NEW YORK — Girl power was in full force at Refinery29's NewFronts presentation this year.

The digital lifestyle media company announced a new slate of over a dozen original series, including a handful of projects with Hollywood A-listers such as Kristen Stewart, America Ferrera and Gabourey Sidibe.

Both Stewart and Sidibe will make their directorial debut with short films titled Water and A Tale of Four Women, respectively. Their shorts will be part of "ShatterBox Anthology," a series featuring 12 engaging and inspiring short-form original scripted films created by female directors, writers and animators.

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Meanwhile, Ferrera will serve as an executive producer for "Behind The Headlines," which Refinery29 described as "a multimedia experience made up of video, editorial and high-impact imagery, dedicated to humanizing the conversations around the issues that matter to women." She will also executive produce a docu-series called Only Girl which explores what it means to be a female in a male-dominated field.

Also coming to Refinery29: A dedicated YouTube channel called Brawlers, which will feature five series celebrating women in sports, and a Morgan Spurlock co-executive produced series called What We Teach Girls.

The company also said it is breaking into virtual reality with its own production studio — VR29 Studios — focusing on 360-degree programming. Refinery29 will launch one VR/360 asset every week for the remainder of 2016.

So far, Refinery29's offerings have been attracting a lot of eyeballs. Since launching R29 Originals in April of 2015, Refinery29 said its video views have increased 10x year-over-year across platforms. It now amasses 100 million video views a month across platforms including YouTube, Facebook and Instagram.

The female-geared publisher said its video production unit, R29 Originals, focuses on content with the theme of “claiming power” through passion, strength and empathy.

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