Viola Davis

Interview contains plot spoilers   Viola Davis, Michelle Rodriguez, Cynthia Erivo, and Elizabeth Debicki take front and center in Steve...

Back in the early days of Oscarwatch we had a rule: it wasn't about advocating; it was about predicting.  It...

Part of me wants to post this just to agitate my already agitated readers.  Why, I don't know.  Because it's...

There is a school of thought where Oscar is concerned that goes like this: You can win if you can...

  Three of the year's strongest female performances threaten convention, the one that says females are usually cast as supporting,...

Meryl Streep apparently won the New York Film Critics with no contest. Some rumblings that Kirsten Dunst and Michelle Williams...

Glenn Close, Charlize Theron, Carey Mulligan, Michelle Williams, Viola Davis and Octavia Spencer. (from THR. thanks phantom!)

Jeff Wells has gone to bat for Meryl Streep in The Iron Lady: You can dribble the Viola Davis basketball...

"I always say that I want to be Meryl Streep. And I believe and I really hope that we have...

This is an important speech to watch. What she says, how she says it. It's rare for an actress to...

Nice to hear the cast members dig into the themes in The Help.

It is always a good thing when the best writers are attracted to, or forced to write about, the Oscar...

There probably isn't a better actress working in Hollywood who hasn't yet won an Oscar than Glenn Close.  Charlize Theron,...

It hardly seems fathomable that only one black actress, Whoopi Goldberg, has been twice nominated for an Oscar.  I suppose...

Probably those who greenlit The Help never imagined it would be birthed into a racially contentious time in our history....

There is much to complain about in The Help.  For one thing, the black folk cluck around like uniformly "good"...

First stills from The Help, Dreamworks promising adaptation of one of last year's most significant literary events. Kathryn Stockett's novel...

Dave Karger has found a potential showdown between Harvey Weinstein and the Weinstein Co. and Miramax in two very tight...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6Iy23LVFG1w It occurs to me that Supporting Actress is still wide open. With Kate Winslet out in that category, the...

Of the three in Doubt, Viola Davis seems to be capturing the hearts of critics. NPR's Bob Mondello says: The...