Viola Davis News

The Santa Barbara International Film Festival announced today that Emma Stone and Ryan Gosling will be presented with the 2017 Outstanding Performers of the Year award

Local Broadway actor George Dvorsky will return home to take on the role of Billy's Dad in the moving musical 'Billy Elliot'.

The National YoungArts Foundation (YoungArts) is proud to announce the 2017 YoungArts Winners-691 of the nation's most promising young artists in the literary, visual, design, and performing arts.

During this year's Art Basel Miami Beach, the National YoungArts Foundation will host two visual arts exhibitions on their Miami campus, including the debut of a new body of work by José Parlá and an installation of rarely seen masterworks from the JPMorgan Chase Art Collection, as well as a booth at PULSE Miami Beach Contemporary Art Fair. Co-curated by Naomi Fisher (1994 YoungArts Winner in Visual Art) and Luisa Munera, YoungArts Artistic Programs Coordinator, the booth will feature works by ten YoungArts alumni. 

The nominees for PEOPLE'S CHOICE AWARDS 2017 were announced this morning at the Paley Center for Media in Beverly Hills.

The nominees for the 22nd annual CRITICS' CHOICE AWARDS for television were announced today. HBO leads the pack with 22 nominations, followed by ABC and Netflix who were tied with 14 nominations each. FX's 'The People Vs. OJ Simpson' picked up 12 nominations.

 Tony Award- winner and breakout star of Broadway's 'The Color Purple', Cynthia Erivo, will join Viola Davis in a brand new heist thriller 'Widows.'  

This weekend's big news: Broadway vets take part in American Pops Orchestra's 'I'LL BE SEEING YOU' for Veterans Day in D.C., 'DEATH OF THE LAST BLACK MAN' officially opens Off-Broadway and more!

Denzel Washington, Viola Davis and more attended Saturday night's Los Angeles Guild Screening of FENCES at the Regency Village Theatre. Check out photos from the event below!

On November 5, 2016, the National YoungArts Foundation will premiere five collaborative short films created by YoungArts alumni as the season's first Outside the Box event, which takes place outdoors and is free to the public.

Local Broadway actor George Dvorsky will return home to take on the role of Billy's Dad in the moving musical 'Billy Elliot'.

Denzel Washington and Viola Davis will reprise their roles in a big screen adaptation of August Wilson's 1983 Pulitzer Prize and Tony Award winning play FENCES. Washington will also direct the film, hitting theaters on Christmas Day, December 25th from Paramount Studios.

Today's big news: Happy Halloween! Paul Alexander Nolan starts his run as 'Billy Flynn' in CHICAGO, and GOTHAM's Robin Lord Taylor joins WHITE RABBIT RED RABBIT this evening!

On the next episode of HOW TO GET AWAY WITH MURDER on ABC titled "Call It Mother's Intuition", Annalise and her students take on a case defending siblings who have been charged with conspiracy to commit murder against their mother.

After several months of speculation, EW reports that actress Viola Davis will campaign in the Best Supporting Actress category for her role in the upcoming big screen adaptation of FENCES.

November brings two highly-anticipated Amazon Original Series available for Prime members to stream or download on Prime Video at no additional cost to their membership

On November 5, 2016, the National YoungArts Foundation will premiere five collaborative short films created by YoungArts alumni as the season's first Outside the Box event, which takes place outdoors and is free to the public.

The Santa Barbara International Film Festival (SBIFF) announced today that the recipients of the 2017 Virtuosos Award, created to recognize a select group of talent who have distinguished themselves through breakthrough performances in film this past year

On the next episode of HOW TO GET AWAY WITH MURDER on ABC titled "It's About Frank" - The mystery behind the Annalise “killer” flyers takes a surprising twist.

On this week's THE TALK, guest Viola Davis shares her career goals and reveals what inspires her. Watch the appearance below!