Today, Geena Davis and Dads & Daughters (DADs) formally announced the transition of the SEE JANE program from the Minnesota-based DADs to a new life as an independent, Los Angeles-based nonprofit. In order to have more direct influence in Hollywood, See Jane will now be part of Community Partners, the Los Angeles incubator for growing nonprofit organizations and social entrepreneurs with innovative ideas for building communities.

Ms. Davis and DADs have previously been engaged in litigation over See Jane. However, Ms. Davis has recently withdrawn that litigation and retracted all claims against DADs as well as its President Joe Kelly and former Executive Director Nancy Gruver. Davis said, “I am very grateful for what DADs, Nancy and Joe have done for the See Jane program in bringing it to life, and I have great respect for the integrity and skill of their work.” Davis continued, “This is an exciting and strategic development for See Jane, and I will do everything I can to make See Jane reach its full potential as an independent nonprofit organization.”

See press release at www.dadsanddaughters.org

I stumbled across this neat public service announcement preview/sample – I can’t really tell if it’s genuine, but from the looks of it, it is (Found out, this is a video meant to inspire _your_ entry for a PSA for the Geena Davis Institute – read more at the website!)
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The Geena Davis Institute on Gender in Media website is still bearing signs of being under construction, but there’s not much left to be added now. There’s even a message board for gender/media related discussions, go visit and join if you want to participate!

Scheduled for release on February 5:

Tootsie – 25th Anniversary Edition

DVD Bonus features include:
Digitally remastered for the best quality in picture and sound
“A Better Man: The Making of Tootsie” – interviews with director Sydney Pollack, Dustin Hoffman, Jessica Lange, Teri Garr, Dabney Coleman and writers Larry Gelbart & Murray Schisgal
Newly discovered deleted scenes
Original screen test footage from the Hal Ashby Collection at the Academy Film Archive.