After reading the story about Rep. Peter King threatening to investigate the White House's cooperation with Kathryn Bigelow for her upcoming Bin Laden film, I started wondering again about whether or not women have gained any ground in Hollywood since Bigelow won her Oscar.

Well, last year was kind of a wash, Oscar-wise" Lisa Cholodenko ("The Kids Are All Right") and Debra Granik ("Winter's Bone") got Best Picture and Best Screenwriting nominations but not Best Director and ended up winning nothing.