Women in Entertainment 2013
Jimmy Kimmel on Oprah, ‘Sea of Perfect Blowouts’ at Hollywood Reporter Women’s Breakfast (Video)
The late-night host made surprise remarks at the Women in Entertainment event, held at the Beverly Hills Hotel on Dec. 11.
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Oprah in Tears During Emotional Speech: Live Life to ‘Elevate’ Others (Video)
The 2013 recipient of THR's Sherry Lansing Leadership Award took the stage at the annual Women in Entertainment breakfast softly weeping after Maria Shriver introduced her with a poem she had written for Winfrey.
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Having It All: 10 Ways Hollywood’s Power Women Make It All Work
Super-busy A-list producers, studio executives, agents and managers swear by these strategies for work, life, children and sanity success.
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Top Directors Reveal How Female Film Editors Shaped Their Movies
A look back at the invaluable contributions to motion pictures of female film editors, past and present, which have been largely cut out of the history books.
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Geena Davis’ Two Easy Steps to Make Hollywood Less Sexist (Guest Column)
The actress and founder of her namesake Institute on Gender in Media cites data showing that there are three male characters for every speaking female in family-rated films: "We are in effect enculturating kids from the very beginning to see women and girls as not taking up half of the space."
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A Day in The Life of Hollywood’s Most Powerful Women
Six top women in show business give THR a peek at their packed weekly schedules, from mogul meetings to battles with toddlers over bunny slippers.
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Women in Entertainment Mentorship Grad: ‘It’s the Best Thing That’s Ever Happened to Me’
In a heartfelt essay, one young woman reflects on her life-altering relationship with a Hollywood mentor, a woman she calls her "guardian angel."
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Oprah Winfrey on Forgoing Motherhood, Being ‘Counted Out’ and the Meeting That Turned OWN Around
Interviewed at her home, THR's Sherry Lansing Leadership Award winner opens up about how "fame and success made me soft," her candid advice to talk show hosts Queen Latifah and Steve Harvey, and the truth about the reports that stress and a crushing workload drove her over the edge: "I never had a nervous breakdown."
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Hollywood’s Most Powerful Women Pose With Their Mentors (Exclusive Photos)
Behind every powerful woman is sometimes another woman, a male executive or Oscar-winning director, as exemplified by Emma Watts and Oliver Stone; Nancy Dubuc and Abbe Raven; Sandra Stern and Jon Feltheimer; Cyma Zarghami and Philippe Dauman; and Megan Colligan and Nancy Utley.
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The Hollywood Reporter’s Mentorship Program Turns 5
This issue marks the anniversary of THR with Big Brothers Big Sisters, where teenagers get to learn and grow with the help of some of the industry's most powerful women.
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The Hollywood Reporter’s 2013 Women in Entertainment Power 100
It came down to Disney's Anne Sweeney vs. NBCUniversal's Bonnie Hammer as The Hollywood Reporter's 22nd annual rankings reveal a TV industry in flux, ongoing volatility at the film studios and the females behind (and in front of) every last big deal in town.
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