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(Photo by Gonzalo Marroquin/Patrick McMullan via Getty Images) * Viola Davis celebrated her birthday by sharing a photo of her birth home, which is located on a former plantation in South Carolina. “The above is the house where I was born August 11, 1965. It is the birthplace of my story,” Davis posted on Instagram […]

image via Twitter * Viola Davis has warned Shonda Rhimes that she won’t be taking her clothes off for risqué sex scene on the new season of “How to Get Away with Murder.” “I told them no more sex scenes,” the actress said during an appearance Monday on “Ellen.” “They threw me up against the […]

Viola Davis Glamour *In an emotional new interview with Glamour magazine, Viola Davis opens up about her childhood in a low-income family, often going for days without a meal. “We had no food,” said the Oscar-nominated actress. She spoke about her parents, revealing that her mother only completed the eighth grade, while her father […]

*We previously reported that Viola Davis had signed on to play former First Lady Michelle Obama in the anthology series titled “First Ladies” at Showtime. Now the cabler has handed out a series order, with Davis set to play Obama in the first season. The news arrives as the Oscar-winning actress prepares to say farewell […]

MA RAINEY’S BLACK BOTTOM/NETFLIX *In an interview with Yahoo Entertainment, Viola Davis admits to breaking down when she heard Chadwick Boseman died after a four year private battle with colon cancer.  “I broke down when I heard he passed,” she said. “Lord knows we all would’ve wanted him to live another 50 years. We all […]

Viola Davis – Woman King *As we reported earlier, Sony’s “The Woman King” did its thing at the box office with a $19 million opening. Plainly put, it caught a lot of “experts” by surprise. That’s because the film isn’t something lifted from a long-running cartoon series or even a derivative of another action-drama […]

Actors Viola Davis takes part in SiriusXM’s Town Hall With the cast of ‘Fences’ hosted by Karen Hunter on December 19, 2016 in New York City. *Viola Davis is about to take her place in Hollywood history. Hollywood Walk of Fame producer and VP of media relations Ana Martinez just announced that the lauded actress […]

BEVERLY HILLS, CA – DECEMBER 03: Honoree Viola Davis speaks onstage at ACLU SoCal Hosts Annual Bill of Rights Dinner at the Beverly Wilshire Four Seasons Hotel on December 3, 2017 in Beverly Hills, California. (Photo by Matt Winkelmeyer/Getty Images) *Viola Davis, who has spoken at length about growing up in “abject poverty” in Rhode […]

Viola Davis attends “The Hunger Games: The Ballad Of Songbirds & Snakes” Los Angeles Premiere at TCL Chinese Theatre on November 13, 2023, in Hollywood, California. (Photo by Axelle/Bauer-Griffin/FilmMagic) *During the Los Angeles premiere, Viola Davis spoke about how she enjoyed playing the villainous character Dr. Volumnia Gaul in “The Hunger Games: The Ballad […]

Viola Davis *Oscar-winning actor Viola Davis is pumping the brakes on working on her upcoming movie, “G20,” amid the actors’ and writers’ strike.  The project was given a waiver by the guild to move forward, but the actress appears to be making a bold statement in support of the thousands of other actors on […]

Viola Davis (L) and Lupita Nyong’o (Getty Images) *TriStar has picked up the worldwide rights to “The Woman King,” starring Oscar winners Viola Davis and Lupita Nyong’o as mother and daughter, according to The Hollywood Reporter. Inspired by true events that took place in the Kingdom of Dahomey, one of the most powerful states […]

* Viola Davis called out the New York Post over its biased coverage, and urged fellow artists to boycott racist media.  The actress and producer took to social media to compare The Post’s coverage of Kenosha shooter Kyle Rittenhouse to the publication’s past coverage of Trayvon Martin, who was stalked and murdered by George Zimmerman […]

*We previously reported that Viola Davis is set to play former First Lady Michelle Obama in the anthology series titled “First Ladies” at Showtime, and now we have a first look — see below.  Per CNN, the first season of “The First Lady” will “peel back the curtain on the personal and political lives of […]

Beyonce tapped Academy Award winner Viola Davis to rock her new clothing line alongside her daughter. Davis shared several photos on Instagram Tuesday modeling the new Adidas x Ivy Park collection “Icy Park,” which launched on Friday. In the photos, Davis poses with her 10-year-old daughter Genesis in matching items from the collection. “Thank you […]

Viola Davis attends the “Fences” New York Screening at Frederick P. Rose Hall, Jazz at Lincoln Center on December 19, 2016 in New York City. *Viola Davis will be in the hot seat opposite James Lipton next month. The actress, whose performance in the upcoming adaptation of “Fences” has earned several nominations this award season, […]