Why didnt monique attend the oscars

I consider her a friend. I have and will always think of her for parts that we can collaborate on. However, the consensus among the creative teams and powers thus far were to go another way with these roles.

And while that role has yet to surface, the actress is set to appear on the small screen at least, in an HBO film about blues legend Bessie Smith starring Queen Latifah.

Julie Miller is a senior feature writer at Vanity Fair. HWD Daily From the awards race to the box office, with everything in between: get the entertainment industry's must-read newsletter. Enter your e-mail address. Could I have sex outside of my marriage with Sidney?

Could Sid have sex outside of his marriage with me? That's not a deal-breaker. And we truly know who we are. We'll notify you here with news about. Turn on desktop notifications for breaking stories about interest? Comments 0. But the reason why I accepted that role is because I knew that woman.

I knew her. And I felt like, if we really tell this story, that people will come out and get help and get healed. By the time it got to me, you know how they say,. And I read her life story, which is absolutely amazing — just to see how amazingly talented this woman was, and the mistreatment she received all the way up to her death. This woman gave everything to the business. It help me to put my priorities in order and realize that my family comes first.

When Hattie died, she died alone with a nurse by her side, and no money. Remember that? The things people were writing and saying, it was mind-blowing. It had nothing to do with a trophy. The members of the Academy proved it. You know, when I was sitting there, and Robin Williams , bless his heart …. Yes, but what an honor that was. From one comic to another comic, and we know how we both got our start: standing up in little bars with three people there, two of them drunk and one was blind.

I get asked that question a lot: How did the Oscar change my life? What it did was that it gave me a new reality. A force to be contended with. It should, and it normally does.