‘American Fiction’ Star Erika Alexander on Breaking Into the Awards Race and Reconsidering a ‘Living Single’ Revival

Da’Vine Joy Randolph is one of the biggest breakout stars of the year and she’s getting a lot of awards love right now!

Stuart Miller Hollywood being what it is, “This Is Us” star Sterling K. Brown has spent years deflecting roles to yet again play “a Black guy in a white family who’s finding his way in.” Brown said no because he’s adamant about not getting pigeonholed, as he demonstrated this year by shifting to “Biosphere,” a post-apocalyptic two-hander with Mark Duplass, and then “American Fiction,” which is simultaneously a family drama, a meta-literary satire and a commentary on race in America today. “I wouldn’t want to do three movies in a row with the same kind of role,” he says.

Former Hollyoaks star Sarah Jayne Dunn was dazzling as she was spotted beaming from ear to ear during a recent family holiday to Barbados.The actress, best known for her long-standing character Mandy Richardson on the Channel 4 soap, walked hand-in-hand with her husband Jonathan Smith and their seven year old son Stanley. Sarah, 42, was pictured wearing a colourful sundress, pink sandals and her blonde hair pulled back in a ponytail. Jonathan, who Sarah said 'I do' to in a beautiful ceremony back in 2018, opted for a laid-back look including tan shorts, black Crocs and a tropical pink shirt.

Zack Sharf Digital News Director Jeffrey Wright‘s latest stop on his “American Fiction” press tour was a cast interview with Entertainment Weekly in which he shocked his co-stars with a story about how he once refused a studio’s request to censor his dialogue. The Emmy winner starred in Ang Lee’s 1999 Civil War drama “Ride With the Devil” as a former slave fighting for his freedom. “In this scene in which he has this kind of the apex of his awakening and his need to emancipate himself, he says, ‘Being that man’s friend was no more than being his n—–.

Deadline’s Read the Screenplay series spotlighting the year’s most talked-about scripts continues with writer-director Cord Jefferson‘s feature film debut American Fiction.

The list of feature documentaries still in contention for the Oscars has been cut to 15 finalists, a brutal culling from a contingent of 167 qualifiers. The annual shortlist announcement leaves a handful of filmmakers celebrating, many more disappointed, and documentary watchers with much to debate. 

You might be wondering if Anderson Cooper has anyone special to kiss when the clock strikes midnight on New Year’s Eve.

Andy Cohen will be onstage with New Year’s Eve Live cohost Anderson Cooper when the clock strikes midnight, but you might want to know if there’s anyone he could be kissing in the first moments of 2024.

A TikTok star from Glasgow has told how he went from losing his mum at just six years old and being taken into care to owning two successful wrestling businesses.

Catastrophe star Sharon Horgan has been left "heartbroken" after her dad John passed away this week.The Irish TV star and writer, 53, is grieving, along with her four siblings, including rugby ace Shane Horgan, the death of their father who died following a battle with cancer. John Horgan, who was a farmer from New Zealand, was with his family when he passed away, reports The Mirror.The family, including Sharon's mother Ursula, are set to bury John in the village of Termonfeckin, Co. Louth on Tuesday.The news of his death was announced on RIP.ie as, it read: "The death has occurred of John (Donald) Horgan of Strand Rd, Termonfeckin, Co.

Hello, and welcome to the Scene 2 Seen Podcast. I am Valerie Complex, an associate editor and film writer at Deadline.

Clayton Davis Senior Awards Editor Who says you can’t laugh and win Oscars, too? In a stunning year for cinema, the candidates for the coveted best picture category are overflowing with prime comedic endeavors that surpass their dramatic counterparts. From a toy doll to an author with a triumphant “Black book” to a reverse Frankenstein tale that shows a whole lot of sex, the Academy has an opportunity to invite the softer side of cinema to its ceremony.

Andrew Haigh’s drama All of Us Strangers has landed nine London Critics’ Circle Awards nominations, ahead of Christopher Nolan’s Oppenheimer, which has scored seven.

We had a question for Jeffrey Wright, but we knew we had to be careful with it. The star of Cord Jefferson‘s award-season darling, “American Fiction,” is in the running for a Best Actor Oscar nomination and has already won several critics’ group awards.

The topic of race in America is a challenging one to discuss nowadays. On the one hand, you have various groups of non-white people who are exhausted trying to explain how racism runs rampant.

Naman Ramachandran Musician and BAFTA nominated actor Olly Alexander will represent the U.K. at the 2024 Eurovision Song Contest in Sweden. Alexander revealed the news on Saturday during the finale of BBC’s “Strictly Come Dancing.” As a musician, Alexander fronted English band Years & Years, which in recent years has evolved into a solo project.

Barbie has broken the Critics Choice Award Nomination this year, after scoring 18 nominations.The 29th annual Critics Choice Awards, which are due to take place next January in LA, will see Barbie nominated in all the major categories including Best Picture, Best Director, Best Comedy, Best Screenplay, Best Actress, Best Supporting Actor and Best Young Actor/Actress.It was also nominated in categories for acting ensemble, cinematography, editing, production design, costume design, hair and makeup and score. It also has three out of the six nominations in the Best Original Song category.The previous record for Critics Choice film nominations was 14, set by last year’s Best Picture winner, Everything Everywhere All at Once.Christopher Nolan’s Oppenheimer and Yorgos Lanthimos’ Poor Things received 13 nominations each, while Martin Scorsese’s Killers of the Flower Moon received 12.Meanwhile, Bradley Cooper’s Maestro and Alexander Payne’s The Holdovers received eight nominations each.The nominations for the awards are made by members of the Critics Choice Association, which is made up of more than 650 critics and journalists.Check out the full list of nominations below:BEST PICTUREAmerican FictionBarbieThe Color PurpleThe HoldoversKillers of the Flower MoonMaestroOppenheimerPast LivesPoor ThingsSaltburnBEST ACTOR Bradley Cooper – Maestro Leonardo DiCaprio – Killers of the Flower Moon Colman Domingo – Rustin Paul Giamatti – The Holdovers Cillian Murphy – Oppenheimer Jeffrey Wright – American FictionBEST ACTRESS Lily Gladstone – Killers of the Flower Moon Sandra Hüller – Anatomy of a Fall Greta Lee – Past Lives Carey Mulligan – Maestro Margot Robbie – Barbie Emma Stone – Poor ThingsBEST SUPPORTING ACTOR Sterling K.

Two children and a woman have been taken to hospital after being hit by a car. Emergency services were called to the scene on Stanley Road, Kirkdale, after reports of a white Suzuki Vitara crashing into three pedestrians.

Jeffrey Wright and Taraji P. Henson sit down to discuss their acclaimed performances — as cantankerous novelist Thelonious “Monk” Ellison in “American Fiction” and sensuous singer Shug Avery in “The Color Purple” — Wright is eager to address one topic first: their shared hometown. It turns out both acting titans hail from Washington, D.C.

Some of the stars from the hit ITV show My Mum, Your Dad reunited for a big night out in Edinburgh with "lots of laughs". Caroline McGirr, who starred in the first series, took to Instagram on Thursday, 7 December to share a series of snaps after being reunited with co-stars Janey Smith and Roger Hawes while in Scotland.