Congratulations to Barbara Bridges on her induction into the Colorado Women’s Hall of Fame.
March 2025 Newsletter – The 2025 Oscar Results are In!
The 97th Academy Awards ceremony was held on Sunday, March 2, 2025. Out of a possible twenty-one categories, women were nominated in eighteen of them.
February 2025 Newsletter – 2025 Oscar Nominations
Because of the devastating wildfires in California, and particularly in Los Angeles County, the Academy Award nominations were twice delayed.
January 2025 Newsletter – 2024 National Film Registry Entrants
The twenty-five 2024 entrants into the National Film Registry at the Library of Congress have been announced.
December 2024 Newsletter – Early Movers and Shakers of the Screen Writers Guild
Professionals often gather with people within their occupation for networking and professional development and screenwriters for the film industry are no different.
November 2024 Newsletter – 2024 Donations to the Academy Collection
The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences has an Academy Collection – a vast trove of more than 52 million film-related items.
October 2024 Newsletter – Disney Legends
Established by The Walt Disney Company in 1987, the Disney Legends is a Hall of Fame award for individuals who have “made a significant impact on the Disney legacy.”
September 2024 Newsletter – Gena Rowlands and 1975 Oscar Contenders
Actress Gena Rowlands, twice Oscar-nominated and the recipient of an Honorary Oscar, recently died. In a tribute to Rowlands and her first Oscar nomination, we profile some of the women from Hollywood: Her Story, An Illustrated History of Women and the Movies who were Oscar contenders or winners in 1975.
August 2024 Newsletter – Movies that Influenced Olympic Fencers
According to The Wall Street Journal, the number one reason that Olympic fencers chose to be fencers in the first place was – Star Wars!
July 2024 Newsletter – Cannes Film Festival – Palme d’Or and Honorary Palme d’Or
The Palme d’Or is the highest prize awarded to the film director of the Best Feature Film at the Cannes Film Festival held in France. Two women directors have received the Palme d’Or over the film festival’s history – Jane Campion (1993) and Julia Ducoumau (2021).