Tony Curtis (left) and Sidney Poitier in director Stanley Kramer's "The Defiant Ones." (Courtesy United Artists/Photofest) Whenever someone’s doing something radical, we’re always going to hear from ...

Sidney Poitier was the first Black man to win Best Actor, starred in 'Lilies of the Field' and 'In the Heat of the Night,' and earned the Presidential Medal of Freedom. China issues new Greenland ...

Several times a month, community columnists weigh in on matters of faith and values. The Faith and Values column appears Mondays, and features retired Methodist minister Paul Graves; FāVS News editor ...

People look back on the late 1920s to the early 1960s as Hollywood’s Golden Age. This period marked the end of silent films and the introduction of “talkies” which starred some of the greatest film ...

*The Black Movie Hall of Fame (BMHOF) will host its inaugural Induction Gala on Saturday, February 28, 2026, at the newly restored Boone Theater, its future home, located in the heart of Kansas City’s ...

Before power stylists and method dressing, there was Cary Grant. Impeccably dressed in chalk-stripe suits and perfectly knotted ties that sat just right. He was the epitome of what looked good. Not ...

For decades, Hollywood has been an unspoken mecca of Black excellence and creativity, birthing iconic talents such as Sidney Poitier, Richard Pryor, Whitney Houston, and countless others. Beneath the ...

“Whenever there is a will there will always be a hill,” Sidney Poitier writes in his 1980 autobiography, This Life, “and wherever there is hope there will always be a chance.” Sidney Poitier was born ...

The actress was honored with the Sidney Poitier Icon Tribute at the Gotham TV Awards ceremony in New York City on June 2 Meredith Wilshere is a Society and Culture writer at PEOPLE. Her work has ...

Jeffrey Wright is often referred to as an actor's actor. He's appeared in blockbuster franchises as well as independent films and television, first gaining prominence for his role in the ...