EXCLUSIVE: Lorraine Toussaint, who currently stars in AMC’s Into the Badlands, has been cast as the feminist, civil rights advocate and activist Flo Kennedy in the upcoming biopic on iconic women’s rights leader Gloria Steinem which is being directed by Julie Taymor. The Glorias stars Julianne Moore and Alicia…

EXCLUSIVE: Janelle Monáe has come aboard The Glorias: A Life on the Road, the Gloria Steinem biopic that has Julianne Moore and Alicia Vikander playing the feminist and social-political activist at various stages of her life. Julie Taymor is directing the film which is based on Steinem's memoir. This seems like a…

EXCLUSIVE: Marking the second Oscar-winning actress recruited by director Julie Taymor to play iconic feminist activist Gloria Steinem, Alicia Vikander is in negotiations to star in My Life On The Road, the film based on Steinem’s memoir. Vikander will play Steinem from about age 20-40, during her formative years. Juli…

Christine Lahti has been cast as feminist icon Gloria Steinem in the previously announced Off Broadway production of Having Our Say playwright Emily Mann’s new play Gloria: A Life. The play, to be directed by Diane Paulus (Waitress) and produced by Tony-winning producer Daryl Roth (Kinky Boots) at the Daryl Roth…

Gloria: A Life, a new play about Gloria Steinem written by Emily Mann and directed by Diane Paulus, will debut off-Broadway this fall at the Daryl Roth Theater. Roth is producing. Previews will begin previews October 2, with an official opening October 18. The play, which will have all-female creative and producing…

Hillary Rodham Clinton will join the 2018 Makers Conference live from New York for the closing session of the three-day event that seeks to underscore the stories of trailblazing women. The former Democratic presidential nominee will appear via satellite at 11:30 a.m. Wednesday, the final day of a conference that…

Feminist icon Gloria Steinem was among the women appointed today to a new Vice committee on conduct and inclusivity in the workplace. The committee was formed in the wake of a male Vice executive’s suspension for alleged inappropriate conduct and the start of an investigation into other allegations raised by a female…

EXCLUSIVE: Julianne Moore will star as iconic feminist activist Gloria Steinem in My Life On The Road, the June Pictures film that Julie Taymor will direct. Playwright Sarah Ruhl is writing the coming of age story, based on Steinem's bestselling memoir. Deadline recently revealed the project and the attachment of…

EXCLUSIVE: June Pictures has set Julie Taymor to direct the coming-of-age story of iconic feminist, journalist and activist Gloria Steinem. Playwright Sarah Ruhl will write the script, based on Steinem’s bestselling memoir My Life on the Road. Taymor, who directed Frida, Across the Universe and Titus for the screen…

Viceland has slotted May 10 for the premiere of Woman, a new weekly docuseries from Gloria Steinem that investigates how violence against women drives global instability. Steinem is executive producer and host of the series that features a team of all-female journalists telling the stories of women and men on the…

And the Emmy nomination goes to – a man. At least that's been the case 78% of the time during the past 10 years in categories honoring writing, directing, producing and editing, according to a new study by the Women's Media Center. The report found that in these 44 awards categories, 7,485 of the nominees were men and…

The Tribeca Film Festival today announced jurors for the 2015 event, held in New York City April 15 to 26. The 34 jurors, selected from throughout the film world, include directors, actors, activists and industry business leaders. The jury will be divided among seven competition categories, with $150,000 in prizes…