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Geena Davis: Hollywood’s gender equality problems ‘not better yet’
Since starring in Thelma & Louise 25 years ago, Geena Davis has made it her business to keep tabs on gender inequality in Hollywood. “The reaction was so eye-opening,” Davis told EW during our Thelma & Louise reunion. “From then on, I chose roles based on, ‘What are the women in the audience going to think of this character?’” Read More…
Fast Company Announces 2nd Annual L.A. Creativity Counter-Conference Featuring Geena Davis, John Cena, Russell Simmons, Jeffrey Katzenberg
Fast Company announced today that it will host its second annual Creativity Counter-Conference in Los Angeles, May 24-25, 2016. Over the course of two days, FC/LA will gather some of the most creative minds in business, technology, design, and entertainment for a series of inspiring keynote conversations, hands-on sessions, visits to the workspaces and studios of L.A.’s leading organizations, and opportunities to practice purposeful networking. Read More…
Blythe Danner and Geena Davis on What I Told My Daughter
My daughter, Gwyneth Paltrow, grew up in a household where there was a constant undercurrent of activism. Of her many accomplishments—as an Oscar winner, as a mother, and as an entrepreneur—I’m most proud that she has carried on the tradition of being engaged with causes that are meaningful to her, and doing good things for others. It is what her father— writer-director-producer Bruce Paltrow—and I hoped to instill in our children. Read More…
Why Geena Davis Is Teaming Up With Wal-Mart and Coke
It’s been 25 years since Geena Davis and co-star Susan Sarandon appeared in the groundbreaking flick Thelma and Louise. The 1991 movie about two friends on a road trip gone awry sparked controversy and racked up Academy Award nominations (not to mention introduced a young Brad Pitt’s butt to the world). It also served as a wakeup call for Davis, an actress, producer, writer, and former competitive archer, who has devoted much of her career championing women both on and off the screen. Read More…
The Talk: Geena Davis & Susan Sarandon Reminisce on Iconic ‘Thelma & Louise’ Car Scene
Oscar-winning actresses Susan Sarandon and Geena Davis reunite behind the wheel of a signature Ford Thunderbird from their classic film “Thelma & Louise.” Reminiscing on the 25th anniversary of the road trip drama, Susan Sarandon admits, “We thought we were making a cowboy movie with women in trucks! And I think it was really shocking when it got so much negative reaction. We kind of forget because it’s 25 years later. It was very threatening or something…We were just saying that we want to come back for the 50th!” Watch Video…
Geena Davis Suggests One Very Good Reason To Make Diverse Entertainment
Actress Geena Davis has made it her mission to prove balanced entertainment doesn’t ignore anything: Yes, people want to watch women and people of color on screen; no, doing so does not add any sort of “message”; And, yes, Hollywood can still profit handsomely. She helped establish the Bentonville Film Festival last year to promote entertainment that doesn’t fit that typical white and male mold — but still draws eyeballs. “We don’t want to just say, ‘Here’s some nice movies made by some diverse people,’” Davis told The Huffington Post, “But, ‘These are commercial. It’s just a way to make money.’” Read More…
Emma Watson Just Had the Best Girl Talk Ever With a Hollywood Icon
As much as we love besties Selena Gomez and Taylor Swift, Geena Davis and Emma Watson may be our new favorite duo. Geena, in case you don’t know, is an Academy Award-winning actress. Emma recently talked to Geena for Interview magazine, and the two had lots of say about Hollywood, gender inequality in the film industry, and the impact it has on young women. Despite their almost 35-year age difference, the two have had many of the same experiences when it comes to realizing that women were treated differently than men. Read More…
Geena Davis Interview – Home & Family
The Oscar-winning actress stops by to talk about her upcoming Bentonville Film Festival. Watch Video…
Interview Magazine: Geena Davis
Twenty-five years after Thelma and Louise roared off in their 1966 Ford Thunderbird, the conversation around women’s agency in Hollywood hasn’t changed much. Davis, 60, is doing her part to change that. In 2004 she founded the Geena Davis Institute on Gender in Media, an organization devoted to culling statistics on gender imbalance in children’s media and sharing it with the entertainment industry. Her work to confront sexism in Hollywood doesn’t end there: Last year she co-founded the Bentonville Film Festival. Read More…
Emma Watson and Geena Davis Are on a Mission to Fix Hollywood’s Gender Problem
Both Emma Watson and Geena Davis have been outspoken advocates for gender equality — particularly in the media — in the past. Now, the two actresses have teamed up for a feature in Interview Magazine to discuss the issue of gender gap and how it affects women. Read More…
