- 1. Zendaya Honored as Youngest Recipient of CFDA Fashion Icon Award
- (Style)
- Wednesday night’s Council of Fashion Designers of America (CFDA) Fashion Awards pulled out all the stops as Hollywood’s starlets stepped out in jaw-dropping ensembles. Dubbed the “Oscars of Fashion,” ...
- Created on 12 November 2021
- 2. Nicole Riegel's Debut Film "Holler" Is An Uncompromising Portrayal Of Working Class Women: BUST Revi
- (Movies)
- ... Offers An Unflinching Glimpse At Life On The Road The Historic 2021 Oscars Nominations Could Mean Big Business For Future Women In Film Rachel Brosnahan's New Movie "I'm Your Woman" Takes Well-Worn Crime ...
- Created on 03 June 2021
- 3. Ava DuVernay And Shonda Rhimes Among The First To Support NBC's Cancellation Of The Golden Globe Award
- (Entertainment)
- ... the years, especially since 2015’s #OscarsSoWhite protests. Still, most shows of these kind haven’t taken the necessary measures to radically alter their extensive histories of racial and gendered prejudice. ...
- Created on 11 May 2021
- 4. From “Promising Young Woman” to “Nomadland”: How Your Favorite Movies of the Year Stacked Up at the Independent Spirit Awards
- (Movies)
- ... to take home any wins. Top image via Searchlight Pictures More From BUST The Historic 2021 Oscars Nominations Could Mean Big Business For Future Women In Film Reclaiming The Lens: Here Are Ten ...
- Created on 23 April 2021
- 5. Reclaiming The Lens: 10 Women Filmmakers Spearheading The New Wave in Black Cinema
- (Movies)
- Though the '90s is often referred to as the Golden Age of Black cinema, men were overwhelmingly at the helm of many of the groundbreaking films that came to fruition throughout the decade. Even cult-classics ...
- Created on 22 April 2021
- 6. HBO's New Documentary "TINA" Mishandles Tina Turner's Farewell To Life In The Public
- (Movies)
- ... Top & Bottom Images: Screenshots from TINA trailer & teaser More from BUST Does the US vs Billie Holiday Give Holiday's Legacy The Justice It Deserves? The Historic 2021 Oscars Nominations Could ...
- Created on 30 March 2021
- 7. In "Hysterical," Kathy Griffin, Margaret Cho, and Others Discuss the Contradictions of Being a Woman in Comed
- (Movies)
- ... Top Image via FX Networks More from BUST The Historic 2021 Oscars Nominations Could Mean Big Business For Future Women In Film Amy Poehler's "Moxie" Is The BUSTiest Film Of The Season—Or Possibly ...
- Created on 17 March 2021
- 8. The Historic 2021 Oscars Nominations Could Mean Big Business For Future Women in Film
- (Movies)
- 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
- 9. Asia Kate Dillon of 'Billons' Calls For An End To Gendered Acting Categories In Open Letter To SAG Award
- (TV)
- ... institutions, such as The Academy, would refrain from gender-biased decisions and choose the actor who gave the best performance overall. Although, the fact that #OscarsSoWhite trended for the fourth year ...
- Created on 17 June 2020
- 10. Alicia Silverstone Opens Up About Dealing With Body-Shaming BS In Her 20s
- (Feminism)
- ... News article from 1996 followed an appearance of hers at the Oscars, where she presented for best makeup. Despite the strides she was making in Hollywood, which the writer acknowledges right at the top, ...
- Created on 21 April 2020
- 11. “Bravo la Pédophilie”: Actress Adèle Haenel Walks out of César Film Awards After Roman Polanski Wins Best Director
- (Feminism)
- ... everywhere. #merciadelehaenel https://t.co/R9QBXj1MYH — Rendy Jones (@Rendy_Jones) February 28, 2020 The César Film Awards are the French equivalent of The Oscars. Since his conviction and fleeing custody ...
- Created on 02 March 2020
- 12. ABC Called This Frida Mom Ad "Graphic" and We Need to Fight the Stigma of Postpartum Recover
- (Living)
- ... forgotten. In other postpartum news this week, a commercial by Frida Mom, a company that sells postpartum products, was rejected by ABC and the Oscars to air because it was “too graphic.” Frida Mom posted ...
- Created on 10 February 2020
- 13. Natalie Portman’s Cape and 9 Other Feminist Moments We Loved From The 92nd Academy Awards
- (Entertainment)
- ... PoC nominees, and the beloved Oscars were no different. But just because the nominations were so discouraging didn’t mean feminist celebs weren’t still going to serve. While we here at BUST are still screaming ...
- Created on 10 February 2020
- 14. The Top Feminist Moments From The 77th Golden Globes
- (Entertainment)
- ... seems too slow, especially since we are in 2020 and still seeing many firsts for those people in the industry. We’ll keep our fingers crossed for the Oscars next month. Image Courtesy of NBC via ...
- Created on 06 January 2020
- 15. The Academy Snubs Yet Another Black Female Filmmaker
- (Movies)
- Lionheart (2019), directed by celebrated Nigerian actress Genevieve Nnaji, was Nigeria’s first ever submission for the now re-branded “International Feature Film” category for the Academy Awards. The ...
- Created on 06 November 2019
- 16. Disgraced Affleck Brothers To Release Unpromising Movies About Women
- (Entertainment)
- Turns out Hollywood brothers Ben and Casey Affleck have more in common than some Oscars and #MeToo allegations—they’re both slated to release movies with seriously problematic premises. Casey Affleck’s ...
- Created on 24 July 2019
- 17. "Pose's" Billy Porter Slays By Always Paying Homage To The Past: BUST Intervi
- (Entertainment)
- ... a golden Egyptian god, carried on a litter by six shirtless men. But this wasn’t his only red carpet victory of 2019. Back in February, he also made headlines at the Oscars for his head-turning, gender-binary-bashing ...
- Created on 22 July 2019
- 18. What The Tweens Were Into: 2000s Edition
- (Entertainment)
- ... the 2000s! Dreamgirls was the smash hit of 2007, winning awards all over the place, including 2 Oscars. Dreamgirls, Dreamworks Jennifer Hudson took home the Oscar for Best Supporting Actress, cementing ...
- Created on 06 May 2019
- 19. This Designer Turns Scenery Into Style
- (Style)
- As a professional stage manager for more than 17 years, Jen Kahn has seen a lot of theatrical sets—and watched many of them get thrown away. “It broke my heart to see all of that art just go in ...
- Created on 29 March 2019
- 20. A "Green Book" Producer Had This to Say to Our Editor - And We Can't Roll Our Eyes Hard Enough ...
- (Movies)
- We don’t have to tell you that Green Book won big last night. The disappointment was palpable across the Internet. Though the film took home the night's biggest award, it had been mired in controversy ...
- Created on 25 February 2019
