The role of President Bartlet almost went to Sidney Poitier, but Martin Sheen’s performance won over producers and changed ...

THR's executive editor of awards coverage dissects the origins and implications of a situation that has "completely upended ...

Washington considered the late actor Sidney Poitier a major ... African American performer to win an Academy Award for Best Actor in 1964. By the time Poitier had already made history, Washington ...

Legendary composer John Williams has the most Oscar nominations of any living person, with 54 nods. Williams has won five times, for his work on "Fiddler on the Roof," "Jaws," "Star Wars," "E.T. the ...

The first Black actor to win an Oscar was Hattie McDaniel in 1939 ... per the Jim Crow Museum. Sidney Poitier became the first Black man to win when he was awarded best actor for "Lilies of ...

The Oscars have given out 96 awards for Best ... roped into investigating a grisly murder in the Deep South, star Sidney Poitier had a few stipulations. But as part of agreeing to work on ...

Oscar pundits were describing this awards season as “weird.” Unlike last year’s slate, dominated by Barbenheimer, the new ...

The destruction caused by the Eaton Fire in Los Angeles County, which has decimated more than 14,117 acres in the last week, is threatening Altadena’s rich history.

Here are some Oscars records that could prove ... per the Jim Crow Museum. Sidney Poitier became the first Black man to win when he was awarded best actor for "Lilies of the Field" (1963).

Victoria’s film, which was funded in part by the city of Houston through its Houston Arts Alliance, is one of two opening-night screenings Thursday at the San Diego Black Film Festival 2025. The 23rd ...