Joy Press

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Correspondent at Vanity Fair. Author of Stealing the Show: How Women Are Revolutionizing Television.
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Show threadJoy PressJun 28, 2023
@JenHoward Thanks, Jen!
Joy PressJun 27, 2023
I hung out with Phoebe Waller-Bridge for VF's summer cover story. We talked Indiana Jones, Tomb Raider, Fleabag, Donald Glover and Charlotte the chihuahua. https://www.vanityfair.com/hollywood/2023/06/phoebe-waller-bridge-on-her-surreal-journey-from-fleabag-to-indiana-jones
Phoebe Waller-Bridge on Her “Surreal” Journey From ‘Fleabag’ to ‘Indiana Jones’

“You come out of the wind tunnel and your hair’s all crazy like, what the fuck?”

Vanity Fair
Show threadJoy PressDec 29, 2022
@Emilynussbaum Am I Jewish or Jewish-ish?
Show threadJoy PressDec 20, 2022
I also interviewed Samantha Morton, who is so good in She Said, & who told me how Harvey took retribution against her: “If a director wanted to cast me, I would then end up with a letter from said director saying, ‘I’m so sorry, I’m not able to cast you.’” https://www.vanityfair.com/hollywood/2022/12/awards-insider-samantha-morton-the-whale-interview
Samantha Morton, the Great Shape-Shifter

The chameleonic actor looks back on what she went through to get to this point, with standout roles in ‘The Whale’ and ‘She Said’ and even a pop album on the way.

Vanity Fair
Show threadJoy PressDec 20, 2022
It’s something of a companion piece to this story on how little has changed in Hollywood 5 years on from the big #MeToo moment
https://www.vanityfair.com/hollywood/2022/11/5-years-after-the-dawn-of-metoo-what-has-changed
5 Years After the Dawn of #MeToo, What Has Changed?

Experienced showrunners and industry professionals say that a half decade after what was supposed to be a reckoning, Hollywood has already begun to backslide.

Vanity Fair
Joy PressDec 20, 2022
“What follows is an act of female imagination”: I wrote about how “Women Talking, “She Said” & “The Woman King” create cinema out of female collective power https://www.vanityfair.com/hollywood/2022/12/awards-insider-bring-on-the-matriarchy-womens-collective-power-hits-the-screen
Bring On the Matriarchy: Women’s Collective Power Hits the Screen

‘Women Talking,’ ‘She Said,’ and ‘The Woman King’ use true stories to suggest what’s possible when confronting systemic abuse.

Vanity Fair
Show threadJoy PressDec 20, 2022
@heratylaw Feels like it could be the twitter theme song these days, tied w/ Lunatics Are Taking over the Asylum
Joy PressDec 20, 2022
RIP Terry Hall of the Specials & Fun Boy 3, gone much too young.
I once interviewed Terry Hall when he was in Colour Field as part of a college media round table. He quickly lost patience w/ half-assed college kids’ questions & just began sarcastically skewering them. It was so perfectly Terry Hall, I wanted to hug him https://amp.theguardian.com/music/2022/dec/19/terry-hall-lead-singer-of-the-specials-dies-aged-63
Terry Hall: lead singer of the Specials dies aged 63

Having survived a tough childhood in Coventry, Hall became one of pop’s defining voices at the turn of the 80s, chronicling British decline and disfranchised youth with the 2 Tone band

The Guardian
Show threadJoy PressDec 16, 2022
@GoldenRuleLover Thanks!
Show threadJoy PressDec 16, 2022
@paul @ivory Journalist here, would love an invite