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Viola Davis to star in and executive produce new series, ‘Ascent’

Viola Davis attends the 32nd Annual Actor Awards at Shrine Auditorium and Expo Hall on March 01, 2026 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Rodin Eckenroth/Getty Images)

Viola Davis is returning to TV.

The EGOT-winning actress will star in a new Paramount+ thriller series from acclaimed writer John Logan called Ascent. She’ll play a corporate fixer who must use her skills to save her estranged daughter.

“I am overwhelmingly excited about this journey with the great John Logan,” Davis says in a statement. “We won the lottery with this one! Work in which both story and character are bold, awe inspiring and deeply unique is why I became an artist.”

Davis will also be executive producing the project with her husband, Julius Tennon, for their JuVee Productions.

This will be Davis’ second lead series role, following her Emmy-winning role in How to Get Away with Murder.

Ascent is set to begin production in Los Angeles in 2027.

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11 charged for alleged sham marriages to help Chinese nationals get green cards

▶ Watch Video: 11 arrested in NYC-based marriage fraud scheme Washington — The Justice Department unveiled criminal charges against 11 people on Wednesday, alleging they participated in an "extensive marriage fraud scheme" that involved more than 1,000 "sham marriages" between Chinese nationals and U.S. citizens.The 21-page indictment, secured in New York's Southern District, alleged that the marriage scheme ran from 2016 to 2026, and was facilitated by defendants Amy Cheng, Xiao Mei Chan and Gang Zheng.At a press conference announcing the charges, Attorney General Todd Blanche called the case "one of the largest marriage fraud prosecutions in United States history.""This scheme was not a quick fly-by-night operation, but rather a yearslong, multi-million-dollar cottage industry to criminally assist people who would not or legally could not otherwise become citizens of the United States," Blanche said.The alleged sham marriages were arranged to help assist Chinese nationals obtain green cards in the United States, the indictment said.The defendants "used word of mouth, social media, and various forms of advertising to market fraudulent immigration services to foreign nationals — primarily citizens of the People's Republic of China — including their ability to arrange sham marriages to facilitate fraudulent applications for lawful permanent resident status in the United States," according to the indictment. "Foreign nationals paid facilitators as much as approximately $100,000 for assistance in obtaining a sham marriage and applying for a Green Card," it added. Facilitators of the arrangements, meanwhile, allegedly made a commission of about $5,000.The indictment included photos of alleged sham marriage ceremonies that prosecutors said the defendants submitted to U.S. immigration officials. Photos included in the indictment of alleged sham marriage ceremonies submitted in support of immigration applications. Justice Department
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