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George H.W. Bush’s granddaughter, Ashley’s Film Win “People’s Choice” Award at Dallas Film Festival

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The Queen's New ClothesThe granddaughter of the late George H.W. Bush, Ashley Bush, can now add award winning film director to her extensive resume. Bush’s latest film, The Queen’s New Clothes, won the People’s Choice Award at the Dallas Film Festival.

The documentary, starring Winn Morton, will premiere on Monday June 3rd, 2019 at 6:30pm at the Maysles Documentary Center. There will be a reception following the premier. All ticket sales will go to the Maysles Documentary Center, which provides the underserved communities in New York educational tools to learn filmmaking. Run time is 24 minutes.

The film follows the legendary 90 year old costume designer, Winn Morton, as he bring his over the top style and designer skills to a small town debutante pageant in rural Texas. He honed his craft on the Broadway and he designed costumes and sets for the circus, notable Ringling Bros. but he also has designed for ice shows, balls, and festivals. His love for the fantastical and his immense creativity has helped to solidify Morton as a design genius.

Ashley Bush, daughter of Sharon Bush and Neil Bush, is a Los Angeles based filmmaker who is originally from Texas. She graduated from Barnard University with an Arts degree in English and film. She also received her Masters at USC School of Cinematic Arts, specializing in writing and directing. She got her first taste of the filmmaking by helping to assist Cary Fukunaga on the set of his 2015 Netflix feature, Beasts of No Nation. She currently has a much anticipated half-hour mockumentary show, Campaign!, in development with CAA and Rough Cut.

As a child of a philanthropist, Ashley is a humanitarian at heart. She is a founding member of the Athena Film Festival. Her mother Sharon Bush, has started multiple foundations to help the underserved in communities both in the United States and all over the world. The festival is held at Barnard College of Columbia University in New York City and it focuses on films celebrating women and leadership. The festival also hosts workshops, master classes and panels on a variety of topics that focus on women in the film industry.

 

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Sharon Bush Reacts to Her Ex Mother in Law’s Biography

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Sharon Bush reacts to Barbara Bush's BiographyThe Bush family has been in the news a lot lately. There have been marriages, funerals, and now a book. A new biography about Barbara Bush, “The Matriarch: Barbara Bush and the Making of an American Dynasty” by Susan Page details the life of one of the most influential first ladies in American political history. Bush died last year at the age of 92 from complications from congestive heart disease and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, or COPD. The biography gives a very inside look into the former first lady’s life as the family rose through the political ranks.

There were some very surprising revelations in the book that were quite shocking. The book includes interviews that the author had with Barbara in the months preceding her death. It was revealed that Barbara suffered from depression and thought about killing herself during the 1970’s. It was suggested in the book that the reason why Barbara suffered from depression was because she either knew or suspected a long time affair between her husband, George H.W. Bush, and one of his long time aides, Jennifer Fitzgerald. This was never confirmed but Page firmly believes that this to be true.

Her ex daughter in law, Sharon Bush, had a lot of feelings about this revelation. She states that she never had direct knowledge of the affair but she told People in a recent interview  that she believes the long time rumors about the affair. Looking back, Sharon wishes that Barbara would have reached out to her for help or support. She told People, “I would have thought she would have been more empathetic, having gone through that herself. It’s just interesting that she was suicidal but would not even take my phone calls, wasn’t empathetic at all,” she added, “I was in shock because, you know, we had a very close relationship.”

The affair would be denied by all parties when the allegations first surfaced. Fitzgerald first worked for George when he was the top U.S. diplomat in China. She later followed him when he decided to come back to Washington, D.C., and then stayed with hum during his run for presidency and when he won, she followed him to the White House. Allegations first surfaced in 1988 and then later in 1992. Barbara was very adamant that there was so affair during that time. Fitzgerald to this day denies that there ever was an affair.

Sharon’s very public divorce in 2003 from Barbara’s son, Neil, was a headline grabbing story. It was discovered that Neil was having an affair and Sharon felt like she was cut out of the family. The recent revelation about a possible affair between her ex father in law and his aide brought up some painful feelings for her. She wishes there could have been more of a relationship so the two women could have supported each other through such a difficult time.

The book, available on Amazon, has a 4.5 out of 5 on Goodreads and is described as “the riveting tale of a woman who helped define two American presidencies and an entire political era. Written by USA TODAY’s Washington Bureau chief Susan Page, this biography is informed by more than one hundred interviews with Bush friends and family members, hours of conversation with Mrs. Bush herself in the final six months of her life, and access to her diaries that spanned decades. THE MATRIARCH examines not only her public persona but also less well-known aspects of her remarkable life.”

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Sharon Bush Wasn’t Allowed To Attend The George H.W. Bush Funeral

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Sharon Bush, with little surprise to anyone, was once again turned a blind eye by ex-husband Neil Bush during the passing of her children’s grandfather. The 41st president of the United States, George H.W. Bush, passed away on November 30th, 2018 at the age of 94. The natural motherly instincts held within Sharon Bush’s heart left her children, Lauren, Pierce, and Ashley, with open arms to grieve in. Sharon had hoped to extend this support to her children and their family members at the funeral of her ex-father in law. She had made clear her hopes of attending the celebration of life for her children’s grandfather, but received only a petty note from not Neil himself, but from his secretary, that there were simply not enough pews in the National Cathedral to squeeze in Sharon Bush according to PageSix. Sharon’s 23-year long marriage with ex-husband Neil Bush left her reasonably wishing to pay respects to her former father-in-law. Saddened by the actions and disregards of Neil Bush, Sharon Bush respectfully accepted her circumstance as her three children children sorrowed at 11am EST, December 5th in Washington D.C.  

The Spotlight shone on Sharon the day after the Washington funeral when The Daily Mail produced an uninformed and inappropriately skewed article pertaining to Sharon Bush’s whereabouts during the D.C. service. The Daily Mail article’s brash attitude and tone toward Sharon promoted their websites traffic by producing misrepresented and distorted work. This article focused on an Instagram post by Sharon Bush. A picture of Sharon and her friends, Anne Heart and Cynthia Germanotta, captioned “Taking a break from watching my daughters speak at the funeral procession. A girlfriends lunch with the fabulous Anne and Cynthia. #godblessfriends”, was posted during the service she had longed to attend.

Surrounding herself with friends while she was not allowed to be by her children as they mourned the death of their grandfather, was twisted by Daily Mail to corrupt the image of Sharon. It wasn’t until an article posted by Page Six that finally the trust came out about Sharon’s whereabouts during the service. The Daily Mail made wild insinuations as they headlined their article “Neil Bush’s ex-wife Sharon spends the day lunching with girlfriends while her daughters and the rest of the family lay George H.W. Bush to rest”, assuming Sharon ignored the funeral and made a day with her girlfriends out of it. The Page Six article clearly debunks this inaccurate claim, telling how Sharon’s inclination to attend was audaciously denied by ex-husband Neil Bush and his inability to let go of past matters.

Neil Bush’s lack of concern toward Sharon Bush’s attendance of George H.W. Bush’s funeral service stems from a long past of foregoing actions. As the departed couple’s children grew up, Sharon took on what seemed to be an almost single-mother type parental role. Neil was frequently traveling and out of the house due to the nature of his work. It was Sharon’s goal as a philanthropist and a mother to raise their children with open minds and open hearts. Lauren, Pierce, and Ashley, alongside their mother Sharon, spent numerous hours of their upbringing helping those who are economically and situationally disadvantaged.

Today, Sharon Bush’s children thrive in the philanthropic world– many thanks to their mother’s influence. Sharon’s eldest daughter, Lauren Bush Lauren, married to Ralph Lauren’s son, co-created FEED Projects in 2003. FEED focuses on helping to combat the hunger crisis around the world from the profits of FEED bags and totes. Middle Bush child, Pierce Bush, is the CEO of Big Brothers and Big Sisters Lone Star. This agency works to provide mentorship programs for youth across the country. The youngest sibling, Ashley Bush, works with women in safe houses to obtain their GEDS, along with being a filmmaker. Sharon’s philanthropic ventures include her work with Protein Matrix, a company providing solutions to remedy environmental pollution in wastewater treatments. Sharon is also a board member of the UN Women for Peace to work toward advancing the education and access to resources for women around the world. One of her most primary philanthropic aims was made through her organization, Teddy Shares. Teddy Shares uses profits from its teddy bear sales to give nutritional supplement aids to malnourished areas of Africa. Sharon has even partnered with daughter Lauren’s organization, FEED, to provide aid to even more areas across the world.            

The divorce between Sharon and Neil was anything but private. Public scandals, Neil’s affair, and accusations amidst the two flooded newsstands and headlines. More often than not, Sharon got the short end of the stick on these scandals as support from the Bush empire was on Neil’s blood side. Despite all of the turmoil that arose during the time of their divorce, Sharon Bush still made an effort to publically honor the life of George H.W. Bush, whom was close in her life for 23 years. Days after the death of the 41st president, Sharon posted to Instagram saying, “This is a very sweet picture of my Ashley reading to her grandfather a few months ago. May he Rest In Peace.” Additionally, she posted to Instagram the day of the former presidents funeral service in Washington D.C. stating, “My girls Lauren and Ashley reading scriptures at their grandfathers funeral. So proud of them. May he RIP #proudmama.”               

Even 15 years after Sharon Bush and Neil Bush’s divorce, the discord between the two still stands, as shown by Neil’s indecency during his father’s funeral. He took the day intended to celebrate the long successful life of his father, the grandfather of his children, and used it to once more step on the toes of Sharon Bush.

 

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