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I just went poof. 
And you mean Jen's feet hidden under the dress? 
Sorta weird chain like dress. But still love it and her. 
Studio Chiefs Unleashed: 6 Top Execs Spar Over Gender Pay, Sony Hack and 'Star Wars' Box Office
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Let's start with the issue of women being paid less. Every major actress is talking about it. Jennifer Lawrence wrote her scathing essay. Is there an economic justification for this gap?
Snider: The issue of opportunity for women is real, and it's in front of us. It's incumbent upon us as business leaders to really address it seriously. And I feel an obligation to look into it professionally in my executive capacity and also just as a woman in the business. I feel like I probably could mentor more. I could probably extend myself personally more to enable young female writers and directors to have some access and information about how to navigate through the process.
Moore: When you look at compensation in general, so much of our business now is about the international performance. We just started putting together a movie with Stacey's old home DreamWorks, Ghost in the Shell, with Scarlett Johansson. She was coming off of Lucy, which had just done a giant number internationally ($332.2 million). I don't think anyone would look at what she's going to get paid for our movie and feel like she was being discriminated against. I know there could be some exceptions, and Jennifer Lawrence was looking at a very specific piece of information [her pay on American Hustle versus her male co-stars]. But a lot of times it is about what people's quotes have been in the past. [Lawrence] was obviously on the rise with a lot of other people who'd been in different movies before. So, there's a combination of your current market value and what your history had been to that point.
Langley: I don't think it's as simple as just saying, "OK, let's get everybody commensurate with each other." If you went around the table, each of us would say equality is always top of mind with any minority group. It's part and parcel of the bigger issue of films geared toward women and films that are more masculine-driven. As tastes shift around the globe and there are more roles for women, there are more women who can participate. Salaries will go up and be commensurate.
Horn: There are variables that do affect what one pays any performer. Angelina Jolie, for example, got a lot more money for Maleficent than Daisy Ridley did for Star Wars, but they're both women. It's a function of lots of different variables. But I agree with Stacey that the subject of equality for women in our industry should be a priority for us all.
Rothman: There's a myth in the business that young males drive the box office. Maybe a decade ago or so that was true. I don't find that true now at all. I actually think women drive the box office. I'm very proud of the fact that right now we have five movies — two that are actively shooting and three that are actively prepping — with female directors. They are not "typical female" subject matter, and we have, for the first time, a woman directing the new Underworld movie (Anna Foerster). We have a Hispanic directing Miracles From Heaven (Patricia Riggen), and Jodie Foster's just done a thriller for us (Money Monster). So there is growing diversity. More needs to be done. And there is a certain cynicism that needs to be overcome. When we announced an "all female" Ghostbusters, we actually didn't say it was a female Ghostbusters. We announced that there were four women, and then it immediately became "female Ghostbusters." Having seen it, it's a f—ing hilarious Ghostbusters. So, that's what it is. It's the all-funny Ghostbusters.
Friedman: Female directors are obviously something that we all pay attention to, and there are more coming. But if you look at the producing segment, there are a lot of very successful female producers who a lot of times go unheralded just because producers historically go unheralded.
Horn: We have Kathy Kennedy doing the Star Wars films, and Nina Jacobson produced The Hunger Games series.
Snider: The thing that Jennifer Lawrence did say that struck a chord with me is the techniques of women in terms of being liked and being polite. There was a great thing on the Internet about how women would say great quotes if asked. So instead of, "Ask not what your country can do for you, but what you can do for your country," the woman's version would be, "You know, I have this idea and I'm not sure if I should bring it up in this meeting. But it seems that if we all pitched in, we could do a lot for the country." (Laughter.)
Langely: I think Stacey's earlier point about mentorship is really important for me because I do see the strength in people coming together around this issue. And just being able to talk a woman through her life-planning. Being a young woman, figuring out how to start a family and maintain her career. They may be more comfortable talking to a female colleague about those things rather than a male. I do a lot of mentoring. I think it's just about demystifying a lot of it, too. I hate the question: Can you have it all as a woman? No, of course, you can't. Who has it all? Nobody.
Rothman: Alan does. He's got it all. He has Pixar. He's got Star Wars, and he's got Marvel. (Laughs.)
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Studio Chiefs Unleashed: 6 Top Execs Spar Over Gender Pay, Sony Hack and 'Star Wars' Box Office - Hollywood Reporter
Also, LaineyGossip's commentary about the THR round table discussion
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Jennifer Lawrence’s power
The first topic is Jennifer Lawrence. They talk about the wage discrepancy revealed on American Hustle and JLaw’s pay gap essay in Lenny, and the execs spend thirteen of their fifty-nine minutes talking about it. I can’t do that math off the top of my head, but that’s a fair chunk of the roundtable spent talking about Jennifer Lawrence. This was brought to our attention by a reader named Amy, and I’ll quote her here: “[…] Jennifer Lawrence wrote an essay and now the most powerful people in her industry have to answer to it. […] I knew she was a big deal, I guess I didn't realize what a BIG DEAL she actually is.”
Yes, they do, and yes, she is. Lawrence is the only newly minted Movie Star in the last decade—RDJ already had status before levelling up to capital letters—and she’s one of the few young actors who is both widely admired critically and commercially. Jennifer Lawrence is as close to a sure thing as it gets, and now that she’s a little more seasoned, she’s embracing the power of her position and becoming more assertive. Which means that the people who pay her will now have to deal with one of the most powerful women in the industry realizing that she is one of the most powerful women in the industry.
And they’re not super happy about it. There’s a level of obvious discomfort that has nothing to do with gender, it’s purely about executives not wanting to discuss salaries this openly. But thanks to the Sony Hack, and Lawrence pushing the issue, it’s out there and now they have to address it. Rob Moore puts it this way: “Jennifer Lawrence was looking at a very specific piece of information. But a lot of times it is about what people’s quotes have been in the past. She was obviously on the rise with a lot of other people who’d been in different movies before. So there’s a combination of your current market value and what your history had been to that point.”
The problem with discussing the wage gap in Hollywood, specifically, is that there is a real component of relativity at play. The lead will always get more than the supporting actor, and status and star power matters. Considering that she had a smaller role, which means working less days on the movie, Lawrence shouldn’t be measuring her salary against Christian Bale and Bradley Cooper, who were the leads. But Jeremy Renner, who also had a smaller part? Yeah, that’s fair.
And the assertion that Lawrence was on the rise and thus deserved less is a crock of *****. Hustle filmed in early 2013, after Lawrence won an Oscar for Silver Linings Playbook (and already had one nomination under her belt), after X-Men: First Class and The Hunger Games were a hit. At the very, very least, she was as established as Renner at the time she was negotiating her contract. The only difference between them is that he was a forty-two year old man and she was a twenty-two year old woman. And he made millions more than her. This math I can do—that’s bull*****. The execs know there’s an unfair imbalance in actor wages, and the old rationalizations and excuses aren’t going to hold up anymore. They’re going to have to talk about it with the public and they’re going to deal with it at the negotiating table. All because Jennifer Lawrence wrote an essay.
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Jennifer Lawrence and wage discrepancy is first topic of discussion at The Hollywood Reporter's studio executive roundtable|Lainey Gossip Entertainment Update
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