Sentences with phrase «other black actresses»

She was brutally honest about the jealousy and unhealthy competition she felt towards other black actresses.

Not exact matches

Mr. Cuomo is facing particular pressure to burnish his progressive credentials: The actress and education advocate Cynthia Nixon, who is challenging him for the Democratic nomination for governor, has blasted him for what she called his «massive disinvestment» in schools and in other areas that affect black and Hispanic residents.

Other screen credits include JERICHO, INSIDE NO. 9, PARTNERS IN CRIME, FORTITUDE, AN ADVENTURE IN SPACE AND TIME, for which she was nominated for the Best Supporting Actress in a Movie or Mini-Series at the US Critics Choice Awards, DOCTOR WHO, GARROW»S LAW, THE WOMAN IN BLACK, and ROBIN HOOD.

Some of the other stars who were at the event included Station 19 «s Jaina Lee Ortiz, Orange Is the New Black «s Jackie Cruz, Scream Queens «Nasim Pedrad, and Spanish actress Paz Vega.

«This has been going on a long time to black women and other women of color,» actress says during new interview

Other big prizes went to Natalie Portman, who, as predicted, won the best actress award for her role as a troubled ballerina in Darren Aronofsky's Black Swan, and Christopher Nolan's Inception, which quietly scooped up as many awards as The King's Speech, albeit in less flashy categories.

Writer - director Shane Black's horribly enjoyable action comedy The Nice Guys is an jauntily arch return to this tradition, the story of two dishevelled and incompetent private detectives in 1970s Los Angeles — played by Russell Crowe and Ryan Gosling — who have been expensively tasked with solving the mystery surrounding the death of a missing porn actress, and what other kind of fascinatingly damaged female character can there be?

Director Gareth Edwards is currently testing Maslany, who stars on BBC America's Orphan Black, for the film, while Mara and many other actresses will be tested this week as well.

Over in TV, Empire and black - ish swept their respective categories; Terrence Howard and Taraji P. Henson took home Outstanding Actor and Actress In A Drama, respectively, with Henson joining numerous other voices trumpeting black performances during the night.

Other speakers recently added to the Conference slate include «The Misadventures of Awkward Black Girl» writer / producer / actress Tracy Oliver, «Se7en» writer Andrew Kevin Walker, «Veep» actor Tony Hale, NBC Entertainment president Jennifer Salke (President,), «Blind Side» writer / director John Lee Hancock, and «Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me» writer Michael McCullers

«Black Swan» Year: 2010 Director: Darren Aronofsky Cast: Vincent Cassel, Barbara Hershey, Mila Kunis, Natalie Portman, Winona Ryder Distributor: Fox Searchlight Pictures Premiere history: Venice Film Festival Sept. 2010; wide release Dec. 17, 2010 Other awards won: British Academy Film Awards (BAFTA) Best Actress in a Leading Role (Natalie Portman); Golden Globe Award Best Actress Drama (Natalie Portman) Academy Award nominations: Best Picture, Best Actress (Natalie Portman, won), Best Cinematography, Best Director, Best Film Editing

I can't imagine the Academy going for Black Swan in such a big way as the BFCA did, but on the other hand it could surely rack up quite a few nominations if they really love it: Picture, Director, Actress, Screenplay, Cinematography, Editing, Costume Design and so on.

A super-concentrated packet whose features have the precision of an X-Acto knife, Natalie Portman literally and figuratively blasted out of the box as a pubescent punkette assassin in The Professional (1994) and hasn't taken a breather since, working with the top stratum of directors in a carousel of genres ranging from costume drama (The Other Boleyn Girl) to space opera (the Star Wars prequel trilogy), to mirror - splintering psychodrama (Black Swan, for which she won the Academy Award for Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role).

While absorbing the ways of radio, from writing to directing, he meets some extraordinarily brave and gifted people who touch his life in ways he could not have imagined — actresses Rue, Pauline, and Hazel; actor - director Waldo, creator of the magnificent black show Freedom Road; and enigmatic station owner Loren Harford, among others.

Penguin Random House is recording two editions of its Minecraft novel's audiobook - one narrated by actor Jack Black and the other by actress Samira Wiley - to reflect... Read more

Among the Chicago celebs featured in the book: Cubs broadcaster Len Kasper, surrounded by his dogs Rodney, Judy, Betty and Henry; Bryan and Amanda Bickell, who have a long history of supporting pit bull - type dogs and all dogs through their Foundation as the ex Blackhawk and his wife and baby are pictured at home with their dogs Bailey and Tucker; Plain White T's bassist Mike Retondo is pictured with his Wheaton Terrier Zelda; Roz Varon of WLS - TV is attached to her two Whippets Gracie and Ella; Black Ensemble Theater Founder and producer / actress Jackie Taylor is pictured with her cat, named Kitty; broadcaster Rick O'Dell is pictured with his wife Lori and Golden Retriever Buddy; WGN Radio's Judy Markey with Toby, a mixed breed dog; Chicago 32nd Ward Alderman Scott Waguespack and his rescued pit bull Kai, Andy Avalos of WMAQ - TV with a long list of dogs and cats; Cook County Commissioner John Fritchey and his social media starring Shar - Pei Smudge as well as many other celebs.

In 2007, film critic Jonathan Romney described Starr's new silent film Theda: «In a 40 - minute black - and - white film Theda British artist Georgina Starr, best known for her series of works inspired by the 1965 thriller Bunny Lake is Missing, pays tribute to this stormiest of divas and undertakes an archeology of gestural art of the silent - era actress (Theda Bara), drawing on the styles of several other now forgotten grande - dames, such as Barbara La Marr and Maud Allan... the film is divided into three parts «prelude», «act» and «epilogue»... but «prelude» is the real coup: in a long single take, Starr runs through the codified expressive repertoire of the Theda - era performer with such precision that any ironic distance evaporate.

There are striking and intimate photos taken by Lorna Simpson of other black female artists like Carrie Mae Weems and actress Alva Rogers.