Before I Make a Movie
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BEFORE I MAKE A MOVIE is a platform for women filmmakers, empowering its founders (Jordan Roberts & Donna Smith) AND a collective of female producing partners with brand funding, crowdfunding & charity partners to tell more urgent women’s stories.🌹🇨🇦🎞️🇺🇸🎭🌏
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🌹Donna Smith came to Hollywood with $11, took a temp job at what she thought was a tire company. Turns out it was a gig for Irwin Winkler's production of ROCKY II! Her next job was production coordinator for RAGING BULL! And later, President of Production at Post Production at Universal Pictures!💃
@donnanimmersmith.bsky.social and #JoyceMorraco were honored last night at the Niagara Canada International Film Festival #NIFF #IconsInMotionAward @jordanrobertstv.bsky.social @stardustbluepr.com @mikefrick.bsky.social @caryharrison.bsky.social
June 7, 2025 at 6:26 PM
@donnanimmersmith.bsky.social and #JoyceMorraco were honored last night at the Niagara Canada International Film Festival #NIFF #IconsInMotionAward @jordanrobertstv.bsky.social @stardustbluepr.com @mikefrick.bsky.social @caryharrison.bsky.social
Oh🇨🇦🙌💕... We're thrilled to be celebrating with you at the 2025 Niagara Canada International Film Festival! We are shooting the majority of our film and TV projects in Canada! 🍁💖🇨🇦💎🌹--
@donnanimmersmith.bsky.social @jordanrobertstv.bsky.social @francesfisher11.bsky.social @stardustbluepr.com
@donnanimmersmith.bsky.social @jordanrobertstv.bsky.social @francesfisher11.bsky.social @stardustbluepr.com
June 4, 2025 at 12:25 AM
Oh🇨🇦🙌💕... We're thrilled to be celebrating with you at the 2025 Niagara Canada International Film Festival! We are shooting the majority of our film and TV projects in Canada! 🍁💖🇨🇦💎🌹--
@donnanimmersmith.bsky.social @jordanrobertstv.bsky.social @francesfisher11.bsky.social @stardustbluepr.com
@donnanimmersmith.bsky.social @jordanrobertstv.bsky.social @francesfisher11.bsky.social @stardustbluepr.com
🌹Bravo 👏 👏 👏 👏
‘Anora’ Wins Best Original Screenplay at the Oscars
Also nominated for directing, Sean Baker won Best Original Screenplay at the 2025 Oscars for 'Anora,' the Best Picture nominee starring Mikey Madison.
www.indiewire.com
March 3, 2025 at 2:13 AM
🌹Bravo 👏 👏 👏 👏
Congratulations, Natalie & Lena 🌹🌹
Netflix Wins Bidding War for Natalie Portman, Lena Dunham Rom-Com ‘Good Sex’ With $55 Million Sale
Netflix has emerged victorious in the bidding war for Lena Dunham's new rom-com "Good Sex," starring Natalie Portman.
variety.com
March 2, 2025 at 7:55 PM
Congratulations, Natalie & Lena 🌹🌹
It will be fascinating to see how #EmiliaPerez faces off with #Anora 🌹🌹 in a year where Oscar narratives may have eaten the Oscars‼️
The Year When Oscar Narratives Ate the Oscars
Acording to the new Oscar rules, the story a movie is telling is no longer enough. It’s now competing with the story being told about a movie.
variety.com
March 2, 2025 at 7:52 PM
It will be fascinating to see how #EmiliaPerez faces off with #Anora 🌹🌹 in a year where Oscar narratives may have eaten the Oscars‼️
As former Board of Directors' members of Women in Film, we wholeheartedly agree with #KirstenSchaffer🌹🙌 #diversity #inclusion #equity #equalpay MORE stories about women! 🎭💃💃🏿💃🏻💃🏾💃🏼💃🏽🎼
Women in Film CEO Kirsten Schaffer Urges the Need to ‘Double Down on our Efforts for Inclusion’
Women in Film CEO Kirsten Schaffer urges the need to "Double down on our efforts for inclusion."
variety.com
March 2, 2025 at 7:49 PM
As former Board of Directors' members of Women in Film, we wholeheartedly agree with #KirstenSchaffer🌹🙌 #diversity #inclusion #equity #equalpay MORE stories about women! 🎭💃💃🏿💃🏻💃🏾💃🏼💃🏽🎼
With so many artists leaving the US to live in Canada and abroad, we've been having a lot of exciting meetings about doing Film/TV productions in #Toronto and the EU. We believe in diversity, equality and inclusion. Those are the urgent women's stories we plan to tell on our platform. 🇨🇦🇪🇺🎬🎥🎞️💃💃🏿🕺🏾🕺🎼🇨🇦
James Cameron Worries ‘America Doesn’t Stand for Anything’ Under Trump and Is Working Toward New Zealand Citizenship
'Avator' director James Cameron is planning to become a citizen of New Zealand as he worries 'America doesn't stand for anything' under Trump.
www.indiewire.com
March 2, 2025 at 7:38 PM
With so many artists leaving the US to live in Canada and abroad, we've been having a lot of exciting meetings about doing Film/TV productions in #Toronto and the EU. We believe in diversity, equality and inclusion. Those are the urgent women's stories we plan to tell on our platform. 🇨🇦🇪🇺🎬🎥🎞️💃💃🏿🕺🏾🕺🎼🇨🇦
Our prayers are with Angie and her loved ones. 💙💙🙏
Veteran R&B Singer Angie Stone Dies At 63 In Alabama Car Accident
Angie Stone, a veteran soul and R&B singer, has died at 63 after a Sprinter van accident in Alabama.
deadline.com
March 2, 2025 at 7:20 PM
Our prayers are with Angie and her loved ones. 💙💙🙏
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Please join me and sign the open letter to congress at ProtectDigitalIdentity.org
#AIEthics
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#AIEthics
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February 27, 2025 at 3:30 PM
Please join me and sign the open letter to congress at ProtectDigitalIdentity.org
#AIEthics
@protectdid.bsky.social
#AIEthics
@protectdid.bsky.social
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Heartbreaking!💔 They died in different rooms and one of their three dogs died. How could this have happened? A gas leak? Carbon monoxide poisoning? We send love and prayers to their loved ones. 🩷🙏
Sheriff: Gene Hackman, wife found dead in Santa Fe home; no foul play suspected
The Santa Fe County Sheriff's Office confirmed the film star and wife Betsy Arakawa had died, along with their dog.
www.santafenewmexican.com
February 27, 2025 at 4:16 PM
Heartbreaking!💔 They died in different rooms and one of their three dogs died. How could this have happened? A gas leak? Carbon monoxide poisoning? We send love and prayers to their loved ones. 🩷🙏
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I've created a #StarterPack of terrific vetted folks in the entertainment community. #Writers, #Musicians, #Filmmakers, #Comics, #Performers. All friends, all resistors! Please share and follow these fine humans!
#SAGAFTRA #WGA #DGA #DemCast
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#SAGAFTRA #WGA #DGA #DemCast
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November 16, 2024 at 7:46 PM
I've created a #StarterPack of terrific vetted folks in the entertainment community. #Writers, #Musicians, #Filmmakers, #Comics, #Performers. All friends, all resistors! Please share and follow these fine humans!
#SAGAFTRA #WGA #DGA #DemCast
go.bsky.app/58NSDjd
#SAGAFTRA #WGA #DGA #DemCast
go.bsky.app/58NSDjd
Cheers! 🙌🌹
Our weekly awards-season digest from George assesses the Spirits and SAG winners, where Seans Baker and Wang triumphed, Moore and Madison traded trophies, and Chalamet pulled a surprise victory. Plus: Sean Baker on the Anora font and Ani’s Juul. boxd.it/2rw
February 26, 2025 at 10:00 PM
Cheers! 🙌🌹
Kudos, 🌹 @taylorswift.com.br
Taylor Swift makes history as the first female artist to surpass 100 BILLION streams on Spotify.
February 26, 2025 at 3:42 AM
Kudos, 🌹 @taylorswift.com.br
February 24, 2025 at 2:38 PM
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Kathy Bates attends the 31st Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards. #SagAwards
February 24, 2025 at 2:05 AM
Kathy Bates attends the 31st Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards. #SagAwards
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February 24, 2025 at 2:42 AM
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Sean Baker wins Best Director for Anora at the #SpiritAwards
February 22, 2025 at 11:55 PM
Sean Baker wins Best Director for Anora at the #SpiritAwards
Kudos, #JeanSmart for Best Actress in a Comedy Series! 🙌🌹💃🎭💙💫 We send love. 💕
Jean Smart wins Best Actress in a Comedy Series for ‘Hacks’ at the #SAGAwards.
February 24, 2025 at 2:18 PM
Kudos, #JeanSmart for Best Actress in a Comedy Series! 🙌🌹💃🎭💙💫 We send love. 💕
Zoe Saldaña wins Best Supporting Actress for ‘Emilia Pérez’ at the #SAGAwards.
February 24, 2025 at 3:44 AM
Congratulations, Demi! A bold and daring performance‼️ 🎭 🙌🌹
#sagawards #thesubstance #demimoore
#TIFF 🇨🇦
#sagawards #thesubstance #demimoore
#TIFF 🇨🇦
Demi Moore wins Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Leading Role for The Substance at the #SAGAwards
February 24, 2025 at 3:40 AM
Congratulations, Demi! A bold and daring performance‼️ 🎭 🙌🌹
#sagawards #thesubstance #demimoore
#TIFF 🇨🇦
#sagawards #thesubstance #demimoore
#TIFF 🇨🇦
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February 24, 2025 at 3:20 AM
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👑 Jane Fonda with a mic drop
"Empathy is not weak or "woke." And, by the way, "woke" just means you give a damn about other people."
"Empathy is not weak or "woke." And, by the way, "woke" just means you give a damn about other people."
February 24, 2025 at 2:23 AM
👑 Jane Fonda with a mic drop
"Empathy is not weak or "woke." And, by the way, "woke" just means you give a damn about other people."
"Empathy is not weak or "woke." And, by the way, "woke" just means you give a damn about other people."
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Watching #SAGawards and #JaneFonda was first up on red carpet. Can you imagine having given so much of your life to make your country better and find yourself in our current state. Thanks Jane!
February 24, 2025 at 12:08 AM
Watching #SAGawards and #JaneFonda was first up on red carpet. Can you imagine having given so much of your life to make your country better and find yourself in our current state. Thanks Jane!
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Check out the stunning looks from the 2025 #SAGAwards red carpet, featuring stars like Kristen Bell, Sofia Carson, and more. Read more here: www.sheknows.com/entertainmen...
SAG Awards Red Carpet 2025: Sofia Carson, Karen Pittman, & More of the Best Arrivals
Best dressed celebrities at the 2025 SAG Awards: Sofia Carson, Karen Pittman, and many more.
www.sheknows.com
February 23, 2025 at 11:42 PM
Check out the stunning looks from the 2025 #SAGAwards red carpet, featuring stars like Kristen Bell, Sofia Carson, and more. Read more here: www.sheknows.com/entertainmen...