Professionals often gather with people within their occupation for networking and professional development and screenwriters for the film industry are no different.

The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences has an Academy Collection – a vast trove of more than 52 million film-related items.

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.