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'Euphoria's' Colman Domingo almost became 'bitter.' A surprise role changed his life
2 years, 4 months ago

'Euphoria's' Colman Domingo almost became 'bitter.' A surprise role changed his life

LA Times  

Follow us wherever you get your podcasts: Around 2015, actor-writer-director Colman Domingo was planning to quit it all and find a new career. And I don’t know if it’s a holdover from his role on “Euphoria,” but he really does seem like someone who might have some answers. He grounds our main protagonist Rue” — played beautifully by Zendaya — …

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Oscars 2021 winners: Best Actress Frances McDormand HOWLS as Nomadland wins at 93rd Academy Awards
3 years, 7 months ago

Oscars 2021 winners: Best Actress Frances McDormand HOWLS as Nomadland wins at 93rd Academy Awards

Daily Mail  

Nomadland triumphed as the drama earned Best Picture in addition to a historic win for Frances McDormand as Best Actress at perhaps the wokest Academy Awards ever - which was virtually mask free amid the COVID-19 pandemic - in Los Angeles on Sunday night. Interesting: The award show - which was celebrating its 93rd annual event - broke tradition as …

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’Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom’ review: An emotional tribute
3 years, 7 months ago

’Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom’ review: An emotional tribute

Live Mint  

In the opening scene of director George C. Wolfe’s film, based on a screenplay by Ruben Santiago-Hudson, which is an adaptation of a 1982 stage play, two young men are running through some woods. This is one of only three settings in this musical drama that largely unfolds during one day in a recording studio in Chicago where Ma Rainey …

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Ann Roth is now the oldest woman to win a competitive Oscar
3 years, 7 months ago

Ann Roth is now the oldest woman to win a competitive Oscar

LA Times  

Ann Roth, who earlier this year had tied Agnés Varda and James Ivory as the oldest nominees in Oscar history at age 89, tied Ivory as oldest Oscar winner tonight when she collected the costume design prize for her work on the Netflix drama “Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom.” In introducing her work, presenter Don Cheadle said, Roth “reads the script …

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Oscars 2021: Hollywood may earn brownie points for diversity, but still lags behind in celebrating Black women's musicality
3 years, 8 months ago

Oscars 2021: Hollywood may earn brownie points for diversity, but still lags behind in celebrating Black women's musicality

Firstpost  

Oscar history has been made, again. As much as Hollywood is changing, the way it tells the story of Black women’s musicality still lags behind. The film doesn’t go into any of that, she noted, “and that’s where the courage is, right?” The tension between Black women’s personal traumas and their musical talent also drives much of the plot in …

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Chadwick Boseman is posthumously nominated for an Oscar
3 years, 9 months ago

Chadwick Boseman is posthumously nominated for an Oscar

Associated Press  

NEW YORK — Half a year after his death, Chadwick Boseman was posthumously nominated for an Academy Award on Monday for his final performance in “Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom.” The nomination for best actor was widely expected but still historic. Two ultimately won: Finch for his performance in 1976’s “Network” and Ledger for 2008’s “The Dark Knight.” Jeanne Eagels is …

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Oscars Nominations 2021: Complete Predictions in Top Categories for 93rd Academy Awards
3 years, 9 months ago

Oscars Nominations 2021: Complete Predictions in Top Categories for 93rd Academy Awards

News 18  

Streaming films like Mank and The Trial of the Chicago 7 will battle with frontrunner Nomadland for this Monday’s coveted Oscar nominations, setting up the grand finale to an awards season transformed by the pandemic. No streaming film has ever won the Academy’s most prestigious prize — best picture — but Aaron Sorkin’s anti-Vietnam War protest drama The Trial of …

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"Minari" love, "Ma Rainey's" best picture snub: 6 big takeaways from the 2021 Oscars nominations
3 years, 9 months ago

"Minari" love, "Ma Rainey's" best picture snub: 6 big takeaways from the 2021 Oscars nominations

Salon  

On Monday morning, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences announced their 2021 Oscar nominations. Here are the biggest takeaways from this year's nominations: The year's most nominations went to "Mank" David Fincher's sharp black and white film, "Mank" — which tells the behind-the-scenes story of screenwriter Herman J. Mankiewicz racing to finish the first draft of the screenplay …

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Oscar nominations 2021: Complete predictions in all 23 categories
3 years, 9 months ago

Oscar nominations 2021: Complete predictions in all 23 categories

LA Times  

Oscar nominations arrive Monday, and you can feel the anticipation. BEST PICTURE “Judas and the Black Messiah” “Mank” “Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom” “Minari” “Nomadland” “One Night in Miami.” “Promising Young Woman” “Sound of Metal” “The Trial of the Chicago 7” Possible snub: “Sound of Metal” Possible surprise: “News of the World” Analysis: The Producers Guild dropped its list of 10 …

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Borat 2, Nomadland, Sound of Metal, Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom among nominees for Producers Guild Awards 2021
3 years, 9 months ago

Borat 2, Nomadland, Sound of Metal, Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom among nominees for Producers Guild Awards 2021

Firstpost  

Borat Subsequent Moviefilm, Promising Young Woman and Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom are among the nominees for the top honour of the 32nd annual Producers Guild Awards, the Darryl F Zanuck Award for outstanding producer. The Producers Guild announced ten nominees for its best-picture award on Monday. The Producers Guild Awards are considered one of the most reliable bellwethers for the …

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The forgotten story of America's first black superstars
3 years, 10 months ago

The forgotten story of America's first black superstars

BBC  

The forgotten story of America's first black superstars Getty Images In the 1920s US, glamorous, funny black female singers were the blues' first – and revolutionary hitmakers. 'Life's way of talking' The man who published the sheet music for Crazy Blues was WC Handy, a songwriter, businessman and self-proclaimed "Father of the Blues". Getty Images Gertrude "Ma" Rainey was one …

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Levee’s fancy footwear in ‘Ma Rainey’ is like a loaded gun with the safety off
3 years, 10 months ago

Levee’s fancy footwear in ‘Ma Rainey’ is like a loaded gun with the safety off

LA Times  

The movie may have been titled “Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom,” but the George C. Wolfe-directed adaptation of August Wilson’s play, which has been streaming on Netflix since December, could just as easily be titled “Cornetist Levee’s Yellow Shoes.” That’s because, from the minute the fateful footwear appears on screen — less than seven minutes in when Levee dashes across the …

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Adarsh Gourav, The Disciple nominated at Film Independent Spirit Awards
3 years, 10 months ago

Adarsh Gourav, The Disciple nominated at Film Independent Spirit Awards

India Today  

The 2021 Film Independent Spirit Awards were announced on Tuesday and two entries from India have been nominated. Adarsh Gourav has been nominated in the Best Male Lead category for his performance in The White Tiger. ADARSH GOURAV AND THE DISCIPLE IN THE RACE FOR THE AWARD Nominations for the annual awards, which honour the best in independent cinema, were …

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January blues: How the women of the Jazz Age are finally getting their dues
3 years, 11 months ago

January blues: How the women of the Jazz Age are finally getting their dues

The Independent  

Sign up to Roisin O’Connor’s free weekly newsletter Now Hear This for the inside track on all things music Get our Now Hear This email for free Get our Now Hear This email for free SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Artists like Mamie Smith, the first Black artist to …

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BuzzMeter 2021: Our experts predict the Oscar winners — and so can you (all polls open)
3 years, 11 months ago

BuzzMeter 2021: Our experts predict the Oscar winners — and so can you (all polls open)

LA Times  

Here’s your last chance to check the BuzzMeter winner predictions for an edge in your Oscar pool — and now you can vote in every one of the categories our experts are scrutinizing. Thomas Vinterberg, “Another Round” Justin Chang Los Angeles Times Justin Chang has recused himself from this category due to a previously disclosed friendship with ‘Minari’ filmmaker Lee …

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Ma Rainey's Black Bottom Movie Review: Viola Davis-Chadwick Boseman's Film is Oscar Worthy
4 years ago

Ma Rainey's Black Bottom Movie Review: Viola Davis-Chadwick Boseman's Film is Oscar Worthy

News 18  

In a year when thousands gathered on the streets chanting ‘Black Lives Matter’, Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom finding screen space appears like a detailed explanation to why the movement is so important to many across the world. Undoubtedly Viola Davis and Chadwick Boseman are the cores of Ma Rainey’s Black Bottoms and early on director George C Wolfe makes it …

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Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom movie review: Chadwick Boseman is breathtaking in his final film, there’s no way he won’t win an Oscar
4 years ago

Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom movie review: Chadwick Boseman is breathtaking in his final film, there’s no way he won’t win an Oscar

Hindustan Times  

Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom Director - George C Wolfe Cast - Viola Davis, Chadwick Boseman, Colman Domingo, Glynn Turman, Michael Potts, Jeremy Shamos Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom movie review: Chadwick Boseman as Levee, in a still from the new Netflix film. The conversations flow easily in Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom, like water along a summertime stream. To make matters slightly …

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Ma Rainey's Black Bottom movie review: Chadwick Boseman’s swan song hits all the right notes
4 years ago

Ma Rainey's Black Bottom movie review: Chadwick Boseman’s swan song hits all the right notes

Firstpost  

Language: English Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom takes place on a hot summer afternoon in a recording studio in 1920s Chicago, where blues legend Ma Rainey is set to record a couple of new songs. The young trumpeter Levee can’t find middle ground on anything with the band’s veterans: the pragmatic trombonist Cutler, the carefree bassist Slow Drag, and the didactic …

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Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom review: Chadwick Boseman’s last and finest performance
4 years ago

Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom review: Chadwick Boseman’s last and finest performance

The Independent  

Get our free weekly email for all the latest cinematic news from our film critic Clarisse Loughrey Get our The Life Cinematic email for free Get our The Life Cinematic email for free SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. 15, 94 mins When Chadwick Boseman rages against an unjust God, …

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Why 'Ma Rainey' on Netflix changed the play's ending
4 years ago

Why 'Ma Rainey' on Netflix changed the play's ending

LA Times  

The following story contains spoilers from the movie “Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom,” now streaming on Netflix. The final frames of Netflix’s “Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom,” adapted from two-time Pulitzer Prize winner August Wilson’s 1982 play, show a dozen or so white men performing in a recording studio. All 10 are set to be adapted for the screen — an endeavor …

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In ‘Ma Rainey,’ channeling the blues of August Wilson
4 years ago

In ‘Ma Rainey,’ channeling the blues of August Wilson

Associated Press  

NEW YORK — Like many of those involved in the making of “Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom,” it’s not easy for Viola Davis to summarize what playwright August Wilson has meant to her except to answer, “Everything.” Davis’ first stage role was in Wilson’s “Joe Turner’s Come and Gone.” She made her Broadway debut in his “Seven Guitars” and won a …

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New this week: ‘Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom’ and Paul McCartney
4 years ago

New this week: ‘Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom’ and Paul McCartney

Associated Press  

Here’s a collection curated by The Associated Press’ entertainment journalists of what’s arriving on TV, streaming services and music platforms this week. MOVIES — “Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom” was always going to be an event picture, even on Netflix, where it will be available Friday. — Director George C. Wolfe said that when he signed on to direct “Ma Rainey’s …

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Twelve films to watch in December
4 years ago

Twelve films to watch in December

BBC  

Twelve films to watch in December DC Films/Warner Bros Nicholas Barber picks 12 of the best films coming out next month, including a new Pixar animation, the Wonder Woman sequel and Chadwick Boseman’s last film. “Drunkenness has rarely been done this well on screen,” says Emma Simmonds in the Radio Times, “and Another Round convincingly captures the hilarious highs and …

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Ma Rainey's Black Bottom Movie Review: Chadwick Boseman's Swan Song is Perhaps His Finest Gift
4 years ago

Ma Rainey's Black Bottom Movie Review: Chadwick Boseman's Swan Song is Perhaps His Finest Gift

News 18  

Ma Raineys Black Bottom Cast: Chadwick Boseman, Viola Davis, Glynn Turman DIrector: George C Wolfe Chadwick Boseman surges onto the screen as fast-talking trumpeter Levee in Ma Raineys Black Bottom like a man on an electrified tightrope — balancing precariously between hope and cynicism, humor and sadness, joy and pain, and love and hate. Unlike with some of Bosemans other …

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