CHICAGO -- Academy Award winner, Lupita Nyong'o, stars in a new film, "Queen of Katwe," that is based on a true story of a young girl living on the streets of Uganda whose life is turned upside down ...

Meet Phiona. She is an international chess champion who grew up in a slum in Uganda. Phiona Mutesi's inspiring true story will play out on the big screen in Disney's Queen of Katwe, starring Lupita ...

In a post shared on Instagram, Lupita Nyong'o broke down her history with leading NYC mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani, with whom she worked on the set of the 2016 movie Queen of Katwe. "We met when ...

*”Queen of Katwe” is the colorful true story of a young girl selling corn on the streets of rural Uganda whose world rapidly changes when she is introduced to the game of chess, and, as a result of ...

In casting news, Lupita Nyong’o and David Oyelowo are in negations to star in Disney’s forthcoming film, Queen of Katwe, according to the Hollywood Reporter. The film is to be based on the story of a ...

The film is based on the inspiring true story of Phiona Mutesi, an Ugandan teen chess prodigy who becomes a Woman Candidate Master after her performances at World Chess Olympiads. We’ve been excited ...

*Sadly, Ugandan actress Nikita Pearl Waligwa, who was in the 2016 Disney film “Queen of Katwe,” has died at 15-years-old. According to Variety, Waligwa was diagnosed with a brain tumor in 2016 and ...