Viola Davis

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The forthcoming Hunger Games prequel, The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes, will star Academy Award-winner Viola Davis as deranged Head Gamemaker, Dr. Volumnia Gaul. The exciting announcement came from the film’s official Twitter account writing, “Meet your Head Gamemaker. Viola Davis has been cast as Dr. Volumnia Gaul in The Hunger Games: The Ballad of […] The post Oscar Winner Viola Davis to Play Lead Villain In ‘Hunger Games’ Prequel appeared first on The Latest Hip-Hop News, Music and Media | Hip-Hop Wired.

Viola Davis has decided to live her best life and go sky diving! The 53-year-old actress captured the entire event on video as she jumped from a plane flying 12,000 feet above the earth. She said that the dive had her flying toward the ground at 100 mph. You can swipe through the video and […]

Rolling into the 25th Year of Women’s Empowerment. Year after year the exceptional level of appearances and keynote speakers have graced Raleigh. It has grown into a fellowship of women loving, growing , and Take a stroll down memory lane, as we capture the past and move into the future. Women’s Empowerment 2019, are you […]

Viola Davis is one of the best actresses to grace our screens. She already has an Oscar, a Golden Globe, an Emmy, and two Tony Awards, and from the looks of her next film, expect Davis to add more trophies to her collection. Davis’ stars in the movie ‘Widow’ with award-winning director Steve McQueen. The […]

With the success of the box office smash Black Panther, the movie has fans wanting more of the story. Oscar winners Viola Davis and Lupita Nyong’o will play on-screen mother and daughter in The Woman King for TriStar Pictures. The movie is inspired by true events that took place in the Kingdom of Dahomey, one […]

Viola Davis is the first Black actress to achieve the feat of winning a Tony, Emmy and Oscar Award, better known as the “Triple Crown of Acting.” Davis also won the Harvard Foundation’s Artist Of The Year Award, joining the likes of Quincy Jones and Salma Hayek, among other stars. Davis was born August 11, […]

“It’s a very sacred place, the stage and the screen," she said about her role as an actor.

Viola Davis gave a moving speech, after winning the Oscar for Actress in a Supporting Role for her performance in Fences last night. This is Davis’s first Oscar win. Her stirring speech brought several to tears, and Host Jimmy Kimmel jokingly said that she ought to get an Emmy for it. Davis is only 23 […]

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Announcements broke from normal tradition as the names were announced via live feed broadcasted on the morning news shows such as "Good Morning America." Announcers of color included Gabby Sidibe, Jennifer Hudson and Terrence Howard.