
Power Women Summit 2020
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LaToya Morgan, Sue-Ellen Chitunya Crowned Winners of the WrapWomen and STARZ ‘Telling Our Stories’ Short Film Competition
By TheWrap Staff | December 11, 2020 @ 3:00 PM”Team Marilyn“ and the five other finalists’ films — ”Lexical Gap,“ ”Sounds of War,“ ”A Cure For All Things,“ ”Clarissa“ and ”Little Con Lili“ — will receive distribution on STARZ
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WNBA Star Candace Parker Says League Protests Against Racial Injustice Are ‘Bigger Than a Sport’
By J. Clara Chan | December 10, 2020 @ 1:29 PMPower Women Summit 2020: Parker discusses breaking barriers with actress and model Isis King, fashion designer Elle B. Mambetov, classical-fusion violinist Ezinma and international DJ Michelle Pesce
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How Jameela Jamil Thinks Cancel Culture Should Handle JK Rowling and Others Who ‘Have Done Irrevocable Harm’ (Video)
By Jennifer Maas | December 10, 2020 @ 12:41 PMPower Women Summit 2020: ”Good Place“ alum says we need to be ”boundaried in the ways in which we decide who gets to accept and forgive whom“
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Watch Hollywood Women Honor VP-Elect Kamala Harris: ‘You Are Proof of Our Magic’ (Video)
By Lindsey Ellefson | December 10, 2020 @ 11:11 AMPower Women Summit 2020: Corrine Foxx, Vlada Bortnik and more thank the VP-elect for representing Black and South Asian women — and for making sneakers ”business attire“
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Cori Bush on Her Shock When Members of Congress Called Her ‘Breonna Taylor': ‘Is This Serious?’ (Video)
By Lindsey Ellefson | December 10, 2020 @ 11:07 AMPower Women Summit 2020: Representative-elect recalls how lawmakers thought her name was Breonna Taylor after she wore a mask bearing slain women’s name
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‘Just Shut Up and Do It': ‘Boss’ Women Share Tips on Getting to the Top (Video)
By Diane Haithman | December 9, 2020 @ 2:17 PMPower Women Summit 2020: ”The best lesson you learn is most careers are not linear,“ says Verizon Media’s head of consumer Jo Lambert
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Regina King on Why She Was the ‘Perfect Candidate’ to Direct ‘One Night in Miami’ (Video)
By Jeremy Fuster | December 9, 2020 @ 1:38 PMPower Women Summit 2020: Oscar and Emmy winner talks about finding vulnerability in four iconic Black men and how John Singleton helped her on the path to becoming a director
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Abigail Disney: Disney’s Focus on Shareholder Profits Left it Unprepared for Pandemic
By Tim Baysinger | December 9, 2020 @ 12:42 PMPower Women Summit 2020: ”Grasping after profits has left the structure of our society hollowed out and weakened,“ Disney says
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Angelica Ross, Imara Jones Want to See More Trans Stories: ‘Take Us Seriously’
By Lindsey Ellefson | December 9, 2020 @ 12:05 PMPower Women Summit 2020: The journalist and actress founded companies to bolster trans representation, because ”who controls the story has control“
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Aubrey Plaza May or May Not Be Serious About Having Written a ‘Harry Potter Franchise’-Style Project (Video)
By Jennifer Maas | December 8, 2020 @ 2:31 PMPower Women Summit 2020: ”Just a tiny little project that I’m working on that soon will be coming to you at your local amusement park,“ ”Black Bear“ star says
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How Drew Dixon and Sheri Sher Broke the ‘Code’ of Silence to Speak Out Against Russell Simmons
By J. Clara Chan | December 8, 2020 @ 11:30 AMPower Women Summit 2020: The music producer and rapper spoke with Sunny Hostin about moving past the fear of being labeled a ”victim“
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Anita Hill Is Creating an App to Hold Serial Abusers Accountable (Video)
By J. Clara Chan | December 8, 2020 @ 11:10 AMPower Women Summit 2020: The app will allow people to submit anonymous complaints of sexual harassment, abuse, or other misconduct
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WrapWomen’s Third Annual Power Women Summit Kicks Off Today With Anita Hill, Aubrey Plaza, Sunny Hostin and More
By Emily Vogel | December 8, 2020 @ 10:26 AMRegina King, Beanie Feldstein, Abigail Disney, Cori Bush, Jameela Jamil and Olivia Culpo will also join conversations during the three-day virtual event
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Welcome to the Power Women Summit 2020, ‘Inclusion 360’!
By Sharon Waxman | December 8, 2020 @ 6:05 AMBecause what happens in the heart of entertainment spreads all over the world
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Journalist Gulchehra Hoja on the ‘Incredibly High Price’ of Reporting on China’s Uyghur Oppression
By Lindsey Ellefson | December 4, 2020 @ 4:48 PMPower Women Summit 2020: Hoja and Syrian reporter Yakeen Bido discuss the personal and professional risks that come with reporting on global atrocities — and why they have to persist