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EXCLUSIVE: Aml Ameen, who portrays Dr.Martin Luther King in Rustin, reveals that he's in talks with Film4 and the BFI to direct and star in the sequel to holiday romance Boxing Day, his feature directorial debut — and he has a second film, a crime saga called Night and Day that he wants to make…

Colman Domingo — with Oscar, BAFTA and SAG Awards nominations under his belt for his powerful portrait of influential civil rights organizer Bayard Rustin in the Netflix movie Rustin — wants people to know that he's "having the time of my life" after 33 years in the industry as a proud journeyman actor…

Colman Domingo received his first Oscar nomination on Tuesday morning for Rustin, in the Best Actor for a Leading Role category. Anyone would be thrilled with a nomination, but Domingo says being recognized for this film in particular is special. “It’s very important for me, especially after a film like Ru…

EXCLUSIVE: If on MLK Day, you wanted to view a movie that breathes life into the struggles faced by Martin Luther King Jr and his Civil Rights movement cohorts, look no further than Rustin. Directed by George C. Wolfe and starring Colman Domingo as Bayard Rustin, the Netflix & Higher Ground drama tells of…

After spending 30-plus years honing his craft for stage and screen, Colman Domingo is more than ready for his close-up. Considering the actor’s versatile resume, which includes memorable performances in Selma, Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom, Fear the Walking Dead, or his Emmy-winning role on Euphoria and a…

Lenny Kravitz usually waits for music to come to him, like the way he wrote his iconic 1991 song, "It Ain't Over 'til It's Over". "[I was] in the hotel room after my breakup with Zoe’s mom, which was extremely emotional and painful, and I was just staying at this hotel in LA with the curtains drawn…

Colman Domingo is riding a career high — from his Oscar-buzzed performance as Civil Rights activist Bayard Rustin in Rustin to his bold interpretation of Mister in the new movie musical version of The Color Purple to his extraordinary turn in the Toronto…

The nominations for the 24th Annual Black Reel Awards are in. After close inspection, the black and gold Bolt award might seem to have a touch of purple on it as the classic Alice Walker novel, The Color Purple dominated the awards this year.  The film adaptation of the acclaimed musical, The Color Pu…

No matter how you slice it, 2023 is arguably the year of Colman Domingo. Just this year alone, the Emmy-winning multi-hyphenate actor starred in the drama Sing Sing, summer blockbuster Transformers: Rise of the Beasts, and animated comedy Ruby Gillman, Teenage Kraken. However, it's his two most recent and…

Deadline’s Read the Screenplay series spotlighting the year’s most talked-about scripts continues with Rustin, Netflix’s biopic of civil rights icon Bayard Rustin. Colman Domingo stars in the film, which is directed by Tony winner George C. Wolfe and hit theaters and the streamer in November after its…

SPOILER ALERT: This article contains details of the series finale of Fear the Walking Dead, which aired tonight on AMC. "At first it was written to be very, flowery and beautiful and wonderful hugs and loving," reveals Colman Domingo of the final partings in tonight's Fear the Walking Dead series…

Colman Domingo plays civil rights activist Bayard Rustin, an organizer of the 1963 March on Washington, in the Netflix film Rustin. Domingo said he felt a responsibility to introduce Rustin to modern audiences. "It was a great calling honestly," Domingo said at Deadline's Contenders Film: Los Angeles…