David Oyelowo has been turning away certain acting roles he’s been offered.
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Also Read: David Oyelowo to Star in Showtime's 'The President Is Missing' Pilot Based on Bill Clinton-James Patterson Book“Selma” was nominated for two Oscars, including Best Picture, and won Best Original Song for the John Legend and Common track “Glory,” but it was seen as snubbed for Oyelowo’s performance and for DuVernay’s directing.
That particular year in 2015, all 20 of the acting nominees were white, spurring the #OscarsSoWhite conversation.“It’s part of why that film didn’t get
.David Oyelowo has been turning away certain acting roles he’s been offered.
Jill Goldsmith Discovery CEO Davis Zaslav joined the chorus of media execs upbeat about the ad market saying it is significantly better than could have been anticipated during the “oh my gosh” phase when COVID-10 hit.“Cancellations in the third quarter are significantly better than we though and every week the scatter market in terms of value seems to go up. There was a lot of money pulled during that ‘Oh my gosh’ period.
Oprah Winfreyis bringing stars, activists and other public figures together to discuss the future of the U.S. following weeks of civil unrest. In part one of the two-night special OWN Spotlight: Where Do We Go From Here, the former talk show host was joined by Selma star David Oyelowo, who opened up about the "mistake" he believes he made in talking to his son about racism and police brutality, which he touched on in a video previously shared to Instagram.
Amanda N'Duka pmc-editorial-managerMutiny Pictures, a distribution and development company formed by producer Ben Yennie and development executive Colleen Butler, will release of Queen of the Capital, a documentary that tells the of D.C. bureaucrat by day/drag queen by night Muffy Blake Stephyns.
David Oyelowo has begged for his sons' futures not to be like his father's past, as he opened up about the racism his family has endured. The 'Selma' star spoke out to share his own experiences with racism as he admitted he fears for his sons Asher and Caleb.
David Oyelowo has begged for his sons' futures not to be like his father's past, as he opened up about the racism his family has endured. The 'Selma' star spoke out to share his own experiences with racism as he admitted he fears for his sons Asher and Caleb.
revealed that Oscar voters were angered by the cast wearing T-shirts that said “I Can’t Breathe” to the film’s Los Angeles premiere in protest of the murder of Eric Garner.
2014 movie “Selma” was robbed of its chance at Oscars glory by a peeved and prejudiced Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.The British-American actor, who was nominated for playing Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.
LOS ANGELES — The civil rights movie “Selma” was made free for rental on Friday, a day after actor David Oyelowo said Oscar voters had deliberately snubbed the film in 2015.
J. Kim Murphy editorProtesters gathered on Friday at the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences to support the Black Lives Matter movement.The protest comes one day after David Oyelowo, who starred in the 2014 best picture nominee “Selma” as Dr.
Marc Malkin Senior Film Awards, Events & Lifestyle EditorParamount Pictures has announced that it is offering free digital rentals of Ava DuVernay’s “Selma” for the rest of the month.The news comes less than 24 hours after star David Oyelowo said that Oscar voters told the studio that they would not support the film after the cast wore T-shirts that said “I Can’t Breathe” to the Los Angeles premiere in protest of the killing of Eric Gardner.“Members of the Academy called in to the studio and
Suicide Squad director David Ayer has continued his support for fans campaigning to see his original cut of the movie released, claiming studio scissor work “mistreated” Jared Leto and his take on The Joker.Ever since Warner Bros announced that Zack Snyder’s cut of Justice League would be completed for HBO Max, fans have turned their attention to Ayer’s Suicide Squad.Leto’s performance was one of the most divisive aspects of the critically maligned 2016 superhero movie, delivering a vastly
Actor David Oyelowo has revealed that members of the Academy attempted to snub Selma at the Oscars for publicly protesting against the death of Eric Garner.Taking part in a Q&A with Screen Daily, Oyelowo recalled promotion for the Martin Luther King biopic happening around the time that Garner died in 2014 after being put in a chokehold by a police officer.“Six years ago, Selma coincided with Eric Garner being murdered.
Six years ago, Eric Garner — a 43-year-old Black man — died after being placed in a chokehold by an NYPD officer. His final words: “I can’t breathe.”
Selma after the cast showed support for Eric Garner.Eric Garner died after a New York City police officer put him in a chokehold in July 2014, months before Selma’s release.