Femme Fete

New York Women in Film and Television is doing what it does best on Wednesday, celebrating women in the industry, by honoring Claire Danes, Christine Baranski and Martha Stewart at the 31st annual Muse Awards for Vision and Achievement. Danes was chosen for her body of work, notably her recent work in the Showtime drama series Homeland Danes and HBO telepic Temple Grandin. Baranski will also be feted for her career achievements, including The Good Wife, which gave her a homefield advantage as the CBS drama lenses in Gotham. Marcie Bloom, co-founder and co-prexy of Sony Pictures Classics, and Nadine Schramm, prexy of Budd Enterprises, are also honorees. NYWIFT, which has about 2,000 members representing the many faces of the New Yorkbased entertainment biz, is striving to achieve equality in the industry. Although there has been notable progress for femmes in recent years in disparate areas from the raunchycomedy success of Bridesmaids to director Kathryn Bigelows Oscar win for The Hurt Locker there Baranski is still much work to be done, says Terry Lawler, NYWIFTs executive director. It seems like for years every once in a while some woman through gargantuan efforts has been able to make a film and then it doesnt seem to level the playing field, Lawler says. Were not where we want to be yet. Shelby Hill