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  • Sienna Miller Talks Gender Pay Gap

    Sienna Miller Talks Gender Pay Gap

    Sienna Miller is the latest actress to discuss the gender pay gap that exists both in Hollywood and elsewhere.

    During an appearance on Good Morning America, Miller talked about a time she refused to do a Broadway play because she found out she was being offered less than half of what her male co-star was being offered.

    “It was a situation where there were two people in a play and I was offered less than half what the male was offered. It would’ve felt undignified for me,” she said.

    “I think everybody has to come together to do something. I think it’s outrageous in this day and age, when women are doing the same jobs as men that we are undervalued to that degree. But I also think that it comes from within women. And I think there is a global conversation happening that is really inspiring. But it’s going to take sacrifice.”

    Jennifer Lawrence recently made headlines with an essay on this problem. In a piece called
    Why Do I Make Less Than My Male Co-Stars, Lawrence said she was mad at herself when she realized she was being paid less than her male counterparts.

    “It’s hard for me to speak about my experience as a working woman because I can safely say my problems aren’t exactly relatable. When the Sony hack happened and I found out how much less I was being paid than the lucky people with dicks, I didn’t get mad at Sony. I got mad at myself. I failed as a negotiator because I gave up early,” she wrote.

    “Jeremy Renner, Christian Bale, and Bradley Cooper all fought and succeeded in negotiating powerful deals for themselves. If anything, I’m sure they were commended for being fierce and tactical, while I was busy worrying about coming across as a brat and not getting my fair share. Again, this might have NOTHING to do with my vagina, but I wasn’t completely wrong when another leaked Sony email revealed a producer referring to a fellow lead actress in a negotiation as a “spoiled brat.” For some reason, I just can’t picture someone saying that about a man.”

    Speaking of Bradley Cooper, who has starred with Lawrence in multiple films and is appearing in a new film with Sienna Miller, he recently made a pledge to reveal his salary information with female costars in order to help them get a fairer deal.

  • Amanda Seyfried Was Paid 10% Of Male Counterpart For Movie, Adds Voice To Hollywood Feminist Movement

    Amanda Seyfried has added her story to the instances of gender discrimination that seem to be piling up in Hollywood.

    For one movie, though she didn’t say which one, Amanda Seyfried was seriously shorted in pay compared to her male counterpart.

    Amanda Seyfried said, “A few years ago, on one of my big-budget films, I found I was being paid 10 percent of what my male co-star was getting, and we were pretty even in status.”

    She added, “I think people think because I’m easygoing and game to do things, I’ll just take as little as they offer. But it’s not about how much you get, it’s about how fair it is.”

    Of course Amanda Seyfried is only the latest to join a vast feminist and gender-equality movement going on in Hollywood right now, and there are plenty of stories to go around.

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    For instance, in one of the most humiliating tales so far, Tracee Ellis Ross told of one particularly nasty audition.

    She said, “I tested once for a network show to play a lawyer. A Harvard-educated motherf—in’ lawyer, OK? I wore a skirt suit and heels. Seemed appropriate. Then there were many discussions about my hair. They’d printed up all these pictures of me from 15 f—in’ years ago and had me in and out of the bathroom trying on clothes.”

    She continued, “They finally pick a skirt — the shortest I brought. Then got a T-shirt from one of the people in the office. The woman says, ‘Hmmm, your boobs.’ I was like, ‘I didn’t bring a bra for this T-shirt.’ She screams down the hall, ‘Who wears a 34B?’ I put on someone else’s bra, a size too small, and somehow auditioned.”

    She added, “I remember wondering, ‘What did I just allow myself to do?’ The other actress [who auditioned] was dressed like she was going to a club and got the role. It was one of those moments where you’re so confused and humiliated. But that’s part of the biz.”

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    So crazy. Instances like this have provoked Amanda Seyfried and other stars to stand up and fight back.

    In an effort to push back, Charlize Theron recently re-negotiated her pay for The Huntsman when she realized she was being paid significantly less than her co-star, Chris Hemsworth.

    Amanda Seyfried said Theron’s actions, while brave, are risky.

    She said, “You have to decide if you’re willing to walk away from something, especially as a woman.”

    What do you think of Amanda Seyfried’s experience and the expanding feminist movement in Hollywood?

  • Lily Tomlin, Jane Fonda Aren’t Happy About ‘Grace & Frankie’ Pay

    Lily Tomlin, Jane Fonda Aren’t Happy About ‘Grace & Frankie’ Pay

    In the new Netflix comedy Grace and Frankie, Lily Tomlin and Jane Fonda star as two women who “form an unlikely bond after their husbands reveal they are gay and leave them for each other.”

    The show is called Grace and Frankie, and Tomlin & Fonda are its main stars. But apparently, the show’s male actors (Sam Waterston and Martin sheen) are getting paid just as much as they are – and this doesn’t exactly sit well with either.

    Speaking at a press event before the premiere of the show, Fonda and Tomlin sounded off about a hot button issue as of late – the gender pay gap.

    “Lily found out Sam and Martin are getting the same salary that we are,” said Fonda. “That doesn’t make us happy.”

    “No. The show is not Sol and Robert — it’s Grace and Frankie,” said Tomlin.

    Both Tomlin and Fonda clearly feel as though they should be earning more than their male counterparts, since they are the main focus of the show.

    Charlize Theron recently negotiated a deal to be paid as much as her Snow White and the Huntsman co-star Chris Hemsworth.

    “‘I have to give them credit because once I asked, they said yes,” she says. “They did not fight it. And maybe that’s the message: That we just need to put our foot down. This is a good time for us to bring this to a place of fairness, and girls need to know that being a feminist is a good thing. It doesn’t mean that you hate men. It means equal rights. If you’re doing the same job, you should be compensated and treated in the same way,” she said.

    And Jennifer Lawrence also reportedly won a fight to be paid more for an upcoming film.

    All 13 episodes of Grace and Frankie are now available to stream on Netflix. So far, the show has received mixed reviews.

  • Stacey Dash Calls Gender Pay Gap “An Excuse”

    Stacey Dash Calls Gender Pay Gap “An Excuse”

    Stacey Dash is known for her outspoken conservative views, which she dishes out on a regular basis as a Fox New contributor.

    However, Stacey Dash seemed to be caught a little off guard when she sat down to chat with Meredith Vieira on Wednesday’s episode of The Meredith Vieira Show.

    Of course, Stacey Dash had to answer some tough questions posed to her by Vieira on her political views, as they take complete opposite stances on most politically charged topics.

    But, one topic in particular pitted Stacey Dash and Meredith Vieira against each other in a rather heated discussion: the gender pay gap.

    Watch the exchange:

    When Vieira asked Stacey Dash why she took issue with a recent video featuring Rita Wilson that highlighted women’s struggle for equal pay in Hollywood, Washington, and Fortune 500 companies, Stacey Dash tried her hardest to defend herself.

    Stacey Dash said, “I feel like it’s an excuse. It’s the same thing with race. It’s an excuse. Stop making excuses.”

    She added, “If there are opportunities, seize them and be prepared for them, and be the best, if that’s what it takes. If you have to be extraordinary, then be extraordinary.”

    Meredith Vieira then threw out some statistics to support her argument and implied that sometimes being extraordinary isn’t good enough if you’re a woman.

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    Vieira said, “I feel like we’re fighting an uphill battle. When you look at just the numbers, we make 78 cents for every dollar that a man makes. At the rate we’re going, my daughter, who’s 22, will be 65 when there’s finally pay equality. There’s something wrong, something clearly wrong.”

    Stacey Dash then seemed to questioned her data, saying, “I don’t know if that’s true.”

    But, Vieira quickly said, “That’s true, that’s documented.”

    Stacey Dash clarified herself by saying, “I feel like your daughter will be able to make as much money as she wants in her life. Just like you are — I mean, look at you.”

    Vieira acknowledged that she is quite successful, but that it took a lot of hard work and added that, along the way, her male colleagues made more money than she did.

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    Stacey Dash replied, “I guess I won’t put my fate into anything other than my own action, and taking my destiny in my hands. I will not be a victim.”

    Vieira quickly cut in, saying, “I’m not saying I’m a victim. I’m pissed off,” for which she got a round of applause.

    Stacey Dash acknowledged her right to be pissed off, but told her to just work harder. She said, “And that’s the thing: If you want to be pissed off about it, then be pissed off about it and work harder for it. Because there is a law passed that we get equal pay.”

    “Except we don’t,” Vieira argued back. “We don’t. We don’t.”

    That was quite the heated exchange between Stacey Dash and Meredith Vieira! Who’s stance do you agree with more on the hot-button issue of gender pay equality?