Hidden Figures, the film starring Taraji P. Henson, Octavia Spencer, and Janelle Monae as a trio of Black mathematicians who bolster the U.S. Space program, showcased Black excellence in a fashion rarely seen in Hollywood. The Oscar-nominated movie is now the inspiration for a new U.S. State Department educational initiative aimed at bringing women in […]
CLEVELAND (AP) — An author whose book was the basis for the Oscar-nominated movie “Hidden Figures” has won an award for writing literature that promotes diversity and confronts racism. Margot Lee Shetterly’s book and the namesake movie are about the contributions of a team of black women mathematicians to the NASA space program. Best-selling novelist […]
Taylor Richardson believes the Oscar-nominated film reminds women, especially Black women, that they can do anything that white men can do.
LOS ANGELES (AP) — The Oscar-nominated film “Hidden Figures” about the untold story of the black women mathematicians who worked at NASA during the space race will screen for free in select U.S. cities in celebration of Black History Month. AMC Theaters and 21st Century Fox said Tuesday that screenings will take place on Feb. […]
The NAACP celebrated all of the amazing strides that people of color have made over the past year at the 48th Annual NAACP Image Awards. If you didn’t get a chance to tune in, check out our rundown of the evening’s top moments. Andra Day Pays Tribute to President Barack Obama! #ImageAwards pic.twitter.com/Q48I1Ft0au — TV […]
We bet a lot of folks in Hollywood and beyond didn’t see this coming. We’re talking about the fact that Hidden Figures is now the highest grossing Oscar-nominated film of the year. The movie that tells the story of three black women, Katherine Johnson, Dorothy Vaughan, and Mary Jackson who helped John Glenn launch into […]
RANCHO PALOS VERDES, Calif. (AP) — Octavia Spencer is up for her second Academy Award this year, but the star of “Hidden Figures” said Monday that she has even bigger plans. “The role I’m destined to play is to be one of the biggest producers in Hollywood,” Spencer said at the 3rd annual Makers Conference, […]
Director Theodore Melfi says he had to whitewash a couple of scenes in the Oscar-nominated movie Hidden Figures because it’s not fair to depict ALL the white characters and the white establishment as racist, even though history says otherwise. When interviewed by Vice, Melfi defended his decision to add a white savior into the story… because every […]
Taraji took a risk from her usual red carpet look and won big with her tantalizing tresses.
An uplifting drama about African-American mathematicians who aided NASA’s 1960s space race, “Hidden Figures” was the surprise best-ensemble winner Sunday night at Los Angeles’ Shrine Auditorium. With the Oscar front-runner “La La Land” not nominated in the category, most expected a contest between “Moonlight” or “Manchester by the Sea.” “This story is about unity,” […]
Best-known for his roles in Leverage and Underground, Aldis Hodge is back on the big screen alongside Octavia Spencer, Taraji P. Henson and Janelle Monae in Hidden Figures. He talks to the Tom Joyner Morning Show about his bevy of roles and reveal his West Indian heritage and love for cooking. How does he land […]
“Hidden Figures,” about African-American mathematicians in the 1960s space race, sold a leading $20.5 million in tickets in North American theaters over the Martin Luther King Jr. Day holiday weekend, according to estimates Sunday. Fox anticipates the film, starring Taraji P. Henson, Octavia Spencer and Janelle Monae, will make $25.3 million when Monday is included, […]
