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Watch: the star of “sinners” by Wunmi Mosaku with a performance in the best film of the country – Essence
“I hope that people love these characters just like these characters.”
In the thriller of the Ryan Coogler genre, Mossak He provides a layered and emotionally resonant performance as an annie-spiritual guide, healer and pillar of the southern community of Jim Crow struggling with the emerging, mysterious evil. In an interview with Essence, she described Annie as someone deeply connected with each earth and heritage.
Mosak’s admiration for the film began from the first pages of the script. “I have never read the script in which I took care of every character,” she said. The same emotions translated on the screen, because the film broke the money expectations with a gap weekend of USD 61 million and still mixes online.

The actress nominated for Baft also praised Coogler’s vision, saying that “his artistry is so deep and necessary,” and assigned his intentional direction to shape the soul of the film. The soundtrack of the blues, focusing around the musical talent of Preacher Boy (played by Miles Caton), has change into a “heartbeat of history” – a symbol of love, anguish and identity.
Shoed in addictive formats and wealthy in powerful messages, it’s greater than a horror movie. It is a story about the community, spiritual consideration and, as Mosaku says, “a piece of culture”.
Essence: I do not think we ever invested in a movie as we’re, and I’m just enthusiastic about the world to see this movie.
IMO Mosaku: Thank you very much! It’s good to see you again.
Similarly. Your character, Annie, is described as a spiritual leader and healer. Can you speak about the role he plays in community?
She is a spirit, conjurement of a woman and a healer. It is a pillar and community center. He owns a small store with roots, herbs and cooks. She is the second half of smoke. He is a component of it in the way he’s his healer and his sanctuary, his place of sensitivity and openness. He cannot hide from her. He cannot hide from him either. She is a mother and is someone who’s deeply rooted in her traditions. She is associated with her homeland and is associated with the spiritual world – she is a very powerful person.
It has a very unique plot and story. What attracted you to this movie?
I mean, above all, Ryan Coogler is someone I deeply respect and encourage me. I just think that his artistry is so deep and crucial, and he’s a lighthouse and guardian of Panfryan culture. I mean that he’s a cultural guard and likes us and ours headlights. It seems to me that the first seven pages I even have read are one of the most beautiful magazines I’ve ever seen. The scene between Anna and Smoke. That’s all I had after I had my first meeting with him and I just felt this love for them.
I even have never read something that was so well written where you understand their history, regret, their love, their hopes, fears, their, their and why not, and I desired to be part of it from the moment I read it. I inspired him at this meeting. He is so thoughtful, he’s so intelligent and eloquent and sees things in the way I would like. I would like his eye to see it too. In the whole lot he did, I used to be very grateful for his perspective, and his wisdom taught me something for myself, for my hopes for the future.
Essence was capable of see the early cut of the movie. Because it was edited to what the world will see, you now have an elevated role in what the finished product is now. How much does it excite you and what do you hope that the audience will receive out of your performance in the movie?
I just feel so honored that I’m in this movie and I even have a bow that my character makes. It is an integral part of their understanding and fight. I hope that individuals love these characters identical to these characters. When I finished reading the script, I assumed, I never had it and I told my agent: “I never read a script in which I love and I don’t care about every character written on the site.” Regardless of whether at the starting she is a young girl in front of the store, guarding the truck. I really like her. I feel that I really like this scene. I really like teaching community. Everyone is written so well and I hope that every person who watches this movie, loves each of these characters and feels each of these characters in the same way as us.
You spoke about smoke earlier, but now I need to speak about a pile. How it was to work next to the pile Smoke?
To be honest, the work of Michael Michael was so detailed that it was so clear who he was. Even while trying, his energy was different. When he got here to the set, when he was smoke, I felt as if we were interested in one another. It seems to me that especially in emotional scenes I even have at all times been on his side or behind him as support. And when he got stuck, he would do his job, and I might say, “Oh, this is a pile.” There was a change in energy with him that was so visible. I could say that I turned my back if he were smoke or stack – I could say so clearly. And in addition to the technical actual filming, making scenes in a certain way, it was actually quite easy. It was easy because they were so different.
How do you’re thinking that the big role of music and aspect of blues played for you in the movie?
Music is a heartbeat. I feel that Samm is a heartbeat – his love, his passion, his true voice, his journey to blues, his fight with his family, his discovery as an artist. I take into consideration blues and sammie that they’re entwined, and that it’s a journey of anguish and love. I feel blues is totally integral from the movie.
So one thing I thought of it was really interesting after I conducted research before this conversation is that Ryan [Coogler] He called this film the movie “Comfort Food”. This is something he considers personal and exciting for him as a dense film because he’s a director, but of course I do know he’s a fan of cinema. How do you’re thinking that this energy translated on the set?
It was amazing. Ryan has such love and respect for creating movies and filmmakers, but he at all times said: “We create a serious film.” He spoke on daily basis, possibly 3 times “guys who make a serious film.” And it seems obvious, but in fact, when it says, you say: “Wow, we really do it. We really create something together.” And so she was at all times worshiped from all the surrounding Ryan and for the work she presents into the world. Feeling has at all times been respect, pleasure and understanding that we were creating a piece of culture.
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Taraji P. Henson played in the upcoming thriller Tyler Perry
Tyler Perry Studios is preparing for the next release of the film – and that is one other thriller. This summer, Taraji P. Henson, Teyana Taylor, Sherri Shepherd and others are to look in the upcoming thriller of Perry “Straw”.
According to Netflix“Słomiana” concerns the “Lonely Mother, whose world spreads in chaos, when her day goes from evil to worse to catastrophic, when she tries to take care of her sick daughter. Pushed to the edge through the world, which seems indifferent to her existence, is forced to face impossible elections in a society that does not offer her safety net.” Taping her character Janyah as a single mother was something she could confer with from experience.
“Janiyah is a woman who doesn’t have much in life, but she has a lot of love for her child,” said Henson Entertainment every week. “I’m a lonely mother, so I understood her journey and her struggles. She is a lonely mother who tries to utilize the cards which have been given in her life best.
Noticing how the film “shows how easy it is that people in a difficult situation can be disregarded or deprived of civil rights by a system that is to protect them,” added Henson:
“If likelihood is high high high high high high high high high high high high high high high high high high high high high high high high high high high high high high high high high high high high high high high high high high high high high high high high high high high high high high high high high high high high high high high high high high high high high high high high high high high high high high high high high high high high high high high high high high high high high high high high high high high high high high high high high it’s possible it’s possible likelihood is high high high high high high high high high high high high high high high high high high high high high high high high high high high high high high high high high high high high high high high high high high high high high high high high high high high high high high high high high high high high high high high high high high high high high high high high high high high high high high high high high high high high high high high high high high high high high high high high high high you almost actually can possibly possibly possibly be a fighting single mother, you likely can in no way times pay for this extraordinary lunch, and kids who cannot afford this extraordinary lunch, get a separate lunch. And you already know what is happening then? Children begin to hassle your child. As parents, they feel the pain of our youngsters deeper than them, so it meant for her.
The film, which based on Henson is crammed with “crazy twists”, which could surprise the viewers, was reportedly shot inside 4 days, while the actress worked on one other project.
“Thinking that we shot in four days when I was still working on” Night Fight Night “,” Henson explained. “But that is what I like in Słrier Perry; he’s fast, and I’ll even be fast. He knew he had a limited time with me. He used it accurately … The topic is a bit dark, so I used to be once once once once once once once once once once once once once once once once once once once once once once once once once once once once once once once once once once once once once once once once once once once once once once once once once once once once once once once once once once once once once once once once once once once once once once once once once once once once once once once once once once once once once once once once glad that I used to be once once once once once once once once once once once once once once once once once once once once once once once once once once once once once once once once once once once once once once once once once once once once once once once once once once once once once once once once once once once once once once once once once once once once once once once once once once once once once once once once once once once once once once once once living only in the world of this character for 4 days, because this energy is transferred, and just somewhat little little little little little little little little little little little little little little little little little little little little little little little little little little little little little little little little little little little little little little little little little little little little little little little little little little little little little little little little little little little little little little little little little little little little little little little little little little little little little little little little little little little little little little little little little little little little little little little little little little little little little little little little little little little little little little little little little little little little little little little little little little little little little little little little little little little little little little little little little little little little little little little little little little little little little little little little little little little little little little little little little little little little little little little little little little little little little little little little little little little little little little little little little little little little little little little little little little little little little little little little little little little little little little little little little little little little little little little little little little little little little little little little little little little little little little little little little little little little little little little little little little little little little little little little little little little little little little little little little little little little little little little little little little little little little little little little little little little little little little little little little little little little little little little little little little little little little little little little little little little little little little little little little little little little little little little little little little little little little little little little little little little little little little little little little little little little little little little little little little little little bit of a follow you. I used to be once once once once once once once once once once once once once once once once once once once once once once once once once once once once once once once once once once once once once once once once once once once once once once once once once once once once once once once once once once once once once once once once once once once once once once once once once once once once once once once once once once once once once once once once glad when it happens, and I’m very different from one other character.
“Straw” takes place at Netflix on June 6.

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2025 San Francisco Art Fair Extated Creativity, Equity and Community Connection – Essence
Photo loan: Drew Bird, Courtesy of Art Market Productions
From April 17-20, thirteenth edition San Francisco Art Fair He brought an electrical pulse to the Fort Fort Fort Pavilion, attracting over 22,000 participants from throughout California and more. Of the 88 galleries and 45 participating partners, this 12 months’s event celebrated the creative spirit of Bay Area through dynamic exhibitions, programming, including and deepened involvement in constructing community.
Organized by Art Market Productions, Branch A21, began with a live VIP preview, through which over 4,500 guests participated. Collectors, curators, artists and similar ones gathered to take up a job which is able to define the weekend. Local favorites, paying homage to PT.2 Gallery, Jessica Silverman and Micki Meng, offered outstanding presentations, while exhibitors for the primary time, including Anthony Meier and Madsen, spoke daring statements with programming, which they raised regional talents. Sales reports showed significant activity throughout the least levels-from $ 500 local images $ 45,000, Rojas, sold by Jessica Silverman Gallery-Inventory, each healthy collector’s commitment and adaptation to trends emphasized contained contained contained throughout the Art Basel X UBS Art 2025 report.
In addition to selling the heartbeat of this 12 months’s fair, there was programming. Panels, performances and projects of public art emphasize how art intersects with justice, identity and local traditions. One of probably essentially probably probably essentially probably probably probably essentially probably essentially essentially essentially probably essentially essentially probably essentially probably essentially probably essentially probably probably essentially probably essentially probably probably essentially essentially probably essentially probably probably probably essentially probably essentially essentially essentially essentially probably essentially probably probably essentially essentially probably essentially essentially essentially probably essentially probably probably essentially probably essentially essentially probably essentially probably essentially probably essentially essentially probably essentially essentially essentially probably probably essentially essentially essentially probably probably essentially essentially essentially probably probably probably probably probably essentially essentially essentially probably essentially essentially probably probably probably probably probably probably probably probably essentially essentially essentially essentially essentially essentially essentially probably essentially probably probably essentially essentially probably essentially essentially essentially probably essentially probably probably essentially probably essentially probably essentially essentially essentially probably probably essentially probably essentially probably essentially essentially essentially probably essentially probably probably probably probably probably essentially probably essentially probably essentially essentially essentially essentially essentially essentially essentially probably essentially probably probably probably probably essentially probably essentially essentially probably probably probably probably probably probably probably probably probably essentially probably essentially probably probably essentially probably probably essentially essentially essentially essentially essentially essentially essentially essentially probably essentially essentially essentially essentially essentially probably essentially essentially probably probably essentially probably essentially probably probably probably probably essentially probably probably probably probably probably probably essentially essentially essentially essentially essentially probably essentially essentially essentially probably probably essentially essentially probably essentially probably probably probably essentially essentially probably probably probably essentially essentially essentially probably essentially probably probably essentially essentially essentially essentially essentially probably probably probably essentially essentially probably probably probably probably essentially essentially essentially essentially essentially probably essentially essentially probably probably the most powerful moments got here throughout the Saturday panel “Art and Impact in the East Bay”, through which the artist and cultural strategist Favianna Rodriguez emphasized the urgency of practice based on the goal.
“I really believe in the power of art,” said Rodriguez. “If we are thinking about artists in the whole story – Nina Simone, Frida Kahlo, James Baldwin – helped change the way we think. At the moment it is important that the artists wonder what really depends. Regardless of whether it is an environment or reproductive rights of women, or takes care of LGBTQ or your health care, we need artists to show us what is possible.”
This forward -looking way of considering lasted to the Sunday panel on the Nexus SF/Bay Area Black Art Week, a rapidly developing platform organized by African diaspora museum To emphasize the work of black artists in San Francisco and Oakland. Together with the second edition on the horizon, Nexus is gaining momentum each as a vacation and a call to act – with a purpose to deepen the visibility of black visionaries.

Moderated by Abram Jackson, the panel contained powerful voices, including the last word word word word director of Monetty White, Lava Thomas artists and George McCalman and galleryist Jonathan Carver Moore. Together, they unpacked the double need for representation and infrastructure, citing Nexus as a bridge – not only between artists, but between the past and the long term. Together with the 20 th anniversary of the Museum on the horizon and the upcoming exhibition, Energia around Nexus seemed expansive and confirming.
“This year at the Art Fair in San Francisco it was important for us at Art Market Productions to create real spaces to combine – especially for the black creative community, which is such an important part of the Bay Area artistic scene,” said Kelly Freeman, director of Art Fair. “Thanks to Nexus and Black Brunch Club, we were able to combine artists, collectors and supporters in a way that seemed personal, significant and solemn. These meetings that remind us of why cooperation is important in art – and why it is so important to strengthen the voices that shape the future of the bay.”
The Black Brunch Club, which took place contained contained contained throughout the showroom of the Fair Collector, closed SFAF 2025, nevertheless it was a smaller act than it was a vacation. This served as a reminder that black creativity won’t be only aesthetics – it’s a pedigree, life line and a lens for the long term.
Other outstanding sessions throughout the fair included printing workshops of the Museum of Craft and Design Museum, satirical lecture by Marc Horowitz on the absurdist history of art and a movable panel on motherhood and artistic practice with the participation of Silverman and the artists of the C. Tut and Libby Black. On Friday, a well -displayed conversation on “investing in black art for home” referred to how collecting is possibly each an act of protection and personal transformation. A non-public party took place the the equivalent evening Jay collection, autographWhere did the guests like music together with wine Gifts. The meeting was organized to extend awareness for further triennale, a brand latest platform introducing contained contained contained throughout the spring of 2027, which is able to have time visual art in northern California.
Throughout the weekend, public projects paying homage to Creativity Non -Profit San Francisco studied interactive entry points for beginners and experienced collectors. Meanwhile, organizations paying homage to Berkeley Art Museum and Yerba Buena Center for the Arts emphasized institutional cooperation and interregional story.
“This year’s fair has confirmed what we always know – that Bay Area has a resistant and deeply engaged art community,” said Freeman in a press release. “The enthusiasm in the pavilion was electric – from the quality of the works presented in significant conversations taking place at stands and programming. We are proud to provide a platform that raises this creative ecosystem and invites important voices in folds.”
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Ayesha Curry under the fire for admitting “the lack of athletes” before she married Stepha, when fans say that she humiliates the NBA star
The revelation of Ayesh Curry about her teenage dating rule bored the debate about whether the public statements of the culinary entrepreneur sometimes obscure the achievements of her husband of the NBA Super Gwiades.
Referred in an interview with the Christian broadcast network, wherein she turned to the strict policy of “without athletes” before meeting Stephen Curry as a teen, she caused mixed reactions of fans who wonder if such sincere disclosures unintentionally undermine the refined public pendant of the war warrior.

During the conversation from March 2025, with the host Efrem Graham Ayesh, she considered the irony of her former attitude, recognizing how her younger I made broad generalings about sports personality.
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“And it’s so funny!” She said: “When you are a teenager, you don’t necessarily think about what you are saying and you tend to generalize, and as (you) a change, you put different people into different boxes.”
Adding: “And so embarrassing at the bottom that this is capital letters, such as” without athletes! They are so smug! “And what kind of generalization is that? “
A 36-year-old mother of a four-person one explained how Stephen’s meeting questioned her prejudices. Looking back, she principally knew him all her life – for the first time she met the future NBA champion when she was over 20 years – and described their meeting as a divine intervention.
“And so I feel that that is the way it’s God, don’t judge the book by the cover, because I met my husband – well, I met my husband (when) I used to be once once once once once once once once once once once once once once once once once once once once once once once once once once once once once once once once once once once once once once once once once once once once once once once once once once once once once once once once once once once once once once once once once once once once once once once once once once once once once once once once once once once once once once 14 years old, but I went on a date with my husband at the age of 19 or (he was) my friend, and he was a exact opposite of this.
CBN YouTube viewers expressed Mixed reactions to interview.
“Could the embarrassing Steph stop? How to close,” commented one of the viewers, blowing her up for saying things that, he believed, he casts dirt on her husband’s image.
Another support offered: “I am glad that he now has its own marriage and relationship!” Referring to the thought that she just just won’t be comfortable in her relationship.
But many comments applauded her, recognized her strong faith, and likewise celebrated their family.
The third person noticed: “The man thinks about curry, he was not in the drama on the pitch and outside and has a beautiful family.”
Another added: “Everyone is incredibly beautiful, they just shine with a good spirit. Basketball Obama …”
This just just won’t be the first time Ayesha met with criticism of her public comments.
Earlier she caused controversy, discussing her feelings that she didn’t pay the attention of men compared with how her husband is bombarded with women’s admiration.
During the previous interview, she expressed uncertainty about women thrown in Stephen, while she felt invisible to other men, comments that were later criticized for being inappropriate for a married woman.
Twitter cut off the first 20 seconds of the conversation with the red table of Ayesha Curry
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Despite the periodic slack, Currys maintained a sturdy public presence when their family increased in front of the eyes of the fans.
Their oldest daughter, currently 12-year-old Riley, for the first time captured her heart as a premature toddler who interrupted the press conferences of the NBA finals of her father 2015. Recently noticed on the game Warriors, which stands almost as high as her mother with an area of 5 feet-8, transformation of Riley from Sassa 3-year-old, who quoted Big Sean lyrics in the composed teenager, caused fans to surprise during a fraction of Time.
The curry family now covers Ryana, 9, Canon, 6 and Baby Caius, who ends 1 this month. During her journey Ayesh built her own empire as the creator of the cookbook, television personality and entrepreneur, while Stephen continues his dominance in basketball at the age of 37.
Explaining their family’s approach to public life, Ayesha emphasized the authenticity.
“I think we are trying to keep it really. And we try to be nice people,” said CBN. “People look at our family, but I think it is important that everyone knows that no one is perfect, and we are just trying to live at the moment.”
While critics can perceive Ayesh’s apparitions as embarrassing against Stephen, the 4 -time NBA champion seems distrustful.
His recent birthday tribute to his wife showed his unwavering devotion: “Where are we starting to describe what you mean, our family, all who have been blessed enough to meet you. You light a room,” he wrote.
Indeed, despite the sporadic storms in social media and perceived excessive objects, Currys carried out almost 13 years of marriage with no much scandal, maintaining their status of one of the most admired pairs of basketball.
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