Chadwick Boseman received a touching in memoriam tribute during the Oscar nominations on Tuesday morning.The Best Actor nods were announced by Phylicia Rashad, who taught Chadwick at Howard University and is now dean of a school named after him there.Phylicia, 73, made the nominees public with the help of some students at Howard's Chadwick A.
Boseman School Of Fine Arts. Dearly departed:Chadwick Boseman received a touching in memoriam tribute during the Oscar nominations on Tuesday morning.
He died tragically in 2020 at the age of 43 after a secret cancer battleChadwick, who was globally famous as Black Panther in the Marvel Cinematic Universe, died tragically in 2020 at the age of 43 after a secret cancer battle.'All of our students here are so inspired by Chadwick Boseman, a Howard grad who was so committed to this university,' said Phylicia during Tuesday's broadcast. 'And as you know, Chadwick was nominated last year for best actor and we are so honored to announce the nominees in this category.'John Woods III, who is studying for a BFA in acting, delivered the list of nominees - Javier Bardem in Being The Ricardos,Benedict Cumberbatch in The Power Of The Dog, Andrew Garfield in tick, tick...BOOM!, Will Smith in King Richard and Denzel Washington in The Tragedy Of Macbeth.
In memoriam: Boseman received a tribute from Phylicia Rashad and some Howard University students The nominations broadcast was hosted by Tracee Ellis Ross alongside Leslie Jordan, with the actual Oscars show to take place on March 27.Chadwick received his nomination posthumously last year for his role in Ma Rainey's Black Bottom, an adaptation of the August Wilson play of the same name.He wound up losing out to The Father star Anthony Hopkins, who.
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