Cheadle: “Miles Ahead” In Oscar Race?
The New York Film Festival has announced that “Miles Ahead,” the movie about jazz great Miles Davis directed and co-written by and starring Don Cheadle (pictured) as the legend himself, will close the festival October 11th. Ewan McGregor costars. The closing slot general means a picture is good enough to garner Oscar nominations. Miles Davis is certainly an Oscar bait role: drug problems, musical genius — hello, “Ray”!