Jennifer Lawrence opens up about guilt she feels as a mother: ‘Every day of being a mom, I feel awful’ The actor welcomed her first child with husband Cooke Maroney in February 2022 The Independent UK · Dec 7, 2022
Viola Davis recalls horror of accidentally locking her baby in the car during ‘sweltering’ heat ‘It was sweltering hot outside,’ actor said The Independent UK · Dec 7, 2022
The 50 best films of 2022 in the UK We made it! The No 1 film is here and it’s a stunning directorial debut, inarguably one of the finest cinematic moments of any year The Guardian - UK · Dec 6, 2022
The best memoirs and biographies of 2022 Heartfelt memoirs from Richard E Grant and Viola Davis, childhood tales of religious dogma, and vivid insights into Agatha Christie and John Donne The Guardian - UK · Dec 3, 2022
Michael J. Fox, Diane Warren, Peter Weir and Euzhan Palcy honored at Governors Awards LOS ANGELES — The motion picture academy’s Governors Awards returned to its November calendar date for the first time since 2019 on Saturday night, with Martinique-born filmmaker Euzhan Palcy, Australian director Peter Weir and songwriter Diane Warren receiving honorary Oscars, and actor Michael J. Fox delivering an emotional, 12-minute speech… Los Angeles Times · Nov 21, 2022
‘With my camera I don’t shoot, I heal’: director Euzhan Palcy receives honorary Oscar A Dry White Season director takes lifetime achievement award, alongside Michael J Fox, Witness director Peter Weir, and songwriter Diane Warren The Guardian - UK · Nov 20, 2022
Honorary Oscar awards celebrate Fox, Weir, Warren and Palcy Four standing ovations in one night might seem a little over-the-top, even by Hollywood standards, but at the Governors Awards Saturday night, where Michael J The Independent UK · Nov 20, 2022
New this week: Lizzo, 'Criminal Minds' and 'The Woman King' This week’s new entertainment releases include an live posthumous album from Tom Petty, the criminal profile spinoff series “Criminal Minds: Evolution,” a documentary about the plucky Mars Rover Opportunity and a TV series that focuses on the backstage melodrama at the Chippendale’s male strip clubs The Independent UK · Nov 18, 2022
Grammy nominations 2023: Beyoncé leads race with nine Singer has now received 88 Grammy nominations in her career, tying only with husband Jay Z as most nominated artist The Guardian - US · Nov 15, 2022
‘It’s been nearly a month and it’s still sold out’: The Woman King takes over Benin’s only cinema The blockbuster retelling of Benin’s history of elite women warriors has transfixed audiences in the West African country. Our reporter joins the crowds The Guardian - UK · Nov 1, 2022
The Woman King star Thuso Mbedu says the world is filled with great stories. People just need to care enough to invest in them Thuso Mbedu is The Woman King's breakout star. She speaks to ABC News about her journey and why this particular story had to be told. ABC News · Oct 29, 2022
The Woman King: Viola Davis and John Boyega play a fierce general and a young king in this 19th century West African epic The Woman King stars Viola Davis as the fierce general leading an all-woman band of warriors into war in a 19th-century kingdom beset by European slavery and internal power struggles. ABC News · Oct 27, 2022
People's Choice Awards: The Kardashians, James Corden and Meghan Markle lead nominees The Kardashians, James Corden's The Late Late Show and Meghan Markle's Archetypes podcast are amongst this year's full list of nominations for the 2022 People’s Choice Awards Daily Mirror · Oct 26, 2022
Leslie Jordan: Dolly Parton, Cardi B and Sean Hayes remember star following his death The Emmy-winning actor died Monday at the age of 67 following a single-car crash. Evening Standard · Oct 25, 2022
Chicago Sun-Times · Oct 21, 2022 ‘The Woman King’ could not overcome the truth of the Agojie’s brutality, depravity, inhumanity I applaud any portrayal of Black female power. But misinformation and the glorification of an unquestionable evil that romanticizes the Agojie as superheroes is unforgivable.
The Independent UK · Oct 10, 2022 The Woman King: Viola Davis says she thought about the man who sexually assaulted her while playing a warrior Actor wrote in her memoir about the abuse she and her sisters suffered when they were young
The Guardian - UK · Oct 10, 2022 Monday briefing: What one man’s decade of harassment tells us about stalking in the UK In today’s newsletter: Matthew Hardy’s sentence for stalking is believed to be the longest ever handed down for the offence in Britain. What does his case reveal about how the crime is policed?
The Guardian - UK · Oct 10, 2022 ‘I can change the way Black women are seen’: Viola Davis on stereotypes, success and playing a warrior Raised in poverty, the actor has conquered Hollywood, winning an Oscar, an Emmy and two Tony awards. Now she has brought her passion project to the screen – The Woman King’s epic tale of an elite female fighting force
Salon · Oct 7, 2022 "Bros": A tragic box office love story The failure to launch of Billy Eichner's new comedy could have something to do with the genre rules it breaks
Evening Standard · Oct 7, 2022 The Woman King movie review: it may be wish-fulfilment but it’s also a dream A stonking yet subtle performance from Viola Davis leads an outstanding cast in this groundbreaking film
Chicago Tribune · Oct 6, 2022 Nina Metz: Moviegoing is not activism, and it’s a mistake to promote a film that way Reflecting on the disappointing turnout for the gay rom-com “Bros,” despite getting good reviews, the movie’s writer and star Billy Eichner noted that “straight people, especially in certain parts of the country, just didn’t show up for Bros. And that’s disappointing but it is what it is. Everyone who ISN’T…
The Conversation · Oct 5, 2022 Woman King is worth watching: but be aware that its take on history is problematic The Hollywood movie The Woman King, released in mid-September, became an immediate box-office success. The triumphs of the Agoodjies, the women warriors of the ancient Kingdom of Dahomey in today’s Benin, west Africa, are as magnificent as the public had anticipated. In this epic historical drama, African women take centre…
The Independent UK · Oct 5, 2022 The Woman King review: ferocious warrior tale is a vibrant celebration of Black womanhood in all its glory Viola Davis plays the (fictionalised) leader of the (real-life) Agojie, an elite unit of all-female warriors active in the historical kingdom of Dahomey
The Guardian - UK · Oct 4, 2022 The Woman King review – Viola Davis leads the line in stirring warrior tale Davis is the general of an elite team of female fighters, based on the Agojie of 19th-century west Africa, as colonialists seek to exploit tribal conflict
The Guardian - UK · Oct 1, 2022 The Woman King review – a thunderously cinematic good time Magnificent Viola Davis heads Gina Prince-Bythewood’s ass-kicking, thought-provoking epic inspired by a real-life all-female army