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Wendy Williams & Andy Cohen to Co-Host 2013 Muse Awards

Wendy visits Andy at the Bravo clubhouse during season 6 of What Happens Live! (photo via Bravo). What’s better than one groundbreaking television host emceeing our 2013 Muse Awards? Two of ‘em: friends Wendy Williams and Andy Cohen have just confirmed for this year’s event. We feel like the luckiest folks in the world! Order your ticket for the 2013 Muse Awards on December 12.

Road to Muse 2013: Flashback to 1983

Meryl Streep rocks her embroidered NYWIFT jacket as a Muse Award nominee in 1983. Who else thinks we should bring back the NYWIFT jacket?! Fun fact: The early Muse Awards in the1980s often only had one honoree, sometimes two. It wasn’t until 1989 that there were three Muse honorees, and the number has grown ever...

Road to Muse 2013: Meet Awards Show Organizer Susan Steiger

Susan Steiger (third from the right), the rest of the NYWIFT board, and Muse honorees take the stage at the 2012 Muse Awards. At the 2001 Muse Awards, Dede Allen — the first editor to get an exclusive credit on a film — received a standing ovation from a packed house. It’s those moments that make Susan...

Terry’s Picks: November 5, 2013

Scene from The Revolutionary via SFWeekly Just Read About: the 3rd Annual South Asian Film Festival in San Francisco where the focus is on women filmmakers. Looking Forward to: our panel opening the New York Comedy Festival that features some of the industry’s top female comedians. AND THE BIG NEWS IS: Variety just announced this year’s Muse Awards amazing honorees! I hope to see you...

Tweet of the Week: Muse Awards on Variety

Connie Britton, @EllenBarkin, Robin Wright, @SoniaMManzano and Frances Berwick to score @NYWIFT’s Muse Awards. http://t.co/z05QgHW2b5 — Variety (@Variety) October 31, 2013 Hope to see you all there! – @annelabarba //platform.twitter.com/widgets.js

Terry’s Picks: October 29, 2013

NYWIFT Member Vanessa Corwin with her IIFM award Go Check Out: NYWIFT member, and Academy Award winner, Barbara Kopple’s new film, Running from Crazy. It Opens on Friday and will be playing at the Angelica Film Center. Congrats To: NYWIFT members Vanessa Corwin, whose film Save the Putnam Nature Trail, won her the “Best Indie...

judygrimes: Lucy Liu at the 2012 NYWIFT Muse Awards (x) We’re loving these GIFs of Lucy Liu’s NYWIFT Muse Awards acceptance speech. Created by judygrimes.

judygrimes: Lucy Liu at the 2012 NYWIFT Muse Awards (x) We’re loving these GIFs of Lucy Liu’s NYWIFT Muse Awards acceptance speech. Created by judygrimes.

judygrimes: Lucy Liu at the 2012 NYWIFT Muse Awards (x) We’re loving these GIFs of Lucy Liu’s NYWIFT Muse Awards acceptance speech. Created by judygrimes.

judygrimes: Lucy Liu at the 2012 NYWIFT Muse Awards (x) We’re loving these GIFs of Lucy Liu’s NYWIFT Muse Awards acceptance speech. Created by judygrimes.