Check out what’s happening this week for women in film, TV and media! Anything in bold is a link so if you want more, make sure to click!
🎥 Profile 🎥
This week’s profile is @stellamay17! Check out her profile here.
🚨 News 🚨
- Suzanne Shepherd, ‘Goodfellas’ and ‘Sopranos’ Actress, Dies at 89 (via The Wrap)
- Variety came out with their list of 40 Most Powerful Women on Reality TV!
- Mattel Taps Michelle Mendelovitz as Head of Television Studios (via the Hollywood Reporter)
- America Ferrera urges for improved Latino representation in film during academy keynote (via The Columbian)
- ‘I’m Loud, I Know How to Organize’: How Women Became the Backbone of the WGA’s Strike Captain Network (via Variety)
💻 Resources & Opportunities 💻
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- Deadline’s 2023-24 Awards Season Calendar
- Check out director/cinematographer Valentina Vee‘s thread of her annual Black Friday deals in filmmaking and photography!
- PageCraft’s Concept to Pages Workshop starts January 7th. (Scholarships are available to BIPOC writers with financial need. The next application deadline, which is for the Winter 2024 workshop, is December 5, 2023. Learn more HERE.)
🎉 What we’re excited about this week 🎉
“Saltburn” written and directed by Emerald Fennell, wide release November 22, 2023.
“A student at Oxford University finds himself drawn into the world of a charming and aristocratic classmate, who invites him to his eccentric family’s sprawling estate for a summer never to be forgotten.”
Why we’re excited: Best known as an actress (Midge in “Barbie,” Camilla Parker Bowles in Seasons 3-4 of “The Crown,” and Nurse Patsy Mount in “Call the Midwife”), she’s also a writer (“Killing Eve”) and director (“Promising Young Woman” with 117 award wins out of 193 nominations). The stylized revenge thriller of “Promising Young Woman” is mired in the “Saltburn” trailer so we’re excited to see the story play out. Also, Carey Mulligan is set to make her reappearance in this new film.
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Disney’s “Wish” directed by Chris Buck and Fawn Veerasunthorn. Screenplay by Jennifer Lee & Allison Moore, wide release November 22, 2023.
“Wish will follow a young girl named Asha who wishes on a star and gets a more direct answer than she bargained for when a trouble-making star comes down from the sky to join her.”
Why we’re excited: Growing up on the Disney princess movies, we have a fond place in our hearts for Disney animation. But we’re excited the stories have evolved from the girl getting the guy and, instead, the girl saving the world and “Wish” promises to be just this, with some fun twists and turns.
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“Hannah Waddingham: Home for Christmas” releasing on AppleTV November 22nd, 2023.
“Join Hannah Waddingham for stunning performances including Phil Dunster, Luke Evans, Leslie Odom Jr., Sam Ryder, and more.”
Why we’re excited: Two words: Hannah Waddingham.
🎬 The Numbers 🎬
🎞 Film 🎞
This week’s top female-led movies at the box office (out of 10)
- #3: “The Marvels” Directed by Nia DaCosta; Written by Nia DaCosta, Megan McDonnell, Elissa Karasik
Current box office: $162m
“Carol Danvers gets her powers entangled with those of Kamala Khan and Monica Rambeau, forcing them to work together to save the universe.” - #6: “Taylor Swift: The Eras Tour” by Taylor Swift
Current box office: $246m
“Experience the breathtaking Eras Tour concert, performed by the one and only Taylor Swift” - #8 “Priscilla” Written & Directed by Sofia Coppola
Current box office: $17m
“When teenage Priscilla Beaulieu meets Elvis Presley, the man who is already a meteoric rock-and-roll superstar becomes someone entirely unexpected in private moments: a thrilling crush, an ally in loneliness, a vulnerable best friend.”
📺 TV 📺
This week’s most popular female-led TV shows by Rotten Tomatoes (out of 10)
- #2: “A Murder a the End of the World” by Brit Marling & Zal Batmanglij
“A Murder at the End of the World” is a mystery series with a new kind of detective at the helm — a Gen Z amateur sleuth and tech-savvy hacker named Darby Hart. In the new limited series, Darby and eight other guests are invited by a reclusive billionaire to participate in a retreat at a remote and dazzling location. When one of the other guests is found dead, Darby must put to use all of her combined skills to prove it was in fact murder, all against a tide of competing interests and before the killer takes another life.”
Where to find it: Hulu - #7: “Blue Eye Samurai” by Amber Noizumi and Michael Green
“A master of the sword lives life in disguise while seeking revenge in Edo-period Japan.”
Where to find it: Netflix
🎙 Podcasts 🎙
This week’s top female-led podcasts on the Apple Podcast charts (out of 10)
- #1: “The Bakersfield Three” by Casefile Presents
“When two friends go missing back-to-back, and in between their disappearances, a third friend is murdered, their mothers begin their own investigation. As the connections between the three cases are explored, the mothers navigate devastating twists and turns, including one revelation that shakes the community to its core.”
Researched, Written and Narrated by Olivia LaVoice (on Instagram, on Facebook) - #4: “Crime Junkie” by Audiochuck:
“Crime Junkie is a weekly true crime podcast dedicated to giving you a fix. Every Monday, Ashley Flowers will tell you about whatever crime she’s been obsessing over that week in a way that sounds like you’re sitting around talking crime with your best friends. The storytelling is straightforward and free of rabbit holes so the cases stay suspenseful and are easy to follow. If you can never get enough true crime… Congratulations, you’re a Crime Junkie!”
By Ashley Flowers and Brit Prawat
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