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...maintain anonymity and pay respect to prominent female figures, last night’s Guerrilla Girls used pseudonyms such as Frida Kahlo and Rosalind Franklin, in addition to wearing the masks...
...Awards ceremony. Y Tu Mam? También (And Your Mother Too) - a biting allegory of Mexico's effete ruling class, told via a sex-soaked road trip - is up for the Best Original Screenplay Oscar; and for many Mexicans, native daughter Salma Hayek's Best Actress nomination for Frida counts as another south-of-the-border coup. These films are worth the hype, and then some. And for once, they have plenty of regional company. Years used to separate successes like Argentina's The Official Story (1985), the only Latin film to win the foreign-language Oscar, and Brazil...
...more nine-tenths-empty stat: only 10% of last year's films were directed by women. "A female has never won Best Director at the Oscars," notes Salma Hayek, who produced and starred in the biopic Frida and chose Julie Taymor to direct it. "I think people are threatened by us." It's just another burden in making women's films...
...your hand and say, 'What about me?'" Lane acknowledges that actors are artists for hire: "If you're a plumber, there are only a certain amount of pipes that need fixing, and you hope you get the call." Or you make the call yourself, as Hayek did with Frida. "For seven years I went around with the script, saying 'Please read this.' Yes, Hollywood has to support women. But we can't afford to wait. We should get up and do it ourselves...
...Nicole Kidman and Chicago’s Renee Zellweger lead the field. Weaker but nevertheless bankable bets are Julianne Moore in Far from Heaven and Diane Lane in Unfaithful. The fifth slot is anybody’s guess. Salma Hayek has the strongest chance for her starring role in Frida, but right behind her are Meryl Streep for The Hours, Nia Vardalos for My Big Fat Greek Wedding, Maggie Gyllenhaal for Secretary and Isabelle Huppert for The Piano Teacher...