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2023 Oscars: Brian Tyree Henry’s Most Memorable Roles
As the Atlanta star celebrates his first Oscar nomination, we take a look at some of his most memorable performances.
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Dear Michelle Rodriguez, Viola Davis Cannot Suck the Racism out of Liam Neeson via Tongue Kiss
Unless you’ve been living under the blissful rock on Ignorance Lane, you may have heard about the time no one asked Liam Neeson to reminisce on his fantastic voyage into Taken 4: Black Bastard. Quick summary: The Cold Pursuit star mused on a particular instance that inspired his role, where his friend told him she…
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2019 BAFTAs: Nominations Are Out and The 'Rising Star' Category is Particularly Black AF
It’s that time again: the film industry across the pond is staking their claim within awards season with The British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA) Awards nominees for 2019. Fun fact: some awards prediction experts also use what happens at the BAFTAs to determine what will happen at the Academy Awards because the…
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'I Cannot Lead With Bullshit': Viola Davis is Fed Up With Black Women Being Left Behind and She's Doing Something About it
In yet another display of “Viola Davis’ Speeches Are Better Than Everyone Else’s,” the Widows actor took the stage as an honoree of The Hollywood Reporter’s 2018 Women in Entertainment Power 100. In her speech, she stood up for not just women, but black women. Calling out the “lies” of The Brady Bunch, Gilligan’s Island…
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Viola Davis: 'If I were not a celebrity, I’d be invisible'
“I always say that if I were not a celebrity, I’d be invisible” said Viola Davis as she sat across from NPR’s Audie Cornish. The Emmy, the Tony and the Academy Award-winning actress is a black woman from South Carolina. Her father trained horses and her mother was a maid. The harsh reality is, if…
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Viola Davis Only Lasting 2 Days of a 28-Day Cleanse Is All of Us
We are now firmly in the holiday season—or, as I like to call it, “food-pocalypse,” because it is the suspension of all rationale. Specifically, each Halloween to New Year’s Eve is the time of year that I, like most, give up trying to be virtuous and succumb to the lure of holiday parties, happy hours…
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It’s a Wrap! Urbanworld Closes Its 22nd Year With a Very Promising Slate of Fall Films
Collaboration, innovation and the power of women—these were recurrent themes at the 2018 Urbanworld Film Festival, which brought unseen gems, highly-anticipated box office hits, and established and up-and-coming filmmakers and talents from all over the world together for five incredible days in New York City. The week, which opened with the Tiffany Haddish and Kevin…
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Aspiring to the A-List? Viola Davis Talks Inclusion, Inequities and Acting in Her Natural Hair
It’s strange to consider a world in which Viola Davis isn’t considered “A-list.” The woman already has a star on the Walk of Fame and is just one Grammy away from being achieving “EGOT” status (surely, someone’s got an audiobook that could use her talents, no?). So, when a new interview with the star in…
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Viola Davis and Her Band of Widows Shine in New Trailer
Director Steve McQueen’s upcoming film Widows is one of the most anticipated films this fall, and in a newly released trailer, you get to see why. The film, which was written by McQueen and Gone Girl‘s Gillian Flynn, stars Viola Davis, Brian Tyree Henry, Colin Farrell, Daniel Kaluuya, Jon Bernthal, Jacki Weaver, Michelle Rodriguez, Cynthia…