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Articles for Sidney Poitier

Those we lost in 2022: A remembrance
2 years ago

Those we lost in 2022: A remembrance

LA Times  

Dodgers great Vin Scully, musicians Jerry Lee Lewis and Loretta Lynn, and actors James Caan and Angela Lansbury are among the notable deaths of 2022. James Caan James Caan was known to movie fans as the hotheaded Sonny Corleone in “The Godfather” and to TV audiences as the dying football player in “Brian’s Song” and the casino boss in “Las …

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To Sidney, With Love
2 years, 10 months ago

To Sidney, With Love

The Hindu  

“Virgil, that’s a funny name for a nigger boy that comes from Philadelphia. Yet, it can be argued that it was these ‘race-neutral’ films with Poitier in the starring role that had a far greater impact in changing Hollywood’s perception and presentation of the black man. From the role of Mark Thackeray, the dignified teacher earning the respect of an …

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Black Hollywood Honors Sidney Poitier’s Legacy
2 years, 11 months ago

Black Hollywood Honors Sidney Poitier’s Legacy

Huff Post  

The world lost a giant when Sir Sidney Poitier died on Jan. 6 at age 94. Poitier was the first of many: first Black man to win an Oscar, in 1964; first Black man to win an international film award, in 1957; first Black romantic lead in a major motion picture, with 1961’s “Paris Blues.” He was the first to …

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Sidney Poitier was the greatest American movie star, not just the greatest Black American movie star
2 years, 11 months ago

Sidney Poitier was the greatest American movie star, not just the greatest Black American movie star

Firstpost  

Race should not matter here. The greatest American movie star is Sidney Poitier. I believe with all my heart that Poitier was as crucial in the odyssey of freedom and equality for Black Americans — for personhood — as Frederick Douglass and Harriet Tubman, as Martin Luther King Jr. A clear descendant of Douglass’ rhetorical brilliance, he spoke the words …

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Family of Sidney Poitier pays tribute to their ‘guiding light’
2 years, 11 months ago

Family of Sidney Poitier pays tribute to their ‘guiding light’

The Independent  

Get the free Morning Headlines email for news from our reporters across the world Sign up to our free Morning Headlines email Sign up to our free Morning Headlines email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy The family of trailblazing actor Sidney Poitier say the loss …

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"My inspiration, my guiding light": Morgan Freeman, Oprah Winfrey pay tribute to Sidney Poitier
2 years, 11 months ago

"My inspiration, my guiding light": Morgan Freeman, Oprah Winfrey pay tribute to Sidney Poitier

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“Sidney Poitier epitomised dignity and grace, revealing the power of movies to bring us closer together. He also opened doors for a generation of actors,” former President Barack Obama said on Twitter Tributes to Sidney Poitier poured in from Hollywood and around the world following the death Thursday of the groundbreaking actor and cultural icon. “Through his groundbreaking roles and …

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Oscar winner and groundbreaking star Sidney Poitier dies
2 years, 11 months ago

Oscar winner and groundbreaking star Sidney Poitier dies

Associated Press  

NEW YORK — Sidney Poitier, the groundbreaking actor and enduring inspiration who transformed how Black people were portrayed on screen, and became the first Black actor to win an Academy Award for best lead performance and the first to be a top box-office draw, has died. Wisdom teacher.” Former President Barack Obama cited his achievements and how he revealed “the …

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Biden and Harris join tributes to ‘once-in-a-generation’ actor Sidney Poitier
2 years, 11 months ago

Biden and Harris join tributes to ‘once-in-a-generation’ actor Sidney Poitier

The Independent  

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Tributes pour in for groundbreaking actor Sidney Poitier
2 years, 11 months ago

Tributes pour in for groundbreaking actor Sidney Poitier

Associated Press  

Tributes to Sidney Poitier poured in from Hollywood and around the world following the death Thursday of the groundbreaking actor and cultural icon. “Sidney was my inspiration, my guiding light, my friend.” — Actor Morgan Freeman, on Twitter. “Sidney was more than just one of the finest actors in our history.. With unflinching grandeur and poise — his singular warmth, …

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Sidney Poitier changed movies, and changed lives
2 years, 11 months ago

Sidney Poitier changed movies, and changed lives

Associated Press  

NEW YORK — We go to movies not just to escape, but to discover. I hereby declare myself better than you,’” he wrote in “The Measure of a Man.” In 1964, he became the first Black performer to win the best actor Oscar, for “Lilies of the Field.” He peaked in 1967 with three of the year’s most notable movies: …

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Sidney Poitier was more than a symbol. He was one of the great movie stars, full stop
2 years, 11 months ago

Sidney Poitier was more than a symbol. He was one of the great movie stars, full stop

LA Times  

To celebrate an actor of Sidney Poitier’s greatness should require no qualifier, no asterisk, though before he died Thursday at the age of 94, a lot of people seemed eager to affix one. But Poitier’s mesmerizing performance in “No Way Out”— it takes talent and nerve to stare down Richard Widmark — never feels like a formulaic construct. Sidney Poitier …

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Friends Sidney Poitier and Harry Belafonte ‘made as much mischief as they could’
2 years, 11 months ago

Friends Sidney Poitier and Harry Belafonte ‘made as much mischief as they could’

LA Times  

It was the 1940s, and Sidney Poitier and Harry Belafonte were young men working for the American Negro Theatre in Harlem. Actor and singer Harry Belafonte with Sidney Poitier at the New York premiere of director George Stevens’ film, “The Greatest Story Ever Told,” in which Poitier starred, circa 1965. “They became estranged for a few years in the immediate …

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Sidney Poitier dead: Actor who made Hollywood history was 94
2 years, 11 months ago

Sidney Poitier dead: Actor who made Hollywood history was 94

LA Times  

Sidney Poitier, who made history as the first Black man to win the Oscar for lead actor and starred in “Guess Who’s Coming to Dinner,” has died. Actor James Earl Jones agreed: “When he became a star, everyone, white and Black, said, ‘I like this man.’“ 1 / 11 Sidney Poitier starred in and directed “Buck and the Preacher” in …

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Sidney Poitier made it easy to be in the presence of greatness
2 years, 11 months ago

Sidney Poitier made it easy to be in the presence of greatness

LA Times  

It’s never easy meeting a legend. As a teen, my friends and I were first-weekenders for his films, especially his comedies with Bill Cosby: “Uptown Saturday Night,” “A Piece of the Action” and “Let’s Do It Again.” And “brilliant actor” was far from the only line on Mr. Poitier’s resume. Poitier was promoting “Sidney Poitier: One Bright Light,” a biographical …

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Sidney Poitier’s legacy lives on: Here’s where to watch his classic film performances
2 years, 11 months ago

Sidney Poitier’s legacy lives on: Here’s where to watch his classic film performances

LA Times  

Lee Grant, left, and Sidney Poitier starred in 1967’s “In the Heat of the Night.” Sidney Poitier, the trailblazing actor and activist who became one of Hollywood’s most important Black figures, died Thursday evening at 94. “Through his groundbreaking roles and singular talent, Sidney Poitier epitomized dignity and grace, revealing the power of movies to bring us closer together,” Obama …

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How ‘A Raisin in the Sun’ made Sidney Poitier’s Broadway legacy unforgettable
2 years, 11 months ago

How ‘A Raisin in the Sun’ made Sidney Poitier’s Broadway legacy unforgettable

LA Times  

Sidney Poitier appears at the Cannes Film Festival for his film “A Raisin in the Sun” on May 13, 1961. Claudia McNeill and Sidney Poitier in the film “A Raisin in the Sun.” Brooks Atkinson notes in “Broadway,” a chronicle of his years as drama critic, that “Sidney Poitier, who had become a Hollywood star, played the leading part in …

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Hollywood celebrates Sidney Poitier and how he ‘epitomized dignity and grace’
2 years, 11 months ago

Hollywood celebrates Sidney Poitier and how he ‘epitomized dignity and grace’

LA Times  

Sidney Poitier, right, was there when Morgan Freeman received a lifetime achievement award from AFI in 2011. He had a way of portraying characters that transported ‘race films’ and ‘Blaxploitation’ genres beyond integration to classic stories of empowerment across generations.” — National Civil Rights Museum “Devastated to lose the towering Sidney Poitier. For not only opening the door, but for …

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Sidney Poitier, first Hollywood's major black movie star, dies at 94
2 years, 11 months ago

Sidney Poitier, first Hollywood's major black movie star, dies at 94

India TV News  

Highlights Hollywood stars such as Tyler Perry, Whoopi Goldberg, Viola Davis paid tribute Poitier had starred in films, such as 'Guess Who's Coming to Dinner', 'In the Heat of the Night' In January of this year, Arizona State University has named its new film school after him Sidney Poitier, the groundbreaking actor and enduring inspiration who transformed how Black people …

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Why Eddie Murphy returned to Zamunda for ‘Coming 2 America’
3 years, 9 months ago

Why Eddie Murphy returned to Zamunda for ‘Coming 2 America’

LA Times  

Years ago, Eddie Murphy started noticing more and more fans quoting lines from his 1988 hit comedy “Coming to America,” the rom-com fairytale in which his charming Prince Akeem of the fictional African nation of Zamunda defies tradition to find true love in Queens, N.Y. Then the whole story just started writing itself.” Styled as “Coming 2 America” and streaming …

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