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If you've ever paid attention to female representation in Hollywood or the push for more women filmmakers in entertainment, you've likely encountered the work of Melissa Silverstein. As the founder of Women and Hollywood, one of the pioneering platforms advocating for gender diversity in the film industry, Melissa has been a driving force in this movement. She also co-founded the Athena Film Festival, a celebration of female-driven films, established the Girls Club, an online community for women creatives, and hosts the podcast In Her Voice, which offers a behind-the-scenes look at women who make films. A true trailblazer, Melissa has dedicated decades to elevating women and their stories and is now turning the page to focus on her own creative journey.Join Erin and Melissa as they delve into the importance of creating spaces that spotlight women's stories and explore the opportunities that arise from challenging the status quo—especially the patriarchy. We discuss:The ongoing struggle for women's stories and representation in the film industry.The crucial role of women behind the camera in bringing authentic, diverse narratives to the forefront of entertainment.Why it's essential to see women, especially women of color, in powerful on-screen roles to shift societal attitudes and dismantle patriarchal structures.Expanding the conversation on gender representation in media to include trans and non-binary voices.The ongoing challenges of getting women's stories made in Hollywood and the importance of women investing in and supporting each other's projects.The current disruption in the media industry and how it creates an opportunity to develop new storytelling models for women over 40.OUR GUEST: Melissa Silverstein is the founder of Women and Hollywood and the Artistic Director and Co-Founder of The Athena Film Festival at Barnard College. She is also the founder of the Girls Club, an online community for women creatives. Want more Melissa? Check out Women and Hollywood and the Athena Film Festival and listen to her podcast In Her Voice. Follow her on:Instagram: @melsil@womenandhollywoodX/Twitter: @melsil@womenahollywood Want more Hotter Than Ever? Subscribe to the Hotter Than Ever Substack to dive deeper. Find episode transcripts at www.hotterthaneverpod.com Follow us on:Instagram: @hotterthaneverpod TikTok: @hotterthaneverpod Youtube: @hotterthaneverpod Facebook:

Geri hands it over to guest host Melissa Silverstein, the founder and publisher of Women in Hollywood, for a conversation with THE DROPOUT creator and showrunner Liz Meriwether. Liz Meriwether is a writer, showrunner, and producer known for her work as the creator and showrunner of the hit comedy series NEW GIRL and the sitcom BLESS THIS MESS, as well as for writing the screenplay for the 2011 romcom NO STRINGS ATTACHED. Guest moderator Melissa Silverstein is the founder and publisher of Women and Hollywood, an initiative and website that educates, advocates, and agitates for gender diversity and inclusion in Hollywood and the global film industry. THE DROPOUT is a Hulu limited series based on the ABC podcast of the same name. The series follows the rise and fall of Elizabeth Holmes and her company, Theranos. The series premiered in March 2022 and is available to stream on Hulu. --- Before it was a podcast, OnWriting was a print publication. Check out OnWriting: The Print Archives. Read shownotes, transcripts, and other member interviews: www.onwriting.org/ Follow the Guild on social media: Twitter: @OnWritingWGAE | @WGAEast Facebook: /WGAEast Instagram: @WGAEast

The Dads are on holiday but will be back as usual from 20th April. In the meantime enjoy this special rereleased episode where we discuss LARS AND THE REAL GIRL...Original show notes below.______________“The lack of women directors in the industry is no joke. The top 100 films of 2019 were helmed by a total of 113 directors, 89.4 percent of whom were male and 10.6 percent of whom were female.” So said Women and Hollywood's Melissa Silverstein after the 2020 Golden Globes once again featured an all male lineup in the Best Director category in a year where Greta Girwig (Little Women) and Lulu Wang (The Farewell) have had a strong case for inclusion. With this in mind, the Bad Dads Top 5 this week features those movies directed by women, and some of our favourite movies are included.My sex doll and I have been together for 5 years this week. To celebrate our anniversary I thought I'd spice things up a little so I bought a book - the Karma Sutra for Dummies. And with that thought, let's move swiftly on to this weeks main feature: Lars and The Real Girl. Despite the sensational and ludicrous premise (a socially awkward young man pretends a sex doll is real), this thoughtful and uplifting film united the Dads for it's sensitive examination of what a community support network could look like for someone struggling with mental illness.The sex talk continues with a nostalgic look back at a recently relaunched favourite. Yes morph is making a comeback! Talk about 50 Shades of Clay. Aardman Animations  Epic Adventures of Morph hit the television screens earlier this month and you can hear our take on this once beloved classic. As usual it doesn't take too long before the conversation veers off topic.We love to chat with our listeners - you can usually find us annoying people on Twitter (@dads_film), on Facebook or via email at [email protected] Please do get in touch, especially if you have something you'd like for us to review.Until next time, we remain...Bad Dads

This week sees the beginning of the Athena Film Festival at Barnard College, a festival dedicated to spotlighting female filmmakers. Melissa Silverstein, co-founder and artistic director of AFF and founder of Women and Hollywood, joins us to give a preview of the festival lineup and additional programming. The festival runs in-person from March 11 to March 13 on the Barnard campus and virtually from March 11 to March 20.

Melissa Silverstein is an agitator - she believes in good trouble as she advocates for women as the founder and publisher of Women and Hollywood. This extraordinary organization educates, advocates, and agitates for gender diversity and inclusion in Hollywood, and the global film industry.  Melissa is also the Artistic Director and Co-Founder of The Athena Film Festival at Barnard College which showcases films about extraordinary female leaders. With no shortage of energy and recognizing her role as a "creative doula", Melissa recently launched the Girls Club - a community for women creatives, culture-changers and storytellers to connect, create, network, advocate, support and redefine 21st century entertainment. Melissa recently published "In Her Voice: Women Directors Talk Directing," to glowing reviews on Amazon. Her work has been featured on CNN, BBC as well as in Newsweek, Salon, Chicago Tribune, Washington Post, NY Times, and many other publications. This interview will set your hair on fire in the best possible way! #Hollywood #WomenAndHollywood #FemaleDirectors #Filmmakers #Screenwriters #FemaleProducers

The Amp: Amplified is a special edition of Ampere's podcast series where we speak to voices in the industry about the latest innovations, trends and important issues in the wider media sector. In this episode, Ampere's Alice Thorpe is joined by Melissa Silverstein, founder and publisher of Women and Hollywood and Nina Goswami, Creative Diversity Lead at The BBC. They discuss the ways in which content producers globally can and are using data to drive structural change for women in the media industries.Production by Henry BeckwithFollow Ampere Analysis on Twitter: @AmpereAnalysisSign up to The Amp weekly newsletter hereFind out more about BBC's 50:50 The Equality Project hereFind out more about Women and Hollywood hereFor more information regarding your data privacy, visit acast.com/privacy Our GDPR privacy policy was updated on August 8, 2022. Visit acast.com/privacy for more information.

The Athena Film Festival, which showcases women’s leadership, kicks off March 1st and runs through the end of the month. This year it will be held virtually and focus on specific themes like “Women in STEM” and “Dismantling White Supremacy.” Festival director Melissa Silverstein joins us to preview.

Today I’m back with Melissa Silverstein; if you didn’t catch her on Monday's episode talking about imposter syndrome, it’s a must-listen.Melissa is the founder and publisher of Women and Hollywood. She is the Artistic Director and co-­founder of the Athena Film Festival — A Celebration of Women and Leadership ­­at Barnard College in NYC on February 22-25thMelissa was selected to be a film envoy for the American Film Showcase, the major film diplomacy program of the U.S. Department of State. And she published “In Her Voice: Women Directors Talk Directing,” which is a compilation of over 40 interviews from The Women and Hollywood site.She has written for The Guardian, The Washington Post, NY Times, and many other publications.In today’s episode we talk about breaking big news items, she recently broke the news about Michelle Williams being paid less than Mark Wahlberg for blogging, and how Women and Hollywood got started, we talk about the problems surrounding monetisation when you have a blogging platform. We also cover Melissa’s pivot and why she went on to create the Athena Film festival at Barnard College.This month I’m talking to 3 incredible women in Hollywood. Melissa Silverstein the co-founder of the Athena Film Festival, BAFTA Award-winning Director Amma Asante and April Reign who is the creator of the infamous #OscarsSoWhite hashtag. I can’t wait for you to hear all of the wisdom these women have to offer.To find out more about Melissa, you can follow her on Twitter @Melsil. You 100% need to visit womenandhollywood.com to find more women who are creating, advocating and championing women in the film industry.Let me know what you have learned by leaving a review on iTunes via your Mac computer or on the iTunes Podcast app on your phone.You can follow me @ImiMorgan on Twitter and Instagram.

“The lack of women directors in the industry is no joke. The top 100 films of 2019 were helmed by a total of 113 directors, 89.4 percent of whom were male and 10.6 percent of whom were female.” So said Women and Hollywood’s Melissa Silverstein after the 2020 Golden Globes once again featured an all male lineup in the Best Director category in a year where Greta Girwig (Little Women) and Lulu Wang (The Farewell) have had a strong case for inclusion. With this in mind, the Bad Dads Top 5 this week features those movies directed by women, and some of our favourite movies are included.My sex doll and I have been together for 5 years this week. To celebrate our anniversary I thought I'd spice things up a little so I bought a book - the Karma Sutra for Dummies. And with that thought, let's move swiftly on to this weeks main feature: Lars and The Real Girl. Despite the sensational and ludicrous premise (a socially awkward young man pretends a sex doll is real), this thoughtful and uplifting film united the Dads for it's sensitive examination of what a community support network could look like for someone struggling with mental illness.The sex talk continues with a nostalgic look back at a recently relaunched favourite. Yes morph is making a comeback! Talk about 50 Shades of Clay. Aardman Animations Epic Adventures of Morph hit the television screens earlier this month and you can hear our take on this once beloved classic. As usual it doesn't take too long before the conversation veers off topic.We love to chat with our listeners - you can usually find us annoying people on Twitter (@dads_film), on Facebook or via email at baddadsjsy@gmail.com. Please do get in touch, especially if you have something you'd like for us to review.Until next time, we remain...Bad Dads

Join Host, Nick Guinn, as she explores he world of In-House Counsel! Guests Melissa Silverstein, Assistant General Counsel at Helen of Troy, Rachel High, Director, Corporate Counsel at Kendra Scott, and Rene De Law O, Privacy Council at USAA, talk about what it is like to be a young lawyer as an In-House Counsel. Contact details and information about our guests can be found here: Melissa Silverstein: https://www.linkedin.com/in/melissalsilverstein/ Rachel High: https://www.linkedin.com/in/rachel-high-79163b2b/Rene De La O- https://www.linkedin.com/in/rene-de-la-o-35130513/ More information about Texas Association of Young Lawyers can be found here: www.tyla.org Like, subscribe, and leave a five star review wherever you’re listening to this podcast! New episodes drop every other Monday!

0:08 – What would a Green New Deal for California look like? Assemblymember Rob Bonta (@RobBontaCA) is the state representative for District 9 encompassing Oakland, Alameda and San Leandro, and has authored a new bill – Assembly Bill 1839 – which is a skeleton of a plan, to be negotiated and defined with goals, standards, metrics, and targets for greenhouse gas reductions as well as to address equity and poverty. 0:34 – KPFA News: Continuing with state policy news, this month will also be the last chance for a controversial housing and development bill held over from last session to make it out of the State Senate. Yesterday, San Francisco senator Scott Weiner rolled out the latest version of his SB-50, which would re-zone areas around transit and job hubs in California for denser housing. Weiner was announcing it on the steps of Oakland City Hall with Mayor Libby Schaff. However, their press conference got drowned out by members of Moms 4 housing — a group fighting eviction from a investor-owned home in West Oakland that they took over and occupied after it spent more than two years vacant. KPFA's Ariel Boone (@arielboone) and Kate Iida (@kiida26) filed this report from Oakland.  0:42 – Iran fires missiles at US Bases in Iraq Conn Hallinan is a military analyst, and columnist for Foreign Policy in Focus.  1:08 – The movie mogul Harvey Weinstein goes to trial this week, charged with rape and sexual assault in New York and Los Angeles – what has changed for justice and equity in Hollywood? Melissa Silverstein (@melsil) is a writer; founder and publisher of Women and Hollywood, which educates, advocates and agitates for gender equality and inclusion. She's also the Artistic Director of the Athena Film Festival at Barnard College which is celebrating its 10th anniversary from Feb 27- March 1.  1:30 – BREAKING: President Trump holds a press conference on Iran, and the airstrikes on US bases in Iraq. We go live. 1:37 – ‘Save Our Democracy: Protest Facebook' is a campaign to hold the tech giant accountable Andrea Buffa is an organizer with the Save Our Democracy, Protest Facebook campaign, and formerly executive director of Media Alliance and former campaigns director with Global Exchange. Event: Save Our Democracy, Protest Facebook Thursday Jan 9th, 4pm – 6pm – Protest targeting lies, hate, and disinformation on Facebook In-person protest: Facebook headquarters, 1600 Willow Road, Menlo Park, CA. NOTE: A bus will be leaving San Francisco's Civic Center at 3 PM on Thursday. Online protest: Users will “blackout” Facebook by replacing their Facebook cover and profile photos with a completely black box. The post Legislators announce California Green New Deal to address climate change and inequality; Plus: Harvey Weinstein on trial, what has changed for justice and equity in Hollywood? appeared first on KPFA.

Erin sat down with couple of women from the #mindthrgapsummit at the Mill Valley Film Festival. Check out her chats with Emily Best,  Founder and CEO of Seed & Spark and the creator of Women and Hollywood, Melissa Silverstein.   Visit our website! www.bitchtalkpodcast.com Follow us on Instagram, Facebook, and Twitter. Listen in every Monday from 5:30 - 6 AM on BFF.FM   POWERED BY 

Cannes special! Girls On Film hits the Cannes Film Festival with an episode recorded at the UK Film Centre in front of an industry audience. Films reviewed include Portrait Of A Lady On Fire and The Dead Don’t Die along with Cannes classics like We Need To Talk About Kevin. Our guest film critics are Leslie Felperin and Ella Kemp while Melissa Silverstein and Delphyne Besse discuss activism at Cannes and beyond. We have an exclusive offer for listeners: we’ve teamed up with our friends at MUBI to give you a whole month of curated films to stream, plus four free hand-picked UK cinema tickets! Register at mubi.com/girlsonfilm Like us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/girlsonfilmpodcast Girls on Film is an HLA production, produced by Hedda Archbold and audio producer Kellie Redmond This episode supported by Independent Film Company, UEG and FiXX. Leslie Felperin is a film critic writing for The Hollywood Reporter, Variety and The Guardian. Ella Kemp is a freelance writer for Culture Whisper, Empire, Little White Lies and Sight & Sound. Delphyne Besse is an international sales agent, Head of Sales and Acquisitions at Urban Distribution International and co-founder of the gender equality movement in France, Collectif 50/50x2020. Melissa Silverstein is is the founder and publisher of Women and Hollywood, and Co-Founder/Artistic Director of the Athena Film Festival

Melissa Silverstein (@melsil) is the irrepressible and inspirational change-maker and founder of Women and Hollywood; the initiative that educates, advocates, and agitates for gender diversity and inclusion in the global film industry. Towards the end of a seismic year in the battle for equality, Melissa shares her uncompromising take on the fight, the industry and what still needs to be done to make change happen. In a wide ranging interview, Melissa also talks about audiences, distribution, the Athena Festival (which she also runs) and shares her inspiring advice for emerging storytellers. Part One of Two.

Melissa Silverstein (@melsil) is the irrepressible and inspirational change-maker and founder of Women and Hollywood; the initiative that educates, advocates, and agitates for gender diversity and inclusion in the global film industry. Towards the end of a seismic year in the battle for equality, Melissa shares her uncompromising take on the fight, the industry and what still needs to be done to make change happen. In a wide ranging interview, Melissa also talks about audiences, distribution, the Athena Festival (which she also runs) and shares her inspiring advice for emerging storytellers. Part Two of Two.

Episode 3: Mosquita y Mari Alicia and Sarah are back to discuss the 2012 gem of a movie Mosquita y Mari, in which two teenage girls quietly fall in love in Los Angeles while also navigating their family lives, friendships, school, and the world in general. Both Sarah and Alicia love this movie, so tune in to hear them talk about friendship and intimacy, stylistic choices, and how beautiful this entire film is.  Articles mentioned: Bravado and Caresses: Girls on the Way to Life by Stephen Holden  Interview with Aurora Guerrero–Writer/Director of Mosquita y Mari by Melissa Silverstein

Fascinating conversations took place at Barnard College's (NYC) Athena Film Festival last month about women, representation & the power of inclusion at all roles of storytelling. Plus how we can change today's norm. Themes and storytelling at film festivals are universal, so their application and intersection with TV is what prompted me to share observations.   Athena founder Melissa Silverstein of Women & Hollywood was interviewed for episode: Ten Years of Women and Hollywood.   Quick takes on documentaries: Bombshell: The Hedy Lamarr Story and I Am Evidence, produced by Law and Order SVU's Mariska Hargitay through her Joyful Heart Foundation. Leaders of stage, digital, academia & film addressed "revising the Canon" - & how we shift the acceptable norms of storytelling.

To kick off, I’m joined by Melissa Silverstein she is the founder and publisher of Women and Hollywood. She is the Artistic Director and co-­founder of the Athena Film Festival — A Celebration of Women and Leadership ­­at Barnard College in NYC. The seventh annual festival will take place February 22-25, 2018.Melissa was selected to be a film envoy for the American Film Showcase. And she published “In Her Voice: Women Directors Talk Directing,” which is a compilation of over 40 interviews from the Women and Hollywood site.Melissa broke the news about the pay disparity between Michelle Williams and Mark Wahlberg for the All the Money in the World reshoot.In today’s episode, we talk about the difficulties you may encounter trying to make a living as a filmmaker. Knowing what you want out of your film career and knowing when to let it go. We also talk about the heavy burden of imposter syndrome and how Melissa chooses to deal with her fraudy feelings.This month I’m talking to 3 incredible women in Hollywood Melissa Silverstein the co-founder of the Athena Film Festival, BAFTA Award-winning Director Amma Asante and April Reign who is the creator of the infamous #OscarsSoWhite hashtag. I can’t wait for you to hear all of the wisdom these women have to offer.To find out more about Melissa, you can follow her on Twitter @Melsil. You 100% need to visit womenandhollywood.com to find more women who are creating, advocating and championing women in the film industry.If you like how this podcast sounds and think you can do what I do but better than you should reach out to the ShoutOut network. Visit shoutoutnetwork.co.uk to find out more about membership.Let me know what you have learned by leaving a review on iTunes via your Mac computer or on the iTunes Podcast app on your phone.Follow WannaBe @WannaBepodcast on Twitter and Instagram.To get the extended show notes listing the tools and resources, we mentioned in this episode visit wannabepodcast.comYou can follow me @ImiMorgan on Twitter and Instagram. For information regarding your data privacy, visit acast.com/privacy

Den ungerska regeringen drog i veckan igång en kampanj mot en finansman, George Soros. På onsdag börjar kommunistpartiets kongress i Kina. Hur går försnacket? Och om Egypten, där det pågår något som beskrivs som en häxjakt på honomsexuella. Efter alla avslöjanden om filmproducenten Harvey Weinstein kommer något ändras? Medverkande: Johanna Melén - Östeuropakorrespondent, Cecilia Uddén Mellaösternkorrespondent, Hanna Sahlberg Kinakorrespondent, Melissa Silverstein från bloggen Women and Hollywood och Firas Abou Fakher gitarrist i Mashrou 'Leila.

On this weeks episode we dive into some of the most talked about, and difficult, topics in pop culture today. Melissa Silverstein, founder and editor of Women and Hollywood, discusses the much too slow progress for women in Hollywood and the backlash towards the upcoming female driven Ghostbusters reboot. And we speak to critic Matt Zoller Settz on how he approaches Woody Allen’s films today, post allegations. We have seen some serious ticket sales for female driven blockbusters such as Twilight and The Hunger Games. So the backlash towards women busting ghosts has been surprising, and the hatred expressed on social media shocking. We ask Silverstein – has the landscape in Hollywood actually changed for women? As of late, there have been some touchy topics, hard conversations and sadness in the pop culture community. It has become difficult as an audience member, as a fan, to come to terms with a filmmaker, artist or public figure accused of a horrific act. From Woody Allen to Johnny Depp, there are many examples of this occurring. One of the reasons we wanted to speak to Matt Zoller Seitz was his very honest article titled “I believe Dylan Farrow” which explained the complexity of being a film critic and separating the art from the artist once allegations have been made or confirmed. We explore all of these topics and much more in this very important episode.

Vad spelar det för roll vilka filmer som görs i Hollywood? Hur funkar A-märkt? Och kan en hashtag påverka en drömfabrik? I dagens talkshow med kulturkorrespondenten Lisa Bergström vänder vi blicken mot väst och Hollywood. Är det bara glitter och glamour? Lisa själv upplever att Drömfabriken som det kallades en gång i tiden, har blivit ganska dammig och halkat efter, inte minst när det kommer till jämställdhet. Kort och gott: Hollywood vad händer?!Under våren har det rasat två stora debatter i Hollywood. Haschtagen #OscarsSoWhite fick en enorm spridning på sociala medier, men vad handlade allt om och hade den någon effekt? Melody Lovelin, redaktör på PP3, kommer till programmet. Den andra stora debatten har handlat om representation och diskriminering på Oscarsgalan och om genus och glastak. Lisa var på ett svettigt seminarium om kvinnor inom filmbranschen där skådespelaren Jodie Foster deltog. Hon vittnade om ett konstant förminskade av kvinnor och om sina erfarenheter av så kallade glastaket som hindrar kvinnor från att avancera. Susan Cartsonis, filmproducent som har suttit med i Oscarsakademin, med verkar i dagens talkshow. Hur har årets debatter mottagits inom filmbranschen? Har de förändrat klimatet inom Hollywood? Vad tror hon är orsaken till att saker och ting är som de är? Och hur är hennes relation till det så kallade glastaket?Julia Roberts går barfota på den röda mattan, Geena Davis och Susan Sarandon håller seminarium om jämställdhet och Jennifer Lawrence kräver högre lön. Kommer det här påverka den gamla dammiga drömfabriken? Kommer vi få andra filmer? Detta reder vi ut tillsammans med Melissa Silverstein, debattör och en flitig twittrare som driver bloggen Women and Hollywood.Dessutom diskuterar vi att Sverige, i omvärlden, har blivit ett föregångsexempel på en jämställd filmbransch. Till studion kommer Ellen Tejle, en av initiativtagarna till A-märkt ett verktyg baserat på Beschdel-testet för att mäta kvinnlig medverkan i film. Hur funkar A-märkt? Vad har de fått för reaktioner? Vad spelar det för roll vilka filmer som görs i Hollywood? Och vad förväntar sig Ellen av framtidens filmer?Epost: korrespondenterna@sverigesradio.seProgramledare: Lisa Bergström Producent: Amanda Rydman

A chat with filmmaker Lawrence Johnston about his film Fallout. Reflections on the talk given by Melissa Silverstein as the most recent recipent of the NatalieMiller Fellowship. Silverstein talks about women in Hollywood.

Melissa Silverstein (@melsil), writer, activist, and leading expert in gender parity in Hollywood (founder of www.womenandfilm.com and the Athena Film Festival talks with us about the facts of gender inequality in entertainment and how the disparity impacts our lives more than we think! After, T&A chat with eachother about how we, as women, grapple with erasing a history of silencing women in the public sphere.  Show Notes Are people aware that there is a lack of opportunity for women in film? (03:00) How many women are really working on the Top 250 grossing films? (03.25) Are the stats any different for TV?  (03:55) 84% of first-time TV directors are men and that affects a woman’s future in film?  (04:35) Women don’t get the opportunities to direct $100m movies (06:32) We all live in a world where an unconscious bias affects us  (08.28) There is an assumption that animated movies and action movies such as Superman are geared towards males and therefore even the characters and extras are overwhelmingly male (09:00) When women fail at something, they just fail out of the industry. When men fail, they get another chance  (11:18) People are hungry and desperate to see things that reflect themselves (13:25) Women are kept out of high-budgets because their competence is not trusted (14:15) Relevant Links & FULL Show Notes HERE: http://www.tatalksex.com/melissa-silverstein-women-in-hollywood-gender-parity-ep-61/

Robin on racism, the Mother Emmanuel Church massacre, the battle flag of the Confederacy and the Second Amendment. Guests: Liz Garbus, director of documentary on Nina Simone; Gayle Lemmon on women soldiers in special ops; Mellissa Silverstein on Hollywood's "genderquake." Melissa Silverstein Gayle Lemmon Liz Garbus

Robin on Ikumi Yoshimatsu and Japan’s “comfort women,” die-ins, Rolling Stone, and Cosby. Guests: Erin Helfert on VAWA protection abroad; Kimberly Dark on the body’s messages; Melissa Silverstein on 2014 Feminist Moments in Film. Plus, the 2014 Ink Smear Awards for awful media.

Robin on ISIL and "The Demon Lover," and on a brave Sufi conference on women, peace, and changing the Muslim world. Guests: Robin Givens on Domestic Violence Month; pollster Celinda Lake talks women and the elections; and Melissa Silverstein debuts as WMC Live's entertainment correspondent.

If you look only at the categories for acting, women come in for an equal share of the Oscars.  But peeking behind the velvet curtains, a different picture emerges.  Women are still a tiny minority in the movie business overall -- so much so the lack of opportunity has been dubbed the "celluloid ceiling." An interview with Women and Hollywood founder Melissa Silverstein.

With Kirsty Lang Kirsty talks to actors Matthew Macfadyen and Stephen Mangan as they play the roles of Jeeves and Wooster in a new stage version of one of P G Wodehouse's much-loved books. The architect Frank Gehry, whose Guggenheim Museum in Bilbao and Walt Disney Concert Hall in Los Angeles feature the undulating metallic curves for which he has become known, opens a new exhibition of his work this week. Frank Gehry discusses his new sculptures, a series of artworks based on fish, a recurrent motif in his art and architecture, as well as his designs for the new development at Battersea Power station in London. Stanley Spencer's masterpiece is a series of murals he painted in a small chapel in the Hampshire countryside. The paintings depict his life on the Salonika front during World War I, but concentrate on the domestic rather than the combat, on doing the laundry and eating jam sandwiches. The murals have now been removed while the chapel is undergoing restoration and is on show in London and then Chichester. The artist's biographer, Fiona MacCarthy, tells Kirsty about the story behind the paintings. This week a Swedish cinema announced that it was going to rate movies according to the Bechdel Test, in which movies get an A rating for gender equality if they have at least two named female characters who talk to each other about something other than a man. Melissa Silverstein, the founder of the influential Women And Hollywood website, tells Kirsty why she thinks this is just the start of a conversation we need to have about in women in film. Producer Stephen Hughes.

The popcorn and movies show: Keri Putnam of Sundance on the latest stats about women and film; Melissa Silverstein on the Athena Festival; Jane Fonda on sexism in Hollywood and the Oscars, and Kathy Bates on feminism around the world—plus Robin tips her hat to Hillary Rodham Clinton as she ends her tenure as a great Secretary of State.

Award-winning actress Judy Reyes, best known for her portrayal of feisty nurse Carla Espinoza in TV’s “Scrubs,” talks about her starring role in “Gun Hill Road,” a film selected for competition in the U.S. Dramatic category at this year’s Sundance Film Festival. She also discusses her exciting acting career, which has included roles in such movies and television shows as “Bringing Out the Dead,” “It’s a Very Merry Muppet Christmas,” “Washington Heights,” “Castle,” “The Sopranos, “Law & Order,” and “Oz.” In addition to “Gun Hill Road,” Judy will be appearing soon in “Without Men,” a comedy co-starring Eva Longoria and Christian Slater. As an added attraction, Melissa Silverstein, founder of the Women and Hollywood website, drops by for a report on film awards to be presented at the first Athena Film Festival scheduled for February 10-13 at Barnard College.