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With a Grammy Nomination, Viola Davis' EGOT Is in Sight
Ever since she won the Academy Award for her performance in Fences in 2017, Viola Davis has found herself in...
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The Hair Tales Lets Black Women Speak Without Judgment
All eyes were on Viola Davis when she appeared on the red carpet at the 2012 Academy Awards.
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Viola Davis Says TV Still Hasn't Progressed on Race: 'I Don't See A Lot of Dark Skinned Women in Lead Roles'
In a conversation for Variety's Women In Motion series at the Cannes Film Festival, Viola Davis opened up about racism...
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Viola Davis is poised to star in an HBO Max Peacemaker spinoff
Davis is in talks to front an HBO Max series revolving around her Suicide Squad and Peacemaker supervillain Amanda Waller.
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The View Podcast: Amber Ruffin Can't Save Comedy Week on The View
It was Comedy Week on The View as Amber Ruffin filled in as guest co-host.
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Posted Tuesday 4/26/22 at 1:34PM EDT
Viola Davis calls The First Lady criticism "incredibly hurtful"
Speaking to BBC News, Davis said, responding to criticism of her portrayal of Michelle Obama, it is "incredibly hurtful when...
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Posted Monday 4/25/22 at 11:45PM EDT
The First Lady should celebrate its subjects, but it undermines them instead
The Showtime series' focus on Viola Davis as Michelle Obama, Michelle Pfeiffer as Betty Ford and Gillian Anderson as Eleanor...
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Posted Thursday 4/21/22 at 12:28PM EDT
Discovery+ orders Viola Davis-produced Black food history docuseries Hungry for Answers
On the four-episode Hungry for Answers, scholar and cookbook author Caroline Randall Williams will travel the country, “uncovering the fascinating,...
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Posted Monday 4/18/22 at 1:24PM EDT
Viola Davis goes viral for her The First Lady portrayal of Michelle Obama
"Viola" trended on Twitter Sunday as Twitter users noticed Davis portrays the former first lady by constantly pursing her lips.
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Posted Saturday 4/16/22 at 5:19AM EDT
The First Lady's attempt to squash the stories of three women together doesn't work
Gillian Anderson as Eleanor Roosevelt, Michelle Pfeiffer as Betty Ford and Viola Davis as Michelle Obama -- "none of them...
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Posted Thursday 4/14/22 at 2:55AM EDT
Viola Davis recalls being told that Black actors thought she wasn't pretty enough to star in How to Get Away with Murder
A New York Times Magazine profile of Davis, timed to the release of her memoir later this month, notes that...
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The First Lady: Who's Who in Showtime's Historical Drama
Showtime's new series The First Lady is a historical drama in triplicate: three stories focusing on three women in very...
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Posted Thursday 4/07/22 at 1:19PM EDT
Oprah Winfrey to interview Viola Davis for a Netflix special
The Oscar- and Emmy-winning former How to Get Away with Murder star will discuss her upcoming memoir, Finding Me, on...
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Posted Wednesday 2/23/22 at 9:47PM EST
Viola Davis fears what Michelle Obama will think about her portrayal on The First Lady, says "it keeps me up at night"
“You don’t want to insult them by your portrayal… As much as we feel like we know Michelle Obama—and I...
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Sidney Poitier, who helped break down Hollywood’s onscreen color barriers, dies at 94
The first Black man to win a competitive Oscar for best actor, Poitier was a trailblazer as a Black leading...