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In the minds of critics, Oscars odds increased for Chadwick Boseman's Black Panther when the ensemble cast won top honors at the SAG Awards Sunday night. Boseman deleivered an amazing speech that encapsulated what it's like to be talented in Hollywood and have your gifts stifled based on race.  Said the brilliant actor/producer: "We know what it's like to be the tail and not the head.  We know what it's like to be beneath and not above and that is what we went to work with everyday."  He added that the industry allowing Blacks to present the type of society they imagine in the film  was essentially humanizing. Here is the list of all the other folks who won 2019 SAG Awards in film and television: FILM Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture Black Panther BlacKkKlansman Bohemian Rhapsody Crazy Rich Asians A Star is Born Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Leading Role Christian Bale – Vice Bradley Co...

The 2018 Golden Globe nominations were announced Thursday morning. Two African American films directed by Blacks, Ryan Coogler's "Black Panther" and Spike Lee's "BlacKKKlansman" are in the run for Best Picture.  Lee also is among the Best Director nominees and Panther, the top-grossing film at $1.3 billion is also nominated for  Best Original Song and Best Original score for a total of three. The film about a prosperous hidden African world earned Marvel Studios its first Golden Globe nod. A cable network -- FX-- is leading the swath of contenders for the first time, with show like "Atlanta," "Pose" and "The Americans" being nominated. Music related movies apparently did well in 2018.  Lady Gaga earned a leading lady nomination for her performance in a fictional film abut a rising star, "A Star Is Born" while the true story of rocker Freddie Mercury "Bohemian Rhapsody" earned several nomination includ...