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The Six Triple Eight
''The Six Triple Eight'' is a 2024 American war drama film written and directed by Tyler Perry on the 6888th Central Postal Directory Battalion, an all-black, all-female battalion, in World War II. It is based on the article "Fighting a Two-Front War" by Kevin M. Hymel. The film features an ensemble cast, including Kerry Washington, Ebony Obsidian, Milauna Jackson, Shanice Shantay, Sarah Jeffery, Pepi Sonuga, Gregg Sulkin, Susan Sarandon, Dean Norris, Sam Waterston, Kylie Jefferson, Moriah Brown, and Oprah Winfrey. ''The Six Triple Eight'' was released in select cinemas on December 6, 2024. The film's featured song, "The Journey" was nominated for Best Original Song at the 97th Academy Awards. The film won all five of its nominations at the 56th NAACP Image Awards, including Outstanding Motion Picture and acting wins for Washington, Obsidian, and the ensemble cast. Plot A West Virginian mother waits daily for news from her two sons serving overseas. Meanwhi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tyler Perry
Tyler Perry (born Emmitt Perry Jr., September 13, 1969) is an American actor, filmmaker, and playwright. He is the creator and performer of Madea, Mabel "Madea" Simmons, a tough elderly woman, and also portrays her brother Joe Simmons and her nephew Brian Simmons. Perry's films vary in style from orthodox filmmaking techniques to filmed productions of live stage plays, many of which have been subsequently adapted into feature films. Madea's first appearance was in Perry's play ''I Can Do Bad All by Myself (play), I Can Do Bad All by Myself'' (1999) staged in Chicago. Perry wrote and produced many stage plays, which were at their successful peak in the 1990s and the 2000s. His breakthrough performance came in 2005 with the film ''Diary of a Mad Black Woman'', which he wrote and produced as an adaptation of his Diary of a Mad Black Woman (play), stage play of the same name. He also developed numerous television series, most notably ''Tyler Perry's House of Payne'', which ran for ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Milauna Jackson
Milauna Jemai Jackson is an American actress. She is best known for her role as DEA Special Agent Kim Martinez in the British-American action television series '' Strike Back'' seasons four & five. Early life A native of Chicago, Milauna Jemai Jackson was raised on the South Side by her single mother. To study in a safe environment, she lived part-time with her mother and partially with her grandparents. Before enrolling in the performing arts program at Marie Sklodowska Curie Metropolitan High School, she acted in church programs and community theater at a young age. She had her mother Linda and Miss Lillian Monkus (deceased), whom she met in high school, as female role models. Her first television role was in 2000 in the court show ''Arrest & Trial'' (episode "Nightstalker") where she played herself. After high school, Jackson attended several colleges; Howard University and Cal State Fullerton, before enrolling at the University of Illinois at Chicago (UIC) where she bega ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Charity Adams Earley
Charity Adams Earley ( Adams; December 5, 1918 – January 13, 2002) was a United States Army officer. She was the first African-American woman to become an officer in the Women's Army Auxiliary Corps (later WACs) and was the commanding officer of the 6888th Central Postal Directory Battalion, which was made up of African-American women serving overseas during World War II. Adams was the highest-ranking African-American woman in the army by the completion of the war. A monument honoring her was dedicated at Fort Lee (as it was then called), Virginia on November 30, 2018. The base has since been renamed Fort Gregg-Adams in honor of Earley and Lieutenant General Arthur J. Gregg in 2023, the first-ever U.S. military base bearing the names of African Americans. She is portrayed by Kerry Washington as a lead character in 2024 film ''The Six Triple Eight'' showing the experience of the 6888th Central Postal Directory Battalion during their service in Europe. Early life and educati ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Georgia (U
Georgia most commonly refers to: * Georgia (country), a country in the South Caucasus * Georgia (U.S. state), a state in the southeastern United States Georgia may also refer to: People and fictional characters * Georgia (name), a list of people and fictional characters with the female given name * Georgia (musician) (born 1990), English singer, songwriter, and drummer Georgia Barnes Places Historical polities * Kingdom of Georgia, a medieval kingdom * Kingdom of Eastern Georgia, a late medieval kingdom * Kingdom of Western Georgia, a late medieval kingdom * Georgia Governorate, a subdivision of the Russian Empire * Georgia within the Russian Empire * Democratic Republic of Georgia, a country established after the collapse of the Russian Empire and later conquered by Soviet Russia. * Georgian Soviet Socialist Republic, a republic within the Soviet Union * Republic of Georgia (1990–1992), Republic of Georgia, a republic in the Soviet Union which, after the collapse of the U ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Philadelphia
Philadelphia ( ), colloquially referred to as Philly, is the List of municipalities in Pennsylvania, most populous city in the U.S. state of Pennsylvania and the List of United States cities by population, sixth-most populous city in the United States, with a population of 1,603,797 in the 2020 United States census, 2020 census. The city is the urban core of the Philadelphia metropolitan area (sometimes called the Delaware Valley), the nation's Metropolitan statistical area, seventh-largest metropolitan area and ninth-largest combined statistical area with 6.245 million residents and 7.379 million residents, respectively. Philadelphia was founded in 1682 by William Penn, an English Americans, English Quakers, Quaker and advocate of Freedom of religion, religious freedom, and served as the capital of the Colonial history of the United States, colonial era Province of Pennsylvania. It then played a historic and vital role during the American Revolution and American Revolutionary ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
West Virginia
West Virginia is a mountainous U.S. state, state in the Southern United States, Southern and Mid-Atlantic (United States), Mid-Atlantic regions of the United States.The United States Census Bureau, Census Bureau and the Association of American Geographers classify West Virginia as part of the Southern United States while the Bureau of Labor Statistics classifies the state as a part of the Mid-Atlantic (United States), Mid-Atlantic regionMid-Atlantic Home : Mid-Atlantic Information Office: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics" www.bls.gov. Archived. It is bordered by Pennsylvania and Maryland to the northeast, Virginia to the southeast, Kentucky to the southwest, and Ohio to the northwest. West Virginia is the List of U.S. states and territories by area, 10th-smallest state by area and ranks as the List of U.S. states and territories by population, 12th-least populous state, with a population of 1,769,979 residents. The capital and List of municipalities in West Virginia, most populou ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
NAACP Image Award For Outstanding Motion Picture
This article lists the winners and nominees for the NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Motion Picture, awarded by the U.S.-based National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP). This award has been given since 1972 and as of 2017, only two of the winning films have also won the Academy Award for Best Picture: '' Crash'' and ''12 Years a Slave''. To date, '' The Color Purple (2023)'' holds the record of the most nominations and wins for a Motion Picture, with 16 nominations and 11 wins. Nominees and winners Winners are listed first and highlighted in bold. Year refers to year of ceremony, not year of release. 1970s 1980s 1990s 2000s 2010s 2020s Stats and facts Below are the films that garnered multiple nominations and wins in the category of ''Outstanding Motion Picture''. Most wins Most nominations {, class="wikitable" border="1" , - ! width="100", Rank ! width="150" , 1st ! width="150" , 2nd ! width="150" , 3rd ! width="150" , 4th ! width= ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
56th NAACP Image Awards
The 56th NAACP Image Awards, presented by the NAACP, honored outstanding representations and achievements of Person of color, people of color in motion pictures, television, music, and literature during the 2024 calendar year. The ceremony aired on February 22, 2025, on BET and simulcasted on CBS. Untelevised Image Awards categories were livestreamed February 21 on the Image Awards website. Submissions were received online from August 26 to November 8, 2024, and public online voting on the shortlisted nominations for performance categories ran from January 7 to February 7, 2025, on the Image Awards website. Winners and nominees All nominees are listed below, and the winners will be listed in bold. Special Awards Motion Picture Documentary Television Drama Comedy Television Movie, Limited-Series or Dramatic Special Overall Acting Reality and Variety , valign="top" , * Jennifer Hudson – ''The Jennifer Hudson Show'' ** Abby Phillip – ''CN ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
97th Academy Awards
The 97th Academy Awards ceremony, presented by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS), took place on March 2, 2025, at the Dolby Theatre in Hollywood, Los Angeles. During the gala, the AMPAS presented Academy Awards (commonly referred to as Oscars) in 23 categories, honoring 2024 in film, films released in 2024. The ceremony was televised in the United States by American Broadcasting Company, ABC and streamed on Hulu for the first time. Comedian Conan O'Brien hosted the show for the first time, with Raj Kapoor and Katy Mullan returning as executive producers. ''Anora'' won a leading five awards, including Academy Award for Best Picture, Best Picture. Other winners included ''The Brutalist'' with three awards; ''Dune: Part Two'', ''Emilia Pérez'', and ''Wicked (2024 film), Wicked'' with two awards each; and ''Conclave (film), Conclave'', ''Flow (2024 film), Flow'', ''I'm Not a Robot (film), I'm Not a Robot'', ''I'm Still Here (2024 film), I'm Still Here'', ''In ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Academy Award For Best Original Song
The Academy Award for Best Original Song is one of the awards given annually to people working in the Film industry, motion picture industry by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS). It is presented to the ''songwriters'' who have composed the best ''original'' song written specifically for a film. The performers of a song are not credited with the Academy Award unless they contributed either to music, lyrics, or both in their own right. The songs that are nominated for this award are typically performed during the ceremony and before this award is presented. The award category was introduced at the 7th Academy Awards, the ceremony honoring the best in film for 1934. Nominations are made by Academy members who are songwriters and composers, and the winners are chosen by the Academy membership as a whole. Fifteen songs are shortlisted before nominations are announced. Eligibility , the Academy's rules stipulate that "an original song consists of words and music ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Susan Sarandon
Susan Abigail Sarandon (; née Tomalin; born October 4, 1946) is an American actor. With a career spanning over five decades, she is the recipient of various accolades, including an Academy Award and a British Academy Film Award, in addition to nominations for six Primetime Emmy Awards, and nine Golden Globe Awards. Sarandon made her film debut in '' Joe'' (1970) and appeared on the soap operas '' A World Apart'' (1970–1971) and ''Search for Tomorrow'' (1972). She gained prominence for her role in the musical horror film ''The Rocky Horror Picture Show'' (1975). After Oscar nominations for ''Atlantic City'' (1980), ''Thelma & Louise'' (1991), ''Lorenzo's Oil'' (1992), and '' The Client'' (1994), Sarandon won the Academy Award for Best Actress for playing Helen Prejean in '' Dead Man Walking'' (1995). Her other notable films include '' Pretty Baby'' (1978), '' The Hunger'' (1983), ''The Witches of Eastwick'' (1987), '' Bull Durham'' (1988), ''Little Women'' (1994), '' Stepmom' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gregg Sulkin
Gregg Sulkin (born 29 May 1992) is an English actor. He made his television debut in the 2002 miniseries ''Doctor Zhivago (TV series), Doctor Zhivago'', and his film debut in the 2006 comedy ''Sixty Six (film), Sixty Six'', before gaining early recognition for his leading role in the Disney Channel (UK and Ireland), Disney Channel comedy series ''As the Bell Rings (British TV series), As the Bell Rings'' (20072008). Sulkin's breakthrough role, breakthrough came with his Hollywood debut in the television series ''Wizards of Waverly Place'' (20102012) and The Wizards Return: Alex vs. Alex, its 2013 television film sequel. He also starred in the Disney television film ''Avalon High (film), Avalon High'' (2010). Following his recurring role in the Pretty Little Liars season 3, third season of the thriller series ''Pretty Little Liars'' (2012), Sulkin starred in the teen comedy television series ''Faking It (2014 TV series), Faking It'' (20142016); the superhero television series ''Ru ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
