Movie:fences
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Our Predictions for the 2017 Oscar Nominations
The nominations for the 89th annual Academy Awards will be doled out at the crack of the Los Angeles dawn on Tuesday morning — and you can watch the livestream here at Yahoo Movies starting 5:18 a.m. PT/8:18 a.m. ET. As always, there’s a healthy dose of suspense in every major race, particularly in three of the four acting categories. (The Oscars themselves will be handed out at the ceremony on Feb. 26.)
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Award Season's Most Adorable Interviewee? Meet Young 'Fences' Star Saniyya Sidney
Denzel Washington and Viola Davis may have the biggest Oscar buzz, but there is simply no Fences star cuter than the drama’s precocious young star Saniyya Sidney. Sidney, who has also appeared in Roots and American Horror Story, recalled her reaction to first hearing about the film, a family drama set in 1950s Pittsburgh and based on the Tony Award-winning play by August Wilson.
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Denzel Washington on the 20-Year Journey 'Fences' Took to the Big Screen
Denzel Washington and Viola Davis are currently earning raves for the big screen adaptation of Fences, August Wilson’s seminal play. Watch Washington explain in the clip above. The studio intended for the film to star James Earl Jones, who would reprise his stage performance as Troy, the tough-talking Pittsburgh sanitation worker struggling to keep his family together, and the red-hot comedic actor Eddie Murphy, who was looking to cross over into drama and play Troy’s son Cory.
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Viola Davis on How She Warmed Up for That Explosive Moment in 'Fences': 'You Don't'
Yahoo Movies chat with Oscar contender about the wrenching scene in the August Wilson play-turned-film
