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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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'Hidden Figures' Star Taraji P. Henson Almost Gave Up Acting for Electrical Engineering, Failed Her Way Back Into Performing
Taraji P. Henson has come full circle. The 46-year-old actress broke down her ironic trajectory for Yahoo Movies while joined by her costars Octavia Spencer and Janelle Monae, and film/music producer Pharrell Williams (watch above). Instead, Henson and a friend decided to attend an HBCU (historically black college/university) to study math and electrical engineering.
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'Hidden Figures' Trailer: Taraji P. Henson, Octavia Spencer, and Janelle Monae Invent the Math of Space Travel
Math is a superpower in the latest trailer for Hidden Figures, the drama that tells the true story of three black women who helped NASA send the first man into orbit. Taraji P. Henson, Octavia Spencer, and Janelle Monáe star as three mathematicians recruited by the government to literally “invent” the math that would enable astronauts to circle the Earth. Not only did the women portrayed in the film break down metaphorical barriers in science and space travel, they literally broke down barrier
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'Hidden Figures' Trailer: Watch Taraji P. Henson Win the Space Race
Some of the unheralded heroes of NASA
