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Viola Davis and bestselling author James Patterson have signed with Little, Brown and Company to co-write a novel. Davis has won the Oscar, Emmy, Tony, and Grammy, and she has already made the bestseller lists with her memoir Finding Me. Patterson is a fixture on the bestseller lists, most recently for Eru…

Since its debut in 2008, DreamWorks’ kickass charmer Po, aka Kung Fu Panda, has racked up nearly $2 billion at the global box office over the course of three films, the most recent being eight years ago. A lot has changed in the world of animation in that…

The book The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds & Snakes, written by Suzanne Collins, has been adapted for the screen by director Francis Lawrence, alongside screenwriters Michael Lesslie and Michael Arndt. The film delves into the chillingly formative…

Viola Davis has been selected as one of the inaugural members of the President's Advisory Council on African Diaspora Engagement in the United States. The council is being established to enhance dialog between United States officials and the African Diaspora, the community of African Americans and…

Sarah Silverman isn't quite so upset about the interim agreements that SAG-AFTRA has been handing out during the strike, but the comedian is still pretty "cynical" about the whole thing. Less than 48 hours after talking to social media to rail against about the dozens of deals the 160,000-member…

EXCLUSIVE: In a move that might well set a precedent for other A-listers, G20 star Viola Davis has become one of the first to very visibly back away from a project for the duration of the actors and writers strikes, even after the film got the SAG-AFTRA interim agreement necessary to start…

G20, an action-thriller from MRC that Viola Davis was set in November to both star in and produce, has been granted an interim agreement from SAG-AFTRA, the guild revealed via its website on Friday. Sources tell Deadline that the starry title made the cut for a waiver, even given the involvement of…

Editors note: This review was originally published March 19 after its world premiere at SXSW. Did you know that Michael Jordan makes $400 million a year in passive income due to the percentage he gets from the sale of Air Jordans? To understand how this…

“If it was so easy it would have been done before,” Everything Everywhere All at Once star Michelle Yeoh said of the Andrea Riseborough Oscar controversy this morning. Questioned on the last minute campaign that saw Riseborough nominated for $27,000-grosser To Lesie, Yeoh downplayed any notion that…

Viola Davis will receive the 48th annual Chaplin Award from Film at Lincoln Center, the organization has announced. A gala honoring Davis has been set for April 24 at New York’s Alice Tully Hall. Proceeds from the gala go toward FLC’s year-round programs, student offerings, and festivals including…

The BBC has been forced to apologize after an image of Viola Davis from January’s Golden Globes was shown on its news channel with a headline identifying the Oscar winner as history-maker Beyoncé. BBC News’ rolling coverage of the Grammys included a few seconds period when the image of Davis was…

Viola Davis has joined the coveted circle of those who have won an Emmy, Oscar, Tony and Grammy, picking up the “G” in the “EGOT” title today as part of the pre-telecast for the 65th annual Grammy Awards. Davis earned the Grammy for her audiobook memoir, Finding Me. "It has just been such a…