POWER UP
Announces Top 10 Women in Showbiz

Michaline Babich, Karen Flischel, and Jenny Fulle all topped POWER UP's annual list of the 10 Amazing Gay Women in Showbiz. POWER UP, a lesbian-focused nonprofit film group, will honor the 10 women at its eighth annual gala and awards ceremony on November 9, according to a press release.

"We are extremely proud of POWER UP's many accomplishments and feel that including the 10 Amazing list allows us to recognize many more women in our community," Lisa Thrasher, president of film production and distribution, said in the release.

The honorees are:

Michaline Babich, writer-director-executive producer

Gaye Ann Bruno, director, photography, CBS television network

Cheryl Dunye, writer-director

Karen Flischel, executive vice president and general manager, here!

Jenny Fulle, executive vice president and executive producer, Sony Pictures

Barbara Gaines, executive producer, Late Show With David Letterman

Nancylee Myatt, writer-producer-director, Film Fatale Productions

Lisa Sherman, executive vice president, Logo

Samantha Sprecher, vice president of development, Face Productions

Suzanne Westenhoefer, comedian

(The Advocate)