How Javicia Leslie, the First Black Batwoman, Sleeps At Night

Andra Day won the Golden Globe best actress in a drama trophy for her performance inThe United States vs. Billie Holiday, becoming the second-ever Black actress to win the category and the first to do so in 35 years.

Andra Day took home the Golden Globe award for Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture – Drama at this year’s ceremony, and fans have reacted with a mixture of shock and delight. Day won the prize for her performance in The United States vs Billie Holiday, her first major film role.

The late Chadwick Boseman is among Sunday's Golden Globe winners. The actor, who passed away at the age of 43 in Aug.

On Sunday night, the late Chadwick Boseman won a posthumous Golden Globe for Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture – Drama for his role in George C. Wolfe’s Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom. His wife, Taylor Simone Ledward accepted the award on his behalf, giving the most emotional speeches of the night which certainly brought so many people to tears as we continue to remember the actor who was taken from us too soon.

Bill Wright was the first Black golfer to win a United States Golf Association (USGA) event, 1959’s Amateur Public Links Championship in Denver.Wright was a standout golfer and basketball player when he attended high school in Seattle, as well as at Western Washington University. He was in his senior year of college when he entered the USGA Amateur Public Links Championship.

Clayton Davis Voting continues for the Directors Guild of America Awards, and this year presents one of the most diverse options for members to choose from. Two of those contenders include Shaka King (Warner Bros’ “Judas and the Black Messiah”) and George C.

Jazz Tangcay Artisans EditorNominees for the 11th Annual Guild of Music Supervisors (GMS) Awards have been revealed. Recognizing the craft of music supervision in film, television, games, advertising and trailers, previous winners have included such top-of-their-field music supervisors as Mary Ramos (“Once Upon A Time In Hollywood), Robin Urdang (“The Marvelous Mrs.

Game of Thrones sweethearts turned off-screen couple Kit Harington and Rose Leslie are ready for the world to know they're parents. The two were photographed out in London on Tuesday with their baby, subtly confirming that Leslie privately gave birth to their first child.

E! News. We still don't know the baby's name, however.

EXCLUSIVE: Deutschland 83 creator Jörg Winger has landed one of the first German-language series for Disney+ international streamer Star.

Following the critical acclaim of Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom, George C. Wolfe and Netflix are reteaming as Wolfe has come on to direct Rustin for Netflix and President Barack Obama and Michelle Obama’s Higher Ground Productions.

Also Read: 'Ma Rainey's Black Bottom' Cinematographer on Chadwick Boseman: 'I Cried as We Were Filming His Performance'No cast has been set for the film.Priya Swaminathan and Tonia Davis will produce “Rustin” for Higher Ground Productions. Academy Award winner Bruce Cohen (“American Beauty”) will also produce with Dustin Lance Black.Wolfe is the director of Netflix’s “Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom,” which stars Viola Davis and the late Chadwick Boseman and was nominated for two Golden Globes.

EXCLUSIVE: David Steward II’s Lion Forge Films, which won an Oscar last year for short film Hair Love, has inked a deal with Scott 34 Racing to make films, TV series, digital content and games based on the life of sporting pioneer Wendell Scott, NASCAR’s first Black racer and owner.

straight to your inbox every day for freeSir Alex Ferguson has led the tributes following the death of Tony Collins, the first black manager in English football.

Marvel’s first Black female writer, it has been reported.Stacy Osei-Kuffour will pen the script for the studio’s forthcoming Blade reboot, titled Blade, The Vampire Slayer.Ali, who is set to star in the movie, had a helping hand in her hiring.

Da 5 Bloods, One Night In Miami, and Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom are in the running for top prizes at the 2021 Screen Actors Guild Awards.They will compete with Minari and The Trial of the Chicago 7 for the Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture accolade, while Chadwick Boseman is up for a pair of posthumous acting nods for for his work in Ma Rainey and Da 5 Bloods.In the TV categories, The Crown and Ozark will face off with Better Call Saul, Lovecraft Country, and Bridgerton for

Dianne Durham was the first Black gymnast to win a U.S. national championship, in 1983.Durham trained with notable Romanian-American coaches Bela and Martha Karolyi, and she was a teammate of Mary Lou Retton.