12/9/25 O&A NYC INSPIRATIONAL TUESDAY: Viola Davis 2015 Emmys Awards Acceptance Speech

Viola Davis won the 2015 Emmy for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series for her iconic role as Annalise Keating in How to Get Away with Murder. Davis became the first African-American woman to win an Emmy for Outstanding Lead Actress Award. She delivered a historic, powerful speech about opportunity for women of color in Hollywood.  Continue reading

7/17/24 O&A NYC WITH WALESTYLEZ NETFLIX TRAILER: Simone Biles Rising | Official Teaser | Netflix

Maya Angelou’s Still I Rise is more than just a poem for Simone; it’s something she lives by and constantly motivates her. This teaser, narrated by EGOT winner Viola Davis, is a glimpse into the Simone Biles Rising documentary.  Continue reading

7/7/22 O&A NYC WITH WALESTYLEZ MOVIE TRAILER: THE WOMAN KING – Official Trailer

The Woman King is an upcoming American historical epic film directed by Gina Prince-Bythewood,from a screenplay she co-wrote with Dana Stevens and a story by Maria Bello. It is based on the true story of the Dahomey Amazons. Continue reading

1/29/20 O&A NYC WILDIN OUT WEDNESDAY: Fences (Parody) 

King Bach presents this parody of the film adaptation of August Wilson award winning play Fences starring Denzel Washington and Viola Davis. Continue reading

8/3/16 O&A NYC WITH WaleStylez FILM: It’s Good To Be Bad (2016) DC Superhero

By Adewale Adekanbi Jr.

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Suicide Squad is a 2016 American superhero film based on the DC Comics antihero team of the same name. Written and directed by David Ayer and distributed by Warner Bros. Pictures, it is the third installment in the DC Extended Universe. The film stars an ensemble cast featuring Scott Eastwood and Cara Delevingne. In Suicide Squad, a secret government agency led by Amanda Waller recruits imprisoned super villains to Will Smith, Jared Leto, Margot Robbie, Joel Kinnaman, Viola Davis, Jai Courtney, Jay Hernandez, Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje, Ike Barinholtz, execute dangerous black ops missions and save the world from a powerful threat in exchange for clemency.

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O & A This Week: Tuesday, July 29 Through Monday, August 4, 2014- Art, Dance, Film, Music and Theatre

By Walter Rutledge

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 The weather maybe unseasonably cool, but the New York City art scene is definitely heating up. Fine arts prevails in Harlem and Soho, dance is turning heads from Long Island to Lincoln Center, film honors the Godfather of Soul and a gadfly for social justice and we have high flying theatre near Union Square. Here are a few of the many events happening this week in the city that never sleeps guaranteed to get you Out and About. Continue reading