Shirley Chisholm: Last News

In the first public sighting since the tragic death of her son Ian Alexander Jr., Regina King was hard at work filming John Ridley's biopic Shirley in her Cincinnati hometown on Monday.The 50-year-old Oscar winner channeled her grief to portray the first African-American congresswoman and presidential candidate Shirley Chisholm - who passed away, age 80, in 2005.Regina - who's also a producer - was wearing a 1972-era white floral blazer dress with black PVC high-heeled boots selected by costume designer Megan Coates. Back to work: In the first public sighting since the tragic death of her son Ian Alexander Jr., Regina King was hard at work filming John Ridley's biopic Shirley in her Cincinnati hometown on Monday Groundbreaker: The 50-year-old Oscar winner channeled her grief to portray the first African-American congresswoman and presidential candidate Shirley Chisholm - who passed away, age 80, in 2005King wore Shirley's signature glasses, dental prosthetics designed by Gary Archer, and a short wavy wig was coiffed by hair department head Nakoya Yancey.Oscar nominee Terrence Howard (Triumph) was also on set dressed in a blue three-piece suit to better inhabit the New York native's husband, private investigator Conrad Chisholm.

Even as it celebrates its 27 Oscar nominations this week, Netflix unveiled its mega-slate of 86 titles for 2022. That’s far more than any traditional studio this year.

and Golden Globe)-winning actor has been hard at work the last few years filming the critically-beloved HBO series Watchmen and directing award-season favorite …. (As well as, you know, being honored as a .)Next up: You'll see her in The Harder They Fall, a Western for Netflix that premieres on November 3.

Uzo Aduba is a married woman!The star revealed her happy news on her first anniversary, sharing with fans and followers that she secretly married filmmaker Robert Sweeting last year.«When you realize you want to spend the rest of your life with somebody, you want the rest of your life to start as soon as possible,» Aduba captioned a pic from her wedding day, quoting Nora Ephron's iconic line from the Billy Crystal-Meg Ryan rom-com  «For some, it feels like we wait our whole lives for our someone,» she shared. «My love, I’m so happy my life started last year with you.»A post shared by Uzo Aduba (@uzoaduba)It's been an emotional year for Aduba, who won her second Emmy Award last fall for playing Shirley Chisholm in the FX limited series.

Billy Porter (“Pose”) and Uzo Aduba (“In Treatment”) sat down for a virtual chat for Variety‘s Actors on Actors. For more, click here.Uzo Aduba follows up last year’s Emmy win for playing Congresswoman Shirley Chisholm in FX’s “Mrs.

Uzo Aduba as the therapist at the center of the drama series. The former star takes over for Gabriel Byrne as the observant, empathetic Dr.

Uzo Aduba just won her third Emmy, this time for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Limited Series or Movie for her portrayal of Shirley Chisholm in the ensemble biodrama. This marks the actress’ first win outside of . “Wow… wow! Okay… Momma, I won! Oh my god!” Aduba said while accepting her award during Sunday's virtual 72nd Primetime Emmys ceremony.The actress, who was wearing a simple black T-shirt with Breonna Taylor's name emblazoned on it, was visibly stunned by her win.