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Page 6 Page 15 2 GULF TIMES Friday, December 13, 2019 COMMUNITY COVER STORY “It’s incredibly frustrating” PRAYER TIME Fajr 4.46am Shorooq (sunrise) 6.10am — Charlize Theron, ex-Oscar winner, on Zuhr (noon) 11.28am Asr (afternoon) 2.26pm Maghreb (sunset) 4.45pm lack of nomination for female directors Isha (night) 6.15pm USEFUL NUMBERS Emergency 999 Worldwide Emergency Number 112 Kahramaa – Electricity and Water 991 Local Directory 180 International Calls Enquires 150 Hamad International Airport 40106666 Labor Department 44508111, 44406537 Mowasalat Taxi 44588888 Qatar Airways 44496000 Hamad Medical Corporation 44392222, 44393333 Qatar General Electricity and Water Corporation 44845555, 44845464 Primary Health Care Corporation 44593333 44593363 Qatar Assistive Technology Centre 44594050 Qatar News Agency 44450205 44450333 Q-Post – General Postal Corporation 44464444 Humanitarian Services Offi ce (Single window facility for the repatriation of bodies) Ministry of Interior 40253371, 40253372, 40253369 Ministry of Health 40253370, 40253364 Hamad Medical Corporation 40253368, 40253365 Qatar Airways 40253374 ote Unquo Qu te “When it is obvious that the goals cannot be reached, don’t adjust the goals, adjust the action steps.” — Confucius It’s really hard, and I think it’s unfair, and it’s why we can’t stop this fight. We Community Editor gotta keep making noise until we’re Kamran Rehmat heard and these stories get recognised e-mail: [email protected] Telephone: 44466405 — Charlize Theron Fax: 44350474 ‘ ’ Friday, December 13, 2019 GULF TIMES 3 COVER STORY COMMUNITY more opportunities for women By Amy Kaufman does not necessarily negate what it means for men to be part of our storytelling as well. I harlize Theron was believe women should have more running late for school opportunities, but I don’t want to drop-off on Monday believe that women are the only when she noticed a ones who can tell women’s stories barrage of text messages and men can only tell men’s stories. Cpouring into her phone. I don’t think Ava DuVernay would “I was like, ‘No, no, no, no,’ be happy about that. She makes because I had two alarms set this movies about the acquitted Central morning, but one didn’t go off for Park Five. some reason,” she recalled. But Also, the script came to me. when she skimmed the messages, It wasn’t an idea I developed. she realised it was good news: She’d That script came from Charles been nominated for a Golden Globe Randolph, who on his own decided for playing Megyn Kelly in the fi lm to take the story on. It was a man Bombshell. She started grinning, who decided he wanted to spend and one of her two kids noticed. two years researching this and “My 7-year-old called me out spending time and energy to and was like, ‘Mom, why are you make this project. I think that’s smiling?’ I was like, ‘It’s not a boy, incredible, and I take my hat off calm down!’” the actress said. “I to any man who wants to dedicate had to explain that I hadn’t won it two years of their life to something yet. ‘So, wait, you might not win like this. And Jay, to me, was a it?’ And I said: ‘No, there’s a really no-brainer in the sense that he is a good chance I might not win it. But fi lmmaker I really admire. I knew your mom still did really good.’” he would do something on this With both children out of the ACTION: Charlize Theron as Megyn Kelly and John Lithgow as Roger Ailes in Bombshell. fi lm that was incredibly hard to do. house, Theron hopped on the Ultimately, the tone is why people phone at around 9:30am to discuss will go and see this. It’s not taking Bombshell. former Fox News employees project about Fox News, the when we have to remember that medicine. It’s not preachy. And all seeking to be released from their Roger Ailes television series women directors, especially, are that credit goes to Jay. That’s what Have you heard from Megyn nondisclosure agreements? The Loudest Voice, were both just trying to get their numbers he brought to the table. Kelly yet about the movie? I hope so. I feel like there’s nominated? up. They represent 10% of our No, not at all. We set up enough noise right now. It was There’s been cases of two directors in the industry, and when There’s been some Twitter screenings for everybody — all of interesting when we went to DC. movies being made about the same you have a good year like we had discussion about how your the women, including Gretchen There are incredible people working subject matter before. [The Loudest this year with such great work, it is role in The Long Shot this year [Carlson]. But we haven’t heard on this right now on the Hill, and I Voice writer] Gabe Sherman incredibly frustrating. No woman deserved recognition in the whether they’ve seen it or not. feel like it’s something we need to and [Bombshell writer] Charles wants to get nominated because comedy category. Do you ever revisit and look at. It is a huge part Randolph happened to want to it’s the right thing to do. It’s really, feel like your lighter work is Does that scare you? of why women don’t come forward make those stories around the same really ridiculous. It’s not cool. It’s overlooked? It’s not scary. I totally understand and share their stories. Ultimately, time. Ultimately, I think it’s great really hard, and I think it’s unfair, Yeah, but I’m not like, “What the it. I think this stuff is really hard, in cases of sexual harassment, it is in the sense that they tell the story and it’s why we can’t stop this fi ght. hell, guys?” That movie was one of and I have full empathy around the perpetrator who is protected with diff erent perspectives. Ours is We gotta keep making noise until the best working experiences I’ve that. If I was in her shoes, I would by these NDAs, and it becomes the perspective of the women, and we’re heard and these stories get ever had. Not only was it fun, but have the same anxiety over all systemic — this toxic workplace that doesn’t necessarily make one recognised. it was a real tall order to get that of that stuff . It’s tough for these environment thrives. It’s not better than the other. project to end up being nostalgic women, because I think this is conducive to a healthy work space Bombshell is a story about but fresh, really romantic but really something a lot of them really want if you can’t share it and there are no How do you feel about the fact women and it’s directed by a funny. I think it’s one of the best to put behind them. consequences. that no female directors were man, Jay Roach. Why did you movies I’ve ever been in. I will just nominated? back him as the fi lmmaker? have my 4-year-old make me a Do you think the movie will How do you feel about the It’s tough. It’s really, really tough. I do still feel strongly about Golden Globe for that. contribute to the eff orts of fact that Bombshell and another And I think it gets really frustrating this: Saying there needs to be — Los Angeles Times/TNS Jennifer Lee celebrates Frozen 2 Golden Globe nominations Story 4 and The Lion King. The studio films vs. “foreign” ones. By Michael Ordoña had declined to submit the latter for When asked about the paucity of nods Oscar consideration as an animated film, for the work of female directors, Lee as there is some debate over whether it said, “I do look forward to the day when Frozen 2 has been dominating the should be thought of as animated, live I don’t hear ‘first’ or ‘only’ anymore [in box office, its soundtrack has hit No action, a hybrid, or something new. this context]. Disney has more women 1 on Billboard, and the movie’s award “The HFPA has the right to put it in in directing roles than other studios, I nominations so far have included 10 any category they want,” said Lee, also think. Annies. Still, directors Jennifer Lee and the chief creative officer of Walt Disney “I have a 16-year-old; we’ve seen Chris Buck sounded a little dazed by the Animation Studios. “I think animation Booksmart many, many times. And news of the film’s Golden Globes nods has to do with intent — are you going for Farewell — Awkwafina is brilliant. She (for best animated film and for the song, realism or imagination? These questions plays an extraordinary role in [Disney Into the Unknown) — making it one of will come up, where things fall, more Animation’s upcoming] Raya and the Last only three female-directed films to land with the technology” moving forward.