Eddie Murphy has shared the advice Sidney Poitier gave him after he was approached to star in the 1992 film Malcolm X. Murphy, 63, who shot to fame on Saturday Night Live before establishing himself ...

"Sidney Poitier said, 'You are not Denzel [Washington], and you are not Morgan [Freeman]. You are a breath of fresh air, and ...

Eddie Murphy was warned by Sidney Poitier not to star in "Malcolm X." During an interview for Apple TV+'s "Number One on the ...

Eddie Murphy, in Apple TV+'s documentary 'Number One on the Call Sheet', reveals Oscar-winner Sidney Poitier's surprising ...

Sidney Poitier's Widow Joanna Shares His 'Inspiring' Legacy — and Jaw-Dropping Pickup Line! — in New Book (Exclusive) How Louis Gossett Jr. Got His Acting Start in Broadway's A Raisin in the ...

Biography of Sidney Poitier, the first African-American performer to win the Best Actor Oscar Year: 2022 Certificate: 12 Watch now on Apple TV+ Few if any actors have had a bigger impact on their ...

She has been working in journalism for seven years. The late Sidney Poitier broke ground as a Black actor throughout his career. His portrayal of Virgil Tibbs in the 1967 film In the Heat of the ...

Sidney Poitier wasn’t initially a fan of Atlanta when he traveled through what was then Atlanta Municipal Airport in the 1950s. He had already been a lead actor in films such as “No Way Out ...

Oscar-winning actor Sidney Poitier ... Although born in Miami on Feb. 20, 1927, his entire family lived in the Bahamas, by then still a Crown Colony. Hence, Poitier held both nationalities.

That intensity feels especially distant in this play's jaunty opening scene, where two white telly bigwigs swap one-liners and talk up the studio’s potential new star Sidney Poitier. But once ...