Mary J. Blige – ALLIANCE OF WOMEN FILM JOURNALISTS

WEEK IN WOMEN: Mary J. Blige receives Billboard Icon Award – Brandy McDonnell reports

May 9, 2022May 20, 2022 Brandy McDonnell Billboard Icon Award, Mary J. Blige, MGM Grand Garden Arena, NBC Peacock, peacock, the week in women, twiw

A nine-time Grammy Award winner, Blige joins just 10 other artists to ever receive the prestigious Billboard Icon Award, which recognizes outstanding musicians who have achieved excellence on the Billboard charts and have made an indelible mark on music itself. Since the award’s inauguration in 2011, past recipients include Neil Diamond, Stevie Wonder, Prince, Jennifer Lopez, Celine Dion, Cher, Janet Jackson, Mariah Carey, Garth Brooks and P!NK.

News

WEEK IN WOMEN: Mary J. Blige to Receive BET’S Lifetime Achievement Award -Brandy McDonnell reports

June 16, 2019June 16, 2019 Brandy McDonnell 0 Comments awards, BET, lifetime achievement, Mary J. Blige, the week in women, twiw

Actor/singer Mary J. Blige will be honored with the prestigious lifetime achievement award during the 2019 BET Awards. As a recording artist, Blige has earned Grammy Awards and 32 total nominations and has notched eight multi-platinum albums. The New York native is also an established actress who has garnered two Golden Globe Award nominations and one Screen Actors Guild Award nod.

Movie of the Week Reviews

MUDBOUND — Review by Esther Iverem

November 9, 2017October 21, 2018 Esther Iverem 0 Comments Carey Mulligan, dee rees, Mary J. Blige, motw, Movie of the Week, mudbound

The human, under surveillance and under American Southern totalitarianism, is the recurrent theme in the new, compelling Netflix feature “Mudbound.”

Movie of the Week Reviews

MUDBOUND — Review by Cynthia Fuchs

November 6, 2017June 16, 2019 Cynthia Fuchs 0 Comments Carey Mulligan, dee rees, Mary J. Blige, motw, mudbound

Mudbound begins with digging. The screen is black, the sound unmistakable. The scene that emerges takes place at night: two

Movie of the Week Reviews

MOVIE OF THE WEEK November 10: MUDBOUND

November 5, 2017February 6, 2020 Betsy Bozdech 0 Comments anne brodie, Carey Mulligan, cynthia fuchs, dee rees, dorothy woodend, esther iverem, jennifer merin, liz whittemore, Mary J. Blige, maryann johanson, mudbound, nell minow, nikki baughan, Pam Grady, Sheila Roberts, susan wloszczyna

Telling the intertwining stories of two families — one white, one black — living on the same piece of rural Mississippi farmland in the 1940s, Dee Rees‘ Mudbound blends strong performances, notable cinematography, and heartbreaking human drama. Continue reading…

Festivals

New York Film Festival 2017: Top Female Performances — Liz Whittemore reports

October 23, 2017August 8, 2019 Liz Whittemore 0 Comments Agnieszka Holland, Agnieszka Mandat, Bria Vinaite, Brooklynn Prince, Carey Mulligan, charlotte Gainsbourgh, Isabelle Huppert, Ismaels's ghosts, juliette binoche, kate winslet, let the sun shine in, Marion Cotillard, Mary J. Blige, Mrs Hyde, mudbound, new york film festival nyff55, nyff, sean Baker, spoor, the florida project, Top Female Performances, wonderwheel, woody allen

Thankfully, this year’s New York Film Festival did not disappoint in illustrating the complexities of women. We saw actresses that have become festival fixtures and a few fresh faces never seen before. Here are NYFF55’s ladies to be recognized for outstanding roles in a dynamite mix of features.