The 22nd annual Screen Actors Guild Awards took place Saturday night – honoring the brightest stars in film and television.
The awards circuit has been dominated by the effects of #OscarsSoWhite ever since the nominations that were announced a couple of weeks ago – revealed a roster of all-white nominees.
Idris Elba
Actress Viola Davis sparkles on the cover of the January issue of In Style magazine. Looking absolutely divine with a smile that never fades, and the youthful appeal that is probably attributed to running around with her 5-year-old daughter – it’s hard to believe Davis is fifty years old.
The landscape of TV is becoming crowded with shows featuring women of color with high-powered agendas and adequate levels of complexity.
Oscar-winning actor Denzel Washington has been known to work behind the camera for film work most notably 2002’s Antwone Fisher and The Great Debaters (2007).
But he is now ready to officially join the family at Shondaland by marking his foray into directing a primetime TV show for the very first time. It has been confirmed by multiple outlets that Washington will in fact helm episode nine of Grey’s Anatomy.
Viola Davis posted this pic on Twitter last year – of Washington during a table read of HTGAWM
Last Sunday’s Emmy Awards was a special one. Despite the fact that the ratings were less than stellar – more than likely whoever was watching was holding out for the moment when Viola Davis would make history by claiming the Best Actress prize for her impeccable work on ABC’s How to Get Away with Murder. Yes, it was pretty obvious that despite the loveliness and fierceness of Kerry and Taraji – Davis was the anointed one.
Sunday’s Emmy Awards, may have hit all the right notes in the emotional realm, but surprisingly the numbers prove that most chose to get their updates from social media as opposed to sitting through the telecast.
Award-winning actress Viola Davis is officially onboard to star in a project for HBO that will depict the life and times of Harriet Tubman who is revered for the role she played to secure the mass freedom of slaves utilizing the Underground Railroad system.
There is a recent piece in Ms. Magazine titled “Kerry Washington’s ‘Professional’ Hair” and in it the author who happens to be a white woman attempts to delve in the over-wrought and complicated topic of hair as it pertains to black women.
The SAG Awards on Sunday night presented the standard fare that we have come to expect from award shows- but just when things seemed stuck in stagnancy, a miracle happened.