Viola Davis showcases her impressive muscles during grueling fitness session for new Woman King role

EXCLUSIVE: Kelsey Grammer, Anna Grace Barlow, and Jonathan Roumie have joined the cast of Jesus Revolution, the Kingdom Story Company and Lionsgate film inspired by the true story of a national spiritual awakening in the early 1970s and its origins within a community of teenage hippies in Southern California. Grammer will star alongside Joel Courtney as well as Barlow and Roumie, and Kimberly Williams-Paisley, Ally Ioannides, Julia Campbell, Nic Bishop, and Jolie Jenkins.

EXCLUSIVE: Erinn Hayes, River Drosche and Julianna Layne are set to join the cast of the Warner Bros. and Legendary’s A Christmas Story Christmas, the sequel to the classic holiday pic A Christmas Story, which will premiere on HBO Max. Deadline first reported that Julie Hagerty was in talks to join and sources now confirm she has also closed a deal to join the cast.  Peter Billingsley, who played Ralphie in the original, is set to return with Ian Petrella, Zack Ward, Scott Schwartz and R.D. Robb also reprising their roles from the original. The script was written by Nick Schenk, who also will executive produce, with Clay Kaytis on board to direct. Billingsley and Vince Vaughn will produce through their Wild West Picture Show productions. Cale Boyter and Jay Ashenfelter will oversee for Legendary.

EXCLUSIVE: Curtis “50 Cent” Jackson’s G-Unit Film & Television has optioned Christopher Priest’s DC comic Xerø for development alongside Color Farm Media as a live-action film franchise.

The Guardian in a 2016 profile of Hill. “He always took being a drag king to a new level, which was more fully realized than most kings.” As the years have gone by, Hill has become far more than a pioneering drag king, queer New York nightlife fixture, or campy, charismatic trans comedian/actor. The 50-year-old has long struggled to find the right words and terminology to describe himself.“I keep saying, when I talk to young people: We just didn’t have the language and the ID politics, we had nothing.

Steve Aoki and Grandson have teamed up for a wild new track, ‘KULT’, which also features rising rapper Jasiah.The crossover record is the first preview of Aoki’s yet-to-be-titled upcoming album, and showcases “some of the new and old sounds” that have recently inspired the superstar DJ.Lyrically, the track approaches the cynicism and pressure of having the world on your back and looking for a way out, while the explosive instrumental throws rock, rap and EDM into a blender.Speaking on the collaboration, Aoki said:”‘KULT’ is the first taste from my upcoming album and showcases some of the new and old sounds that have recently inspired me.“Grandson and Jasiah have both been killing it recently, so I was excited to get them together on a track. The energy and lyrics capture a certain kind of feeling that will shake you to your core and possibly even persuade you to join the ‘KULT’.”Watch the Ava Rikki-directed video for ‘KULT’ below:“‘KULT’ is about what happens when the imaginary world becomes more attractive than the real world we inhabit,” Grandson added.

In the past two years, L.A.-based fashion designer Claude Kameni has seen her 8-year-old West African-textile-inspired line, Lavie by CK, embraced by Hollywood. In 2018, Tracee Ellis Ross wore a custom Kameni dress to host the American Music Awards after the star's stylist Karla Welch discovered the label via Instagram.

Breathe easy film and gay twitter, Michelle Pfeiffer is officially your fan-favorite Best Actress contender. The three time Oscar nominee stars in Azazel Jacobs’ “French Exit,” an unconventional dramedy that closed the 2020 New York Film Festival on Saturday night and is currently dated to hit theaters on February 12.

Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom. Viola Davis stars as the real life “Mother of the Blues” Gertrude Rainey alongside Chadwick Boseman in his final role as the enterprising trumpet player Levee. The film is based on the 1984 work written by Wilson, the award-winning playwright behind Fences and The Piano Lesson.Set in 1927 Chicago, the story starts with Rainey as she arrives late to a recording session and greets a controlling white manager and an impatient band, who’s being fueled by Levee’s ambitions to unseat Rainey from her Blues throne.What follows is a misogynistic and creative battle as Rainey fights for full control of her sonic legacy as the men around the Blues queen see her actions as symptoms of her Blackness and womanhood, instead of

Chadwick Boseman goes back to the 1920s in a still from his final movie, Netflix’s Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom, in which he plays a horn player.The Black Panther star, who passed away in late August (2020) following a secret four-year battle with colon cancer, completed production on the forthcoming movie shortly before his passing.On Wednesday (September 30, 2020), officials from the streaming service tweeted four photos from the upcoming drama, which explores racial tensions in Chicago, Illinois in 1927, and stars Boseman as a musician for blues singer Ma Rainey, played by Viola Davis.The screenplay was adapted by Ruben Santiago-Hudson from Pulitzer Prize winner August Wilson’s 1982 play and centers on a recording session during which Ma

Rebecca Davis editorThe Viola Davis-starring 2018 heist thriller “Widows” is set to hit China on Oct. 16.

Netflix has debuted the first look at the upcoming movie Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom, which is the final film that Chadwick Boseman made before he tragically passed away this summer.

Chadwick Boseman's final film.The late performer — who died in August after a secret years-long battle with colon cancer — stars opposite Viola Davis in, an adaptation of the August Wilson play of the same name. The film is directed by George C.

Chadwick Boseman tragically passed away on August 28 after a long battle with colon cancer, however in his final years he fought through surgeries and chemotherapy treatments to work on seven incredible films. His final movie, Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom, is slated to hit Netflix on December 18 and the streaming service has released the first images of Chadwick in his last role.

Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom,” which premieres Dec. 18.Based on Pulitzer Prize-winning August Wilson’s play of the same name, “Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom” explores racial tensions through the lens of the real-life “Mother of Blues,” who died in 1939.The photos, posted to Netflix’s Twitter account, show Viola Davis as Rainey, with Boseman playing Levee, her trumpeter, in 1920s Chicago.

When it was revealed that Chadwick Boseman passed away in late August, it was known that he had one more film ready to be released, “Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom.” Now, with the adaptation of the August Wilson play coming to Netflix later this year, we have our first look at the period film that now has an unfortunate asterisk next to it. READ MORE: Sienna Miller Says Chadwick Boseman Donated Part Of His ’21 Bridges’ Salary To Make Sure She Was Properly Paid As mentioned, “Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom” is an adaptation of the August Wilson play.

Chadwick Boseman has been pictured in his last ever film role after his death from colon cancer at the age of 43.

who passed away from colon cancer in August, will be starring in Netflix‘s Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom opposite Viola Davis.The film adapts August Wilson’s 1984 play of the same name, focusing on Ma Rainey, a Southern singer (Davis), and her trumpeter Levee (Boseman) as they navigate the music industry in 1920’s Chicago.On working with Boseman, Denzel Washington, who produced the film, told the New York Times: “He did a brilliant job, and he’s gone. I still can’t believe it.”Davis went on to describe Boseman as “the ultimate collaborator”.

Netflix has released the first images from Chadwick Boseman's final movie Ma Rainey's Black Bottom, weeks after the Black Panther star sadly passed away.Boseman, who died at the age of 43 in August, stars alongside Viola Davis, Glynn Turman, Colman Domingo, and Michael Potts in the drama, playing trumpeter Levee.Ma Rainey's Black Bottom, based on August Wilson's 1982 play of the same name, tells the story of a fateful music recording session in the '20s, where a band of musicians await the arrival of the legendary 'Mother of the Blues' Ma Rainey (Davis).Directed by George C Wolfe and produced by Denzel Washington, Ma Rainey's Black Bottom will premiere on Netflix later this year, launching on the streaming service on December 18.Struck by

A month after his shock death at 43, Netflix has released the first images of Chadwick Boseman in his final role.The actor completed production on Ma Rainey's Black Bottom before he succumbed to colon cancer after a secret four-year battle with the disease.On Wednesday, the streaming service tweeted four photos from the upcoming drama which explores racial tensions in Chicago in 1927.

Bruce Haring pmc-editorial-managerThe final film of Chadwick Boseman’s incandescent career has released its first images of the late star.Director George C. Wolfe’s adaptation of August Wilson’s stage play Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom stars Viola Davis in the title role, with Boseman as a band member.

Netflix has shared the first look at Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom, the final film role of Black Panther star Chadwick Boseman.