‘One Night in Miami’ Writer Kemp Powers Hails Diversity of Oscar Nominees Despite Regina King Snub

March 31 marks the final day of Women’s History Month and it is also Transgender Day of Visibility. To mark this occasion and further strengthen the voices of the trans community, GLAAD released an open letter signed by over 190 feminist leaders in advocacy, business, entertainment, media, politics, and social justice standing in solidarity with transgender women and girls.

Ethan Shanfeld In honor of Transgender Day of Visibility, GLAAD has released an open letter signed by more than 465 feminist leaders in support of transgender women and girls.The letter, organized by the LGBTQ media watchdog group and writer-activist Raquel Willis, serves as a statement of solidarity between cisgender women, trans women and feminist allies in the wake of hateful and discriminatory rhetoric and attacks against trans people.The signatories include prominent figures in

Producers of One Night in Miami, Promising Young Woman, and Borat: Subsequent Moviefilm spoke about how the COVID-19 pandemic impacted their films at a panel staged by the Producers Guild.

Amazon’s One Night in Miami picked up three Academy Award nominations Monday morning, with two of those nods going to actor and singer Leslie Odom Jr. Earning a best supporting actor nomination for his supporting turn as soul legend Sam Cooke, Odom also shares a best original song nomination with Sam Ashworth for the tune "Speak Now" — which makes Odom the first male performer to be nominated for both acting and songwriting.

By Lisa RichwineLOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Directors Spike Lee and Regina King were left off the list of this year's Academy Awards contenders, though voters made history by nominating two women in the directing category for the first time. Lee's Vietnam War film "Da 5 Bloods," which is vying for the top movie honor at the upcoming Screen Actors Guild awards, was nearly absent from this year's Oscar nominees.

Kemp Powers debuted his original play One Night In Miami back in 2013. Eight years later and the scribe is deep into the Oscars race, receiving a best adapted screenplay nomination for a play he never envisioned for the big screen.

Leslie Odom Jr. became a two-time Oscar nominee today for his performance in One Night In Miami. For his role as legendary singer-songwriter Sam Cooke, the actor earned a nomination for Best Supporting actor as well as one for Best Original Song as the composer and performer of the film’s ending credits track, Speak Now.

History was made across the board with the 93rd Oscar nominations. Steven Yeun became the first Asian-American nominated for Best Actor.

Leslie Odom Jr. may have been on most 2021 Oscars predictions list, but he still wasn't certain it would come true.

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The pretenders and contenders are out of the way and the awards season main event is finally here with the 93rd Academy Awards nominations unveiled this morning, for better or worse.

Regina King stuns in a gorgeous dress for the 2021 Critics Choice Awards, which are airing tonight, Sunday (March 7).

Chris Willman Music WriterWhen Leslie Odom Jr. signed up to play Sam Cooke in “One Night in Miami,” he knew that he had a non-acting task awaiting him after shooting: director Regina King had already made it clear that whoever played the late, great soul singer was also who she wanted to co-write and perform an original end-credits theme.

starring Andra Day as the jazz singer, was named best picture, while the Korean American family drama “Minari” got best intergenerational film. Spike Lee’s Vietnam-themed “Da 5 Bloods” picked up best buddy picture and Regina King’s “One Night in Miami…,” about the fictional meeting of Malcolm X, Sam Cooke, Cassius Clay and Jim Brown, got best ensemble.“We focus on films made by and for grownups,” said Tim Appelo, the film and television critic for AARP.

This podcast was recorded before Sunday night’s Golden Globes: 

When Emmy and Oscar-winning actress Regina King visited Deadline’s New Hollywood Podcast, we learned a lot of behind-the-scenes intel about her feature directorial debut One Night In Miami, which has become an awards season frontrunner for King as well as the cast. In addition to that, we got to learn a lot about the trailblazing actor and filmmaker.

Regina King hopes the issue of diversity "remains a conversation" after the Golden Globes on Sunday (02. 28.