Every year TIME honors an impressive group of people for its annual 100 Most Influential list. This year’s list carries a few notable stars and politicians like Barack Obama and Raphael Saadiq. Also among the names are Oscar nominated actress Viola Davis and pop-rising icon Rihanna. Cicely Tyson was kind enough to pen a sincere […]
After winning a SAG Award, and an Oscar nomination, Viola Davis has scored two new movie roles. “The Help” actress will appear in Ender’s Game and Beautiful Creatures. Beautiful Creatures, based on the novel by Margaret Stohl-Kami Garcia,is about a pair of teenagers attempting to break a curse which has haunted one of their families […]
“The Help” cleaned up last night with wins for Best Ensemble cast, Best Actress for Viola Davis and Best Supporting Actress for Octavia Spencer at the Screen Actors Guild Awards. The stain of racism and sexism is not just for people of color and women,” Davis said. “It’s all of our burden, all of us.” […]
And the award goes to…Viola Davis. The “Help” star snagged the Outstanding Performance By A Female Actor In A Leading Role award during the Screen Actors Guild Awards in Hollywood last night. Decked in a white Marchesa gown, Davis thanked actresses Cecily Tyson and Meryl Streep for inspiring her to become an actress. “What is […]
Who will walk away with an Oscar? The 84th annual Academy Award nominations were announced this morning and congratulations to Viola Davis nominated in the Best Actress category. This is the second Academy Award nomination for Davis. Also, Golden Globe winner Octavia Spencer from “The Help” headlines the list for Best Supporting Actress. Good luck […]
The 2012 Golden Globe Awards went down this weekend and while few celebs were actually up for an award, they made sure to hit the parties and red carpets anyway, dressed their best. Check out what Paula Patton, Mary J. Blige, Diddy, Kim Kardashian, Tracee Ellis Ross and more wore on the big day! Mary […]
Viola Davis is the Critics Choice! “The Help” actress scored a win for “Best Actress” last night during the awards ceremony, which was held at the Hollywood Palladium. “I am absolutely so humbled,” said Davis. “I wanted to be somebody. I wanted to dream big and make a mark somehow, and that’s something absolutely that […]
Nominations for the 69th Golden Globe Awards were announced this morning with leading nominees including Viola Davis (The Help), Idris Elba (Luther). As expected, The Help swept the nominations field with a total of five nods, including Supporting Actress in a Motion Picture Drama nominations for Octavia Spencer and Jessica Chastain. The Help is also […]
Carlos de Abreu, the Founder and Executive Director of the event, says that no fewer than a dozen of the film’s actors — including all of those who play its principal characters — have indicated that they will collect the award in-person at a gala ceremony on October 24, 2011, at the Beverly Hilton Hotel, […]
Viola Davis came off acclaim and an Academy Award nomination for Doubt and immediately went back to work in theatre and in small supporting roles in film and television. One of her theatre choices, last year’s Fences, won her a Tony award. With “The Help” currently in theaters generating critical acclaim and Oscar buzz, star […]
VIA: ESSENCE.COM ESSENCE August cover girl Viola Davis, 45, is having one heck of a summer. She’s already starring in one of the most-talked about movie of the year, and now she’s about to be a new mommy. On the red carpet of “The Help” premiere last night, Davis told E News that she and […]
