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A 'Bare-Knuckle' Reality Check for Hollywood
- On Nov. 4, 2025, Kristen Stewart delivered an impassioned keynote at the Academy Women's Luncheon in Los Angeles, declaring `Our business is in a state of emergency, man.`
- Following the post-#MeToo moment, Celluloid Ceiling found 11 of the top 100 grossing films of 2024 were directed by women, down from 16 in 2020, and women made up 24% of key roles on top 250 movies, according to San Diego State University’s Center for the Study of Women in Television & Film.
- Speaking bluntly, Kristen Stewart said `But I can eat this podium with a fork and fucking knife.` to describe 'the violence of silencing' and 'bare-knuckle brawling,' adding she was in a severe state of PMS.
- The audience, which included Sarah Paulson, Julia Louis-Dreyfuss, Tessa Thompson, Zoe Deutch, Claire Foy and Kate Hudson, gave Kristen Stewart a standing ovation with Paulson first to stand.
- As Stewart readies her directorial debut next month, The Chronology of Water, new films by Chloé Zhao, Kathryn Bigelow and Mona Fastvold compete in the Oscars race, though best director remains majority male.
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A 'bare-knuckle' reality check for Hollywood
Kristen Stewart delivered a fierce and emotionally charged speech at the Academy and Chanel Women's Luncheon, condemning Hollywood for what she described as a 'devastating' backslide in opportunities for women filmmakers after the momentum of the 'Me Too' era. Addressing an audience of actors, directors and industry figures at the Academy Museum of Motion Pictures, Stewart said the promises of change once made to women in Hollywood had largely e…
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Read Full Article'I'm so angry': Kristen Stewart gives rousing speech on Hollywood's post-#MeToo 'backsliding'
The Oscar-nominated actor and 'Chronology of Water' director delivered a raw keynote address at the film academy's annual women's luncheon on the 'state of emergency' in Hollywood.
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