Viola Davis Receives 2023 Chaplin Award
Quoting the Chaplin Awards website: "The Chaplin Award... goes to an actor or filmmaker whose work embodies Charles (Charlie) Spencer Chaplin’s qualities of realism, diversity, and courage within their craft. These individuals have made outstanding contributions to entertainment within the field of cinema throughout the entirety of their career." This year's recipient was actor, producer, and soon-to-be director Viola Davis. She was honored with tributes from Gina Price-Bythewood (director of The Woman King ), Meryl Streep, Jessica Chastain, George C. Wolfe, among others. While being interviewed on the red carpet, Viola Davis said, "I am very blessed. No doubt. But it would be beautiful if we had a lot of company in this rarified air. I've always felt that the privilege was just doing it. See, I'm from the other side of acting then: ninety-five per cent unemployment rate, one per cent that make $50,000 a year or more. I never got into it to be famous." T...