Review: Michael K. Williams’ final film role in ‘Breaking’
August 24, 2022 GMT"Breaking,” Abi Damaris Corbin’s lean and heartfelt first feature, is a lackluster bank-robbery thriller with noble intentions enlivened by an impassioned performance by John Boyega and an elegiac final appearance by the late Michael K.
‘Small Axe,’ ‘The Crown’ lead race for UK’s BAFTA TV awards
April 28, 2021 GMTLONDON (AP) — “Small Axe,” a series of dramas exploring the experiences of London’s West Indian community from the 1960s to the 1980s, received 15 nominations on Wednesday for the British Academy Television Awards...
John Boyega isn’t going to ‘take the money and shush’
November 24, 2020 GMTNEW YORK (AP) — John Boyega is only 28, but being a professional actor of 10 years and a veteran of three “Star Wars” films has given him insight into what it’s like for a young performer breaking into Hollywood...
John Boyega quits perfume ambassador role over Chinese ad
September 15, 2020 GMTLONDON (AP) — Black actor John Boyega has stepped down from his role as a global ambassador for perfume brand Jo Malone after the company decided to hire a Chinese actor to replace him in an ad he created...
Perfume brand says cutting Black actor from ad was misstep
September 13, 2020 GMTNEW YORK (AP) — British perfume brand Jo Malone has apologized to Black actor John Boyega of “Star Wars” fame after cutting him out of the Chinese version of a cologne commercial he helped create...
Much anticipated Star Wars-based ride debuts at Disney World
December 4, 2019 GMTORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — The resistance is rising.
“Rise of the Resistance,” the highly anticipated Star Wars-based ride at Walt Disney World is debuting Thursday, three months after a land opened at the theme park resort based on the galaxy far, far away...