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Aunjanue Ellis-Taylor Is Nobody’s Second Fiddle
The 'Nickel Boys' actress specializes in supporting roles that steal the spotlight: “If we only know the figurehead and we don’t know the women who were doing the groundwork, it’s not the full truth.”
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NY Film Festival Sets RaMell Ross’ ‘Nickel Boys’ as Opening Night Selection
The movie, an adaptation of Colson Whitehead's Pulitzer Prize-winning novel, stars Ethan Herisse, Brandon Wilson, Hamish Linklater, Fred Hechinger, Daveed Diggs and Aunjanue Ellis-Taylor.
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Andra Day Fights for Her Life, Faith in ‘The Deliverance’ Trailer
Lee Daniels’ dark supernatural thriller will debut in select theaters on Aug. 16, before landing on Netflix on Aug. 30.
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Aunjanue Ellis-Taylor on Why She Had to Be Uncomfortable for Ava DuVernay’s ‘Origin’
The Oscar-nominated actress says the director told her she needed someone who could forgo the comforts of a star to play the Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist and author of ‘Caste: The Origins of Our Discontents’: "You’re going to be thrust into humanity."
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‘Origin’ Review: Ava DuVernay and Aunjanue Ellis-Taylor Turn Isabel Wilkerson’s ‘Caste’ Into a Tender Love Story
With an ensemble also including Jon Bernthal and Niecy Nash-Betts, the 'Selma' director tackles the story behind the Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist's sweeping theory of American racism.
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Neon Acquires Worldwide Rights to Ava DuVernay’s ‘Origin’ at Venice Film Festival
The much-anticipated film starring Oscar nominee Aunjanue Ellis will have its world premiere at the fest tomorrow.
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How Aunjanue Ellis Found Her Groove In ‘Justified: City Primeval’
Ellis, who joined the revival that is set 10 years after the original series ended, speaks about her scenes with Timothy Olyphant, Boyd Holbrook and Vondie Curtis-Hall as attorney Carolyn Wilder.
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‘Justified: City Primeval’ Review: Timothy Olyphant in an FX Sequel Series That Stands on Its Own Two Feet
Shoot-first lawman Raylan Givens heads to Detroit in an eight-part Elmore Leonard adaptation that expands the 'Justified' world without getting hung up on the original FX show.
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Aunjanue L. Ellis to Star in ‘The Nickel Boys’ Adaptation; RaMell Ross to Direct for MGM, Plan B
The ‘King Richard’ actress will headline the feature take on Colson Whitehead’s 2020 novel set in a brutal Florida reform school.
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‘Justified’ Follow-Up Rounds Out Cast With Aunjanue Ellis, Boyd Holbrook, Marin Ireland and More
Production begins this week in Chicago, with Vondie Curtis-Hall, Norbert Leo Butz, Victor Williams and Vivian Olyphant joining franchise star Timothy Olyphant.
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AMC’s ’61st Street’: TV Review
Executive producer Michael B. Jordan and creator Peter Moffat explore the Chicago criminal justice system in an eight-episode drama featuring Courtney B. Vance and Aunjanue Ellis.
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Essence Black Women in Hollywood Event Honors Trailblazers and Rising Stars: “It’s Unlike Any Other Event, a Bunch of Black Women Recharging Each Other”
The annual brunch, now in its 15th year, honored Aunjanue Ellis, Quinta Brunson, Chanté Adams, and Nia Long on Thursday.
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