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When Sharon Stone, then 37 years young, got ready for the 1996 Golden Globe Awards, she was nervous. It was her first nomination after all, and the first time she had attended a major award show as a nominee.

A month after the 7. 8 earthquake in Syria and Turkey, we talked to Syrian filmmaker Soudade Kaadan, whose filmography is dedicated to exploring her country devastated by an over a decade-long war.

Over the past 17 years, Miley Cyrus has established herself as a trailblazing superstar of the 21st century, growing from teen idol to provocateur and a voice for Gen Z. With the release of her eighth studio album, “Endless Summer Vacation,” and the lead single “Flowers” already becoming one of her all-time biggest hits plus a huge TikTok sensation, Miley Cyrus officially enters a new professional era, arguably her most mature one.

There are more than 2,700 stars on the Hollywood Walk of Fame, but how many of them are also in the USA National Inventors Hall of Fame? Hedy Lamarr (1914-2000) belongs to both of them. Even though she was a bourgeois girl, she left school at 15 years old to work as a script at the Austrian largest film production company at the time.

“I used to be tasked to write a story about two hot Asian sisters,” Adele Lim, the writer known for Crazy Rich Asians and Raya and The Last Dragon, told Gold Derby in 2018. She will now make her directorial debut with the raunchy comedy Joy Ride which she wrote and produced.

Chief Creative Officer and founder of Gutsy Marika Makaroff and her team have given a new touch to the iconic Finnish characters, the Moomins. She shares core values like kindness, love and respect for nature with them.

Media composer Esin Aydingoz was born and raised in Istanbul, Turkey. She is a Berklee College of Music graduate with a degree in contemporary writing, production and film scoring.

There are many professions in Hollywood in which women are under-represented, and despite an increasing number of women winning cinematography awards around the globe, there are many glass ceilings yet to smash in order to reach anywhere near gender parity.    Here are some of the most highly regarded below-the-line talents making a difference in and outside Hollywood.

In honor of International Women’s Day, Hollywood Foreign Press Association member David Caspi hosts this episode of our Golden Globes Around the World podcast series featuring Israeli actresses, sisters Moran Atias and Shani Atias, to discuss their new women empowerment initiative titled “Me First”. Moran Atias first rose to fame as a fashion model in Italy, with noted designer Roberto Cavalli taking her under his wing and later walking the runways for major brands, namely Dolce and Gabbana with whom she formed a close bond.

As we observe International Women’s Day this March 8, as part of Women’s History Month, it seems like a good time to reflect on just how much progress women in Hollywood have made in the past year. The answer today may be disappointing.