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.”

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.

According to The Wall Street Journal, the number one reason that Olympic fencers chose to be fencers in the first place was – Star Wars!

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).

In this month’s newsletter, we honor the legacies of three women featured in Hollywood: Her Story, An Illustrated History of Women and the Movies who have died recently.

Divorce is a fact of life in America for many families. Thus movies often address this topic through focusing on the impacts on the characters featured.

In honor of co-author Barbara Bridges becoming a grandparent, in this month’s newsletter, we feature some movies in which grandparents play a significant role.

The 96th Academy Awards ceremony was held on Sunday, March 10, 2024. Thirteen women took home Oscars in eleven out of a possible nineteen categories.

The Academy Award nominations have been announced! The entertainment community and film fans around the world will turn their attention to the 96th Academy Awards ceremony on Sunday, March 10, to learn who will receive the highest honors in filmmaking.

The 25 films selected for the National Film Registry at the Library of Congress in 2023 based on their cultural, historic, and/or aesthetic importance contain some classics including Home Alone and Apollo 13. The 25 also include films in which women profiled in Hollywood: Her Story, An Illustrated History of Women and the Movies played a key part. Let’s learn … Read More