Baller Alert Entertainment & Lifestyle Cynthia Erivo is gearing up to produce and star in a film based on the life of an enslaved princess who was gifted to Queen Victoria. The two-time Oscar nominee and “Harriet” actress will portray Sarah Forbes Bonetta, a 19th-century Egbado princess of the Yoruba people who was “gifted” to …
Read More »“Harriet” Star Cynthia Erivo Says Oscars Will Be “Bittersweet” As The Sole Black Actor To Be Nominated This Year
“Harriet” star Cynthia Erivo says the upcoming Academy Awards will be a “bittersweet” one. Erivo is the only actor of color who has been nominated for an Oscar this year, and the actress says it’s time for a change. “I want it to serve as an example of why we …
Read More »Author Stephen King Under Fire For Comments About Diversity In The Academy: Ava DuVernay, Cynthia Erivo And More React
Author Stephen King recently took to Twitter to share his thoughts on diversity in the Academy that nominates and chooses awards for the Oscars. “As a writer, I am allowed to nominate in just 3 categories: Best Picture, Best Adapted Screenplay, and Best Original Screenplay,” he wrote. “For me, the …
Read More »Cynthia Erivo Talks Being The Only Black Woman Nominated For An Oscar: ”It Is Bittersweet”
British actress and singer Cynthia Erivo sat down with the Los Angeles Times on Monday, where she opened up about being the only person of color to be nominated in this year’s Oscars for her performance in “Harriet,” where she effortlessly portrayed abolitionist Harriet Tubman as well as co-wrote the …
Read More »#OscarsMostlyWhite: Beyoncé, Alfre Woodard and More Snubbed, “Joker” Leads With 11 Nominations
The Oscar nominations have been released, and much to fans’ dismay, the nominations still lacked diversity in some of the biggest categories. Beyoncé did not snag a Best Original Song nomination for “Spirit” from the Lion King remake. While Jennifer Lopez, who was projected to be nominated in this year’s …
Read More »‘Harriet’ Actress Cynthia Erivo Not Performing At The BAFTA Awards After All-White Nominations List: “I’m Not A Party Trick”
Cynthia Erivo made a decision not to perform at the British Academy Film Awards (BAFTA) after learning about an all-white nominations list. The 33-year-old actress was recently snubbed for her lead performance of ‘Harriet’ at the Golden Globe and SAG awards. She confirmed to Extra that she will not be …
Read More »British Actress Cynthia Erivo Claps Back At Backlash She Received For Playing Harriet Tubman In Upcoming Biopic, “What Was For Someone Else was Never Mine in the First Place”
How many of you were shocked when you found out #IdrisElba was British!? And even after knowing, we still identified him as a Black actor. So when did the divide happen between African American actors and Black British actors? Last year, Samuel L. Jackson accused Black British actors of taking …
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