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    2021 NAACP Image Awards: Viola Davis and Chadwick Boseman Lead Movie Winners

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    The ‘How to Get Away With Murder’ actress and the late ‘Da 5 Bloods’ actor dominate the movie categories on the final night of the 52nd annual NAACP Image Awards.

    Mar 29, 2021

    AceShowbiz –
    DJ D-Nice, Viola Davis, and the late Chadwick Boseman were the big winners as a week of NAACP Image Awards wrapped up on Saturday night (27Mar21)

    D-Nice, who staged a series of livestream events to help keep spirits up throughout the lockdown, picked up the Entertainer of the Year honour while Boseman landed the Outstanding Actor in a Motion Picture prize for “Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom” and his co-star, Davis, was named Outstanding Actress in a Motion Picture and Outstanding Actress in a Drama Series for “How to Get Away with Murder”.

    There were also Saturday night wins for Issa Rae (Outstanding Actress in a Comedy Series), Rege-Jean Page (Outstanding Actor in a Drama Series), LeBron James (Presidents Award), and Eddie Murphy (Hall of Fame Award).

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    The ceremony closed out a series of trophy presentations as the 52nd annual NAACP Image Awards took over the whole week, with short prizegivings every night.

    Beyonce and TV comedy “black-ish” were the overall big winners – Beyonce picked up four honours, including Outstanding Female Artist while “black-ish” hauled in five awards, landing Outstanding Actor in a Comedy Series for Anthony Anderson, Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series for Deon Cole, and Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series for Marsai Martin, who also picked up the Outstanding Performance by a Youth gong.

    The full list of NAACP Image Award winners is:

    Entertainer of the Year: D-Nice
    Outstanding Motion Picture: “Bad Boys for Life”
    Outstanding Actor in a Motion Picture: Chadwick Boseman – “Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom”
    Social Justice Impact: Stacey Abrams
    Outstanding Actress in a Motion Picture: Viola Davis – “Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom”
    Outstanding Actress in a Comedy Series: Issa Rae – “Insecure”
    Outstanding Actress in a Drama Series: Viola Davis – “How To Get Away With Murder”
    Outstanding Actor in a Drama Series: Rege-Jean Page – “Bridgerton”
    Presidents Award: LeBron James
    Hall of Fame Award: Eddie Murphy
    Outstanding Comedy Series: “Insecure”
    Outstanding Actor in a Comedy Series: Anthony Anderson – “black-ish”
    Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series: Deon Cole – “black-ish”
    Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series: Marsai Martin – “black-ish”
    Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Motion Picture: Chadwick Boseman – “Da 5 Bloods”
    Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Motion Picture: Phylicia Rashad – “Jingle Jangle: A Christmas Journey”
    Outstanding Ensemble Cast in a Motion Picture: “Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom”
    Outstanding Breakthrough Performance in a Motion Picture: Madalen Mills – “Jingle Jangle: A Christmas Journey”
    Outstanding Breakthrough Creative (Motion Picture): Nadia Hallgren – “Becoming”
    Outstanding Independent Motion Picture: “The Banker”
    Outstanding International Motion Picture: “Night of the Kings”
    Outstanding Drama Series: “Power Book II: Ghost”
    Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series: Clifford “Method Man” Smith – “Power Book II: Ghost”
    Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series: Mary J. Blige – “Power Book II: Ghost”
    Outstanding Television Movie, Limited-Series or Dramatic Special: “Self Made: Inspired by the Life of Madam C.J. Walker”
    Outstanding Actor in a Television Movie, Limited-Series or Dramatic Special: Blair Underwood – “Self Made: Inspired by the Life of Madam C.J. Walker”
    Outstanding Actress in a Television Movie, Limited-Series or Dramatic Special: Octavia Spencer – “Self Made: Inspired by the Life of Madam C.J. Walker”
    Special Award – Key of Life: Dr. Kizzmekia Corbett
    Special Award – Sports Award I: Stephen Curry
    Outstanding New Artist: Doja Cat – “Say So”
    Outstanding Male Artist: Drake – “Laugh Now, Cry Later”
    Outstanding Female Artist: Beyonce – “Black Parade”
    Outstanding Soul/R&B Song: “Do It” – Chloe x Halle
    Outstanding Hip Hop/Rap Song: “Savage Remix” – Megan Thee Stallion feat. Beyonce
    Outstanding Duo, Group or Collaboration (Traditional): Chloe x Halle – “Wonder What She Thinks Of Me”
    Outstanding Duo, Group or Collaboration (Contemporary): Megan Thee Stallion feat. Beyonce – “Savage Remix”
    Outstanding Album: “Chilombo” – Jhene Aiko
    Outstanding Producer of the Year: Hit-Boy
    Outstanding Music Video/Visual Album: “Brown Skin Girl” – Beyonce feat WizKid, SAINt JHN, Blue Ivy Carter
    Outstanding Jazz Album – Instrumental: “Music From and Inspired by Soul” – Jon Batiste
    Outstanding Jazz Album – Vocal: “Holy Room – Live at Alte Oper” – Somi
    Outstanding International Song: “Lockdown” – Original Koffee
    Outstanding Soundtrack/Compilation Album: “Soul” Original Motion Picture Soundtrack – Trent Reznor, Atticus Ross, Jon Batiste, and Tom MacDougall
    Outstanding Gospel/Christian Song: “Touch from you” – Tamela Mann
    Outstanding Gospel/Christian Album: “The Return” – The Clark Sisters
    Special Award – Sports Award II: WNBA Player’s Association (Nneka Ogqumike accepting on behalf of WNBA)
    Outstanding Talk Series: “Red Table Talk”
    Outstanding Reality Program/Reality Competition or Game Show: “Celebrity Family Feud”
    Outstanding Variety Show (Series or Special): “VERZUZ”
    Outstanding News/Information (Series or Special): The New York Times Presents “The Killing of Breonna Taylor”
    Outstanding Children’s Program: “Family Reunion”
    Outstanding Performance by a Youth (Series, Special, Television Movie or Limited-Series): Marsai Martin – “black-ish”
    Outstanding Animated Series: “Doc McStuffins”
    Outstanding Animated Motion Picture: “Soul”
    Outstanding Character Voice-Over Performance (Television): Laya DeLeon Hayes – “Doc McStuffins”
    Outstanding Character Voice-Over Performance – Motion Picture: Jamie Foxx – “Soul”
    Outstanding Host in a Talk or News/Information (Series or Special) – Individual or Ensemble: Trevor Noah – “The Daily Show with Trevor Noah”
    Outstanding Host in a Reality/Reality Competition, Game Show or Variety (Series or Special) – Individual or Ensemble: Steve Harvey – “Celebrity Family Feud”
    Outstanding Guest Performance – Comedy or Drama Series: Loretta Devine – “P-Valley”
    Outstanding Breakthrough Creative (Television): Raynelle Swilling – “Cherish the Day”
    Special Award – Founder’s Award: Toni Vaz
    Outstanding Writing in a Comedy Series: Michaela Coel – “I May Destroy You” (Episode 112 “Ego Death”)
    Outstanding Writing in a Drama Series: Attica Locke – “Little Fires Everywhere” (Episode 104 “The Spider Web”)
    Outstanding Writing in a Television Movie or Special: Geri Cole – “The Power of We: A Sesame Street Special”
    Outstanding Writing in a Motion Picture: Radha Blank – “The Forty-Year-Old Version”
    Outstanding Directing in a Comedy Series: Anya Adams – “black-ish” (Episode 611 “Hair Day”)
    Outstanding Directing in a Drama Series: Hanelle Culpepper – “Star Trek: Picard” (Episode 101 “Remembrance”)
    Outstanding Directing in a Television Movie or Special: Eugene Ashe – “Sylvie’s Love”
    Outstanding Directing in a Motion Picture: Gina Prince-Bythewood – “The Old Guard”
    Outstanding Short Form Series – Comedy or Drama: “#FreeRayshawn”
    Outstanding Performance in a Short Form: Laurence Fishburne – “#FreeRayshawn”
    Outstanding Short Form Series – Reality/Nonfiction: “Between The Scenes” – “The Daily Show with Trevor Noah”
    Outstanding Short-Film (Live Action): “Black Boy Joy”
    Outstanding Short-Film (Animated): “Canvas”
    Special Award – Spingarn Medal: Misty Copeland
    Outstanding Literary Work – Fiction: “The Awkward Black Man” – Walter Mosley
    Outstanding Literary Work – Nonfiction: “A Promised Land” – Barack Obama
    Outstanding Literary Work – Debut Author: “We’re Better Than This” – Elijah Cummings
    Outstanding Literary Work – Biography/Autobiography: “The Dead Are Arising” – Les Payne, Tamara Payne
    Outstanding Literary Work – Instructional: “Vegetable Kingdom” – Bryant Terry
    Outstanding Literary Work – Poetry: “The Age of Phillis” – Honoree Jeffers
    Outstanding Literary Work – Children: “She Was the First!: The Trailblazing Life of Shirley Chisholm” – Katheryn Russell-Brown, Eric Velasquez
    Outstanding Literary Work – Youth/Teens: “Before the Ever After” – Jacqueline Woodson
    Outstanding Directing in a Documentary (Television or Motion Picture): Keith McQuirter – “By Whatever Means Necessary: The Times of Godfather of Harlem”
    Outstanding Writing in a Documentary (Television or Motion Picture): Melissa Haizlip – “Mr. SOUL!”
    Outstanding Documentary (Film): “John Lewis: Good Trouble”
    Outstanding Documentary (Television – Series or Special): “The Last Dance”
    Special Award – Youth Activist of the Year: Madison Potts
    Special Award – Activist of the Year: Reverend Dr. Wendell Anthony

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      In the Denzel Washington-produced drama movie, the actress tackles the role of a fiery black musician who is engaged in a battle of wills over control of her music in 1920s Chicago.

      Dec 15, 2020
      AceShowbiz – Viola Davis doesn’t view her character in “Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom” as either a hero or villain.
      The 55-year-old actress stars in the titular role of the drama movie as a fiery black musician who is engaged in a battle of wills over control of her music in 1920s Chicago but she believes it is down to the audience to judge if she is a protagonist or antagonist.
      Viola said: “I don’t view her as a protagonist or antagonist, because I can’t. An actor doesn’t do that.”
      “It’s like, you’ve got to portray the character exactly who they are. Whether they’re a protagonist or an antagonist, that’s for the audience, that’s a judgement.”

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      The Oscar-winning star explained how she played the character in the Netflix movie as a woman who wasn’t valued in the film’s setting but as understanding her worth as a musician known as the Mother of the Blues.
      Viola told CinemaBlend.com: “I portrayed her as a woman who literally is born in the world that doesn’t value her at all – that doesn’t even recognise her as a human being, but she is a person who understands her worth.”
      “So, therefore, she’s a woman who absolutely has busted a hole through 1927. She is a liberated woman.”
      The “Widows” star continued: “So I just saw her as a woman who knew her worth and wasn’t going to concede. It wasn’t up for discussion.”
      “I know that (as Ma) I’m great at what I do, I know it’s making you money, I should be called the Mother of the Blues. I’m influencing all these other singers, so you treat me like I deserve to be treated. And that’s it. That’s how I saw her.”

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      Viola Davis Says Black Actresses Were Given 'Leftovers' in Hollywood

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      The ‘How to Get Away with Murder’ actress compares the disparity between white and black actresses in entertainment industry to eating a full meal instead of the leftovers.

      Nov 11, 2020
      AceShowbiz – Viola Davis insists the “lack of access to opportunities” for Black actresses is “huge” as she demands change across the entertainment industry.
      Speaking to InStyle magazine, the Oscar winner, 55, compares the disparity to eating a full meal instead of just the leftovers, telling the publication, “I want and I expect to get the same filet mignon that white actresses get!”
      “Cooked at the exact temperature. You cannot throw me a bone with a really nice little piece of meat still on it and expect that’s good enough for me,” she continues.
      “I love my collard greens and all of that, and I know we were given the leftovers. I know how to cook that, but I want a filet mignon.”

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      The “Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom” star goes on to say she “fully expects changes,” adding, “I’m trying to lift my hopes up. Even if it takes a little bit of vodka. If we don’t move forward together, then we don’t move forward.”

      Back in 2018, the actress also called out pay disparity between white actresses and women of color. “There are no percentages to show the difference,” she said in an interview wih Variety. “It’s vast. Hispanic women, Asian women, black women, we don’t get paid what Caucasian women get paid. We just don’t… We have the talent. It’s the opportunity that we’re lacking.”
      “We’re not even invited to the table. I go to a lot of women’s events here in Hollywood, and they’re filled with female CEOs, producers and executives, but I’m one of maybe five or six people of colour in the room,” she continued.

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      Inspired by a true story, the action drama follows the events that took place in the Kingdom of Dahomey, one of the most powerful African nations in the 18th and 19th centuries.
      Jul 16, 2020
      AceShowbiz – Viola Davis is joining forces with director Gina Prince-Bythewood for the action drama “The Woman King”.
      Inspired by a true story, the film follows the events that took place in the Kingdom of Dahomey, one of the most powerful African nations in the 18th and 19th centuries. Davis will star as Nanisca, a general in an all-female military unit. The script focuses on her and her daughter Nawi as they battle the French and neighboring tribes who have brutalised their people.
      Cathy Schulman will produce under her Welle Entertainment, along with Davis and Julius Tennon of JuVee Productions and actress Maria Bello of Jack Blue Productions.
      “We at JuVee are beyond excited to introduce this incredible story of the Women Warriors of The Dahomey Ahosi tribe to the world. It’s time that they truly occupy their place in history and in Gina Prince-Bythewood’s hands, it will be a gamechanger. This project could not be a more perfect example of our legacy,” said Davis and Tennon in a statement.
      The news comes following the release of Prince-Bythewood’s “The Old Guard” on Netflix.

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