These are photos from a luncheon held on Saturday called “Netflix’s Rebels and Rule Breakers Luncheon and Panel Celebrating The Women of Netflix” which is a great idea. I appreciate how Netflix has so many shows starring women like Orange is the New Black, Frankie and Grace and Jessica Jones and how they’re giving more opportunities to female show runners and directors. (They’re also starting to get some competition from Hulu’s original series like The Mindy Project, The Path and 11.22.63. I hope Hulu takes note and moves toward more shows starring and run by women.)

The women on the panel gave some good quotes about working with Netflix and about the opportunities they’ve been given. Jane Fonda was rather open about how tough it was for her to go back to working on an episodic series. She admitted “It was really hard for me the first season. I kind of fell apart. So I went back into therapy, and I got an acting coach.” Jane gives zero f-ks and she will tell you her issues. I like that about her. Chelsea Handler, on the other hand, gave some general quotes blowing smoke which do not jibe with the reality of her actual show on Netflix.

[Laura] Prepon, who stars as Alex Vause on [OITNB], praised [Jenji] Kohan for her gutsy approach to storytelling.

“She writes with balls! When Taylor and I have scenes that are intimate Jenji always says it’s not going to be gratuitous,” she said. “The writing is just awesome and we go there!”

Handler also spoke about the network’s groundbreaking content being an attractive move for her in her career. She revealed why this year was the right time for her to transition to the streaming service with “Chelsea Does.”

“This platform is the perfect excuse to be more mindful, to get information while being fun, to being less stupid,” she said. Handler later mentioned that her new show isn’t following the traditional “talk show” format and reminded the audience to “be authentic to who you are and be passionate…”

“Making a Murderer” creators Ricciardi and Demos shared that they had confidence in their material before their popular series made waves online. Ricciardi praised Netflix for the distribution method and the timing of the release, but also for always looking for new material.

“They’re always looking to do new things that equals female filmmakers and creators,” she said.

Netflix wrapped up the discussion by confirming that it will continue to strive for great content that is reflective of diversity and fosters creative minds.

“We place a lot of faith in freedom, in Kohan and Rosenberg, and it’s a real testament to their talent. We want to provide diverse programming, as diverse and eclectic as our audience is,” said Cindy Holland, VP of original content at Netflix.

But most importantly her advice for women in the industry is: “Don’t take ‘No’ for an answer. Follow your interests and keep after it.”

[From Variety]

Chelsea is just happy to have a job, she’s not being more mindful, it’s just more of the same from her except she can swear now and reference drug use more openly than was allowed on E!

In terms of the fashion, Chelsea wore a striped shirt with a pencil skirt featuring wide sheer stripes. The top and skirt do not go together.

Jane Fonda rocked a floral embroidered Zuhair Murad tuxedo like a boss. This might look fug on another woman, but somehow Jane owns it.

Krysten Ritter was so pretty in a deep v-neck short sleeve dress with buttons down the front. I actually have a similar dress to this, it’s vintage. (aka from Goodwill.) Something negative: those nude heels.

This is Lena Waithe, she’s on Master of None. The second season is not coming until 2017, but if you haven’t seen this show yet don’t wait to watch it, it’s incredible and will make you laugh so hard.

Here’s Jenji Kohan, the creator of Orange is the New Black and Weeds, with Gabrielle Carteris (She’s not on Netflix but she’s the president of the actor’s union, SAG-AFTRA) and also Laura Prepon. Those shoes on Laura look like old timey slippers.

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