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Some parents are proud when their kids are kind, generous, loving and compassionate. Feminist parents are proud when their kid CRIES after encountering a non-feminist. That’s exactly what Maggie Gyllenhaal’s daughter did. She’s obviously proud, because she told the story to everyone on “The View.” “She ran into somebody recently, a little girl her age, who said she wasn’t feminist and my daughter was astonished … she came home and cried to me about it,” she said. The View ✔ @TheView @mgyllenhaal shares about her 12-year-old daughter, who she calls an activist: "She ran into somebody recently, a little girl...

The F.B.I. is currently conducting its investigation into the sexual assault allegations against Supreme Court Justice nominee Brett Kavanaugh. Should they wrap up interviews by Trump’s Friday deadline, the Senate could be voting on Kavanaugh’s confirmation by the end of the week. Before that happens, though, over 20 musicians, authors, actors, and producers will make their voices of dissent heard at a protest dubbed, “Bravery is Contagious.” Set to take place Thursday at 7:00 PM right outside of the Supreme Court, the protest comes in support of Dr. Christine Blasey Ford and Deborah Ramirez, two of Kavanaugh’s alleged victims. R.E.M.’s...

Dame Helen Mirren has launched another attack on the sexist Hollywood film industry, branding the acting business rife with prejudice. The actress, 70, has joined the likes of Meryl Streep and Maggie Gyllenhaal, in calling out casting directors who continue to chose youthful looks over acting talent. The Oscar winner also adds that it's now just as bad for young male actors, who are increasingly expected to have exceptional good looks and perfect bodies too.

Last month a brilliant Amy Schumer sketch came up with a perfect, darkly comic phrase to describe the Hollywood phenomenon of beautiful actresses being put out to pasture after they're deemed too old: "Last F-able Day." Julia Louis-Dreyfuss explained it this way: "In every actress' life, the media decides when you finally reach the point where you're not believably f-able any more." In the skit, Tina Fey says, "Nobody really overtly tells you, but there are signs." But someone in Hollywood decided to be very upfront with Maggie Gyllenhaal that, essentially, her day has passed. Gyllenhaal didn't name names but...

Having never seen Broke-His-Back Mountain or any other body of work by these people, I got fed up when reading that "Zodiac" did poorly at the box office so far, and wondered how two siblings seemed to burst on the Hollywood scene all at once. Something I don't follow, but I'd never heard of these two until recently. Round up the usual suspects. Aww jeez, how touching - according to Wikipedia, their parents are in the biz. How many better actors have been excluded from nice parts by this family alone?? More reason not to patronize the LA-LA land agenda....

MAGGIE Gyllenhaal rubbed reporters the wrong way at the junket for Oliver Stone's "World Trade Center" at the Regency the other day. Still smarting from the reaction to her 2001 comments - "I think America has done reprehensible things and is responsible in some way [for 9/11]" - she steered clear of politics. But one journo called her "a nightmare" because she also refused to discuss her pregnancy. Meanwhile, co-star Nicolas Cage was finished when "an idiot from Sweden asked him about the 'controversy' of his being married to a much younger lady [Alice Kim]."

Actress: 9/11 our fault By MAGGIE HABERMAN DAILY NEWS STAFF WRITER Actress Maggie Gyllenhaal, star of a new flick about the aftermath of 9/11, believes the United States "is responsible in some way" for the devastating terror attacks. Gyllenhaal, 27, made the comments at the Tribeca Film Festival, where her new movie "The Great New Wonderful" - which has a plot centered on the destruction of the World Trade Center - premiered Friday. "I think what's good about the movie is that it deals with 9/11 in such a subtle, open way that I think it allows it to be...

Maggie Gyllenhaal is taking an online whipping for some comments on 9-11. The actress, whose post-9-11-themed feature, The Great New Wonderful, just debuted at New York's Tribeca Film Festival, said in an interview last week with Manhattan cable channel NY1 that the United States is "responsible in some way" for the attacks. "Because I think America has done reprehensible things and is responsible in some way and so I think the delicacy with which it's dealt allows that to sort of creep in," she said. The interview sparked outrage from some New York firefighters, along with the usual conservative bloggers...

Hollywood anti-war set needs some new lines April 8, 2003 BY RICHARD ROEPER SUN-TIMES COLUMNIST TO: Jennifer Aniston, George Clooney, Sheryl Crow, David Duchovny, Janeane Garofalo, Maggie Gyllenhaal, Woody Harrelson, Jessica Lange, Michael Moore, Edward Norton, Sean Penn, Tim Robbins, Susan Sarandon, Martin Sheen, Eddie Vedder, et al. RE: Operation Iraqi Freedom Dear Celebrity Anti-War Activist: Over the last several weeks and months, you have used your status as a person of fame to tell the world you're against the war with Iraq, which you believe to be unwarranted, unethical, unconstitutional and un-American. Some of you have said you "hate"...