Legendary actor Sidney Poitier passed away on January 7, 2022, at age 94. His cause of death was confirmed after the release of his death certificate.
Sidney Poitier’s filmography speaks for itself. Over the course of his decades-long career, the Hollywood icon, who died in 2022 at the age of 94, starred in classics like A Raisin in the Sun, Guess ...
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It started with Norman Brokenshire. As a young man from the Bahamas, aspiring actor Sidney Poitier had a thick accent, which prevented him from landing regular roles. And so he spent his nights ...
The New York Public Library’s Schomburg Center celebrates its beginnings, at a moment when Black history is under attack. By Jennifer Schuessler By Gabe Cohn Sidney Poitier is memorialized in this ...
Sheryl Lee Ralph is set to receive the Sidney Poitier Icon Tribute at the second annual Gotham Television Awards. The Gotham will honor Ralph for continuing to inspire, uplift, and break new ground ...
Eddie Murphy was warned by Sidney Poitier not to star in "Malcolm X." During an interview for Apple TV+'s "Number One on the Call Sheet: Black Leading Men in Hollywood," Murphy revealed he bumped into ...
The new book 'Sidney Poitier: The Great Speeches of an Icon Who Moved Us Forward' and Joanna Poitier and Sidney Poitier But far from being merely an acclaimed actor, Poitier was also a trailblazer, ...
And finally today, we remember Sidney Poitier, who died yesterday at the age of 94. He is arguably the best-known Black movie star of Hollywood's modern era. NPR's Walter Ray Watson spoke with two ...
Joanna Poitier hopes the new tome will introduce young people to her late husband's trailblazing legacy John Russell is a Writer/Reporter at PEOPLE. He joined the PEOPLE team in 2024. His work has ...
Sidney Poitier is memorialized in this thorough, and thoroughly conventional, documentary. By Jeannette Catsoulis Our critics and writers have selected noteworthy cultural events to experience ...