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The last major role of Donald Sutherland, who died Thursday at the age of 88, was on the Paramount+ limited series Lawmen: Bass Reeves, headlined and executive produced by David Oyelowo. The film and TV icon played the imposing Judge Isaac Parker (aka “Hanging Judge”) on the highly rated Western…

Near the end of the miniseries Lawmen: Bass Reeves, David Oyelowo's titular character is told something all too familiar to many unsung real-life heroes: "No one's gonna ever know, but you made history today." "You can just imagine how many people from marginalized communities that is the truth for,"…

EXCLUSIVE: Mansa, the ad-supported streaming platform highlighting Black content for a global audience, has partnered with Ava DuVernay’s ARRAY Releasing on a licensing agreement to distribute a curated selection of ARRAY’s independent feature films directly to audiences via the Mansa Streaming Service…

Star and executive producer David Oyelowo and Lawmen: Bass Reeves creator, showrunner and executive producer Chad Feehan said Reeves' family values were what made him stand out. Oyelowo plays Reeves, a U.S. Marshal after the abolition of slavery. "The way in for a global audience should be not just…

Apple Studios and MACRO Television Studios have added three new actors to Government Cheese, the upcoming Apple TV+ dramedy with David Oyelowo starring in the lead role as well as serving as executive producer through his company Yoruba Saxon. Created by Paul Hunter and Aeysha Carr, Government Cheese…

The Actor’s Side is back, just in time for a whole new season with lots of contenders in the race for Emmys. Starting off this week is none other than David Oyelowo, who is coming off a Golden Globe nomination and is Emmy-buzzed for his starring role…

There exist three Oscar categories where it's possible to watch all nominated films in one shot – that's shorts, Animated, Live Action and Documentary. Packaged into three feature length films presented by ShortsTV, the Oscar Nominated Short Films open in theaters today for a four-week run on about 650…

EXCLUSIVE: What does it take to become Civil Rights icon Martin Luther King Jr? David Oyelowo took on the challenge for Ava DuVernay's underrated 2014 film Selma. It’s all there in Becoming King, a new documentary coming to Paramount+. Related Stories …

While he’s never been busier, David Oyelowo has delivered a career’s worth of terrific performances going back to his work as the empathetic agent Danny Hunter in the British series MI5: Spooks. Oyelowo, whose turns include playing Martin Luther King Jr in the Ava DuVernay-directed Selma, just got a…

David Oyelowo said Brad Pitt, an executive producer of Selma, gave him a valuable piece of advice about not rushing to determine any film’s ultimate place in the culture. Upon its initial release in December 2014, Oyelowo recalled in an appearance Tuesday at the NATPE Global conference in Miami…

Former All Rise and Luke Cage star Simone Missick has been cast opposite David Oyelowo in Government Cheese, Apple TV+’s upcoming dramedy starring and executive produced by Oyelowo, Deadline has confirmed. Created by Paul Hunter and Aeysha Carr, Government Cheese follows Hampton Chambers (Oyelowo), a…

David and Jessica Oyelowo are formalizing their partnership with Apple. The duo have struck a first-look deal with Apple TV+ via their Yoruba Saxon banner. The deal will see the Lawmen: Bass Reeves star David Oyelowo and his wife Jessica, who also appeared in Taylor Sheridan's Paramount+ series…