Posts Tagged ‘Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom’
Black film critics to honor Mariah Carey, George C. Wolfe and Stacey Abrams
Singer Mariah Carey, politician and voting rights activist Stacey Abrams, director George C. Wolfe and Netflix will be the special achievement honorees at this year’s 12th annual African American Film Critics Association (AAFCA) Awards. The AAFCA’s special achievement honors are presented to salute the excellence of a body of work and recognize noteworthy contributions in…
Read MoreChadwick Boseman’s widow cries as she accepts his IFP Gotham Award (video)
Chadwick Boseman’s widow delivered a powerful and teary-eyed tribute to the late superstar during the 30th annual IFP Gotham Awards. Simone Ledward Boseman accepted the Gotham Awards Tribute prize on Monday night, Jan. 11, 2021, saying it was an “honor to receive this award on behalf of my husband,” and that it was an “acknowledgement…
Read MoreDenzel Washington recalls telling Chadwick Bosemen to marry girlfriend
Oscar-winning actor Denzel Washington saw in Chadwick Boseman and kindred spirit with a tireless devotion to his craft. Washington also noticed something else about the late Black Panther star: Boseman’s girlfriend, Taylor Simone Ledward, was definitely marriage material. Washington, 65, was completely unaware that Boseman, 43, was even sick while they filmed Ma Rainey’s Black…
Read MoreChadwick Boseman remembered as ‘icon’ by Marvel co-stars at 2020 MTV Awards
Robert Downey Jr. says Chadwick Boseman “truly embodied what it meant to be a superhero.” The Black Panther star passed away in August 2020 at the age of 43 after a private four-year battle with colon cancer, and on Sunday, Dec. 12, he was posthumously honored with the Hero of the Ages award at the…
Read MoreViola Davis delivers powerful Ma Rainey monologue ahead of global premier
Viola Davis is starring in Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom as Ma Rainey, an African American singer who was known as “Mother of the Blues.” Rainey was one of the first blues artists to record and has been credited as one who helped evolve the genre and bring about popularity. Rainey died in 1936 at the…
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