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“I have a various concept about awards. Individuals are my awards.”
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this year’s Golden Globe Awards saw The Color Purple‘s Fantasia Barrino and Danielle Brooks deservingly chosen for their outstanding efficiencies, neither candidate scored an award.
Barrino, who plays an older “Celie” was up for Best Performance by a Female Actor in a Motion Picture and Brooks (Sophia) was chosen for Best Performance by a Female Actor in a Supporting Role In Any Motion Picture. In outcome, the viewed snubs left fans of the movie with much ridicule for the prominent award program.
Taraji P. Hensonwho plays Shug Avery in the musical adjustment of the 1985 movie, just recently voiced her beliefs on the small in a special interview with AMBIANCE.
THE COLOR PURPLE, Taraji P. Henson, 2023.
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“I have a various concept about awards. Individuals are my awards,” she with dignity confessed. “The responses and the lives that are altered through my present, my skill, whatever story that I touched or informed– that’s my award. Prizes … yes, we wish to raise each other up, and I’m honored and I’m constantly grateful when I’m acknowledged by my peers, however that’s not what drives me.”
She continued, “I didn’t pertain to Hollywood to chase awards, I pertained to Hollywood to chase individuals’s hearts and alter individuals’s minds and understandings about groups of individuals that appear like me. That’s what’s more vital to me than anything.”
Currently called as a “guide” and “voice box” on set by Brooks throughout an interview withThe Hollywood ReporterHenson likewise showed AMBIANCE that Fantasia has actually likewise considered her their “live Oscar.”
Danielle Brooks and Taraji P. Henson position in journalism space at the 2024 Palm Springs International Film Festival Film Awards held at the Palm Springs Convention Center on January 4, 2024 in Palm Springs, California.
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“That right there indicates more to me than any manufactured prize,” she included. “This is no disrespect to the Academy. I like the Academy. I’m a part of the Academy. I vote, I get involved, which’s why I can cheer individuals on. Due to the fact that truthfully, I do not even comprehend how you can evaluate art, however it’s a part of the market and I’m a part of the market“
Because the beginning of press runs for the Blitz Bazawule-directed movie, the 53-year-old cherished starlet has actually been honest about her experiences shooting The Color Purpleand prior. Her views on pay equity for Black starlets and getting the very same regard and advantages on set as other productions have actually gathered her a lots of assistance and commentary from fellow Hollywood stars
Talking to the assistance feltHenson revealed, “I feel incredible. I seem like when you have the assistance, you’re doing something right, which’s the fuel to keep me going. And it’s not even simply my peers, it’s complete strangers that I do not even understand, that might acknowledge me in the shop and they’re like, ‘I heard what you stated. Thank you. Thank you for your advocacy for psychological health.'”
More just recently, television magnate Curtis “50 Cent” Jackson likewise revealed interest in dealing with the Empire star in the middle of her Hollywood beliefs.
“Someone called me today thinking I was bullsh!ting aboutdealing with @tarajiphensontill I informed them what I made STARZ pay @therealmaryjblige to be on GHOST,” the 48-year-old captioned an IG post on Wednesday (Jan. 10). “I ain’t out here fvcking around.”
In reaction to his gesture, Henson decreased to comment. “I’m viral enough today,” she jokingly stated.
The acclaimed starlet can presently be seen offering an exceptional efficiency as Shug Avery in The Color Purple — playing in theaters now.