Viola Davis to receive AAFCA Icon award in April ANI | Updated: Mar 13, 2021 21:46 IST
Washington DC [US], March 13 (ANI): Oscar-winning actor Viola Davis is all set to receive the icon award at the 12th annual African American Film Critics Association (AAFCA) Awards on April 7 this year.
Davis, who is an American actor and producer, has won an Academy Award, a Primetime Emmy Award, and two Tony Awards in her career till now. She is the first African-American to achieve the prestigious Triple Crown of Acting following which Time magazine named her one of the 100 most influential people in the world in 2012 and 2017.
2021 Awards Season Calendar: Voting, Nominations and Ceremonies Leading to the Oscars
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All awards and nominations lead to the coveted Academy Awards ceremony. As the industry’s leader in awards analysis, predictions and the entertainment business, you can find the key upcoming dates for this year’s awards season.
All critical dates are in bold. Oscar nominations will be announced on March 15, 2021, with voting set to take place for six days beginning on March 5. The 93rd annual Academy Awards (The Oscars) are scheduled to air live on ABC on Sunday, April 25, from multiple locations, including the Dolby Theatre.
awards season. and co-hosting is entertainment tonight and gill robinson in los angeles. guys, good morning to you both. put it in perspective. gill, i ll start with you. a lot of people talking about the movie season and kicking it off and people talking about other award shows. the sag awards or something like that. where do you consider the aafcas in that whole conversation? thank you, t.j. the aafca presented by the american film critics association, we kick off the whole season. we re at the end of the year but we re also at the start of the overall award season. so we will be announcing our top ten lists as well as winners in our categories like best picture, best actor, best supporting actor. and so forth on monday night. now, kevin, you tell me.
for example, in our first year, that we gave the best actress award, we handed it to phillies lee hoffman and we had quite a few people who were angry with us because of that. and we had to explain to them that, you know, every year and probably this year we ll have a few surprises where we re going to have to explain the fact that, you know, we as black african-american film critics, we enjoy all types of movies and recognize excellence regardless of skin color. kevin, you tell me a couple of things t.j., sounds like you wanted to pick up on that point and i was about to pick up on it as well. are black actors and actresses still battling out there in hollywood? no question about that. i think this country is made up of all kinds of people and different cultures and so, it s great when we can celebrate those. there are a lot of great actresses and actors that get overlooked during awards season but at the same time just because you re an african-american film critic doesn t me
gil, the aafca, the african-american film critics, people hear that but are these awards for black people? is the award show geared towards black people or only black nominees? absolutely not. in fact, when you look over the history of the aafca awards we ve had a very diverse group of winners, not only in our best picture but also in some of our acting categories. the only thing it s a group of african-american film critics who are giving out the award but by no men s. the award show is meant for everyone. as you know african-americans see all types of pictures so aafca, the aafca membership in giving out the rewards is a reflection of that. is that something, gil, the perception, at least, you re having to battle in some way? you know, t.j., it s been very, very difficult time and time again. we sort of have to justify why,