#violadavis Viola Davis has decided to play Congresswoman Barbara Jordan in a movie based on the book Barbara Jordan: American Hero. She will also produce — along with her husband, Julius Tennon. Director Paris Barclay tells Variety: More » »
Picture: The Artist Directing: Michel Hazanavicius, The Artist Actor: Jean Dujardin, The Artist Actress: Viola Davis, The Help Actor in a Supporting Role: Christopher Plummer, Beginners Actress in a Supporting Role: Octavia Spencer, The Help Original S... »
OK, the Academy Awards are Sunday night. It will be long, a little dull, people will be glad to have Billy Crystal back after a long break and the big awards will go mostly to the movies that everyone expects. But someone has to win the Oscar pool and ... »
How Viola Davis took Meryl Streep's Oscar. U.N. panel accuses Syria of crimes against humanity. President Hamid Karzai blamed a U.S. soldier for "ignorantly" burning copies of the Quran at a NATO base, an accusation that could trigger more protests acr... »
Hollywood sets styles, captures imaginations, touches dreams. Worldwide, movies provide people with much of what they think about America. Yet, the 5,765 voting members of the Academy are far from representative of the moviegoing public. »
It's more than just a little politically chancy but still unavoidable to look at Octavia Spencer's sunny Oscar odds though the filter of co-star Viola Davis's ascendance in the Best Actress category. But if voters are capable of feeling alright with th... »
At this point, being a Meryl Streep diehard who also cares about Oscar hoopla is a kind of brutal self-flagellation. Year after year, be it a silver fox in a royalty role, a can't-miss Brit in a Holocaust film, or a rom-com sweetheart awarded for years... »
Oscar-winning screenwriter John Patrick Shanley ("Moonstruck") is accused of forcing actress Amanda Jencsik to engage in violent sexual acts, the New York Post reports. According... »
