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  • Chadwick Boseman honored with posthumous star on Hollywood Walk of Fame: ‘He was an incredible leader’

    (CNN) — Friends, family and fans gathered Thursday to honor the late Chadwick Boseman receiving a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in Los Angeles.

    Thursday was declared “Chadwick Boseman Day” in Hollywood, and his “Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom” costar Viola Davis, his “Black Panther” director Ryan Coogler and Boseman’s widow Taylor Simone Ledward Boseman spoke during the emotional ceremony.

    “I have to believe that Chadwick is still alive,” Davis said. “I can’t use the word ‘gone’ or ‘death’ really when thinking about him.”

    The “Black Panther” actor died in 2020 at the age of 43 after a private battle with colon cancer.

    Davis noted that they worked on their Oscar-winning movie “Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom” just before he passed, and said Boseman “was always trying to engage me on the set” talking about the “cap of success” and having the types of conversations that she believes people have when they know they “possibly are transitioning.”

    The late actor, she said in her tribute, was a “mighty mighty elixir that sort of stirred up the alchemy that we’re all in search of, which is meaning.”

    “I celebrate him today. And I say to him, I hope all the angels in heaven just sang him to a beautiful rest,” Davis said. “And I thank him for what he left behind in me, which is a burning ember that always guides me to a higher meaning of my work and my purpose.”

    “This star, as beautiful as it is on the Walk of Fame, shines a whole lot less brighter than Chadwick is in heaven,” she concluded her speech.

    Coogler, Boseman’s friend who directed him in the “Black Panther” Marvel film, asked for attendees’ understanding as he emotionally talked about the late star.

    “When I think of Chadwick Boseman I think of three things: leadership, teaching and generosity,” Coogler said. “He was an incredible leader.”

    The famed “Sinners” director said Boseman was “ageless,” and joked he didn’t know his age until he went to one of his birthday parties. He also told a story about Boseman sneaking past stars like Sylvestor Stallone, Michael B. Jordan (who was present at Thursday’s ceremony) and others to get into Coogler’s hotel room during a big press tour for the 2015 film “Creed.”

    Boseman, Coogler said, wanted to meet with him to talk about working together on “Black Panther” and managed to evade even the press that were were present.

    “I was so impressed by that and I asked him how he got past everybody and he smiled and said, ‘That was the Panther,’” Coogler said, chuckling.

    Boseman’s wife was the last to take the podium, and had a heartfelt message for her late husband.

    “Chad, today we recognize a lifetime of artistry. We recognize your skill and your devotion and we cement your legacy as a hero and icon,” she said. “You lived with honor and you walked in truth. You were as brilliant as you were beautiful and as courageous as you were kind. We love you, we miss you and we thank you.”

    She then invited her husband’s brothers, Derrick and Kevin Boseman, to help with the unveiling of the star.

    In addition to portraying T’Challa in “Black Panther” and other Marvel movies as well as his Academy Award-nominated turn in Netflix’s “Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom,” Boseman had a robust film and television career, and portrayed Thurgood Marshall, James Brown and Jackie Robinson on film before his untimely passing.

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  • Gin & Jheri Curl Juice: Funniest, Wildest & Messiest Tweets, Viral Videos & More From Halloween Weekend 2025

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    Halloween 2025 was another shenanigan-stuffed spookapalooza with big budget costumes, spooky delicious stunners, and Janelle Monáe inching closer to surpassing Heidi Klum as the undisputed Queen of Halloween.

    In one of the buzziest moments of the weekend, professional baddie Kayla Nicole shattered social media as Toni Braxton in a recreation of the R&B legend’s “He Wasn’t Man Enough” video seemingly aimed at Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce.

    Naturally, the internet erupted over the now-viral homage to Toni Braxton that doubled as a long-awaited maybe-response to Trayvis that sparked speculation that Kayla fired shots at the engaged couple.

    Based on the reactions, it seems like Kayla won this round in the seemingly never-ending feud that Taylor reignited on her latest album The Life of a Showgirl.

    There was also some commotion for Nelly’s ’90s West Coast-themed ‘Hall-MO-ween’ pordy where guests rocked their drippiest jheri-wigs, Oakland Raiders hats, and chucks while paying homage to Boyz N The Hood and other iconic moments from the west side.

    The sequel to last year’s heehaw hootenany, Nelly’s brazy birthday bash brought out Ne-Yo, Jermaine Dupri, Dallas Austin, Big Tigger, and more for good vibes, gansta music, and with a splash og gin and juice.

    What was your favorite moment of Halloween weekend ’25? Tell us down below and enjoy the funniest, wildest, and messiest tweets, viral videos, and more from the weekend on the flip.

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  • Emmy Awards: Full list of winners

    Emmy Awards: Full list of winners

    LOS ANGELES (AP) — The 76th annual Emmy Awards were handed out Sunday at the Peacock Theater in downtown Los Angeles.

    “Shogun” set a single season record for most wins with 18. “Shogun” won best drama series, and Hiroyuki Sanada and Anna Sawai won acting awards for their roles.

    “Hacks’’ won the award for best comedy series. ”Baby Reindeer” and “The Bear’’ won four awards apiece.

    Early winners included Ebon Moss-Bachrach, Jeremy Allen White and Liza Colón-Zayas, who won awards for their work in the comedy series “The Bear.”

    Stars presenting Emmys to their peers included: Billy Crystal, Viola Davis, Selena Gomez, Steve Martin, Maya Rudolph and Martin Sheen.

    Several actors and shows, including Rudolph, won last week. Rudolph won her sixth Emmy Award at last weekend’s Creative Arts Emmys for her voice work on “Big Mouth.” Jamie Lee Curtis also picked up a supporting actress Emmy last weekend for her appearance on “The Bear.”

    Here’s a list of winners at Sunday’s Emmys:

    Drama series

    “Shogun”

    Comedy series

    “Hacks”

    Limited, anthology series, movie

    “Baby Reindeer”

    Actor in a drama series

    Hiroyuki Sanada, “Shogun”

    Actress in a drama series

    Anna Sawai, “Shogun”

    Supporting actor in a drama series

    Billy Crudup, “The Morning Show”

    Supporting actress in a drama series

    Elizabeth Debicki, “The Crown”

    Actor in a comedy series

    Jeremy Allen White, “The Bear”

    Actress in a comedy series

    Jean Smart, “Hacks”

    Supporting actress in a comedy series

    Liza Colón-Zayas, “The Bear”

    Supporting actor in a comedy series

    Ebon Moss-Bachrach, “The Bear”

    Actor in a limited, anthology series or movie

    Richard Gadd, “Baby Reindeer”

    Actress in a limited, anthology series or movie

    Jodie Foster, “True Detective: Night Country”

    Supporting actress limited, anthology series or movie

    Jessica Gunning, “Baby Reindeer”

    Supporting actor in a limited, anthology series or movie

    Lamorne Morris, “Fargo”

    Reality competition program

    “The Traitors,” Peacock

    Scripted variety series

    “Last Week Tonight with John Oliver”

    Talk series

    “The Daily Show”

    Writing for a variety special

    Alex Edelman, “Just for Us”

    Writing for a comedy series

    Lucia Aniello, Paul W. Downs and Jen Statsky, “Hacks”

    Writing for a drama series

    Will Smith, “Slow Horses”

    Writing for a limited series, anthology or movie

    Richard Gadd, “Baby Reindeer”

    Directing for a limited or anthology series

    Steven Zaillian, “Ripley”

    Directing for a comedy series

    Christopher Storer, “The Bear”

    Directing for a drama series

    Frederick E.O. Toye, “Shogun”

    Governors award

    Greg Berlanti

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  • Viola Davis and James Patterson to collaborate on novel set in the contemporary, rural South

    Viola Davis and James Patterson to collaborate on novel set in the contemporary, rural South

    NEW YORK – An upcoming thriller about a female judge in the contemporary, rural South will have two very famous, and very different, authors: Oscar winner Viola Davis and mega-selling novelist James Patterson.

    Little, Brown and Company announced Tuesday that Davis and Patterson are collaborating on a novel, currently untitled and scheduled for 2025 or 2026, in which the “dynamic and brilliant” Judge Mary Stone faces “a decision with seismic repercussions for her small county, and potentially the whole nation.”

    It will be the first work of adult fiction for Davis, whose previous books include the memoir “Finding Me” and the picture story “Corduroy Takes a Bow.” It’s the latest high-profile partnership for Patterson, whose previous co-authors range from Bill Clinton to Dolly Parton. The novel “Eruption,” for which Patterson completed a manuscript left behind by the late Michael Crichton, is one of the summer’s most popular books.

    “James’s ability to weave compelling narratives with depth and suspense is unparalleled, and I am honored to work alongside him,” Davis said in a statement. “Writing about a character as compelling as Judge Mary Stone has been an extraordinary experience, and I believe readers will be deeply moved by her journey.”

    Patterson, who came up with the idea after reading “Finding Me” and contacting Davis, said in a statement that the actor has a “gift for storytelling” and a “generous spirit.”

    “I could not have asked for a better partner than Viola,” Patterson said.

    Additional details about the book, including film rights, were not immediately available. Financial terms were not disclosed. The project was handled by Little, Brown; Patterson’s representatives, Robert Barnett and Deneen Howell of Williams & Connolly, and JVL Media, a “full-service media packaging firm and independent publisher” that Davis helped found.

    Copyright 2024 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed without permission.

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  • Mattel marks Barbie’s 65th birthday by creating dolls of iconic women

    Mattel marks Barbie’s 65th birthday by creating dolls of iconic women

    Mattel marks Barbie’s 65th birthday by creating dolls of iconic women – CBS News


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    Mattel is celebrating Barbie’s 65th birthday with the creation of eight new “role model” dolls from eight different countries. Among those getting the “Barbie” treatment are Viola Davis, Shania Twain and Helen Mirren.

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  • ‘Kung Fu Panda 4’ lacks the joys of the franchise’s earlier installments

    ‘Kung Fu Panda 4’ lacks the joys of the franchise’s earlier installments

    Kung Fu Panda 4 reminds us that animated movie franchises should really end after the third one.

    I’m still kinda mad that Pixar gave us one of the best movie trilogies of all time with the Toy Story saga, then served up a meh fourth installment in 2019. The same goes with the Shrek franchise, already running on fumes when DreamWorks dropped the Justin Timberlake-enhanced Shrek the Third, churning out the It’s a Wonderful Life-ish Shrek Forever After in 2010.

    Forever director Mike Mitchell also directs the newest Panda adventure, which also feels like an unnecessary remake. I was definitely getting major Zootopia vibes with this installment, as beloved roly-poly Dragon Warrior Po (Jack Black) teams up with shady, crafty fox Zhen (Awkwafina) in order to stop The Chameleon (Viola Davis), a reptilian sorceress who goes on a looting and plundering rampage by shape-shifting into other animals, including Po’s first-movie foe Tai Lung. (Yes, Ian McShane is back!)

    If you’re expecting the Furious Five to join Po on this, Po conveniently explains to villagers at the beginning that they’re on “super-cool, kung-fu missions.” Considering how little screen time the characters got in the last film, I guess DreamWorks had a hard time convincing Angelina Jolie, Jackie Chan, and the others to come back to basically voice cameos.

    Dustin Hoffman does return as crotchety Master Shifu, who’s mostly there to press Po on finding a Dragon Warrior replacement so Po can assume his new title as “spiritual leader of the Valley of Peace.” (How much are you willing to bet that Zhen plays a crucial part in that?) Po’s neurotic, adoptive goose dad (James Hong) and biological panda dad (Bryan Cranston) from the last movie also return, teaming up to follow Po secretly. We also get a possibly problematic influx of Asian voices playing nefarious characters, including Oscar-winning comeback kid Ke Huy Quan as Sunda, the pangolin leader of a den of thieves, and Daily Show correspondent Ronny Chieng as a smart-ass, ship-owning fish shooting one-liners from a pelican’s gullet.

    Thanks to longtime Panda writers Jonathan Aibel and Glenn Berger and Forever writer Darren Lemke, there’s a lot more screwballery popping off in this Panda mission. This is especially true once Po and Zhen head to Juniper City, a bustling metropolis where, in one chase sequence, they run away from the po-po while the soundtrack plays a Chinese traditional music version of Ozzy Osbourne’s “Crazy Train.” There’s a sense of quasi-dark, Looney Tunes-style absurdity, as Po interacts with such characters as a deceptively adorable yet clearly sociopathic trio of bunnies. “Violence makes my tummy tingle,” one of them says in a movie that’s generally aimed at kids. (If you do have little ones, make sure you let them know afterwards that violence isn’t a good thing, before they set their siblings on fire.)

    While some may see the hijinks as enjoyable, computer-animated tomfoolery, this sequel doesn’t bring anything new to the table. It practically seems like an elongated episode of one of the several Panda spinoff shows that’s been floating around on streaming platforms for years. This one is definitely missing the introspective, revelatory storytelling director Jennifer Yuh Nelson brought to the second (my favorite) and third installments.

    Listen, I’m all for shits-and-giggles escapist entertainment. After three Kung Fu Panda movies that gave us a decent mix of hilarity and pathos, however, this derivative, annoyingly predictable volume seems like a letdown. But hey, if you wanna keep your kids busy for an hour and a half by showing them a brand-new story of a rotund panda bear getting his Jet Li on, Kung Fu Panda 4 is waiting for you.

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  • ‘The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds & Snakes’ Review: Jennifer Lawrence Is Sorely Missed in Dour Prequel Short on Excitement

    ‘The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds & Snakes’ Review: Jennifer Lawrence Is Sorely Missed in Dour Prequel Short on Excitement

    It’s hard to build much intrigue into whether a love-struck teen with a seemingly gentle heart and firm moral compass will betray those who trust him and cross over to the dark side when his name is Coriolanus Snow and we know from four previous films that he will grow up to be an evil overlord played with chilling authority by Donald Sutherland. Even less so once he joins the fascistic “Peacekeeper” ranks and trades his floppy blond locks for a Hitler Youth buzz cut.

    That’s just one of the limitations of The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds & Snakes, a lumbering prequel to the blockbuster battle royale series based on Suzanne Collins’ YA novels, the global grosses for which are nearing $3 billion.

    The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds & Snakes

    The Bottom Line

    A grinding dystopian dirge set to Appalachian folk tunes.

    Release date: Friday, Nov. 17
    Cast: Tom Blyth, Rachel Zegler, Peter Dinklage, Jason Schwartzman, Hunter Schafer, Josh Andrés Rivera, Viola Davis, Fionnula Flanagan
    Director: Francis Lawrence
    Screenwriters: Michael Lesslie, Michael Arndt, based on the novel by Suzanne Collins

    Rated PG-13,
    2 hours 37 minutes

    Beyond the fact that Collins penned a 2020 follow-up set 64 years before the events of the original book trilogy, and of course the market reality that Hollywood never met a dystopian cash cow it couldn’t milk to death, there are few compelling reasons for the new installment to exist.

    Certainly not the grisly but unimaginative death-match arena action in which dutifully diverse but thinly drawn characters identifiable chiefly by their disabilities or degrees of brutality meet their makers in front of a live TV audience. And definitely not Viola Davis devouring the coldly futuristic scenery as a malevolent doctor with a fright wig, one piercing ice-blue eye and Drag Race-strength makeup, cooking up increasingly cruel torments to unleash on the games’ hapless contestants. As an archvillain, she’s too campy to be disturbing but not sufficiently so to be fun.

    The main takeaway from The Ballad of Songbirds & Snakes is the realization that a critical element of what made the four previous Hunger Games films enjoyable — even the concluding entry, unrewardingly stretched over two parts — was the natural pluck and charisma of Jennifer Lawrence. Her Katniss Everdeen was someone to root for, not to mention something of a rarity at the time in terms of resourceful female action heroes whose battle smarts never crush their humanity.

    An underdog from District 12, the impoverished coal-mining sector of fictional North American autocracy Panem, Katniss brought formidable archery skills honed while hunting to put food on the family table. But she became just as notable for her compassion, conveyed in the first film by her alliance with Amandla Stenberg’s preteen Rue and her grief over the latter’s death. There’s arguably been no more affecting moment in the series than Katniss showing her love and respect by spreading flowers over the dead girl’s body. If only this bloated prequel had a scene or two with even a fraction of that emotional power.

    As Lucy Gray Baird, Katniss’ District 12 counterpart in the 10th annual Hunger Games, West Side Story discovery Rachel Zegler is feisty and appealing, pointedly summoning echoes of Katniss with a defiant curtsy at The Reaping, the ceremony during which two involuntary “Tributes” are chosen from each district to compete in the games by the oppressive Capitol that rules Panem.

    Her chewy Appalachian accent can be distracting, but the stirring folk songs and foot-stomping jigs she performs — Lucy Gray is a member of the Covey, a community of itinerant musicians forcibly assigned to a district by the regime — at least lend the character vitality and help make her more than a rote reprint struck from the Katniss template. But unlike Katniss, who was very much the beating heart of the earlier films, Lucy Gray has to compete for narrative primacy with the young Coriolanus (Tom Blyth). And the longer the movie trudges on, the more she loses.

    Like other students from well-heeled families in the Capitol, Coriolanus is required to mentor a Tribute through the training and promotion period and then the contest itself, where viewer sponsorship determines the amount of survival provisions that can be sent via drones to the mentees.

    But unlike most of his mentor colleagues, Coriolanus has a lot at stake. His once elevated family has fallen on hard times since the death of his father in the long war sparked by the uprising of the districts against the Capitol. As the sole remaining breadwinner, he needs the Plinth Prize cash awarded to the winning mentor in order to keep his Grandma’am (Fionnula Flanagan) and his cousin, the future Hunger Games stylist Tigris (Hunter Schafer), above the poverty line.

    The 10th games are also a turning point in the gladiatorial event overseen by the heartless Dr. Volumnia Gaul (Davis). Audience interest has been waning, so Dr. Gaul has figured out ways to up the stakes and increase involvement, including the use of mutant creatures bred in her lab, notably a massive canister of venomous iridescent snakes. The parallels between this sci-fi version of sensationalized entertainment and contemporary ratings battles are emphasized in Michael Lesslie and Michael Arndt’s adapted screenplay.

    A more ambiguous figure than the cruel doctor is the Capitol University’s Dean Highbottom (Peter Dinklage); his morphine addiction is gradually revealed to be the result of his guilt over setting the original games in motion, which is also the root of his hostility toward the young Snow.

    Then there’s Lucky Flickerman (Jason Schwartzman), a family forebear of Stanley Tucci’s Caesar Flickerman from the previous entries, tasked with hard-selling the gruesome event to home viewers — and injecting some strained comedy into the mostly humorless film. That includes coming up with catchy nicknames as the most vicious frontrunners emerge — Cunning Coral (Mackenzie Lansing), Merciless Mizzan (Cooper Dillon), Treacherous Treech (Hiroki Berrecloth) — much like Trump mocking political opponents at a rally.

    On the unequivocally good side is Sejanus Plinth (Josh Andrés Rivera), idealistic scion of one of the Capitol’s wealthiest families and a classmate who views Coriolanus as an ally. When Dr. Gaul insists on forging ahead after a rebel “terrorist” bombing on the eve of the games kills a handful of contestants and all but destroys the arena, Sejanus’ loyalty to the Capitol is tested. His stomach for the barbarous games is also challenged when he finds himself mentoring a former school friend, Marcus (Jerome Lance).

    Divided into three chapters — “The Mentor,” “The Prize,” “The Peacekeeper” — Lesslie and Arndt’s script is less interested in the gladiatorial action than in the moral formation, or disassembly, of Coriolanus. Will he act in solidarity with the principled Sejanus? Will he ramp up his efforts on Lucy Gray’s behalf to make her not just a survivor but a winner? And will he remain true to her once love blooms out of their shared experience in the Hunger Games spotlight?

    Given that Snow’s persona in the earlier films leaves little doubt about the answer to those questions, a lot is riding on Blyth’s performance to keep us engaged as the young Coriolanus weighs personal loyalties against his instinct for self-preservation and ambitious advancement.

    Blyth, who played the title character in the Epix/MGM+ series Billy the Kid, balances sensitivity with growing steeliness effectively enough. But Coriolanus is no substitute for Katniss as a protagonist and his inevitable betrayal of Lucy Gray is too clumsily mapped to be anything but preordained script mechanics. There’s no poignancy because we’re never terribly invested in their romance in the first place. I mean, the dude has the word “anus” in his name, for God’s sake.

    Francis Lawrence, who has directed all but the 2012 feature that kicked off the series, handles the arena action with the required energy, putting DP Jo Willems’ cameras through their paces with lots of frenetic movement. But the games prove less suspenseful and visually interesting in their confined bunker-like setting than under the sprawling biodome of the chapters that come later in the chronology. More than that, the contestants just lack dimension. And Lawrence’s journeyman handling of the more character-driven drama provides sputtering momentum at best.

    The film’s design elements are polished, including atmospheric physical settings by Uli Hanisch — his imposing recreations of Weimar Germany were a key element of Tom Tykwer’s neo-noir series Babylon Berlin — convincingly blended with CG; and stylish, character-enhancing costumes by Trish Summerville. The burgundy unisex Capitol student uniforms, with pleated skirts over trousers, look like something Thom Browne whipped up for the Starship Enterprise crew.

    The orchestral thunder of James Newton Howard’s score marries well with Lucy Gray’s songs, in which executive music producer Dave Cobb crafts rousing tunes around Collins’ lyrics, adding fire to the heroine’s rebel spirit.

    If only there were something truly new and innovative about this chapter to fully justify resurrecting the Hunger Games franchise eight years after Mockingjay — Part 2. The intention to illuminate the political machinations of the Capitol and the importance of the games in maintaining the divide between the ruling class and the powerless plebs yields little beyond turgid gloom.

    The points about savagery as one of humanity’s base instincts are hammered by Snow in emphatic dialogue that leaves no subtext unstated: “The whole world is an arena and we need the Hunger Games every year to remind us who we truly are.” Gory sacrifices, in this equation, are simply “the price people are willing to pay for a good show.” If only.

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  • ‘Ballad Of Songbird And Snakes’ Director On How Viral Meme Inspired Viola Davis’ Casting

    ‘Ballad Of Songbird And Snakes’ Director On How Viral Meme Inspired Viola Davis’ Casting

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    Viola Davis is featured in a prominent role in the upcoming “Hunger Games” prequel, and her casting was the result of some fan art of the Oscar-winning actress that went viral.

    Last year, Davis shared the fan art from artist Rico Knight with her Instagram followers, in which an image of her — presumably from “The Help” — had been photoshopped front of a window, with “RIP” written in blood seen on the sidewalk, while a blood-spattered Davis sports a sinister grin.

    “I was like, ‘Wow, you know what? She may be really good for this.’”

    “Wowzers!! I’d love to lead a horror movie! Drop your plot ideas in the comments,” Davis wrote in the caption for the post, which quickly went viral.

    According to Francis Lawrence, director of the upcoming “The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes,” the viral image caught his attention.

    “It was a piece of fan art, and somebody had photoshopped, I think, an image of her standing by a window,” Lawrence told Entertainment Weekly.

    “It may be a still from ‘The Help’, but she had this sort of sinister little smile and they had made mocked up a fake horror poster as if she was the villain in this,” he continued.


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    “I was like, ‘Wow, you know what? She may be really good for this,’” he says of his reaction to the meme (above). “She has this gravitas, but she could be playful and quirky and get all of that. It’d be very different for her. I don’t think we’ve seen her do this kind of thing a lot.”

    As a result, Lawrence cast Davis as Volumnia Gaul, gamemaker of the 10th Hunger Games, in which future president Coriolanus Snow (Tom Blyth, portraying a younger version of the role Donald Sutherland played in the earlier films) competes.

    “We wanted to create a very different kind of character in terms of powerful women in these stories,” Lawrence said, describing the character a “very strong believer in a specific philosophy and is grooming Snow in that direction,” he says.


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    While he sees Gaul as having a “sinister underpinning,” he’s never viewed the villains in his movies as such.

    “Even going back to Donald playing Snow, a lot of people would say that he’s villainous and evil, but Donald and I never really thought of him that way,” he said.

    “I know objectively the character is, but these characters have to believe in their philosophies. And so she’s a real believer in a specific philosophy. She truly believes that at our core, humans are savage, and that’s why we need the games. That’s why people need to be ruled with an iron fist,” he added.

    “So if that’s somebody that believes those things, then they create the things they create. She’s passionate and this is why she’s trying to rejuvenate the games. The slightly twisted thing is that she finds joy and creativity in designing the games and making them more entertaining, so she’s truly the first real gamemaker to think outside the box,” he said.


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    “She’s a creative person with a very sinister underpinning,” Lawrence added, so “there’s a lot of colour in her wardrobe and in her hair and also in her creation.”

    “The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes” hits theatres Nov. 17.

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  • The Hunger Games Begin in ‘Songbirds And Snakes’ Trailer

    The Hunger Games Begin in ‘Songbirds And Snakes’ Trailer

    The Hunger Games franchise begins a new chapter with The Ballad Of Songbirds & Snakes. The film is a prequel, and follows the rise of Coriolanus Snow and the early history of the Games. In the later entries in the series chronologically, Snow is the leader of Panem and the ruler of the Capitol.

    While Snow might seem like he has himself under control most of the time, he hides a ruthless and evil interior. Of course, there must have been specific events that led him to be the way he is. A villain like him doesn’t come along out of nowhere. The Ballad Of Songbirds & Snakes explains those events. He was born into a rich family, but he was orphaned during the course of a war. Without spoiling too much about what’s going to go down in the film, Snow is faced with some serious ethical dilemmas. Since we see how he ends up later on, it’s safe to say he probably doesn’t make all the right calls.

    Watch the new Ballad of Songbirds & Snakes trailer below:

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    Francis Lawrence, director of most of the other Hunger Games sequels returns for this entry. The movie also features tons of great actors like Viola Davis and Peter Dinklage.

    Here is the prequel’s official synopsis:

    THE HUNGER GAMES: THE BALLAD OF SONGBIRDS & SNAKES follows a young Coriolanus (Tom Blyth) who is the last hope for his failing lineage, the once-proud Snow family that has fallen from grace in a post-war Capitol. With his livelihood threatened, Snow is reluctantly assigned to mentor Lucy Gray Baird (Rachel Zegler), a tribute from the impoverished District 12. But after Lucy Gray’s charm captivates the audience of Panem, Snow sees an opportunity to shift their fates. With everything he has worked for hanging in the balance, Snow unites with Lucy Gray to turn the odds in their favor. Battling his instincts for both good and evil, Snow sets out on a race against time to survive and reveal if he will ultimately become a songbird or a snake.

    The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds & Snakes is scheduled to open in theaters on November 17.

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  • Viola Davis Hits Pause on Her Next Film Despite Getting SAG-AFTRA Greenlight

    Viola Davis Hits Pause on Her Next Film Despite Getting SAG-AFTRA Greenlight

    Viola Davis is pressing pause on her next project, despite receiving a greenlight from SAG-AFTRA to film amid industry strikes. Although the dual SAG-AFTRA and WGA strikes have halted nearly every major production in Hollywood, dozens of independent films and TV shows have been cleared to continue filming under an interim agreement, including Davis’s upcoming political thriller G20.

    “I love this movie, but I do not feel that it would be appropriate for this production to move forward during the strike,” the Oscar winner told Deadline in a statement on Saturday. “I appreciate that the producers on the project agree with this decision. JuVee Productions and I stand in solidarity with actors, SAG/AFTRA and the WGA.”

    The union previously permitted the film to proceed, despite being distributed by Amazon Studios, because it is produced by non-AMPTP-affiliated studio MRC. Davis stars as a U.S. president who must fight for the future of her country after the G20 Summit is taken over by terrorists, according to The Hollywood Reporter. G20 is directed by Patricia Riggen and written by Noah and Logan Miller.

    Davis’s stance came a day after Sarah Silverman spoke out against SAG-AFTRA waivers on her Instagram. “What the fuck? I got offered an indie movie, I fucking said no, and so did a bunch of my friends. And now some of my friends are saying yes,” she said in her video. “I’m really pissed.” 

    While more than 300 companies are members of the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers (AMPTP), production companies including A24, which won the best-picture Oscar last year, exist outside of the organization. A24 is still making films now despite the strike, as are other “truly independent” producers—including films reportedly featuring actors like Anne Hathaway, Matthew McConaughey, Paul Rudd, and Jenna Ortega.

    Silverman said she didn’t know if she should be “mad at these movie stars making these indie movies that are obviously going to go to streaming” or angry with “SAG for making this interim deal for these indie movies” during the strike. “It’s scabbing. You’ve made that so clear that it’s scabbing,” she continued in her video. “Now, all of a sudden movie stars can make movies if they’re indie movies that where they promise they’ll only sell it if X, Y, and Z? That’s called the end of the strike, motherfuckers!”

    In response to some of the discord, SAG-AFTRA released a statement about interim agreements to its website on Sunday. The union said that it offers “many of our journeyman performers and crews the opportunity to pay their rent and feed their families. This approach maintains our strength, solidarity and upper hand with the AMPTP until they yield to the deal we deserve.”

    The statement from the SAG-AFTRA TV/Theatrical Negotiating Committee further maintained that an interim agreement “is not a waive,r” and that each project seeking such an agreement is rigorously vetted. “Regardless of the size of the budget or the renown of the cast, these projects have been confirmed to be separate from the AMPTP and entirely independent,” the statement continued. “Independent producers must agree to all of the terms, without exception, including the very proposals that the AMPTP rejected.”

    The guild will still “urge independent producers to apply and encourage SAG-AFTRA members to work on the projects that obtain an interim agreement, along with all of the other permissible work,” it said. “Some have suggested that the interim agreement might prolong the strike, but we disagree. We believe the leverage created by increasing competitive pressure on the AMPTP and denying them what they want most will force them back to the table and help bring this strike to an end.”

    In 2020, Davis spoke to Vanity Fair about the importance of taking action against injustice. “I feel like my entire life has been a protest,” she said. “My production company is my protest. Me not wearing a wig at the Oscars in 2012 was my protest. It is a part of my voice, just like introducing myself to you and saying, ‘Hello, my name is Viola Davis.’”

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  • Monetize (And Monetize And Monetize) Your Talent: Air Explores the Birth of a New American Dream: Passive Income

    Monetize (And Monetize And Monetize) Your Talent: Air Explores the Birth of a New American Dream: Passive Income

    If Air seeks to emphasize one thing, it’s that you should always leverage your talent to secure the utmost profit. That’s certainly what Michael Jordan did back in 1984 as a rookie who made an unthinkable negotiation with Nike. One that would, for the first time in history, allow an athlete like Jordan to earn a percentage of every pair of Air Jordans sold. After all, it was his name on the sneakers, his name spurring all the sales. So why shouldn’t he get his cut? This question is present throughout the narrative thread of Air, which revolves entirely around the lead-up to making this landmark deal. Marking Ben Affleck’s fifth directorial effort following Gone Baby Gone, The Town, Argo and Live By Night, Air is a much more blatant nod to the “American dream.” You know, the one that pertains solely to bowing down to capitalism a.k.a. “getting this money.” Ironically, it’s also distributed by Amazon, which Nike no longer sells their shoes through in a bid to “elevate consumer experiences through more direct, personal relationships.”

    Sort of the way Jordan wanted to elevate the consumer experience of his adoring fans by giving them “a piece of himself” through a shoe. Fittingly enough, both Nike and Michael Jordan are quintessential American dream stories, with the latter being a shoestring operation (pun intended) co-founded in 1964 by University of Oregon track athlete Phil Knight (Affleck) and his coach, Bill Bowerman (though Alex Convery, the writer of Air, doesn’t bother to mention his name). It was Knight who sold the company’s (then known as Blue Ribbon Sports) first shoe offerings (made by Onitsuka Tiger, a brand that, for whatever reason, agreed to let Knight be the U.S.’ exclusive distributor) out of the back of his car at track meets most of the time. Steadily, Blue Ribbon Sports kept making a name for itself as a leader in distributing Japanese running shoes. But it was in 1971 that Bowerman fucked around with his own innovation by using his wife’s waffle iron to create a different kind of rubber sole for the benefit of runners. One that was lightweight, therefore conducive to increasing speed. This was also the year the company rebranded to Nike and was bequeathed with its signature swoosh logo by graphic designer Carolyn Davidson. With the “Moon Shoe” and the “Waffle Trainer” released in 1972 and 1974 respectively, Nike sales exploded into a multimillion-dollar enterprise.

    Jordan’s Cinderella story comes across as having slightly fewer hiccups in his rise to prominence, the main one being his slight by the varsity high school team when he was a sophomore at Emsley A. Laney High School in Wilmington, North Carolina. Written off as too short for varsity, Jordan waited patiently to grow four more inches and asserted himself as the star of Laney’s JV team. After getting his spot on varsity, it didn’t take long for a number of colleges to offer him a scholarship. He settled on University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, quickly distinguishing himself on the basketball team there and having no trouble eventually catching the eye of Sonny Vaccaro (Matt Damon, rejoining his true love onscreen), Nike’s then basketball talent scout (at a time when such “lax” job roles were still in existence). Convinced of Jordan’s status as a once-in-a-generation talent, he begs and pleads with Knight to use the entire basketball budget to offer Jordan an endorsement deal.

    Alas, although named after the Greek goddess who personifies victory, Nike was anything but victorious in being a basketball shoe contender with the likes of Converse and Adidas as 1984 commenced. After all, the company had been built on running shoes. That had always been their bread and butter. Nonetheless, Vaccaro still can’t figure out why basketball players are so averse to putting their faith in Nike. But, as Howard White (Chris Tucker), the VP of Nike’s Basketball Athlete Relations tells Sonny, “Nike is a damn jogging company. Black people don’t jog. You ain’t gonna catch no Black person running twenty-six miles for no damn reason. Man, the cops probably pull you over thinkin’ you done stole something.” Which isn’t far off considering the need for shirts like, “Don’t Shoot, It’s Just Cardio” (tragically inspired by the death of Ahmaud Arbery).

    Rob Strasser (Jason Bateman), the VP of Marketing for Basketball, is more naively optimistic during a meeting in which he says, “Mr. Orwell was right. 1984 has been a tough year. Our sales are down, our growth is down. But this company is about who we really are when we are down for the count.” That said, Strasser and Knight both insist they have a strict 250K budget to attract three players. Sonny tells Strasser he doesn’t want to sign three players, he wants to sign just one: Jordan. He paints Strasser the innovative-for-its-time picture, “We build a shoe line just around him. We tap into something deeper, into the player’s identity.” This being something that would become the subsequent norm with endorsement deals, not just from sports players, but every kind of celebrity.

    To this end, it’s of no small significance that Air opens with Dire Straits’ “Money For Nothing,” a song that derides famous ilk (namely, rock stars) who get money for doing no “real” work, like those who have to fritter their hours away in a minimum wage job at an appliance store (the site where Mark Knopfler overheard a man making derisive comments about the people he was seeing on MTV and then turned the rant into “Money For Nothing”). Jordan, too, might be seen that way by some, at least for making millions (billions?) for doing nothing other than allowing a shoe with his name and silhouette on it to be sold. And as “Money For Nothing” plays, Affleck gets us into the mindset of what the 80s were all about: consumer culture melding with pop culture. For it was in the 80s that the potential for endorsement deals, fueled by Reaganomics’ love of neoliberalism on steroids, were fully realized and taken advantage of.

    Sonny, seeing something entirely American in Jordan, crystallizes his feelings about him to Phil by insisting that he is “the most competitive guy I’ve ever seen. He is a fucking killer.” And that means he’s going to kill for Nike, profit-wise. As Sonny chases down a meeting with Jordan, who has made his disdain for the company abundantly clear (especially as he “loves” Adidas), it’s through his mother, Deloris (Viola Davis, who, although Jordan had no involvement in the production of the film, was offered as a suggestion by him to play the part), that Sonny finds his “in” with Michael. Much to the consternation of Michael’s agent, David Falk (Chris Messina), who distinctly warns Sonny not to contact the family.

    But Sonny has no interest in following rules, if that hadn’t already been made evident. And when he finally does land the pitch meeting with Jordan, he’s sure to tell him and his parents that Michael’s trajectory is “an American story, and that’s why Americans are gonna love it.” He then adds, as a coup de grâce in terms of flattery, “A shoe is just a shoe…until somebody steps into it [words Deloris will remind him of later when bargaining for Michael’s cut of the profits]. Then it has meaning. The rest of us just want a chance to touch that greatness.” And that, in the end, is how Jordan makes four hundred million dollars a year in passive income from a shoe.

    Even if it was an initial struggle for Deloris to lock down that income. Indeed, when Sonny tells her that Nike will never go for her and Michael’s demand and that the business is simply unfair in that regard, Deloris replies, “I agree that the business is unfair. It’s unfair to my son, it’s unfair to people like you. But every once in a while, someone comes along that’s so extraordinary, that it forces those reluctant to part with some of [their] wealth [to do so]. Not out of charity, but out of greed, because they are so very special. And even more rare, that person demands to be treated according to their worth, because they understand what they are worth.”

    With such an ardent speech about getting money, getting paid, it highlights that, more than just being a movie about how capitalism allows companies to exploit those making the most money for them, Air is about how capitalism indoctrinates the human brain so much as to make it believe that everything has to be about money. That the greatest art of all is not the art or skill itself, but how to get the most one possibly can for it. So it is that Bruce Springsteen’s always cringe-y hit, “Born in the U.S.A.,” plays while viewers are given epilogues to each person’s financially profitable fate. Funnily enough, Strasser had specifically mentioned to Vaccaro earlier in the film that one of the songs most beloved by Republicans (Reagan himself famously cited it for his presidential “cause”) is not about the hallowed notion of the American dream at all. In fact, as he tells Sonny, he was listening to it on his way to work most mornings (it had just come out during the year Air takes place), and he was all “fired up about American freedom…but this morning, I really focused on the words. And it is not about freedom. Like, not in any way. It’s about a guy who comes home from Vietnam, can’t find a job and I’m just belting it out enthusiastically.”

    There’s something to that analogy in looking for the deeper, perhaps unwitting meaning to Air. It isn’t really about the beauty of the American dream, but how ugly and petty it makes everyone pursuing it for the sake of as many pieces of paper as possible.

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  • Mary J. Blige Looks Back at Her Most Iconic Roles

    Mary J. Blige Looks Back at Her Most Iconic Roles

    Welcome to Look Back At It, a monthly column where some of the most iconic Black actresses in Hollywood reminisce and reflect on the roles that made them stars. For this month’s installment, Mary J. Blige breaks down her career—from Mudbound and How to Get Away With Murder to her current Starz series, Power Book II: Ghost.

    In 2018, the musician and actress Mary J. Blige became the first Black woman to be nominated in multiple categories in the same year at the Academy Awards. She earned two nominations for her work in Dee Rees’s Mudbound—one for Best Original Song and the other for Best Supporting Actress. “Those were complete surprises,” says Blige as she reflects on the moment. “I wasn’t even confident about my acting [at that time], but that let me know, ‘You can act.’”

    Throughout her career, Blige has honed her skill while playing an array of iconic women like Dr. Betty Shabazz in Betty & Coretta and Dinah Washington in Respect. She’s also guest-starred on the popular television shows Black-ish, Empire, and How to Get Away With Murder. Now, she’s Monet Tejada, the fierce matriarch at the heart of Power Book II: Ghost.

    “One thing that threads through all of my characters is that they’re all no-nonsense,” she says. “They’re all strong women. I have to play characters like that to be able to pull from a real place. Can I play a weak woman? Probably. But right now, this is what it is.”

    Now, she’s setting her sights behind the camera. Her production company, Blue Butterfly, already has two movies with Lifetime, and she says there’s more to come. “Maybe I’ll direct one day, but I don’t know if I have the patience to deal with people,” Blige adds with a laugh.

    Below, Blige takes us through her most iconic roles to share the deep friendships she’s made on set, the joys of acting with people she admires, and the ways she’s evolved onscreen.

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    “This was the first time that I officially met Taraji [P. Henson]. We acted together and then became friends. I Can Do Bad All By Myself reminds me of her and our friendship.”

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    “I got to work with one of the most amazing actresses in the business and an amazing woman. I felt so proud and grateful to stand beside Angela Bassett while working on Betty & Coretta. She’s one of the best. I mean, she’s right there with Meryl Streep for me. I watched Angela transform her face and everything on this film. It was the most unbelievable thing to watch. I still go to her for inspiration.”

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    “Oh my God. I was not happy with this. Moving on.”

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    “I had a ball playing that evil witch. We had a good time.”

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    “It was an honor to do Viola Davis’s hair in How To Get Away With Murder, which was one of the biggest shows at the time. Being her hairstylist was crazy, but also amazing.”

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    “Wow, what a historical moment. This was amazing on every level. I was completely caught off guard and surprised by how much the critics and the audience loved this film. And the Oscar nominations were a big surprise. Mudbound was challenging because I was going through so much in my life and was so insecure. And for the film, I had to peel back the things that were making me feel secure. You couldn’t wear weaves and you couldn’t wear lashes and you couldn’t wear nails. You had to have on old-timey clothes. I had be that person. That was a challenge because it kind of hurt my feelings a little bit, but it also gave me confidence in just looking like that. That’s who I am.”

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    “I had a blast. The word fun comes to mind when I think about The Umbrella Academy. We lived in Canada for five months and I met some great people. And, of course, I learned how to shoot guns and do martial arts.”

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    “It was nice to work alongside Jennifer Hudson and be that character. Flipping the table over was just so therapeutic.”

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    “Now, I’m comfortable with just falling into [acting]. Monet has given me so much confidence and she’s one of my favorite roles that I’ve played. For this character, I have to visit dark places in my real life. I have to go back to those places and grab that stuff to get those emotions to Monet. But this show is so much fun. The cast is amazing. The writing is amazing. It’s a blessing. I’m just so grateful to Courtney [A. Kemp, the show’s creator] and 50 [Cent, the show’s producer].”

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  • 2023 NAACP Image Awards: Complete Winners List

    2023 NAACP Image Awards: Complete Winners List

    By Mekishana Pierre‍, ETOnline.com.
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    The 54th NAACP Image Awards did the thing! After its regular week-long, non-televised celebrations, the annual awards ceremony concluded with its main ceremony on Saturday night.

    Hosted by Grammy, Emmy and Golden Globe-winning actress and producer Queen Latifah, Saturday’s ceremony included Janelle Monae, Taye Diggs, Kerry Washington, Jonathan Majors, Zendaya and more presenting awards to their peers, while also highlighting the accomplishments of political leaders and activists.

    Jennifer Hudson, Quinta Brunson, Keke Palmer and more scored wins during the pre-awards festivities, while Saturday’s ceremony saw Angela Bassett, Viola Davis, Will Smith and more honoured for their artistic contributions.


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    This year’s Activist of the Year Award was presented to Dr. Derrick Lee Foward, president of the Dayton Unit of the NAACP and a vice president of the Ohio NAACP, and the Youth Activist of the Year Award honoured to Bradley Ross Jackson, the president of the youth council of the Bloomington-Normal NAACP in Bloomington, Indiana. Jackson was recognized for organizing a peaceful protest of over 1,000 people in response to the murder of George Floyd.

    Democratic Congressman Bennie G. Thompson from Mississippi, civil rights attorney Ben Crump, and Dwyane Wade and actress Gabrielle Union also received honours during the main ceremony.

    See the complete list of winners for the 54th NAACP Image Awards below, in bold:

    ACTIVIST OF THE YEAR AWARD

    Dr. Derrick Lee Foward

    CHAIRMAN’S AWARD

    Congressman Bennie G. Thompson

    JACKIE ROBINSON SPORTS AWARD

    Serena Williams

    PRESIDENTS AWARD

    Dwyane Wade and Gabrielle Union-Wade

    SOCIAL JUSTICE IMPACT AWARD

    Attorney Ben Crump

    VANGUARD AWARD

    Bethann Hardison

    YOUTH ACTIVIST OF THE YEAR AWARD

    Bradley Ross Jackson

    ENTERTAINER OF THE YEAR NOMINEES

    Angela Bassett
    Mary J. Blige
    Quinta Brunson
    Viola Davis
    Zendaya

    MOTION PICTURE CATEGORIES

    Outstanding Motion Picture

    A Jazzman’s Blues (Netflix)
    Black Panther: Wakanda Forever (Marvel Studios)
    Emancipation (Apple TV)
    The Woman King (Sony Pictures Releasing)
    TILL (United Artists Releasing/Orion Pictures)

    Outstanding Actor in a Motion Picture

    Daniel Kaluuya – Nope (Universal Pictures)
    Jonathan Majors – Devotion (Sony Pictures Entertainment)
    Joshua Boone – A Jazzman’s Blues (Netflix)
    Sterling K. Brown – Honk for Jesus. Save Your Soul (Focus Features)
    Will Smith – Emancipation (Apple)

    Outstanding Actress in a Motion Picture

    Danielle Deadwyler – TILL (United Artists Releasing/Orion Pictures)
    Keke Palmer – Alice (Vertical Entertainment)
    Letitia Wright – Black Panther: Wakanda Forever (Marvel Studios)
    Regina Hall – Honk for Jesus. Save Your Soul (Focus Features)
    Viola Davis – The Woman King (Sony Pictures Releasing)

    Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Motion Picture

    Aldis Hodge – Black Adam (Warner Bros. Pictures / New Line Cinema)
    Cliff “Method Man” Smith – On The Come Up (Paramount Pictures)
    Jalyn Hall – TILL (United Artists Releasing/Orion Pictures)
    John Boyega – The Woman King (Sony Pictures Releasing)
    Tenoch Huerta – Black Panther: Wakanda Forever (Marvel Studios)


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    Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Motion Picture

    Angela Bassett – Black Panther: Wakanda Forever (Marvel Studios)
    Danai Gurira – Black Panther: Wakanda Forever (Marvel Studios)
    Janelle Monáe – Glass Onion: A Knives OutMystery (Netflix)
    Lashana Lynch – The Woman King (Sony Pictures Releasing)
    Lupita Nyong’o – Black Panther: Wakanda Forever (Marvel Studios)

    Outstanding Independent Motion Picture

    Breaking (Bleecker Street)
    Causeway (Apple TV)
    Mr. Malcolm’s List (Bleecker Street)
    Remember Me: The Mahalia Jackson Story (Hulu)
    The Inspection (A24)

    Outstanding International Motion Picture

    Athena (Netflix)
    Bantú Mama (ARRAY)
    Broker (NEON)
    Learn to Swim (ARRAY)
    The Silent Twins (Focus Features)

    Outstanding Breakthrough Performance in a Motion Picture

    Jalyn Hall – TILL (United Artists Releasing/Orion Pictures)
    Joshua Boone – A Jazzman’s Blues (Netflix)
    Ledisi – Remember Me: The Mahalia Jackson Story (Hulu)
    Y’lan Noel – A Lot of Nothing (RLJE)
    Yola – Elvis (Warner Bros. Pictures)

    Outstanding Ensemble Cast in a Motion Picture 

    A Jazzman’s Blues (Netflix)
    Black Panther: Wakanda Forever (Marvel Studios)
    Emancipation (Apple TV)
    The Woman King (Sony Pictures Entertainment)
    TILL (United Artists Releasing/Orion Pictures)

    Outstanding Animated Motion Picture

    DC League of Super-Pets (Warner Bros. Pictures / WAG / DC)
    Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio (Netflix)
    Puss in Boots: The Last Wish (Universal Pictures)
    Turning Red (Pixar Animation Studios)
    Wendell & Wild (Netflix)

    Outstanding Character Voice-Over Performance – Motion Picture

    Angela Bassett – Wendell & Wild (Netflix)
    Keke Palmer – Lightyear (Walt Disney Studios)
    Kevin Hart – DC League of Super-Pets (Warner Bros. Pictures / WAG / DC)
    Lyric Ross – Wendell & Wild (Netflix)
    Taraji P. Henson – Minions: The Rise of Gru (Universal Pictures)

    Outstanding Short-Form (Live Action)

    Dear Mama… (Film Independent)
    Fannie (Chromatic Black)
    Fathead (University of Southern California)
    Incomplete (20th Century Digital, Hulu)
    Pens & Pencils (Wavelength Productions/Black TV & Film Collective)

    Outstanding Short-Form (Animated)

    I Knew Superman (Houghtonville Animation)
    More Than I Want To Remember (MTV Entertainment Studios)
    Supercilious (York Cinemas)
    The Boy, the Mole, the Fox and the Horse (Apple Studios)
    We Are Here (271 Films)

    Outstanding Breakthrough Creative (Motion Picture)

    Elvis Mitchell – Is That Black Enough For You?!? (Netflix)
    Ericka Nicole Malone – Remember Me: The Mahalia Jackson Story (Hulu)
    Krystin Ver Linden – Alice (Vertical Entertainment)
    Mo McRae – A Lot of Nothing (RLJE)
    Stephen Adetumbi, Jarrett Roseborough – This Is My Black (Campus of Pine Forge Academy)


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    TELEVISION + STREAMING CATEGORIES

    Outstanding Comedy Series

    Abbott Elementary (ABC)
    Atlanta     (FX)
    black-ish (ABC)
    Rap Sh!t (HBO Max)
    The Wonder Years (ABC)

    Outstanding Actor in a Comedy Series

    Anthony Anderson – black-ish (ABC)
    Cedric The Entertainer – The Neighborhood (CBS)
    Donald Glover – Atlanta (FX)
    Dulé Hill – The Wonder Years (ABC)
    Mike Epps – The Upshaws (Netflix)

    Outstanding Actress in a Comedy Series

    Loretta Devine – Family Reunion (Netflix)
    Maya Rudolph – Loot (Apple TV+)
    Quinta Brunson – Abbott Elementary (ABC)
    Tichina Arnold – The Neighborhood (CBS)
    Tracee Ellis Ross – black-ish (ABC)

    Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series

    Brian Tyree Henry – Atlanta (FX)
    Deon Cole – black-ish (ABC)
    Kenan Thompson – Saturday Night Live (NBC)
    Tyler James Williams – Abbott Elementary (ABC)
    William Stanford Davis – Abbott Elementary (ABC)

    Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series

    Janelle James – Abbott Elementary (ABC)
    Jenifer Lewis – black-ish (ABC)
    Marsai Martin – black-ish (ABC)
    Sheryl Lee Ralph – Abbott Elementary (ABC)
    Wanda Sykes – The Upshaws (Netflix)

    Outstanding Drama Series

    Bel-Air (Peacock)
    Bridgerton (Netflix)
    Euphoria (HBO Max)
    P-Valley (Starz)
    Queen Sugar (OWN: Oprah Winfrey Network)

    Outstanding Actor in a Drama Series

    Damson Idris – Snowfall (FX)
    Jabari Banks – Bel-Air (Peacock)
    Kofi Siriboe – Queen Sugar (OWN: Oprah Winfrey Network)
    Nicco Annan – P-Valley (Starz)
    Sterling K. Brown – This Is Us (NBC)

    Outstanding Actress in a Drama Series

    Angela Bassett – 9-1-1 (FOX)
    Brandee Evans – P-Valley (Starz)
    Queen Latifah – The Equalizer (CBS)
    Rutina Wesley – Queen Sugar (OWN: Oprah Winfrey Network)
    Zendaya – Euphoria (HBO Max)

    Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series

    Adrian Holmes – Bel-Air (Peacock)
    Amin Joseph – Snowfall (FX)
    Caleb McLaughlin – Stranger Things (Netflix)
    Cliff “Method Man” Smith – Power Book II: Ghost (Starz)
    J. Alphonse Nicholson – P-Valley (Starz)

    Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series

    Adjoa Andoh – Bridgerton (Netflix)
    Bianca Lawson – Queen Sugar (OWN: Oprah Winfrey Network)
    Loretta Devine – P-Valley (Starz)
    Susan Kelechi Watson – This Is Us (NBC)
    Tina Lifford – Queen Sugar (OWN: Oprah Winfrey Network)

    Outstanding Television Movie, Limited-Series or Dramatic Special

    Carl Weber’s The Black Hamptons (BET Networks)
    From Scratch (Netflix)
    The Best Man: The Final Chapters (Peacock)
    The Last Days of Ptolemy Grey (Apple TV+)
    Women of the Movement (ABC)

    Outstanding Actor in a Television Movie, Limited-Series or Dramatic Special

    Morris Chestnut – The Best Man: The Final Chapters (Peacock)
    Samuel L. Jackson  – The Last Days of Ptolemy Grey (Apple TV+)
    Terrence Howard – The Best Man: The Final Chapters (Peacock)
    Trevante Rhodes – Mike (Hulu)
    Wendell Pierce – Don’t Hang Up (Bounce TV)

    Outstanding Actress in a Television Movie, Limited-Series or Dramatic Special

    Niecy Nash-Betts – Dahmer – Monster: The Jeffrey Dahmer Story (Netflix)
    Regina Hall – The Best Man: The Final Chapters (Peacock)
    Sanaa Lathan – The Best Man: The Final Chapters (Peacock)
    Viola Davis – The First Lady (Showtime)
    Zoe Saldaña – From Scratch (Netflix)

    Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Television Movie, Limited-Series or Dramatic Special

    Glynn Turman – Women of the Movement (ABC)
    Keith David – From Scratch (Netflix)
    Omar Benson Miller – The Last Days of Ptolemy Grey (Apple TV+)
    Russell Hornsby – Mike (Hulu)
    Terrence “TC” Carson – A Wesley Christmas (AMC)

    Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Television Movie, Limited-Series or Dramatic Special

    Alexis Floyd –  Inventing Anna (Netflix)
    Danielle Deadwyler – From Scratch (Netflix)
    Melissa De Sousa – The Best Man: The Final Chapters (Peacock)
    Nia Long – The Best Man: The Final Chapters (Peacock)
    Phylicia Rashad – Little America (Apple TV+)

    Outstanding News/Information (Series or Special)

    #RolandMartinUnfiltered: Black Votes Matter Election Night 2022 Coverage (Black Star Network/YouTube)
    ABC News 20/20 Michelle Obama: The Light We Carry, A Conversation with Robin Roberts (ABC)
    Finding Your Roots with Henry Louis Gates, Jr. (PBS)
    OWN Spotlight: Viola Davis – The Woman King (OWN: Oprah Winfrey Network)
    The Hair Tales (Hulu)

    Outstanding Talk Series

    Hart to Heart (Peacock)
    Red Table Talk (Facebook Watch)
    Sherri (Syndicated)
    Tamron Hall (ABC)
    Uninterrupted: The Shop (YouTube)

    Outstanding Reality Program, Reality Competition or Game Show (Series)

    Legendary (HBO Max)
    Lizzo’s Watch Out for the Big Grrrls (Amazon Studios)
    Shark Tank (ABC)
    Sweet Life: Los Angeles (HBO Max)
    The Real Housewives of Atlanta (Bravo)

    Outstanding Variety Show (Series or Special) 

    A Black Lady Sketch Show (HBO Max)
    BET Awards 2022 (BET Networks)
    Deon Cole: Charleen’s Boy (Netflix)
    Martin: The Reunion (BET Networks)
    The Daily Show with Trevor Noah (Comedy Central)

    Outstanding Children’s Program

    Family Reunion (Netflix)
    Raising Dion (Netflix)
    Raven’s Home (Disney+)
    Tab Time (YouTube Originals)
    Waffles + Mochi’s Restaurant (Netflix)

    Outstanding Performance by a Youth (Series, Special, Television Movie or Limited-Series)

    Alaya “That Girl Lay Lay” High – That Girl Lay Lay (Nickelodeon)
    Cameron J. Wright – Family Reunion (Netflix)
    Elisha Williams – The Wonder Years (ABC)
    Khali Spraggins – The Upshaws (Netflix)
    Ja’Siah Young – Raising Dion (Netflix)

    Outstanding Host in a Talk or News/Information (Series or Special) – Individual or Ensemble

    Jada Pinkett-Smith, Adrienne Banfield-Norris, Willow Smith – Red Table Talk (Facebook Watch)
    Jennifer Hudson – The Jennifer Hudson Show (Syndicated)
    Kevin Hart – Hart to Heart (Peacock)
    Lester Holt – NBC Nightly News (NBC)
    Tracee Ellis Ross – The Hair Tales (Hulu)

    Outstanding Host in a Reality/Reality Competition, Game Show or Variety (Series or Special) – Individual or Ensemble

    Keke Palmer – Password (NBC)
    Lizzo – Lizzo’s Watch Out for the Big Grrrls (Amazon Studios)
    Tabitha Brown – Tab Time (YouTube Originals)
    Taraji P. Henson – BET Awards 2022 (BET Networks)
    Trevor Noah – The Daily Show with Trevor Noah (Comedy Central)

    Outstanding Guest Performance

    Amanda Gorman – Sesame Street (HBO Max)
    Chance the Rapper – South Side (HBO Max)
    Colman Domingo – Euphoria (HBO Max)
    Glynn Turman – Queen Sugar (OWN: Oprah Winfrey Network)
    Gabourey Sidibe – American Horror Stories (FX)

    Outstanding Animated Series

    Central Park (Apple TV+)
    Eureka! (Disney Junior)
    Gracie’s Corner TV (YouTube)
    The Proud Family: Louder and Prouder (Disney+)
    Zootopia+ (Disney+)

    Outstanding Character Voice-Over Performance (Television)

    Billy Porter – The Proud Family: Louder and Prouder (Disney+)
    Cedric the Entertainer – The Proud Family: Louder and Prouder (Disney+)
    Chris Bridges – Karma’s World (Netflix)
    Cree Summer – Rugrats (Nickelodeon)
    Kyla Pratt – The Proud Family: Louder and Prouder (Disney+)

    Outstanding Short Form Series – Comedy or Drama 

    Between The Scenes – The Daily Show (Comedy Central)
    Oh Hell No! With Marlon Wayans (Facebook Watch)
    Rise Up, Sing Out (Disney+)
    Sunday Dinner (Youtube)
    Zootopia+ (Disney+)

    Outstanding Short Form Series or Special – Reality/Nonfiction

    Black Independent Films: A Brief History (Turner Classic Movies)
    Daring Simone Biles (Snap)
    Historian’s Take (PBS)
    NFL 360 (NFL Network)
    Omitted: The Black Cowboy (ESPN)

    Outstanding Breakthrough Creative (Television)

    Amy Wang – From Scratch (Netflix)
    Branden Jacobs-Jenkins – Kindred (FX)
    Hannah Cope – Karma’s World (Netflix)
    Quinta Brunson – Abbott Elementary (ABC)
    Syreeta Singleton – Rap Sh!t (HBO Max)


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    RECORDING CATEGORIES

    Outstanding New Artist

    Adam Blackstone – “Legacy” (BASSic Black Entertainment Records/Anderson Music Group/Empire)
    Armani White – “Billie Eilish” (Def Jam Recordings)
    Coco Jones – “ICU” (Def Jam Recordings)
    Fivio Foreign – “B.I.B.L.E” (Columbia Records)
    Steve Lacy – “Gemini Rights” (RCA Records)

    Outstanding Male Artist

    Brent Faiyaz – Wasteland (Lost Kids)
    Burna Boy – Love, Damini (Atlantic Records)
    Chris Brown – Breezy (Deluxe) (RCA Records/Chris Brown Entertainment)
    Drake – Honestly, Nevermind (OVO/Republic Records)
    Kendrick Lamar – Mr. Morale & the Big Steppers (pgLang/Top Dawg Entertainment/Aftermath/Interscope Records)

    Outstanding Female Artist

    Ari Lennox – age/sex/location (Dreamville/Interscope Records)
    Beyoncé – Renaissance (Columbia Records/Parkwood Entertainment)
    Chlöe – “Surprise” (Columbia Records/Parkwood Entertainment)
    Jazmine Sullivan – “Hurt Me So Good” (RCA Records)
    SZA – S.O.S. (RCA Records/Top Dawg Entertainment)

    Outstanding Gospel/Christian Album 

    All Things New – Tye Tribbett (Motown Gospel)
    Hymns – Tasha Cobbs Leonard (Motown Gospel)
    Kingdom Book One – Maverick City Music & Kirk Franklin (Tribl Records, Fo Yo Soul Recordings and RCA Inspiration)
    My Life – James Fortune (FIYA World/MNRK Music Group)
    The Urban Hymnal – Tennessee State University (TSU/Tymple)

    Outstanding International Song

    “Bad To Me” – Wizkid (RCA Records/Starboy/Sony Music International)
    “Diana” feat. Shenseea – Fireboy DML, Chris Brown, Shenseea (YBNL Nation / EMPIRE)
    “Last Last” – Burna Boy (Atlantic Records)
    “No Woman No Cry” – Tems (Def Jam Recordings)
    “Stand Strong” – Davido feat. Sunday Service Choir (RCA Records/Sony Music UK)

    Outstanding Music Video/Visual Album

    “About Damn Time”– Lizzo (Atlantic Records)
    “Be Alive” – Beyoncé (Columbia Records/ Parkwood Entertainment)
    “Lift Me Up” – Rihanna (Def Jam Recordings)
    “LORD FORGIVE ME” feat. FAT, Pharrell and OLU of EARTHGANG – TOBE NWIGWE (THE GOOD STEWARDS COLLECTIVE)
    “The Heart Part 5” – Kendrick Lamar (pgLang/Top Dawg Entertainment/Aftermath/Interscope Records)

    Outstanding Album

    age/sex/location – Ari Lennox (Dreamville/Interscope Records)
    Breezy (Deluxe) – Chris Brown (RCA Records/Chris Brown Entertainment)
    Mr. Morale & the Big Steppers – Kendrick Lamar (pgLang/Top Dawg Entertainment/Aftermath/Interscope Records)
    Renaissance – Beyoncé (Parkwood/Columbia Records)
    Watch the Sun – PJ Morton (Morton Records)

    Outstanding Soundtrack/Compilation Album

    Black Panther: Wakanda Forever – Music From and Inspired By – Ryan Coogler, Ludwig Göransson, Archie Davis and Dave Jordan (Hollywood Records)
    Bridgerton Season Two (Soundtrack from the Netflix Series) – Kris Bowers (Capitol Records)
    Entergalactic – Kid Cudi (Republic Records)
    P-Valley: Season 2 (Music From the Original TV Series) – Various Artists (Lions Gate Records)
    The Woman King – Terence Blanchard (Milan Records)

    Outstanding Gospel/Christian Song 

    “All in Your Hands” – Marvin Sapp (Elev8 Media & Entertainment LLC)
    “Fly (Y.M.M.F.)” – Tennessee State University (TSU/Tymple)
    “Positive” – Erica Campbell (My Block Inc.)
    “Whole World In His Hands” – MAJOR. (MNRK Music Group)
    “Your World” – Jonathan McReynolds (MNRK Music Group)

    Outstanding Jazz Album – Instrumental

    Detour – Boney James (Concord Records)
    JID014 (Jazz is Dead) – Henry Franklin, Ali Shaheed Muhammad, Adrian Younge
    The Funk Will Prevail – Kaelin Ellis (NCH Music)
    The Gospel According to Nikki Giovanni – Javon Jackson (Solid Jackson Records)
    Thrill Ride – Ragan Whiteside (Randis Music)

    Outstanding Jazz Album – Vocal

    Legacy – Adam Blackstone (BASSic Black Entertainment Records / Anderson Music Group / Empire)
    Linger Awhile – Samara Joy (Verve Records)
    Love and the Catalyst – Aimée Allen (Azuline)
    New Standards Vol. 1 – Terri Lyne Carrington (Candid Records)
    The Evening : Live at Apparatus – The Baylor Project (Be A Light)

    Outstanding Soul/R&B Song

    “About Damn Time” – Lizzo (Atlantic Records)
    “Cuff It” – Beyoncé (Columbia Record/Parkwood Entertainment)
    “Good Morning Gorgeous Remix” feat. H.E.R. – Mary J. Blige (300)
    “Hurt Me So Good” – Jazmine Sullivan (RCA Records)
    “Lift Me Up” – Rihanna (Def Jam Recordings)

    Outstanding Hip Hop/Rap Song 

    “Billie Eilish” – Armani White (Def Jam Recordings)
    “City of Gods” – Fivio Foreign (Columbia Records)
    “Hotel Lobby” – Quavo, Takeoff (Motown Records/Quality Control Music)
    “The Heart Part 5” – Kendrick Lamar (pgLang/Top Dawg Entertainment/Aftermath/Interscope Records)
    “Wait for U” – Future feat. Drake and Tems (Epic Records)

    Outstanding Duo, Group or Collaboration (Traditional) 

    Kendrick Lamar feat. Blxst & Amanda Reifer – “Die Hard” (pgLang/Top Dawg Entertainment/Aftermath/Interscope Records)
    Mary J. Blige feat. H.E.R. – “Good Morning Gorgeous” Remix (300)
    PJ Morton feat. Alex Isley and Jill Scott – “Still Believe” (Morton Records)
    Silk Sonic – “Love’s Train” (Atlantic Records)
    Summer Walker, Cardi B, and SZA – “No Love” (LVRN/Interscope Records)

    Outstanding Duo, Group or Collaboration (Contemporary) 

    Beyoncé feat. Grace Jones and Tems – “MOVE” (Columbia Records/Parkwood Entertainment)
    Chris Brown feat. Wizkid – “Call Me Every Day” (RCA Records/Chris Brown Entertainment)
    City Girls feat. Usher – “Good Love” (Motown Records/Quality Control Music)
    Future feat. Drake and Tems – “Wait For U” (Epic Records)
    Latto feat. Mariah Carey and DJ Khaled – “Big Energy (Remix)” (RCA Records)

    DOCUMENTARY CATEGORIES

    Outstanding Documentary (Film)

    Civil (Netflix)
    Descendant (Netflix)
    Is That Black Enough For You?!? (Netflix)
    Louis Armstrong’s Black & Blues (Apple TV+)
    Sidney (Apple TV+)

    Outstanding Documentary (Television)

    Black Love (OWN: Oprah Winfrey Network)
    Everything’s Gonna be All White (Showtime)
    Frontline (PBS)
    Race: Bubba Wallace (Netflix)
    Shaq (HBO Max)

    WRITING CATEGORIES

    Outstanding Writing in a Comedy Series

    Aisha Muharrar – Hacks – “Episode 206” (HBO Max)
    Ayo Edebiri, Shana Gohd – What We do in the Shadows – “Episode 405” (FX)
    Brittani Nichols – Abbott Elementary – “Student Transfer” (ABC)
    Karen Joseph Adcock – The Bear – “Episode 105” (FX)
    Quinta Brunson – Abbott Elementary – “Development Day” (ABC)

    Outstanding Writing in a Drama Series

    Aurin Squire – The Good Fight – “Episode 603” (Paramount+)
    Branden Jacobs-Jenkins – Kindred – “Episode 101” (FX)
    Davita Scarlett – The Good Fight – “Episode 604” (Paramount+)
    Joshua Allen – From Scratch – “Episode 105” (Netflix)
    Marissa Jo Cerar – Women of the Movement – “Episode 101” (ABC)

    Outstanding Writing in a Television Movie or Special

    Bree West – A Wesley Christmas (BET Networks)
    Scott Mescudi (Story By), Ian Edelman, Maurice Williams – Entergalactic (Netflix)
    Jerrod Carmichael – Jerrod Carmichael: Rothaniel (HBO Max)
    Lil Rel Howery – Lil Rel Howery: I said it. Y’all Thinking it (HBO Max)
    Matt Lopez – Father of the Bride (HBO Max)

    Outstanding Writing in a Motion Picture 

    Charles Murray – The Devil You Know (Lionsgate)
    Dana Stevens, Maria Bello – The Woman King (Sony Pictures Releasing)
    Jordan Peele – Nope (Universal Pictures)
    Krystin Ver Linden – Alice (Vertical Entertainment)
    Ryan Coogler – Black Panther: Wakanda Forever (Marvel Studios)

    DIRECTING CATEGORIES

    Outstanding Directing in a Comedy Series

    Angela Barnes – Atlanta – “The Homeliest Little Horse” (FX)
    Bridget Stokes – A Black Lady Sketch Show – “Save My Edges, I’m a Donor!” (HBO Max)
    Dee Rees – Upload – “Hamoodi” (Amazon Studios)
    Iona Morris Jackson – black-ish – “If A Black Man Cries in the Woods” (ABC)
    Pete Chatmon – The Flight Attendant – “Drowning Women” (HBO Max)

    Outstanding Directing in a Drama Series

    Debbie Allen – The Last Days of Ptolemy Grey – “Robyn” (Apple TV+)
    Giancarlo Esposito – Better Call Saul – “Axe and Grind” (AMC)
    Gina Prince-Bythewood – Women of the Movement – “Mother and Son” (ABC)
    Hanelle Culpepper – The Last Days of Ptolemy Grey – “Sensia” (Apple TV+)
    Kasi Lemmons – Women of the Movement – “Episode 106” (ABC)

    Outstanding Directing in a Television Movie or Special

    Anton Cropper – Fantasy Football (Paramount+)
    Marta Cunningham – 61st Street (AMC)
    Sujata Day – Definition Please (Netflix)
    Tailiah Breon – Kirk Franklin’s The Night Before Christmas (Lifetime)
    Tine Fields – Soul of a Nation: Screen Queens Rising (ABC)

    Outstanding Directing in a Motion Picture

    Antoine Fuqua – Emancipation (Apple)
    Chinonye Chukwu – TILL (United Artists Releasing/Orion Pictures)
    Gina Prince-Bythewood – The Woman King (Sony Pictures Releasing)
    Kasi Lemmons – I  Wanna Dance With Somebody (Sony Pictures Releasing)
    Ryan Coogler – Black Panther: Wakanda Forever (Marvel Studios)

    Outstanding Directing in a Documentary (Television or Motion Picture)

    Nadia Hallgren – Civil (Netflix)
    Reginald Hudlin – Sidney (Apple TV+)
    Sacha Jenkins – Everything’s Gonna Be All White (Showtime)
    Sacha Jenkins – Louis Armstrong’s Black & Blues (Apple TV+)
    W. Kamau Bell – We Need to Talk About Cosby (Showtime)

    LITERARY CATEGORIES

    Outstanding Literary Work – Fiction

    Africa Risen: A New Era of Speculative Fiction – Sheree Renée Thomas (Macmillan)
    Light Skin Gone to Waste – Toni Ann Johnson (University of Georgia Press)
    Take My Hand – Dolen Perkins-Valdez (Penguin Random House)
    The Keeper – Tananarive Due, Steven Barnes (Abrams Books)
    You Made a Fool of Death with Your Beauty – Akwaeke Emezi (Simon & Schuster)

    Outstanding Literary Work – Nonfiction

    Finding Me – Viola Davis (HarperCollins Publishers)
    Grace: President Obama and Ten Days in the Battle for America – Cody Keenan (HarperCollins Publishers)
    Requiem for the Massacre – RJ Young (Counterpoint)
    Under the Skin – Linda Villarosa (Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group)
    Who’s Black and Why? A Hidden Chapter from the Eighteenth-Century Invention of Race – Henry Louis Gates, Andrew S. Curran (The Belknap Press of Harvard University Press)

    Outstanding Literary Work – Debut Author

    America Made Me a Black Man – Boyah Farah (HarperCollins Publishers)
    Illustrated Black History: Honoring the Iconic and the Unseen – George McCalman (HarperCollins)
    Marriage Be Hard – Kevin Fredericks, Melissa Fredericks (Penguin Random House)
    Truth’s Table: Black Women’s Musings on Life, Love, and Liberation – Ekemini Uwan, Christina Edmondson, Michelle Higgins (Penguin Randomhouse Convergent Imprint)
    What the Fireflies Knew – Kai Harris (Penguin Random House)

    Outstanding Literary Work – Biography/Autobiography

    A Way Out of No Way: A Memoir of Truth, Transformation, and the New American Story – Raphael G. Warnock (Penguin Random House)
    Scenes from My Life – Raphael G. Warnock (Penguin Random House)
    The Light We Carry – Michelle Obama (Penguin Random House)
    Walking In My Joy: In These Streets – Jenifer Lewis (HarperCollins Publishers)
    You’ve Been Chosen – Cynt Marshall (Ballantine Books)

    Outstanding Literary Work – Instructional

    Black Joy: Stories of Resistance, Resilience, and Restoration – Tracey Lewis-Giggetts (Gallery/Simon and Schuster)
    Cooking from the Spirit – Tabitha Brown (William Morrow, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers)
    Eat Plants, B*tch: 91 Vegan Recipes That Will Blow Your Meat-Loving Mind – Pinky Cole (Simon & Schuster)
    Homecoming: Overcome Fear and Trauma to Reclaim Your Whole Authentic Self – Thema Bryant (Penguin Random House/TarcherPerigee)
    The Five Principles: A Revolutionary Path to Health, Inner Wealth, and Knowledge of Self –  Khnum Ibomu (Hachette Book Group)

    Outstanding Literary Work – Poetry

    Best Barbarian – Roger Reeves (Norton)
    Bluest Nude – Ama Codjoe (Milkweed Editions)
    Concentrate – Courtney Faye Taylor (Graywolf Press)
    Muse Found in a Colonized Body – Yesenia Montilla (Four Way Books)
    To the Realization of Perfect Helplessness – Robin Coste Lewis (Alfred A. Knopf)

    Outstanding Literary Work – Children

    Ablaze with Color: A Story of Painter Alma Thomas – Jeanne Walker Harvey, Loveis Wise (HarperCollins)
    Black Gold – Laura Obuobi, London Ladd (HarperCollins)
    Blue: A History of the Color as Deep as the Sea and as Wide as the Sky – Nana Brew-Hammond, Daniel Minter (Alfred A. Knopf Books for Young Readers)
    Stacey’s Remarkable Books – Stacey Abrams, Kitt Thomas (HarperCollins – Balzer + Bray)
    The Year We Learned to Fly – Jacqueline Woodson, Rafael Lopez (Penguin Random House)

    Outstanding Literary Work – Youth/Teens

    Cookies & Milk – Shawn Amos (Little, Brown Books for Young Readers)
    Inheritance: A Visual Poem – Elizabeth Acevedo (HarperCollins – Quill Tree Books)
    Maybe An Artist, A Graphic Memoir – Liz Montague (Random House Studio)
    Me and White Supremacy: Young Readers’ Edition – Layla F. Saad (Sourcebooks)
    Opening My Eyes Underwater: Essays on Hope, Humanity, and Our Hero Michelle Obama – Ashley Woodfolk (Feiwel & Friends, Macmillan)

    PODCAST CATEGORIES

    Outstanding News and Information Podcast

    #SundayCivics (LJW Community Strategies)
    Beyond the Scenes – The Daily Show (Central Productions, LLC)
    Black Tech Green Money (The Black Effect Podcast Network)
    Holding Court with Eboni K. Williams (Interval Presents & Uppity Productions)
    Into America with Trymaine Lee (MSNBC)

    Outstanding Lifestyle/Self-Help Podcast

    Chile, Please (Honey Chile)
    GoOD Mornings with CurlyNikki (Walton Media, LLC)
    Man to Man: A Black Love Wellness Series (Black Love Inc.)
    Maejor Frequency (Audible)
    Therapy for Black Girls (Therapy for Black Girls)

    Outstanding Society and Culture Podcast

    Comeback with Erica Cobb (Erica Cobb LLC/One Street Studios)
    Higher Learning with Van Lathan and Rachel Lindsay (Spotify & The Ringer)
    Into America with Trymaine Lee (MSNBC)
    LeVar Burton Reads (SiriusXM’s Stitcher Studios)
    The Sum of Us (Higher Ground)

    Outstanding Arts and Entertainment Podcast

    Angie Martinez IRL (Media Noche Productions)
    Black Girl Songbook (Spotify & The Ringer)
    Jemele Hill is Unbothered (Unbothered Inc, Spotify, Lodge Freeway Media, Exit 39)
    The Read (Loud Speakers Network)
    Two Funny Mamas (Mocha Podcasts Network)

    COSTUME DESIGN, MAKE-UP & HAIRSTYLING CATEGORIES

    Outstanding Costume Design (Television or Film)

    Francine Jamison-Tanchuck – Emancipation (Apple Studios)
    Gersha Phillips, Carly Nicodemo, Heather Constable, Christina Cattle, Sheryl Willock, Becky MacKinnon – Star Trek: Discovery (Paramount+)
    Gersha Phillips, Carly Nicodemo, Lieze Van Tonder, Lynn Paulsen, Tova Harrison – The Woman King (Tristar Pictures)
    Ruth Carter – Black Panther: Wakanda Forever (Marvel Studios)
    Trayce Gigi Field – A League of Their Own (Prime Video)

    Outstanding Make-up (Television or Film)

    Angie Wells – Cheaper by the Dozen (Disney+)
    Debi Young, Sandra Linn, Ngozi Olandu Young, Gina Bateman – We Own This City (HBO Max)
    Michele Lewis – The Last Days of Ptolemy Grey (Apple Studios)
    Ren Rohling, Teresa Vest, Megan Areford – Emergency (Amazon Studios)
    Zabrina Matiru – Surface (Apple Studios)

    Outstanding Hairstyling (Television or Film)

    Camille Friend – Black Panther: Wakanda Forever (Marvel Studios)
    Curtis Foreman, Ryan Randall – RuPaul’s Drag Race All Stars (Paramount+)
    Louisa V. Anthony, Deaundra Metzger, Maurice Beaman – TILL (United Artists Releasing/Orion Pictures)
    Mary Daniels, Kalin Spooner, Darrin Lyons, Eric Gonzalez – All American (The CW)
    Tracey Moss, Jerome Allen, Tamika Dixon, Lawrence “Jigga” Simmons, Jason Simmons – Fantasy Football (Paramount+)

    OUTSTANDING SOCIAL MEDIA PERSONALITY OF THE YEAR NOMINEES

    @Theconsciousless- George Lee
    @thechristishow – Christianee Porter
    @earnyourleisure – Troy Millings & Rashad Bilal
    @KevOnStage – Kevin Fredericks
    @lynaevanee – Lynae Vanee (Lynae Bogues)

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  • NAACP Image Awards 2023: How to watch and why the show still matters | CNN

    NAACP Image Awards 2023: How to watch and why the show still matters | CNN



    CNN
     — 

    The 54th NAACP Image Awards is a week-long celebration of excellence in film, TV, music and literature that will culminate in a televised ceremony Saturday.

    And while areas of the entertainment industry have worked to become more inclusive and diverse in recent years, Kyle Bowser, senior vice president of the NAACP’s Hollywood Bureau, told CNN the organization’s annual awards ceremony is still vital.

    “We do have an underlying mission, and ours is to broaden the scope, widen the lens, if you will, in the critique and the evaluation of what excellence looks like,” he said.

    Multiple honors have already been awarded, including outstanding ensemble cast in a motion picture for “Black Panther: Wakanda Forever,” outstanding host in a talk or news/information program to Jennifer Hudson and outstanding breakthrough creative (television) to Quinta Brunson for her work on “Abbott Elementary.”

    That’s not to say the main ceremony Saturday won’t have star power as well.

    The presenters list alone is A-list Black Hollywood with talent like Cliff “Method Man” Smith, Taye Diggs, Issa Rae, Janelle Monáe, Jonathan Majors, Kerry Washington, Sheryl Lee Ralph, Tracee Ellis Ross and Zendaya.

    Not to mention Queen Latifah hosting.

    “It’s an honor to host the 54th NAACP Image Awards, especially in the year we are celebrating 50 years of Hip Hop,” she said in a statement. “This is a night to celebrate Black excellence and Black contribution to our industry and beyond. Celebrating one another, lifting each other up and you know we’ll have fun doing it!”

    There will also be several high-profile award recipients such as Serena Williams receiving the Jackie Robinson Sports Award and Gabrielle Union-Wade and Dwyane Wade the President’s Award.

    The ceremony will air live Saturday at 8:00 p.m ET on BET. It will simulcast across Paramount Global networks, including BET HER, CBS, CMT, Comedy Central, LOGO, MTV, MTV2, Paramount Network, POP TV, Smithsonian, TV Land, and VH1.

    A list of nominees in some of the 80 categories follows below.

    A look back at some of the NAACP Image Awards Entertainer of the Year winners

    Angela Bassett

    Mary J. Blige

    Quinta Brunson

    Viola Davis

    Zendaya

    “A Jazzman’s Blues” (Netflix)

    “Black Panther: Wakanda Forever” (Marvel Studios)

    “Emancipation” (Apple TV)

    “The Woman King” (Sony Pictures Releasing)

    “TILL” (United Artists Releasing/Orion Pictures)

    Daniel Kaluuya – “Nope” (Universal Pictures)

    Jonathan Majors – “Devotion” (Sony Pictures Entertainment)

    Joshua Boone – “A Jazzman’s Blues” (Netflix)

    Sterling K. Brown – “Honk for Jesus. Save Your Soul” (Focus Features)

    Will Smith – “Emancipation” (Apple)

    Danielle Deadwyler – “TILL” (United Artists Releasing/Orion Pictures)

    Keke Palmer – “Alice” (Vertical Entertainment)

    Letitia Wright – “Black Panther: Wakanda Forever” (Marvel Studios)

    Regina Hall – “Honk for Jesus. Save Your Soul” (Focus Features)

    Viola Davis – “The Woman King” (Sony Pictures Releasing)

    Aldis Hodge – Black Adam (Warner Bros. Pictures / New Line Cinema)

    Cliff “Method Man” Smith – On The Come Up (Paramount Pictures)

    Jalyn Hall – TILL (United Artists Releasing/Orion Pictures)

    John Boyega – The Woman King (Sony Pictures Releasing)

    Tenoch Huerta – Black Panther: Wakanda Forever (Marvel Studios)

    Angela Bassett – “Black Panther: Wakanda Forever” (Marvel Studios)

    Danai Gurira – “Black Panther: Wakanda Forever” (Marvel Studios)

    Janelle Monáe – “Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery” (Netflix)

    Lashana Lynch – “The Woman King” (Sony Pictures Releasing)

    Lupita Nyong’o – “Black Panther: Wakanda Forever” (Marvel Studios)

    “Abbott Elementary” (ABC)

    “Atlanta” (FX)

    “black-ish” (ABC)

    “Rap S**t” (HBO Max)

    “The Wonder Years” (ABC)

    Anthony Anderson – “black-ish” (ABC)

    Cedric The Entertainer – “The Neighborhood” (CBS)

    Donald Glover – “Atlanta” (FX)

    Dulé Hill – “The Wonder Years” (ABC)

    Mike Epps – “The Upshaws” (Netflix)

    Loretta Devine – “Family Reunion” (Netflix)

    Maya Rudolph – “Loot” (Apple TV+)

    Quinta Brunson – “Abbott Elementary” (ABC)

    Tichina Arnold – “The Neighborhood” (CBS)

    Tracee Ellis Ross – “black-ish” (ABC)

    Brian Tyree Henry – “Atlanta” (FX)

    Deon Cole – “black-ish” (ABC)

    Kenan Thompson – “Saturday Night Live” (NBC)

    Tyler James Williams – “Abbott Elementary” (ABC)

    William Stanford Davis – “Abbott Elementary” (ABC)

    Janelle James – “Abbott Elementary” (ABC)

    Jenifer Lewis – “black-ish” (ABC)

    Marsai Martin – “black-ish” (ABC)

    Sheryl Lee Ralph – “Abbott Elementary” (ABC)

    Wanda Sykes – “The Upshaws” (Netflix)

    “Bel-Air” (Peacock)

    “Bridgerton” (Netflix)

    “Euphoria” (HBO Max)

    “P-Valley” (Starz)

    “Queen Sugar” (OWN: Oprah Winfrey Network)

    Damson Idris – “Snowfall” (FX)

    Jabari Banks – “Bel-Air” (Peacock)

    Kofi Siriboe – “Queen Sugar” (OWN: Oprah Winfrey Network)

    Nicco Annan – “P-Valley” (Starz)

    Sterling K. Brown – “This Is Us” (NBC)

    Angela Bassett – “9-1-1” (FOX)

    Brandee Evans – “P-Valley” (Starz)

    Queen Latifah – “The Equalizer” (CBS)

    Rutina Wesley – “Queen Sugar” (OWN: Oprah Winfrey Network)

    Zendaya – “Euphoria” (HBO Max)

    Adrian Holmes – “Bel-Air” (Peacock)

    Amin Joseph – “Snowfall” (FX)

    Caleb McLaughlin – “Stranger Things” (Netflix)

    Cliff “Method Man” Smith – “Power Book II: Ghost” (Starz)

    J. Alphonse Nicholson – “P-Valley” (Starz)

    Adjoa Andoh – “Bridgerton” (Netflix)

    Bianca Lawson – “Queen Sugar” (OWN: Oprah Winfrey Network)

    Loretta Devine – “P-Valley” (Starz)

    Susan Kelechi Watson – “This Is Us” (NBC)

    Tina Lifford – “Queen Sugar” (OWN: Oprah Winfrey Network)

    “Carl Weber’s The Black Hamptons” (BET Networks)

    “From Scratch” (Netflix)

    “The Best Man: The Final Chapters” (Peacock)

    “The Last Days of Ptolemy Grey” (Apple TV+)

    “Women of the Movement” (ABC)

    Morris Chestnut – “The Best Man: The Final Chapters” (Peacock)

    Samuel L. Jackson – “The Last Days of Ptolemy Grey” (Apple TV+)

    Terrence Howard – “The Best Man: The Final Chapters” (Peacock)

    Trevante Rhodes – “Mike” (Hulu)

    Wendell Pierce – “Don’t Hang Up” (Bounce TV)

    Niecy Nash-Betts – “Dahmer – Monster: The Jeffrey Dahmer Story” (Netflix)

    Regina Hall – “The Best Man: The Final Chapters” (Peacock)

    Sanaa Lathan – “The Best Man: The Final Chapters” (Peacock)

    Viola Davis – “The First Lady” (Showtime)

    Zoe Saldaña – “From Scratch” (Netflix)

    Glynn Turman – “Women of the Movement” (ABC)

    Keith David – “From Scratch” (Netflix)

    Omar Benson Miller – “The Last Days of Ptolemy Grey” (Apple TV+)

    Russell Hornsby – “Mike” (Hulu)

    Terrence “TC” Carson – “A Wesley Christmas” (AMC)

    Alexis Floyd – “Inventing Anna” (Netflix)

    Danielle Deadwyler – “From Scratch” (Netflix)

    Melissa De Sousa – “The Best Man: The Final Chapters” (Peacock)

    Nia Long – “The Best Man: The Final Chapters” (Peacock)

    Phylicia Rashad – “Little America” (Apple TV+)

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  • Viola Davis Completes EGOT After Winning a Grammy For Her Audiobook

    Viola Davis Completes EGOT After Winning a Grammy For Her Audiobook

    Viola Davis just officially became the third Black woman in history to have won all four major entertainment awards.

    On Sunday night, the actor completed her EGOT after winning a Grammy award for her performance of the audiobook version of her memoir Finding Me. During her acceptance speech, she gave her appreciation for everything she’s been through for bringing her to this place. “I wrote this book to honor the 6-year-old Viola,” Davis said. “To honor her life, her joy, her trauma, everything. And, it has just been such a journey—I just EGOT!” The actor also previously won an Emmy in 2015 for her performance as Annalise Keating in How to Get Away with Murder, an Oscar for her role as housewife Rose Maxson in 2016’s Fences, and two Tony awards for her performances in the Broadway production of Fences and King Hedley III.

    Only 18 people have ever achieved the status of EGOT. Davis is the fourth Black person to receive the title, along with Whoopi Goldberg, John Legend and Jennifer Hudson. Other EGOT recipients include Mel Brooks, Audrey Hepburn, Richard Rodgers, Helen Hayes, Rita Moreno, John Gielgud, Jonathan Tunick, Marvin Hamlisch, Scott Rudin, Mike Nichols, Andrew Lloyd Webber, Robert Lopez, Tim Rice, and Alan Menken.

    In a January interview with the Recording Academy about potentially becoming a member of this exclusive club, the actor said that achieving an EGOT would be a “huge accomplishment.” She continued, “I think that everybody wants their life to mean something. I believe in the Cherokee birth blessing, which is, ‘May you live long enough to know why you were born.’ I do believe that you literally wanna blow a hole through this world in whatever way you can.” Davis concluded, “A lot of people don’t know how to do that. A lot of people haven’t found that thing that they’re passionate about, that they can do. Some have. But we all are looking for that, blowing a hole through this earth before we leave it. I think about that in my work a lot. I really found that thing that I love to do. So I always wanna make it meaningful.”

    Emily Kirkpatrick

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  • Viola Davis achieves EGOT with Grammy win for her audiobook | CNN

    Viola Davis achieves EGOT with Grammy win for her audiobook | CNN



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    After winning a Grammy Award, Viola Davis has officially completed the holy grail of entertainment awards.

    Davis’ Sunday win for the audiobook of her memoir “Finding Me” completes her EGOT collection. She previously won an Emmy for her role in “How to Get Away with Murder,” an Oscar for “Fences,” and two Tony awards for “King Hedley III” and “Fences.”

    Davis, 57, won the award for “Best Audio Book, Narration, and Storytelling Recording,” according to a tweet from the Recording Academy, which hosts the Grammys.

    In her acceptance speech, the multi-hyphenate performer paid tribute to her younger self.

    “I wrote this book to honor the 6-year-old Viola,” she said. “To honor her life, her joy, her trauma, everything. And, it has just been such a journey – I just EGOT!”

    Davis’ career has been studded with awards and firsts. In 2015, she became the first Black woman to win an Emmy for best actress in a drama and in 2017, she became the first Black woman to score three Academy Award nominations.

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  • The 18 Best-Dressed Celebrities at the 2023 Critics Choice Awards

    The 18 Best-Dressed Celebrities at the 2023 Critics Choice Awards

    Red carpet season rolls on, with the 2023 Critics Choice Awards bringing out the best and brightest of Hollywood for a night of awards — and fashion, of course. 

    The night’s big winners also won on the best-dressed front: Best Actress Cate Blanchett in a matching button-down and maxi skirt set from Max Mara, accessorized with Louis Vuitton High Jewelry; Best Supporting Actor Ke Huy Quan in a rich burgundy velvet jacket and black trousers; Best Supporting Actress Angela Bassett in tiered velvet ruffle Christian Siriano gown; Best Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series Sheryl Lee Ralph in a gilded Jovana Louis ensemble; Best Supporting Actress in a Limited Series Niecy Nash in a fit-to-perfection Jason Wu look.

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  • The 11 Best Beauty Looks From the 2023 Golden Globes

    The 11 Best Beauty Looks From the 2023 Golden Globes

    On Jan. 10, celebrities from film and television gathered in Los Angeles for the 2023 Golden Globe Awards. But the occasion wasn’t merely an opportunity for actors to receive awards — it was also a chance for them to don some memorable fashion and beauty looks.

    Shoulder-skimming hairstyles were a dominant beauty trend of the night: Jenna Ortega’s shaggy crop is sure to rocket straight to the top of the list of most-requested salon looks for 2023, while Lily James and Angela Bassett both wore vintage-y bobs for a touch of Old Hollywood glam. 

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  • List of nominees to the 80th annual Golden Globe Awards

    List of nominees to the 80th annual Golden Globe Awards

    BEVERLY HILLS, Calif. — Nominees for the 80th annual Golden Globe Awards, which were announced Monday by the Hollywood Foreign Press Association.

    FILM

    Best picture, drama: “Avatar: The Way of Water”; “Elvis”; “The Fabelmans”; “Tár”; “Top Gun: Maverick.”

    Best picture, musical or comedy: “Babylon”; “The Banshees of Inisherin”; “Everything Everywhere All At Once”; “Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery”; “Triangle of Sadness.”

    Best actress, drama: Cate Blanchett, “Tár”; Olivia Colman, “Empire of Light”; Viola Davis, “The Woman King”; Ana de Armas, “Blonde”; Michelle Williams, “The Fabelmans.”

    Best actor, drama: Austin Butler, “Elvis”; Brendan Fraser, “The Whale”; Hugh Jackman, “The Son”; Bill Nighy, “Living”; Jeremy Pope, “The Inspection.”

    Best actress, musical or comedy: Lesley Manville, “Mrs. Harris Goes to Paris”; Margot Robbie, “Babylon”; Anya Taylor-Joy, “The Menu”; Emma Thompson, “Good Luck to You, Leo Grande”; Michelle Yeoh, “Everything Everywhere All at Once.”

    Best actor, musical or comedy: Diego Calva, “Babylon”; Daniel Craig, “Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery”; Adam Driver, “White Noise”; Colin Farrell, “The Banshees of Inisherin”; Ralph Fiennes, “The Menu.”

    Supporting actress: Angela Bassett, “Black Panther: Wakanda Forever”; Kerry Condon, “The Banshees of Inisherin”; Jamie Lee Curtis,” “Everything Everywhere All At Once”; Dolly de Leon, “Triangle of Sadness”; Carey Mulligan, “She Said.”

    Supporting Actor: Brendan Gleeson, “The Banshees of Inisherin”; Barry Keoghan, “The Banshees of Inisherin”; Brad Pitt, “Babylon”; Ke Huy Quan, “Everything Everywhere All At Once”; Eddie Redmayne, “The Good Nurse.”

    Animated: “Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio”; “Inu-Oh”; “Marcel the Shell with Shoes On”; “Puss in Boots: The Last Wish”; “Turning Red.”

    Non-English Language: “All Quiet on the Western Front”; “Argentina, 1985”; “Close”; “Decision to Leave”; “RRR.”

    Screenplay: Todd Field, “Tár”; Daniel Kwan and Daniel Scheinert, “Everything Everywhere All at Once”; Martin McDonagh, “The Banshees of Inisherin”; Sarah Polley, “Women Talking”; Steven Spielberg and Tony Kushner, “The Fabelmans.”

    Director: James Cameron, “Avatar: The Way of Water”; Daniel Kwan and Daniel Scheinert, “Everything Everywhere All at Once”; Baz Luhrmann, “Elvis”; Martin McDonagh, “The Banshees of Inisherin”; Steven Spielberg, “The Fabelmans.”

    Original Song: “Carolina,” from “Where the Crawdads Sing,” music by Taylor Swift; “Ciao Papa,” from “Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio,” music by Alexandre Desplat; “Hold My Hand,” from “Top Gun: Maverick,” music by Lady Gaga, BloodPop, Benjamin Rice”; “Lift Me Up,” from “Black Panther: Wakanda Forever,” music by Tems, Rihanna, Ryan Coogler, Ludwig Göransson; “Naatu Naatu,” from “RRR,” music by M.M. Keeravani.

    Original score: Carter Burwell, “The Banshees of Inisherin”; Alexandre Desplat, “Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio”; Hildur Guðnadóttir, “Women Talking”; Justin Hurwitz, “Babylon”; John Williams, “The Fabelmans.”

    TELEVISION

    Drama series: “Better Call Saul”; “The Crown”; “House of the Dragon”; “Ozark”; “Severance.”

    Comedy series: “Abbott Elementary”; “The Bear”; “Hacks”; “Only Murders in the Building”; “Wednesday.”

    Limited Series: “Black Bird”; “Dahmer — Monster: The Jeffrey Dahmer Story”; “Pam and Tommy”; “The Dropout”; “The White Lotus.”

    Actress, drama series: Emma D’Arcy, “House of the Dragon”; Laura Linney, “Ozark”; Imelda Staunton, “The Crown”; Hilary Swank, “Alaska Daily”; Zendaya, “Euphoria.”

    Actor, drama series: Jeff Bridges, “The Old Man”; Kevin Costner, “Yellowstone”; Diego Luna, “Andor”; Bob Odenkirk, “Better Call Saul”; Adam Scott, “Severance.”

    Actress, comedy or musical series: Quinta Brunson, “Abbott Elementary”; Kaley Cuoco, “The Flight Attendant”; Selena Gomez, “Only Murders in the Building”; Jenna Ortega, “Wednesday”; Jean Smart, “Hacks.”

    Actor, comedy or musical series: Donald Glover, “Atlanta”; Bill Hader, “Barry”; “Steve Martin, “Only Murders in the Building”; Martin Short, “Only Murders in the Building”; Jeremy Allen White, “The Bear.”

    Actress, limited series: Jessica Chastain, “George & Tammy”; Julia Garner, “Inventing Anna”; Lily James, “Pam & Tommy”; Julia Roberts, “Gaslit”; Amanda Seyfried, “The Dropout.”

    Actor, limited series: Taron Egerton, “Black Bird”; Colin Firth, “The Staircase”; Andrew Garfield, “Under the Banner of Heaven”; Evan Peters, “Dahmer — Monster: The Jeffrey Dahmer Story”; Sebastian Stan, “Pam & Tommy.”

    Supporting actress, musical, comedy or drama: Elizabeth Debicki, “The Crown”; Hannah Einbinder, “Hacks”; Julia Garner, “Ozark”; Janelle James, “Abbott Elementary”; Sheryl Lee Ralph, “Abbott Elementary.”

    Supporting actor, musical, comedy or drama: John Lithgow, “The Old Man”; Jonathan Pryce, “The Crown”; John Turturro, “Severance”; Tyler James Williams, “Abbott Elementary”; Henry Winkler, “Barry.”

    Supporting actor, limited series: F. Murray Abraham, “The White Lotus”; Domhnall Gleeson, “The Patient”; Paul Walter Hauser, “Black Bird”; Richard Jenkins, ““Dahmer – Monster: The Jeffrey Dahmer Story”; Seth Rogen, “Pam & Tommy.”

    Supporting actress, limited series: Jennifer Coolidge, “The White Lotus”; Claire Danes, “Fleishman is in Trouble”; Daisy Edgar-Jones, “Under the Banner of Heaven”; Niecy Nash, “Dahmer – Monster: The Jeffrey Dahmer Story”; Aubrey Plaza, “The White Lotus.”

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  • Skin And Scars For An Army Of Women: Makeup Artist Babalwa Mtshiselwa On Working ‘The Woman King’

    Skin And Scars For An Army Of Women: Makeup Artist Babalwa Mtshiselwa On Working ‘The Woman King’

    The person selected to be the makeup and prosthetic artist for Sony Pictures’ The Woman King had a wide-ranging job ahead of them. Not only did they have to match prosthetics and makeup to several different skin tones amongst the many shades of brown represented in the African Diasporic actors who starred in the film, but they had to color match each woman as she tanned several shades over the course of filming. Plus the artist had to research and build culturally-specific body scars and tattoos while also building a rapport with a cadre of actors, each with her own skincare wants and needs.

    This seems deceptively simple, but Hollywood is not well known for giving the top job to artists who are experts at all skin tones. Enter Babalwa Mtshiselwa, an award-winning makeup artist from Johannesburg, South Africa. For her, selecting the proper makeup for a variety of brown skin on film was not a challenge but a gift. Mtshiselwa was handpicked by director Gina Prince-Bythewood to to highlight the ladies and gents – not hide them.

    “So what I’m gonna do is this: every time you get a shade darker, I’m gonna go shade darker with the foundation,” explained Mtshiselwa, as she recalled the conversations she had with the film’s numerous actors, including leading lady Thuso Mbedu, 007’s Lashana Lynch and four time Grammy-winning singer-turned-actor Angelique Kidjo. “So whatever you do, if you’re gonna be in the sun, I’m going to match that. So that’s exactly what we did.”

    No one had to worry about their makeup being several shades lighter than their natural hue — a mindset that is very affirming on a movie set starring women who in decades past have had to bring this own hair and makeup to set because the person hired had no experience with black actors. This peace of mind made for luminous skin and an ease on set when actors knew their natural beauty was embraced, said Mtshiselwa.

    The Woman King, an historical epic about the warrior women of the Kingdom of Dahomey, has since made around $80-million at the worldwide box office since its early September release. Audiences have hooped and hollered about the bold story of the ascension of General Nanisca, portrayed by Viola Davis, who ruled a country alongside a man who was not her husband. They also reveled in how each character looked when illuminated by lovely lighting that embraced the depth of brown skin instead of muting their colors and, of course, dialogue about the story of the Agojie warriors has taken over dinner tables and Facebook groups everywhere.

    This true story of the women warriors of Dahomey (now present-day Benin) is not often taught in schools. Mtshiselwa said she first heard about them – and their turn against the intra-African-slave trade – when she saw the Variety story announcing the film would be made in South Africa. After learning more about the Agojie role in government and politics of the 18th and 19th century Dahomey, she was hooked and said she had to get a job on the film.

    “I saw a post on Deadline on Instagram and said ‘oh my gosh, I have to be a part of that project,’” says Mtshiselwa, who resolved to use her network to gain an audience with Prince-Bythewood’s team. After showing her CV and her work – including makeup and hair for Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom to Knuckle City, Resident Evil, Netflix’s

    NFLX
     How to Ruin Christmas,     Sly Stallone’s Judge Dread and the History channel’s 2016 mini series remake of Roots – she was hired.

    Starring Davis, John Boyega, Lynch and Mbedu, the star-studded Woman King guaranteed packed theaters and an unlocking of imaginations surrounding what a true story set in Africa could be. The film, with a budget of just $50 million, was widely embraced by many but did bring about some hand-wringing from those who thought it would be solely about the Trans Atlantic Slave Trade, would be apologistic in its approach to slavery or would be primitive in concept. It turned out to be far more than that.

    Mtshiselwa, for her part, used good old-fashioned libraries and books (also on the internet) for her research into stylings for facial scars and other bits of realism added in as the women fought battle after battle or trained for battle.

    “I read lots of different articles from as old as I could find them, from West Africa, you know Nigeria, Benin, generally west Africa, their culture and traditions. The cool thing about The Woman King is that yes, they were based there in the story but the kingdom was made up o people who weren’t from there. “

    Her research happened to coincide with the French government’s decision to return 26 artifacts they stole from Benin, so Mtshiselwa was able to easily study actual art from the time period in question.

    “It helped me a lot,” she says. “Cause I mean, for me, if it’s a face, anything that’s carved on that face means it’s either makeup or jewelry of some sort of scarification. So I took that and I just interpreted it in my own way. But it was also quite a sensitive thing because Sony didn’t really want to do too much copying of exact things, for the purpose of just trying to avoid any copyright issues.”

    The set was a celebration of excellence she says, and should open doors for more makeup artists – like her – who have decades of experiences under their belt and the chops to do big budget, international films. She also hopes that the success of this film provides more opportunities for storytellers to showcase the wide variety of legendary tales that come from the continent and that more children get to see themselves in such a powerful tale.

    With the help of Davis and her husband Julius Tennon (who co-produced the film as part of their firm JuVee Productions), Mtshiselwa rented out a theatre in Johannesburg so that girls aged 12 to 18 could see the movie.

    “It’s part of an initiative called a Shero Like Me,” explained Mtshiselwa. “And this is all about being young, black and female and watching the screen and being in love with movies, but never seeing anyone being represented as powerful or strong the way that I always believed we are as black people on a screen. The most amazing part of it is that [the Agojie] are based on real people that really existed and that did protect their country for 300 years.

    She goes on.

    “Everyone was really excited about the film. Everyone was so moved by this film. Like, I would see people walking out of the cinema, just jumping around and excited and that’s just a beautiful energy. So I think it was a really, very special piece for black women here more than anyone else.”

    The Woman King is still showing at theatres and is also streaming on Vudu via Roku.

    Adrienne Gibbs, Contributor

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