chiwetel ejiofor

Oscar-winning film wallows in human suffering then adds a happy ending

In '12 Years a Slave,' actor Chiwetel Ejiofor takes on the biggest film role of his career, one that many critics believe will yield him a best-actor Oscar nomination. It is also a role that he wasn't quite sure he was up for.

"Americanah" spent a week on the New York Times best-seller list for hardcover fiction