by Monique Jones | Shadow & Act Viola Davis is here to let you know her thoughts on the inclusion rider and Hollywood’s problem with diversity. During Variety’s Inclusion Summit, where Davis was the keynote speaker, she talked about how inclusion...
by Beyoncé Knowles-Carter | Time Magazine Loving Michelle Obama wasn’t much of a choice. It was something that came naturally, because of how she carried herself. Because she resembled us and was moving in spaces where, as black Americans, we weren’t exactly meant to...
Director: Brian Ivie Writer(s): Brian Ivie Starring: Kyle Leatherberry, Brien Gregorie, Mark Williams Synopsis: On June 17th, 2015, a white supremacist walked into a bible study and murdered nine African Americans. This is the story of the victims and survivors of...
Director: James Gunn Writer(s): James Gunn, Zak Penn (treatment), Adam Cozad (script), John Ostrander (comic book), Anthony Tambakis (screenplay) Starring: Margot Robbie, Idris Elba, Jared Leto, Jai Courtney, Viola Davis, Amanda Rabinowitz, John Cena Synopsis: Plot is...
LOS ANGELES, CA (February 13, 2019) –The nominees for the 50th NAACP Image Awards were exclusively announced today at the Television Critics Association’s (TCA) TV One’s joint press conference with Derrick Johnson, President and CEO of the NAACP and Alfred Liggins,...
Director: Unknown Writer(s): A.J. Wolfe (novel), Fredrick Kotto (screenplay) Starring: Mahershala Ali, Viola Davis Synopsis: An undercover detective in Northern California tried so take down a dangerous drug cartel while keeping his undercover life secret from his...
Director: Claire McCarthy Writer(s): Claire McCarthy, Ann Weisgarber (novel) Starring: Viola Davis, Saniyya Sidney Synopsis: A heavily pregnant woman on an isolated, drought-stricken ranch is not certain if she can trust her husband to put her and their starving...
Director: Bert & Berti Writer(s): Lucy Alibar Starring: Mckenna Grace, Viola Davis, Allison Janney, Jim Gaffigan, Mike Epps, Edi Patterson, Charlie Shotwell, Milan Ray, Johanna Colón, Maureen Brennan, Jecobi Swain, Ashley Brooke, Kai N. Ture, Elton...
Nancy Tartaglione | Deadline Hollywood BAFTA has revealed its nominations for this year’s EE British Academy Film Awards with Fox Searchlight’s The Favourite from Yorgos Lanthimos leading the list of contenders at 12. Also making strong showings are Netflix’s Roma,...
The nonprofit Sundance Institute announced today the showcase of new independent feature films selected across all categories for the 2019 Sundance Film Festival. The Festival hosts screenings in Park City, Salt Lake City and at Sundance Mountain Resort, from January...
Director: Unknown Writer(s): Jodi Picoult (novel) Starring: Viola Davis, Julia Roberts Synopsis: The novel follows Ruth Jefferson, a veteran African America delivery nurse at a Connecticut hospital who is assigned to a new case, only to find out the that the patient’s...
Director: Unknown Writer(s): Kirk Ellis Starring: Viola Davis, Mike Gassaway Synopsis: The life of Civil War-era activist Harriet Tubman, who worked to liberate slaves in the American South by developing an a secretive system that allowed them to escape to freedom....
…We’re Scratching Our Heads About by Jordan Simon | Shadow and Act The nominations for the 2019 Golden Globe Awards were announced Thursday morning, and while we are satisfied for the well-deserved nominations given to Black Panther,...
Director: Maggie Betts Writer(s): Adam Countee Starring: Viola Davis Synopsis: Biopic about the life of Congresswoman Shirley Chisholm. Release Date: Unknown | Length: Unknown | Genre: Biography, Drama, History | MPAA Rating: Unknown Note: Viola Davis is also a...
Director: Unknown Writer(s): Maria Bello Starring: Viola Davis, Lupita Nyong’o Synopsis: The film is inspired by true events in the Kingdom of Dahomey, a powerful state in 18th century. It will tell the story of Nanisca (Davis), general of the all-female...
Director: Malcolm D. Lee Writer(s): Terry McMillan (novel, screenplay), Ron Bass (screenplay) Starring: Viola Davis Synopsis: Georgia Young, a twice-divorced, successful optometrist. Despite a life, full of great friends and family, she hasn’t felt a romantic spark in...
from the BFI official website The 62nd BFI London Film Festival in partnership with American Express is thrilled to announce that this year’s Opening Night gala will be Academy Award-winner Steve McQueen’s Widows. The international premiere will take place on...
Director: James Lapine Writer(s): James Lapine Starring: Viola Davis, Hayden Panettiere, Catalina Sandino Moreno, Ellen Burstyn, Jaden Michael, Bryce Lorenzo, Nicholas L. Ashe, Julius Tennon, Karen Pittman, Roger Robinson, Shenell Edmonds, Tarik Lowe, Scott Martin,...
from Variety.com Event: 89th Annual Oscar Awards Date: February 26, 2017 Location: Hollywood, California Academy President Cheryl Boone Isaacs was joined by Demian Bichir, Dustin Lance Black, Glenn Close, Guillermo del Toro, Marcia Gay Harden, Terrence Howard,...
Director: Marshall Tyler Writer(s): Marshall Tyler Starring: Tunde Adebimpe, China Shavers, Luis Daniel Acosta, Randy Jay Burrell, Alexia Rae Castillo, Red Grant, Cairos Heinen, Paul James Jordan, Robert E Lewis, Newton Mayenge, William Ngo, Anton Petrov, Calvin...
Director: Denzel Washington Writer(s): August Wilson, Tony Kushner Starring: Denzel Washington, Viola Davis, Mykelti Williamson, Russell Hornsby, Saniyya Sidney, DieselDonlow, Jovan Adepo, Stephen Henderson, Mark Falvo, Malik Abdul Khaaliq, Toussaint Raphael Abessolo,...
VENUE: BAFTA’s headquarters, 195 Piccadilly in London DATE: January 15, 2017 The British Academy of Film and Television Arts has announced today that BAFTA-nominated actress Viola Davis will discuss her craft and career at a special ‘BAFTA A Life in Pictures’ event...
Nominees were announced for the 48th NAACP Image Awards are in. Winners will be announced on February 11, 2017 at a ceremony airing live on TV One. Anthony Anderson will return as host. ENTERTAINER OF THE YEAR Beyoncé Knowles Viola Davis Regina King Dwayne “The Rock”...
Tom Hanks and Viola Davis chatted during a taping of Variety‘s “Actors on Actors” on a range of topics, including sex scenes and diversity on TV vs film. For more, tune in when the fifth season of the series, presented by The Venetian Las Vegas, debuts on PBS SoCal on...
Q&A with Denzel Washington, Viola Davis, Jovan Adepo, Stephen Henderson, Russell Hornsby, Mykelti Williamson and Saniyya Sidney of FENCES. Moderated by Jenelle Riley,...
from Variety Variety is pleased to announce its annual list of 10 Actors to Watch, an honor the publication has bestowed since 1998. Past honorees include many future Oscar winners and nominees, such as Viola Davis, Taraji P. Henson, Octavia Spencer, Brie Larson,...
Director: David Ayer Writer(s): David Ayer, John Ostrander Starring: Margot Robbie, Jai Courtney, Scott Eastwood, Cara Delevingne, Will Smith, Jared Leto, Joel Kinnaman, Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje, Viola Davis, Common, Sabine Mondestin, Brianna Goldie, Raymond...
UPDATE: Winners marked in red Lauded by critics for its style, simplicity and genuine warmth, the Screen Actors Guild Awards® presented by SAG-AFTRA, which made its debut in 1995, has become one of the industry’s most prized honors. The only televised awards shows to...
By Aramide A Tinubu | Shadow and Act Meagan Good has been working in the entertainment industry for well over twenty years. She first burst onto the scene as the troubled and secretive tween, Cicely Batiste in Kasi Lemmons’ 1960’s era “Eve’s Bayou” alongside Samuel L....
Elizabeth Wagmeister | Variety Debbie Allen rose to fame with “Fame,” serving as a director, producer and choreographer. She was also the first black woman to be Emmy-nominated in the dramatic lead actress category. More than three decades later, she has a recurring...
By Tambay A. Obenson | Shadow and Act Viola Davis, who won a Tony award for her performance in the 2010 Broadway production of “Fences,” has revealed that she will appear in a screen adaptation of the August Wilson play. “They are...
By Antonia Blyth | Deadline Hollywood It’s become an infamous TV moment: Two-time Oscar nominee Viola Davis removed her wig and wiped away her make-up as Annalise Keating on ABC’s How To Get Away With Murder, and the show took on a whole new edge. That scene was...
Director: Charles Stone III Writer(s): Pat Gilfillan Starring: Viola Davis, Jennifer Lopez, Shea Whigham, Andre Royo, Aml Ameen, Chris Chalk, Julius Tennon, Yolonda Ross, Gino Vento, Will Brittain, Michole Briana White, Scott Poythress, Ian Casselberry, Whitney...
by Anthony D’Alessandro | Deadline Hollywood The Primetime Emmys showed substantial progress this year in recognizing African-American thesps, who received 18 nominations across all acting categories — easily eclipsing last year’s record high of 11 noms. The...
on Tackling Serious Issues With Their Characters Variety Staff | Variety.com The following is part of Variety’s Actors on Actor Emmy Studio. For more videos, click here. Jane Fonda: What is so interesting to me about movie acting and television acting — acting in...
Debra Birnbaum | Variety.com Freshman shows topped the Television Critics Association annual awards, with Fox’s “Empire” and Amazon’s “Transparent” leading the pack with four nods each, including the prestigious program of the year. The nominations were particularly...
Nellie Andreeva | Deadline Hollywood The story of one of the least known heroes of the Old West, Deputy Marshal Bass Reeves, is finally headed to the screen. HBO has HBO logoput in development an untitled event miniseries project, from Morgan Freeman and Lori...
Cynthia Littleton | @Variety_Cynthia | Variety.com Viola Davis is attached to star in an HBO telepic about the life of Harriet Tubman, the activist who helped devise a system that allowed hundreds of slaves to escape to freedom via the Underground Railroad. Davis is...
Variety.com Director David Ayer tweeted the first cast photo of “Suicide Squad” on Wednesday. The star-studded group, which includes Will Smith, Margot Robbie, Viola Davis, Joel Kinnaman and Jai Courtney, sat down for a table reading before the film starts shooting...
by Jennifer Maas • @jmaas421 | EW.com Oscar nominees Viola Davis and Catalina Sandino Moreno are attached to star in the James Lapine-directed drama Custody. The Into the Woods author also penned the film’s script, which follows a judge (Davis) who presides over a...
by Natalie Abrams | Entertainment Weekly …from her childhood. In it she’s a kindergartner wearing a red, blue, and white jumper, with a ponytail sticking out from her head. “That’s the little girl I remember,” recalls Davis, 49, who grew up in the tiny,...
Director: Michael Mann Writer(s): Morgan Davis Foehl (screenplay), Michael Mann (screenplay), Michael Mann (story) and Morgan Davis Foehl (story) Starring: Chris Hemsworth, Leehom Wang, Wei Tang, Viola Davis, Holt McCallany, Andy On, Ritchie Coster, Christian Borle,...
Directors: D. Channsin Berry, Bill Duke Writer(s): D. Channsin Berry, Bill Duke Stars: Stephanie A., Soren Baker, Joni Bovill, Kirk Bovill, Viola Davis, Corinne Gilliard, Bill Johnson, Emily Yang Synopsis: Documentary exploring the deep-seated biases and attitudes...
Director: Steven Soderbergh Writer(s): Stanislaw Lem (novel), Steven Soderbergh (screenplay) Starring: George Clooney, Natascha McElhone, Viola Davis, Jeremy Davies, Ulrich Tukur, John Cho, Morgan Rusler, Shane Skelton, Donna Kimball, Michael Ensign, Elpidia Carrillo,...
Director: Steven Soderbergh Writer(s): Elmore Leonard, Scott Frank Starring: George Clooney, Jennifer Lopez, Jim Robinson, Mike Malone, Ving Rhames, Don Cheadle, Donna Frenzel, Catherine Keener, Manny Suárez, Dennis Farina, Keith Hudson, Steve Zahn, Albert Brooks,...
