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Women & Hollywood
http://womenandhollywood.com
News and commentary about Hollywood from a feminist perspective
- Added on: Jun 9th, 2008
- Country: United States
- Language: English
- Author: Melissa Silverstein
- Listed in: Entertainment Film
- Tags: Film women feminism hollywood women and film women and hollywood
Recent Posts
Happy Thanksgiving
Taking a break from blogging. See you next week. ...
The Jazz Baroness Airs on HBO2 Tommorow Night
I recently saw this very interesting documentary by Hannah Rothschild, The Jazz Baroness, about her great aunt Nica who spent over 28 years as Thelonious Monk’s best friend. I was kind of surprised by the story because, of course, I had heard...
New Moon Brings a New Dawn in Hollywood
On Friday morning Hollywood woke up to the realization that fangirls can be as rabid as fanboys. By Saturday morning they realized that two BIG records had been broken, including the highest midnight screening opening and the best opening date in h...
Women & Hollywood in the Press
Here are two pieces about New Moon where Women & Hollywood was featured last week. From CNN.com – Hey Hollywood, the Fangirls are Calling: But successful female-centric films often are dismissed as flukes instead of viewed as trends, says M...
Two Records Down!
New Moon has recorded the BEST OPENING DATE IN HISTORY! The film grossed $72.7 million (that more than the whole opening weekend for Twilight) on 4024 screens. The previous record was held by The Dark Knight which made 67.2 million on 4,366 in July o...
One Record Down!
In midnights screenings of New Moon in over 3500 theatres, the film made over $26 million which topples the record held by Harry Potter and the Half Blood Price at a little over $22 million. And remember Harry Potter opened in the summer when school ...
