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 ...

*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 ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. In No Way Out—directed by Joseph L. Mankiewicz, who co-wrote it with Lesser Samuels—Luther Brooks (Poitier) has just become the ...

As legendary performers, civil rights fighters, and artists who fought to break out of Hollywood’s stereotypical roles for Black men, Sidney Poitier and Harry Belafonte were destined to become fast ...

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 "Abbott Elementary" actress remembers when she was directed by the legendary star, who lamented: "I am sorry that the industry doesn’t have more to offer you, because you deserve it." ‘Lee ...

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 ...

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 ...

George Lucas and Steven Spielberg paid tribute to Francis Ford Coppola at his AFI Life Achievement Award on April 26, 2025 (CREDIT: Jerod Harris/Getty Images for Warner Bros. Discovery) Steven ...

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 actors, ...

"I didn't know if it was an insult or a compliment," Murphy said of Poitier's comment. "I was like, 'What?'" Gov. Newsom says federal government is moving to 'take over' the California National Guard ...