Mia Neal and Jamika Wilson Become the First Black Women Nominated for Hair and Makeup Oscar

Regina King directed Viola Davis in “Black Americana: A Photo Essay on Love and Pain” for W Magazine.

Viola Davis made a virtual appearance on Friday’s edition of “The Tonight Show”, and admitting some trepidation about her latest role: portraying Michelle Obama in Showtime limited series “The First Lady”, which has also cast Gillian Anderson as Eleanor Roosevelt, and Michelle Pfeiffer as Betty Ford.

The Suicide Squad has just been released – check it out below.The new film will act as a “soft reboot” of Suicide Squad, the 2016 film which was directed by David Ayer.Margot Robbie, Taika Waititi, Idris Elba, Pete Davidson, Viola Davis, and John Cena are set to star in the film, which is due for release on August 6.Watch the full trailer here:#TheSuicideSquad in cinemas August 2021.

ABC is rounding out cast for multi-camera comedy pilot Black Don’t Crack (fka Untitled Regina Hicks). Essence Atkins (Marlon) and Tisha Campbell (My Wife and Kids) are set as the two remaining leads opposite Sherri Shepard, and Tahj Mowry (Baby Daddy), Beth Grant (Words on Bathroom Walls) and Isaiah Mustafa (It: Chapter Two) join as series regulars in the pilot from writer/executive producer Regina Hicks and exec producers Viola Davis & Julius Tennon and Larry Wilmore.

Sherri Shepherd is set to star in ABC’s multi-camera comedy pilot Black Don’t Crack. Kelly Park has been tapped to direct the pilot, from writer/executive producer Regina Hicks and exec producers Viola Davis & Julius Tennon and Larry Wilmore. Shepherd will produce.

In an exclusive interview with ET Canada, Andra Day opened up about her highly coveted Oscar nomination, Golden Globe win and her unstoppable success in the music and film industry.

As the nominations for the 93rd Academy Awards rolled in on Monday, it was clear that this year’s Oscars would be a ray of hope for people of colour. Infamous for having all-white nominees, the award show received backlash for consistently failing to diversify in the past.

Gallery: Everything you missed from the Golden Globes 2021 (BANG Showbiz)Taking to Instagram, he wrote: "Wow! I'm honoured to be nominated by my fellow actors alongside such inspiring performances, and am grateful to the Academy for their support and encouragement. I’m equally thrilled for our visionary writer-director Darius Marder and the brilliant Paul Raci, as well as our editor Mikkel, sound designer Nicolas, and co-writer Abe Marder.

Oscars history after she picked up a nod for Best Actress today (March 15).The actress received her fourth nomination for playing the lead role in Netflix‘s Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom at a ceremony earlier alongside Andra Day, Vanessa Kirby, Frances McDormand and Carey Mulligan.She won the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress in 2017 for Fences, after being nominated in that category in 2009 for her work in Doubt.

We are nearing the crescendo of a very long, very pandemic-y awards season, as the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, aka The Academy, released the 2021 Oscars nominations. And though plenty of folks predicted this year could be a historical one, in terms of diversity and inclusivity, those prognosticators were actually right.

The Oscars 2021 nominees announcement was historic in more ways than one. While diversity was at play, several artists like Viola Davis, Chloe Zhao, Riz Ahmed, Steven Yeun and Emerald Fennel made history with their nominations.

The much-awaited Oscars 2021 nominations are finally out and while not everyone is a winner there are some great firsts. This year's awards season has been dominated by late actor Chadwick Boseman and it was a repeat at the Oscars 2021 nominations.