British actress Sienna Miller turned down a role in a Broadway production because she learned she was offered significantly less than her male co-star was offered. In an interview with Vogue, Miller said, “It was a play with just two of us on stage and I was offered less than half of what he was […]
Following a screening of her new film, Suffragette, Meryl Streep told Telluride Film Festival attendees that Congress ignored her letter urging them to vote on the Equal Rights Amendment. Her letter was delivered to each and every congressional representative and sadly, received almost no replies. Streep then called on Pope Francis to address gender inequality. “I […]
It’s been ten years since Hurricane Katrina hit New Orleans, and the destruction was devastating. Actor and humanitarian Brad Pitt has been working to re-build houses in the areas hit the hardest. “We went into it incredibly naïve, just thinking we can build homes – how hard is that?” Pitt told the New Orleans Times-Picayune,“I get […]
Actor Kevin Bacon is very concerned about gender equality and the lack of male nudity in movies and on television shows, and he’s on a crusade, calling for more male nudity in films. Bacon says in his pretend/serious campaign video: “In so many films and TV shows we see gratuitous female nudity. And that’s not […]
Actor John Cusack had some more harsh words for President Obama during an interview with The Daily Beast about his new film, Love & Mercy. Cusack slammed President Obama back in February 2013 for his lackluster record on civil liberties and his administration’s use of drones, “Is the President just another Ivy League Asshole?” In a […]