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On Monday morning, two women were nominated for Oscars in directing, and it rained. And perhaps someday, one of those things will not be news. (Rain in Los Angeles will always be news.) But that “someday” is not this day. The inclusion of both Chloé Zhao and Emerald Fennell in the 2020 directing (and writing) categories represents just one set of breakthroughs on a nomination list so chock full of historic firsts “Minari’s” Steven Yeun, first Asian American lead actor nominee, meet “Sound of Metal’s” Riz Ahmed, first Muslim lead actor nominee that “most historic first” could be its own Oscar category. ....
Mary McNamara: Why I'm not wholeheartedly celebrating Oscar's 'historic first' for female directors gazettextra.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from gazettextra.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
Women In Film, Los Angeles Adds 6 New Board Members WIF additions include “Borat” producer Monica Levinson and Warner Bros. Pictures’ Niija KuykendallDiane Haithman | March 8, 2021 @ 5:27 PM Last Updated: March 8, 2021 @ 6:11 PM From top left to bottom right: Chris Nee, Ida Zeniti, Michelle Lee, Monica Levinson, Niija Kuykendall, Shivani Rawat/Courtesy of Women in Film Women in Film, Los Angeles (WIF), an advocacy organization for women’s careers in the screen industries, has added six members to its 2021 Board of Directors, the organization announced Monday. The new group includes Niija Kuykendall, executive vice president of production at Warner Bros. Pictures; Michelle Lee, director of domestic programming at AppleTV+; film and television producer Monica Levinson (“Borat Subsequent Moviefilm”); producer Chris Nee, whose production company Laughing Wild is focused on nurturing talent with diverse points of view; Shivani Rawat, founde ....
#VoteforWomen: Check out this awards season ballot, where women own every category David Oliver, USA TODAY Replay Video UP NEXT For advocacy organization Women in Film (WIF), that means pointing out the multitudes of women behind the camera who participated in awards-caliber films this year. The group created a #VoteforWomen ballot for the second year in a row, featuring more than 500 women worthy of accolades. The ballot shuts down the dated theory that there s not enough good work by women to nominate them. Imagine a ballot that recognizes all of the women whose work behind the camera made the film landscape of 2020 possible, a tweet from WIF read earlier this month. This awards season, #VoteForWomen. No votes will actually be tallied; the ballot is symbolic. ....
Sligo born journalist Paddy Clancy is back in Sligo University Hospital fighting Covid-19 - the location where he contracted the dreaded virus some weeks ago after being admitted over an ongoing kidney condition. The Bridge Street native (77) has been telling of his shock and annoyance at catching Covid in a hospital setting. The journalist who presented RTE Radio s Morning Ireland slot, What It Says In The Papers, for almost three decades spoke candidly about the virus: It kills people like me. It can kill people like me. And I m not ready to go, he told RTE s Primetime last Tuesday night, becoming emotional. ....