Viola Davis

In “The Help,” Viola Davis famously played a maid who discovers her own power. Her new film “Beautiful Creatures” is based on a book in which her character Amma is also a maid – but with telepathic power. All dark magic aside, the maid part of the deal, for Davis, caused initial hesitation in moving forward with […]

Viola Davis is definitely not letting any Hollywood moss grow under her stylish feet. Many of her fans first discovered her in “Doubt” with Meryl…

Many people have expressed their outrage of Zoe Saldana playing Nina Simone in her biopic. And India Arie isn’t holding her tongue either. She shared her thoughts on NinaSimone.com: WHAT I FEEL ABOUT THE NINA SIMONE MOVIE: People have been asking me for weeks, months, years about a Nina Simone movie, when I heard about […]

Viola Davis is preparing to make her to return to the big screen in Won’t Back Down. The actress usually plays thought-provoking roles in movies like The Help and this time is no different. She portrays a school teacher working with a concerned mother (Maggie Gyllenhaal) to improve a struggling elementary school after their special needs children do not get […]

Two mothers, one played by Viola Davis, who is also a teacher, and the other portrayed by Maggie Gyllenhaal, are extremely upset about the lack of attention to their crumbling inner city school. They don’t just complain about it. These mothers work to change things and refuse to back down when up against as the […]

The 84th Annual Academy Awards are history, but people are still talking about some of the more memorable moments. Here are five of the best: 1. Octavia Spencer wins best supporting actress for The Help Spencer received a standing ovation as she gave her tearful acceptance speech: 2. Chris Rock brings the funny Chris Rock […]

The black community has long had a love-hate relationship with the Academy Awards. Hollywood’s highest honors have only recently started to become more inclusive and even still, the black performances they’ve chosen to recognize are often polarizing and controversial. Hattie McDaniel famously won the Oscar for Best Supporting Actress for her performance as ‘Mammy’ in […]

Actress Viola Davis has picked up pretty much every award you can win for a performance by an actress for her work in ‘The Help’. While she has been thrust into the spotlight for this performance, she’s been knocking around Hollywood for a while. She’s played a wide range of characters in a wide range […]

  Viola Davis, has received critical acclaim for her role as a maid in The Help. After winning a Golden Globe and SAG Award, Viola is on pace to picking up her first Academy Award! The chocolate bombshell covers LA Times in all her natural glory! Check out excerpts from the article and photos below: […]

After winning a SAG Award, and an Oscar nomination, Viola Davis has scored two new movie roles. “The Help” actress will appear in Ender’s Game and Beautiful Creatures. Beautiful Creatures, based on the novel by Margaret Stohl-Kami Garcia,is about a pair of teenagers attempting to break a curse which has haunted one of their families […]

“The Help” cleaned up last night with wins for Best Ensemble cast, Best Actress for Viola Davis and Best Supporting Actress for Octavia Spencer at the Screen Actors Guild Awards. The stain of racism and sexism is not just for people of color and women,” Davis said. “It’s all of our burden, all of us.” […]

By Tony Lamont I wrote a post right after going to see the movie ‘The Help’ telling everyone that they should go see this amazing motion picture. I had many people tell me that they didn’t want to go see a movie that had anything to do with black maids. Well, I’m glad that the […]