AwardsWatch - ava duvernay

Ava DuVernay’s ‘Central Park Five’ Crime Drama Unveils Its Leading Men

Erik Anderson August 10, 2018

Chris Chalk (Gotham) will play Adult Yusef Salaam; Newcomers Freddy Miyares and Justin Cunningham will play Adult Raymond Santana and Adult Kevin Richardson, respectively. Together,... Read More

Ava DuVernay’s ‘Central Park Five’ Adds Niecy Nash, Aunjanue Ellis, Storm Reid and more

Erik Anderson August 3, 2018

Niecy Nash, Aunjanue Ellis and Storm Reid join ‘Central Park Five’ from Ava DuVernay [divider style=”normal” top=”20″ bottom=”20″] In what is already an embarrassment of... Read More

Cardi B, Kendrick Lamar, Ava DuVernay top 2018 BET Awards Winners

Erik Anderson June 25, 2018

The 2018 BET Awards were held last night and Cardi B, Kendrick Lamar and Ava DuVernay came away winners in Female Hip Hop Artist, Album... Read More

‘Star Trek’ gets first female director in ‘Jessica Jones’ helmer S.J. Clarkson

Erik Anderson April 26, 2018

[divider style=”normal” top=”20″ bottom=”20″] Paramount Pictures announced at CinemaCon today that its Star Trek series will get its first female director, S.J. Clarkson. This fourth... Read More

Casting Search Begins for Ava DuVernay’s ‘Central Park Five’ Miniseries for Netflix

Erik Anderson April 21, 2018

A casting call has gone out to find the four leads of Ava DuVernay’s five-part Netflix miniseries based on the Central Park Five. The ‘Central... Read More

2018 Cannes: Ava DuVernay, Kristen Stewart, Denis Villeneuve Among the Jury of the 71st Cannes Film Festival

Erik Anderson April 18, 2018

Award-winning actors, filmmakers and musicians will join jury president for the 71st Cannes Film Festival, among them Ava DuVernay, Kristen Stewart and Denis Villeneuve. They... Read More

‘The Shape of Water’ is the 2018 Producers Guild of America (PGA) Motion Picture Winner

Erik Anderson January 20, 2018

The Shape of Water has won the 2018 Producers Guild of America award for Motion Pictures with Guillermo del Toro, J. Miles Dale as its... Read More

49th NAACP Image Awards: Girls Trip, Get Out, black-ish and Idris Elba win big

Erik Anderson January 15, 2018

The 49th NAACP Image Awards, handed out over two nights (Sunday and Monday) reveal their winners tonight in Motion Picture and Television and Entertainer of... Read More

Get Out, Girls Trip, Marshall Top 49th NAACP Image Awards Nominations

Erik Anderson November 20, 2017

The nominations for the 49th NAACP Image Awards have been announced and in the Motion Picture section Get Out, Girls Trip and Marshall lead the... Read More

Ava DuVernay Re-Teams with Netflix for Central Park Five Limited Series

Erik Anderson July 6, 2017

[divider style=”normal” top=”20″ bottom=”20″] After scoring an Oscar nomination for her documentary feature 13TH, Ava DuVernay (with Participant Media, Harpo Films and Tribeca Productions) will... Read More