Tag: Black Is King
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‘Nomadland’ Wins Best Film As Anthony Hopkins Surprises At 2021 BAFTA Awards
Is there room for upsets at the Oscars? That depends on how you categorize an upset. In theory, Chadwick Boseman is still the locked frontrunner to take the Best Actor prize at the Academy Awards in two weeks, but Anthony Hopkins pulled off something of a surprise winning the equivalent honor at the 2021 BAFTA…
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Chloe Zhao Wins For ‘Nomadland’ As Women Rule The 2021 DGA Awards
It was a wonderful night for female filmmakers as five women took prizes at the 2021 DGA Awards. From film to television to commercials, these directors proved that the Director’s Guild of America may be the most progressive guild of them all (already expecting pushback from the WGA members in my life). Leading the way…
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‘Mank,’ ‘Black Is King,’ ‘Soul’ & ‘Tenet’ Top 2021 Adg Awards Winners
There were few surprises at the 25th Annual Art Directors Guild Awards. The pandemic delayed virtual ceremony honored old favorites and eventual Oscar and Emmy, winners. The major honories of the night included “Mank,” “Soul,” “Ozark,” “Black Is King,” “The Queen’s Gambit,” “The Mandalorian” and “Tenet.”Read More: “Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom” and “Mank” among early…
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From Beyoncé to the Oscars: Mary Twala, Africa’s queen of cinema
The late South African actor was introduced to a whole new audience in Beyoncé’s Black Is King. But it’s her final film – This Is Not a Burial, It’s a Resurrection – that could be her best workMary Twala died just a few weeks before Beyoncé’s Black Is King came out. In the film, the…
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Disney Stock Jumps After Announcing 100M Streaming Subscribers, ‘Mulan’ Early VOD Release on Disney Plus
Shares of Disney were up more than 6% in premarket trading Wednesday, as investors rallied around the media conglomerate’s fast-growing streaming footprint and aggressive expansion strategy.Disney on Tuesday reported that its direct-to-consumer streaming services collectively surpassed 100 million paid subscribers worldwide. That includes 60.5 million for Disney Plus through July, nine months after the service…
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Hold up: It’s time to start taking Beyoncé’s filmmaking seriously
Not content with being the world’s most celebrated pop star, Beyoncé is emerging as a major figure in cinema tooBack in 2002, 20-year-old Beyoncé was appearing as Austin Powers’s love interest in Goldmember. She’s come some way since. In fact, as her visual album Black Is King drops, it’s safe to say that Beyoncé is…
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‘Black Is King’: Beyoncé’s ‘Lion King’ Retelling Comes to Life in New Disney+ Trailer
Disney+ has released a new (and somehow even more stunning) trailer for Black Is King. The visual album comes from Beyoncé, who wrote, directed, and executive produced. Black Is King is based on the music of her album The Lion King: The Gift, made for 2019’s live-action The Lion King which she co-starred in alongside…