#|w| viola davis

[hyacinth-sims]

random assorted screenshots from my personal game while i set up my simblr game :D

#also that boy w the curly brown hair is benvolio! #i love him hes my baby he's just a fun lil guy #ts2 #the sims 2 #ts2 premades #veronaville #tybalt capp #mercutio monty #sims 2 #strangetown #aldric davis #stella terrano #almeric davis #tank grunt #isabella monty #viola monty

[mechieonu]

it actually hadn't occured to me until just now but love & betrayal are @ the site of every villain's spiral. like. "Shifu had to destroy what he had created. But how could he?" vs. "They loved you so much that having to send you away killed them." vs. "I loved him like a brother, and he betrayed me."

it's super neat how love isn't only one of the major themes of the series but also a vicious motivator too

#i know that seems like a 'well DUH' but like it JUST hit me square in the face #bc i adore how love is used in the kfp series #love used in the narrative like that makes me go nuts it's my favorite thing #i wonder how they're going to continue this w the chameleon in kfp 4 #god i was so happy to find out we're getting a fem villain (VOICED BY VIOLA DAVIS!!!) #i just. kinda wished she didn't have to rely on the older villains #it's actually why i wasn't a fan of kai @ first #it gets turned on its head bc he used masters we otherwise hadn't known so it wasn't rlly nostalgia bait #though he DID get the five & shifu #but his heartache w oogway (& his design. & the voicecast) turned me around lol #but still i hope her major feature isn't 'she brought back tai lung kai and shen you guys!!!' #if we're not getting the five can we PLEASE get heartsick viola davis villain #kfp 4 #kfp #& i'll say it again a love-and-betrayal villain would contrast SO well with tiGRESS GETTING HER OWN SELF-LOVE ARC #YES its the same formula as the last three movies and NO i DO NOT care

[themyscirah]

Suffering more than Jesus atm (being a fan of 80s/90s Suicide squad in 2024)

#god amanda waller what did they do to you.... #i KNOW i never shut up about this but GUYS ITS SO BAD #fucking WHY would you take the interesting antihero protagonist and then strip her of any redeeming quality and use her as this horrific #unforgivable villain who is treated as a hated antagonist in her own comics #WHERE SHE ISNT EVEN THE MAIN CHARACTER MOST OF THE TIME #like why are you trying to make me sympathize with fucking harley quinn or smth when the actual main character is right there. why are we #turning her into this horrific villain w a million master plans making deals with the devil and shit. #we are supposed to like her. like maybe not all dc fans do because shes almost always an antagonist in other books but in her own shes the #main character!!! there should be some aspect of interest or sympathy for her. as opposed to just making her like badass or whatever #so sick of this #and its in freaking EVERYTHING right now on god i cant read other comics that are otherwise good (like ga) and enjoy them without the #obligatory intense demonification of one of my fave characters #like shes my no 6 in locg for a reason i genuinely love waller like yeah she sucks sometimes but shes INTERESTING. #this is not interesting or creative in any way what theyre doing with her #this genuinely could have been any government baddie like honestly #dont flatten 3 dimensional characters into 1 dimension (or at best like 1.5) to tell a story you tell the story around the 3d characters. #why do i need to say this. basic competent storytime #blah #amanda waller #istg i throw out another waller rant every freaking tuesday on here #suicide squad #you know what. at least we had the movie #you heard me. higher hopes for the new gunn dceu series than actual comics for the forseeable future #viola davis save me... #need to do a bit of 00s reading still to verify but on god watch this all come down to a fucking new 52 thing. like not to say that i think #thats where it all went wrong bc i need to read more to verify but i have an idea of what rlly did it and i think it was a nu52 decision #but then again maybe im stupid

[mermaidsirennikita]

say what you will about still star-crossed but it's notable shonda went from a show with a dark skinned lead and colorblind casting to the bee show having white leads and race conscious casting in the worst way possible.

Yeeeeeeah, but the show being (somewhat) better on a casting level doesn't make it any less poor in terms of quality. To be very fair, Shonda did not RUN either of these shows, but she seems to be as involved as she wants to be and sets at minimum a cultural tone and expectation with her protegees (who I believe remain largely white).

Ultimately, my main nod to SSC is that it offered Lashana Lynch a paycheck; and I love Lashana Lynch, though I would love even more for her to have jobs that are more along the lines of The Woman King and No Time to Die versus SSC and The Marvels.

#i do know that ssc had a small standom which is why you see on lashana's wikipedia #the rather BIZARRE note of 'she is best known for playing rosaline capulet' in a relatively rare 1-season flop from shondaland #versus... idk.... the scene stealing james bond role the superhero franchise role the historical epic w viola davis role #someone pls update this give her some respect here

[celebratingwomen]

Viola Davis and her family for W Magazine

#w magazine #actress #actor #model #magazine #photoshoot #fashion #style #famous #celebrity #hair #makeup #viola davis #black actress #black actor #black model #black woman #black women #black beauty

[hobbitunderthemountain]

i did darts at a bar for the first time ever last night and actually won a few rounds !!!!

#got to catch up w some friends and they told me some insane shit #thats prob under nda's bc they both work in LA/film industry #tho fave was when one of them was telling us abt how she'd been to the emmys or w/e one time #and got an invite to a party #and she was one of the only people eating and felt awkward abt it #until she saw viola davis sitting in her corner chowin down #and the entire cast of schitts creek walked by and said hi to her #so so sweet #but one of the things she told me i was like 'hold up. you're literally pulling my leg.' #but also this friend does not know me well enough yet to know specifically what to say to get me excited xDD #the other friend was the one who told her to tell me bc it was very real and she was like 'i want to see kat's reaction' jfeoiajfoeijf #real life adventures

[zevranunderstander]

hate how scared modern liberal movies are of making characters of color into antagonists of any sort? like i know it depends on what kind of story you want to tell, but if it's a "colorblind" story that's just like, "regency era, but diverse" or whatever and all of the people of color are the kind supporting cast, just go fuck yourself I'm sorry

#persuasion 2022 was sooo dirty w this #like... let actors of color play rancid people too? idk man i want to see characters. #i dont want to see you did the bare minimum and hired a few actors of color #like. in THE BOOK persuasion lady russell was lowkey a mean classist bitch #and they just.... didn't make her a mean classist bitch and just made her a kind mother to anne for nooo reason? #like also. sorry i didn't really super like gl*ss onion #(censoring just so it isn't in the tag) #bc like i get they wanted to critique billionaires. but... i dont think the movie was very smart to be honest #like it has a lot of nice funny details. but like. its all very on the nose and the pacing wasn't that great #and tbh i was like 'woah ballsy move to make leslie odom junior play some guy whose a complete suck up to a billionaire' #but like. he really was theeeeeee most harmless of them like. #this man was so insignificant to the story he was only needed to give exposition like 3 times #same w the politician woman like she had no fucking purpose to the plot #but especially with his character i felt like this could have been a great role but I think the director was too scared #of coming across racist to do anything interesting with the character at all? like what was he there for? #and like ive seen this man act this man is a fucking powerhouse of an actor you know #i was soooo excited that he was in the movie and he played like 'lowkey unimportant character number 3' like i was sooo mad abt that #like did viola davis perform her soul out on god knows how many seasons of how to get away w murder #just so that mainstream now is too scared again to cast people of color in non-'kind supporting cast 🥺' roles??? #like i hope i dont sound insane but i am sooo tired of this

[primsycoldbottles]

still pissed abt tbasos movie . why did they do it like that

#peach patter #i said this when i complained in cran but #if u went thru all the trouble of having ur movie be 2.5 hours u couldve gone thru the trouble to establish important symbols #like coryos moms compact or his dads hankerchief or the mockingbirds&jays and literally everything else #same w how it rearranged the order of things in a way that just completely destroyed character bonds and moments of tension/suspense #deeply deeply disappointed by it . AND the costume design sucked pretty bad #everything looked too modern for a sequel that takes place 60yrs before the main story . at least viola davis was there <3 she served <3 #now im just repeating all the things i said in my cran movie review . whagever . u all deserve to know how much i disliked it

[mggssocks]

sorry for the long wait.. it’s been a rough couple of months 😅. part one here

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thank u to everyone who helped shaped her story, character, and me for this role. overwhelmingly grateful is an understatement.

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[awardseason]

2023 Critics’ Choice Awards — Film WINNERS

Best Picture “Avatar: The Way of Water”  “Babylon” “The Banshees of Inisherin”  “Elvis”  “Everything Everywhere All at Once” — WINNER “The Fabelmans”  “Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery”  “RRR”  “Tár”  “Top Gun: Maverick”  “Women Talking” 

Best Actor Austin Butler – “Elvis” Tom Cruise – “Top Gun: Maverick” Colin Farrell – “The Banshees of Inisherin”  Brendan Fraser – “The Whale” — WINNER Paul Mescal – “Aftersun”  Bill Nighy – “Living”

Best Actress Cate Blanchett – “Tár” — WINNER Viola Davis – “The Woman King”  Danielle Deadwyler – “Till”  Margot Robbie – “Babylon”  Michelle Williams – “The Fabelmans”  Michelle Yeoh – “Everything Everywhere All at Once” 

Best Supporting Actor Paul Dano – “The Fabelmans”  Brendan Gleeson – “The Banshees of Inisherin” Judd Hirsch – “The Fabelmans”  Barry Keoghan – “The Banshees of Inisherin” Ke Huy Quan – “Everything Everywhere All at Once” — WINNER Brian Tyree Henry – “Causeway” 

Best Supporting Actress Angela Bassett – “Black Panther: Wakanda Forever” — WINNER Jessie Buckley – “Women Talking” Kerry Condon – “The Banshees of Inisherin”  Jamie Lee Curtis – “Everything Everywhere All at Once” Stephanie Hsu – “Everything Everywhere All at Once”  Janelle Monáe – “Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery” 

Best Young Actor/Actress Frankie Corio – “Aftersun” Jalyn Hall – “Till”  Gabriel LaBelle – “The Fabelmans” — WINNER Bella Ramsey – “Catherine Called Birdy”  Banks Repeta – “Armageddon Time”  Sadie Sink – “The Whale” 

Best Acting Ensemble “The Banshees of Inisherin” “Everything Everywhere All at Once” “The Fabelmans”  “Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery” — WINNER “The Woman King” “Women Talking”

Best Director James Cameron – “Avatar: The Way of Water” Damien Chazelle – “Babylon”  Todd Field – “Tár” Baz Luhrmann – “Elvis” Daniel Kwan, Daniel Scheinert – “Everything Everywhere All at Once” — WINNERS Martin McDonagh – “The Banshees of Inisherin” Sarah Polley – “Women Talking”  Gina Prince-Bythewood – “The Woman King”  S.S. Rajamouli – “RRR”  Steven Spielberg – “The Fabelmans” 

Best Comedy “The Banshees of Inisherin” “Bros” “Everything Everywhere All at Once” “Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery” — WINNER “Triangle of Sadness” “The Unbearable Weight of Massive Talent”

Best Animated Feature “Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio” — WINNER “Marcel the Shell with Shoes On” “Puss in Boots: The Last Wish” “Turning Red” “Wendell & Wild”

Best Foreign Language Film “All Quiet on the Western Front” “Argentina, 1985” “Bardo, False Chronicle of a Handful of Truths” “Close” “Decision to Leave” “RRR” — WINNER

Best Original Screenplay Charlotte Wells – “Aftersun” Martin McDonagh – “The Banshees of Inisherin”  Daniel Kwan, Daniel Scheinert – “Everything Everywhere All at Once” — WINNER Steven Spielberg, Tony Kushner – “The Fabelmans” Todd Field – “Tár”

Best Adapted Screenplay Rian Johnson – “Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery”  Kazuo Ishiguro – “Living”  Rebecca Lenkiewicz – “She Said” Samuel D. Hunter – “The Whale” Sarah Polley – “Women Talking” — WINNER

Best Cinematography Russell Carpenter – “Avatar: The Way of Water” Linus Sandgren – “Babylon”  Roger Deakins – “Empire of Light” Janusz Kaminski – “The Fabelmans” Florian Hoffmeister – “Tár” Claudio Miranda – “Top Gun: Maverick” — WINNER

Best Production Design   Dylan Cole, Ben Procter, Vanessa Cole – “Avatar: The Way of Water” Florencia Martin, Anthony Carlino – “Babylon” — WINNER Hannah Beachler, Lisa K. Sessions – “Black Panther: Wakanda Forever” Catherine Martin, Karen Murphy, Bev Dunn – “Elvis” Jason Kisvarday, Kelsi Ephraim – “Everything Everywhere All at Once”  Rick Carter, Karen O’Hara – “The Fabelmans” 

Best Editing Stephen Rivkin, David Brenner, John Refoua, James Cameron – “Avatar: The Way of Water” Tom Cross – “Babylon”  Matt Villa, Jonathan Redmond – “Elvis”  Paul Rogers – “Everything Everywhere All at Once” — WINNER Monika Willi – “Tár” Eddie Hamilton – “Top Gun: Maverick”

Best Costume Design Mary Zophres – “Babylon” Ruth E. Carter – “Black Panther: Wakanda Forever” — WINNER Catherine Martin – “Elvis”  Shirley Kurata – “Everything Everywhere All at Once” Jenny Eagan – “Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery”  Gersha Phillips – “The Woman King”

Best Hair and Makeup “Babylon”  “The Batman”  “Black Panther: Wakanda Forever”  “Elvis” — WINNER “Everything Everywhere All at Once”  “The Whale” 

Best Visual Effects “Avatar: The Way of Water” — WINNER “The Batman”  “Black Panther: Wakanda Forever”  “Everything Everywhere All at Once”  “RRR” “Top Gun: Maverick” 

Best Song “Lift Me Up” – “Black Panther: Wakanda Forever” “Ciao Papa” – “Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio” “Naatu Naatu” – “RRR” — WINNER “Hold My Hand” – “Top Gun: Maverick” “Carolina” – “Where the Crawdads Sing”  “New Body Rhumba” – “White Noise”

Best Score Michael Giacchino – “The Batman” Justin Hurwitz – “Babylon” John Williams – “The Fabelmans”  Alexandre Desplat – “Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio”  Hildur Guðnadóttir – “Tár” — WINNER Hildur Guðnadóttir – “Women Talking” 

#critics choice awards #critics choice #critics choice 2023 #cca 2023 #winners

[punkbuckybarnes]

some incomprehensible thoughts abt songbirds and snakes bc i have a lot to say !!

- went into it knowing snow was a terrible person 60 yrs later but understanding his history and what led up to it all—

- reaper was the best character. his name is kinda ironic though, cause he was reaped. but when the other tributes died and he carried them all to be laid to rest together, along with ripping down the capitol flag and covering them with it while staring into the cameras — i find that that was a much more powerful display of defiance than lucy gray’s singing. using the oppressor’s flag to cover the children they delight in watching fight to the death. and rather than seeing the tributes as enemies (which, technically, they were), reaper, at their deaths, risked his own life to carry them all to the rocks and give them a proper place to rest (rue parallel i see you): seeing them as those who didn’t have a choice (to be labelled “district,” to survive each in their own way, etc.) - a way the capitol would never understand. he went into the games aggressive and intimidating, but died while still keeping his humanity (i would argue lucy gray did not but)

- something something the parallel of tigris and grandmother’s reactions to coriolanus on reaping day // their reactions to him in the end as dr. gaul’s understudy (grandmother calling him handsome both times while tigris went from happy and excited for him, standing to embrace him to “you look like your father” while sitting, looking wary of his change. also the colours from white —> blood red. incredible)

- tigris. i love hunter schafer ++ viola davis as dr. gaul

- the roses…

- snow + poison and finnick’s speech in mockingjay about snow using poison on his enemies with sores in his mouth that won’t ever heal (physical sores, reminders of his sins, and metaphorical ones - lies?)

- my ex-girlfriend lucy gray introduced me to this plant katniss before she betrayed me and 65 yrs later this girl from district 12 named katniss starts a revolution against me? and does her revolution bow? coincidence,,

- cheater w rat poison and the handkerchief

- lucy gray saw his change when they were in the cabin. saw through his lie of his “old self” dying to be there with her. she ran. he goes mad. he shoots her

- i can smell the “hear me out—s” and the toxic bf coriolanus x reader fics already

#will add more tmr #very normal about this! #the ballad of songbirds and snakes #the ballad of songbirds and snakes spoilers #the hunger games

[ladiablesse]

how people are still surprised that the academy continues to play in the faces of black filmmakers and performers is beyond me lol. like y’all saw what they did to beyonce w the grammys and saw what they did to danielle deadwyler/viola davis/GPB and still held out hope that they’d act different when oscar’s awards night actually came?? n they’re gonna keep ignoring us so long as we keep tuning in hoping that shit will be different.

#if y’all don’t just check up on twitter hashtags and search ‘oscar winners’ the day after lol

[starrysharks]

today i watched "the ballad of songbirds and snakes". i'm already a big hunger games fan having read all the books including the one this movie was based on, and this is honestly a stellar adaption of an already good book.

firstly, the acting and casting in this movie is amazing. everyone's performances were great and it really elevated the story, especially for viola davis' dr gaul. the story itself, while i was already familiar with it, was also compelling - very nuanced and extensive with its display of resistance, propaganda, and dystopia in a way that's all too realistic. the adaption was faithful and clean, and there weren't any annoying changes.

the cinematography was OK, but i really liked the symbolism at the end with the rainbow, lady justice and snow falling, even if it was a bit in your face. the characters were all stellar. it was a bit long, yea, but it did good with all the time it had and didn't have any scenes that felt truly unnecessary. in the end i really liked it :) i'd give a 4/5. i really need to reread this series too *w*

#zeno's movie diary #the ballad of songbirds and snakes

[destinyc1020]

Ik both are young n popular actors bt theres no need for ppl to always do Tom vs Timmy, esp with them being friends. They r both doing very well, I would say sum of the top yung actors for their ages, bt r just different actors prob striving for different goals. Their both white, i promise they will b ok lol. Both have time to b great n live up to their full potential, they r only in their 20s yall 😅

I def agree.... I don't get the Tom/Timmy comparisons all the time. They're buddies! They def respect each other in the industry as well. 😊 Like you said, I think they're both different actors w/different goals as well. Not every actor has the same goal, and not every actor even wants to be in certain roles.

I actually find Tom's filmography to be way more diverse than Timmy's (just being honest), but I can see why some fans compare Timmy's career to Leo's because Leo's career has been pretty specific over the years, and not AS diverse (imo). Again, every actor just simply does roles that personally call to them, so if Leo, Timmy, Tom, etc. are choosing these roles, it's because on SOME level, the role called to them, or, they just wanted to work with a great director/actors, etc.

But yea, they definitely have a LOT more time to flourish. Like you said, they're only in their 20's. Some people don't get a huge career in Hollywood until their 30's and sometimes even 40s and 50's!

Viola Davis (for example) didn't really start getting "big" in Hollywood until she was almost in her mid-40's! And she's a Julliard-trained ACTRESS.

So the journey isn't the same for everyone. And unlike many women in the industry, MEN are still acting and getting awesome roles well into their 60's, so Tom and Timmy (et al) are gonna be just fine. 😊 It's usually us WOMEN in the HW industry who have the "Ticking Time Clock" before they're viewed as "undesirable" for certain roles after they reach a certain age. 😒🙄

[e-paradox]

currently reading Viola Davis recounting her love story w her husband Julius in her memoir

I just wanna say hey GOD ITS ME AGAIN (this line is actually hilarious bc of the context within the book okay lol I laughed bye)

She just said “It was love in the best sense of the word.” AND THAT “I prefer to think that we were just ecstatically happy and that happiness brought out the child in both of us.” Oh okay imma cry I love humans

[this is probably my third edit]

“With this chapter of my life, I didn’t want to dwell on little Viola running away anymore. I wanted to run toward joy, hand in hand with Julius.” PLEASE AWWW

Okay one more

“You don’t have to live in the past. I found that not only did I have fight in me, I had love. by the time we clicked, I had had enough therapy and enough friendship and enough beautiful moments to know what love is and what I wanted my life to feel and look like.” 😭

#me #mine

[iampikachuhearmeroar]

y'know I really do feel sorry for the younger 20 somethings (and anyone in general tbh) that are suffering from tiktok brain rot around "anti-aging" advice. like the other day, I had a review/reaction video from I think james walsh the beauty influencer in my fb watch feed, where he was reviewing/debunking the bs anti-aging advice that people give on tiktok.

one of the videos he reacted to was from some 21yo beauty influencer or some rando idk, I'm not on there. her piece of advice was to "always sleep on your back like a vampire to reduce fine lines, wrinkles and crows feet. that's how I stay looking so fresh... even though yes I'm 21 which contributes quite a bit but still. be disciplined about sleeping on your back ALL NIGHT, EVERY NIGHT to get the PERFECT SKIN!!!" like im sorry, what???? you're 20 fucking one (21). why the FUCK do you feel compelled to give "anti-aging" advice??? why the fuck do you even care about anti-aging stuff when you're like at least 10 YEARS away from any considerable signs of aging beginning to slowly show??? get the fuck out of the house and enjoy nature or some shit. instead of lamenting that you're "getting so old by the minute so I MUST ELIMINATE laugh lines and crows feet even though im still only 21."

"but but. it's in the name of self care." I can hear some people say. "but but. it shows that as a woman you take high self-care maintenance of yourself if you begin EARLY with seeking out remedies for and eliminating the signs of aging" other people are saying. and finally: "but but. look at zendaya (or some other young 20 something movie star or TT influencer like idek mikayla nougeira). she's promoting revlon anti-aging serums! it can't be that bad!!!"

I raise to people with the first response that: no. having some 21yo condescend to you that you MUST fight to stay younger and sleep uncomfortably on your back stiffly like a vampire is NOT self care. starting to "fight" the signs of aging is NOT being a high maintenance woman in your early 20s. it's just being fucking insanely obsessed with youth..... when like... you're still young as fuck. like yes I made jokes about feeling ancient and old and w/e when i was 21.... but that doesnt mean that i became weirdly focused on trying to eliminate any crows feet and laugh lines....... that weren't even fucking on my face yet!!!!!! or cellulite that's on my legs.

moreover, for zendaya or other beauty influencers that may promote anti-aging products. they get paid either 10s of thousands of dollars or hundreds of thousands or maybe even up to possibly millions of dollars for promoting some bs estee lauder/revlon etc etc anti-age defying gravity super plumping and hydrating hyaluronic acid and idek retonoid vitamins C and E serum fuck shit.... against you, a random 21yo from god knows where in the US (usually).... like idek calabasis or houston or whatever the fuck with fuck knows how many low count followers (im assuming but probs not idek and idc)....

the people who I'll listen to about aging are people who have actually lived a life. like jamie lee curtis. like sandra oh. like leslie jones. like viola davis. idek just people who have ACTUALLY lived a life and are happy with aging, i guess (even if yes, they're famous and kinda unrelateable anyway). not some fucking stuck up rude asf early 20 something whose watched 3 fucking antiaging brain rot videos on tiktok and NOW thinks that they're the utmost expert on anti-aging hacks. and this is coming from someone whose nearly 30. fucking embrace getting older in your 20s. cherish it and use it wisely.

I say this as someone who, in 2020 at 25, nearly fucking died twice after a massive surgery. why the fuck should I give a fuck about crows feet???? laugh lines (ie lines of fucking J O Y)???? my cellulite??? when I'm 28 this year??? (*cue these TT brain rot girlies* EEEEWWWWW OLD HAG WHO DOESNT DO GOOD HIGH MAINTENANCE SELF CARE TO FIGHT THE SIGNS OF AGING EEEEWWWW!!!!!) I'm finally healthy again.... but realisitcally, YOU ARE the one that needs to look in the mirror and realise that being young and looking young ain't that crash hot, really. wise the fuck up and delete tiktok and escape anti-aging brain rot.... when you're still a kid (in a sense) stumbling about in your early 20s... stop giving a fuck about useless shit you can't avoid.

#life #about me #shut up ilona #this has been bothering me for DAYS