Fences

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Michael Keaton says anyone who reads something discriminatory into his Golden Globes garble of “Hidden Fences” is “extraordinarily incorrect.” “I mean, almost like calling Al Gore a climate change denier,” Keaton told The Associated Press on Wednesday. Keaton said he “made a mistake reading the teleprompter and the cue cards” when […]

Denzel Washington opens up about the at conversation Black fathers should be having with their son at the NYC premiere of "Fences."

The blue music of “Fences” sings with a ferocious beauty in Denzel Washington’s long-in-coming adaptation of August Wilson’s masterpiece of African-American survival and sorrow. Transfers from stage to screen often serve up only a pale reflection of the electric, live-wire theater experience. But Washington, in his good sense, has neither strained to make August’s Pulitzer […]

Actor Mykelti Williamson has been in 100s of films but that didn’t stop the Missouri native from considering retirement. The Tom Joyner Morning Show talked to Williamson about why he considered quitting, his early influences, working in the stage and film productions of Fences, the secret behind Viola Davis‘ powerful scenes, and Denzel Washington‘s directing […]

  Fences tells the story of an African American father (Denzel Washington) struggling with race relations in the United State while trying to raise his family (Viola Davis, Jovan Adepo) in the 1950s. Jovan talks to the Tom Joyner Morning Show about how he landed the critically acclaimed role and what it was like working with Washington […]

This second sneak peek highlights more of Davis' performance, which has been hailed as a "masterpiece of quiet grace."

Is Viola Davis on her way to another Oscar?

Ahead of its Christmas Day release nationwide, Paramount Pictures has released the first trailer for Denzel Washington’s “Fences,” based on August Wilson’s 1987 play. The trailer sees Washington as Pittsburgh garbage collector Troy Maxson – the lead role that won him a Tony Award in 2010 – launching into the memorable “How come you ain’t […]