{"id":19575,"date":"2021-04-12T15:20:37","date_gmt":"2021-04-12T20:20:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/?p=19575"},"modified":"2021-04-12T15:20:37","modified_gmt":"2021-04-12T20:20:37","slug":"own-spotlight-viola-davis-premieres-friday-april-16-on-own-10pm","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/2021\/04\/12\/own-spotlight-viola-davis-premieres-friday-april-16-on-own-10pm\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8220;OWN Spotlight: Viola Davis&#8221; Premieres Friday, April 16 on OWN @ 10PM"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/FhA6yJdmDoQ?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-US&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Advanced clips of Oprah Winfrey&#8217;s conversation with Academy Award-winning Actress Viola Davis on her record-breaking performance in &#8216;<em>Ma Rainey&#8217;s Black Bottom<\/em>&#8216;<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Guee_lVi6ws?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-US&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/yAl90gJ_0w8?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-US&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span><\/p>\n<p>OWN announced today &#8220;<em>OWN Spotlight: Viola Davis<\/em>&#8221; to air Friday, April 16 at 10PM ET\/PT on OWN. 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