Beyonce’s Tribute to Venus and Serena Williams in ‘King Richard’ Fetches Her First Oscar Nomination
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Demi Singleton, Serena Williams, Venus Williams and Saniyya Sidney attend the 2021 AFI Fest Closing Night Premiere screening for “King Richard” at TCL Chinese theatre in Los Angeles, California, U.S. November 14, 2021. REUTERS/Ringo Chiu
In November last year, the headlines around Serena Williams were dominated by the biopic about her father, Richard Williams, who coached her and Venus from their childhood days, and encouraged them to become the athletes that they are today.
“King Richard” stars Will Smith in the title role, and critics and audiences gave positive reviews to the movie at the time. Serena and Venus were executive producers of the film and were also involved in the project since its nascent stage.
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Beyonce’s “Be Alive” grabs Oscar nomination for King Richard
The Academy Awards nominations were announced recently. As it turned out, “King Richard” received nominations in six different categories at the Oscars. Will Smith and Aunjanue Ellis received nominations for best actor and best-supporting actress categories, respectively. The film has also been nominated for best picture, original screenplay, and film editing.
Moreover, this is Grammy award-winning singer Beyonce’s first-ever Oscar nomination for the song “Be Alive”. While the singer has the most Grammy awards to her name, for a female artist, the Oscar has been eluding her for quite some time. While she got shortlisted for “Spirit” from the 2019 live-action version of the Lion King, she was not officially nominated.
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Beyoncé, already the female artist with the most Grammys, picked up her first Oscar nomination for “Be Alive,” which she wrote with Dixson for “King Richard,” a biopic about the father of Venus and Serena Williams. https://t.co/zKw3s1gW5s pic.twitter.com/Ogs1yjTkhg
— The New York Times (@nytimes) February 8, 2022
The 94th academy awards will not only be special for the film fraternity but also the tennis fraternity. They will be held on the 27th of March and the host is yet to be announced.
“Totally Deserved”: Serena Williams’ Coach Patrick Mouratoglou, Kim Kardashian, and Others React to King Richard’s Whopping Oscar Nominations
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Serena Williams on the Tour recently
Serena Williams has been enjoying some downtime from tennis since Wimbledon 2021. A hamstring injury forced her to retire due during her first-round match against Aliaksandra Sasnovich. She was aiming for the elusive record-equalling 24th Grand Slam.
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While fans were expecting her to return to the hard court season leading to the Australian Open, she announced that she did not yet feel ready to be back on tour. Clearly, however, she has not been sitting idle during her downtime. An entrepreneur, investor and board member of several concerns, Serena has had her hands full all this while.
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