Mary J. Blige discusses her two Oscar nominations along with the rise of the #MeToo era: ““I didn’t anticipate any of this,” Mudbound‘s Mary J. Blige told Deadline this morning, regarding her pair of Oscar nominations for the Netflix film. “I just knew I was part of a very powerful, important film, and I was happy to be a […]
Mary J. Blige is Producing a Music Drama Series Based on Life of Choreographer Laurieann Gibson at Fox
Mary J. Blige is Producing a Music Drama Series Based on Life of Choreographer Laurieann Gibson at Fox
Mary J. Blige is in the process of developing the TV series ‘8-Count,’ a music drama about life of world renowned choreographer Laurieann Gibson: “Mary J. Blige is developing a music drama at FOX which will be based on the life of creative director and choreographer Laurieann Gibson. According to multiple industry reports, the project, […]
Mary J. Blige’s Historical Double Oscar Nomination
Mary J. Blige’s Historical Double Oscar Nomination
Mary J. Blige has made history with her two nominations for the 90th Academy Awards: “Mary J Blige has officially made Oscar history as the first person ever to be nominated for an acting performance and an original song in a single year. The Grammy award winning R&B superstar has earned an Oscar nom for […]
Salma Hayek and Mary J. Blige on ‘Connecting to Other Women’ Through Their Characters
Salma Hayek and Mary J. Blige on ‘Connecting to Other Women’ Through Their Characters
Actress Salma Hayek and Mary J. Blige interview one another for Variety.com about their current movies and how they use their characters to relate to other women: “Salma Hayek: I want to ask you a question that many times actors don’t even know themselves: Do you know why Dee Rees offered you this role in […]
Women In Hollywood: Dee Rees Stripped Mary J. Blige Emotionally Bare For ‘Mudbound’
Women In Hollywood: Dee Rees Stripped Mary J. Blige Emotionally Bare For ‘Mudbound’
Dee Rees and Mary J. Blige discuss all that went into preparing Blige for portraying her character in the recently released Netflix original movie, ‘Mudbound’: “Mary J. Blige spends much of Dee Rees’ southern tragedy Mudbound holding her tongue. As Florence Jackson, the matriarch of a sharecropper family continually bossed around by the white folks who own their land, […]