Women Directed a Record 38% of Indie Films in 2019-20, New Study Finds

Steven Spielberg recommended young Marriage Story actor Azhy Robertson for new horror film Come Play, because he thought the kid could play an authentic non-verbal character.Director Jacob Chase turned to his producer as he was casting the role of Oliver in the film and asked if he knew of any child actor who could pull off the challenging role – and the legendary director knew just the boy.Chase cast Robertson after Spielberg introduced him at an audition and the filmmaker tasked the kid with

sex with an ex is mens' favourite.Nine out of ten males in Scotland have revisited past sexual encounters in their dreams compared to just over half of women.The second most popular dream for men is when a sex session goes embarrassingly wrong - 76% of males have had this dream.Meanwhile, women fantasise in their sleep about people they know, with erotic dreams about friends and colleagues taking the top spots.In third place for men was an erotic dream about an orgy, experienced by 72% of men.

election night for opponents of President Donald Trump is the Needle.A graphic on The New York Times' website, the Needle measured in real time the probability of victory for Trump or Hillary Clinton as votes were counted. Its steady movement triggered anxiety for Clinton supporters, who repeatedly refreshed the page, and elation for Trump fans.The Needle won't be making a reappearance on Nov.

A new study is shedding light on the industry's efforts to be more inclusive. The second part of UCLA's Hollywood Diversity Report found that while diversity has improved among television actors, executives still remain overwhelmingly white and male.

Creative Diversity Network, surveyed 30,000 people and found that just 1.6 per cent of respondents who were UK TV writers were Black, while 2.4 per cent of production executives and 4.4 of series producers identify as BAME.Commenting on the resulting data, Creative Diversity Network’s executive director Deborah Williams said: “In spite of advances, it’s clear from the data that the UK TV industry has a long way to go before it is genuinely representative of its viewers, and particularly in the

A recent Gallup poll found 77% of registered voters said the outcome of the November election between President Trump and Joe Biden matters more to them than prior U.S. elections.  That represents an uptick of 6 percentage points from 2016 when Trump faced of against former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton.

horror films of all time by monitoring viewers’ average heart rates.The broadbandchoices ‘Science of Scare’ project followed the heart rates of over 50 people across more than 100 hours of horror films to try and determine the 35 scariest films of all time.According to the findings, 2012’s Sinister comes out at the top of the table.The Ethan Hawke film follows a true-crime writer who investigates a string of gruesome murders on film footage, and according to the study audience members

Matthew McConaughey is now an author, with his new memoir Greenlights set to be released on Oct. 20.

Did you know that Richard Gere and Martha Stewart are neighbors?

Ms. Magazine, Gloria Steinem.“Last month I announced New York State will honor the life and legacy of the late Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg with a statue in her native Brooklyn,” Cuomo said in a statement.

‘Reshape Music’ study — ‘A report exploring the lived experience of disabled musicians in education and beyond’ — aims to highlight the “significant barriers” faced by disabled musicians in accessing music education and music-making.Among the key findings of the ‘Reshape Music’ study were that the majority of disabled people surveyed (52%) had been unable to find a teacher who meets their learning needs and understands what additional support they require, while only 25% said they knew how and

David Robb Labor EditorFemale independent filmmakers made historic gains in 2019-20, according to a report released today by Dr. Martha Lauzen, executive director of the Center for the Study of Women in Television and Film at San Diego State University.

Dave McNary Film ReporterThe percentages of women working as directors and writers on independent films reached recent highs in 2019-2020, according to a report released Thursday.Dr. Martha M.

Dino-Ray Ramos Associate Editor/ReporterAs the term “fake news” gets thrown around recklessly and clickbait headlines spread misinformation, many people have found it hard to find facts from reliable sources. Perhaps people should turn to documentaries.

The University of North Florida Public Opinion Research Lab released a poll of likely voters last week, which showed President Trump leading among seniors against Democratic nominee Joe Biden, but by a substantially smaller margin than he had in 2016 against then-rival Hillary Clinton.  The poll was released on Oct.