Janet Mock, Kenya Barris, Sterling K. Brown and Viola Davis Accept 2020 AAFCA TV Honors

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In the wake of Black Pantherstar Chadwick Boseman's death from colon cancer on Friday, Hollywood figures took to social media to pay tribute to the actor, who died at age 43 after a four year struggle with the disease. According to an official statement from the actor's representatives, Chadwick was diagnosed with stage III colon cancer in 2016.The actor died at his home in Los Angeles, surrounded by his wife and other family members.

Former US president Barack Obama is among those to have paid tribute to “blessed” actor Chadwick Boseman, who has died aged 43 after a battle with cancer.

previously announced Angela Bassett, Alicia Garza, Joe Morton, Phylicia Rashad, Tariq “Black Thought” Trotter, Courtney B. Vance, Pauletta Washington, Susan Kelechi Watson and Oprah Winfrey.Coates’ novel was first published in 2015 as a written letter to his teenage son.

In a well-produced virtual ceremony that ran little more than an hour and paired presenters from the worlds of showbiz and public service, the African-American Film Critics Association handed out its second annual TV honors on Saturday morning, not coincidentally right in the homestretch of Emmy voting. Indeed, 2020 Emmy-nominated AAFCA honorees included Sterling K.

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Dominic Patten Senior Editor, Legal & TV Critic#blackAF creator Kenya Barris is making the move from fictionalized documentary to a real documentary on high-profile attorney Ben Crump.In the works for the past several pivotal months, the as-yet untitled film on the lawyer is set to stream on Netflix next year.

Billie Eilish is set to perform at the forthcoming 2020 Democratic Convention in the US.The singer was announced alongside The Chicks, John Legend, Leon Bridges, Jennifer Hudson and Common to appear at the live stream event from August 17-20.“These artists are committed to engaging with, registering and mobilizing voters to get us over the finish line in November,” said Stephanie Cutter, 2020 Democratic National Convention Program Executive.At the convention, former Vice President Joe Biden is

New reports indicated that Viola Davis had purchased an old plantation home for herself, but Viola came out on her Instagram account to deny the reports. Hot New Hip Hop picked up on a social media post from Davis in which she clarified her situation with just a few words.

Janet W. Lee Janet Mock, the writer, director and producer of “Pose,” will receive the African American Film Critics Association Adcolor Breakout Creative of the Year Award.

Update, 7:13 PM: Viola Davis returned to Instagram to clarify her post about owning all of the former plantation where she was born. She did not literally buy it, she said.

Viola Davis has celebrated her birthday by reflecting on her life story with a photo of her childhood home. On Tuesday, the 55-year-old actress shared a photo of the South Carolina home where she was born, which is located on a former plantation, explaining that it is the “birthplace of my story”.“The above is the house where I was born August 11, 1965," she captioned the photo of the rundown house.

Viola Davis celebrated her 55th birthday by making one of the most powerful purchases in her life: She bought Singleton Plantation, a former plantation in St. Matthews, South Carolina and the place where she was born.

The Help actress Viola Davis recently bought the house she was born in and the surrounding land, the veteran star announced this news on her 55th birthday. If you don’t know, Viola was born on a former plantation in South Carolina.

Viola Davis just celebrated her 55th birthday on Tuesday in the most special way.

Viola Davis gave herself a particularly meaningful present to celebrate her 55th birthday.