Arguably, the baddest Disney villain of them all is back in Maleficent: Mistress Of Evil. Angelina Jolie reprises her role in the Joachim Rønning-directed film along with Elle Fanning as Princess Aurora and Sam Riley as Diaval.
Chiwetel Ejiofor will play Doctor Strange's enemy, Baron Mordo.
It was a huge night for Black film. Steve Mcqueen’s “12 Year’s A Slave” was bestowed the highest honor of the night , “Best Picture,” at the 2014 Academy Awards. We’re still speechless as the historic moment sets in! Will Smith presented the statuesque trophy to Brad Pitt and McQueen, who gleefully embraced the award […]
12 Years A Slave has done it again — this time, overseas! The awards season favorite took home the top prize at Sunday’s British Academy Film and Television Arts awards, scoring best film and actor honors. Director Steve McQueen accepted the best movie trophy in his home country and used the platform to educate the […]
The celebration for Chiwetel Ejiofor’s first Oscar nomination is a family affair. The 12 Years A Slave star’s younger sister, CNN reporter Zain Asher, shared a tearful reaction to her brother’s exciting news during an on-air interview Thursday. “Honestly, I could not sleep last night. I really couldn’t,” she said. “This was so emotional for […]
The nominations for the 2014 Academy Awards were announced this morning and none to our surprise, “12 Years A Slave” eclipsed the many other amazing Black films that were released in 2013 (because there can only be one Black film at the Oscars). “12 Years A Slave” was nominated for: “Best Picture,” “Film Editing,” ‘Costume […]
In 1841, Solomon Northup, a free Black man from upstate New York, was kidnapped and sold into slavery. On January 3, 1853, he regained his freedom. And yesterday, 161 years later, descendants of former slave released this touching video to commemorate that joyous day. The world was introduced to Northup’s story in the Steve McQueen-directed […]
Steve McQueen’s 12 Years a Slave leads all nominees for the 2014 Film Independent Spirit Awards, the Santa Monica beach-side ceremony held the day before the Oscars. The Steve McQueen-directed drama is up for seven awards, including best feature, best director, best actor (Chiwetel Ejiofer), best supporting actor (Michael Fassbender), best screenplay (John Ridley) and […]
