Advice ‘If you don’t include all voices, you don’t get the truth’: Jan Fran tells Tarla Lambert Jan Fran is a compelling journalist who has penetrated the mainstream media with her searing and comedic lens across the news.
News & Views ‘I thought these Academy Awards were meant to stand for something?’: Cate Blanchett on the huge gender pay gap in acting Film star Cate Blanchett talks to Julia Gillard on A Podcast of One’s Own about the huge gender pay gap in acting and the arts.
News & Views Oscar snub of ‘Little Women’ shows the limits of Hollywood feminism The Oscars snubbing Greta Gerwig in category of best director for the film Little Women was surprising given its critical acclaim.
News & Views Give Natalie Portman & Waad Al-Kateab an Oscar for Best Red Carpet statement Both Natalie Portman & Syrian filmmaker Waad Al-Kateab used embroidery to make a statement on the red carpet at the 2020 Oscar Awards in Los Angeles.
News & Views Rebel Wilson calls out lack of women nominated for best director in hilarious BAFTAs speech Rebel Wilson stole the show at the BAFTAs, using her introduction to the best director category to take aim at the lack of diversity in the nominations.
News & Views Female directors dismissed as Oscar nominations announced The Oscars have once again dismissed women filmmakers and their work, with the Best Director nominations slated as entirely male for the second consecutive year.
Screen Harvey Weinstein wants to be remembered as the real victim “Harvey Weinstein is trying to gaslight society again,” the women said in the statement, supplied to the Los Angeles Times.
News & Views Yummy Mummies: the reality TV show we really don’t need? Now into its second season, Yummy Mummies pedals some particularly damaging tropes about woman- and motherhood that ought to make any viewer visibly recoil.
Uncategorised Aussie women nominated for Golden Globes, but no women on Best Director’s list The Golden Globe nominations have been announced and 4 Aussie actresses have been selected, but in another blow, no women were nominated for Best Director
News & Views Deborah Mailman wins best actress for Total Control at AACTA Awards Deborah Mailman has taken out the prize for best actress at the AACTA Awards on Wednesday night, for her lead role in the ABC political drama series Total Control.
News & Views There’s a war over the ‘wogs’ trademark, but where are all the female voices? Comedian Nick Giannopoulos has trademarked the word ‘wogs’. Women have been left out of the discussion, writes Koraly Dimitriadis.
Life Reese Witherspoon on #TimesUp and creating a new normal for women in Hollywood Reese Witherspoon has had a successful career over several decades in Hollywood. But in her 30s, she recognised how few meaty roles there were for women.
