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One in an occasional series featuring prominent women working in Hollywood today.   “It’s bittersweet.

Come with us on an exclusive tour of the House of Cards sets in Baltimore, Maryland, guided by the expert knowledge of creator and showrunner Beau Willimon.  More House of Cards! The style of Claire Underwood - and how it defines and expresses Robin Wright's key HOC character - CLICK HERE.

“I suspect when we come back we'll be in the middle of a presidential election”, Kevin Spacey told us back in November. The cameras were still rolling back then on Season Four of House of Cards as a group of HFPA journalists visited the usually closed set.

Ever heard the phrase: “You are what you wear”? House of Cards’ Claire Underwood (Golden Globe winner Robin Wright) epitomizes that phrase. As ambitious and ruthless as husband, Frank Underwood, (Golden Globe winner Kevin Spacey), she sublimated her goals to support him to the pinnacle of Washington Power.

Looks like in the current economic situation the Russian government listened to the strong distributors lobby and does not want to kill their precious golden goose, Hollywood’s high-profile and very profitable movies. Even with the drastic drop of exchange rate of ruble to dollar Deadpool Russia showed had the best box office numbers foreign markets in the pic’s initial rollout: more than 12 million dollars during the first weekend of release (the total to date is over $23 million, still the highest in continental Europe).

“This film festival is my baby,” says Tiina Lokk, director and founder of the Tallinn Black Nights International Film Festival (POFF). 2016 year marks the 20thanniversary since its inception, and since 2014 it stands alongside such established and prestigious 'A' status festivals as Venice, Berlin and Cannes.

With a keynote q&a with President Obama and the usual dizzying array of offerings in its multiple film/ TV, music and new/interactive media sections, the 29th edition of the South By Southwest festival launches this Friday, March 11, in Austin, Texas. With a massive lineup that includes 89 world premieres in the film section, this year’s SXSW will run until March 20.

The Heel Has it – Hollywood embraces Spring Shoe trends …Every few seasons there’s a seminal shift in a trend that brings a fresh approach to the road we walk. Over the past few years, fashion forward stars have been turning up on the red carpet sporting the shift we can now see taking hold everywhere.

Even though creator Julian Fellowes has always insisted that Downton Abbey wasn't "another English period drama with people wearing lovely clothes", a major appeal of the series was.

First in an occasional series featuring prominent women working in Hollywood today.   Nancy Meyers is the most financially successful female filmmaker of all time.