- 1. The Historic 2021 Oscars Nominations Could Mean Big Business For Future Women in Film
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- The 93rd Annual Academy Award nominations have shattered (or, at least, chipped away at) the glass ceiling (or, at least, the high ceiling of Los Angeles’ Dolby Theatre). The 2021 Oscars ceremony ...
- Created on 15 March 2021
- 2. "Nomadland" Offers An Unflinching Glimpse At Life On The Roa
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- Spare and lonesome, Nomadland follows Fern (Frances McDormand) while she navigates her new life after the loss of her husband and her community. Based on the Jessica Bruder book Nomadland: Surviving ...
- Created on 19 February 2021
- 3. “Pause” Gets To The Heart Of A Loveless Marriage
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- ... dead ringer for Frances McDormand, as many other critics have noticed) is compelling to watch even when the film itself seems to move interminably slowly. Avram plays Eleftheria broadly until one sequence ...
- Created on 27 September 2019
- 4. Three Must-Watch Speeches From The Golden Globes
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- ... added to Frances McDormand’s inclusion rider speech from last year’s Oscars, as King promised, “I am making a vow, and it’s going to be tough, to make sure everything I produce [in the next two years], ...
- Created on 07 January 2019
- 5. Rosario Dawson On Her Family, Her Activism, And Why She Calls "Death Proof" A Chick Flick: From The BUST Archive
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- ... sheets and underwear. That’s what’s real, and that’s what’s important. Story by Janice Erlbaum Photos by Michael Lavine Styling by Frances Tulk-Hart // Makeup by Steven Arturo // Hair by Luca ...
- Created on 13 June 2018
- 6. Frances McDormand On Aging In Hollywood: From The BUST Archives
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- As we get nearer to our 25th anniversary this July, we're bringing some of our favorite BUST stories out of the archives and onto the internet. Way back in 2003, Frances McDormand—then 45—was our cover ...
- Created on 24 April 2018
- 7. Hollywood Has A Long History Of Political Activism
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- ... Inclusion Rider? Explaining Frances McDormand's Oscars Speech Sexual Assault Survivors Don't Need Your #TimesUp Cupcakes Hundreds Of Hollywood Women Unite To Fight Sexual Harassment In ALL Industries ...
- Created on 23 March 2018
- 8. "Isle of Dogs" Creates Beautiful World of Doggos, But Leaves Good Girls Behind: BUST Revie
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- Wes Anderson’s new film Isle Of Dogs is undoubtedly exquisite. With a literal all-star voice cast, gorgeous stop-motion animation brings the beautiful story to life. It’s a story about love, trust, ...
- Created on 23 March 2018
- 9. Why Are There So Many Headless Women In Hollywood?
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- Hollywood, as the past year in particular has established, is ripe with sexism. Writer, comedian, and musician Marcia Belsky decided to highlight the casual objectification of women in film through ...
- Created on 22 March 2018
- 10. National Geographic Addresses Its Racist Past: Link Roundup
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- ... Frances McDormand's badass request at the Oscars to make this decision — or rather, change your mind about the importance of diversity? In 2015, Damon dismissed producer Effie Brown by saying diversity ...
- Created on 13 March 2018
- 11. Happy International Women’s Day! McDonald’s Changed Its “M” To A “W” So Sexism Is Over Now: Link Roundup
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- ... Riders Less than a week after Frances McDormand called for inclusion riders in her Oscars speech, Michael B. Jordan shared on Instagram that he will be adopting an inclusion rider for all future projects ...
- Created on 08 March 2018
- 12. Gary Oldman, Kobe Bryant, And Ryan Seacrest’s Presence At The Oscars Shows How Far Time’s Up Still Has To Go
- (Feminism)
- Watching the Oscars last night was a WEIRD experience. The Academy — and E! News on the red carpet beforehand — made an effort to acknowledge the Time’s Up and Me Too movements against sexual harassment ...
- Created on 05 March 2018
- 13. What Is An Inclusion Rider? Explaining Frances McDormand's Oscars Speec
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- Last night, Frances McDormand drove everyone to their search engines when she called for "inclusion riders" in her speech. So, you ask, what exactly is an inclusion rider? Via Twitter, John Jay College ...
- Created on 05 March 2018
- 14. On Aziz Ansari And "Bad Sex
- (Feminism)
- ... we'd be able to push through what Frances McDormand called a tectonic shift without revealing fault lines we didn't know were there. We're going to find ourselves on opposite sides of things. We're going t ...
- Created on 16 January 2018
- 15. "Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri" Is Great On Frances McDormand, Bad On Rac
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- Frances McDormand is won a well-deserved Oscar for Fargo in 1996, but though she's worked regularly, it’s been a long time since she’s starred in a movie that wasn’t directed by the Coen Brothers (one ...
- Created on 28 November 2017
- 16. Week Of Women: November 10-16, 2017
- (Entertainment)
- ... picks for this Week of Women include Frances McDormand's new film, Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri; the return of Maria Bamford's Netflix series Lady Dynamite; and more. As always, we haven't seen, ...
- Created on 09 November 2017
- 17. America Ferrera, Chelsea Handler, CHER Join Women’s March On Washington
- (Feminism)
- ... Frances McDormand, Julianne Moore, Hari Nef, Monica Raymond, Yara Shahidi, Alia Sharrief, Kara Walker, Olivia Wilde, and Constance Wu. In a statement via Entertainment Weekly, Ferrera said: “Since the ...
- Created on 10 January 2017
- 18. How "The Kids Are All Right" Director Lisa Cholodenko Became Queen Of The Indie Aesthetic: 52 Weeks Of Director
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- ... they end up sharing the house with his music producer mother Jane (Frances McDormand) while she tries to record an album for her new boyfriend, Ian’s band. Ian quickly develops an interest in Alex, who ...
- Created on 15 September 2016
- 19. From "Whale Rider" To "The Zookeeper's Wife," Niki Caro Explores Women's Lives: 52 Weeks Of Direc
- (Movies)
- ... (Frances McDormand), at a local bar, Glory, suggests Josey follow her lead and get a job in the mines. Josey has her doubts about taking a job there, namely that her father works in the same mine, but ...
- Created on 31 March 2016
- 20. ‘Hail, Caesar!’ Is Great, But Would Be Even Better If The Women Got To Talk More: Movie Review
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- ... scenes — long scenes, good scenes, but still just three. Frances McDormand gets a cameo as an accident-prone film editor in one great scene that ends all too soon — I wanted so much more. Tilda Swinton’s ...
- Created on 05 February 2016
