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Viola Davis‘ latest photoshoot was a family affair! The Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom star, 55, posed with her nine-year-old daughter, Genesis Tennon for a very special cover of W Magazine. This was Viola and Genesis’ first mother-daughter magazine cover, and most certainly not their last. The ladies shined on the cover, part of a photo essay helmed by friend Regina King in The Directors Issue.
The glamorous cover shows Viola and her fifth grader holding hands in the sunshine on a tree-lined street.
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Come 25 April and Hollywood will reunite once more for the Oscars ceremony. And one name which is bound to stand out during the awards show is the late Chadwick Boseman.
Internationally renowned actress Viola Davis has opened up about Hollywood’s treatment of people of colour, particularly Black artists in a recent interview with Variety. The star has expressed her thoughts about inclusivity in the film industry countless times in the past.
Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom, shared her thoughts on inclusivity and casting in a new interview with Variety.“It’s so hard to get films made that don’t fit a certain box of how they see us,” Davis said on the publication’s Awards Circuit Podcast.“Inclusivity cannot be a hashtag.
Clayton Davis As accomplished as Academy Award winner Viola Davis is in the industry, she still feels the unfair comparisons and judgments for the roles she chooses. “It’s so hard to get films made that don’t fit a certain box of how they see us,” Davis tells Variety’s Awards Circuit Podcast.
Chadwick Boseman's friends and former co-stars are paying tribute to the indelible mark left by the late actor's life and legacy in a new Netflix special. features interviews with Spike Lee, Viola Davis, Danai Gurira and more of the performers and directors who worked alongside Boseman during his celebrated career.
In the wake of DMX's death, Hollywood figures and musicians took to social media to share tributes and memories of the New York rapper who died in New York on Friday. DMX,whose real name was Earl Simmons, was behind such iconic songs as "Party Up (Up in Here)" and "X Gon' Give It to Ya" and the star of action movies including Exit Wounds, Cradle 2 the Grave and Romeo Must Die.
Viola Davis' awards shelf continues to grow! The celebrated actress took home the prestigious Icon Award 12th annual African American Film Critics Association Awards on Wednesday, and delivered a powerful speech about her future and legacy.«I’ve always struggled my entire career — probably life — feeling like I’m worthy of all this praise,» Davis, 55, shared as she accepted the award virtually.
“It’s an honor to be recognized as an innovator,” said music icon Mariah Carey, while accepting the Innovator Award at the 12th Annual African American Film Critics Association Awards, which took place virtually for a private audience.
© @Copyright HELLO! Hello! Magazine One of the things we love about Viola Davis’s style is she’s not afraid to play with fashion or add a splash of bold color to any red carpet, virtual or not. MORE: Nicole Kidman and Lily Collins lead best-dressed stars in spring looks at SAG AwardsSuch was the case when she popped up on the virtual SAG Awards on Sunday in a gorgeous neon green Louis Vuitton gown.
Viola Davis won best actress in a film for her lead role in Ma Rainey's Black Bottom at the 2021 SAG Awards. In her acceptance speech, Davis thanked the film's cast, including the "beautiful" Chadwick Boseman; director George C.
The 27th Screen Actors Guild Awards honours the year's best achievements in film and television performances. The one-hour, pre-taped show which is being held virtually does not have a host this year, nor the usual banquet or red carpet.
SAG Awards are the first of the major peer groups to hand out statues in the new year, but 2021 is proving to be even more change-inducing than 2020.The 27th Annual SAG Awards were pushed a couple of times, first due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic and then when the Grammys decided to have their show on the same night SAG was planning to celebrate.