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HFPA GranteeThe Young Storytellers Script to Stage program is provided in more than 50 low-income public elementary schools across Los Angeles twice a year. Led by a volunteer head mentor, each session is a mixture of creative gameplay and one-on-one writing time.

In this week’s podcast, we introduce Indian actor Ali Fazal. HFPA jounalist Michele Manelis met him in Hollywood at the end of last year.

Heels – hate them or love them. There’s a strange obsession for some women with shoes.

HFPA GranteeNewFilmmakers Los Angeles is an organization dedicated to showcasing works by emerging filmmakers from around the world, providing the city’s community of entertainment professionals with a steady stream of monthly screenings. With the goal of promoting, supporting and connecting emerging filmmakers, NFMLA provides a forum where filmmakers can be recognized for their contributions, discuss their projects and connect with industry professionals to further their budding careers.

It was supposed to be a Disney vs. Disney weekend.

“Hear our voice”, could be the apt motto of the past year. Thanks in part to the #MeToo and #TimesUp movements in Hollywood, women have raised their voices in the face of predatory behavior and the rallying cry is now spreading into other women/minority-related issues like representation in the halls of power and equal pay in the workplace, to name just a few.

HFPA journalist Silvia Bizio sat down with Sharon Stone just before the star turns 60 on March 10th. The Golden Globe winner said she was excited she got to see the next decade.

We met Golden Globe winner Gillian Anderson for a conversation about the latest revival season of The X-Files, the show that gave her a Golden Globe and her first big break in show business. Anderson lives in London, where she also appeared in many plays in the West End.

HFPA GranteeThe American Film Institute’s Directing Workshop for Women (DWW) spans a year-and-a-half of activity for the participants. Its mission is to support women who already have some experience in film production and aspire to become established as professionals, and it involves the guided production of a short film or web series from conception to exhibition and beyond.

Men are adopting velvet and color. Women are wearing trousers and breaking rules: if I want, pink and red DO go together.