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* Viola Davis is setting up shop in Toluca Lake, Calif. The “How to Get Away with Murder” star has purchased a home in the Los Angeles suburb for $5.7 million, the Los Angeles Times reports. The European-influenced home measures roughly 7,500 square feet and includes five bedrooms and eight bathrooms. It rests on nearly […]

Actress Viola Davis attends a ceremony honoring her with a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame on January 5, 2017 in Hollywood, California. *Meryl Streep had the honor of helping to present Viola Davis with her long-deserved star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame, which took place during a ceremony today (Jan 5). “Ms. […]

Viola Davis in “Blackhat” *Last week, the cast of the exciting upcoming action-thriller-mystery film “Blackhat“ joined press at the Four Seasons Hotel in Los Angeles. “Blackhat“  features some pretty big names including Chris Hemsworth, Viola Davis, and all-star director Michael Mann (Miami Vice, Collateral, Insider).  “Blackhat” in theaters January 16. Scroll down to hear an audio  interview presentation […]

Julius Tennon and Viola Davis attend the premiere of “Air” during the 2023 SXSW conference and festival at the Paramount Theatre on March 18, 2023, in Austin, Texas. (Photo by Tim Mosenfelder/Getty Images) *Ben Affleck’s latest directional project is the movie “Air,” which centers on a group of Nike executives and their partnership with Michael […]

Viola Davis *Academy Award-winning actress Viola Davis is speaking out about her latest role as an African warrior named Nanisca in the upcoming film “The Woman King.” Directed by Gina Prince-Bythewood and co-starring John Boyega as King Ghezo, the film is set to open in theaters on September 16. Per Vanity Fair, the story […]

Viola Davis gets animated at Skylight Moynihan Station in New York City while Will Smith (R) and Joel Kinnaman (L) look on. (MMoore Photo) *Viola Davis’ consummate career has taken many turns, from gloriously biting the hand that fed her in “The Help,” to getting viewers to eat out of her hands in TV’s […]

Viola Davis and Ellen Degeneres *Viola Davis and her new Emmy award paid a visit to “Ellen” on Thursday to promote the season premiere of “How to Get Away With Murder,” and naturally the discussion turned to her memorable acceptance speech. Actress Viola Davis (L) and actor Julius Tennon attend the 67th Annual Primetime […]

Julius Tennon and Viola Davis attend the premiere of “Air” during the 2023 SXSW conference and festival at the Paramount Theatre on March 18, 2023 in Austin, Texas. (Photo by Tim Mosenfelder/Getty Images) *Viola Davis and Julius Tennon’s JuVee Productions plan to revisit South Africa to film the true story depicting a young African refugee’s […]

Nominees for Best Supporting Actress Viola Davis for “Doubt” and Taraji P. Henson (R) for “The Curious Case of Benjamin Button” arrive at the 81st Academy Awards in Hollywood, California February 22, 2009 *Taraji P. Henson and Viola Davis were nominated for Oscars in the same category in 2009. Last Sunday, they faced each other a […]

Julius Tennon (L) and Viola Davis attend the 47th NAACP Image Awards presented by TV One at Pasadena Civic Auditorium on February 5, 2016 in Pasadena, California. (Feb. 4, 2016 – Source: Charley Gallay/Getty Images North America *Award-winning actress Viola Davis married actor Julius Tennon in 2003, and they adopted a newborn baby girl – […]

Viola Davis – screenshot *Viola Davis will reprise her role as Amanda Waller in James Gunn’s “The Suicide Squad,” for a spinoff series at HBO Max.  The plot details are mostly under wraps, but per Variety, “sources say the show will build off of Waller’s appearance at the end of the “Suicide Squad” spinoff […]

via Vogue/Twitter *For the first time in Vogue magazine’s 107 year history, the publication tapped a Black photographer to shoot Viola Davis for its July/August cover.  Dario Calmese is a New York-based artist whose work has been instrumental in the Black fashion community for years. For Davis’ cover shoot, he replicated “The Scourged Back,” a […]

* Viola Davis delivered a passionate acceptance speech at the Emmy’s after becoming the first black woman to win for Outstanding Actress in a Drama. Davis was up against Kerry Washington (“Scandal”), and when she won for her role in ABC’s “How To Get Away With Murder,” she told the mostly white Emmy audience, “You […]

Getty * Viola Davis has joined forces with Ebony magazine to release her memoir “Finding Me” which will hit shelves next year. Per MadameNoire, the book will detail Davis’s rise to fame beginning with her humble roots in Rhode Island to her award-winning career in Hollywood. In 2017, Davis revealed to PEOPLE the hardships she […]

General Hospital star Nancy Lee Grahn *Nancy Lee Grahn, better known as Alexis Cassadine on “General Hospital,” did not appreciate Viola Davis’ acceptance speech at the Emmy Awards and fired off a series of tweets attacking the star for choosing the moment to highligh the plight of black women in Hollywood. Grahn even belittled Viola’s Harriet Tubman […]