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Viola Davis Is Officially Starring as Michelle Obama in New Showtime Series, 'First Ladies'

Showtime has officially ordered First Ladies to series, marking Michelle Obama as Academy Award winner Viola Davis‘ first television role since her tenure as Annalise Keating on How to Get Away With Murder, wrapping this May. According to a statement from Showtime, the new anthology series will follow the “personal and political lives” of the…

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Viola Davis Is the New Face of L'Oréal Paris

L’Oréal Paris has been on a mission lately to make one thing clear—every woman is “worth it,” no matter her age. Over the past few years, the beauty brand’s been working to expand its roster of spokeswomen beyond the typical starlets in their twenties. Jane Fonda, Helen Mirren, Courteney Cox, and Vanessa Williams have all…

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Viola Davis Says She Regrets Doing The Help

Viola Davis is out and about promoting her new film Widows—and in the process, she’s igniting conversations about the depth and scope of past characters she’s portrayed. Specifically, her role in The Help as a 1960s maid named Aibileen Clark for which Davis received a Best Actress Oscar nomination. Speaking to The New York Times,…

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