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Female-Led Indie Movies Dominated Releases This Past Year: Here Are Ten You Should Watch (Without Going To The Theater)
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It’s no secret that the film industry took a major hit in the past year—cinema culture especially so. I spent the past year primarily enjoying older movies, and not really paying attention to new releases ...
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Created on 16 February 2021
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"Assassins" Is A Conspiracy-Filled Nail Bite
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(Movies)
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... how these women ended up in such an unbelievable situation, and why their stories matter now. –LYDIA WANG
Assassins hits theaters and virtual cinemas on December 11th and is out on VOD on January ...
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Created on 08 January 2021
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Feminist Comedian Lizz Winstead, Co-Creator Of "The Daily Show," Wants You To Laugh To Keep From Crying: Bust Intervie
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(Entertainment)
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In the year of the pivot, comedians have had to get creative with their venues. At least for now, the days of packed, basement-dark comedy clubs and soaring, Liberace-esque amphitheaters are gone. Instead, ...
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Created on 17 December 2020
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Director Ekwa Msangi and Actor Jayme Lawson Tell An Intimate Immigration Story With "Farewell Amor": BUST Intervie
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(Movies)
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... new. I had only ever experienced theater, so it was perfect timing because the character of Sylvia is in a position where she has to take in so much information, she has to process a lot and also observe. ...
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Created on 08 December 2020
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Comedian Catherine Cohen Wants You To Feel Less Alone: BUST Interview
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(Arts)
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... be an actress in NYC. I fell into comedy after taking an improv class with some UCB [Upright Citizens Brigade] teachers at the Williamstown Theater Festival one magical summer. Unfortunately, I was instantly ...
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Created on 30 November 2020
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“Ammonite” Overlooks the Real Life Story of Paleontologist Mary Anning
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(Movies)
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... Mary—but the more meaningful love story begins with Mary’s discovery of the ichthyosaur.
Ammonite opens in select theaters on November 13th
Header image courtesy of Neon
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Created on 13 November 2020
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How Crystal Nelson’s Character in Netflix’s “Grand Army” Inspired Her to Be Her True Self: BUST Interview
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(TV)
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... That kind of sparked an excitement for me, it sparked a joy for me. But I didn't really focus on acting until I was in middle school. I was playing basketball at the same time that I was taking theater. ...
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Created on 16 October 2020
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5 Important Moments From This Year's Billboard Music Award
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(Music)
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There is no question that last night’s Billboard Music Awards stood out from previous years. Not only did the event, which takes place in L.A.'s Dolby Theater, happen without a live audience, but stars ...
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Created on 15 October 2020
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Week of Women: Mulan, Throwing Muses, Sigrid Nunez
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(Entertainment)
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... Read on for everything that’s on our radar this week.
MOVIES/TV
Mulan
Originally scheduled for release back in March, Disney’s live-action Mulan is finally hitting (virtual) theaters. The film, ...
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Created on 03 September 2020
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DC Releases Highly Anticipated Trailers for "Wonder Woman 1984", "Suicide Squad" and "The Batm
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(Movies)
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... and fully suited up as Batman, beating up thugs. "The hell are you supposed to be?" one of them asks, with Pattinson's Batman answering, "I'm vengeance." The Batman is set to hit theaters Oct. 1, 2021.
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Created on 24 August 2020
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Sarah Stiles on Her New EP, Her "Steven Universe" Role, And How You Can Help Broadway During COVID: BUST Intervie
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(Entertainment)
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... the near future. She really feels for her friends in the theater world whose productions were cut short due to COVID as it was recently revealed that Broadway would be shut down until mid-2021, leaving ...
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Created on 21 August 2020
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12.
'Real Life is Comedy': Kris Rey and Gillian Jacobs Spill On "I Used to Go Here" ...
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(Movies)
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... I USED TO GO HERE premiering tonight- ChiTown Movies Drive-In Theater- w/ live Q&A w/ Kris Rey! "[Jacobs'] ability to hone in on the awkwardness of each and every situation finds just the right note of ...
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Created on 30 July 2020
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TV Writer Priscila Garcia-Jacquier Calls For White Latinx to Unpack Their Privilege: BUST Interview
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(Entertainment)
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... blind spots and completely disregard for acknowledging and centering Afro/Indigenous voices and lives.
Originally from Colombia, Priscila Garcia-Jacquier has straddled many identities. Once a theater ...
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Created on 28 July 2020
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The Women Of "Sesame Street" Share Their Behind-The-Scenes Storie
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(TV)
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... development through the arts. “I was going to be a drama therapist or a special-ed teacher. But I really love theater,” she says. “On Sesame Street, we really rise up and are a tool for parents to be able ...
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Created on 17 July 2020
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Drawing Vaginas Can Get You Jailed in Russia
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(Arts)
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... since her beginnings as a director of youth theater. In 2019, police started an investigation of her play The Blue and The Pink, which explored gender stereotypes. The artist was arrested on November 20 ...
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Created on 13 July 2020
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The "Respect" Teaser Trailer Is Finally Here: Jennifer Hudson Stars as Aretha Frankli
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(Movies)
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... ascension to fame and her work with the civil rights movement. Hitting theaters this December 25, 2020, Respect is set to feature the one and only Jennifer Hudson as Aretha Franklin.
Opening with a ...
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Created on 06 July 2020
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Arthur Conan Doyle Estate Sues Netflix’s ‘Enola Holmes’ For Depicting Sherlock As...A Feminist?
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(Movies)
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... CBS's Elementary starring Lucy Lui as Watson, and of course, BBC Masterpiece Theater’s television series, Sherlock. While the 1984 television series stuck to portraying Holmes as a cold and unemotional ...
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Created on 01 July 2020
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BUST's 10 Best Bets For Summer 202
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(Entertainment)
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... it in theaters and on-demand July 3.
6. Pot Psychology Podcast
Hosted by former BUST editor Tracie Morrissey and her BFF Rich Juzwiak from Jezebel, this “potcast” is a spinoff of the cannabis-loving ...
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Created on 30 June 2020
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Here Are The Women Winners Of The 2020 Pulitzer Prizes
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(Books)
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... in theater and film.
7. Melinda Henneberger for Editorial Writing
Henneberger of The Kansas City Star became a finalist for the Editorial Writing Prize for editorials on sexual assault, domestic violence, ...
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Created on 06 May 2020
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Make Some B-Movie Magic With Josie Cotton's Groovy New Tune, “Girl In Gold Boots”: BUST Premier
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(Music)
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... on this dark and somewhat sticky corner of the theater, Cotton is championing (or at least egging on) these B-movie heroines, however flawed they might have been.
Perhaps it's not so insane to imagine ...
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Created on 30 April 2020