Find Another Girl to Fix screens twice at Cinema Diverse:
- Friday, September 18 at 11:45 AM — Theatre Two, as part of Shorts: Pot Pourri.
- Sunday, September 27 at 12:00 PM (noon) — Theatre Three, as part of Shorts: For the Girls.
Palm Springs, CA (The Hollywood Times) 8/25/26 – Some of the best creative ideas come out of conversations nobody expects anyone else to hear. Jennifer Corday’s Find Another Girl to Fix started as one of those. The five-minute music video, funny and colorful and very personal, is now an official selection of Cinema Diverse 2026.
I sat down on Zoom with Corday, who wrote, directed and stars in the video, and with The Hollywood Times Senior Editor Valerie Milano, who serves as its co-producer. What began as an interview about a music video turned into a conversation about friendship, heartbreak, female creativity and what happens when something deeply personal gets handed over to art.
The idea began with a phone call. Milano rang Corday during a difficult stretch in her relationship and started venting about being tired of someone constantly telling her how she should be. Corday happened to be recording at the time and did not stop. That spontaneous conversation became the emotional seed for the song.
What Milano was saying felt universal, Corday said. Women, gay or straight, know what it is like to be with someone determined to change, control or “fix” them. Corday has been on both sides of that dynamic, the person doing the fixing and the person somebody else wanted to fix, and that admission is what gives the song its heart. She also chose to keep the original audio rather than recreate Milano’s words in a studio later. The real conversation now opens the video, giving a polished production an unexpectedly raw beginning.
Asked what it felt like to hear such a private moment turn into a music video, Milano admitted she initially wondered whether she wanted something that personal out there for everyone to hear. Over time the experience became therapeutic. When something painful gets transformed into something creative, and even something fun, she explained, it loses some of its power over you. And as she joked, if you can get a good music video out of heartbreak, at least you got something. The relationship that helped inspire the song has since reconciled, which gives the story a chapter nobody planned.
Find Another Girl to Fix was filmed at Milano’s mid-century home, Casa Milano, in Old Las Palmas. The house, the pool and the surrounding Palm Springs light supply the retro backdrop that gives the video so much of its personality, and a rented 1966 Cadillac adds another period touch. Corday kept the visual world consistent down to the small decisions, including keeping modern cell phones out of frame. The drone photography gives the production a cinematic polish well beyond what you would expect at this length.
Milano was pleased with the result. One of her first thoughts after watching the finished video was that her house looked pretty damn good. She was right.
The fashion is another standout. Corday wanted styling that matched the mid-century setting, which meant plaid suits, multiple costume changes and Trina Turk pieces. During our Zoom interview both women wore Trina Turk connected to the production, bringing a little of the video’s Palm Springs wardrobe directly into the conversation.
Cathy DeBuono plays the wonderfully controlling fixer, and her tall, statuesque presence makes her an ideal choice for the role. She and Corday have known each other for years, and Corday has previously contributed music to films DeBuono appeared in. The contrast between the two sells the comedy without losing the real emotional idea underneath it.
The team behind the video is part of what makes it work. Corday assembled an all-female cast and crew. Rachael “Rae” Hastings-Adair served as director of photography. Lissa Forehan joined as co-producer, with Michele Amrhein, Marci Rosenblum and Nacia Schreiner also on the production team, Schreiner working as an additional camera operator. The cinematography connection came through filmmaker Betsy Kalin, whose Lesbians in Boystown is also part of Cinema Diverse. Milano had interviewed Kalin previously and reached out while the team was searching for a cinematographer.
Many of the extras were Milano’s Palm Springs friends, and it shows in the living room and pool scenes. They do not look like people pretending to have fun for a camera. They look like women actually having fun.
Milano’s official role was co-producer. Her unofficial role sounded considerably broader. She laughed while describing herself directing the controlled chaos around her house: move that piece of furniture, use that room, put people over there, and yes, apparently even her bed was fair game if somebody needed it.
The shoot took roughly two to three days on a budget of about $1,500. Set against the costumes, the vintage car, the camera work, the location photography, the drone footage and the overall polish of the finished piece, that number is hard to believe.
After years of covering filmmakers, actors and creative projects for The Hollywood Times, Milano told me, it was very different to suddenly find herself inside one. That comes through when she talks about it. This was not another assignment. It was her voice, her home, her friends and part of her own emotional life turned into somebody else’s art.
What I like most about Find Another Girl to Fix is that it never gets weighed down by its own subject. The emotional foundation is present, but Corday reaches for humor. The song is catchy, the visuals are colorful, the styling is playful and the message is relatable.
Underneath all of it is a relationship lesson most of us understand better with age. People are who they are. Relationships require compromise, communication and growth, but there is a difference between loving someone and constantly trying to redesign them. Corday makes that point without preaching. She delivers it with a wink. Sometimes you accept the person standing in front of you, and if you cannot, well, find another girl to fix.
Find Another Girl to Fix is an official selection of Cinema Diverse 2026 in Palm Springs, where it is scheduled to screen twice. It has also been selected for Out On Film in Atlanta and the Simi Valley Music Video Fest. A private screening and party are planned, and The Hollywood Times will keep readers updated as details are confirmed.
The Hollywood Times is proud to spotlight work that reflects LGBTQ+ lives through different voices, styles and experiences. Find Another Girl to Fix fits that mission. It is campy, stylish and funny, and underneath the Palm Springs fabulousness it is sincere. A friend listened to another friend during heartbreak. A songwriter heard a story. A group of women turned it into art. That is a better origin story than most five-minute videos ever get.
Note: Valerie Milano is Senior Editor of The Hollywood Times and co-producer of the video. The Hollywood Times is a media partner of Cinema Diverse.
