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She may have been unfairly snubbed for an Academy Award nomination for her performance in “The Woman King,” but Viola Davis has something bigger to celebrate this month. During a pre-broadcast ceremony this afternoon, Davis won a Grammy Award in the Best Audio Book, Narration, and Storytelling Recording category for her own memoir, “Finding Me.” She now has won all four major entertainment awards landing her in the coveted EGOT club.

Another one for the trophy case! Viola Davis became an EGOT winner on Sunday, February 5, when she earned a Grammy Award for narrating the audiobook of her memoir, Finding Me.

Viola Davis has joined the coveted circle of those who have won an Emmy, Oscar, Tony and Grammy, picking up the “G” in the “EGOT” title today as part of the pre-telecast for the 65th annual Grammy Awards.

Far from a surprise, DC co-Chairmen and CEOs James Gunn and Peter Safran confirmed that Waller, the spinoff of their Suicide Squad HBO Max series Peacemaker, was one of the first TV shows they’ll be hatching under their new DC universe, Chapter One, “Gods and Monsters”.

It looked as though the 2023 Oscar season would be the first in over a decade without some sort of scandal in its midst. After the events of the past week, that does not appear to be the case.

Speculation about potential Oscar-campaigning irregularities in the wake of this week’s nominations reveal has led the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences put out a statement today saying it is “conducting a review of the campaign procedures around this year’s nominees.”

Kim Kardashian and Kanye West's daughter North, nine, and son Saint, seven, have landed their first movie roles.The children have been cast alongside their famous mother in the upcoming sequel to the 2021 animated feature PAW Patrol: The Movie.Entitled PAW Patrol: The Mighty Movie, the next film will see Kim reprise her role from the original picture as a poodle called Delores, Deadline reports. Mother of four: Kim Kardashian and Kanye West's daughter North (second from left), nine , and son Saint (left), seven, have landed their first movie roles in the PAW Patrol sequelSaint's part is reportedly just a cameo, while North's character is one of three puppies in the cast of characters.The other two will be played by TikTok star Brice Gonzalez, seven, and child actor Alan Kim, 10, who earned a BAFTA nomination for Minari.

should be on the list as well. Here are the most glaring omissions from the from Viola Davis and Danielle Deadwyler to Mia Goth to Dolly De Leon.  seemed like a no-brainer nomination for best actress given her performance as General Nanisca of the Agojie in The Woman King.

Elvis scooped up eight Oscar nominations on Tuesday, including Best Picture and Best Actor for Austin Butler in the title role. The good news dovetailed neatly with the birthday of director Baz Luhrmann’s wife and producing partner Catherine Martin, and their wedding anniversary, and yet tragically, it also comes just two days after the pair attended the funeral service for Elvis Presley’s daughter Lisa Marie Presley.

A24’s multiverse-spanning Everything Everywhere All at Once scored a leading 11 Oscar nominations Tuesday, helping the indie to 17 noms, the most of any individual distributor this year. Netflix, behind its nine-nom juggernaut All Quiet on the Western Front, had a total of 14 in the feature-length categories and 16 overall.

There were many lessons to take from the 95th Academy Award nominations. And publicists, studio executives, and personal publicists will spend the next few weeks wondering what went wrong and, more importantly, what went right.

The nominations for the 95thAcademy Awards were unveiled this morning, and while for some like Everything Everywhere All At Once, All Quiet On The Western Front and The Banshees of Inisherin  the race to Oscar glory is on, there are some who never made it off the starting line.

The 2023 Academy Award nominations were announced early on Tuesday morning.On the top of the list was Everything Everywhere All at Once and The Banshees of Inisherin, which swept many categories. Even Tom Cruise's film Top Gun: Maverick got plenty of love with five nods, though Cruise himself was not nominated for his acting. But several contenders were left off the list. Brad Pitt and Margot Robbie were not recognized for their work in the epic Hollywood movie Babylon.

JuVee Productions, the production company owned by Viola Davis and film producer Julius Tennon, has signed a two-year, exclusive first-look television and new media deal with Entertainment One.

Some great news for exhibition this morning: Amazon Studios is getting back into the wide theatrical release business with Ben Affleck’s Nike movie Air starring his fellow Good Will Hunting co-Oscar winner Matt Damon. Air will get a global theatrical release on Wed, April 5 this year, heading into the lucrative Easter weekend. This is the first wide theatrical release from Amazon since its Sundance acquisition, Mindy Kaling’s Late Night, which was a wide summer release back in 2019.

The best big siblings! John Legend and Chrissy Teigen‘s eldest children are over the moon about baby sister Esti’s arrival.

Netflix’s wartime epic All Quiet On The Western Front leads the 2023 BAFTA film awards with what new BAFTA CEO Jane Millichip described as an “extraordinary” haul of nominations across craft and performance categories.

Academy Award winner Riz Ahmed and M3gan star Allison Williams have been tapped to host the 2023 Oscar nominations on Tuesday, January 24.

Viola Davis knew the true meaning of Woman King as she dripped in elegance at the 2023 Critics' Choice Awards.The 57-year-old star was nominated for Best Actress for her leading role in the 2022 Sony Pictures film The Woman King.She lost out on the award to Cate Blanchett, who played renowned musician Lydia Tár in the Focus Features film Tár. Elegant: Viola Davis knew the true meaning of Woman King as she dripped in elegance at the 2023 Critics' Choice Awards Viola spent her night with her husband, Julius Tennon, 69, as the pair enjoyed the event together and looked extra happy while posing for photos.The Ma Rainey's Black Bottom star wore a glittering brown gown by Valentino, which included a floor-length cape, ruffled detailing on the neckline, and a slit near the shoulder.

Chelsea Handler didn't hold back during her opening monologue at the Critics' Choice Awards 2023, held at Fairmont Century Plaza in Los Angeles on Sunday. The host, 47, took a jab at Prince Harry's admission of having a frostbitten manhood, made a dig at TV host James Corden, joked that Viola Davis is Nick Cannon's child, and roasted celebrities for taking weight loss drug Ozempic.The comedian opened up her monologue poking fun of director Olivia Wilde's dramatic press tour: 'Between covid, monkeypox, the "Don't Worry Darling" press tour, it's been a lot.' No holding back: Chelsea Handler didn't hold back during her opening monologue at the Critics Choice Awards 2023, held at Fairmont Century Plaza in Los Angeles on SundayThe star later took umbrage with Prince Harry's intimate revelations in his new autobiography Spare, where he shared that his penis had become injured during a grueling charity trek through the North Pole in 2011.'Dahmer became the third highest viewed show on Netflix with a combined watch time of 1 billion hours, which apparently is the same amount of time we're going to have to listen to prince Harry talk about his frostbitten penis. It's enough, already.'  Chelsea also roasted television host James Corden, after a restaurant owner called him out for his rude behavior towards staff last year.'Look, the cast of "The Bear" is here.

Janelle Monae put on an eye-popping display in a racy sheer gown before delivering a heartfelt speech about gender identity while accepting the SeeHer Award at the 2023 Critics' Choice Awards.The 37-year-old Kansas City native - who Daniel Craig said 'lifted me up every day' on the Glass Onion set - is the seventh recipient of the SeeHer Award, which 'honors a woman who advocates for gender equality, portrays characters with authenticity, defies stereotypes and pushes boundaries.She follows last year's winner Halle Berry, Zendaya, Kristen Bell, Claire Foy, Gal Gadot, and inaugural winner Viola Davis.The star flashed her braless bust beneath her racy sheer gown, which featured raunchy cut-outs on the side and hugged her toned curves.  Wow: Janelle Monae put on an eye-popping display in a racy sheer gown before delivering a heartfelt speech about gender identity while accepting the SeeHer Award at the 2023 Critics' Choice AwardsMonae, who goes by the pronouns they/them and she/her, was presented the award by her Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery co-star Kate Hudson, with Monae addressing her at the start of her speech.  'Kate, I love you so much. You are a sister.