Marsai Martin has picked up another NAACP Image Award!
The 16-year-old actress won the Outstanding Performance By a Youth (Series, Special, Television Movie or Limited Series) award on Wednesday evening (March 24), for her work on black-ish.
This is the third year in a row that she has won that particular honor, and her fourth time overall. She’s been nominated in that category six times.
“So grateful … thank you for always supporting me and my craft. So humbled. much love @naacpimageawards,” she wrote on her Instagram story.
Also winning awards that night were Jamie Foxx for Outstanding Character Voice-Over Performance – Motion Picture for Soul, Netflix’s Family Reunion won Outstanding Children’s Program, Disney Junior’s Doc McStuffins won Outstanding Animated series and the show’s star Laya DeLeon Hayes won Outstanding Character Voice-Over Performance (Television) for voicing the title character. Soulalso picked up Outstanding Animated Motion Picture. It was a big night for Disney!
Marsai is also nominated for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series for black-ish. That category will be announced this upcoming Saturday (March 27).
The couple were on hand from London to reveal the nominees together.
“Here we go! @priyankachopra and I are revealing the #OscarNoms this morning 😎 Tune-in to any of @TheAcademy accounts to watch live!” Nick shared on Instagram ahead of the live event.
This year’s Academy Awards ceremony will take place on April 25th from two locations – the Dolby Theater in Hollywood and Union Station in Los Angeles.
One exciting moment for Priyanka while revealing the nominees was when she got to announce the nominations for Best Adapted Screenplay. Her Netflix film The White Tiger is up for the award, for writer/director Ramin Bahrani.
“We just got nominated for an Oscar! Congratulations Ramin and team #TheWhiteTiger. Somehow announcing the nomination myself made it so much more special. So so proud ❤️,” she shared on Instagram.
FYI: Priyanka is wearing a Greta Constantine dress, Christian Louboutin shoes, a Bulgari watch and Samer Halimeh New York jewelry. Nick is wearing Dolce&Gabbana.
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The Disney/Pixar film picked up BOTH of the awards that it was nominated for at the ceremony on Sunday night (February 28).
Soul won the Best Animated Feature and the Best Original Score awards.
Co-director Kemp Powers only just found out that he was nominated alongside director Pete Docter and producer Dana Murray for the Best Animated Feature that morning!
“Speechless. Congrats to our entire #PixarSoul team for tonight’s Golden Globe win! And congrats to @jonbatiste @treznor #atticusross for their win for best score!” he wrote in celebration on Instagram after the wins.
Soul beat out another Disney film for the Best Animated Feature – Onward!
While announcing that the film had won the Best Original Score award, presenter Tracy Morgan had a little slip-up and said “Sal” instead. See more on Just Jared!
Disney and Pixar’s latest movie Soul even picked up a slew of nominations!
Newcomers Jahzir Bruno and Madalen Mills are also nominated for awards for their respective films – The Witches and Jingle Jangle: A Christmas Journey.
Last year, Marsaipicked up a few awards at the ceremony – Outstanding Performance by a Youth, Outstanding Supporting Actress In a Comedy Series and Outstanding Breakthrough Performance in Motion Picture. Check out pics of her and the ish stars at the ceremony!
Huge news for Disney and Pixar’s latest film Soul!
The animated movie, which was released on Disney+ on Christmas Day, had the highest number of streams on the Nielsen streaming rankings.
For the holiday release, Soul even had more streams than Netflix hits Bridgerton and The Midnight Sky, as well as The Office!
The movie brought in 1.7 BILLION minutes of viewing time for the week December 21-27. To note, Bridgerton received 1.2 billion minutes, The Midnight Sky had 1.11 billion and in it’s final days on Netflix, The Office had 1.435 billion minutes.
Soul‘s numbers are equivalent to almost 17 million full watch throughs of the movie, which has a total run time of one hour and 49 minutes, according to Disney+.
That week was also the first time that Disney+ had two titles in the top 10 rankings on the Nielsen streaming chart. The Mandalorian sat at No 5 with 1.02 billion minutes.
Disney and Pixar’s new animated film Soul is premiering on Disney+ on Christmas Day (December 25)!
The movie was originally supposed to premiere in theaters earlier in 2020, but was moved to the streaming service for the Christmas holiday back in October.
Soul follows Joe Gardner – a middle-school band teacher who gets the chance of a lifetime to play at the best jazz club in town. But one small misstep takes him from the streets of New York City to The Great Before – a fantastical place where new souls get their personalities, quirks and interests before they go to Earth.
Determined to return to his life, Joe teams up with a precocious soul, 22, who has never understood the appeal of the human experience. As Joe desperately tries to show 22 what’s great about living, he may just discover the answers to some of life’s most important questions.
Who stars in the film? Well, Jamie Foxx takes on the lead role of Joe Gardner, while Tina Fey voices the character 22.
Joe Teaches Class – ‘Soul’ Extended Clip
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A new trailer for Disney/Pixar’s upcoming movie Soul has been unveiled!
The new movie stars Jamie Foxx in the lead role of Joe Gardner, a middle-school band teacher with a serious passion for jazz music.
In Soul, Joe is on the brink of getting his big break playing for a jazz quartet. But he finds himself on an unexpected detour from the streets of New York City to The Great Before, tasked with helping new soul 22 (Tina Fey) find her spark to earn her way to Earth.
Jamie recently opened up about how he related to his character.
“Like Joe, I hear music in everything,” he said. “When you’re a jazz artist, man, you talk a little different: ‘Hey, cat!’ I got a chance to go to a few jazz fests and meet Herbie Hancock, Chick Correa—hang out with those guys. They have a way of talking, a way of dressing—everything funnels toward their music, toward the jazz.”
