Denzel Washington: God Body by Sheldon Taylor

Man gives awards. God gives reward . Denzel Washington’s words are both ethereal and emancipating. Transparency and truth are his testimony, finally casting off the cloak of public perfection long shadowing his career. Long devoted, Washington’s faith has increasingly taken a front and center stage position as he slowly winds down an acting career spanning nearly five decades across TV, film, and stage. His past is illustrious, but it’s his beatific future that he’s anticipating. At 70, traces of Sidney Poitier’s regal restraint still remain. In the past, he wielded his high wattage grin like a singular weapon: gracefully fending off critics and dazzling fans. Now it's flashes of Washington’s Money Earnin’ Mount Vernon roots that are roaring to the surface these days: Washington boxes out interviewers with direct frankness and confronts out-of-pocket paparazzi. Washington's spirituality grounds him, but he's still a live wire. Instead of high fashion curated by stylis...