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The 93rd annual Academy Awards spread the wealth more than usual on Sunday night, with Nomadland scoring a leading three wins over two each for The Father, Judas and the Black Messiah, Mank, Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom, Soul and Sound of Metal.  Oscars TV Review: Unconventional, Intimate Ceremony Reinvigorates Hollywood’s…

When Mia Neal, Jamika Wilson and Sergio Lopez-Rivera won the Oscar on Sunday for Best Makeup and Hairstyling for their work on Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom, Neal and Wilson became the first Black women to win the honor. When Neal took the stage at Union Station to accept the award, she used the opportunity to give shine…

The 93rd annual Academy Awards were handed out tonight, and in a departure from Oscar history, the Best Picture category was not saved for last. Instead, Searchlight’s Nomadland went home with the night’s marquee prize, and its star Frances McDormand took Best Actress, hours after the film’s Chloé Zhao made history as…

The makeup and hairstyling team for Ma Rainey's Black Bottom — Mia Neal, Jamika Wilson, and Sergio Lopez-Rivera — have taken the Oscar in the category, an historic win as Neal and Wilson are the first Black nominees to take the award in the space. All three were first-time contenders. Neal was hair and wig designer…

Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom, Promising Young Woman and Mulan took the marquee film prizes at the 23rd annual Costume Designers Guild Awards, which were handed out in a virtual ceremony tonight. Check out the full winners list below. Ma Rainey's Black Bottom designer Ann Roth won for Period Film, Contemporary went to Promi…

EXCLUSIVE: Hot on the heels of SAG wins for Viola Davis and Chadwick Boseman for their leading performances in the film adaptation of August Wilson’s Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom, a documentary short on the life of the real Ma Rainey hits the airwaves at 7 p.m. Monday, April 12, on KCBS in Los Angeles. And after its…

Taylor Simone Ledward has been graciously accepting awards on behalf of her late, great husband Chadwick Boseman — and Sunday night was no exception. During the 27th annual SAG Awards, Boseman posthumously won for Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Leading Role. When Ledward accepted the award during the…

After the cruelest year and amid the weirdest awards season in memory, Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom and Birds of Prey applied two wins apiece to lead the film side of the eighth annual Make-Up Artists & Hair Stylists Guild Awards. With Birds of Prey not among the five nominees for Best Makeup & Hairstyling at the Academy…

Chadwick Boseman’s Best Actor Oscar nomination this morning for Netflix’s Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom reps the seventh time that an actor has received such a posthumous honor in either the Best Actor or Supporting Actor category from the Academy of Motion Pictures Arts and Sciences. Boseman’s turn as ambitious cornet…

Last week, Chadwick Boseman won a posthumous Golden Globe for his role in Ma Rainey's Black Bottom and the celebration of the late, great actor’s work continued on Sunday night as he, once again, won for his performance in the George C. Wolfe’s adaptation of the iconic August Wilson play. Boseman's wife Taylor Simone…

On Sunday night, the late Chadwick Boseman won a posthumous Golden Globe for Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture – Drama for his role in Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom from director George C. Wolfe. Boseman’s wife Taylor Simone Ledward accepted the award on his behalf, giving the most emotional speech of the…

George C. Wolfe has been celebrated for his groundbreaking work on stage as a playwright and director for decades. It was very much a natural shift when he made his way behind the camera on projects like The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks and Lackawanna Blues. But in his latest directorial endeavor Ma Rainey's Black…