Mudbound

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Mary J. Blige is still getting used to the idea of being a double Oscar nominee. The nine-time Grammy winner was nominated for two Academy Awards on Tuesday: Supporting actress and original song for “Mudbound.” Blige said she spent the morning “yelling and screaming and about to cry.” The 47-year-old called […]

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Mary J. Blige is still getting used to the idea of being a double Oscar nominee. The nine-time Grammy winner was nominated for two Academy Awards on Tuesday: Supporting actress and original song for “Mudbound.” Blige said she spent the morning “yelling and screaming and about to cry.” The 47-year-old called […]

NEW YORK (AP) — Guillermo del Toro’s lavish monster romance “The Shape of Water” fished out a leading 13 nominations, Greta Gerwig became just the fifth woman nominated for best director and “Mudbound” cinematographer Rachel Morrison made history as the first woman to earn a nod in that category in nominations announced Tuesday for the […]

Mary J. Blige will be honored with her own star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. The ceremony will take place on January 11, with Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs taking part in the unveiling, according to Variety. The Queen of Hip-Hop Soul will be in the recording category, despite her work in film and television. The […]

NEW YORK (AP) — Mary J. Blige is dancing into the Golden Globe Awards as a double nominee — for her acting and songwriting — while Mariah Carey, Radiohead’s Jonny Greenwood and Nick Jonas are some of the other popular musicians also nominated.   I am so excited you all can experience this film with […]

The 29th annual Palm Springs International Film Festival has chosen Mary J. Blige to receive the Breakthrough Performance Award for her role in the Netflix film “Mudbound.” The festival’s awards gala, hosted by Mary Hart, will be held Jan. 2 at the Palm Springs Convention Center. “Mary J. Blige is a global superstar in the […]

NEW YORK (AP) — The 27th annual Gotham Awards appeared headed for a sweep for Jordan Peele’s social thriller “Get Out,” but the sensual coming-of-age tale “Call Me By Your Name” swooped in to take best feature film at the first major soiree of Oscar season. Luca Guadagnino’s film about a 17-year-old’s first love in […]

From director/co-writer Dee Rees (“Pariah,” “Bessie”) comes her latest work, “Mudbound,” which premiered to great acclaim at the 2017 Sundance Film Festival. Carey Mulligan, Jason Clarke, Jason Mitchell, Mary J. Blige, Rob Morgan, Jonathan Banks and Garrett Hedlund star in a story set against the backdrop of the Mississippi Delta during the Jim Crow era […]

PARK CITY, Utah (AP) — Director Dee Rees wanted to get to the big questions in her enthralling period epic “Mudbound.” Specifically: What is it to be a citizen and what is it to fight for a country that doesn’t fight for you? The film, which premiered Saturday night at the Sundance Film Festival, had […]