This International Women's Day may be a little different with the COVID-19 pandemic still looming, but that doesn't mean there aren't safe ways to celebrate and support women's rights and achievements right from your home. With this year's theme being Choose to Challenge, an initiative encouraging women to speak out on, or challenge topics to…
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A sociopathic hit-woman, a rebellious 19th century poet, a ferocious supervillain, a group of female wrestlers and a modern outlaw are just some of the characters we have been able to experience in the past year because of Hollywood’s rising number of women in front of and behind the camera. Women have made great strides in…
"Any character I play is me. To be an actor is to acknowledge that human beings are capable of an infinite scope of behavior, from evil to altruism." -Carrie Coon Having conquered theater, film, and television, Carrie Coon is the latest triple threat. In 2012 she earned herself a Tony Award nomination for her role as…
Positioned by some to “fill the Gossip Girl-sized hole in your heart”, Riverdale, the CW’s newest show, has been gaining some high hopes from critics and bloggers alike. With a cast including Cole Sprouse, out of mainstream television for a while now, how could it not? Add that to the fact that their previous hit…
It was a night to remember at this year's 67th Annual Emmy Awards. This year's awards ceremony was filled with emotional moments, laugh-out-loud moments, firsts, and all the glamour one could expect at a red carpet event. Whether Emmy viewers were crying, laughing, or clapping with joy, one thing was clear: women dominated this year's…
On January 25th some of the biggest names in Hollywood joined forces to celebrate the 21st Screen Actors Guild awards. Members of the Screen Actors Guild union voted for what they all agreed to be the best in film and television from this past year, fueling the fire of speculation to who will take home an Oscar. After…
Australian model-turned-actress Alyssa Sutherland has clear artistic goals: “I want to make people laugh, I want to make people cry, I want to provoke people, I want to make them think about something in a different way...” The Vogue cover girl started modeling at the age of 15, and had a massively successful international career,…
"When child actors and young adults in the business don't have a strong support system and a strong foundation in their family, they lose their way most of the time." Sasha Pieterse, the recently-turned eighteen-year-old, has wisdom well beyond her years thanks in part to the fact that she has been in show business since…
“No one is ever out to repeat something that has been done before. You want to create anew and hope the audience is open to reception.” - Jessica Stroup Actress Jessica Stroup has been working in the industry since 2005 and has graced both television and film screens with her feisty presence. Many recognize the…
The idea of ‘feminism’ today typically resounds in two very different ways; at times, it’s treated as a subject unresolved and worthy of analysis, and at others, as the redheaded stepchild of ‘polite’ conversation. Fortunately, the ladies of modern comedy are more than willing to tackle both interpretations. Though feminism has taken on various forms in…
Television has become just as popular as film these days. With hit shows like Breaking Bad, Mad Men, Girls, Game of Thrones, and Orange Is the New Black taking over small screens, television enthusiasts have been gearing up to see which shows will see their spotlight come time for the Primetime Emmy Awards. The aforementioned shows made the cut,…
Creative London, hosted by the British Fashion Council (BFC), British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA) and The British Recorded Music Industry (BPI), celebrated fashion, film and music with a cocktail reception at Spencer House in London. Guests included: Alexandra Shulman, Alison Edmond, Alice Temperley, Amber Le Bon, Angel Haze, Anna Wintour OBE, Antonio Berardi,…
Fashion heavyweights have joined forces to discover the industry's next big thing, with Vogue's Anna Wintour at the helm of a brand new television series focusing on one of fashion's most coveted competitions. Every year fifty young designers compete for the chance to win the CFDA/Vogue Fashion Fund, and this year the process will be shown over…
Saturday night saw some of the biggest names in the film and television industry come together to celebrate the 20th Screen Actors Guild awards show. Members of the Screen Actors Guild union voted for what they all agreed to be the best in film and television from this past year which included winners such as American…
MADE IMMORTAL BY HER AUDACIOUS FILM ROLES in cult favorites including Showgirls and Bound, Gina Gershon, still stunning at 50, is a true renaissance woman. Her accomplishments include Broadway, film, television, music albums, audio books and novels. After moving to New York City to study at NYU, she founded the theater group Naked Angels (which…