A dress to remember! Kerry Washington paid homage to an icon at the 5th American Black Film Festival Honors on Sunday, March 5.
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, written and directed by Tyler Perry and starring Kerry Washington. With the World War II biopic now in production, Perry shared a behind-the-scenes look at the actress and her co-stars in full period costume on set in the United Kingdom as they go back in time to chronicle the story of the only all-Black, all-female battalion. According to the streaming platform, tells the true story of the 855 women who «joined the war effort with little knowledge of what exactly they would be doing, but were quickly given the mission of a lifetime: sort through and fix the three-year backlog of undelivered mail.» Tasked with this herculean mission, which was believed to be impossible at the time, the unit overcame discrimination, foreign land and a war-torn country to sort over 17 million pieces of mail and reconnect American soldiers with people back home.
By sticking to the motto that they created for themselves -- «no mail, low morale» -- the women not only delivered the mail, they also delivered hope. «To honor the long ignored worth of the 6888 has been the greatest privilege of my career thus far,» Perry captioned the image on Instagram, referring to the fact that the unit's story has not been captured in history books. However, on March 14, 2022, President Joe Biden signed a bill for the women to receive the Congressional Gold Medal. Washington is set to play one of the women in the unit, and is seen in the group photo filming with Ebony Obsidian, Milauna Jackson, Kylie Jefferson, Shanice Shantay, Sarah Jeffery, Pepi Sonuga, Jeanté Godlock, Moriah Brown, Dean Norris and Scott Daniel Johnson.Additionally, Jay Reeves, Baadja-Lyne Odums, Gregg Sulkin, Sam Waterston, Susan Sarandon and Oprah Winfrey have also been cast in the
.A dress to remember! Kerry Washington paid homage to an icon at the 5th American Black Film Festival Honors on Sunday, March 5.
Kerry Washington paid homage to an icon at the 2023 American Black Film Festival Awards. The actress channeled the late Whitney Houston by donning the same velvet Marc Bouwer dress the singer originally wore at the BET Walk of Fame Awards Gala in 1996. Before Washington took to the red carpet, she posted a playful video on Instagram showing off the dress and paying tribute to the late singer.
Kerry Washington got to walk the red carpet draped in history.
in a 2023 version of Kate Moss' memorable sheer gown from the '90s. The , however, wore an actual dress worn by absolute legend in 1996. On , Washington—styled by Law Roach—shared a video of herself in a bright red body-con dress from Marc Bouwer with ruching, halter straps, and a square neckline.
BreAnna Bell The cast of Hulu’s latest dramedy “Unprisoned” kept the family spirit alive at the show’s premiere at the Hollywood Legion Theater on Thursday night. The show’s cast and crew — including Kerry Washington, Delroy Lindo, Faly Rakotohavana, Marque Richardson, Jee Young Han, Jordyn McIntosh, showrunner Yvette Lee Bowser and creator Tracy McMillan — examined what it means to be a “traditional” family on the red carpet before a screening of the first two episodes. The series follows relationship therapist and single mom Paige (Washington), “whose life is turned right-side-up when her dad (Lindo) gets out of prison and moves to her house to live with her and her teenage son,” according to the show’s official synopsis.
Kerry Washington is stepping out for the premiere of her new Hulu series.
Kerry Washington and husband Nnamdi Asomugha are gearing up to celebrate a milestone anniversary, and it's likely going to be something amazing — although fans aren't likely to know too much about it.The celebrated actress walked the carpet at the premiere of her new show, in Los Angeles on Thursday, and she spoke with ET's Kevin Frazier about her upcoming series and her forthcoming 10th wedding anniversary.«How do you even remember that?» Washington said with a laugh when asked about the special date.While Washington is excitedly outspoken about her projects, the actress seemingly likes to keep her personal life as private as possible, and played coy about possible plans.«I do have an incredible husband,» Washington praised, before teasing, «Do you remember how secret my wedding was? How private and secretive it was? That's how the anniversary is gonna be too!»Washington and Asomugha in June 2013, and the pair share two children — 8-year-old daughter, Isabelle, and 6-year-old son, Caleb.As Washington has found the key to success in her own relationship, the actress admitted that now that she plays a therapist in her new series, friends have been hitting her up for relationship advice.«It's funny because people used to come to me to fix things with my white hat,» Washington laughed, referring to her role as political fixer Olivia Pope in Scandal, «and now people come to me for relationship advice.»«People, I'm just acting!» she added with a beaming smile. «I don't know any of this stuff.
Kerry Washington is opening up about her personal and professional life.
So many stars made it out for the 54th NAACP Awards on Saturday evening (February 25) in Pasadena, Calif.
“Oh, it’s wonderful to be here in the town of East Palestine, not a great name,” said the James Austin Johnson portrayed Donald Trump tonight kicking off Saturday Night Live. “I’m here and I brought hats, cameras and hats” he added after taking a swipe at Joe Biden for visiting the Ukrainian capital of Kyiv and Volodymyr Zelenskyy earlier this week and had a visit from his own legal troubles.
NAACP Image Awards did the thing! After its regular week-long, non-televised celebrations, the annual awards ceremony concluded with its main ceremony on Saturday night. Hosted by GRAMMY, Emmy and Golden Globe-winning actress and producer Queen Latifah, Saturday's ceremony included Janelle Monae, Taye Diggs, Kerry Washington, Jonathan Majors, Zendaya and more presenting awards to their peers, while also highlighting the accomplishments of political leaders and activists.Jennifer Hudson, Quinta Brunson, Keke Palmer and more scored wins during the pre-awards festivities, while Saturday's ceremony saw Angela Bassett, Viola Davis, Will Smith and more honored for their artistic contributions. This year's Activist of the Year Award was presented to Dr. Derrick Lee Foward, president of the Dayton Unit of the NAACP and a vice president of the Ohio NAACP, and the Youth Activist of the Year Award honored to Bradley Ross Jackson, the president of the youth council of the Bloomington-Normal NAACP in Bloomington, Indiana.
After nearly a week of handing out trophies, the televised portion of the NAACP Image Awards begins at 8 p.m. ET Saturday on multiple Paramount Global channels. The show airs delayed at 8 p.m. in the Pacific time zone. Read on about how to watch it.
current interest in their operations within US politics in recent months, the company gave a statement that set out five key proposals to improve the regulation of the ticketing business.“If there’s any chance of improving ticketing for fans and artists, we all need to focus on the facts,” began Live Nation’s statement.“In the last few weeks alone,” it went on, “we’ve submitted more than 35 pages of information to provide greater context and transparency to policymakers on the realities of the industry.“These include the fact that this industry is more competitive than ever, Ticketmaster has actually lost market share since the 2010 merger, not gained it; and that venues set and keep most of the fees associated with tickets and are increasingly taking an ever-larger share.”Live Nation stressed that it supported an industry-wide move to “all-in pricing”, where ticketing platforms declare the price of a ticket including all and any fees upfront. This would arguably need to be achieved through regulation to ensure companies that voluntarily adopt all-in pricing aren’t disadvantaged by looking more expensive in advertising and search engine listings.President Joe Biden recently called on ticketing companies to limit such fees, often called “junk fees”, that are added to ticket prices which he said “can easily add hundreds of bucks to a family’s nights out”.The company also suggested the primary problem in the ticketing market was touts.
The end of an era — for now. Grey’s Anatomy’s cast and fans alike tuned in to see the episode dedicated to Meredith Grey.
“Six Triple Eight.” Starring Kerry Washington, Susan Sarandon and Oprah Winfrey, the film will tell the story of World War II’s only all-Black female battalion.
Emmy and Honorary Oscar winner Tyler Perry (A Jazzman’s Blues) has set another new film, titled Mea Culpa, at Netflix — enlisting Kelly Rowland (Think Like A Man), Trevante Rhodes (Moonlight), Sean Sagar (The Gentlemen), Nick Sagar (The Princess Switch trilogy) and RonReaco Lee (Nappily Ever After) to star.
once again called for red states to secede from the United States, “The View” host Sunny Hostin is pretty sure the Georgia congresswoman is unaware of how and why the Civil War actually started.Shortly after the reveal that President Joe Biden secretly traveled to Ukraine on Monday, Greene claimed Biden “chose Ukraine over America” by visiting the wartime nation on a federal holiday. She later tweeted, “We need a national divorce. We need to separate by red states and blue states and shrink the federal government.
Queen Latifah has been tapped to host the 54th NAACP Image Awards set to air live Saturday, February 25 at 8 PM on BET. The show will also simulcast across Paramount Global networks including BET Her, CBS, CMT, Comedy Central, Logo, MTV, MTV2, Paramount Network, Pop TV, Smithsonian, TV Land, and VH1.
The head of railways in Ukraine has apologised to passengers — for only having nine in ten of services run ON TIME yesterday.
once again, a red state secession – over his surprise Kyiv visit on Monday. “We need a national divorce,” Greene tweeted.