The debut trailer for Showtime’s The First Lady just debuted online and features our first look at Viola Davis portraying former First Lady Michelle Obama!
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From playing tennis royalty to former First Daughter Sasha Obama, Saniyya Sidney is making her mark in Hollywood this year.
Sidney portrays Obama in “The First Lady”, which reunited her with “Fences” co-star Viola Davis, who portrays Michelle Obama in the impending Showtime series.
“She was like, ‘Dang girl, you’re not a little girl anymore.’ The last time I saw her, I was 10,” Sidney says. “She was amazing as Michelle Obama. I can’t wait for the world to see it.”
But, she is staying Swiss neutral as her beloved co-stars Will Smith and Denzel Washington are nominated for the same award.
Smith (“King Richard”) and Washington (“The Tragedy of Macbeth”) are both nominated for Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Leading Role at the 2022 Screen Actors Guild Awards. Sidney starred as Venus Williams alongside Smith in “King Richard” and worked with Washington on 2016’s “Fences”.
“I knew this was going to happen eventually,” Sidney tells ET Canada. “I loved them both so much and they’re both my papas. So I’m rooting for both of them.”
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“King Richard” won one of its four Golden Globe Awards nominations and also has a pair of pending SAG Awards nods.
“Very excited. My heart is so full. This is what I love to do, so this is just the cherry on top of everything,” Sidney says of the film’s awards buzz. “We honestly just texted each other and congratulated each other. We do it all the time.”
Sidney, 15, dishes on Will Smith’s impeccable style at age 53.
“It’s funny because he has the best shoe game I have ever seen in my life,” the young actress shares. “He has this thing where he doesn’t tie his shoelaces. He just keeps it loose.”
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2022 Oscar nominations, and Andrew Garfield was among the five talents picked in the Best Actor category. No, he didn’t get a nomination for his incredible long-game lie about returning to play Peter Parker in Spider-Man: No Way Home (even though that’d be totally deserved). Garfield is being recognized for portraying Rent playwright Jonathan Larson in Tick, Tick… Boom!, and funny enough, a bunch of other former Spider-Man actors also picked up Oscar nominations this year alongside him.
Denzel Washington’s nomination for best actor in the Joel Cohen film The Tragedy of Macbeth marks him as the most nominated Black actor in Oscar History, with ten nominations and two wins.
last year’s record heights, the highlights include four Black actors being recognized along with LGBTQ and deaf actors, as well as female and Asian filmmakers in the Best Director race. In the Best Actor race, Will Smith is considered a major contender to become only the fifth Black actor to win the award for his performance as Serena and Venus Williams’ father Richard in the inspirational sports film “King Richard.” If he wins, he would join a list that includes the late Sidney Poitier, Jamie Foxx, Forest Whitaker, and Denzel Washington, the latter of whom also earned his ninth acting Oscar nomination this year for “The Tragedy of Macbeth.” The Best Supporting Actress race also sees Smith’s “King Richard” co-star Aunjanue Ellis among the list of contenders, along with Afrolatina star Ariana DeBose for her performance as Anita in Steven Spielberg’s “West Side Story.” DeBose is also an LGBTQ actress, making it the first time ever that more than one openly queer actor has been nominated in a single year as Kristen Stewart, who identifies as bisexual, was nominated for Best Actress for her performance in “Spencer.” To date, only nine Black women have won acting Oscars, with the first being Hattie McDaniel in 1939 for “Gone With The Wind” and Regina King the most recent in 2018 for “If Beale Street Could Talk.” Eight of those winners were for supporting roles, with Halle Berry being the only Black woman to win for a leading role with “Monster’s Ball” in 2001.
The full list of Oscar nominations has been revealed for 2022.
The Power of the Dog, director Jane Champion's gorgeous, moody meditation on grief and loneliness? What about Don't Look Up, the Netflix original that had everyone on TikTok talking? Maybe you caught , the Serena and Venus Williams biopic that stars Will Smith in a career-defining role? We know you at least checked out Disney's , because we as a society have not stopped signing along to the Lin Manuel-Miranda original songs since it premiered. All can now be labeled as “Oscar nominees 2022." And good news for you: There's still time to watch the ones you missed, because the Academy Awards ceremony doesn't air until March 27. So check out the full list of Oscar nominations 2022, below, and we'll see you in March. Ciarán Hinds (Belfast)Troy Kotsur (CODA)Jesse Plemons (The Power of the Dog)J.K.
Will Smith has received his third Oscar nomination this morning, earning his place on the Best Actor list for his role in King Richard. Smith played Richard Williams, the father of tennis players Venus and Serena Williams, in a story charting the early days of their careers, and his role in the movie has been a favorite with critics and guilds all season long. In addition to pending nominations from SAG, BAFTA, and Critics’ Choice, Smith has already claimed prizes from several critics groups. It is a long-overdue return to the Oscars spotlight for Smith, whose turn in Warner Bros.’ King Richard, written by Zach Baylin and directed by Reinaldo Marcus Green, has been recognized 15 years on from his last citation by the Motion Picture Academy.
Bleecker Street has acquired the U.S. rights to “892,” a thriller starring John Boyega and Michael K. Williams that made its premiere in competition at Sundance.
Bleecker Street has acquired U.S. rights to the dramatic thriller 892, starring John Boyega (Star Wars franchise) and the late Michael Kenneth Williams (The Wire), which recently made its world premiere at the Sundance Film Festival in U.S. Dramatic Competition and won its Special Jury Award for Ensemble Cast. The independently-financed distributor is planning a late summer release in theaters nationwide.
What do Jennifer Lopez, Steph Curry, and former First LadyMichelle Obama all have in common? They want you to get out and vote in the 2022 midterm elections! The 58-year-old former first lady named J.Lo, 52 and Steph, 33, as well as musicians H.E.R., Bretman Rock, and Becky G as co-chairs for her When We All Vote organization and called on fans to make sure they’re ready to cast their ballots in the 2022 midterm elections in November.
elections.“Are you ready for the midterm elections?” the former first lady asks in a video announcement Monday.H.E.R., Curry, Lopez, Becky G and Bretman Rock are the newest co-chairs of Obama's When We All Vote initiative. They join Selena Gomez, Tom Hanks, Liza Koshy, Janelle Monae, Lin-Manuel Miranda, Chris Paul, Megan Rapino, Shonda Rhimes, Kerry Washington and Rita Wilson.The volunteer co-chairs use their platforms to help boost voter registration and education with the goal of helping increase turnout for congressional and state elections in November.