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Big Night for Hidden Figures, Moonlight and Fences at the NAACP Image Awards
4 hours ago | AwardsDaily.com | See recent AwardsDaily news »
Hidden Figures took Best Picture, Best Actress for Taraji P. Henson and Outstanding Literary Work – Non-Fiction. Moonlight won Best Independent Film, Best Director, Best Writer and Best Supporting Actor for Mahershala Ali. »
- Sasha Stone
Denzel Washington: "Ease Is a Greater Threat to Progress Than Hardship"
4 hours ago | POPSUGAR | See recent BuzzSugar news »
#DenzelWashington Acceptance Speech for #Fences @tvonetv #imageawards pic.twitter.com/iWbqw0GRav - Joy105.com (@Joy105com) February 12, 2017 At Saturday night's NAACP Image Awards in La, Denzel Washington took home a best actor award for his moving performance in Fences. When he got up to accept the award, he gave an inspiring speech about working hard to achieve greatness. "If it were easy," he said, "there'd be no Denzel Washington." He also schooled his peers, saying, "fall down seven times, get up eight," and that "ease is a greater threat to progress than hardship." Washington has been having an especially memorable award season. At the SAG Awards in January, he won his very first Actor, and the pure shock on his face was one of the best moments of the night. The end of his NAACP speech perhaps puts it best: "keep moving, keep growing, keep learning. See you at work. »
- Ryan Roschke
Image Awards: ‘Hidden Figures’ Wins Best Picture; ‘Black-ish’ & ‘Queen Sugar’ Nab TV Honors – Full List
6 hours ago | Deadline TV | See recent Deadline TV news »
Update: Black-ish and Hidden Figures were the big winners at tonight's 48th annual NAACP Image Awards, taking multiple awards including outstanding comedy series and outstanding motion picture, respectively. Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson was named Entertainer of the Year. Taraji P. Henson, who was snubbed for an Oscar, took home outstanding actress in both the TV and film category. Denzel Washington won best actor in a motion picture for his role in August Wilson's Fences and… »
Oscar Nominees Share Their Worst Studio Notes
14 hours ago | MovieWeb | See recent MovieWeb news »
In terms of genre movies, there has been a lot of talk about reshoots and studio executives tinkering with movies until they no longer resemble what was once supposed to be. Just over the past year, we've heard that Suicide Squad and Rogue One were both victims to too many cooks in the kitchen. But guess what? Oscar nominated movies aren't exempt from this either. The Wrap recently gathered a number of Oscar nominated screenwriters and directors to talk about some of the bad advice they've been given while trying to bring their magical ideas to life. And most of these are pretty laughable.
Studio executives, producers and even actors sometimes think their ideas are better than what has landed in their hand from the screenwriter. Take Hidden Figures for example. It's a science drama that is essentially about math. Screenwriters Allison Schroeder and Theodore Melfi, attending the annual Writers »
- MovieWeb
Oscars: Viola Davis on Denzel Washington's "Very Rare" Directing Method and What White Americans Can Learn From 'Fences'
14 hours ago | The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News | See recent The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News news »
Fences. Starring with Denzel Washington, who also directed the adaptation of August Wilson's play, Davis plays Rose, the emotional heart of a black family in the 1950s. Kareem Abdul-Jabbar spoke with the actress about the project for THR last fall.
You also were directed by Denzel in Antwone Fisher. What kind of director is he?
I see Denzel as an actor's director, which is very rare, by the way.
August Wilson once said that his plays offer white Americans a different way »
- THR Staff
When Are the 2017 Oscars? Plus, Everything Else You Need to Know About the Show
10 February 2017 11:35 AM, PST | POPSUGAR | See recent BuzzSugar news »
The Oscars are the grand finale of award season, and this year, we have more to look forward to than ever. La La Land is up for an astonishing (and recording-tying) 14 awards, Viola Davis has already broken a record, and unless one of them doesn't show up for their nominated categories, ex-couple Emma Stone and Andrew Garfield will be in the same place at the same time. (It's exciting, Ok?) If you're looking forward to the big show, take a look at all the need-to-know details below! The Nominees The best picture race is incredibly tight, with Arrival, Fences, Hacksaw Ridge, Hell or High Water, Hidden Figures, La La Land, Lion, Manchester by the Sea, and Moonlight all in the running. At least one actor from each of those movies is up for an individual nod, including Ryan Gosling, Emma Stone, Casey Affleck, Denzel Washington, and Viola Davis. There are »
- Maggie Pehanick
Updated Oscar predictions as February rolls along
10 February 2017 11:09 AM, PST | Hollywoodnews.com | See recent Hollywoodnews.com news »
If it’s a Friday during the awards season, you know what time it is. Yes, it’s time for a new set of Academy Award predictions! We’re now only a few short weeks away from the Oscars, so the precursors are beginning to wrap up, leading to some definitive frontrunners. There are still some potential surprises to come, but they’re getting to be fewer and further in between. Right now, we’re a couple of days away from voting beginning (Monday, specifically), so it’s a big of a holding pattern. Once ballots are in hand, we might start to get a final feel for how the races might turn out. Until then, we wait and predict. There’s only some small tinkering below, but more will be coming during the next few weeks, as predictions get locked in. I feel like a handful of the major categories are sewn up, »
- Joey Magidson
Oscars: Denzel Washington Says "We, as Americans, Need to Unite"
10 February 2017 8:00 AM, PST | The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News | See recent The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News news »
Baseball, booze and betrayal encapsulate Troy Maxson, the starring role in Fences that won Denzel Washington a Tony Award in 2010 and earned him his eighth Oscar nomination in the film adaptation, which he also directed. Penned by August Wilson in 1983, the Pulitzer Prize-winning play sees a middle-aged black man in 1950s Pittsburgh struggling to accept the reality of his circumstances, and the decisions made by his family.
Hours after the Screen Actors Guild Awards — where he was surprised to win lead actor — Washington spoke with The Hollywood Reporter about the appeal of his unlikable character and why »
- Ashley Lee
Andrew Garfield Has Already Given His Oscar Acceptance Speech
10 February 2017 7:15 AM, PST | The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News | See recent The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News news »
"Never say never," says first-time Oscar nominee Andrew Garfield.
Vying for best actor in a category that includes Manchester by the Sea's Casey Affleck and Fences' Denzel Washington, as well as Ryan Gosling and Viggo Mortensen, the Hacksaw Ridge star earnestly notes, with a laugh: "I don't believe I am going to have to go up there and make an acceptance speech this time around."
In the Mel Gibson-directed biopic, Garfield plays real-life World War II U.S. Army medic Desmond Doss, a Seventh-day Adventist who served without a gun.
The English actor, who's currently in London preparing for a run of »
- Mia Galuppo
Writers Guild Award-Nominated Screenwriters Discuss Their ‘Worst Notes Ever’
9 February 2017 11:47 PM, PST | Variety - Film News | See recent Variety - Film News news »
With screenwriting comes notes — from stars, directors, producers and studio executives — and stories about notes that make no sense.
Nominees for this year’s Writers Guild Awards bonded Thursday night on a panel that delved into many topics including the “worst notes ever” — helpful hints from collaborators that were not helpful at all.
“Moonlight” writer-director Barry Jenkins shared a couple of “worst notes” memories from the making of his film about a young African-American man growing up poor in Miami. The biggest clunker: “So where are the white people?”
That non sequitur drew peals of laughter from the crowd at “Beyond Words,” the Writers Guild of America West’s annual panel with the wordsmiths nominated for awards the organization will give out on Feb. 19.
Jenkins appeared with eight other writers and one producer at the event in Beverly Hills, which was co-presented by the Writers Guild Foundation, in partnership with Variety. »
- James Rainey
‘Moonlight,’ Lee Daniels, Sidney Poitier Take Top Honors at Aafca Awards
9 February 2017 11:21 AM, PST | Variety - Film News | See recent Variety - Film News news »
“Moonlight” shined bright at the 8th annual African-American Film Critics Association Awards on Wednesday night in Hollywood.
Barry Jenkins took the stage three times, accepting awards for best director, best independent film, and best picture for the Oscar-nominated drama. Jenkins was undoubtedly the man of the hour: Lee Daniels bowed to him before accepting his Cinema Vanguard Award, while John Singleton sang his praises — “none of us [directors] get it perfect, but Barry Jenkins has gotten it perfect.”
But the coming-of-age drama didn’t stop there. Prizes also went out to co-stars Mahershala Ali and Janelle Monae, who nabbed the org’s breakout performance trophy for her roles in “Moonlight” and “Hidden Figures.”
Sanaa Lathan, who presented the award to Ali, said she first met the Oscar-nominated actor about 20 years ago. “All the girls used to call him Hershey bar,” she admitted. “Lucky for us, he is finally getting the spotlight he deserves in ‘Moonlight. »
- Mannie Holmes
Exclusive: Viola Davis on her Oscar-nominated role in Fences & more DC films
9 February 2017 10:15 AM, PST | HeyUGuys.co.uk | See recent HeyUGuys news »
Author: Jon Lyus
This Friday sees the release of Denzel Washington’s adaptation of August Wilson’s celebrated play Fences on the big screen. Washington and his Tony-award winning co-star Viola Davis reprised their roles for the cinematic take on Wilson’s play six years after their Broadway revival. The powerful play is set in the 1950s and centres on the fortunes of a family set against the oppressive nature of race relations in America.
We had the chance to sit down with both Davis and Washington this week, our interview with the Oscar-winning director will be live on the site shortly. First though, we have some time with Viola Davis to talk about her time on the play, and moving the character to the cinema.
She talks about the trust she had in her co-star, and how ‘going big’ made all the difference to a particularly crucial scene, “I love it »
- Jon Lyus
NAACP Image Awards Looks Beyond #OscarsSoWhite
9 February 2017 9:30 AM, PST | Variety - Film News | See recent Variety - Film News news »
Like many, Roslyn Brock watched closely as 2017 became a banner year for diversity at the Oscars.
In a historic showing, minority actors were nominated in the Academy Awards’ four major categories. On top of that Joi McMillon became the first black woman to be nominated for film editing and a whopping four out of the five of the nominated documentary features came from black filmmakers.
But Brock, the NAACP’s board chairman, knows it is not a coincidence that such progress came after Academy voters nominated all white actors for the past two years, inspiring the social-media moniker #OscarsSoWhite. On the positive side, the backlash also emboldened Academy president Cheryl Boone Isaacs to add 600 members.
While these are steps in the right direction, Brock argues such advancements by the Academy only serve to underscore how necessary her organization’s Image Awards ceremony is. It will take place Feb. 11 at the Pasadena Civic Auditorium this year. »
- Mekeisha Madden Toby
Fences review – Denzel Washington steps up to the plate
9 February 2017 7:30 AM, PST | The Guardian - Film News | See recent The Guardian - Film News news »
Washington directs and stars in this intelligent and brilliantly cast adaptation of August Wilson’s play about a garbage collector who was once a baseball star
Producer-director-star Denzel Washington brings his passion project to the screen with distinction, and it’s been rewarded with four Academy Award nominations: picture, actor, actress, adapted screenplay. Fences is a fervent, prolix, stately but beautifully acted drama, its exteriors lovingly photographed in a richly sunlit honeycomb hue. It is an adaptation of August Wilson’s Pulitzer-winning 1983 stage play, which has been long in the making; the screenplay was completed by the dramatist himself before he died in 2005. (His Oscar nomination is posthumous.) And how daunting those speeches might have looked on the page to the actors in rehearsal – great dense blocks of text. It’s impossible not to respect the integrity of the performances. But sitting down to this movie sometimes feels like being »
- Peter Bradshaw
Fences review
9 February 2017 4:58 AM, PST | Den of Geek | See recent Den of Geek news »
Denzel Washington directs for the third time, and Fences is the end result. A triumph, too.
Transferring a multi Tony award winning play to the screen was always going to be a delicate balancing act, incorporating the intimacy of theatre with the broad scope of cinema. However, Denzel Washington’s third directorial outing (following Antwone Fisher, The Debaters) does exactly that. Washington delivers a towering adaptation of noted American playwright August Wilson’s Pulitzer Prize winning drama Fences, which masterly navigates soulful and complex themes in 1950’s Pittsburgh.
Since its lauded Broadway premiere 33 years ago, a film production seemed increasingly inevitable after Paramount acquired the rights back in 1987, with then producer Eddie Murphy also gunning for co-star status, after searching for a suitable vehicle in which to take on a more serious film role. Wilson's non-negotiable and vocal insistence for an African-American director to helm the substantial venture resulted in »
Oscar Best Actor nailbiter: Denzel Washington (‘Fences’) just moved ahead of Casey Affleck (‘Manchester By the Sea’)
9 February 2017 4:30 AM, PST | Gold Derby | See recent Gold Derby news »
Denzel Washington (“Fences”) just moved ahead of Casey Affleck (“Manchester By the Sea”) in the Oscar race for Best Actor according to our Oscar experts derived from major media outlets. Scott Mantz of Access Hollywood is our 25th expert to weigh in on this race and he went with Washington. That broke the tie that had each man with a dozen […] »
- Paul Sheehan
Movie Review – Fences (2016)
9 February 2017 3:30 AM, PST | Flickeringmyth | See recent Flickeringmyth news »
Fences, 2016.
Directed by Denzel Washington.
Starring Denzel Washington, Viola Davis, Stephen McKinley Henderson, Jovan Adepo, and Russell Hornsby.
Synopsis:
Set in 1950’s Pittsburgh ‘Fences’ follows Troy Maxson (Washington) and his wife Rose (Davis) over the course of a decade. Adapted from the August Wilson play it is one of ten which sought to verbalise and explore the African American experience specifically. A body of work which is now referred to as the ‘August Wilson Century Cycle’.
To fully appreciate this film ignorance of any back history is essential. However if that is unavoidable and you arrive knowing that Washington and Davis performed Fences on stage, with it will come a certain amount of expectation. And thankfully on this occasion the acclaim is not without merit, as both bring chemistry, knowledge and depth to their portrayals of Troy and Rose Maxson. Other players to make the leap include Stephen McKinley Henderson’s Jim Bono, »
- Amie Cranswick
Denzel Washington Is Serenaded by Teen Violinist Brianna Perez, the Subject of ‘Joe’s Violin’ — Watch
8 February 2017 3:04 PM, PST | Indiewire | See recent Indiewire news »
During this year’s Oscar Nominees Luncheon, Denzel Washington met a very special and talented young woman: 14-year-old violinist Brianna Perez, the subject of the documentary short “Joe’s Violin.” Though anyone would be star-struck in the presence of the Academy Award winner, it was Denzel who ended up amazed at the teen’s great talent.
The two met poolside at the Beverly Hilton while giving interviews following the luncheon on Monday. Perez attended as the guest of “Joe’s Violin” director Kahane Cooperman, whose documentary is nominated this year.
Read More: Oscars 2017 – Best Actor is Now Denzel Washington vs. Casey Affleck
After being introduced to each other, the “Fences” star/director, nominated for Best Actor this year, playfully asked Perez to play the violin for him. In exchange, the young artist would get to take of a photo with the acclaimed actor. Perez surprised everyone and amazed Denzel by »
- Yoselin Acevedo
Viola Davis is Tough To Beat in the 2017 Oscar Race — Here’s Why
8 February 2017 10:02 AM, PST | Thompson on Hollywood | See recent Thompson on Hollywood news »
Remember when Michelle Williams seemed to be a shoo-in for best supporting actress? Her performance in Kenneth Lonergan’s tragic drama “Manchester by the Sea” won the New York Film Critics Circle, which honored Williams for her small but mighty role.
That was just a month ago, but the final weeks of Oscar season have their own laws of relativity. Now the best supporting actress statue seems to be “Fences” star Viola Davis’ to lose, followed by Octavia Spencer of “Hidden Figures.”
Here’s how I see the breakdown of the race, by nominee.
Williams might have stayed the Oscar frontrunner if Paramount hadn’t placed “Fences” Tony-winner Viola Davis in the Supporting Actress race instead of the more crowded Best Actress field. She kills it, and gives Williams serious competition. Both landed Critics Choice, Globe, SAG, and BAFTA Award nominations, and Davis took home the Critics Choice, »
- Anne Thompson
Viola Davis is Tough To Beat in the 2017 Oscar Race — Here’s Why
8 February 2017 10:02 AM, PST | Indiewire | See recent Indiewire news »
Remember when Michelle Williams seemed to be a shoo-in for best supporting actress? Her performance in Kenneth Lonergan’s tragic drama “Manchester by the Sea” won the New York Film Critics Circle, which honored Williams for her small but mighty role.
That was just a month ago, but the final weeks of Oscar season have their own laws of relativity. Now the best supporting actress statue seems to be “Fences” star Viola Davis’ to lose, followed by Octavia Spencer of “Hidden Figures.”
Here’s how I see the breakdown of the race, by nominee.
Williams might have stayed the Oscar frontrunner if Paramount hadn’t placed “Fences” Tony-winner Viola Davis in the Supporting Actress race instead of the more crowded Best Actress field. She kills it, and gives Williams serious competition. Both landed Critics Choice, Globe, SAG, and BAFTA Award nominations, and Davis took home the Critics Choice, »
- Anne Thompson
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