Women In Entertainment

We bring together luminaries from all areas of the industry to explore a variety of topics that greatly impact women and empower the next generation.

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🌱 Growth begins outside your comfort zone.

Octavia Spencer reminds artists to embrace the challenges that feel scary, stay uncomfortable in the work, and keep pushing creative boundaries. https://t.co/u5p6qhRDQt

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🤭 Rosebud Baker’s new memoir, Fully Baked, goes beyond the punchlines.

With sharp humor and unfiltered honesty, she reflects on addiction, grief, therapy, motherhood, marriage, ambition, and the complicated experiences that shaped her life and comedy. https://t.co/jULvdaOYny

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💰 Cameron Woodward started Wrapbook after navigating paper time cards, delayed crew payments & compliance risks firsthand. https://t.co/bEiytkfTfW

This episode is supported by @wrapbook, the all-in-one platform for production payroll, spend & accounting. https://t.co/KHkkiry6in

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⛱️ Are you looking for the perfect beach read this summer?

Our Amazon Storefront includes links to all of the books our podcast guests have recommended, as well as the books we've featured in our BookNook episodes.

🔗 Check them out! https://t.co/cvwl1awrvz

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🎬 In our latest Q&A, Kimmy Gatewood shares how comedy shaped her filmmaking, what drew her to Descendants: Wicked Wonderland, and the advice she has for women pursuing ambitious creative careers.

👉 Read it now! https://t.co/uMvsjXyChg

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✨ The Five-Star Weekend wasn’t Minkie Spiro’s usual genre, but a follow-up conversation changed everything.

🎧 Hear Minkie share how she became involved in the show on the Women in Entertainment podcast! https://t.co/jY6RKC5Is9

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⭐️ As the cinematographer behind Netflix’s Voicemails for Isabelle, Julia Swain helped shape the film’s warm, saturated, emotionally immersive visual style.

👉 Read her Q&A with us. https://t.co/uNnRrlvE4b

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💭 What does Pictionary have to do with The Five-Star Weekend?

Director Minkie Spiro (whose previous show, All Her Fault, just received 7 Emmy nominations!) used the game to bring the cast closer before filming began. https://t.co/jY6RKC5Is9

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Jessica Knoll’s advice for writers is simple, but powerful: stop waiting for permission.

Listen to the full episode with Jessica, and purchase your copy of HELPLESS today! https://t.co/sLtgFwof23

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⭐️ Elin Hilderbrand's The Five Star Weekend is now available to watch on Peacock!

Check out our recommendations in our Amazon Storefront to prepare for the TV show. We can't wait to hear what you think of the show! https://t.co/nV32rI2ri0

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🩷 How do you build Elle Woods’ world before Legally Blonde?

In ELLE, Laurin Kelsey blends mid-’90s nostalgia, Seattle grunge-era individuality, and Elle’s unmistakable pink optimism to imagine the spaces that shaped the iconic character. https://t.co/nguVi1B8ai

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❤️ The tools may be changing, but storytelling is still deeply human.

On this episode of the Women in Entertainment podcast, Michelle Kwon, COO of Runway, joins us to talk about creativity, collaboration, and the evolving landscape of filmmaking. https://t.co/mEJm5wBQar

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💭 How did Jessica Knoll get the inspiration for her newest book, HELPLESS?

She was in her "A Court of Thorns and Roses era" and became fascinated by "forced proximity" stories, leading her to develop the plot for her new book.

Grab your copy today! https://t.co/BOy2NkLWOb

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Where did Natalie Alyn Lind's first experience with acting come from?

She joined her mom, Barbara Alyn Woods, on the set of One Tree Hill at just five years old and knew she wanted to do that for the rest of her life!

Barbara shared this amazing story at #WIESummit 🩷

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🛍️ Exciting news: Women in Entertainment now has its own Amazon Storefront!

Check it out for book recommendations, gifts for book and film lovers, everything you need for an outdoor movie screening night, and more. https://t.co/aBjYKeQe6V

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🎬 Award-winning casting director Nancy Nayor has helped shape more than 250 film and television projects, from Barbarian and Scream 4 to romantic comedies, thrillers, and studio classics.

In our Q&A, Nancy shares the artistry behind casting. https://t.co/ihoJRDuBVS

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Leah McKendrick thrives in making things human 🩷

She became a  director because she didn't feel that her scripts held enough power or autonomy. She was fighting for what she felt were really human, messy choices, and now she gets to ensure that happens.

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🐈 What does "saving the cat" mean?

As Leah McKendrick explained, it's the concept of having your character do something kind, like saving a cat, so you can earn some goodwill for them and help the audience know that they're a good person, even if they behave badly later on.

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💬 What does meaningful inclusion in entertainment really look like?

For casting director Danielle Pretsfelder Demchick, it starts long before anyone steps on set.

📍 Read more through our interview with her. https://t.co/j56Ovzxh9f

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🩷 Shana Stein gets honest about the kind of bravery people don’t always talk about.

On the Women in Entertainment podcast, Shana reflects on stepping into a long-dreamed-of opportunity while carrying the weight of fear, responsibility, & representation. https://t.co/co8VtzpEUR