Anonymous Oscar Ballots 2021: Two Producers Go All In on ‘Nomadland’ and ‘Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom’
They agree on many of the major categories.
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SAG Awards Film Winners Analysis: What the Night of Upsets Means for the Oscars
More often than not, SAG Award winners repeat at the Oscars. Will Sunday night’s spoilers have a chance?
Oscars 2021: Best Actress Predictions
Is the frontrunner Viola Davis or Carey Mulligan? This campaign is changing fast.
Viola Davis Is Now the Most-Nominated Black Actress in Oscars History
Davis and Andra Day both landed in the Best Actress race, making it only the second time in Oscars history where two Black women will compete in the category in the same year.
‘Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom’ Review: Boseman and Davis Energize a Faithful August Wilson Adaptation
August Wilson’s play comes to vivid life in a Netflix adaptation that owes much to its dynamic performers.
Viola Davis and Chadwick Boseman Lead Netflix’s ‘Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom’ to the Oscars
Actors will love Oscar winner Davis as the blues singer of the title, and never-nominated Boseman as her restless, go-getter trumpeter
‘Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom’ First Reactions: Viola Davis and Chadwick Boseman Bring Down the House
Praise is stupendous for George C. Wolfe’s August Wilson adaptation, with Boseman and Davis now shoo-ins for acting honors next year.
‘Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom’ Trailer: Viola Davis, Chadwick Boseman Headline Netflix’s Oscar Juggernaut
George C. Wolfe’s August Wilson adaptation is a surefire awards season heavyweight with a posthumous performance by Boseman.
Viola Davis Details ‘Ma Rainey’ Transformation, Inspired by Aretha Franklin: ‘I Wanted That Body’
“I tried to gain as much as I could but she was really big, close to 300 pounds,” Davis says. “I got close to 200 pounds.”
‘Ma Rainey’s’ First Look: Viola Davis, Denzel Washington Praise Chadwick Boseman’s Final Role
The Netflix adaptation of August Wilson’s boasts George C. Wolfe and an Oscar-friendly December release date.
Viola Davis Feels Betrayed by ‘The Help’: ‘It Was Created in the Cesspool of Systemic Racism’
Two years after admitting she regrets acting in “The Help,” Davis remains just as critical of the Oscar-winning drama.
Bryce Dallas Howard: ‘We Can All Go Further’ Than Streaming ‘The Help’ Right Now
Howard admits the 2011 drama is “told through the perspective of a white character and was created by predominantly white storytellers.”
