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Viola Davis says she joined the 'Hunger Games' prequel to impress her 13-year-old daughter
Viola Davis spoke about playing a villain in "The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds & Snakes" a…
Kirsten Acuna
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Emmy, Oscar, Tony & now, a Grammy: Viola Davis enters elite EGOT club
Viola Davis achieves EGOT (Emmy, Grammy, Oscar and Tony winner) status with a Grammy win for her a…
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Andrea Riseborough will keep her Oscar nomination. But what about Viola Davis and Danielle Deadwyler?
Viola Davis and Danielle Deadwyler's snubs at this year's Oscars illustrate how actors of color are…
Yoonji Han
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Viola Davis officially achieves EGOT status after winning a Grammy for her 'Finding Me' audiobook
EGOT, widely seen as the ultimate achievement in Hollywood, is shorthand for a person who's won an …
Callie Ahlgrim
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Viola Davis says social media and escapism have a negative impact on filmmaking: 'It destroys our art form'
The Oscar-winning actress shared her thoughts at the Produced By conference with her husband, actor…
Gabi Stevenson
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Only 18 people have ever achieved EGOT status — these charts show the path each winner, including Viola Davis, took to earn their awards
Viola Davis just became one of 18 people to achieve the coveted EGOT. It took 22 years for her to c…
Shayanne Gal
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Viola Davis says a director she knew for a decade once called her by his maid's name: 'Those micro-aggressions happen all the time'
"He said, 'Louise!' I knew him for 10 years and he called me Louise and I find out that it's becaus…
Jason Guerrasio
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Viola Davis says she's been turned down for roles because of her race: 'It pisses me off, and it has broken my heart'
Viola Davis also said she has been passed over for roles because Hollywood did not find her "pretty…
Rebecca Cohen,Jason Guerrasio
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Viola Davis had workouts designed with DNA testing for 'The Woman King,' according to the cast trainer
Viola Davis trained three hours a day for nine months for 'The Woman King,' and her trainer said DN…
Gabby Landsverk
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Viola Davis is being criticized for her 'exaggerated' portrayal of Michelle Obama in 'The First Lady,' but some viewers are saying it's realistic
Not everyone is a fan of the lip-pursing Viola Davis does as Michelle Obama in the Showtime series …
Keyaira Boone
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Viola Davis defends 'The Woman King' from criticisms of historical inaccuracy: 'You're not going to win an argument on Twitter'
Fans have complained that the film brushes over the Dahomey Kingdom's involvement in the slave trad…
Ayomikun Adekaiyero
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Viola Davis said the key to playing Michael Jordan's mom was being 'a great observer and a great listener'
Viola Davis noticed that Deloris Jordan — Michael Jordan's mom — is constantly "gathering informati…
Meredith Cash
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Michael Jordan's biggest demand for new 'Air' movie was that Viola Davis be cast as his mom because of how important she was
Ben Affleck told the story at SXSW saying he quickly agreed because Viola Davis is the best actor h…
Cork Gaines
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Viola Davis had only met Michael Jordan 'once randomly' before he requested she play his mother in 'Air'
One of Michael Jordan's biggest demands of "Air: Courting a Legend" director Ben Affleck was that V…
Meredith Cash
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'Grey's Anatomy' star Ellen Pompeo once cut Shonda Rhimes off while she was speaking about racism to say she's OK with ignorance 'if any good comes out of' it, according to new book
A book by Lynette Rice gives new details about a 2015 Entertainment Weekly interview during which E…
Esme Mazzeo
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Star-studded 'The First Lady' trailer gives our first look at Viola Davis as Michelle Obama
Alongside Davis, Michelle Pfeiffer stars as Betty Ford and Gillian Anderson as Eleanor Roosevelt in…
Rebecca Cohen
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Everything to know about 'Bridgerton' newcomer Masali Baduza
Masali Baduza makes her first appearance as Michaela Stirling during the season three finale of "Br…
Olivia Singh
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People of color swept all 4 individual film acting categories for the first time in SAG Awards history
Chadwick Boseman, Viola Davis, Daniel Kaluuya, and Youn Yuh-jung made history during the 27th annua…
Claudia Willen
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Viola Davis is now the most-nominated Black actress in Oscars history
The Oscar-winner earned her fourth nomination on Monday for her titular performance in "Ma Rainey's…
Jason Guerrasio
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Viola Davis joked that agreeing to portray Michelle Obama in upcoming anthology 'The First Lady' was 'temporary insanity'
Viola Davis said on "The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon" that she's spoken to Michelle Obama fo…