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Lulu, 76, was asked on BBC Breakfast who she thought was the most charismatic politician. She said Obama, despite having ...
Olivier and Tony nominated actor, and 2025 BAFTA and Oscar nominee Colman Domingo  and Nica Burns announces a post-show Q&A ...
Sheryl Lee Ralph is set to receive the Sidney Poitier Icon Tribute at the second annual Gotham Television Awards. The Gotham ...
The Gotham Film & Media Institute has announced that Emmy® Award-winning actress Sheryl Lee Ralph will receive the Sidney Poitier Icon Tribute at the Second Annual Gotham Television Awards, taking ...
Anger is an emotion that all people, including Black men like NBA star Draymond Green, feel. Why is everyone so afraid of that?
The latest work by author and historian Peniel Joseph centers on the events of 1963 but also explores how “part of that era echoes our own.” ...
Sydney Poitier, the charismatic actor with the smooth-toned voice and intense gaze, rose to stardom in the 1960s. Honored by ...
George Lucas and Steven Spielberg were among those celebrating Francis Ford Coppola at his AFI Lifetime Achievement Award Saturday night.
The world will always remember actors Sidney Poitier and Diahann Carroll for their historic contributions to film and television. They made history and opened doors for future generations of ...
And they approached me about playing Alex Haley. Around that same time, I bumped into Sidney Poitier at something, and I asked him, ‘Yeah, I’m thinking about playing Alex Haley!’ And Sidney ...
Ivanno Jeremiah as Sidney Poitier in Retrograde Unfolding in real time in a tight and wickedly funny 90 minutes, Ryan Calais Cameron’s play dramatizes the moral challenge faced by Sidney Poitier ...
This is FRESH AIR. Let's get back to our series, Classic Films and Movie Icons, with the interview I recorded with Sidney Poitier in 2000 after the publication of his memoir. Poitier said he ...