Once she passes Dora the Explorer's age, a woman's story (note the singular) revolves around sex and romance.