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Calling all Female Hacks: Please Direct More Movies
Looks like I got a little too excited on Friday about the current state of affairs for female directors... By now you've probably heard that Twilight director Catherine Hardwicke has been fired from the blockbuster teen vamp franchise and will not be directing Twilight's sequel New Moon. There's... Read more »
More Adventures in Twilight and Gender Bending
Hey there vampire fans! Can you guess which teen-heartthrobby Twilight star's siblings used to dress him up as a girl and call him Claudia? Jump to find out!
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Friday Updates: Great News about Female Directors, Good and Bad News about Veronica Mars
Every Friday, The Female Gaze will feature a round up of news and updates related to women in film.
This week: what do Cadillac Records and Punisher: War Zone have in common? And what is Hilary Swank up to? Find out after the jump...
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The Box's Crush of the Week: Mindy Kaling
By taking her girly character to the extreme on The Office, Mindy Kaling's showing over 9 million viewers a week just how laughable feminine stereotypes can be. Plus, she'd be SUPER fun to go shopping with.
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I love rock, and roll, and. . . Twilight?
So, in the latest Twilight-related news story, teen queen Kristin Stewart is going to play rocker Joan Jett in a new Runaways biopic. Is Stewart... Read more »
You Be the BF and I'll Be the GF
Heidi Montag and Spencer Pratt are easily TV's most hated couple. He's such a douche! She's such a pushover! And while Heidi always seems on the brink of coming to her senses breaking it off, their recent elopement would suggest otherwise.
Heidi's said publicly that they're both just playing parts... Read more »
Superhero Diversity Gets the Axe
Bad news in the superhero world over the past few months: the downturn
in the economy is impacting comic book publishers, and both Marvel and
DC Comics are canceling a whole of bunch of their midlist superheroes.
Unfortunately, the midlist is where a lot of titles featuring women and
superheroes of... Read more »
Body Politic: Kate Winslet in The Reader
As the Oscar buzz starts to build (already!) this month, get ready to hear a lot about Kate Winslet. The five-time Oscar nominee is likely to be both a Best Actress and a Best Supporting Actress nominee (... Read more »
Get Offensive in New York City!
Bitch readers no doubt remember Andi Zeisler's interview, "A Good Offense," with the snort-inducing Kate Rigg and Julie Goldman from our last issue. This Friday and Saturday only, Julie Goldman's... Read more »
Romantic Comedies: Still Not That Into You
Greetings, everyone! My name is Tammy Oler, and I’ve been a contributor to Bitch for about five years. I’m thrilled to be joining the blogging team here. With “The Female Gaze,” I’ll be focusing a feminist eye on what’s new and making news in film, including new releases,... Read more »
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