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"Viola Davis and Julius Tennon are raising quite a firecracker!\r\nAt the Rape Treatment Center&amp;apos;s annual fundraising brunch in Beverly Hills October 14, Davis chatted with Us Weekly about the values she and her husband are teaching their daughter, Genesis, 2.\r\n&amp;quot;It&amp;apos;s like that book, &amp;apos;I like myself because I&amp;apos;m me. There&amp;apos;s no one else I&amp;apos;d rather be,&amp;apos;&amp;quot; the Won&amp;apos;t Back Down actress, 47, explained of Karen Beaumon&amp;apos;s children&amp;apos;s story, I Like Myself. &amp;quot;I&amp;apos;m starting early to instill in her a strong sense and love of self, which wasn&amp;apos;t given to me.&amp;quot;\r\n \r\nAnd so far, it&amp;apos;s working! &amp;quot;When she plays with the little boys who want to kiss her, she&amp;apos;s slaps them and says, &amp;apos;No!&amp;apos;&amp;quot; Davis said of her daughter, whom she adopted one year ago. &amp;quot;So that&amp;apos;s good!&amp;quot;\r\nMarried to Tennon since 2003, Davis couldn&amp;apos;t help but gush about her little girl. &amp;quot;She loves telling people her name,&amp;quot; the Academy Award nominee shared. &amp;quot;It&amp;apos;s a big one because at first she didn&amp;apos;t do that. She&amp;apos;s 2, so now when people say, &amp;apos;What is your name?&amp;apos; she says, &amp;apos;My name is Genesis!&amp;apos; And she screams it! She&amp;apos;s proud of her name!&amp;quot;\r\n\r\nDavis -- whose next film, Beautiful Creatures, is in theaters February 13, 2013 -- also spoke about her desire to team up with Meryl Streep, 63, on the big screen. (The Help&amp;apos;s Davis lost the Academy Award for Best Actress to The Iron Lady&amp;apos;s Streep in 2012.)\r\n\r\n&amp;quot;I feel like I did that scene with her in [2008&amp;apos;s] Doubt, but I keep telling her, &amp;apos;We need to do something fun together. Like a fun road buddy comedy!&amp;apos; No one has ever seen that -- the black chick and the white chick kind of on the road together just having a good time!&amp;quot; the actress laughed. &amp;quot;She&amp;apos;s so busy. We&amp;apos;ll see how it sinks in.&amp;quot;"^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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