While “Hustle & Flow” was not a smash hit at theaters, actor Terrence Howard has been nominated for Best Actor in the Golden Globes competition.
“Crash,” which deals with race and class issues, landed nominations for six awards, including best film, best director for Paul Haggis and best acting ensemble.
Howard scored a triple play, recognized with a best actor nomination for his starring role as a pimp with musical ambitions in “Hustle & Flow,” a supporting actor nomination for “Crash” and a best song nom for performing the title tune in “Flow.”
Howard also announced this week that is in talks to play Thurgood Marshall in a feature about the early legal career of the first black Supreme Court justice.
“The Crusaders” is the true story of Marshall as seen through the eyes of Jack Greenberg, a dedicated young lawyer who became the only white member of the NAACP Legal Defense Fund and who fought side by side with Marshall in the courts to destroy segregation.
When he worked for the NAACP, Marshall won 29 of the 32 cases he argued before the Supreme Court.
Howard’s breakout year has also included performances in “Four Brothers,” “Lackawanna Blues” and “Get Rich or Die Tryin.”‘
