«We were about to do our scene,» Serkis said, «and Ryan came up to us and said, «You know, I've never actually directed two
white actors before.»»
Not exact matches
Reagan was a well - known
actor before he became president, but he wasn't always watching his own films in the
White House theater — that was only on special occasions like his birthday.
One of the dozens of women who have accused Bill Cosby of sexually assault broke down in tears as she recalled being forced to swallow a «large
white pill» to «relax»
before, she says, the
actor molested her in 1996.
Emails, coupled with interviews and court documents, show Flynn was not a rogue
actor, as the
White House has suggested, but rather was in close touch with other senior members of the Trump transition team both
before and after he spoke with the Russian ambassador, Sergey I. Kislyak, about American sanctions against Russia.
Ivanka, who reportedly made climate change her signature issue during the transition and who is now on the
White House staff, met with
actor Leonardo DiCaprio about climate change
before the inauguration.
It wasn't long
before the shoes gained celebrity appeal, though: famous Hollywood
actors such as Cary Grant and Fred Astaire were big fans of black and
white shoes, particularly brogues.
As
before, Bujalski's preference for nonprofessional
actors, his ear for the rhythms of conversation among bright young 20 - somethings and his adept use of a roving, hand - held camera (this time shooting in fuzzy black and
white) lend the film an invigorating energy.
Led by Denzel Washington (2 Guns), as sometime lawman Sam Chisolm, that cast includes
white guys Chris Pratt (Guardians of the Galaxy), Ethan Hawke (
Before Midnight) and Vincent D'Onofrio (Daredevil), but also
actors Byung - hun Lee (I Saw the Devil), Manuel Garcia - Rulfo (Cake) and relative newcomer (and Native - American
actor) Martin Sensmeier (Lilin's Brood), making the overall balance of the titular group more diverse than in 1960.
And I like the Coen brothers» work, a lot — their earlier work, though,
before they started reimagining Guatemalan - American
actor Oscar Isaac as a hipster
white man in Inside Llewyn Davis.
The group makes it over the wall, but not
before two of the series» prominent characters of color — played by Mekhi Phifer and Maggie Q, who are each given virtually no dialogue as a parting gift — are gunned down, likely to make room for the new influx of
white actors we're about to meet (Daniel Dae Kim shows up for a second too, another minority bit - part designed to create a false sense of diversity).
As the
actor put it, «I think the trope of a nervous
white guy, cool black guy, we've seen it a million times
before breakfast.»
Van Sant has been a bit spotty of late (Logan Paul wasn't the first
white American to do something disastrous in Japan's «suicide forest»), but he has directed two
actors to Oscars
before.
Complete List of NAACP Image Award Winners Film Categories Best Picture - «The Secret Life of Bees» Best Director - Gina Prince - Bythewood, «The Secret Life of Bees» Best
Actor - Will Smith, «Seven Pounds» Best Actress - Rosario Dawson, «Seven Pounds Supporting
Actor - Columbus Short, «Cadillac Records» Supporting Actress - Taraji P. Henson, «The Curious Case of Benjamin Button» Independent Film - «Slumdog Millionaire» Documentary - «The Black List» Foreign Film - «The Class» Best Screenplay - Jenny Lumet, «Rachel Getting Married» Television Categories Best Comedy Series - «Tyler Perry's House of Payne» Best
Actor in a Comedy Series - LaVan Davis, «Tyler Perry's House of Payne» Best Actress in a Comedy Series - Tracee Ellis Ross, «Girlfriends» Supporting
Actor in a Comedy Series - Lance Gross, «Tyler Perry's House of Payne» Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series - Keshia Knight Pulliam, «Tyler Perry's House of Payne» Best Dramatic Series - «Grey's Anatomy» Best
Actor in a Dramatic Series - Hill Harper, «CSI: NY» Best Actress in a Dramatic Series - Chandra Wilson, «Grey's Anatomy» Supporting
Actor in a Dramatic Series - Taye Diggs, «Private Practice» Supporting Actress in a Dramatic Series - Angela Bassett, «ER» Made - for - TV Movie, Miniseries or Dramatic Special - «A Raisin in The Sun» Best
Actor in a Made - for - TV Movie, Miniseries or Dramatic Special - Sean Combs, «A Raisin in the Sun» Best Actress in a Made - for - TV Movie, Miniseries or Dramatic Special - Phylicia Rashad, «A Raisin in the Sun» Best
Actor in a Sopa Opera - Bryton McClure, «The Young and the Restless» Best Actress in a Sopa Opera - Debbi Morgan, «All My Children» Best Director in a Dramatic Series - Ernest Dickerson, «Lincoln Heights - The Day
Before Tomorrow» Best Director in a Comedy Series - Kevin Sullivan, «30 Rock - MILF Island» Best Screenplay for a Dramatic Series - Shonda Rhimes, «Grey's Anatomy: Freedom Part 1 & 2» Best Screenplay for a Comedy Series - Erica D. Montolfo, «The Game:
White Coats and
White Lies» News / Information Series or Special - «In Conversation: Michelle Obama Interview» Talk Series - «The View» Reality Series - «American Idol 7» Variety Series or Special - «An Evening of Stars: Tribute to Smokey Robinson» Children's Program - «Dora The Explorer» Best Performance in a Children's Series or Special - Keke Palmer, «True Jackson» Music Categories Best Male Artist - Jamie Foxx Best Female Artist - Beyonce» Best New Artist - Jennifer Hudson Best Duo, Group or Collaboration - Jennifer Hudson, featuring Fantasia - «I'm His Only Woman» Best Jazz Artist - Natalie Cole - «Still Unforgettable» Best Gospel Artist - Mary Mary Best World Music Album - Cheryl Keyes - «Let Me Take You There» Best Music Video - «Yes We Can» - Will.i.am Best Song - «Yes We Can» - Will.i.am Best Album - Jennifer Hudson - «Jennifer Hudson» Literary Categories Fiction - «In the Night of the Heat: A Tennyson Hardwick Novel,» Blair Underwood, Tananarive Due, Steven Barnes Nonfiction - «Letter to My Daughter,» Maya Angelou Debut Author - «Barack, Race, and the Media: Drawing My Own Conclusion,» David Glenn Brown Biography / Autobiography - «The Legs are the Last to Go,» Diahann Carroll Instructional - «32 Ways to Be a Champion in Business,» Earvin «Magic» Johnson Poetry - «Hip Hop Speaks to Children: A Celebration of «Poetry With a Beat»» Nikki Giovanni Children - «Barack Obama: Son of Promise, Child of Hope,» Nikki Grimes (illustrator - Bryan Collier) Youth / Teens - «Letters to a Young Sister: Define Your Destiny,» Hill Harper