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‘Inside the Cult of Kibu’
On my first day as editor-in-chief of a heavily financed Bay Area Internet startup whose mission — its mostly female staff of trendy 20-somethings recited like a mantra — was to "empower" young women, I realized I had a big problem.
Tough Dames in a Tough Game
Glamour, betrayal, influence and heartache, all in a day\’s work. In her first book, \”Is That a Gun in Your Pocket? Women\’s Experience of Power in Hollywood,\” Rachel Abramowitz, a former writer for Premiere magazine, lays out in impressive detail what the first significant wave of women in the film trade, a wave that hit the studios in the 1970s, had to go through to get women to be taken seriously by the industry.
Divine Inspiration
Why do most people want to believe that a successful career in show business happens by luck? Maybe it\’s because for people who haven\’t made it, that\’s a good explanation or excuse.
An Eye for Talent
Today, Jewish and non-Jewish actresses face a different problem: \”They are often considered grandmothers by the time they are 40,\” Isaacson laments. \”They have a shorter career span than athletes.\”
When Silent Was Golden
The First Picture Show\” at the Taper Forum resembles the early silent movies whose creators the play celebrates — sometimes fuzzy, sometimes jerky, but moving the action, and the audience, right along.<
Joan Hyler’s Class Acts
Joan Hyler sees her life in five acts. A bit like Shakespeare.
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