Jennifer Lawrence Presses Case On Equal Pay For Actresses

Though she has become one of Hollywood’s best-paid movie stars of any gender, who better than Jennifer Lawrence to carry the mantle of getting actresses comparable paydays to male movie stars? She comes out swinging in an essay for Lenny, the new online newsletter launched by Lena Dunham to address issues on feminism and lifestyle. “This might have NOTHING to do with my vagina, but I wasn’t completely wrong when another leaked Sony email revealed a producer referring to a fellow lead actress in a negotiation as a “spoiled brat,” Lawrence writes, addressing those hacked Sony e-mails that bared the salary discrepancy on the David O Russell-directed film American Hustle. “For some reason, I just can’t picture someone saying that about a man.” Read More…