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Europe | U.K. | Activism

HearHer Is The UK’s First All-Female Festival Giving Women In Music The Space They Deserve

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In 2018, UK festival line-up statistics were still rather disappointing. 70 percent of festivals featured all-male bands, leaving many to wonder why female artists were still being dismissed. These figures come from the founding members of the UK's first all-female festival, HearHer: three days of musical bliss performed exclusively by female artists. Set to take over Dorset's Sandford Holiday Park from Oct. 11 to 13, HearHer has enlisted over 20 incredible performers to share their talents with the nation. The festival has been curated by singer-songwriter KT Tunstall and actress-slash-mu
North America | United States | Entertainment

Madonna Achieves Ninth No. 1 Album on Billboard 200 Chart With ‘Madame X’

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X marks the No. 1 spot. Madonna lands her ninth No. 1 album on the Billboard 200 chart as Madame X enters atop the tally. The set, released via Interscope Records on June 14, launches with 95,000 equivalent album units earned in the U.S. in the week ending June 20, according to Nielsen Music. Of that sum, 90,000 were in album sales. The Billboard 200 chart ranks the most popular albums of the week in the U.S. based on multi-metric consumption as measured in equivalent album units. Units are comprised of traditional album sales, track equivalent albums (TEA) and streaming equival
North America | United States | Career

Warner Bros. Taps BBC Studios Americas Chief Ann Sarnoff as CEO

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Warner Bros. has tapped BBC Studios Americas president Ann Sarnoff as its new CEO, a surprise pick that is sure to shake up the venerable studio. Sarnoff becomes the first woman to head Warner Bros. in its nearly 100-year history. She was under the radar during WarnerMedia’s search for a successor to lead the studio following the forced resignation of chairman-CEO Kevin Tsujihara in March.
International | Entertainment

Happy Father’s Day! Femina’s Fatherhood Song Pick of the Year…

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We know, we know, we are all about celebrating women's achievements and our accomplishments…but men play many different roles in our lives and are important. Fathers are incredibly important in the individual lives of their children and fatherhood is incredibly important within society over all. Again, yes, at Femina.com it is about the global, local, women’s news, but, we wanted to celebrate the importance of fatherhood on this Father’s Day. Daddy Can I Wear Your Hat is our pick for fatherhood song of the year for 2019…it embodies and evokes exactly what fathers should strive for a
North America | United States | Entertainment

HOW EMILY LAZAR BECAME THE ONLY FEMALE MASTERING ENGINEER EVER NOMINATED FOR A GRAMMY

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This year, Emily Lazar became the first woman to be nominated for a Grammy in the category of Best Engineered Album, Non-Classical. That means that Lazar's work as mastering engineer on The Bird and the Bee's album Recreational Lovemarks the first time in 58 years we've had a female nominee in the category. It's not the first time that Lazar, who owns and runs New York-based mastering studio The Lodge, has made history for women during the Grammys, however: She's previously been the first female mastering engineer nominated in two other categories, which is both impressive and concerning. (Th
South Asia | India | Entertainment

Daredevil army women bikers will perform at India’s Republic Day for the first time

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For the first time, an all-women contingent of personnel from the Central Reserve Police Force will be performing stunts with their motorcycles during India's Republic Day parade on 26 Jan. Called "Women Daredevils CRPF", the contigent of 120 women riders will display their skills on the motorcyle. This squad was created in 2014, when women were trained in performing difficult individual and group stunts and manoeuvres on Bullet motocyles. Before that, only male commando units of the defence forces were allowed to undetake such stunts.
North America | United States | Arts

The Goodman Theatre Announces First All-Female Playwrights Unit

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Chicago's Goodman Theatre has announced that its sixth playwrights unit will be made up entirely of female playwrights. The Chicago writers participating in the 2015-16 program are Kristiana Rae Colón, Sandra Delgado, Jenni Lamb and Calamity West. The Unit is a year-long residency designed to nurture new work. The writers attend bi-monthly meetings with the Goodman's artistic team, culminating with public staged readings of their completed works. The Goodman's decision in selecting all female playwrights is particularly important in light of recent statistics showing that only o
North America | United States | Arts

Theater festival in DC puts spotlight on female playwrights

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It was an historic moment in theater few people saw when the first female writing team won Tony Awards this year for "Fun Home." The milestone symbolized a stubborn imbalance between the number of female playwrights who see their work produced on stage compared with men. The breakthrough for Lisa Kron and Jeanine Tesori's with Broadway's "Fun Home" came during a commercial break in the Tonys. Writers are rarely recognized in the theater world. But for this team, the win cemented their place at a time when very few new plays picked up for production in theaters are written by women. Now a
International | Entertainment

New Yorker Kaila Mullady Named the World Female Beatbox Champion at the 2015 Beatbox Battle World Championships

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A remarkably talented woman named Kate Mullady from New York has been named the 2015 Female World Beatbox Champion by the Beatbox Battle Championships that were recently held in Berlin, Germany. Mullady is also the 2014 ABC Loop Station Champion and Beatrhyme Champion. Kaila Mullady is a New York based performer – The 2015 World Beatbox Champion, the current America Vice Beatbox Champion, Loop station champion and three time, reigning Beatrhyme Champion. Kaila performs all over NYC and the country infusing beatboxing, singing, rapping, poetry and theater to push the boundaries of creativity
North America | United States | Arts

Nicki Minaj Wins Best Female Hip-Hop Artist at the 2015 BET Awards

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In maybe the least-surprising event at tonight’s 2015 BET Awards, Nicki Minaj snagged the honor of Best Female Hip-Hop Artist for the sixth straight year. But this year’s victory was different in one significant way, breaking a tie with Missy Elliott to make Nicki the female rapper who has won the award more than anyone else; Missy follows with five victories, while Eve, Remy Ma and M.I.A. are the only other MCs to take home the honor with one victory apiece.
North America | United States | Arts

Misty Copeland named first black female principal dancer by Ballet Theater

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Misty Copeland was fast becoming the most famous ballerina in the United States — making the cover of Time magazine, being profiled by “60 Minutes,” growing into a social media sensation and dancing ballet’s biggest roles on some of its grandest stages. But another role eluded her: She was still not a principal dancer. Until Tuesday, when Ms. Copeland became the first African-American woman to be named a principal in the 75-year history of American Ballet Theater.
North America | United States | Entertainment

Ava DuVernay tipped to be first black female director of a Marvel superhero movie

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Ava DuVernay is poised to be the first black and first female director to helm a Marvel superhero movie. The Selma director has been tipped by MCU Exchange to take on Black Panther, starring Get on Up actor Chadwick Boseman as the studio's first black superhero, but is yet to sign on any dotted lines and confirm her involvement. DuVernay has been widely acclaimed for her directorial talent and has built a reputation as a strong, creative mind.
North America | United States | Arts

Women totally owned the Tonys this year

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Last night’s Tony Awards, the prestigious celebration of the best of the stage, had one major recurring theme: The ladies dominated. Major awards went to a whole slate of women who worked on some of the year’s most celebrated productions, including Fun Home and The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Nighttime. It was an amazing moment of recognition for women in theater, and underlined the strength of women in the arts after the disappointingly male-dominated Oscars.
North America | United States | Activism

Geena Davis launches Arkansas film fest for women

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With help from a slew of corporate sponsors, Geena Davis and filmmakers focused on women and diversity have taken over Bentonville, Arkansas, a city of 40,000 best known as Wal-Mart’s home base. While it’s not the first film festival to specialize in diversity, Davis said it’s the only film competition to promise theatrical releases for winning entries. “It’s unheard of in the world, actually,” the Oscar-winner said in a telephone interview before opening the festival Tuesday. “It’s the only festival offering distribution across theatrical, digital and on TV and on DVD. �

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