BY: DANIEL PETERSON
Being thankful is something that might seem simple, but tough for many to frankly express it. This the very reason why Viola’s thankful efforts will make her unique in the entire Oscars’ history
At the 89th ‘Annual Academy Awards,’ Viola Davis won the, well-deserved Best Supporting Actress Oscar for the role she played as ‘Rose Maxson’ in Fences.
As soon as Davis took the stage, everybody knew they were to have a heck of speech.
In her acceptance speech, the proud mother
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Heading into the thick of awards season, Denzel Washington’s third directorial effort, Fences, is getting the kind of early screening reaction that often fuels late-breaking contenders to the front of the Oscar race.
The anticipated film screened for industry figures — including members of the Screen Actors Guild Awards’ nominating committee, AMPAS voters, awards bloggers, and journalists — on Saturday in Los Angeles, and was followed by a Q&A featuring Washington along
Viola Davis’s win is the first for an African-American actress in the drama category. In 1966, Bill Cosby was the first African-American actor to win an acting award in any category — an honor he won for three years in a row in the drama category for his role on “I Spy.” Isabel Sanford was the first African-American actress to win the Emmy for best actress in a comedy series, in 1981, for her role in “The Jeffersons.” And the first African-American actor to win best actor in a comedy series w
