The Incredible Whiteness (and Maleness) of Oscar
By Alexandra MacAaron
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When nominees were announced last month, there were once again no women directors, and no black directors.
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The Wednesday Five: Cover Women
Body-positive statements from the women athletes featured in ESPN's "The Body" issue; Sports Illustrated honors all 25 players of the U.S. women's soccer team by giving each their own cover; Viola Davis and Jane Fonda talk about giving a cultural face to women on television; Junot Diaz on men who write about women; and the women steering NASA's mission to Pluto.
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TV Reviews: “Madam Secretary” and “How to Get Away With Murder”
By Alexandra MacAaron
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As the new secretary of state in CBS's "Madam Secretary," Téa Leoni must negotiate a hostage crisis, parry with a resentful chief of staff, dodge a personal stylist, and host a dinner party for an African dignitary and his ten wives. And that’s all in her first week!
Wednesday 5: The Best of the Internet This Week
Fifty essential feminist films curated by Flavorwire; Viola Davis as the leading lady we've all known her to be; activists doctor CoverGirl's "Get Your Game Face On" ad to transform it into a tool against domestic violence; Katie Nolan of Fox Sports shares some of the more insightful and thoughtful commentaries on the NFL's domestic violence cancer; and surprising and not so surprising answers to where nine now-powerful women were when they were 23.
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Hugh Jackman in ‘Prisoners’: No More Mr. Nice Guy
By Alexandra MacAaron
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Casting Hugh Jackman as the distraught parent of a missing child in the tense new thriller Prisoners seems a stroke of directorial genius. Jackman’s the perfect gentle giant with great strength (and potential rage) lying underneath.
Oscars 2012: The Morning After
It was hard to find a moment free of sexism. But there were Meryl, Octavia, and "Saving Face." Before that good news came Billy Crystal, and before then the red carpet pre-show, and the WVFC team was in full-throated chorus about all of it.
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Oscar Countdown: “And the Nominees Are …” Some Predictions, Best Guesses and Shots in the Dark
By Alexandra MacAaron
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When it comes to Academy nominations, my guess is that you make it a point to either stay up or wake up. Here's a list of major awards, and our best guess about who will be nominated next week.
Golden Globes for Golden Women
By Diane Duyos Vacca
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t was hard not to notice the prominence of women 40 and older at the Golden Globes awards ceremony; exactly two-thirds of the 30 women nominated for women-only categories were 40 or older.
2011 Wrap-Up: Women On Screen
By Alexandra MacAaron
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Continuing our look back at 2011 from the over-40 woman's perspective, we asked our pop-culture guru Alexandra MacAaron to give us her assessment of the year in media.