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Julia MacCary editor Will Smith was the surprise guest that set the room abuzz Wednesday night at the 14th annual African American Film Critics Assn. Awards at the Beverly Wilshire hotel. But Smith had tough competition in the emotional-speech department from fellow honorees that included Danielle Deadwyler, Viola Davis, Angela Bassett and Gina Prince-Bythewood. Deadwyler, who won lead actress honors for her tour de force role in “Till,” drew the crowd’s the attention to the world-changing impact of Mamie Till-Mobley, whose provocative decision to show pictures of her son’s brutalized corpse helped ignite the Civil Rights movement in the 1950s and ’60s.

Todd Spangler NY Digital Editor Twenty One Pilots has done it again: The music video for their 2016 hit “Heathens,” from the soundtrack of DC’s first “Suicide Squad,” has officially crossed the 2 billion views mark on YouTube. It’s the duo’s second music video to pass the milestone after 2015’s “Stressed Out,” which currently has more than 2.6 billion views on the video platform. The “Heathens” video, directed by Andrew Donoho with Nate Hurtsellers serving as cinematographer, is interspersed with clips from “Suicide Squad,” which starred Will Smith, Jared Leto, Margot Robbie, Joel Kinnaman and Viola Davis. The music video took home the trophy for best rock video at the 2016 MTV VMAs. The “Heathens” video was uploaded to YouTube on June 21, 2016, which was 45 days before the theatrical release of “Suicide Squad.”

The stars are hitting the red carpet!

Adam B. Vary Senior Entertainment Writer One of Austin’s hometown filmmakers is bringing his next movie to SXSW. Director Robert Rodriguez will screen a work-in-progress cut of his crime thriller “Hypnotic,” starring Ben Affleck, for fans at the SXSW Film Festival in the Texas capital on March 12. In the film, written by Rodriguez and Max Borenstein (“Godzilla vs. Kong,” HBO’s “Winning Time: The Rise of the Lakers Dynasty”), Affleck plays a detective who is investigating a series of inexplicable crimes while searching for his missing daughter, whose disappearance is somehow involved with a secret government program.

is in full swing, and the stars showed up and showed out on the red carpet for the on February 26.The winners of the industry-focused usually offer a glimpse into who might get snubbed and who could pull out an upset win at the Oscars, but right now, we're mostly here for the fashion. In the category of best dressed, we saw standout looks from many of the usual suspects, including Zendaya in baby pink floral Valentino, Jessica Chastain rocking stunning Gucci jewels, and Amanda Seyfried wearing a distinctly '60s-inspired Prada minidress and on-theme bouffant hair.Bold colors and metallics were definitely the dominant trends of the evening.

“Everything Everywhere All at Once” could continue its momentum and win in several film categories, including Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Supporting Role (Ke Huy Quan) and Outstanding Performance by a Cast. The multiverse-hopping indie directed by Daniel Kwan and Daniel Scheinert enters the evening with the wind at its back, having taken home the top prize on Saturday at the Producers Guild Awards, indicating that the zany film is not polarizing voters as much as some feared.

Cate Blanchett went sheer in a black lace and leather ensemble for the 29th annual Screen Actors Guild Awards in Los Angeles on Sunday night. Zendaya, who is nominated for Best Female Actor in a Drama Series for "Euphoria," wore a gorgeous pink Maison Valentino dress covered in elaborate rosettes after scoring her first SAG nomination. Jamie Lee Curtis stood out in a long-sleeved red Romona Keveza gown with a plunging neckline.

Viola Davis brightens up the room in a stunning yellow dress at the 2023 Screen Actors Guild Awards on Sunday night (February 26) at Fairmont Century Plaza in Los Angeles.

Viola Davis brightens up the room in a stunning yellow dress at the 2023 Screen Actors Guild Awards on Sunday night (February 26) at Fairmont Century Plaza in Los Angeles.

The biggest names in Hollywood are ready to celebrate their peers as the 2023 SAG Awards kick off on Sunday, Feb. 26, at Fairmont Century Plaza in Los Angeles.

So many stars made it out for the 54th NAACP Awards on Saturday evening (February 25) in Pasadena, Calif.

NAACP Image Awards did the thing! After its regular week-long, non-televised celebrations, the annual awards ceremony concluded with its main ceremony on Saturday night. Hosted by GRAMMY, Emmy and Golden Globe-winning actress and producer Queen Latifah, Saturday's ceremony included Janelle Monae, Taye Diggs, Kerry Washington, Jonathan Majors, Zendaya and more presenting awards to their peers, while also highlighting the accomplishments of political leaders and activists.Jennifer Hudson, Quinta Brunson, Keke Palmer and more scored wins during the pre-awards festivities, while Saturday's ceremony saw Angela Bassett, Viola Davis, Will Smith and more honored for their artistic contributions. This year's Activist of the Year Award was presented to Dr. Derrick Lee Foward, president of the Dayton Unit of the NAACP and a vice president of the Ohio NAACP, and the Youth Activist of the Year Award honored to Bradley Ross Jackson, the president of the youth council of the Bloomington-Normal NAACP in Bloomington, Indiana.

Millie Mackintosh has decided to have her tattoos removed via laser surgery.The former Made In Chelsea star, 33, documented her first round of removal on Instagram and talked her fans through the process. Millie, who shares two daughters with co-star Hugo Taylor, explained that she has three small tattoos that she’s getting removed.The reality TV star has a butterfly on her lower back, as well as three small stars on the back of her shoulder.

#film industry behind the scenes and the supremacy that it flaunts in my face so much, day by day, so it's not a surprising result, but in 2023, it is deeply regressive and uncalled for ↓ https://t.co/j9aT8ZHcKWBAFTA member and film and TV commentator Ashanti Omkar said she was “disappointed” but not surprised.“I’ve felt this deep pain in the pit of my stomach of late, as I’m seeing the #film industry behind the scenes and the supremacy that it flaunts in my face so much, day by day, so it’s not a surprising result, but in 2023, it is deeply regressive and uncalled for,” she added.Omkar had replied to a tweet from BuzzFeed UK head of culture Ada Enechi who wrote: “2 steps forward, 10 steps back #EEBAFTAs.”“Not even Oscar/GoldenGlobe winners Michelle Yeoh, Angela Basset, Viola Davis or Ke Huy Quan could break through. All judging systems have biases but this is broken,” BAFTA member and Naughty Dog senior character artist Del Walker said.

The #BaftaSoWhite hashtag was circulating once again on social media after the BAFTA Film Awards on Sunday night.

, is not actually all that sad. This according to , who I think would know. Hollywood's favorite poked fun at the idea that Ben exists in a constant state of misery with a new meme posted to on Thursday, February 9.

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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.

, and as predicted, Lizzo's already slayed the red carpet with a bright orange, hooded ensemble from Dolce & Gabbana. (If the Grammys were taking place in New York instead of Los Angeles, it would have been more than perfect for the bone-chilling cold).But the awards ceremony—airing live on CBS and Paramount+—are in sunny Los Angeles, even though this particular carpet is always tented to give it a bit of a jazz club vibe, complete with chandeliers.

She may have been unfairly snubbed for an Academy Award nomination for her performance in “The Woman King,” but Viola Davis has something bigger to celebrate this month. During a pre-broadcast ceremony this afternoon, Davis won a Grammy Award in the Best Audio Book, Narration, and Storytelling Recording category for her own memoir, “Finding Me.” She now has won all four major entertainment awards landing her in the coveted EGOT club.