TEARY-EYED CHADWICK BOSEMAN’S WIFE PICKS UP AWARD ON HUBBY’S BEHALF

WASHINGTON : As American actor Chadwick Boseman picked up a posthumous Golden Globe award, his wife Simone Ledward Boseman got teary-eyed and gave an emotional speech on behalf of the late actor.

Boseman bagged the Golden Globe award in the Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture—Drama category. Boseman won the accolade for his portrayal of Levee Green in Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom. The George C. Wolfe directorial marked Boseman’s final film role. With this award win, Boseman became just the second posthumous winner in the category’s history.

“He would thank God. He would thank his parents. He would thank his ancestors for their guidance and their sacrifices. He would say something beautiful, something inspiring, something that would amplify that little voice inside of all of us that tells you, ‘You can,’ that tells you to keep going, that calls you back to what you are meant to be doing at this moment in history,”

The nominees for Golden Globes were announced on 3 February and Jane Fonda and Norman Lear were announced as the recipients of the Cecil B. DeMille Award and the Carol Burnett Award, respectively.