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‘Sidney’ Review: Top Black Talents Pay Homage to Poitier’s Legacy in Oprah Winfrey-Produced Doc
Variety via Yahoo News UK· 2 years agoA pioneering movie star intensely aware of his place in film history, Sidney Poitier published no...
Louis Gossett Jr., Star of ‘An Officer and a Gentleman’ and ‘Roots,’ Dies at 87
The Hollywood Reporter via Yahoo News UK· 3 months agoLouis Gossett Jr., the tough guy with a sensitive side who won an Oscar for his portrayal of a...
Cherrelle Skeete interview: ‘Theatre reminds you that you’re alive’
Evening Standard via Yahoo News· 2 years agoFacing the prospect of replacing a lead actor at Hampstead Theatre’s new show a fortnight before it...
Review: Oscar Isaac and Rachel Brosnahan Bring ‘Sidney Brustein’ to Broadway
The Daily Beast via Yahoo News UK· 1 year agoJulieta CervantesThis is an amended review, which first appeared in February when the production ran...
‘Sidney’: Toronto Film Festival Review And Interview With Oprah Winfrey And Reginald Hudlin
Deadline via Yahoo News UK· 2 years agoThe great acting legend Sidney Poitier died in January at age 94. He did not live to see the...
Beneatha’s Place at the Young Vic review – this bracingly stimulating play has found its moment
Evening Standard via Yahoo News· 12 months agoFollowing the US Supreme Court’s ruling on affirmative action in universities, Kwame Kwei-Armah’s...
Jordan E. Cooper Is Not Shying Away From Bold, Beautiful (And Hilarious) Black Art
HuffPost via Yahoo News UK· 1 year agoFeb. 23, 2023 On May 2, Jordan E. Cooper was nominated for a Tony Award for Best Performance by an...
‘Sidney’ Director Reginald Hudlin On Impact Of Sidney Poitier: “He Changed The Global Image Of Black...
Deadline via Yahoo News UK· 1 year agoWhen the late Sidney Poitier embarked on a movie career in the early 1950s, he entered an industry...
Hollywood Predicted Tupac Would be a Movie Star. His Response: “I’m Not Going to Be Alive”
The Hollywood Reporter via Yahoo News UK· 8 months agoIn early 1991, 20-year-old Tupac Shakur was torn between ambitions of acting and rapping, and...
Lincoln museum exhibit offers perspectives on life in Illinois from residents past and present
Chicago Tribune via Yahoo News UK· 6 months agoWhat’s it like to live in Illinois? A Black doctor recalls navigating a predominantly white neighborhood when she and her family moved to a new home in Springfield’s Washington Park area. A ...