Regina King

movie review Mar. 23, 2024

Netflix’s Shirley Chisholm Biopic Never Matches the Power of Its SubjectThe Regina King-starring drama about the first Black woman presidential candidate doesn’t do its subject (or the star who plays her) justice.

By Nicholas Quah

trailer mix Feb. 20, 2024

Regina King Is Our PresidentAnd also presidential hopeful Shirley Chisholm.

By Zoe Guy

vulture lists Sept. 30, 2022

Kings, RankedThere are a lot of kings out there these days, and some of them are even good.

By Carrie Wittmer

night at the museum May 2, 2022

Mannequins Haunt the 2022 Met Costume Institute ExhibitStaged by Sofia Coppola, Martin Scorsese, Regina King, and six other poor souls.

By Bethy Squires

peg the patriarchy Mar. 17, 2022

Regina King, Blake Lively, Ryan Reynolds, Lin-Manuel Miranda to Host Met GalaReturning to its rightful date, the first Monday in May.

By Ashley Shannon Wu

rip Jan. 22, 2022

Regina King Confirms Death of Her 26-Year-Old Son, Ian Alexander Jr.“Our family is devastated at the deepest level by the loss of Ian.”

By Jennifer Zhan

chat room Nov. 13, 2021

Zazie Beetz on Stagecoach Mary, Coping with Burnout, and Going Back to AtlantaThe Emmy-nominated actress on what she learned from Regina King and the Atlanta cast’s “24/7” group text.

By Kellee Terrell

movie review Nov. 5, 2021

Netflix’s The Harder They Fall Is a Mess, But It’s a Fun MessThis star-studded, stylized Western may not hang together, but it has an infectious energy all its own.

By Bilge Ebiri

trailer mix Sept. 28, 2021

The Harder They Fall Trailer: Shoot ’Em Up Style (Oops!)Regina King, Idris Elba, LaKeith Stanfield, and more star in Jeymes Samuel’s new Western, on Netflix November 3.

By Zoe Haylock

the dc universe May 30, 2021

Watch Regina King Learn She May Be in the Running to Direct New Superman Movie“That is news to me.”

By Charu Sinha

oscars 2021 Apr. 25, 2021

Regina King Kicks Off Your New Favorite Soderbergh Film, the 2021 Oscars“Think of this as a movie set.”

By Halle Kiefer

oscars 2021 Apr. 12, 2021

The Oscars Just Did a Cast Reveal for its PresentersRegina King, Bong Joon Ho, Halle Berry, Zendaya, and more.

By Rebecca Alter

red carpet Feb. 28, 2021

Finally, Celebs Have Learned That They Must Stand for the Zoom Red CarpetThe lewks simply demand it.

By Chris Murphy

cut for time Feb. 14, 2021

Kyle ‘Cut for Time’ Mooney Is Back, Baby, With Another Cut SNL Sketch“What do you say we cue that rock music?”

By Rebecca Alter

overnights Feb. 14, 2021

Saturday Night Live Recap: Regina King Is Horny for CornyWhether she’s going big or grounding the comedic absurdity of others, King gets ample opportunity to show off her incredible combination of talents.

By Matthew Love

snl Feb. 14, 2021

Regina King on SNL Wants Compensation for the Gorilla Glue Girl“We know it’s going to be hard taking a gorilla to court and suing him over his glue.”

By Rebecca Alter

snl Feb. 14, 2021

Get Hyped for Regina King’s First SNL Monologue“Y’all better make some noise for that last joke.”

By Charu Sinha

chat room Feb. 1, 2021

Kingsley Ben-Adir on His Favorite Scene in Regina King’s One Night in MiamiThe actor has some words “for anyone who has the bullshit notion that Martin Luther King was good and Malcolm X was bad.”

By Chris Murphy

snl Jan. 22, 2021

John Krasinski, Dan Levy, and Regina King to Host SNLMachine Gun Kelly, Phoebe Bridgers, and Nathaniel Rateliff will be musical guests.

By Megh Wright

fact vs fiction Jan. 16, 2021

The True Events That Inspired Regina King’s One Night in MiamiCassius Clay, Malcolm X, Sam Cooke, and Jim Brown really did meet up in a Florida motel in 1964. Here’s what we know about that historic night.

By Nick Allen

movie review Jan. 14, 2021

In a Year Without Live Performance, Regina King’s One Night in Miami SingsThe intimate Amazon Studios film, based on a play, re-creates a historic motel-room meeting between Sam Cooke, Malcolm X, Jim Brown, and Cassius Clay.

By Helen Shaw

trailer mix Jan. 4, 2021

One Night in Miami Trailer: 4 Icons Walk Into a HotelRegina King makes her directorial debut.

By Zoe Haylock

emmys 2020 Sept. 21, 2020

Regina King Wears a Breonna Taylor T-Shirt to the 2020 EmmysBoth she and Uzo Aduba honored the 26-year-old during their acceptance speeches.

By Chris Murphy

you’re a winner baby Sept. 14, 2020

Watchmen. Schitt’s Creak Lead the TCA AwardsHBO won in six of the 13 categories.

By Rebecca Alter

get out the vote Sept. 6, 2020

Tracee Ellis Ross and the Girls Get Out a Cheesecake to Get You InvolvedAnd the card attached would say, “Thank you for watching our Zoom.”

By Halle Kiefer

tiff 2020 July 31, 2020

TIFF Announces 2020 Lineup: Regina King’s Directorial Debut, Spike Lee, and MoreThe festival will take place September 10–19 with 50 features.

By Rebecca Alter

happy juneteenth June 18, 2020

HBO Is Streaming Watchmen for Free This Juneteenth WeekendWho’s rewatching Watchmen?

By Zoe Haylock

awards June 10, 2020

Watch Damon Lindelof and Regina King’s Peabody Acceptance Speech for Watchmen“I have never been more honored in my life to shut the hell up and listen.”

By Rebecca Alter

chat room Dec. 18, 2019

Regina King Would ‘Absolutely’ Sign Up for Watchmen Season TwoBut only if it’s “at least comparable to this first season, which is going to be really hard to do.”

By Angelica Jade Bastién

close reads Dec. 15, 2019

Let’s Talk About Watchmen’s Egg-cellent FinaleThe surprising ties between Angela’s fate and the Beatles song “I Am the Walrus.” No, really!

By Jen Chaney

tv review Oct. 16, 2019

Watchmen’s Extremist Superhero Dystopia Succeeds on Sheer NerveDamon Lindelof’s follow-up series extends the landmark comic’s complex politics into an alternate present riven by racism and class anxiety.

By Matt Zoller Seitz

trailer mix Sept. 13, 2019

The Watchmen Trailer Is Here, and Just As Important, So Is Regina KingDon’t call the cavalry.

By Jordan Crucchiola

fall preview 2019 Sept. 4, 2019

Regina King Finally Gets Her Theme MusicYou could say the actor has been a superhero for years. Now, on Watchmen, she finally gets to play one.

By E. Alex Jung

money moves May 1, 2019

Netflix Rolls Out the First-Look-Deal Carpet for Regina KingThe star used to have a production deal with ABC.

By Jordan Crucchiola

party report Feb. 25, 2019

8 Things You See at the Vanity Fair Oscar PartyBurgers, bubbly, and more.

By Taylor Ferber

awards season Feb. 25, 2019

The Highs, Lows, and Whoas of the 2019 Oscars CeremonyThat was one steamy “Shallow” performance.

By Devon Ivie and Jackson McHenry

whoops Feb. 14, 2019

Regina King Was Almost Crushed TonightOtherwise things are going great.

By Anne Victoria Clark

awards season Jan. 13, 2019

Lady Gaga and Glenn Close Tie for Best Actress at 2019 Critics’ Choice AwardsMeanwhile, Roma takes home Best Picture and Alfonso Cuarón Best Director.

By Halle Kiefer

2019 golden globes Jan. 6, 2019

Golden Globes Tried to Play Regina King Off During Her Speech But It Didn’t WorkKing vowed to achieve gender parity in all projects she produces.

By Jordan Crucchiola

awards chatter Jan. 5, 2019

The Rider Beat Roma for National Society of Film Critics’ Best Film by 3 VotesA big night for Roma and The Favourite.

By Bethy Squires

interview Dec. 18, 2018

Beale Street Let Regina King Channel Her Mom“I don’t feel like this was a woman that gets scared, that scares easy. I felt like this woman finds comfort in comforting.”

By Hunter Harris

exclusive Dec. 14, 2018

Beale Street Clip: Watch How You Talk to Regina King’s DaughterOne mother stands up to another.

By Hunter Harris

movie review Dec. 14, 2018

If Beale Street Could Talk Is Romance on Top, Despair Beneath the SurfaceIn Barry Jenkins’s work, loss is a given. He lyricizes it and sometimes seems to wallow in it.

By David Edelstein

and the winner is… Nov. 29, 2018

Roma, Women Named Regina Win Big at New York Film Critics Circle AwardsReginas Hall and King earned acting honors from the NYFCC.

By Hunter Harris

casting May 24, 2018

Actual Superhero Regina King Will Star in Damon Lindelof’s HBO Watchmen PilotDon Johnson, Tim Blake Nelson, Louis Gossett Jr., Adelaide Clemens, and Andrew Howard were also cast.

By Jackson McHenry

canceled Apr. 18, 2018

Netflix Cancels Crime Drama Seven Seconds The series starred Regina King and ran for ten episodes.

By Tolly Wright

Mar. 23, 2018

Regina King on Finally Directing Her First TV Pilot“Every show I’ve directed was picked with the intention of giving me the tools that I’m going to need once I finally direct a pilot.”

By Maria Elena Fernandez

Feb. 22, 2018

Seven Seconds Is a Staggering Crime Drama About a Broken SystemThis is the rare Netflix show that justifies its running time.

By Matt Zoller Seitz

Jan. 24, 2018