Academy-Award winner Mo’Nique recently opened up about how she was “blackballed” in Hollywood due to what Lee Daniels explained as her not willing to “play the game” to Oscar campaign in 2009. While Daniels stood by his comments, Sheryl Lee Ralph shared her thoughts with “Access Hollywood” about his theory on Mo’Nique’s blackballing and the […]
Patricia Arquette wanted everyone to get a few things straight about the comments she made during her Oscars acceptance speech. The “Boyhood’ star has gotten…
NEW YORK (AP) — Oscar viewership was down 16 percent from last year and reached its lowest point since 2009, with 36.6 million people watching the Neil Patrick Harris-hosted awards show on ABC Sunday night. The Nielsen company’s preliminary estimate of U.S. viewership was down from the 43.7 million people who watched last year, a […]
LOS ANGELES – “Selma,” the critically acclaimed movie starring David Oyelowo, Carmen Ejogo, Oprah Winfrey and directed by Ava DuVernay was not recognized as Best Picture, it did go home with at least one prize. “Glory” from “Selma” won the Academy Award for best original song. Performed and written by Common and John Legend, it […]
Five years after her Oscar win as Best Supporting Actress for Precious, Mo’Nique has been less visible than ever before. Once a standup comedian and actress who appeared in several film before her Oscar win and hosted a BET talk show, Mo’Nique has had few credits since. She’s behind the indie movie Blackbird with Isaiah […]
BERLIN (AP) — “Selma” director Ava DuVernay says she’s disappointed that star David Oyelowo’s performance as Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., wasn’t recognized with an Oscar nod. “I was hurt by the fact that David wasn’t nominated because I know what it took to get that performance,” DuVernay said at the film’s premiere in Berlin, […]
Common has won several awards, but never an Oscar. He talks to us on “The D.L. Hughley Show” about wanting to win an Academy Award over another Grammy. He also talks to us about his role in “Selma,” and how it relates to current issues in Black America. In addition, he answers some crazy questions in […]
Sunday’s Screen Actors Guild Awards show kicked things off with a pair of wins for the Netflix prison series “Orange Is the New Black,” honoring it as best ensemble in a comedy and naming Uzo Aduba most outstanding actress in a comedy series. Aduba won over a number of veteran stars, including Julia Louis-Dreyfus (“Veep”) […]
Although Ava DuVernay was snubbed by the Oscars for the Best Director category, her Selma film did notch Best Picture and Best Original Song nods. Common and John Legend’s moving “Glory” track, which recently won a Golden Globe, adds to a legacy of Black artists recognized by the Academy. Issac Hayes‘ “Theme From Shaft” […]
NEW YORK (AP) — Common says earning an Oscar nomination for his music attached to a film about the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. on the activist’s birthday makes the moment one of the best in his career. Common’s “Glory,” featuring John Legend, earned an Academy Award nomination for best original song. The track, which […]
These little known facts about Selma might surprise you! Selma’s voting rights movement was quite unique, and Jasmine Sanders‘ list will inform you and have you prepared to watch the film, which has already racked up several nominations and tons of Oscar buzz. Click on the audio player to learn some Selma history on “The D.L. Hughley […]
So these movies didn’t quite get the recognition we think they deserved, but of course ” The D.L. Hughley Show” is here to give them…
