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Thelma & Louise stars Geena Davis and Susan Sarandon have recalled the backlash the crime drama received from male critics upon its release.The 1991 film sees Davis play Thelma, a meek housewife whose friend Louise (Sarandon) convinces her to come on an impulsive road trip.

Geena Davis and Susan Sarandon, stars of the classic 1991 movie Thelma & Louise, have had an exciting reunion to celebrate the 30th anniversary of the beloved flick’s release.

Haley Bosselman editorThe ending of “Thelma & Louise” stands as one of Hollywood’s most epic finales, but for screenwriter Callie Khouri, writing the scene was simply a no-brainer.“It literally just appeared in my head. And I knew that that was the ending,” Khouri told Variety at the film’s screening at Greek Theatre in Los Angeles on June 18.

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Susan Sarandon pulls Geena Davis in for a kiss at the screening of their iconic movie, Thelma & Louise!

Susan Sarandon and Geena Davis are doing the red carpet right in matching shirts!

Thelma & Louise stars Susan Sarandon and Geena Davis are reuniting for a special drive-in event to celebrate the 30th anniversary of the iconic film.As noted in The Hollywood Reporter, the event will be held on June 18 in partnership between MGM and Cinespia’s Drive-in at The Greek in Los Angeles.Raising money for the LA Regional Food Bank and The Geena Davis Institute on Gender in Media, the event will begin with a conversation between Sarandon and Davis.

Three decades after driving off that fateful cliff and into one of cinema’s most iconic freeze frames, Geena Davis and Susan Sarandon are getting back behind the wheel together. To mark the 30th anniversary of “Thelma & Louise”, the actresses will reunite for a drive-in, appropriately enough.

Geena Davis and Susan Sarandon are getting back behind the wheel together. To mark the 30th anniversary of, the actresses will reunite for a drive-in, appropriately enough.Originally released in 1991, the film stars Davis as Thelma and Sarandon as Louise, lifelong best friends looking for an escape from their bleak Arkansas lives and unfulfilling relationships.

MGM’s Thelma & Louise is turning 30, and the studio is holding a special drive-in screening event June 18 in partnership with Cinespia’s Drive In at The Greek in Los Angeles. The pic was originally released over Memorial Day weekend in 1991, on May 24.

Organizers of Geena Davis’ Bentonville Film Festival, which champions inclusion in all forms of media, will be produced as an annual program by the nascent Arkansas nonprofit BFFoundation. Independent film producer Kristin Mann is set as head of content.

Geena Davis' Bentonville Film Festival will be produced as an annual program of the newly formed nonprofit BFFoundation in Arkansas, organizers revealed on Wednesday. The foundation, which recently opened a new office in downtown Bentonville, will continue its mission to create a deeper impact for racial and gender equality in media while growing the film industry in Arkansas.

Geena Davis has signed on to executive produce the kids animated series I Am for Kickstart Entertainment. Kickstart is the animation and live-action producer behind Netflix's Starbeamand Amazon’s superhero programThe Boys, directed by Evan Goldberg and Seth Rogen of Point Grey Pictures.

Geena Davis’s BFFoundation (BFF) has set dates for the 2021 Bentonville Film Festival and have officially opened submissions. The 7th annual fest that amplifies the voices of diverse storytellers will take place on August 3-8 in Bentonville, Arkansas.

Susan Sarandon admits there were talks of a “Thelma & Louise” sequel, but she doesn’t know how it would work.

“There’s no crying in baseball!” Tom Hanks, Geena Davis and more brought the Rockford Peaches to life in 1992’s A League of Their Own, a sports movie that stole the hearts of audiences everywhere.

Maybelle Blair wants to celebrate her 94th birthday in a big way.

Oprah Winfrey and, most recently, Geena Davis.

Geena Davis’s Bentonville Film Foundation (BFFoundation) has selected McKenzie Chinn as the inaugural recipient of a $25,000 grant to fund her short film, A Real One, from NBCUniversal. This continues BFFoundation’s mission of inclusivity through research, education and supporting the production and distribution of inclusive content

Jane Lynch is reminiscing about the role that got away.

Michael Schneider Variety Editor at Large“Mission Unstoppable,” the weekend CBS educational/informational series from Litton Entertainment, has been picked up for a second season. The show, from executive producer Geena Davis and hosted by Miranda Cosgrove (who also serves as an EP), returns with new episodes in January.The series is part of Litton’s “The CBS Dream Team, It’s Epic” Saturday morning programming block.

Ellise Shafer editorWhen Oscar-winning actor Geena Davis starred in 1991’s “Thelma & Louise,” she was shocked at how many women came up to her on the street and told her how inspiring the movie was to them.

“I Want To See Me: Why Diverse On-Screen Representation Drives Cinema Audiences.”“As we’ve said before, our goal is very simple: that the characters on screen reflect the population, which is half Female and incredibly diverse,” says Geena Davis, Founder and Chair of the Institute in a statement to TheWrap. “We know that increasing the presence of underrepresented groups in media can have a very powerful impact on shifting cultural perceptions.

Patrick Hipes Executive Managing EditorThis Is Us star Susan Kelechi Watson has been set to host the 45th annual Gracie Awards, overseeing a night that will feature honors bestowed on Katy Perry, Geena Davis, Gayle King, Danai Gurira and Michelle Williams among others.Malin Akerman, Sanjay Gupta, Angélica Vale, Cassie DiLaura, Imani Walker and Elaina Doré Smith are among the presenters expected for Thursday’s virtual event, organizers the Alliance for Women in Media said Tuesday.

“This Is Us” star Susan Kelechi Watson will host the 2020 edition of the Gracies.

Dino-Ray Ramos Associate Editor/ReporterEXCLUSIVE: The inclusive Bentonville Film Festival (BFF) was the perfect stage to launch Gemstone Studios’ inaugural Rising Storytellers Search, a competition seeking underrepresented female-led narratives. The competition was unveiled today during the fest which continues through August 16.Gemstone, a boutique production unit of Sony Pictures Television, is teaming with Ideas United and Geena Davis’ BFF for Rising Storytellers.

Despite winning an Oscar for acting and earning a second, honorary award for promoting gender parity in Hollywood, that didn't help Geena Davis avoid one of the industry's most notorious obstacles. Like many of her female contemporaries, Davis, now 64, had a hard time finding work after she turned 40.

Amazon Prime Video has greenlit a Sony Pictures Television series based on Penny Marshall’s 1992 sports comedy-drama “A League of Their Own”. The original film starred Tom Hanks, Geena Davis and Madonna.

Mark David The longtime home of ever-young actor Geena Davis, on nearly half an acre along a quiet and picturesque, Jacaranda-lined cul-de-sac in L.A.’s posh Pacific Palisades community, has popped up for sale at nearly $6 million.Listings held by David Offer of Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices California Properties, which make no secret of the identity of the home’s two-time Oscar winning owner, show the vine and bougainvillea encrusted Italianate-inspired home measures in at a comfortably

Dino-Ray Ramos Associate Editor/ReporterEXCLUSIVE: After unveiling its lineup for the sixth edition of the Bentonville Film Festival (BFF), the Bentonville Film Foundation has set panels, events and jury for the hybrid virtual/in-person event. The fest will take place August 10-16.The panels for this year’s fest include “If She Can See It, She Can Be It” with Geena Davis, Oge Egbuonu (director, (In)visible Portraits) and Katori Hall (P-Valley creator).

Geena Davis' Bentonville Film Festival has unveiled plans for a hybrid online-physical model for its 6th edition, with 80 percent of its 68 competition selections— including narrative features, documentaries and episodic projects— coming from women directors. The seven-day Arkansas event, backed by Walmart and Coca Cola, will also take place from August 10 to 16 after being delayed from its original April 29 to May 2 date by the coronavirus pandemic.

Patrick Hipes Executive Managing EditorThe Bentonville Film Festival set the lineup for its sixth edition Tuesday, with the festival co-founded by Geena Davis unveiling its spotlight and competition program of indie feature films, shorts and episodic titles.The fest is set to run August 10-16 in the Arkansas city and is being engineered as a hybrid event because of coronavirus concerns, with digital screenings, panels and events to run alongside some on-the-ground premieres and

The story goes that Bill Murray and screenwriter Howard Franklin developed their adaptation of Jay Cronley’s novel “Quick Change” – released in theaters thirty years ago this week – with Jonathan Demme in mind to direct, but the filmmaker turned it down to make “The Silence of the Lambs.” (That abrupt transition mostly serves as a reminder of what a shift “Silence” was for Demme; “Quick Change” is much more in the mold of his earlier ‘80s films like “Married to the Mob” and “Something Wild.”)

Gabrielle Union is calling for a sequel to A League Of Their Own, chronicling the rise of the three female black stars of post-war baseball.Sportsman-turned-filmmaker Matthew A. Cherry, who picked up an Oscar earlier this year (2020) for his short Hair Love, has suggested the sequel should pick up at the point in the 1992 film when a black woman in the crowd at a game throws the ball, impressing Geena Davis‘ character, who was playing in the first female professional baseball league.In a 2018

A League Of Their Own.The 1992 movie starring Tom Hanks, Geena Davis, and Madonna follows two sisters who join the first female professional baseball league but struggle to help it succeed amidst their own growing rivalry.Today (June 29), Union dug up a 2018 tweet from American football player-turned-director Matthew A.

Remember the action thriller ‘Eve,” now “Ava”? The film was embroiled in controversy out of the gate before production even started. Filmmaker Matthew Newton dropped out of helming the picture when past domestic violence incidents resurfaced.