“Hidden Figures” may no longer be in theaters, but the year’s most inspiring feature is continuing to impact change on the audiences that loved it best: the next generation of female leaders.
The Hollywood Reporter reports that “for the first time in the history of the U.S. State Department, a Hollywood movie has inspired a publicly funded exchange program, #HiddenNoMore, that will bring 50 women working in science, technology, engineering, and math in 50 countries in Africa, Europe, Asia and Latin America to the United States.”
Read More:Why ‘Hidden Figures’ Is the Inspiring Awards Season Contender We Need Now — Consider This
While the State’s International Visitor Leadership Program has existed for decades, THR reports that the attention heaped on the Ted Melfi film bolstered its appeal and notoriety. Set in the early sixties at the height of the Space Race, the feature follows the true stories of a trio...
The Hollywood Reporter reports that “for the first time in the history of the U.S. State Department, a Hollywood movie has inspired a publicly funded exchange program, #HiddenNoMore, that will bring 50 women working in science, technology, engineering, and math in 50 countries in Africa, Europe, Asia and Latin America to the United States.”
Read More:Why ‘Hidden Figures’ Is the Inspiring Awards Season Contender We Need Now — Consider This
While the State’s International Visitor Leadership Program has existed for decades, THR reports that the attention heaped on the Ted Melfi film bolstered its appeal and notoriety. Set in the early sixties at the height of the Space Race, the feature follows the true stories of a trio...
- 8/10/2017
- by Kate Erbland
- Indiewire
Author: Competitions
Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment celebrates the incredible untold true story of three brilliant African-American women working at Nasa, with the home entertainment release of Hidden Figures arriving on Digital Download 19th June 2017, and 4K Ultra HD, Blu-ray™ and DVD on 3rd July 2017. To celebrate, we’re giving away 2 Blu-ray copies!
Katherine Johnson (Taraji P. Henson), Dorothy Vaughn (Octavia Spencer) and Mary Jackson (Janelle Monae) served as the brains behind one of the greatest operations in history: the launch of astronaut John Glenn into orbit. This stunning achievement restored the nation’s confidence, turned around the Space Race between Russia and the U.S.A., and galvanised the world. The visionary trio crossed all gender and race lines to inspire generations to dream big.
Check out this great featurette from the Blu-ray™ and DVD extras featuring Theodore Melfi and Octavia Spencer talking about the legacy of Dorothy Vaughn.
Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment celebrates the incredible untold true story of three brilliant African-American women working at Nasa, with the home entertainment release of Hidden Figures arriving on Digital Download 19th June 2017, and 4K Ultra HD, Blu-ray™ and DVD on 3rd July 2017. To celebrate, we’re giving away 2 Blu-ray copies!
Katherine Johnson (Taraji P. Henson), Dorothy Vaughn (Octavia Spencer) and Mary Jackson (Janelle Monae) served as the brains behind one of the greatest operations in history: the launch of astronaut John Glenn into orbit. This stunning achievement restored the nation’s confidence, turned around the Space Race between Russia and the U.S.A., and galvanised the world. The visionary trio crossed all gender and race lines to inspire generations to dream big.
Check out this great featurette from the Blu-ray™ and DVD extras featuring Theodore Melfi and Octavia Spencer talking about the legacy of Dorothy Vaughn.
- 6/26/2017
- by Competitions
- HeyUGuys.co.uk
Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment celebrates the incredible untold true story of three brilliant African-American women working at Nasa, with the home entertainment release of Hidden Figures arriving on Digital Download 19th June 2017, and 4K Ultra HD, Blu-ray™ and DVD on 3rd July 2017. To celebrate, we’re giving away 2x Blu-rays!
Katherine Johnson (Taraji P. Henson), Dorothy Vaughn (Octavia Spencer) and Mary Jackson (Janelle Monae) served as the brains behind one of the greatest operations in history: the launch of astronaut John Glenn into orbit. This stunning achievement restored the nation’s confidence, turned around the Space Race between Russia and the U.S.A., and galvanised the world. The visionary trio crossed all gender and race lines to inspire generations to dream big.
Directed by Theodore Melfi (St. Vincent), and written by Allison Schroeder (Pineapple Express), Hidden Figures was nominated for Best Picture, Best Adapted Screenplay and Best...
Katherine Johnson (Taraji P. Henson), Dorothy Vaughn (Octavia Spencer) and Mary Jackson (Janelle Monae) served as the brains behind one of the greatest operations in history: the launch of astronaut John Glenn into orbit. This stunning achievement restored the nation’s confidence, turned around the Space Race between Russia and the U.S.A., and galvanised the world. The visionary trio crossed all gender and race lines to inspire generations to dream big.
Directed by Theodore Melfi (St. Vincent), and written by Allison Schroeder (Pineapple Express), Hidden Figures was nominated for Best Picture, Best Adapted Screenplay and Best...
- 6/15/2017
- by Roobla Team
- The Cultural Post
Author: Competitions
To mark the release of Hidden figures on 3rd July, we’ve been given 2 pairs of tickets to an exclusive screening of the film at a central London location on 19th June.
Katherine Johnson (Taraji P. Henson), Dorothy Vaughn (Octavia Spencer) and Mary Jackson (Janelle Monae) served as the brains behind one of the greatest operations in history: the launch of astronaut John Glenn into orbit. This stunning achievement restored the nation’s confidence, turned around the Space Race between Russia and the U.S.A., and galvanised the world. The visionary trio crossed all gender and race lines to inspire generations to dream big.
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To mark the release of Hidden figures on 3rd July, we’ve been given 2 pairs of tickets to an exclusive screening of the film at a central London location on 19th June.
Katherine Johnson (Taraji P. Henson), Dorothy Vaughn (Octavia Spencer) and Mary Jackson (Janelle Monae) served as the brains behind one of the greatest operations in history: the launch of astronaut John Glenn into orbit. This stunning achievement restored the nation’s confidence, turned around the Space Race between Russia and the U.S.A., and galvanised the world. The visionary trio crossed all gender and race lines to inspire generations to dream big.
Please note: This competition is open to UK residents only
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Open to UK residents only The competition will close 13th June 2017 at 23.59 GMT The winner will be picked at random from entries received No cash alternative is...
- 6/5/2017
- by Competitions
- HeyUGuys.co.uk
MTV on Sunday went where no Movie Awards ceremony has gone before, giving TV shows and stars an opportunity to snag a golden popcorn statue of their very own.
VideosTeen Wolf Sneak Peek: A New Enemy Hunts Scott’s Pack in Season 6B Teaser
And just as you’d expect, the MTV Movie & TV Awards‘ unorthodox blending of mediums resulted in some truly ridiculous face-offs; I’m still wrapping my brain around Grant Gustin (playing The Flash, the fictional protector of Central City on The CW) going toe-to-toe with Taraji P. Henson (playing Katherine Johnson, the real-life mathematician from...
VideosTeen Wolf Sneak Peek: A New Enemy Hunts Scott’s Pack in Season 6B Teaser
And just as you’d expect, the MTV Movie & TV Awards‘ unorthodox blending of mediums resulted in some truly ridiculous face-offs; I’m still wrapping my brain around Grant Gustin (playing The Flash, the fictional protector of Central City on The CW) going toe-to-toe with Taraji P. Henson (playing Katherine Johnson, the real-life mathematician from...
- 5/8/2017
- TVLine.com
How important is resemblance, really?
As we mentioned in our newsletter yesterday, Christian Bale is reportedly in talks to star as former vice president Dick Cheney in an Adam McKay helmed biopic, alongside Amy Adams as Lynne Cheney and Steve Carrell as Donald Rumsfeld. The news, broken by Variety, has lead to a host of reactions across the internet, including a number of Dark Knight and American Psycho related jokes because, you know, duh. Front and center in many of these reactions is speculation (though in some cases, anticipatory salivation might be more accurate) over how Bale will transform for the role.
After all, Christian Bale is known for physical metamorphoses that rank just below those of caterpillars on an impressiveness scale; he famously lost 60 pounds for his role in The Machinist (bringing the 6' actor to a skeletal 120-ish pounds), and afterwards went directly to Batman Begins, eating and weight-lifting his way to 220 pounds, which...
As we mentioned in our newsletter yesterday, Christian Bale is reportedly in talks to star as former vice president Dick Cheney in an Adam McKay helmed biopic, alongside Amy Adams as Lynne Cheney and Steve Carrell as Donald Rumsfeld. The news, broken by Variety, has lead to a host of reactions across the internet, including a number of Dark Knight and American Psycho related jokes because, you know, duh. Front and center in many of these reactions is speculation (though in some cases, anticipatory salivation might be more accurate) over how Bale will transform for the role.
After all, Christian Bale is known for physical metamorphoses that rank just below those of caterpillars on an impressiveness scale; he famously lost 60 pounds for his role in The Machinist (bringing the 6' actor to a skeletal 120-ish pounds), and afterwards went directly to Batman Begins, eating and weight-lifting his way to 220 pounds, which...
- 4/7/2017
- by Ciara Wardlow
- FilmSchoolRejects.com
“Hidden Figures” tells the story of three strong women of color overcoming both white male and white female prejudice and discrimination in their personal and professional lives, all while sending the first man into space. Based on the true story of Katherine Johnson, Dorothy Vaughan, and Mary Jackson, these women demonstrate tenacity, intelligence, and authority in the white-dominated Nasa program of 1961.
Read More: ‘Hidden Figures’ and ‘black-ish’ Win Big at 48th NAACP Image Awards
“Hidden Figures” was nominated for Best Picture, Best Supporting Actress, and Best Adapted Screenplay at this year’s 89th Academy Awards. At the ceremony, the real-life Katherine Johnson was brought on stage in front of the Academy and guests by the cast of “Hidden Figures” Taraji P. Henson, Octavia Spencer, and Janelle Monae, where she received a standing ovation.
Read More: ‘Hidden Figures’ Trailer: Taraji P. Henson and Octavia Spencer Star in the Untold Story of Women...
Read More: ‘Hidden Figures’ and ‘black-ish’ Win Big at 48th NAACP Image Awards
“Hidden Figures” was nominated for Best Picture, Best Supporting Actress, and Best Adapted Screenplay at this year’s 89th Academy Awards. At the ceremony, the real-life Katherine Johnson was brought on stage in front of the Academy and guests by the cast of “Hidden Figures” Taraji P. Henson, Octavia Spencer, and Janelle Monae, where she received a standing ovation.
Read More: ‘Hidden Figures’ Trailer: Taraji P. Henson and Octavia Spencer Star in the Untold Story of Women...
- 3/27/2017
- by Kerry Levielle
- Indiewire
Academy President Cheryl Boone Isaacs is not letting envelopegate get to her or any Academy member, as she made it clear in an email sent out to members saying they “have so much to be proud of.”
In the email, Boone Isaacs writes she is “proud of the work and effort” from everyone involved in bringing the 2017 Oscars to life, including show producers Jennifer Todd and Michael De Luca.
She acknowledged the mistake made during the presentation for the Best Picture Oscar, writing, “We all know that the wrong envelope and the problems that ensued were caused by the failure...
In the email, Boone Isaacs writes she is “proud of the work and effort” from everyone involved in bringing the 2017 Oscars to life, including show producers Jennifer Todd and Michael De Luca.
She acknowledged the mistake made during the presentation for the Best Picture Oscar, writing, “We all know that the wrong envelope and the problems that ensued were caused by the failure...
- 3/3/2017
- by Alexia Fernandez
- PEOPLE.com
During the Oscars Sunday, the stars of Hidden Figures paid tribute to Katherine Johnson, one of the women who inspired the nominated film. Johnson, a renowned Nasa mathematician, came out on stage with Taraji P. Henson, who portrayed her onscreen, Janelle Monáe, and Octavia Spencer. Hidden Figures, a box office hit, has helped raise the profiles of Johnson, Mary Jackson, and Dorothy Vaughan, but now Johnson is being immortalized in another fashion: blocks. According to the Associated Press, Johnson is one of the people featured in Lego’s new “Women of Nasa“ set. The other scientists turned into toys include Margaret Hamilton, Sally Ride, Nancy Grace Roman, and Mae Jemison. Stem-lovers and admirers of awesome ladies will have to wait a while before they can purchase the collection; it won’t be available until either late 2017 or early 2018, the AP noted.
- 3/2/2017
- by Esther Zuckerman
- avclub.com
The women behind the Nasa space program have made the big screen, and now they are being honored as little Lego figurines.
The toy company said Wednesday it had chosen the "Women of Nasa" project as the winner of its fan design contest.
The set includes Margaret Hamilton, Sally Ride, Nancy Grace Roman, Mae Jemison and Katherine Johnson, who was portrayed by Taraji P. Henson in the biographical drama Hidden Figures.
The announcement comes on the heels of the Oscar-nominated film, which tells the story of three black female mathematicians who helped Nasa during the space race.
The "Women of Nasa" set...
The toy company said Wednesday it had chosen the "Women of Nasa" project as the winner of its fan design contest.
The set includes Margaret Hamilton, Sally Ride, Nancy Grace Roman, Mae Jemison and Katherine Johnson, who was portrayed by Taraji P. Henson in the biographical drama Hidden Figures.
The announcement comes on the heels of the Oscar-nominated film, which tells the story of three black female mathematicians who helped Nasa during the space race.
The "Women of Nasa" set...
- 3/2/2017
- by Associated Press, THR Staff
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
As the fallout from the Best Picture winner mix-up seen ’round the world continues, those at the helm of both films involved are focused on finding the good in the unimaginable.
In a new “morning after” interview with Variety, Moonlight director Barry Jenkins and La La Land director Damien Chazelle — the night’s Best Director winner — get candid about what happened at the 2017 Academy Awards.
“It’s messy, but it’s kind of gorgeous,” says Jenkins of the moment he realized that his film was the true winner of the night’s most coveted award.
Noting that he and the...
In a new “morning after” interview with Variety, Moonlight director Barry Jenkins and La La Land director Damien Chazelle — the night’s Best Director winner — get candid about what happened at the 2017 Academy Awards.
“It’s messy, but it’s kind of gorgeous,” says Jenkins of the moment he realized that his film was the true winner of the night’s most coveted award.
Noting that he and the...
- 3/1/2017
- by Lindsay Kimble
- PEOPLE.com
Move over Lego Batman, there’s a new superhero in town: former Nasa physicist/mathematician Katherine Johnson. The real-life heroine is one of the subjects of Fox’s Best Picture Oscar nominee Hidden Figures and now she’s getting her own Lego figure as part of the Women of Nasa set that’s won the Lego Ideas design contest. Before the Oscars turned into a mass of confusion on Sunday night, one of the highlights was Johnson’s appearance alongside Hidden Figures stars (and…...
- 3/1/2017
- Deadline
The cast of Hidden Figures brought real-life Nasa mathematician Katherine Johnson on stage during the Academy Awards. Nasa’S Katherine Johnson Invited On Stage The film was about the work of Johnson, along with two other incredibly skilled Nasa workers in the 60s. Johnson, who was portrayed by Taraji P. Henson in the film, was a “human computer” who […]
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- 2/27/2017
- by Hillary Luehring-Jones
- Uinterview
The 89th Annual Academy Awards aired Sunday, with Jimmy Kimmel at the helm, and the star-studded show was filled with some incredibly close races and a few genuinely surprising upsets -- not to mention a slew of emotionally charged acceptance speeches.
Oh, and it was also the year that they made the most embarrassing mistake in the history of the Oscars when they announced the wrong Best Picture winner!
In honor of Hollywood's biggest night, here are a look at some of the best, worst and absolutely weirdest moments from this year's Oscars.
Photos: Oscars 2017: See the Stars at All the Parties!
The Best
Justin Timberlake Kicks Things Off on a Happy Note
Instead of starting the show with a traditional pre-taped comedy montage, the Oscars decided to let the endlessly charismatic Timberlake open the ceremony with a live, energetic performance of his Oscar-nominated song, "Can't Stop the Feeling," and it set...
Oh, and it was also the year that they made the most embarrassing mistake in the history of the Oscars when they announced the wrong Best Picture winner!
In honor of Hollywood's biggest night, here are a look at some of the best, worst and absolutely weirdest moments from this year's Oscars.
Photos: Oscars 2017: See the Stars at All the Parties!
The Best
Justin Timberlake Kicks Things Off on a Happy Note
Instead of starting the show with a traditional pre-taped comedy montage, the Oscars decided to let the endlessly charismatic Timberlake open the ceremony with a live, energetic performance of his Oscar-nominated song, "Can't Stop the Feeling," and it set...
- 2/27/2017
- Entertainment Tonight
Just two years after the #OscarsSoWhite controversy highlighted the Academy Awards’ diversity problems, Sunday’s ceremony saw a varied slate of winners and nominees — concluding with an upset win for Best Picture, with Moonlight triumphing over La La Land.
And in a frequently political show, diversity was a topic addressed by stars onstage and around the world.
Mahershala Ali, the first winner of the night, was also the first Muslim in the Academy’s history to win the Best Supporting Actor award. He took home the trophy for his role in Moonlight.
Not long after, Alessandro Bertolazzi, Giorgio Gregorini and...
And in a frequently political show, diversity was a topic addressed by stars onstage and around the world.
Mahershala Ali, the first winner of the night, was also the first Muslim in the Academy’s history to win the Best Supporting Actor award. He took home the trophy for his role in Moonlight.
Not long after, Alessandro Bertolazzi, Giorgio Gregorini and...
- 2/27/2017
- by Adam Carlson
- PEOPLE.com
In a shock finale to Sunday’s 89th Academy Awards, the drama was named best picture moments after La La Land had been declared the winner in error.Read: Oscars 2017: Full list of winners
Faye Dunaway had announced the musical as the winner at the Dolby Theatre after co-presenter Warren Beatty, who opened the envelope and appeared lost for words, handed it to his Bonnie And Clyde co-star.
As chaos reigned, Beatty walked up to the microphone and explained the envelope read, “Emma Stone, La La Land”.
The actress had already received her best actress Oscar in one of the key awards of the night alongside Casey Affleck’s triumph in the best actor category for Manchester By The Sea.
La La Land won six Oscars on the night led by Stone and Damien Chazelle, who became the youngest person to win the best directing Oscar. The film started the night on a joint-record 14 nominations.
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Faye Dunaway had announced the musical as the winner at the Dolby Theatre after co-presenter Warren Beatty, who opened the envelope and appeared lost for words, handed it to his Bonnie And Clyde co-star.
As chaos reigned, Beatty walked up to the microphone and explained the envelope read, “Emma Stone, La La Land”.
The actress had already received her best actress Oscar in one of the key awards of the night alongside Casey Affleck’s triumph in the best actor category for Manchester By The Sea.
La La Land won six Oscars on the night led by Stone and Damien Chazelle, who became the youngest person to win the best directing Oscar. The film started the night on a joint-record 14 nominations.
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- 2/27/2017
- by jeremykay67@gmail.com (Jeremy Kay)
- ScreenDaily
Retired mathematician Katherine Johnson — whose pioneering work partially inspired Hidden Figures — appeared at Sunday night’s Academy Awards, where she was hailed as “a true Nasa and American hero” by Taraji P. Henson, the woman who plays her onscreen.
Johnson, 98, appeared onstage alongside Henson and Figures‘ two other lead actresses, Janelle Monáe and Octavia Spencer, as they announced the winner for Best Documentary Feature.
In their introductory remarks before handing out the prize, the film’s stars focused on the importance of unearthing history’s hidden stories, such as the life and career of Johnson and her fellow black Nasa...
Johnson, 98, appeared onstage alongside Henson and Figures‘ two other lead actresses, Janelle Monáe and Octavia Spencer, as they announced the winner for Best Documentary Feature.
In their introductory remarks before handing out the prize, the film’s stars focused on the importance of unearthing history’s hidden stories, such as the life and career of Johnson and her fellow black Nasa...
- 2/27/2017
- by Adam Carlson
- PEOPLE.com
Taraji P. Henson didn’t have to think twice about signing on to star in Hidden Figures.
The actress opened up about working on the Oscar-nominated film while walking the red carpet at the Academy Awards on Sunday.
“It became a passion project,” she said. “I said, ‘I dont even care how much I’m getting paid.’ I signed on right away. Projects like this don’t come along often.”
Henson said she was immediately touched by the three real-life women that the film was based on, calling Katherine Johnson, Dorothy Vaughan and Mary Jackson “selfless heroes.”
“We know the...
The actress opened up about working on the Oscar-nominated film while walking the red carpet at the Academy Awards on Sunday.
“It became a passion project,” she said. “I said, ‘I dont even care how much I’m getting paid.’ I signed on right away. Projects like this don’t come along often.”
Henson said she was immediately touched by the three real-life women that the film was based on, calling Katherine Johnson, Dorothy Vaughan and Mary Jackson “selfless heroes.”
“We know the...
- 2/27/2017
- by Jodi Guglielmi
- PEOPLE.com
Sunday’s 89th Academy Awards are underway at the Dolby Theatre in Hollywood.
Barry Jenkins and Tarell Alvin McCraney took to the stage at the Dolby Theatre in a popular adapted screenplay win for Moonlight as the drama earned its second win of the night.
Moments earlier Kenneth Lonergan accepted the original screenplay award for Manchester By The Sea in the film’s first prize. Ben Affleck and Matt Damon – winners of this award for Good Will Hunting 19 years ago – presented the honour to Lonergan. Damon was a producer on the film.
Meryl Streep used her Oscar show platform to pay subtle homage to the unifying power of film when she joined Javier Bardem on stage at the Dolby Theatre to present the cinematography award.
“Truth is hard to reveal,” Streep said, “but when it happens on the movie screen filmgoers no matter where they are from, feel their hearts soar.”
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Barry Jenkins and Tarell Alvin McCraney took to the stage at the Dolby Theatre in a popular adapted screenplay win for Moonlight as the drama earned its second win of the night.
Moments earlier Kenneth Lonergan accepted the original screenplay award for Manchester By The Sea in the film’s first prize. Ben Affleck and Matt Damon – winners of this award for Good Will Hunting 19 years ago – presented the honour to Lonergan. Damon was a producer on the film.
Meryl Streep used her Oscar show platform to pay subtle homage to the unifying power of film when she joined Javier Bardem on stage at the Dolby Theatre to present the cinematography award.
“Truth is hard to reveal,” Streep said, “but when it happens on the movie screen filmgoers no matter where they are from, feel their hearts soar.”
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- 2/26/2017
- by jeremykay67@gmail.com (Jeremy Kay)
- ScreenDaily
When it comes to the Oscar-nominated films that make up the ceremony’s Best Picture category, it’s more than likely every contender will fit at least one of these four groups: Biopics, devastating true life stories of people overcoming adversity, soaring movie-musicals, and the type of film with one scene that will leave you shamelessly ugly-crying in the theater.
Of course, not all of this year’s Best Picture nominees are guaranteed to make you sob in public (and if you do, we’re not judging) but if you’ve got a limited amount of tissues at your disposal,...
Of course, not all of this year’s Best Picture nominees are guaranteed to make you sob in public (and if you do, we’re not judging) but if you’ve got a limited amount of tissues at your disposal,...
- 2/25/2017
- by Julia Emmanuele
- PEOPLE.com
Janelle Monae is known for her signature black-and-white looks, but she rocked a pop of yellow at the Essence Black Women in Hollywood Gala in Los Angeles on Thursday.
Et's Courtney Tezeno caught up with the Hidden Figures and Moonlight star, where she opened up about her ensemble, and the sweet meaning behind her black-and-white "uniform."
Exclusive: Janelle Monáe Delivers One-Two Punch With ‘Hidden Figures’ and ‘Moonlight’
"I picked this out a long time ago. I knew this is what I wanted to look like for Essence," Monae revealed.
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"I'm a no stress, no drama type of girl and my mom is here, too, tonight," she said. "My story has been really inspired by her… her wearing her uniform and being a high school janitor and me wearing my uniform, which is black and white, to honor her and pay homage to those who work every single day to make this country go round and around...
Et's Courtney Tezeno caught up with the Hidden Figures and Moonlight star, where she opened up about her ensemble, and the sweet meaning behind her black-and-white "uniform."
Exclusive: Janelle Monáe Delivers One-Two Punch With ‘Hidden Figures’ and ‘Moonlight’
"I picked this out a long time ago. I knew this is what I wanted to look like for Essence," Monae revealed.
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"I'm a no stress, no drama type of girl and my mom is here, too, tonight," she said. "My story has been really inspired by her… her wearing her uniform and being a high school janitor and me wearing my uniform, which is black and white, to honor her and pay homage to those who work every single day to make this country go round and around...
- 2/25/2017
- Entertainment Tonight
Thirteen-year-old Taylor Richardson was so inspired after watching the Oscar-nominated film Hidden Figures that she set out to raise enough money for 1,000 girls to see the encouraging flick in theaters.
The seventh grader from Jacksonville, Florida, first saw the movie at The White House Hidden Figures in Space Exploration event in December during a special screening. Taylor, an admirer of engineer and astronaut Mae C. Jemison, grew up dreaming of space exploration and aspires to work for Nasa one day.
The movie — starring Taraji P. Henson, Octavia Spencer and Janelle Monáe — is a biographical drama based on the book of...
The seventh grader from Jacksonville, Florida, first saw the movie at The White House Hidden Figures in Space Exploration event in December during a special screening. Taylor, an admirer of engineer and astronaut Mae C. Jemison, grew up dreaming of space exploration and aspires to work for Nasa one day.
The movie — starring Taraji P. Henson, Octavia Spencer and Janelle Monáe — is a biographical drama based on the book of...
- 2/24/2017
- by Rose Minutaglio
- PEOPLE.com
When Olympia LePoint was 6 years old, a school field trip altered her young life. The South Central, Los Angeles, native says she “became alive” as she viewed a mission control room and jet engines at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory in California, where her late grandfather was a janitor.
“It was uplifting for me,” LePoint tells People. “I told myself I wanted to be like the men I saw on the walls who were launching rockets.”
When LePoint was growing up, the world of rocket science was indeed a man’s world — one she aspired to join.
Similar to the Oscar-nominated film Hidden Figures,...
“It was uplifting for me,” LePoint tells People. “I told myself I wanted to be like the men I saw on the walls who were launching rockets.”
When LePoint was growing up, the world of rocket science was indeed a man’s world — one she aspired to join.
Similar to the Oscar-nominated film Hidden Figures,...
- 2/22/2017
- by Katherine Richter
- PEOPLE.com
Since its release late last year, Hidden Figures has captured audiences and critics with its award-winning performances and ultra-inspiring plot.
The film, which is up for a Best Picture Oscar, tells the story of three African-American mathematicians working at Nasa — Katherine Johnson, Mary Jackson and Dorothy Vaughan — whose research helps John Glenn become the first American astronaut to orbit Earth.
In honor of Hidden Figures‘ many accolades this awards season, we rounded up a bevy of fun facts and set secrets to hold you over until the Academy Awards this Sunday night.
1. While the three leading roles ultimately went to Octavia Spencer,...
The film, which is up for a Best Picture Oscar, tells the story of three African-American mathematicians working at Nasa — Katherine Johnson, Mary Jackson and Dorothy Vaughan — whose research helps John Glenn become the first American astronaut to orbit Earth.
In honor of Hidden Figures‘ many accolades this awards season, we rounded up a bevy of fun facts and set secrets to hold you over until the Academy Awards this Sunday night.
1. While the three leading roles ultimately went to Octavia Spencer,...
- 2/21/2017
- by Grace Gavilanes
- PEOPLE.com
Author: Jon Lyus
This week we’ve been privileged to sit down with the cast and composer of Theodore Melfi’s Hidden Figures. The film has won the hearts of audiences across the world, telling an important story obscured for so long. Its inspirational message of collaboration and meritocratic success will be its greatest legacy, but for now its timely nature will help it gather an even wider audience when the film releases in the UK on the 17th of February.
James Kleinmann completed his set of interviews with director Melfi, whose keen eye keeps the social message implicit in the film interwoven perfectly with its compelling narrative. Melfi talked through his feelings on his main cast Taraji P. Henson, Octavia Spencer and Janelle Monae,
“I was blown away by Taraji P. Henson, if you’ve seen [her] work lately on Empire playing Cookie – who is this bombastic character – and then...
This week we’ve been privileged to sit down with the cast and composer of Theodore Melfi’s Hidden Figures. The film has won the hearts of audiences across the world, telling an important story obscured for so long. Its inspirational message of collaboration and meritocratic success will be its greatest legacy, but for now its timely nature will help it gather an even wider audience when the film releases in the UK on the 17th of February.
James Kleinmann completed his set of interviews with director Melfi, whose keen eye keeps the social message implicit in the film interwoven perfectly with its compelling narrative. Melfi talked through his feelings on his main cast Taraji P. Henson, Octavia Spencer and Janelle Monae,
“I was blown away by Taraji P. Henson, if you’ve seen [her] work lately on Empire playing Cookie – who is this bombastic character – and then...
- 2/16/2017
- by Jon Lyus
- HeyUGuys.co.uk
Taraji P Henson leads a strong ensemble in Hidden Figures, a story of Nasa's past that makes for compelling and important cinema.
Cinema is good at this. At finding little known stories, and shining a beacon of light on them. In the case of Hidden Figures, arriving in UK cinemas off the back of Oscar nominations and a $100m+ gross at the Us box office, author Margot Lee Shetterly got there first; it’s her best seller that’s the basis of this excellent film. The movie adaptation does it proud.
The story here focuses on the space race in the early 1960s, specifically the moment where it looked as if Russia had firmly seized the initiative. As Nasa was struggling to get an American into space, Russia was having far more success, and the pressure was duly on.
That pressure in part fell on the shoulders of Al Harrison...
Cinema is good at this. At finding little known stories, and shining a beacon of light on them. In the case of Hidden Figures, arriving in UK cinemas off the back of Oscar nominations and a $100m+ gross at the Us box office, author Margot Lee Shetterly got there first; it’s her best seller that’s the basis of this excellent film. The movie adaptation does it proud.
The story here focuses on the space race in the early 1960s, specifically the moment where it looked as if Russia had firmly seized the initiative. As Nasa was struggling to get an American into space, Russia was having far more success, and the pressure was duly on.
That pressure in part fell on the shoulders of Al Harrison...
- 2/16/2017
- Den of Geek
As Dorothy Vaughan in Theodore Melfi's Hidden Figures, Octavia Spencer joins a cast of extraordinary characters working at Nasa in the 1960s during the height of segregation and the struggle for civil rights. Along with Katherine Johnson, Mary Jackson and an entire team of gifted black women mathematicians, Vaughan was instrumental in helping perform the complex calculations necessary to launch astronauts into the cosmos. And yet Hidden Figures is the first movie to tell…...
- 2/14/2017
- Deadline
Remember when Michelle Williams seemed to be a shoo-in for best supporting actress? Her performance in Kenneth Lonergan’s tragic drama “Manchester by the Sea” won the New York Film Critics Circle, which honored Williams for her small but mighty role.
That was just a month ago, but the final weeks of Oscar season have their own laws of relativity. Now the best supporting actress statue seems to be “Fences” star Viola Davis’ to lose, followed by Octavia Spencer of “Hidden Figures.”
Here’s how I see the breakdown of the race, by nominee.
Viola Davis
Williams might have stayed the Oscar frontrunner if Paramount hadn’t placed “Fences” Tony-winner Viola Davis in the Supporting Actress race instead of the more crowded Best Actress field. She kills it, and gives Williams serious competition. Both landed Critics Choice, Globe, SAG, and BAFTA Award nominations, and Davis took home the Critics Choice,...
That was just a month ago, but the final weeks of Oscar season have their own laws of relativity. Now the best supporting actress statue seems to be “Fences” star Viola Davis’ to lose, followed by Octavia Spencer of “Hidden Figures.”
Here’s how I see the breakdown of the race, by nominee.
Viola Davis
Williams might have stayed the Oscar frontrunner if Paramount hadn’t placed “Fences” Tony-winner Viola Davis in the Supporting Actress race instead of the more crowded Best Actress field. She kills it, and gives Williams serious competition. Both landed Critics Choice, Globe, SAG, and BAFTA Award nominations, and Davis took home the Critics Choice,...
- 2/8/2017
- by Anne Thompson
- Thompson on Hollywood
Remember when Michelle Williams seemed to be a shoo-in for best supporting actress? Her performance in Kenneth Lonergan’s tragic drama “Manchester by the Sea” won the New York Film Critics Circle, which honored Williams for her small but mighty role.
That was just a month ago, but the final weeks of Oscar season have their own laws of relativity. Now the best supporting actress statue seems to be “Fences” star Viola Davis’ to lose, followed by Octavia Spencer of “Hidden Figures.”
Here’s how I see the breakdown of the race, by nominee.
Viola Davis
Williams might have stayed the Oscar frontrunner if Paramount hadn’t placed “Fences” Tony-winner Viola Davis in the Supporting Actress race instead of the more crowded Best Actress field. She kills it, and gives Williams serious competition. Both landed Critics Choice, Globe, SAG, and BAFTA Award nominations, and Davis took home the Critics Choice,...
That was just a month ago, but the final weeks of Oscar season have their own laws of relativity. Now the best supporting actress statue seems to be “Fences” star Viola Davis’ to lose, followed by Octavia Spencer of “Hidden Figures.”
Here’s how I see the breakdown of the race, by nominee.
Viola Davis
Williams might have stayed the Oscar frontrunner if Paramount hadn’t placed “Fences” Tony-winner Viola Davis in the Supporting Actress race instead of the more crowded Best Actress field. She kills it, and gives Williams serious competition. Both landed Critics Choice, Globe, SAG, and BAFTA Award nominations, and Davis took home the Critics Choice,...
- 2/8/2017
- by Anne Thompson
- Indiewire
After years of bit parts, low pay and a breakthrough role in Empire, Taraji P Henson is taking the lead as a Nasa scientist
Some of the impact of Hidden Figures, a movie in which Taraji P Henson stars as Katherine Johnson, a brilliant mathematician and one of the few African American women at Nasa during the early part of the space programme, comes from the assumption of progress. The film opens in the 1950s, with Johnson being harassed by a white cop when her car breaks down on the way to work, and closes with footage of President Obama giving the now 98-year-old the Presidential Medal of Freedom. The implication is clear: just look how far we’ve come.
Today, Henson is in a New York hotel room, shimmering with exhaustion and the thrill, after years of playing second and third fiddle in movies, of assuming a starring role.
Some of the impact of Hidden Figures, a movie in which Taraji P Henson stars as Katherine Johnson, a brilliant mathematician and one of the few African American women at Nasa during the early part of the space programme, comes from the assumption of progress. The film opens in the 1950s, with Johnson being harassed by a white cop when her car breaks down on the way to work, and closes with footage of President Obama giving the now 98-year-old the Presidential Medal of Freedom. The implication is clear: just look how far we’ve come.
Today, Henson is in a New York hotel room, shimmering with exhaustion and the thrill, after years of playing second and third fiddle in movies, of assuming a starring role.
- 2/4/2017
- by Emma Brockes
- The Guardian - Film News
Not too long ago, if the names Katherine Johnson, Dorothy Vaughan and Mary Jackson were mentioned most of us would would have asked, “Who are they?” Not any longer. Now we know.
- 2/4/2017
- by Jazz Tangcay
- AwardsDaily.com
Hidden Figures has inspired three girls in Milwaukee to dress up as the main characters in the hit movie.
Taking part in a school project for Black History Month, Morgan Coleman, Ambrielle-Baker Rogers and Miah Bell-Olson dressed as Katherine Johnson, Dorothy Vaughan and Mary Jackson, three black women who played an important role in launching Nasa astronaut John Glenn into orbit.
Rogers’ mother, Jerrica, detailed the concept of the project to The Huffington Post.
“His (teacher Terrance Sims) goal is to create a series of posters that positively affirm the excellence of his students in addition to the other...
Taking part in a school project for Black History Month, Morgan Coleman, Ambrielle-Baker Rogers and Miah Bell-Olson dressed as Katherine Johnson, Dorothy Vaughan and Mary Jackson, three black women who played an important role in launching Nasa astronaut John Glenn into orbit.
Rogers’ mother, Jerrica, detailed the concept of the project to The Huffington Post.
“His (teacher Terrance Sims) goal is to create a series of posters that positively affirm the excellence of his students in addition to the other...
- 2/1/2017
- by Lexy Perez
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Taraji P. Henson just taught a masterclass on tripping with grace.
The actress nearly took a tumble while collecting her trophy for best performance by a cast in Hidden Figures at the Screen Actors Guild Awards on Sunday night, but was able to steady herself before crashing into the awards table.
Henson, trailed by her Hidden Figures costars Octavia Spencer and Jim Parsons, then gathered her dress and confidently sashayed up to a row of photographers and journalists with a grin.
“I’m a bit of a klutz, too, and that’s what makes me human,” she told the crowd.
The actress nearly took a tumble while collecting her trophy for best performance by a cast in Hidden Figures at the Screen Actors Guild Awards on Sunday night, but was able to steady herself before crashing into the awards table.
Henson, trailed by her Hidden Figures costars Octavia Spencer and Jim Parsons, then gathered her dress and confidently sashayed up to a row of photographers and journalists with a grin.
“I’m a bit of a klutz, too, and that’s what makes me human,” she told the crowd.
- 1/30/2017
- by Mike Miller
- PEOPLE.com
Leave it to Taraji P. Henson to close the show with a bang.
The Hidden Figures star collected the final trophy of the night at the 2017 Screen Actors Guild Awards on Sunday, accepting on behalf of the entire cast in the Best Cast in a Motion Picture category. By her side, of course, were co-stars Octavia Spencer and Janelle Monae, who were moved to tears by Henson's fired-up remarks.
Related: 2017 SAG Awards: The Complete Winners List
"Steady yourself, heart," Henson began, bracing herself to speak.
"This film is about unity," she said, going on to praise their fellow guild members as well as the film's subjects, real-life "American heroes" Katherine Johnson, Dorothy Vaughan and Mary Jackson.
"Without them," she said, "we would not know how to reach the stars."
"These women did not complain about the problems, their circumstances, the issues," Henson continued. "We know what was going on in that era, they didn't...
The Hidden Figures star collected the final trophy of the night at the 2017 Screen Actors Guild Awards on Sunday, accepting on behalf of the entire cast in the Best Cast in a Motion Picture category. By her side, of course, were co-stars Octavia Spencer and Janelle Monae, who were moved to tears by Henson's fired-up remarks.
Related: 2017 SAG Awards: The Complete Winners List
"Steady yourself, heart," Henson began, bracing herself to speak.
"This film is about unity," she said, going on to praise their fellow guild members as well as the film's subjects, real-life "American heroes" Katherine Johnson, Dorothy Vaughan and Mary Jackson.
"Without them," she said, "we would not know how to reach the stars."
"These women did not complain about the problems, their circumstances, the issues," Henson continued. "We know what was going on in that era, they didn't...
- 1/30/2017
- Entertainment Tonight
The class of 2017 Screen Actors Guild Award recipients demonstrate the power of diversity and representation.
Out of the 13 awards presented at the 23rd annual televised show on Sunday, seven were awarded to individual winners and casts of color, with three African American stars garnering acting awards and the female-led cast of Hidden Figures nabbing the top honor of Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture.
Moonlight‘s Mahershala Ali took home the Actor statuette for outstanding supporting actor, Denzel Washington, who directed and starred in Fences, snagged the best actor nod, and his costar Viola Davis won in the outstanding supporting actress category,...
Out of the 13 awards presented at the 23rd annual televised show on Sunday, seven were awarded to individual winners and casts of color, with three African American stars garnering acting awards and the female-led cast of Hidden Figures nabbing the top honor of Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture.
Moonlight‘s Mahershala Ali took home the Actor statuette for outstanding supporting actor, Denzel Washington, who directed and starred in Fences, snagged the best actor nod, and his costar Viola Davis won in the outstanding supporting actress category,...
- 1/30/2017
- by Karen Mizoguchi
- PEOPLE.com
Katherine Johnson thinks all of her accomplishments over the 98 years she’s been alive are “ordinary.”
But to the rest of the world, they’re anything but.
Johnson, a physicist, space scientist and mathematician graduated from high school at 14 years old, attended college the very next year and was the first African-American woman to desegregate the graduate school at West Virginia University.
She fell in love with math and in college took every math course possible.
“I was very happy,” says Johnson, who was named one of People’s 25 Women Changing the World last November and whose amazing life story...
But to the rest of the world, they’re anything but.
Johnson, a physicist, space scientist and mathematician graduated from high school at 14 years old, attended college the very next year and was the first African-American woman to desegregate the graduate school at West Virginia University.
She fell in love with math and in college took every math course possible.
“I was very happy,” says Johnson, who was named one of People’s 25 Women Changing the World last November and whose amazing life story...
- 1/30/2017
- by Caitlin Keating
- PEOPLE.com
When the cast of Hidden Figures took home the 2017 Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture on Sunday, Taraji P. Henson thanked the three women who inspired the film.
“We stand on the shoulders of three American heroes,” Henson said. “Without them we would not be able to reach the stars.”
The credit for these women is long overdue. Katherine Johnson, Mary Jackson and Dorothy Vaughan were African-American mathematicians who played an integral part in Nasa’s space-race successes — but their collective contribution was largely left out of the history books.
Henson, along...
“We stand on the shoulders of three American heroes,” Henson said. “Without them we would not be able to reach the stars.”
The credit for these women is long overdue. Katherine Johnson, Mary Jackson and Dorothy Vaughan were African-American mathematicians who played an integral part in Nasa’s space-race successes — but their collective contribution was largely left out of the history books.
Henson, along...
- 1/30/2017
- by Stephanie Petit
- PEOPLE.com
“Hidden Figures” won the Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture on Sunday.
Based on a true story, “Hidden Figures” focuses on the team of African-American women who provided Nasa with important mathematical data needed to launch the first successful space missions. The castmembers who received the award are Mahershala Ali, Kevin Costner, Kirsten Dunst, Taraji P. Henson, Aldis Hodge, Janelle Monáe, Jim Parsons, Glen Powell and Octavia Spencer.
Based on a true story, “Hidden Figures” focuses on the team of African-American women who provided Nasa with important mathematical data needed to launch the first successful space missions. The castmembers who received the award are Mahershala Ali, Kevin Costner, Kirsten Dunst, Taraji P. Henson, Aldis Hodge, Janelle Monáe, Jim Parsons, Glen Powell and Octavia Spencer.
- 1/30/2017
- by Graham Winfrey
- Indiewire
The cast of Hidden Figures has broken another barrier in a monumental year for diversity in mainstream movies.
Fronted by Taraji P. Henson, Hidden Figures‘ predominantly African-American ensemble earned the Screen Actors Guild Award for outstanding performance by a cast in a motion picture Sunday night, beating out the band of actors behind fellow contenders Moonlight, Manchester by the Sea, Fences and Captain Fantastic.
Henson dedicated the acceptance speech to the three “American heroes” who inspired the film.
“This film is about unity,” she said. “The shoulders of the women that we stand on are three American heroes: Katherine Johnson,...
Fronted by Taraji P. Henson, Hidden Figures‘ predominantly African-American ensemble earned the Screen Actors Guild Award for outstanding performance by a cast in a motion picture Sunday night, beating out the band of actors behind fellow contenders Moonlight, Manchester by the Sea, Fences and Captain Fantastic.
Henson dedicated the acceptance speech to the three “American heroes” who inspired the film.
“This film is about unity,” she said. “The shoulders of the women that we stand on are three American heroes: Katherine Johnson,...
- 1/30/2017
- by EW Staff and Jodi Guglielmi
- PEOPLE.com
Even when you live in Los Angeles, as I do, if you’re not in the network of critics groups and press screening and screener DVDs it can be a challenge to keep up with everything you tell yourself you have to see before attempting an informed roundup of the year currently in the rearview mirror. And I also try to not let more than a couple of weeks of the new year go by before checking in, regardless of how many of the year’s big presents I have left to unwrap, though in past years I have not lived well by this dictum—let’s just say that if I’m still posting stuff on the year’s best after even Oscar has thoroughly chewed over the goods, as has happened in the past, well, I’ve overstayed my welcome.
2016 was, in most ways, a disaster of a year,...
2016 was, in most ways, a disaster of a year,...
- 1/29/2017
- by Dennis Cozzalio
- Trailers from Hell
This story originally appeared on realsimple.com.
1. Hidden Figures, by Margot Lee Shetterly
Fun fact: the film adaptation of this New York Times-bestseller began shooting even before the book was released in September. And it’s not hard to see why: Shetterly’s meticulously-researched, inspiring story jumps off the page. The book celebrates Dorothy Vaughn, Mary Jackson, Katherine Johnson, and Christine Darden, the black female mathematicians who worked as “human computers” at the Langley memorial Aeronautical Laboratory in Hampton, Virginia during World War II, tabulating the calculations that would send man into space. The movie is nominated for Best Picture,...
1. Hidden Figures, by Margot Lee Shetterly
Fun fact: the film adaptation of this New York Times-bestseller began shooting even before the book was released in September. And it’s not hard to see why: Shetterly’s meticulously-researched, inspiring story jumps off the page. The book celebrates Dorothy Vaughn, Mary Jackson, Katherine Johnson, and Christine Darden, the black female mathematicians who worked as “human computers” at the Langley memorial Aeronautical Laboratory in Hampton, Virginia during World War II, tabulating the calculations that would send man into space. The movie is nominated for Best Picture,...
- 1/24/2017
- by samgillettetimeinc
- PEOPLE.com
The Oscars certainly knows how to keep us on our toes.
While movies like La La Land and Manchester by the Sea are up for awards in several categories, as expected, this year’s Academy Award nominations were full of many notable snubs and surprises. While actors Taraji P. Henson, Amy Adams and Hugh Grant were overlooked, Viggo Mortensen managed to snag a spot in the Best Actor category. And at yet another awards show, Finding Dory couldn’t make it despite its pledge to “just keep swimming.”
Keep reading for a breakdown of the biggest shocks from this morning...
While movies like La La Land and Manchester by the Sea are up for awards in several categories, as expected, this year’s Academy Award nominations were full of many notable snubs and surprises. While actors Taraji P. Henson, Amy Adams and Hugh Grant were overlooked, Viggo Mortensen managed to snag a spot in the Best Actor category. And at yet another awards show, Finding Dory couldn’t make it despite its pledge to “just keep swimming.”
Keep reading for a breakdown of the biggest shocks from this morning...
- 1/24/2017
- by Stephanie Petit
- PEOPLE.com
“Hidden Figures” has earned strong reviews and earned $84 million at the box office so far, which is to say that its title characters — three black women who played vital roles at Nasa in the 1960s and beyond — aren’t as hidden as they were a month ago. Last night on “SNL,” Leslie Jones raised what now seems like an obvious question: Why did almost no one know this story before? Watch below.
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Taraji P. Henson, Octavia Spencer and Janelle Monáe star as the main trio (Katherine Johnson, Dorothy Vaughan and Mary Jackson) in the film, which is based on Margot Lee Shetterly’s book of the same name and takes place in the lead-up to John Glenn’s first orbit around the earth. Jones admits that she almost didn’t see “Hidden Figures” out...
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Taraji P. Henson, Octavia Spencer and Janelle Monáe star as the main trio (Katherine Johnson, Dorothy Vaughan and Mary Jackson) in the film, which is based on Margot Lee Shetterly’s book of the same name and takes place in the lead-up to John Glenn’s first orbit around the earth. Jones admits that she almost didn’t see “Hidden Figures” out...
- 1/22/2017
- by Michael Nordine
- Indiewire
It took some time (about a month), but the team is back together.
All that was required was a Lifeboat trip back to 1893, during a seminal event in American history on Timeless Season 1 Episode 11.
A frustrated Flynn abducted Lucy back on Timeless Season 1 Episode 10, after she thwarted his attempt to kill young John Rittenhouse, in order to stop the organization literally in its infancy.
Apparently, Flynn had forgotten about the only rule set in stone on this series: No going back where you've already been.
He stupidly goes back for another stab at killing the young Rittenhouse, but (surprise) history has changed and he can't get anywhere near him.
So the only thing that's protected Lucy and her team so far is that Flynn is convinced that they're meant to work together someday. But now he's started to doubt what's written in her journal.
Maybe we're not meant to be a team after all,...
All that was required was a Lifeboat trip back to 1893, during a seminal event in American history on Timeless Season 1 Episode 11.
A frustrated Flynn abducted Lucy back on Timeless Season 1 Episode 10, after she thwarted his attempt to kill young John Rittenhouse, in order to stop the organization literally in its infancy.
Apparently, Flynn had forgotten about the only rule set in stone on this series: No going back where you've already been.
He stupidly goes back for another stab at killing the young Rittenhouse, but (surprise) history has changed and he can't get anywhere near him.
So the only thing that's protected Lucy and her team so far is that Flynn is convinced that they're meant to work together someday. But now he's started to doubt what's written in her journal.
Maybe we're not meant to be a team after all,...
- 1/17/2017
- by Dale McGarrigle
- TVfanatic
Octavia’s Spencer‘s admiration for Taraji P. Henson is anything but hidden.
The Oscar-winning actress paid tribute to her Hidden Figures costar on Instagram after the crowd-pleasing film continued to rule the box-office, notching its second consecutive week at No. 1.
“Shout out and tip of the hat to my sis @tarajiphenson,” Spencer, 46, wrote, as she posted a smiling snapshot of Henson, 46. “She tops the box office two weeks in a row.”
“Now before people weigh in… yes, @janellemonae and I put work in on this film, and we gladly take our bows,” she added, name-checking their costar Janelle Monáe,...
The Oscar-winning actress paid tribute to her Hidden Figures costar on Instagram after the crowd-pleasing film continued to rule the box-office, notching its second consecutive week at No. 1.
“Shout out and tip of the hat to my sis @tarajiphenson,” Spencer, 46, wrote, as she posted a smiling snapshot of Henson, 46. “She tops the box office two weeks in a row.”
“Now before people weigh in… yes, @janellemonae and I put work in on this film, and we gladly take our bows,” she added, name-checking their costar Janelle Monáe,...
- 1/16/2017
- by alexisloinazpeople
- PEOPLE.com
Octavia Spencer kicked of Martin Luther King, Jr. Day weekend with a generous gift in honor of her late mother.
The 46-year-old actress offered a free screening of her critically acclaimed film Hidden Figures for families in need — buying out Friday’s 8 p.m. showing at a Baldwin Hills movie theater in Los Angeles.
“If you know a family in need that would like to see our movie but can’t afford it have them come,” Spencer wrote on Instagram, captioning a hand-painted watercolor image of her character in the movie by artist Stella Blu. “It’s first come, first served.
The 46-year-old actress offered a free screening of her critically acclaimed film Hidden Figures for families in need — buying out Friday’s 8 p.m. showing at a Baldwin Hills movie theater in Los Angeles.
“If you know a family in need that would like to see our movie but can’t afford it have them come,” Spencer wrote on Instagram, captioning a hand-painted watercolor image of her character in the movie by artist Stella Blu. “It’s first come, first served.
- 1/15/2017
- by Dave Quinn
- PEOPLE.com
Taraji P. Henson, star of Empire and Oscar-tipped Nasa drama Hidden Figures, has climbed aboard the upcoming drama Proud Mary over at Screen Gems.
Deadline has the scoop, confirming that a production start has been earmarked for April. That doesn’t necessarily leave the Powers That Be at Screen Gems with a lot of time to appoint a director, but Deadline notes that the search is being finalized. John Stewart Newman and Christian Swegal are the brains behind the screenplay, which centers on a hit woman (Henson) “whose life is turned completely around when she meets a young boy who awakens in her a maternal instinct she never knew she had.”
On paper, it’s a fairly compelling lead role for Taraji P. Henson to assume, and one that’s worlds away from the corridors of Nasa HQ. Sadly, there are no further casting announcements to report on, but it...
Deadline has the scoop, confirming that a production start has been earmarked for April. That doesn’t necessarily leave the Powers That Be at Screen Gems with a lot of time to appoint a director, but Deadline notes that the search is being finalized. John Stewart Newman and Christian Swegal are the brains behind the screenplay, which centers on a hit woman (Henson) “whose life is turned completely around when she meets a young boy who awakens in her a maternal instinct she never knew she had.”
On paper, it’s a fairly compelling lead role for Taraji P. Henson to assume, and one that’s worlds away from the corridors of Nasa HQ. Sadly, there are no further casting announcements to report on, but it...
- 1/11/2017
- by Michael Briers
- We Got This Covered
Over a decade after releasing her debut Ep, The Audition, Janelle Monáe made her onscreen acting debut in a very big way. This past year, the 31-year-old singer-turned actor delivered two standout performances: as Teresa in Moonlight, the indie darling and Golden Globe winner for Best Motion Picture – Drama, and as real-life Nasa engineer Mary Jackson in Hidden Figures, which recently topped Rogue One at the box office in its opening weekend.
Both films have earned numerous accolades as well as praise for Monáe’s performances, thrusting the performer into the spotlight of her first awards season. Speaking with Et by phone the Monday after Moonlight, the first film Monáe ever professionally acted in, won the top prize at the Golden Globes, she admits she “didn’t know what to expect.” Of course, how could anyone anticipate the momentum that would build for both projects over the last few months, or for a singer...
Both films have earned numerous accolades as well as praise for Monáe’s performances, thrusting the performer into the spotlight of her first awards season. Speaking with Et by phone the Monday after Moonlight, the first film Monáe ever professionally acted in, won the top prize at the Golden Globes, she admits she “didn’t know what to expect.” Of course, how could anyone anticipate the momentum that would build for both projects over the last few months, or for a singer...
- 1/11/2017
- Entertainment Tonight
Theodore Melfi’s “Hidden Figures,” the untold historical drama about African-American math genius Katherine Johnson (Taraji P. Henson) and her two Nasa colleagues (Octavia Spencer and Janelle Monáe), is starting to garner crafts recognition, with production designer Wynn Thomas nabbing a period Art Directors Guild nomination this week.
“Fortunately, there was a lot of research to draw upon for what the offices looked like at the Langley Nasa facility,” Thomas told IndieWire. But he was able to bring more imagination to the Space Task Group, which was reconfigured for the movie, which was shot in Atlanta.
Instead of a dull, rectangular-shaped office, the African-American designer made it a place of wonder. “And I wanted Katherine Johnson and the audience to feel they were entering a very special place where something fantastic was going on,” he said. “So we ended up using the Morehouse College buildings for the exterior of Nasa...
“Fortunately, there was a lot of research to draw upon for what the offices looked like at the Langley Nasa facility,” Thomas told IndieWire. But he was able to bring more imagination to the Space Task Group, which was reconfigured for the movie, which was shot in Atlanta.
Instead of a dull, rectangular-shaped office, the African-American designer made it a place of wonder. “And I wanted Katherine Johnson and the audience to feel they were entering a very special place where something fantastic was going on,” he said. “So we ended up using the Morehouse College buildings for the exterior of Nasa...
- 1/7/2017
- by Bill Desowitz
- Indiewire
Pharrell. Musician. Producer. Singer. Clothes designer. Businessman. We caught up recently in Hollywood to discuss Hidden Figures, the film that tells the story of Katherine Johnson, Mary Jackson, and Dorothy Vaughan,...
- 1/6/2017
- by Jazz Tangcay
- AwardsDaily.com
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