Nicole Cooke-Johnson and her grandmother, Barbara Cooke, cried tears of joy the first time they saw Regina King s One Night in Miami.. In fact, they were so moved they watched it twice.
The film, written by Kemp Powers, who also co-directed Pixar s animated Oscar contender Soul, imagines a conversation among Sam Cooke (Leslie Odom Jr.), Malcolm X (Kingsley Ben-Adir), Muhammad Ali (Eli Goree) and Jim Brown (Aldis Hodge). It marked the first time Cooke s granddaughter and widow had ever seen the soul legend portrayed onscreen. And Odom s performance â which earned him a supporting actor Oscar nomination to go with his original song nod for the film s end-credits track, Speak Now â more crucially won the approval of Cooke s family.
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Adam Graham
Everything about this year s Oscars is a little bit different, from the timing of the show to the types of movies nominated to the ceremony itself, which will unfold on April 25 in a live presentation we still don t know a whole lot about.
It s befitting of a year where Hollywood was turned upside down and inside out, where theaters were shuttered and blockbuster movies sat on the sidelines while smaller films and awards season fare secured release deals on streaming platforms.
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Nicole Cooke-Johnson and her grandmother, Barbara Cooke, cried tears of joy the first time they saw Regina King‘s “One Night in Miami..” In fact, they were so moved they watched it twice.
The film, written by Kemp Powers, who also co-directed Pixar’s animated Oscar contender “Soul,” imagines a conversation among Sam Cooke (Leslie Odom Jr.), Malcolm X (Kingsley Ben-Adir), Muhammad Ali (Eli Goree) and Jim Brown (Aldis Hodge). It marked the first time Cooke’s granddaughter and widow had ever seen the soul legend portrayed onscreen. And Odom’s performance which earned him a supporting actor Oscar nomination to go with his original song nod for the film’s end-credits track, “Speak Now” more crucially won the approval of Cooke’s family.
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