Beyonce’s Tribute to Venus and Serena Williams in ‘King Richard’ Fetches Her First Oscar Nomination

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.

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.

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.

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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.

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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