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Editors note: This review was originally published March 19 after its world premiere at SXSW. Did you know that Michael Jordan makes $400 million a year in passive income due to the percentage he gets from the sale of Air Jordans? To understand how this…

“If it was so easy it would have been done before,” Everything Everywhere All at Once star Michelle Yeoh said of the Andrea Riseborough Oscar controversy this morning. Questioned on the last minute campaign that saw Riseborough nominated for $27,000-grosser To Lesie, Yeoh downplayed any notion that…

Viola Davis will receive the 48th annual Chaplin Award from Film at Lincoln Center, the organization has announced. A gala honoring Davis has been set for April 24 at New York’s Alice Tully Hall. Proceeds from the gala go toward FLC’s year-round programs, student offerings, and festivals including…

The BBC has been forced to apologize after an image of Viola Davis from January’s Golden Globes was shown on its news channel with a headline identifying the Oscar winner as history-maker Beyoncé. BBC News’ rolling coverage of the Grammys included a few seconds period when the image of Davis was…

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. Davis earned the Grammy for her audiobook memoir, Finding Me. "It has just been such a…

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.” Related Story Jam…

The nominations for the 95th Academy Awards were unveiled this morning, and while for some including Everything Everywhere All at Once, All Quiet on the Western Front and The Banshees of Inisherin the race to Oscar glory is on, others never made it off the starting line. Related Story Osc…

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. "Viola and Julius' powerhouse partnership has impacted audiences worldwide with their raw and authentic…

The 34th annual Palm Springs International Film Festival held its Film Awards Gala at the Palm Springs Convention Center on Thursday, January 5.  The fest welcomed the stars to the desert, helping to kick off awards season by honoring the year's most buzzed-about films and performances. Honorees were presented with…

For director Gina Prince-Bythewood, making the historical epic The Woman King was a dream come true. Despite dealing with a seven-year-long development process, Prince-Bythewood was determined to prove that Hollywood stories centering on powerful Black women deserve to be seen. Based on a real all-female…

Editors note: Deadline's Read the Screenplay series debuts and celebrates the scripts of films that will be factors in this year's movie awards race. The battle to make the historical action film The Woman King started as early as 2015 when producer Cathy Schulman and actress-producer Maria Bello…

I was joined at today's Contenders Film LA3C event by the key people behind the hit epic The Woman King, which was just named to the prestigious list of AFI's Top 10 Movies of the Year. It also scored a rare A+ Cinemascore during its opening weekend in September, proving it has not only critical acclaim…