Tag: david oyelowo

Disney has released photos of Phiona Mutesi and her coach Robert Katende with the mirror images of the actors who play them on screen, Madina Nalwanga and David Oyelowo in the new movie QUEEN OF KATWE as well as a new TV Spot highlighting the improbable journey to become a champion. 

“Queen of Katwe” is the colorful true story of a young girl selling corn on the streets of rural Uganda whose world rapidly changes when she is introduced to the game of chess, and, as a result of the support she receives from her family and community, is instilled with the confidence and determination she […]

Jurnee Smollett, Jeanette Jenkins, Tracee Ellis Ross, Tia Mowry, and Holly Robinson-Peete Yesterday, Lincoln Motor Company was presenting sponsor of ESSENCE’s 8th Annual Black Women In Hollywood Luncheon in Beverly Hills. The 2015 ESSENCE Black Women In Hollywood honored outstanding women in television and film industry, while David Oyelowo co-presented the Lincoln Breakthrough Award to […]

David Oyelowo, Carmen Ejogo, Tim Roth, Oprah Winfrey, Ava DuVernay SELMA celebrated its New York Premiere last night, presented by Paramount Pictures, Delta Air Lines, Tina Brown Live Media, and Credit Suisse, at the Ziegfeld Theater, where stars David Oyelowo, Oprah Winfrey (also a Producer on the film), Carmen Ejogo, Tom Wilkinson, Tim Roth, Common, […]

The upcoming film SELMA had a special screening yesterday at the historic Castro Theatre in San Francisco followed by a Q&A where Director/Executive Producer, Ava DuVernay, Producers Oprah Winfrey, Dede Gardner and Jeremy Kleiner, and Actor David Oyelowo (who plays Martin Luther King) participated. SELMA, from Paramount Pictures, Pathé, and Harpo Films, is in select […]