The Lucas Brothers on LaKeith Stanfield’s Surprise Nomination and Scripting ‘Judas and the Black Messiah’

The 21st Annual Black Reel Awards took place today with Warner Bros’ rousing drama, Judas and the Black Messiah, taking the marquee Outstanding Film award. In addition, stars Daniel Kaluuya and Dominique Fishback were bestowed with the Outstanding Supporting Actor and  Outstanding Supporting Actress award, respectively. Producers Charles King, Ryan Coogler, and Shaka King become the first all-African American team to win Outstanding Picture.

Oscar chances following his BAFTA win for Judas and the Black Messiah. The Marvel star took home the award for Best Supporting Actor at the ceremony on Sunday night (April 11) for his role as US activist Fred Hampton, an accolade he also secured at last month's Golden Globes.

Jazz Tangcay Artisans EditorWhen director Shaka King was looking for an artist to deliver the end credit song for “Judas and the Black Messiah,” he went to Grammy winner H.E.R.Of the qualities that made her the perfect artist to complete the task, he says, “versatility in musicianship, soul, artistic and personal integrity. She’s a throwback.”King’s approach was to give the Oscar-nominated singer-songwriter notes about what he didn’t want.

Netflix is betting big on anime in 2021, but there’s arguably no title as highly anticipated as “Yasuke.” This project takes the true story of a legendary Black samurai of the same name, voiced by LaKeith Stanfield, and adds in a whole lot more magic than you’d expect. Ahead of its release at the end of the month, Netflix has finally released the first trailer for the anime.

Getting Academy Award nominations is a complicated thing for the makers of “Judas and the Black Messiah”.

Oscar-nominated actor Lakeith Stanfield wrote "no one cares" about the Academy Awards in a swiftly-deleted Instagram post on Monday. The Get Out star, who is currently nominated for Best Supporting Actor for his work in Judas and the Black Messiah, shared a screengrab of a Deadline article which reported on the news that Oscar bosses are considering letting nominees appear at the ceremony via Zoom after facing backlash for their policy that everyone must attend in-person.

Lakeith Stanfield is sharing his true thoughts on awards shows in an Instagram post that was quickly deleted after it went live.

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Lakeith Stanfield goes shirtless under his tweed jacket in this shot from his Flaunt magazine cover story.

“Judas and the Black Messiah” star Stanfield was flabbergasted after being nominated for a Best Supporting Actor Oscar despite arguably playing the lead role in the acclaimed film. When fans and pundits started questioning the supporting nod on Twitter, the actor responded via — what else? — his social media.“I’m confused too but f–k it lmao,” wrote the 29-year-old thespian in a now-deleted Instagram post, Indiewire reported.

Clayton Davis When Priyanka Chopra Jonas and Nick Jonas announced the nominations for the 93rd Academy Awards, the most shocking inclusion was Lakeith Stanfield in best supporting actor for his performance in Warner Bros’ “Judas and the Black Messiah.” Not surprising from the standpoint of quality, as he delivers a career-best turn as William O’Neal — an FBI informant that betrays the trust of his friend Fred Hampton, who is played by his fellow nominee and Oscar frontrunner Daniel Kaluuya —

Just a day after winning two Grammys, renowned R&B artist H.E.R. earned her first Oscar nomination. The nom came in recognition of her original song “Fight For You,” which she penned and performed for Warner Bros. Pictures’ Judas and the Black Messiah.

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

Judas and The Black Messiah helmer Shaka King picked up two Oscar nominations this morning for Best Original Screenplay as a co-writer of the Fred Hampton and Bill O’Neal feature, alongside Will Berson, Kenneth Lucas, and Keith Lucas, as well as a Best Picture nomination as a producer on the film. “It was a wonderful surprise. I wasn’t anticipated it,” said King, speaking to Deadline after the nominations were read.

A mix of emotions. When the nominations were announced for the 93rd annual Academy Awards on Monday, March 15, the list was filled with happy surprises and disappointing snubs — as it always is.

Oscars voting window was extended by two months —  it was mostly business as usual at the 93rd annual Academy Awards nominations.“Mank,” a black-and-white drama from Netflix about the making of “Citizen Kane,” led the pack with 10 nominations.

Two months later than usual, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences announced the nominees for the 93rd Oscars. The honorees were revealed by Priyanka Chopra Jonas and Nick Jonas in a virtual broadcast which had actually become the norm for The Academy even before the pandemic began a little over a year ago.