Women in Film Launches "Hire Her Back" Campaign, Grant Fund to Support Inclusive Hiring Practices

Women in Film, Los Angeles and The Black List have set the participants of the ​2020 Feature Lab and Residency. The program is a joint effort between WIF and The Black List that provides mentorship and opportunities to seven screenwriters over the course of a year.

J. Kim Murphy editorWomen in Film, Los Angeles and The Black List announced the participants of the 2020 Feature Lab and Residency on Monday.The program is an expansion of the organizations’ original writing lab, providing mentorship and career opportunities to seven emerging women screenwriters over the course of a year.

Dino-Ray Ramos Associate Editor/ReporterWomen and Film, Los Angeles and The Black List unveiled the participants of the​ 2020 Feature Lab and Residency on Monday. The annual program is an expansion of the original writing lab which is a joint effort between WIF and The Black List.The program provides mentorship and career opportunities to seven rising women screenwriters over the course of a year.

Adult film star Ron Jeremy pleaded not guilty in a Los Angeles courtroom on Friday to charges of raping three women and sexually assaulting another. Jeremy, whose real name is Ronald Jeremy Hyatt, entered into a not guilty plea at his arraignment to three counts each of forcible rape and forcible penetration by a foreign object and one count each of forcible oral copulation and sexual battery.

charges that he forcibly raped three women and sexually assaulted another, a spokesperson for the Los Angeles District Attorney’s Office told TheWrap.Jeremy, whose full name is Ronald Jeremy Hyatt, will next appear in court on Aug. 31.

LOS ANGELES -- Adult film star Ron Jeremy pleaded not guilty Friday to charges of raping three women and sexually assaulting a fourth. Jeremy, 67, whose real name is Ronald Jeremy Hyatt, entered the plea at his arraignment in a downtown Los Angeles courtroom to three counts each of forcible rape and forcible penetration by a foreign object and one count each of forcible oral copulation and sexual battery.

Prince Harry showed his support for the U.K.’s rugby community from his home in Los Angeles amid the coronavirus pandemic season postponement.“We all miss rugby,” Harry, 35, said in a video shared by England Rugby on Wednesday, June 24.The former military pilot lent his voice to the sport’s Pitch In campaign, which is focused on the rugby family working together to raise money for charity and pitch in with food deliveries and more to help the vulnerable populations.

Amanda N'Duka pmc-editorial-managerAnna Schafer (Elizabeth Blue) has been tapped to star in Whose Child, a socially conscious film about undetected domestic child abuse from director Roxy Shih and producer Autumn Federici.

Dino-Ray Ramos Associate Editor/ReporterEXCLUSIVE: Two-time Oscar nominee Ross Katz (In the Bedroom, Lost in Translation) has launched Los Angeles-based Sui Generis Pictures, which will initially focus on feature films but eventually expand into short- and long-form documentaries, unscripted, narrative and limited series.“The company will engage in both long-term and fast-track development, as well as diving into projects that are nearly ready to shoot,” said Katz, who previously was at SK

Bruce Haring pmc-editorial-managerAlan Metter, the director for the 1980s pop culture films Girls Just Want To Have Fun and Back To School, died on June 7, according to the New York Film Academy, where he taught. Details on the cause or location were not provided.Metter was born in Sharon, Mass., on Dec.

Bruce Haring pmc-editorial-managerAlan Mettler, the director for the 1980s pop culture films Girls Just Want To Have Fun and Back To School, died on June 7, according to the New York Film Academy, where he taught. Details on the cause or location were not provided.Metter was born in Sharon, Mass., on Dec.

Top Chef has crowned 16 winners since it debuted in March 2006, including Ilan Hall, Stephanie Izard, Joe Flamm and more. Now in its seventeenth cycle — an all-stars season set in Los Angeles — the Bravo hit shows no signs of slowing down.However, Top Chef has changed and evolved over the years.

Glamour over the phone from Los Angeles. "It's killing me that I can't join these [Black Lives Matter] protests, but I'm 82 and have a compromised immune system, so I can't, but I sure wish I could.

Patrick Hipes Executive Managing EditorWomen in Film Los Angeles on Wednesday launched Hire Her Back, an initiative to call on entertainment companies to continue to seek gender and racial equality in their hiring as the the industry looks to return to film and TV production after the COVID-19 shutdown.Key to the initiative is the Hire Her Back Fund, a partnership among WIF, New York Women in Film & Television and Women In Film and Television Atlanta to provide grants to women in the industry

LOS ANGELES (Variety.com) – It’s been nearly 10 days since the May 25 death of George Floyd at the hand of a Minneapolis police officer, during which time massive protests against police violence have taken place across the country.