Though he's quickly becoming one of the most recognizable names in Hollywood, Best Supporting Actor winner Mahershala Ali wasn't always Mahershala Ali. Raised in Hayward, California, near Oakland, the ...

Subscribe to The St. Louis American‘s free weekly newsletter for critical stories, community voices, and insights that matter. Sign up It is in the highly anticipated “Green Book” Mahershala Ali gets ...

Mahershala Ali is one of the most influential people of 2019. Octavia Spencer writes about his Oscar-winning work in 'Green ...

At this point Mahershala Ali is the only safe way for "Green Book"-loving academy members to give the film an award, and it won't be undeserved. Ali brings dignified complexity to the fascinating ...

Him and Regina King got these Oscars so easily. Regina was good, but the screentime bothers me, I mean she’s barely on screen 15 min in a 2h movie, this is unfair. About Ali, he drove the narrative of ...

The Green Book provided instructions on safe gas stations, friendly housing, and places to eat where families would not face harassment and discrimination.

If you’ve caught any of Mahershala Ali’s performances — like Juan in “Moonlight” (2016), Dr. Donald Shirley in “Green Book” (2018) or Detective Wayne Hays in “True Detective” (2019) — then we probably ...