Women in Hollywood

New Initiative Shines Light on Rising Female Directors
New Initiative Shines Light on Rising Female Directors
New Initiative Shines Light on Rising Female Directors
The controversy surrounding Paul Feig’s Ghostbusters reboot seemed like it might have a silver lining; isn’t Hollywood’s diversity problem improving if we’re arguing about a major summer blockbuster starring four women? Sadly, the answer is no. But on the heels of a new study that proves Hollywood has made excruciatingly little progress on the diversity front, a group of anonymous female film executives have formed The Alice Initiative, which puts the spotlight on up-and-coming female directors to encourage and support gender diversity behind-the-scenes.
Highest-Paid Actresses Still Earn Less Than Highest-Paid Men
Highest-Paid Actresses Still Earn Less Than Highest-Paid Men
Highest-Paid Actresses Still Earn Less Than Highest-Paid Men
For the second year in a row, Jennifer Lawrence tops the list of the highest-paid actresses in Hollywood, while the impressively prolific Dwayne Johnson has unseated Robert Downey Jr. as the highest-paid actor. Unfortunately, the highest-paid actors still earn millions more than their female counterparts, proving that Hollywood’s gender disparity problem still needs some fixing.
Study Shows Film Criticism Is a Male-Dominated Field
Study Shows Film Criticism Is a Male-Dominated Field
Study Shows Film Criticism Is a Male-Dominated Field
Particularly avid film fans are likely well-aware that the industry is a male-dominated one in which women — both behind of and in front of the scenes — are outnumbered and thus outranked by men. But as Meryl Streep pointed out last year, the problem extends beyond Hollywood proper and into film journalism, where a new study supports the idea that the industry as a whole is unfairly skewed — the implication being that if the majority of film critics are male and promoting predominantly male-driven narratives, then Hollywood has no reason to make a change.