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9-1-1 stars earn raises: Angela Bassett could become TV's highest-paid drama actress of color
Ahead of Season 5, Bassett has agreed to "a major bump that I hear takes her to north of $450,000 an...
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Posted Tuesday 7/20/21 at 1:26PM EDT
Viola Davis is writing a memoir that she says will be “straight, no chaser"
The Oscar-, Emmy- and Tony-winning former How to Get Away with Murder star's book Finding Me, which will be released...
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Posted Thursday 5/20/21 at 2:21PM EDT
Amazon and Viola Davis to tell the story of Bruce's Beach, a Black-owned beach resort stolen by the city of Manhattan Beach
Viola Davis and Julius Tennon’s JuVee Productions and Brad Pitt's Plan B are partnering on a scripted series on Bruce's...
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Posted Tuesday 4/20/21 at 12:24AM EDT
Unf$?%ables comedy from Viola Davis is in the works at Hulu
Former Jimmy Kimmel Live! writer Jeremy Hsu is writing the potential comedy based on his personal experiences with dating, with...
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Posted Wednesday 3/17/21 at 2:44PM EDT
Michelle Obama on Viola Davis playing her in Showtime's The First Lady: "I feel that I'm not worthy"
"I wish I could be better to live up to the character that Viola has to play, but it's exciting,"...
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Gillian Anderson to play Eleanor Roosevelt in Showtime's The First Lady
After her Golden Globe-nominated performance as Margaret Thatcher in The Crown, Anderson will play another 20th century female political icon:...
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When Cicely Tyson's Ophelia Harkness Gave the Best Advice on How to Get Away With Murder
Cicely Tyson passed away Thursday at the age of 96.
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Cicely Tyson, pioneering Emmy-winning actress, dies at 96
The iconic actress died today, her manager Larry Thompson announced without revealing details of her death.
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Separating Fact from Fiction in Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom
As my colleague Joe Reid recently wrote, if there was ever a year when Netflix was going to win big...
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TV Today: A Homebound Viewer's Guide to What's New and Noteworthy on TV This Weekend
With coronavirus cases spiking across the country and local officials asking those who can to stay at home, TV is...
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Posted Saturday 12/12/20 at 3:37AM EST
Presenting TV's worst teachers who seemed completely normal at first
Glee's Will Schuester, How to Get Away with Murder's Annalise Keating, Community's Ben Chang and Friends' Ross Geller are among...
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Netflix Is Poised to be the Schitts Creek of the 2021 Oscars
Joe Reid isn't just Primetimer's managing editor.
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Posted Thursday 11/19/20 at 1:31PM EST
See Netflix's Giving Voice documentary trailer from Viola Davis and John Legend
The documentary that won the Sundance Film Festival Favorite Award follows students in the annual August Wilson Monologue Competition inspired...
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Posted Thursday 10/22/20 at 1:59PM EDT
Viola Davis, Paul Giamatti and more TV lawyers film a PSA calling for the protection of the November election
How to Get Away with Murder's Davis, Billions' Giamatti, Law & Order: SVU alum Stephanie March, L.
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Posted Saturday 5/16/20 at 4:33AM EDT
How to Get Away with Murder creator reflects on the show's legacy and the cathartic experience of making the show
"I hear that Viola's representation of Annalise has changed the world in terms of showing an African-American woman who's not...