John David Washington

Hollywood’s hopes for salvaging its summer season have effectively ended after the releases of both Christopher Nolan’s “Tenet” and the Walt Disney Co.’s live-action reboot of “Mulan” were again delayed

Lady Gaga, Bradley Cooper and Rami Malek are among the first presenters announced for Sunday’s Screen Actors Guild Awards. Other presenters announced Wednesday by the actors union include Chadwick Boseman, Sam Elliott, Constance Wu, John David Washington, Adam Driver, Michelle Yeoh, Ken Jeong, Henry Golding and Angela Bassett. Ben Hardy, Gwilym Lee and Joe Mazzello round out the list of...

Lee landed his first directing Academy Award nomination for “BlacKkKlansman,” his comic and furious send-up of white supremacism. The film, about a black detective (John David Washington) who leads an undercover investigation of the Klu Klux Klan, won six nominations altogether, including best picture and best adapted screenplay, a nod Lee shared with Charlie Wachtel, David Rabinowitz and Kevin Willmott.

The 2019 Oscar nominees have been announced—and a few names are noticeably missing.

A scene-stealer from “Crazy Rich Asians.” A teen actress who brought aching realism to a movie about adolescence. A boundary-breaking country star. And a comedian who used everything from laughter to rage to make a searing statement on women and society.

John David Washington comes from a strong acting lineage, but he has carved out his own identity as a powerful actor, earning a Golden Globe nomination and generating Oscar buzz for his standout role in Spike Lee’s “BlacKkKlansman.” In his first starring role, Washington played a black police officer in Colorado who infiltrated the Ku Klux Klan in the late...

“BlacKkKlansman,” opening Friday, is the movie Lee has been building toward over the past three decades.

In a passionate, expletive-ridden monologue at the Cannes Film Festival, director Spike Lee lambasted Donald Trump for the U.S. president’s response to last year’s violent white supremacist protest in Charlottesville, Virginia.

The director of the Cannes Film Festival called the allegations of sexual misconduct against Harvey Weinstein “an earthquake” for the movie industry — but he said the quality of films, not gender quotas, remained the top factor in selecting this year’s lineup. Organizers on Thursday unveiled the 18 movies competing for the Palme d’Or prize next month, with a lineup...

It’s not easy being Denzel Washington’s son. John David Washington joined Steve Harvey on Tuesday’s show to discuss his character on the show ‘Ballers.’ But when Harvey mentioned that Washington’s character having a way with the ladies, he also noted that in reality Washington struggles with his love life.