Sentences with phrase «black actors»

This is the first year there are black actors in every acting category.

2013 has quietly developed into a groundbreaking year for black actors and directors.

The cast, made up of some of the best black actors on offer, is solid.

That performance, as well as the one by Get Out, can finally put to rest the notion that movies with black actors don't do well internationally.

In casting Black Panther, the filmmakers have assembled a group of today's best young black actors, with a veteran or two thrown in for good measure.

Black Panther celebrates black excellence, and nearly every role — lead, supporting, or otherwise — is played by a talented black actor.

Obviously, Black actors don't win, because they're limited in how much work they can do.

Black Panther sports a large ensemble cast featuring some of today's most prominent black actors.

That leaves very little opportunity for black actors to share the big screen in movies the general public will see.

Given Idris Elba's recent observation about the glass ceiling faced by black actors in England, it's nice to see films like this being made (although it should be noted that although it's an English - Nigerian co-production, it was filmed in Nigeria at writer Biyi Bandele's request).

After Sterling K. Brown became the first black man in 19 years to win an Emmy for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series last year, the This Is Us actor continued his winning streak, becoming the first black actor ever to win the award for Best Actor in a Television Series, Drama.

«Suture» had a weird plot made weirder by the non-traditional casting of black actor Dennis Haysbert as the long - lost brother of a rich white man.

December 30, 2013 • This year's 11 top - grossing films starring black actors and by black directors almost doubles the number of last year's slate of comparable films.

I'm not sure when Bill Duke — the talented black actor who previously directed A Rage in Harlem and the TV film The Killing Floor — got assigned to direct this, but there's no question that his remarkable feeling for editing and acting rhythms does as much for this movie as the punchy vernacular dialogue and the moral force of the plot.

The Blaxploitation films of the 1970s starred relatively unknown black actors playing new kinds of...

Black writers, reviewers and fans have lauded «Black Panther» for bringing a superhero to the silver screen that looks like them, after years of Marvel and DC movies casting black actors in supporting roles or bit parts, if at all.

As black actors are still rare in modern Hollywood films (as compared to their population share in the United States), Black Panther was a revolution of sorts.

Denzel Washington, perhaps a surprise best actor nominee for crime thriller «Roman J. Israel, Esq.,» also beat his own record for the most - nominated black actor in Oscar history.

• The Undefeated an amazing longread about the careers of several non-household name black actors from 1990s television series • Coming Soon Ansel Elgort in talks to play fairy tale writer Hans Christian Andersen in an original screen musical composed by Stephen Schwartz (Wicked).

If a client can't afford a white foreigner, he or she is advised to choose black actors instead who have «a very open personality, yet are quite cheap.»

His portrayal of Solomon Northup — a freeborn Black man kidnapped into slavery in the 1840s — has thrust him onto an American A-list at a time when Black actors seem to be experiencing a notable moment.

Actress Kerry Washington has been at the forefront of calling for more diversity — and her work on Scandal is credited with opening doors for more black actors challenging stereotypes on TV.

Of course, now Washington has found success on her show Scandal — and she's even credited with opening doors for more black actors challenging stereotypes on TV.

For an industry that's always trying to emphasize the universality of white stories and how relatable it is for us to see characters as, «just like, human» it's very telling that they don't offer the same rhetoric for a film that's primarily black actors.

As #OscarsSoWhite creator April Reign said, her hashtag was never about just black actors, but all communities marginalized in Hollywood including Asians, Latinos and women.

«The Imitation Game» star Benedict Cumberbatch came under fire after using racist term «coloured» to address black actors on a PBS talk show, «Tavis Smiley».

After two years in which not a single black actor showed up among the acting nominees, this year's crop includes seven actors of color: Mahershala Ali, Viola Davis, Naomie Harris, Ruth Negga, Dev Patel, Octavia Spencer and Denzel Washington.

Because Marvel spent a king's ransom and gathered an all - killer - no - filler filmmaking squad — led by director Ryan Coogler and starring Chadwick Boseman, Michael B. Jordan, Lupita Nyong» o, Angela Bassett, Daniel Kaluuya and pretty much every working black actor not in a «Star Wars» movie — to bring it to the screen.

LOST BLACK ACTORS By Ashley Clark The early 20th century is dotted with the names of now largely forgotten African - American screen performers, whose talents deserve to be brought out of the shadows

With Fences» Denzel Washington and Loving's Ruth Negga nominated in the Best Actor / Actress category, and Mahershala Ali (Moonlight), Viola Davis (Fences), Naomie Harris (Moonlight) and Octavia Spencer (Hidden Figures) getting nods in for Best Supporting Actor / Actress, it marks the first time Black actors have been nominated in all four acting categories.

Four standout performances by black actors make the Oscar Best Actor race more interesting this year.

Pitt, who produced the film, has a minor role in «12 Years a Slave» and Fassbender is in a supporting role, and both are White, while Black actor Ejiofor appears in virtually every scene in the film.

The skits that placed black actors in place of their white counterparts in film such as «The Danish Girl,» where Tracy Morgan is eating a Danish and declaring that «these Danishes are good, girl!»

You stroll over the dirt floor, chatting in English with the gently mannered and friendly black actors, heading for the door.

Samuel L. Jackson is the only black actor to make the list.

A struggling black actor must decide whether success is worth compromising his integrity for a stereotypical role.

And the film counts as a major, important victory for representation — not just as a rare, series - launching vehicle for a black superhero, but also as a mega-budget Hollywood tentpole starring mostly black actors, one that's explicitly about black (and African) identity.

Benedict Cumberbatch argues that the U.K. is worse for aspiring black actors and lacks diversity in comparison than Hollywood actors.

Voters opened themselves to charges of both racism and sexism by ignoring black actors and female writers...

When he was growing up in the 1990's, the three most successful black actors were Denzel Washington, Will Smith, and Wesley Snipes.

He then goes on to also seemingly criticize them for casting black actor Chiwetel Ejiofor as Baron Mordo, a character depicted as white in the comic books.

David Oyelowo: Oscars Prefer Black Actors in «Subservient» Roles by Jen Yamato.

Paterson Joseph: Black actors belong in British costume drama.

All this came after comedy Ride Along 2, starring black actors Ice Cube and Kevin Hart, dethroned Star Wars at weekend box office and just in time for MLK Day.

Jada Pinkett «s husband Will Smith, who stars in the football injury drama Concussion, and Idris Elba, who portrayed an African warlord in Beasts of No Nation, were among black actors snubbed this year despite many of them receiving acclaim and winning a variety of other awards.

What do you think of the Academy Awards nominating a half - dozen black actors after none the previous two years?

New shows in the 2016 - 17 TV season starting next week include HBO's «Insecure,» about a friendship between two African - American women created by and starring former YouTube personality Issa Rae; black actor Corey Hawkins in the lead role once played by Kiefer Sutherland in Fox's «24: Legacy,» ABC's color - blind post-Romeo and Juliet story «Still Star - Crossed,» and NBC's «Emerald City.»