"It's a Call to Arms, This Movie": THR Presents Q&A With Lee Daniels and Cast of 'The United States vs. Billie Holiday'

If you ever wondered what it’d be like if Lee Daniels directed a “Wolverine” movie, congratulations, because you may be Hugh Jackman. READ MORE: Russo Brothers Say Cut ‘Avengers: Endgame’ Sequences Could Still Show Up One Day & Still Would “Love A Crack At Wolverine” In a recent interview with Collider to promote his latest film, “The United States vs.

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EXCLUSIVE: The United States vs. Billie Holiday, Hulu’s dramatic retelling of the “Strange Fruit” singer’s battle against the federal government, originated as a single chapter in Johann Hari’s 2015 book Chasing the Scream: The First and Last Days of the War on Drugs.

The United States vs. Billie Holiday was named best picture by the AARP Movies for Grownups Awards, it was announced today.

AARP The Magazine on Thursday unveiled its winners for the annual Movies for Grownups Awards, handing Hulu’s The United States vs. Billie Holiday its top prize, Best Picture/Best Movie for Grownups. Sophia Loren for Netflix’s The Life Ahead and Anthony Hopkins for Sony Classics’ The Father were named Best Actor and Best Actress, respectively, while Aaron Sorkin won for both directing and the screenplay for Netflix’s The Trial of the Chicago 7.

Also Read: 'The United States vs Billie Holiday': Who Was the Real Harry Anslinger?In the four television categories, which were given out for the first time this year, “This Is Us” was named best series, “The Queen’s Gambit” won for best limited series or TV movie and Catherine O’Hara (“Schitt’s Creek”) and Mark Ruffalo (“I Know This Much Is True”) took the acting awards.While “The United States vs.

EXCLUSIVE: Hulu is celebrating that Lee Daniels’ The United States vs. Billie Holiday was the streamer’s No. 1 most watched movie this past weekend.

Also Read: KCRW President Apologizes After Former Producer Accuses Radio Station of 'Blatant Racism'Anslinger rose to prominence during the Prohibition era Born in Altoona, Penn. in 1892, Anslinger entered law enforcement at age 23 and spent the next 12 years in various civilian and military law enforcement jobs rooting out drug trafficking.

Cynthia Littleton Business EditorAndra Day was effervescent on Sunday evening after winning the Golden Globe Award for lead actress in drama for portraying the legendary jazz musician in “The United States Vs. Billie Holiday.”She gushed about her experience working with director Lee Daniels and all that he did to make her soar in the role of the troubled singer.“I can’t say enough about the brilliance of Lee Daniels.

First-time nominee Andra Day won the Golden Globe award tonight for her first major acting role as legendary blues artist and civil rights icon Billie Holiday in The United States vs. Billie Holiday.

Lee Daniels‘ United States Vs. Billie Holiday film finally premiered on Hulu tonight and fans have a lot of thoughts about the flick.

The United States vs. Billie Holiday” was the product of a year-and-a-half of research and planning, even before shooting began in late 2019.“These songs don’t sound like a record from that time,” executive music producer Salaam Remi tells Variety.

The Iron Lady” or “Judy” is “The United States vs. Billie Holiday,” director Lee Daniels’ movie about the celebrated singer of “Strange Fruit.” The stunner is Andra Day, a musician who is almost totally new to acting.

Also Read: 'The United States vs Billie Holiday' Review: Lee Daniels' History Lesson Mixes Anger and GlossDay is also an acclaimed singer Obviously it was important to Daniels to cast someone with musical chops in this film, but he also wanted an actress who could imitate Holiday’s signature smoky, lingering sound. Day fit the role perfectly: she’s been a singer for years and released her debut album, “Cheers to the Fall” (produced in part by  Raphael Saadiq and Jenn Decilveo) in 2015.

Hulu's The United States vs. Billie Holiday hosted its virtual premiere on Wednesday night, with appearances from U.S.

Marc Malkin Senior Film Awards, Events & Lifestyle Editor Welcome to this week’s “Just for Variety.”Evan Ross appears in Lee Daniels’ “The United States vs. Billie Holiday” as a federal agent.

Andra Day was prepared to suffer for her art when assuming the role of legendary jazz singer Billie Holiday.

In an uncanny instance of art mirroring life, two major Hollywood movies will premiere just weeks apart, both of which depict relentless campaigns by American government intelligence agencies to silence influential Black voices. They follow closely after an impeachment trial in which the majority of GOP senators showed their complicity in violence from white supremacist groups by voting to acquit the Instigator in Chief.

“God Bless the Child” was the first Billie Holiday song I ever heard. It was one of my grandmother’s favorites.