David Oyelowo
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Oprah Winfrey: Leaders Need to Step Up Following Ferguson, Eric Garner Unrest
“I think it’s wonderful to march and protest … but what I really am looking for is some type of leadership to come out of this,” says the media mogul and “Selma” actress-producer
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‘Selma’ Controversy Grows Over LBJ Clash With Martin Luther King on Civil Rights
Historians take issue with director Ava DuVernay’s focus on former president Lyndon B. Johnson
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‘Selma’ to Screen in Selma, Alabama for Free
Paramount will show the film for free at the Selma Walton Theater starting January 9
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Oprah Winfrey Explains Why She Agreed to ‘Selma’ After Turning Down Role
“The reason I said yes to this role is because of the magnificence of Annie Lee Cooper,” TV titan says about the real-life Civil Rights activist she portrays
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‘Selma’ Director Ava DuVernay on the One Star Who Turned the Film Down: ‘She Did Not Want to Do It’
Wrap Magazine 2014: DuVernay also opens up about why she had to rewrite Martin Luther King Jr.’s iconic speeches
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TheWrap Screening: ‘Selma’ Tackles ‘Timely’ Race Issues Say Cast, Director (Video)
Director Ava DuVernay and stars Common, Carmen Ejogo and Henry G. Sanders reveal why now is the perfect time to tell the story of Civil Rights leader Martin Luther King Jr
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‘Selma’ and ‘Boychoir’ to Bookend Palm Springs Film Festival
Festival will also showcase Eastern and Central European cinema
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‘Selma’ Team Reacts to Historic Golden Globe Nomination: ‘This Movie Has Something to Say’
Ava DuVernay credits David Oyelowo’s commitment, while producers Dede Gardner and Jeremy Kleiner single out Brad Pitt for sticking with the project
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‘Selma’ Screenplay Controversy: Why Director Ava DuVernay Was Denied Credit
Original writer Paul Webb’s contract allowed him to keep sole credit despite DuVernay’s considerable contributions
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David Oyelowo Named Breakthrough Actor by Palm Springs Film Festival
“Selma” star joins Rosamund Pike, Julianne Moore, Eddie Redmayne and others as PSIFF honorees
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Why ‘Selma’ Director Ava DuVernay Joined #BlackFridayBlackout Over Ferguson
“We are in a sad, distorted continuum. It’s time to really look in that mirror,” DuVernay tells TheWrap
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Jessica Chastain and Oscar Isaac Chase the American Dream in ‘A Most Violent Year’ (Exclusive Video)
The J.C. Chandor film also stars David Oyelowo and Albert Brooks
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‘Selma’ Review: Martin Luther King Gets His Cinematic Due in a Stirring American Saga
One of the year’s best American films explores the accomplishments of Dr. King without wrapping it in a grade-school civics lesson
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Ava DuVernay’s Martin Luther King Jr. Film ‘Selma’ Earns Standing Ovation at AFI Fest
Oprah Winfrey praises star David Oyelowo’s growth into the role, while he says a “higher power” told him he would portray MLK
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‘What’s the Deal?’ With ‘A Most Violent Year’: Chemistry Between Oscar Isaac, Jessica Chastain Works Wonders (Video)
J.C. Chandor delivers his best movie yet with this ’80s crime drama that recalls the films of Sidney Lumet