Why ‘Ma Rainey’s’ Creative Team Used Horsehair to Reflect Authentic Black Hairstyles of the 1920s

Viola Davis delivered one of the greatest performances of 2020 as blues legend Ma Rainey in Netflix’s Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom. The Oscar-winning actress, 55, revealed she gained some weight in preparation for the role, but turned to Gabriela Mclain to help her get “back in shape” post filming. “Love my amazing trainer, Gabriela Mclain! She played a major role in getting me back in shape after gaining weight to play Ma Rainey,” Viola tweeted on December 17.

Ryan Reynolds has his fans in complete disbelief.

Sandra Bullock has found a new co-star for her adventure rom-com “The Lost City of D”.

Channing Tatum is reportedly in final talks to star alongside Sandra Bullock in The Lost City Of D.The upcoming romantic adventure flick was being envisioned as a reunion for Sandra and Ryan Reynolds, who starred in the 2009 rom-com classic The Proposal.However, the Deadpool star was only loosely attached to the film and now Variety reports that the Magic Mike star has all but signed a deal to take on the male lead.Sandra will play a romance author, who discovers that a supposedly fictional city

Sorry, “The Proposal” stans, it appears that the reunion between Ryan Reynolds and Sandra Bullock isn’t meant to be.

Also Read: Channing Tatum Teams With Phil Lord and Chris Miller for Monster Movie at UniversalSeth Gordon developed the idea and the treatment for “The Lost City of D,” and Dana Fox wrote the most recent draft of the script.

Channing Tatum is in final talks to co-star opposite Sandra Bullock in The Lost City of D, the forthcoming Paramount Pictures feature, which is being directed by Adam and Aaron Nee. Bullock is also producing the pic via her Fortis Films along with Liza Chasin of 3dot Productions

Channing Tatum is in final negotiations to star alongside Sandra Bullock in the upcoming movie The Lost City of D.

Viola Davis is paying tribute to late co-star Chadwick Boseman.

Gordon Cox Theater EditorAudiences won’t see Ruben Santiago-Hudson on screen in the new Netflix adaptation of “Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom,” but theater fans can rest assured that the writer-actor-director — one of the foremost interpreters of playwright August Wilson’s work — had a major hand in shifting the story from the stage to the screen.

Gertrude “Ma” Rainey is considered the “Mother of the Blues” for being one of the first African-American professional blues singers and among the first generation to record. Born in 1886 as Gertrude Pridgett, the singer started her career as a teenager and adopted the nickname of “Ma” Rainey after marrying Will “Pa” Rainey in 1904.

NEW YORK -- Like many of those involved in the making of “Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom,” it’s not easy for Viola Davis to summarize what playwright August Wilson has meant to her except to answer, “Everything.”Davis' first stage role was in Wilson’s “Joe Turner’s Come and Gone.” She made her Broadway debut in his “Seven Guitars” and won a Tony for “King Hedley II.” After playing Rose on Broadway in Wilson’s “Fences,” she reprised the role in Denzel Washington’s 2016 film, winning her an Oscar.

Chadwick Boseman‘s final movie Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom is now streaming and his co-star Viola Davis is opening up both about his death and his legacy.

Viola Davis paid a virtual visit to “The Graham Norton Show” to promote her new Netflix movie “Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom”.

Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom, starring Viola Davis as the brazen blues legend and Chadwick Boseman in his final film role, has brought new attention to Rainey’s mystifying story. Adapted from August Wilson’s Broadway play of the same name, the film explores an intense 1927 Chicago recording session between Rainey and her band members, with Davis delivering an unapologetic portrayal of the singer. “Usually Ma Rainey and how she looks has been greatly stereotyped in cinematic history and in life,” the