AwardsWatch - Cynthia Erivo

Season 11 of Variety and PBS SoCal’s Actors on Actors Lineup: Brad Pitt, Sterling K. Brown, Alfre Woodard, Awkwafina and more

Erik Anderson November 8, 2019

Variety and PBS SoCal have announced the actor lineup and schedule for Season 11 of “Variety Studio: Actors on Actors.” All four episodes of the Emmy... Read More

AFI FEST Summits to include conversations with Eva Longoria, Awkwafina, Florence Pugh, Jimmie Fails and more

Erik Anderson October 24, 2019

Sterling K. Brown, Jon Hamm, Kerry Washington and Alfre Woodard Among “Indie Contenders” to Be Spotlighted Eva Longoria to discuss lack of representation of Latinx individuals in film... Read More

2020 Oscar Nomination Predictions: BEST ACTRESS (October)

Erik Anderson October 17, 2019

Although I still very comfortable with Renée Zellweger singing her way to a 2nd Oscar win in Judy, Charlize Theron in Bombshell is going to... Read More

2020 Oscar Nomination Predictions: BEST ACTRESS (September)

Erik Anderson September 19, 2019

We have a new Best Actress frontrunner. Renée Zellweger leapfrogs from the #5 spot all the way to #1 this month, portraying one of the... Read More

Toronto Review: Not even Cynthia Erivo’s performance can save the deeply formulaic ‘Harriet’

Mina Takla September 12, 2019

Kasi Lemmons’ latest is a disappointing, uninspired biopic that fails to engage and whose subject deserves better Just because a film is about one of... Read More

2020 Oscar Nomination Predictions: BEST ACTRESS (August)

Erik Anderson August 15, 2019

Things are starting to pick up in Best Actress but I’m still not budging on Cynthia Erivo completing her EGOT with Focus Features’ Harriet. The... Read More

Cynthia Erivo is rebel and hero Harriet Tubman in first ‘Harriet’ trailer

Erik Anderson July 23, 2019

The same day the film was announced to world premiere at the 44th Toronto International Film Festival, Focus Features has released the first trailer for... Read More

2020 Oscar Nomination Predictions: BEST ACTRESS (July)

Erik Anderson July 18, 2019

You might think that Scarlett Johansson’s “[I] should be able to play any person, or any tree, or any animal” answer to a question about... Read More

2020 Oscar Nomination Predictions: BEST ACTRESS (June)

Erik Anderson June 13, 2019

No changes in this month’s top 5 for Best Actress. Cynthia Erivo (Focus Features’ Harriet) remains atop and she’s not going to budge, I’m certainly... Read More