Wednesday, Apr. 5, 2023

The new movie " Air " is technically about a shoe. There is nothing especially extraordinary about this shoe. As the Q-like Nike designer Peter Moore (Matthew Maher) explains, the last significant change to footwear was made some 600 years ago when the decision was made to differentiate the...

Wednesday, Sep. 14, 2022

When Viola Davis, sculpted and hardened from months of training, first stood in the full garb of the Agojie warrior women, with her bare feet in the African sand, it was the culmination of not just the years-long push to make "The Woman King," but of a lifelong battle.

"It was sort of...

Friday, Jun. 24, 2022

Several celebrities including Viola Davis, Bette Midler and Stephen King reacted after the Supreme Court on Friday voted to overturn Roe v. Wade, which guaranteed a woman’s constitutional right to abortion.

“They did it. THEY DID IT TO US! #SCOTUS has overturned #RoevWade, enshrined in...

Monday, Jun. 20, 2022

Paramount+ flexed the star power of its shows as it prepares to launch in the United Kingdom with an event attended by Sylvester Stallone, Viola Davis, Kevin Costner, Jessica Chastain and more.

The expansion delivers overseas some popular programs like Costner's "Yellowstone" and "Star...

Sunday, Jun. 12, 2022

Actor, producer and director Eva Longoria, founder of UnbeliEVAble Entertainment, cited a quote--”Never about us without us”--after hearing a story from fellow panelist Charles D. King, founder of production company Macro, during a session that helped kick off the Producers Guild of America’s...

Friday, Apr. 15, 2022

"The First Lady" presents three influential women, three acclaimed actors playing them, and a century of history encompassing wars, presidential scandal and America's stubborn gender and race fault lines.

The ambitious Showtime drama series proved an irresistible challenge for Oscar-...

Monday, Apr. 26, 2021

Two foundations that serve the needy achieved the kind of spotlight at Sunday's night's Academy Awards telecast that any nonprofit yearns for: A shout-out from a famous celebrity to the 10 million or so people estimated to be watching the Oscars from home.

Time will tell whether the...

Wednesday, Dec. 16, 2020

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...

Monday, Oct. 19, 2020

Netflix on Monday previewed George C. Wolfe's August Wilson adaptation "Ma Rainey's Black Bottom," showcasing Chadwick Boseman's final performance opposite Viola Davis' powerhouse blues singer.

The film, shot last year, was already one of the year's most anticipated, coming as the next...

Monday, Jun. 24, 2019

When Viola Davis started her production company nearly a decade ago, she was determined to bring about change in Hollywood with a strategic mandate: Normalize people of color on screen.

"We're not social statements. We're not mythical creatures all the time ... you can literally put pen...

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