Melissa Rosenberg, executive producer of Netflix Original Series Jessica Jones, has revealed that season 2 of the critically-acclaimed show would be directed exclusively by women directors. While the production team had already made a commitment to hiring women directors for the season, they decided to double down on that commitment and go the full nine yards, Rosenberg told attendees at the Transforming Hollywood 7: Diversifying Entertainment conference held in Los Angeles last Friday.
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Unless you’ve been living under a rock and without WiFi, you’ve heard of Stranger Things. The über-Eighties homage has taken the world by storm. What’s more, the women’s perspectives in Stranger Things continue Netflix’s burgeoning legacy as a hub for great, woman-friendly television.
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JENJI KOHAN, creator of Weeds, will return to the home of Orange Is the New Black — also one of her projects — as the executive…
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“I DON’T WANT to lean in, okay? I want to lie down.” – Ali Wong I’m obsessed with stand-up comedy, but it’s kind of a…
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THE ORIGINS OF “Netflix and chill” date back to 2007, although the memes and GIFs playing off of it really didn’t start flooding the internet…
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TRIGGER WARNING: rape, sexual assault and harassment, verbal and psychological abuse. Also, light spoiler alerts. WHEN I SAT DOWN TO WATCH JESSICA JONES, I had…
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Screen Queens is LadyClever’s new roundup featuring feminist entertainment headlines from stage and screen each week: innovative portrayals and story arcs, sketches and comedy, appearances, awards, and more. Rape…
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I HAVE A LOT of feelings about Season 3 of Orange Is the New Black: some bad, most good. The focus on formerly minor characters…
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Diana Vreeland is difficult to describe in one word. Some might call her worldview a bit eccentric. Others call her an artistic mastermind. The 2011…
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Blocking bad: In an effort to bolster viewership of their five seasons of Breaking Bad, whose final episode aired on AMC on September 29, Netflix unveiled…
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