More than 550 actors, directors, writers and musicians — including Jane Fonda, Billie Eilish, Pedro Pascal, Gracie Abrams, Spike Lee, Viola Davis, Barbra Streisand, Ben Stiller, John Legend, Janelle Monae, and Natalie Portman — have teamed up to relaunch the Committee for the First Amendment, a group originally formed in …
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Tributes are pouring in for the late Malcolm-Jamal Warner, who died Sunday at 54. After news broke that the actor died following an accidental drowning in Costa Rica, stars from Beyoncé and Jamie Foxx to his TV wife Tracee Ellis Ross and Jennifer Love Hewitt shared their condolences with his …
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Viola Davis will star as the gunslinging head of state in Prime Video‘s G20. In the trailer released Wednesday, U.S. President Danielle Sutton heads to the international forum with her family, played by Black-ish stars Anthony Anderson and Marsai Martin, when the leadership conference faces an explosive threat. In the …
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Creature Commandos might seem like an odd choice to be the first new project of James Gunn’s tenure running DC’s film and TV operations. Why kick off this post-Snyderverse era with a gory and frequently sad animated spinoff of Gunn’s The Suicide Squad, populated largely by DC Z-listers like GI …
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EGOT winner Viola Davis will earn another distinction at the 2025 Golden Globes as the Cecil B. DeMille Award honoree. She’ll be recognized live from the Globes’ CBS telecast on Sunday, Jan. 5. The award show will take place at the Beverly Hilton Hotel. The Cecil B. DeMille Award is …
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Democratic presidential candidate Kamala Harris has released a campaign video highlighting her mother Shyamala Gopalan’s legacy, with actress Viola Davis providing narration. The clip, titled “Mother,” discusses the Harris’ mother, an Indian immigrant who arrived in the U.S. at age 19 and became a cancer researcher and raised two daughters, …
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In the hours following the news of Maggie Smith‘s death at age 89, numerous of the two-time Oscar winner’s friends, including King Charles, Whoopi Goldberg, Viola Davis, and the actress’ Harry Potter castmates, have shared touching tributes to the performer on social media. Her sons Toby Stephens and Chris Larkin …
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Samuel L. Jackson and John David Washington reprise their stage roles for the film adaptation of August Wilson’s The Piano Lesson. In the trailer, released Wednesday, Boy Willie (Washington) and his niece (played by Skylar Smith) rest their hands on the sculpted figures of an age-old piano, reflecting on the …
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It was a big night for diversity at the 2023 Emmys with five of the 12 actingEmmys being awardedto performers of color, tying the record set at the 1991 ceremony. The first two awards of the night made history with wins forThe Bear’s Ayo Edebiri andAbbot Elementary’s Quinta Brunson, marking …
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Long before there was a Katniss Everdeen, future victor of the Hunger Games and Panem’s No. 1 revolutionary icon, there was Lucy Gray Baird — a young woman who also hailed from District 12 and found herself recruited as a tribute in a fascist world’s annual entertainment death march. She …
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