There Is No "Kathryn Bigelow Effect" At Cannes

Only 17 of the 212 films screened at Cannes in the last decade were directed by women. There are no films directed by women at this year's festival. [Women & Hollywood]

Only 17 of the 212 films screened at Cannes in the last decade were directed by women. There are no films directed by women at this year's festival. [Women & Hollywood]
Is GMA's Robin Roberts gunning for Barbara Walters' job? Backstage at the Oscars, she asked Jeff Bridges, "What would you want to tell your dad about this guy?" Bridges stared at his Oscar, then broke down and cried.
Four hours! ABC's Academy Award red carpet and show broadcast dragged at times, but there were some notable bits. Eight highlights — whether you missed them or just want to relive them — in a gallery, below.
Great point. [Kristin Tresoor]
Kathryn Bigelow called it a "long journey" for women's achievements. Tonight, that journey finally led to the first Best Director Oscar for a woman, as well as Best Picture. As presenter Barbra Streisand put it, "The time has come."
[Los Angeles, March 7. Image via Getty]
[Los Angeles, March 7. Image via Getty]
7:20pm, March 7. E!.
Best supporting actress nominee Vera Farmiga just told Ryan Seacrest she prefers The Hurt Locker's Kathryn Bigelow win over Jason Reitman, her director in Up In The Air. "Kathryn's got my vote," she said, and then freaked: "I just misstepped."
"What does having a set of ovaries have to do with directing a film? It's through her eyes that she sees," the Oscar-nominated Hurt Locker actor Jeremy Renner said on a 60 Minutes segment about director Kathryn Bigelow.
"No cheers for Miss Kathy for breaking the glass ceiling by fabricating my worst cinematic nightmare," writes critic Martha Nochimson over at Salon. Why isn't Kathryn Bigelow's success cause for women to celebrate?
Is there a "sexist plot" against Kathryn Bigelow, as The Daily Beast alleges? Maybe not.
Oscar ballots have yet to be turned in, but awards tallies so far — including this weekend's BAFTAs and WGAs — render Kathryn Bigelow's The Hurt Locker underdog no more. Meanwhile, Avatar's James Cameron wants this all to be over.