| 单词 | Poitier |
| 例句 | They were supposed to send in a movie called Guess Who’s Coming to Dinner, with Sidney Poitier. Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z “I didn’t accuse,” Mr. Mwila said, as cool as Sidney Poitier telling off the white racist sheriff in the movie In the Heat of the Night. P.S. Be Eleven 2013-05-21T00:00:00Z Would Sidney Poitier ever take a sofa or a large kitchen appliance from a store without paying? Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z The message had also been delivered on a national stage by celebrities such as Bill Cosby and Sidney Poitier. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z On one page, for instance, Schifano drew a sensitive, spiky rectangle washed in green, while O’Hara offered tributes to his favorite actors, such as “I am so glad that Sidney Poitier got the Academy Award!” Mario Schifano’s Excellent New York Adventure 2021-04-07T04:00:00Z Writer and director James Clavell adapted it for film, with Academy Award-winner Poitier in the lead role, renamed Mark Thackeray in the screen version. E.R. Braithwaite, author of ‘To Sir, With Love,’ dies at 104 2016-12-13T05:00:00Z A touching triumphalism glitters throughout: Here is a grinning Paul Robeson, a laughing Dionne Warwick, a regal Sidney Poitier, and a determined little girl at an integrated elementary school in Princeton, N.J. What Could Have Been Iconic 2017-12-01T05:00:00Z Over her long career, Lincoln acted with Sidney Poitier and collaborated in music with the drummer Max Roach, whom she married in 1962 and later divorced. Jazz singer Abbey Lincoln dies at age 80 in NY 2010-08-15T01:14:00Z The success of "Calypso" marked the first major surge in Belafonte's career after years of struggling in the New York City theater scene alongside Poitier. "A song of rebellion": How Harry Belafonte's dance with fame fed a life of activism 2023-04-26T04:00:00Z But when Poitier launched his against a haughty white moneybags in “In the Heat of the Night,” it was against racism. The Slap Wasn’t the Only Astonishing Thing About the Oscars 2022-03-29T04:00:00Z Poitier, gifted at conveying fiery resilience and good-natured restraint, was an obvious choice to portray him for a TV movie in the 1997. Mandela inspired music, movies, poems 2013-12-05T22:39:37Z Poitier became the movie star, during a dire stretch for this country. Harry Belafonte, Folk Hero 2023-04-25T04:00:00Z It would earn three Tony nominations — for the play, director Lloyd Richards and Poitier. Ruby Dee made her graceful mark on artistic, activist stages 2014-06-12T04:00:00Z Sidney Poitier honored Morgan Freeman’s career, setting up a highlight reel that included, for TV fans, an early Electric Company clip among Freeman’s many movie landmarks. An Unexpected Globes from Gervais: No Harm, No Foul, No Memories 2012-01-16T14:06:04Z Its charisma is that of an old-fashioned screen idol, like Bette Davis, Cary Grant or Sidney Poitier. When Filming in New York, the City Is Always the Star 2019-09-26T04:00:00Z But the Hollywood of that era would tolerate a single Black person and, ultimately, it chose Sidney Poitier, Belafonte’s soul mate, sometime suitemate and fellow Caribbean American. Harry Belafonte, Folk Hero 2023-04-25T04:00:00Z A sure hit is the timeless “D’Aulaires’ Book of Greek Myths,” with readings by, among others, Paul Newman, Kathleen Turner and Sidney Poitier. Traveling With Kids? Boy, Do We Have Some Tips for You 2019-05-28T04:00:00Z Mr. Poitier often found himself in limiting, saintly roles that nevertheless represented an important advance on the demeaning parts offered by Hollywood in the past. Sidney Poitier, Who Paved the Way for Black Actors in Film, Dies at 94 2022-01-07T05:00:00Z He joined the American Negro Theater shortly after high school and, for a time, vied for roles with Harry Belafonte and Sidney Poitier. William Greaves, a Documentarian and Pioneering Journalist, Dies at 87 2014-08-26T04:00:00Z Where else am I going to meet Angie Dickinson and Sidney Poitier?” Sue Mengers and the Hollywood Salon She Left Behind 2011-10-21T20:35:56Z A desk clerk at the Park Lane, hearing Mr. Jewison’s name, brightened suddenly and then, spontaneously, belted out Mr. Poitier’s signature line, “They call me Mister Tibbs.” A Director of Ideas With Decades of Them 2011-05-22T01:13:01Z That 1967 murder mystery, which brought together Sydney Poitier as an ace Philadelphia homicide detective and Rod Steiger as a backwoods Mississippi sheriff, is an attack on Southern bigotry and an ode to racial cooperation. Film: Buddies Cracking Jokes and Heads 2010-02-19T23:52:00Z Academy-Award winner Sidney Poitier, gifted at conveying fiery resilience and good-natured restraint, was an obvious choice to portray him for a TV movie in 1997. Mandela inspired music, movies, poems 2013-12-05T23:18:36Z When directors needed a partner for Sidney Poitier in his early prime, they turned to her, most notably as Poitier’s wife in A Raisin in the Sun. Remembering Ruby Dee: A Life of Artistry and Activism 2014-06-12T04:00:00Z I happen to think that Sidney Poitier would make a great Hamlet. Philip Rose, ?Raisin? and ?Purlie? Producer, Dies at 89 2011-06-02T04:54:29Z When he was 12, Mr. Poitier quit school and became a water boy for a crew of pick-and-shovel laborers. Sidney Poitier, Who Paved the Way for Black Actors in Film, Dies at 94 2022-01-07T05:00:00Z The decision to name the school after Poitier, 93, is about much more than an emphasis on diversity, said Michael M. Crow, president of the university, in an interview ahead of the unveiling. New milestone for Sidney Poitier: namesake of a film school 2021-01-25T05:00:00Z And in 1951 the young Poitier costarred in a British-backed film version of Alan Paton’s novel Cry, the Beloved Country — perhaps the first race drama shot in South Africa in the apartheid era. Mandela in the Movies: 10 Films About Apartheid 2013-12-06T21:21:59Z Recalling the first time he saw Mr. Rickles perform, Mr. Poitier said: “He was explosive. He was impactful. He was funny. I mean, outrageously funny.” Don Rickles, Equal Opportunity Offender of Comedy, Dies at 90 2017-04-06T04:00:00Z The first part is on the ground floor in the soaring Sidney Poitier Grand Lobby, a vaulted, not especially inviting industrial-looking space. The Academy Museum Finds Good Intentions in Messy Film History 2021-09-30T04:00:00Z Poitier never pretended that his Oscar was “a magic wand” for Black performers, as he observed after his victory, and he shared his critics’ frustration with some of the roles he took on. Sidney Poitier changed movies, and changed lives 2022-01-07T05:00:00Z And the psychic impact will be as incalculable as Winfrey seeing Poitier in his white tie. Perspective | At the Golden Globes, a night of powerful symbolism. Now, for the substance. 2018-01-08T05:00:00Z He is as bound to Frederick Douglass, as Tony Curtis is chained to Sidney Poitier in “The Defiant Ones.” Visiting the African-American Museum: Waiting, Reading, Thinking, Connecting, Feeling 2016-12-25T05:00:00Z In “The Defiant Ones,” co-star Tony Curtis helped Poitier make history by insisting that his name appear above the title of the movie, as a star, rare status for a Black performer at the time. Sidney Poitier changed movies, and changed lives 2022-01-07T05:00:00Z Poitier refused to film below the Mason-Dixon line, in southern Pennsylvania, since he and Harry Belafonte had recently been harassed by the Ku Klux Klan in Mississippi. How we made In the Heat of the Night 2016-11-22T05:00:00Z She starred in the films "Nothing but a Man," in 1964, and "For Love of Ivy," opposite Sidney Poitier, in 1968. Abbey Lincoln, 80, jazz singer, songwriter, actress dies 2010-08-15T04:14:00Z Seen via the taxi driver’s mirror, Poitier’s head obscures locked lips. Cinematic smackers: the most significant kisses in film history 2019-04-12T04:00:00Z His death was confirmed by Eugene Torchon-Newry, acting director general of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in the Bahamas, where Mr. Poitier grew up. Sidney Poitier, Who Paved the Way for Black Actors in Film, Dies at 94 2022-01-07T05:00:00Z “It’s a choice, a clear choice,” Mr. Poitier said of his film parts in a 1967 interview. Sidney Poitier, Who Paved the Way for Black Actors in Film, Dies at 94 2022-01-07T05:00:00Z Hadn’t they awarded an Oscar to Sidney Poitier? The One Big Awards Show That Didn’t Lock Out Women Directors 2019-02-22T05:00:00Z Undeterred, Mr. Poitier bought a radio and practiced speaking English as he heard it from a variety of staff announcers. Sidney Poitier, Who Paved the Way for Black Actors in Film, Dies at 94 2022-01-07T05:00:00Z Mr. Poitier plays Virgil Tibbs, a Philadelphia homicide detective who is initially taken in for, and then helps to solve, a murder in a small Mississippi town. Movie Listings for April 8-14 2016-04-07T04:00:00Z Poitier’s rise mirrored profound changes in the country in the 1950s and 1960s. Oscar winner and groundbreaking star Sidney Poitier dies 2022-01-07T05:00:00Z Mr. Poitier had known nothing of segregation growing up on Cat Island, so the rules governing American Black people in the South came as a shock. Sidney Poitier, Who Paved the Way for Black Actors in Film, Dies at 94 2022-01-07T05:00:00Z But had the Afghans treated the impostor's moderate proposals with even a smidge of the skepticism Spence and Kate show toward even such a paragon as Poitier, surely this embarrassing situation might have been avoided. How to catch a Taliban impostor 2010-11-24T01:01:00Z He personally warned Belafonte and Poitier of the damaging toll this country will take on Black artists who believe their art and celebrity ought do more than dazzle and distract. Harry Belafonte, Folk Hero 2023-04-25T04:00:00Z Freeman said Poitier was “my compass showing me the way, my one bright light who illuminated the path for me to walk upon.” From Cooper to Spielberg, stars turn out for AFI Awards 2022-03-11T05:00:00Z “Someone had to kick down the door,” Freeman said of Poitier, the groundbreaking actor who transformed how Black people were portrayed on screen. From Cooper to Spielberg, stars turn out for AFI Awards 2022-03-11T05:00:00Z Released in August 1967, Bonnie and Clyde didn’t win the Oscar for Best Picture, losing to In the Heat of the Night and the elegant heft of Sidney Poitier. Bored of blockbusters? Why Hollywood needs another Bonnie and Clyde moment 2017-08-10T04:00:00Z Morgan Freeman closed the luncheon with a benediction to celebrate the honorees, including the late actor Sidney Poitier, who died at the age of 94 early this year. From Cooper to Spielberg, stars turn out for AFI Awards 2022-03-11T05:00:00Z Poitier was not as engaged politically as his friend and contemporary Harry Belafonte, leading to occasional conflicts between them. Sidney Poitier changed movies, and changed lives 2022-01-07T05:00:00Z Katharine Houghton and Sidney Poitier star in this film about an engaged interracial couple who visit the woman’s liberal white parents, prompting her parents to confront their feelings of racism toward her Black partner. What’s on TV This Week: ‘How Do You Measure a Year?’ and ‘Project Runway’ 2023-06-12T04:00:00Z Before 1968, there had basically been Sidney Poitier changing the country on his own; then a galaxy of other faces materialized alongside his. 8 Ways a Modern Civil Rights Movement Moved the Culture 2021-05-20T04:00:00Z Poitier plays the straight man, as he often did in comedies, allowing Belafonte to have a blast as Reverend Willis Oaks Rutherford, a con artist masquerading as a man of the cloth. Watch These Great Harry Belafonte Screen Performances 2023-04-25T04:00:00Z "It was all inspired by seeing Sidney Poitier on screen," said Weathers, who has also been a director for 20 years. Carl Weathers of 'Rocky' still a hit with fans 2014-10-18T04:00:00Z The following year he gained his only Oscar nomination for his turn opposite Sidney Poitier in the tense racial parable The Defiant Ones. Tony Curtis dies aged 85 2010-09-30T10:06:00Z NASSAU, Bahamas — A bridge in the Bahamas is being renamed to honor Sidney Poitier, who spent part of his childhood in the island chain east of Florida. Bahamas to get 'Sidney Poitier' bridge 2012-10-10T15:28:10Z A few years ago, Sidney Poitier said that he had only one power throughout his career, which was the power to say, “No, I cannot play that.” Let’s Talk About the Oscars: An Evening of Squirming 2016-02-29T05:00:00Z His credits include "Spartacus," "The Boston Strangler" and 1958's "The Defiant Ones," in which he played a white prison escapee who is chained to a black man, portrayed by Sidney Poitier. Auctioneer offers "hot" sale of Tony Curtis items 2011-08-09T19:03:43Z "He was the reason a movie got made: the first solo, above-the-title African American movie star," Denzel Washington said at the 2002 Academy Awards, where Poitier was presented with an honorary Oscar. Sidney Poitier, considered Hollywood's first Black matinee idol, has died at 84 2022-01-07T05:00:00Z After Mr. Belafonte turned down the role of Porgy as demeaning, Mr. Goldwyn set his sights on Mr. Poitier, who also regarded the musical as an insult to Black people. Sidney Poitier, Who Paved the Way for Black Actors in Film, Dies at 94 2022-01-07T05:00:00Z He won an Oscar for his performance in The Defiant Ones, in which he played a white prison-escapee, shackled together with a black prisoner, played by Sidney Poitier. Tony Curtis: a true Hollywood star 2010-09-30T13:11:00Z In 1958, "The Defiant Ones" brought him an Academy Award nomination as best actor for his portrayal of a white racist who escaped from prison handcuffed to a black man, Sidney Poitier. Actor Tony Curtis dies at Las Vegas-area home 2010-09-30T13:20:00Z Poitier originally declined the role of Porgy, in Samuel Goldwyn's adaptation of George Gershwin's "Porgy and Bess," objecting over the stereotypical way Black characters were written in the musical. Sidney Poitier, considered Hollywood's first Black matinee idol, has died at 84 2022-01-07T05:00:00Z Washington plays Walter Lee, a chauffeur with dreams of opening a liquor store, a role made famous by Sidney Poitier, who played it in the original 1959 production and reprised it in a 1961 movie. Denzel Washington on 'Raisin' and Sidney Poitier 2014-03-31T13:32:12Z He kicked off the in memoriam segment with a tribute to Sidney Poitier, who died at the beginning of the year and whose enormous symbolic appeal Smith’s most evokes. The Slap Wasn’t the Only Astonishing Thing About the Oscars 2022-03-29T04:00:00Z When Sidney Poitier died last month, at 94, the Times critic Wesley Morris joined “The Daily” to discuss Poitier’s legacy as a transformational figure in American cinema and America at large. What’s on TV This Week: ‘The Eyes of Tammy Faye’ and ‘We Need to Talk About Cosby’ 2022-02-14T05:00:00Z In 1964, Sidney Poitier was a one-man awards-season history maker: He became the first African-American to win the Academy Award for best actor, for his performance in “Lilies of the Field.” What’s on TV This Week: ‘In Cold Blood’ and ‘The Black Church’ 2021-02-15T05:00:00Z But a dinner with veteran Oscar-winning actor Sidney Poitier, whom Tarantino called a "father figure," changed his mind after Poitier urged him to not "be afraid" of his film. Quentin Tarantino unchains America's tormented past in "Django" 2012-12-24T13:08:23Z We reshaped the material, putting the focus on the relationship between Virgil Tibbs, the black detective from Philadelphia played by Sidney Poitier, and Bill Gillespie, the redneck sheriff played by Rod Steiger. How we made In the Heat of the Night 2016-11-22T05:00:00Z Woolley also paid tribute to Sir Sidney Poitier, who will be honoured with a Bafta lifetime achievement award, for speaking out about black rights in Hollywood in the 1960s and 70s. How Baftas stole a march on the ‘so straight’ Oscars 2016-02-13T05:00:00Z In a career spanning seven decades, Ms. Dee was known for a quietly commanding presence opposite powerful leading men, including Sidney Poitier, Denzel Washington and James Earl Jones. Ruby Dee, actress and civil rights activist, dies at 91 Mr. Belafonte, second from left, in Chicago in 1966 with, from left, Sidney Poitier, the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., the gospel singer Mahalia Jackson and the civil rights activist Al Raby. Harry Belafonte: A Life in Photos 2023-04-25T04:00:00Z Poitier also received the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 2009 from President Barack Obama. Sidney Poitier, considered Hollywood's first Black matinee idol, has died at 84 2022-01-07T05:00:00Z “No Way Out” was followed by a sprinkling of film and television roles, but Mr. Poitier still bounced between acting jobs and menial work. Sidney Poitier, Who Paved the Way for Black Actors in Film, Dies at 94 2022-01-07T05:00:00Z As segregation laws were challenged and fell, Poitier was the performer to whom a cautious Hollywood turned for stories of progress, a bridge to the growing candor and variety of Black filmmaking today. Sidney Poitier changed movies, and changed lives 2022-01-07T05:00:00Z Poitier made Hollywood history, by breaking from the stereotypes of bug-eyed entertainers, and American history, by appearing in films during the 1950s and 1960s that paralleled the growth of the civil rights movement. Sidney Poitier changed movies, and changed lives 2022-01-07T05:00:00Z He joins an impressive list which includes Sidney Poitier, Helen Mirren, Woody Allen and Alfred Hitchcock who was the first recipient in 1971. La La Land fails to win Baftas landslide on night of diversity 2017-02-13T05:00:00Z In Poitier’s memoir “The Measure of a Man,” he talks about seeing his first film as a kid. Poitier and Bogdanovich: The Defiant Ones 2022-01-11T05:00:00Z Mr. Poitier grew up in the Bahamas, but he was born on Feb. 20, 1927, in Miami, where his parents traveled regularly to sell their tomato crop. Sidney Poitier, Who Paved the Way for Black Actors in Film, Dies at 94 2022-01-07T05:00:00Z For me and lots of people I knew, it was thrilling because it felt like a time of more possibilities for Black people — it wasn’t only Sidney Poitier anymore. For Elvis Mitchell, Critic Turned Filmmaker, a Chance to Show and Tell 2022-11-11T05:00:00Z Poitier’s now-famous cadence and diction came in part through reading and studying the voices he heard on the radio. Sidney Poitier changed movies, and changed lives 2022-01-07T05:00:00Z “This town never was infected by that kind of goodness,” Poitier said. Poitier and Bogdanovich: The Defiant Ones 2022-01-11T05:00:00Z In his memoir, Poitier wrote that he didn’t have a responsibility to be “angry and defiant,” even if he often felt those emotions. Sidney Poitier changed movies, and changed lives 2022-01-07T05:00:00Z “Sidney,” a documentary about the actor and filmmaker Sidney Poitier, who died in January, is a compendium of hero worship. ‘Sidney’ Review: A Lovingly Assembled Career Portrait 2022-09-22T04:00:00Z “I can’t think of any living actor more deserving,” Mr. Jewison said, then told some stories about Mr. Poitier’s wary relationship with his flamboyant co-star, Rod Steiger. A Director of Ideas With Decades of Them 2011-05-22T01:13:01Z Obama’s dignified approach to the US presidency evokes the cinematic image of the iconic Sidney Poitier, the most popular actor in the country before the dawn of the blaxploitation era. The return of blaxploitation: why the time is right to bring back Shaft and Foxy Brown 2018-01-11T05:00:00Z In late 1943 Mr. Poitier lied about his age and enlisted in the Army, becoming an orderly with the 1267th Medical Detachment at a veterans hospital on Long Island. Sidney Poitier, Who Paved the Way for Black Actors in Film, Dies at 94 2022-01-07T05:00:00Z Mr. Poitier repeated the role in the 1961 film version of the play. Sidney Poitier, Who Paved the Way for Black Actors in Film, Dies at 94 2022-01-07T05:00:00Z He lived near Poitier, a friend he first met in New York, and the two spent a great deal of time together, including on the set of Poitier’s 1958 film “The Defiant Ones.” The Man Who Taught a Generation of Black Artists Gets His Own Retrospective 2018-09-28T04:00:00Z Before Poitier, the son of Bahamian tomato farmers, no Black actor had a sustained career as a lead performer or could get a film produced based on his own star power. Oscar winner and groundbreaking star Sidney Poitier dies 2022-01-07T05:00:00Z He spoke first of Sidney Poitier, the star of “In the Heat of the Night,” who was to be honored with the Charlie Chaplin Award that night at Lincoln Center. A Director of Ideas With Decades of Them 2011-05-22T01:13:01Z Mr. Poitier’s memoir “This Life” was followed by a second, “The Measure of a Man,” in 2000. Sidney Poitier, Who Paved the Way for Black Actors in Film, Dies at 94 2022-01-07T05:00:00Z The African-American actress-singer Abbey Lincoln starred alongside Sidney Poitier in “For Love of Ivy,” which is said to be the first mainstream American movie with two black romantic leads. Dystopia, Apocalypse, Culture War: 2018 or 1968? 2018-05-17T04:00:00Z When the original director, Joseph Sargent, was fired a few days into shooting, Poitier took over directorial duties, launching a new career in film. Watch These Great Harry Belafonte Screen Performances 2023-04-25T04:00:00Z In other movies, Poitier had often been overlit in a way that sabotaged the subtlety of his expression. Remembering Haskell Wexler, a Cinematographer More Passionate Than Medium Cool 2015-12-28T05:00:00Z Foxx cited the attitude of Sidney Poitier, who became the first black winner of the best actor Oscar in 1964 for his turn in Lilies of the Field. Jamie Foxx: black stars – including Will Smith – need to #actbetter to win Oscars 2016-02-24T05:00:00Z Mr. Poitier finally won a place in the theater’s acting school, but only after he volunteered to work as a janitor without pay. Sidney Poitier, Who Paved the Way for Black Actors in Film, Dies at 94 2022-01-07T05:00:00Z “Sidney Poitier is quite literally the reason why I wanted to become an artist. … There are very few people that I quake in the presence of. Rest easy, GOAT. ” Tributes pour in for groundbreaking actor Sidney Poitier 2022-01-07T05:00:00Z But he also knew what to do with faces, specifically Poitier’s. Remembering Haskell Wexler, a Cinematographer More Passionate Than Medium Cool 2015-12-28T05:00:00Z Tributes to Sidney Poitier poured in from Hollywood and around the world following the death Thursday of the groundbreaking actor and cultural icon. Tributes pour in for groundbreaking actor Sidney Poitier 2022-01-07T05:00:00Z James Baldwin, in his classic essay on movies “The Devil Finds Work,” helped define the affinity and disillusion that Poitier inspired. Sidney Poitier changed movies, and changed lives 2022-01-07T05:00:00Z She also had highly public engagements to Mr. Poitier and the English television journalist David Frost. Diahann Carroll, Actress Who Broke Barriers With ‘Julia,’ Dies at 84 2019-10-04T04:00:00Z His movie stardom was short-lived, though, and it was his friendly rival Sidney Poitier, not Mr. Belafonte, who became the first bona fide Black matinee idol. Harry Belafonte, 96, Dies; Barrier-Breaking Singer, Actor and Activist 2023-04-25T04:00:00Z Ms. Lincoln’s career encompassed outspoken civil rights advocacy in the 1960s and fearless introspection in more recent years, and for a time in the 1960s she acted in films with Sidney Poitier. Abbey Lincoln, Jazz Singer and Writer, Dies at 80 2010-08-14T19:25:00Z That there's a Sidney Poitier documentary in the same time that this is out. Elvis Mitchell: The success of Black '70s films was "the dirty little secret of American cinema" 2022-11-30T05:00:00Z His Oscar nomination was for "The Defiant Ones," playing a racist prison escapee chained to a black man played by Sidney Poitier. Oscar-nominated Tony Curtis dies, age 85 2010-10-01T00:37:00Z When I was 10 there was a great Sidney Poitier film called "To Sir, with Love." "If they shout at me, I'll shout back": Eddie Izzard talks comedy, transphobia and taking a stand 2023-08-24T04:00:00Z “Mr. Poitier is a remarkable actor with enormous power that is always under control,” Brooks Atkinson wrote in The New York Times. Sidney Poitier, Who Paved the Way for Black Actors in Film, Dies at 94 2022-01-07T05:00:00Z Here are excepts of Poitier in his own words through the years. Sidney Poitier: A trailblazing life in his own words 2022-01-07T05:00:00Z And Poitier signed on for $200,000, well under his usual rate. How we made In the Heat of the Night 2016-11-22T05:00:00Z Poitier specialized in these thankless parts, playing it yet a third time in “Guess Who’s Coming to Dinner.” “Selma” Vs. “Selma” 2015-01-26T05:00:00Z “The Defiant Ones” remained one of Mr. Poitier’s favorite films, but to get the part he had to cross swords with Samuel Goldwyn, who was assembling a cast for “Porgy and Bess.” Sidney Poitier, Who Paved the Way for Black Actors in Film, Dies at 94 2022-01-07T05:00:00Z These were relationships that continued the rules of the past, one in which Poitier was frequently hired to turn bigots into buddies. Why Do the Oscars Keep Falling for Racial Reconciliation Fantasies? 2019-01-23T05:00:00Z Surely we have made real progress since the days of, say, Guess Who’s Coming to Dinner, the classic 1967 film with Sidney Poitier and Spencer Tracy? Why Get Out should win the 2018 best picture Oscar 2018-02-19T05:00:00Z Here, he tells Mr. Carr about being fired from one of his first high-profile jobs, a television version of “To Sir, With Love,” opposite Sydney Poitier. The Carpetbagger: Michael Shannon's Rocky Start 2012-01-10T20:00:41Z We brought in Bayard Rustin and Sidney Poitier to give lectures. A Painter and Social Activist With an ‘Unruly Nature’ 2020-03-01T05:00:00Z As civil rights activists continued their fight, Sidney Poitier became the first black best actor winner. From assassinations to 9/11: How the Oscars respond to political turmoil 2017-02-22T05:00:00Z "The Defiant Ones" brought him an Oscar nomination in 1958 for his portrayal of a racist escaped convict handcuffed to a black escapee, Sidney Poitier. Coroner: Actor Tony Curtis dies at Las Vegas home 2010-09-30T12:31:00Z Poitier not only upended the kinds of movies Hollywood made, but how they were filmed. Sidney Poitier changed movies, and changed lives 2022-01-07T05:00:00Z Before turning to writing, she studied acting at the American Negro Theater, a Harlem-based group of the 1940s where Sidney Poitier and Harry Belafonte received early training. Rosa Guy, 89, Author of Forthright Novels for Young People 2012-06-07T04:23:10Z Mason dismissed Poitier’s films as “a schizophrenic flight from historical fact” and the actor as a pawn for the “white man’s sense of what’s wrong with the world.” Sidney Poitier changed movies, and changed lives 2022-01-07T05:00:00Z He and Mr. Poitier play Dave and Manny, thieves who wind up working together at a Chicago community center, pretending to be successful businessmen on the up and up. How to Think About Bill Cosby and ‘The Cosby Show’ 2017-06-18T04:00:00Z If there was ever any pressure on him, as there was on leading Black actors like Sidney Poitier back in the day, to choose saintly, role-model parts rather than demonic, criminal parts, he ignored it. Denzel Washington, Man on Fire 2021-12-04T05:00:00Z “I was with Sidney Poitier just a couple weeks ago, and in 1963 all he asked for was an opportunity to act,” Foxx said. Jamie Foxx: black stars – including Will Smith – need to #actbetter to win Oscars 2016-02-24T05:00:00Z There’s a rich if lesser known tradition of Black Westerns, like “Buck and the Preacher” with Sidney Poitier. Giving the Western some swagger in ‘The Harder They Fall’ 2021-10-30T04:00:00Z Audrey Hepburn, Sidney Poitier and Elizabeth Taylor didn't appear on talk shows in those days. Why the Oscars still matter 2013-01-09T19:03:24Z In 1993’s “Six Degrees of Separation,” Smith plays a con artist who woos a wealthy couple by pretending to be the son of Sidney Poitier. Review | In Will Smith’s memoir, the superstar is self-deprecating but ultimately invincible 2021-11-05T04:00:00Z And while the show, directed by Mr. Poitier, is thoroughly entertaining, it displays a mild personality disorder. ArtsBeat: New York Musical Theater Festival Report: ‘Legacy Falls’ 2013-07-26T16:01:37Z The critics thought little of Mr. Poitier’s directing talents, but enthusiastic audiences, Black and white, made all three films box-office hits. Sidney Poitier, Who Paved the Way for Black Actors in Film, Dies at 94 2022-01-07T05:00:00Z “One of the greatest actors of his generation. We all have our Poitier era. Growing up in the ’70s I’d have to say that maybe ‘Uptown Saturday Night’ was the first movie I ever watched. Tributes pour in for groundbreaking actor Sidney Poitier 2022-01-07T05:00:00Z Four black performers scheduled to have a role in the ceremony — Sidney Poitier, Diahann Carroll, Sammy Davis, Jr. and Louis Armstrong — canceled. From assassinations to 9/11: How the Oscars respond to political turmoil 2017-02-22T05:00:00Z In interviews and in his 2000 autobiography, “The Measure of a Man,” Poitier spoke and wrote about the hardships, responsibilities and importance of his historic ascent in Hollywood. Sidney Poitier: A trailblazing life in his own words 2022-01-07T05:00:00Z Shooting had already started in Mexico, and Poitier offered to take over temporarily so the production could keep going while the studio looked for someone else. Poitier and Bogdanovich: The Defiant Ones 2022-01-11T05:00:00Z “With Sidney Poitier, it’s his creative energy, his dynamism, his drive, his ambition, the kinds of projects he worked on, the ways in which he advanced his life.” New milestone for Sidney Poitier: namesake of a film school 2021-01-25T05:00:00Z Although Poitier is at his usual elegant and understated best, it’s Tracy and Hepburn who get the most noble speeches about tolerance and White uplift. Sidney Poitier was an icon of racial reassurance. But his genius lay in his rage. 2022-01-08T05:00:00Z The previous year, Curtis had been paired with Sidney Poitier in “The Defiant Ones,” an earnest attempt to promote what used to be called brotherhood. We Still Like It Hot 2020-06-02T04:00:00Z She was quickly swept away towards Sidney Poitier, seated on a banquette with Quincy Jones. The Carpetbagger: Lupita Nyong’o Dancing With Bill Murray and Other Party Memories 2014-03-03T20:07:27Z In a twist, this revival is in the same theater where Poitier debuted the play. Denzel Washington on 'Raisin' and Sidney Poitier 2014-03-31T13:32:12Z Mr. Poitier, speaking by phone, recalled Mr. Jewison as a director who “has the most charming way with actors.” A Director of Ideas With Decades of Them 2011-05-22T01:13:01Z Throughout that decade, Poitier, who died Thursday at 94, cultivated a persona of quiet, self-confident authority and classic style. Sidney Poitier was an icon of racial reassurance. But his genius lay in his rage. 2022-01-08T05:00:00Z When presenter Anne Bancroft announced his victory, the audience cheered for so long that Poitier was able to re-remember the speech he briefly forgot. Sidney Poitier changed movies, and changed lives 2022-01-07T05:00:00Z My father was in movies with Sidney Poitier. Talib Kweli on hip-hop, Rudy "Ghouliani" and how Kanye West can make amends for supporting Trump 2021-03-11T05:00:00Z Sidney Poitier has died at the age of 94, according to Eugene Torchon-Newry, acting director general of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in the Bahamas. Sidney Poitier, considered Hollywood's first Black matinee idol, has died at 84 2022-01-07T05:00:00Z When Belafonte didn’t show up one night, Poitier stepped in and caught the attention of a Broadway director who happened to be in attendance. Sidney Poitier changed movies, and changed lives 2022-01-07T05:00:00Z The role of Porgy was offered instead to his old friend Mr. Poitier, whom he criticized publicly for accepting it. Harry Belafonte, 96, Dies; Barrier-Breaking Singer, Actor and Activist 2023-04-25T04:00:00Z Poitier was raised in the Bahamas, after being born in Miami in 1927. Sidney Poitier, considered Hollywood's first Black matinee idol, has died at 84 2022-01-07T05:00:00Z Sidney Poitier was a very big influence on me.” Lupita Nyong’o: ‘Under the makeup, Star Wars is just human wants and desires’ 2015-12-12T05:00:00Z Another, intriguingly, was the impact of integration, both socially and in the world of entertainment, as more black actors, such as Sidney Poitier, were included in white productions. Second showing: unearthing the lost history of African American cinema 2016-02-12T05:00:00Z Like some Anglo-Asian Sidney Poitier, he is a one-man testament to the continuing lack of ethnic representation in the acting profession. Rewind TV: Upstairs Downstairs; When Harvey Met Bob; Michael Jackson's Secret Hollywood; Toast 2011-01-02T00:04:01Z Throughout his career, a heavy weight of racial significance bore down on Mr. Poitier and the characters he played. Sidney Poitier, Who Paved the Way for Black Actors in Film, Dies at 94 2022-01-07T05:00:00Z Sidney Poitier was said to have once been offended by Mr. Rickles’s racial jokes. Don Rickles, Equal Opportunity Offender of Comedy, Dies at 90 2017-04-06T04:00:00Z Twenty-four years later, Sidney Poitier became the first black actor to win best actor for playing an African American worker in 1963's "Lilies of the Field." Racial barriers still hold back Hollywood's black talent 2014-02-26T01:14:44Z And there was something about seeing the dignity and the presence of Sidney Poitier in those films that I really identified with. David Oyelowo on fighting the legacy of colonialism and being told to just "shut up, make movies" 2021-05-06T04:00:00Z Despite his role in changing American perceptions of race and opening the door to a new generation of Black actors, Mr. Poitier remained modest about his career. Sidney Poitier, Who Paved the Way for Black Actors in Film, Dies at 94 2022-01-07T05:00:00Z Poitier was held, and held himself, to standards well above his white peers. Sidney Poitier changed movies, and changed lives 2022-01-07T05:00:00Z What could the legendary Mr. Poitier possibly have to do with a long-running Andrew Lloyd Webber musical? 2010-01-27T06:00:00Z Unsurprisingly, when Poitier directed his next comedy, he again approached Belafonte to participate. Watch These Great Harry Belafonte Screen Performances 2023-04-25T04:00:00Z And on the “Guess Who’s Coming to Dinner” night, airing March 11, Stewart discusses the complex legacy of Sidney Poitier. In a new series, TCM takes a look at ‘problematic’ classics 2021-03-03T05:00:00Z In the 1950s and 1960s, Mr. Belafonte and his friend Sidney Poitier landed more substantive and nuanced roles than Black actors had previously received. Harry Belafonte on His Artistic Values and His Activism 2023-04-25T04:00:00Z His credits include "Spartacus," "The Boston Strangler" and "The Defiant Ones," in which he played a white prison escapee who is chained to a black man, portrayed by Sidney Poitier. Tony Curtis collection tops $1 million at auction 2011-09-18T20:38:14Z “Sidney Poitier & His Trailblazing Contemporaries,” a monthlong series starting on Friday at Film Forum, was originally set for 2020, well before Poitier’s death in January. 5 Things to Do This Weekend 2022-03-31T04:00:00Z Asked whether, when he became a director himself, he felt he had learned from Mr. Jewison, Mr. Poitier whispered, in his soft, deep voice, “Oh, my goodness, yes.” A Director of Ideas With Decades of Them 2011-05-22T01:13:01Z Black viewers in particular erupted into approving whoops at Poitier’s ice-cold delivery of the line, and again later when Tibbs slaps a racist businessman. Sidney Poitier was an icon of racial reassurance. But his genius lay in his rage. 2022-01-08T05:00:00Z Good Times was in many ways a reflection of Poitier and Hansberry's work. Review: In an Obama Biopic, the Audacity of Hagiography? 2016-08-25T04:00:00Z In 2002, Mr. Poitier was given an honorary Oscar for his career’s work in motion picture. Sidney Poitier, Who Paved the Way for Black Actors in Film, Dies at 94 2022-01-07T05:00:00Z After breakout movies like “Blackboard Jungle” and “The Defiant Ones,” Mr. Poitier’s fate was tied to Hollywood, his purpose to expand the boundaries of racial tolerance. Sidney Poitier, Who Paved the Way for Black Actors in Film, Dies at 94 2022-01-07T05:00:00Z Asked to name an actor whose career he wished to emulate, he immediately said Sidney Poitier, citing “The Defiant Ones” as a movie that “meant something.” Back Again, Whether or Not He Was Away 2011-08-18T15:13:02Z In 1960, he also joined a campaign to raise defense funds for the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. It takes nothing away from Bogdanovich to say that Poitier lived in an entirely different reality. Poitier and Bogdanovich: The Defiant Ones 2022-01-11T05:00:00Z A year later, though, Poitier is on his knees playing Porgy in “Porgy and Bess,” a role that he’d rejected but was effectively forced into taking. Poitier and Bogdanovich: The Defiant Ones 2022-01-11T05:00:00Z Sidney Poitier, who died Thursday at 94, was the rare performer who really did change lives, who embodied possibilities once absent from the movies. Sidney Poitier changed movies, and changed lives 2022-01-07T05:00:00Z This is what Sidney Poitier, his friend and movie partner, was always up against: inhabiting the superhumanly unimpeachable. Cliff Huxtable Was Bill Cosby’s Sickest Joke 2018-04-27T04:00:00Z As racial attitudes evolved during the civil rights era and segregation laws were challenged and fell, Poitier was the performer to whom a cautious industry turned for stories of progress. Oscar winner and groundbreaking star Sidney Poitier dies 2022-01-07T05:00:00Z In 1959 Mr. Poitier made a triumphant return to Broadway in Lorraine Hansberry’s “A Raisin in the Sun,” winning ecstatic reviews. Sidney Poitier, Who Paved the Way for Black Actors in Film, Dies at 94 2022-01-07T05:00:00Z In the future, Idris said he would love to someday portray Eddie Murphy or Sidney Poitier on screen and maybe a musician. AP Breakthrough Entertainer: ‘Snowfall’ star Damson Idris 2021-12-14T05:00:00Z Sidney Poitier was named best actor in 1963 for Lilies of the Field, but it wasn't until 2001 that another black actor, Denzel Washington, received the same honour for Training Day. Oscar nominations shoot down Hollywood's black swans 2011-02-07T15:57:45Z The Oscar-winning Poitier was born in the United States but spent much of his childhood on Cat Island, a sparsely populated island in the central Bahamas. Bahamas to get 'Sidney Poitier' bridge 2012-10-10T15:28:10Z Before Poitier, Hollywood filmmakers rarely even attempted to tell a Black person’s story. Oscar winner and groundbreaking star Sidney Poitier dies 2022-01-07T05:00:00Z The audience may consider their fears unreasonable because the doctor is, after all, Sidney Poitier and the young woman could as easily have brought home Eldridge Cleaver or Sonny Liston. How to catch a Taliban impostor 2010-11-24T01:01:00Z “I’ll always be chasing you, Sidney,” Mr. Washington said, holding his Oscar toward Mr. Poitier, who had won his own best actor prize in 1964 for “The Lilies of the Field.” Film: Hollywood?s Whiteout Year: Few Blacks on Silver Screen 2011-02-12T06:53:01Z When Mr. Washington took the stage, he praised God and then recognized another higher power, Sidney Poitier, who received an honorary Academy Award earlier that evening for helping to dismantle the color line in film.” Film: Hollywood?s Whiteout Year: Few Blacks on Silver Screen 2011-02-12T06:53:01Z The Poitier film wasn’t made, and neither were several other projects Mr. White was engaged to write, including a biopic on star athlete Bo Jackson. James L. White, who wrote screenplay for Ray Charles film, dies at 67 2015-07-28T04:00:00Z In the article Farr describes Poitier as "an authentic groundbreaker" but judging by this year's nominations, a lot of old ground remains firmly intact. So why do women film-makers find it so hard to win an Oscar? 2011-02-25T16:19:28Z Having exchanged Bahamian poverty for Jim Crow-era America, barely literate, he claimed, and baffled by segregation, Poitier discovered that acting was therapy, a way to express the many personalities roiling inside him. ‘Sidney’ Review: A Lovingly Assembled Career Portrait 2022-09-22T04:00:00Z I’m sorry I never had a chance to work with Sidney Poitier. Spike Lee: 'Race relations today are the direct result of having a black president' 2020-06-12T04:00:00Z Blackness is that movie's uncredited star, centered to the point that Poitier's utter lack of chemistry with his co-star Katharine Houghton didn't matter. Where's the love, "You People"? The frustration of Kenya Barris and Jonah Hill's interracial rom-com 2023-02-02T05:00:00Z Poitier, who died Thursday at the age of 94, entered the film industry at a time when portrayals of African Americans were generally stereotypical. Sidney Poitier: A trailblazing life in his own words 2022-01-07T05:00:00Z I didn’t know if Poitier was going to be offended, maybe ask Steiger not to say that. How we made In the Heat of the Night 2016-11-22T05:00:00Z Poitier, who was the first Black actor to win an Academy Award for best lead performance and the first to be a top box-office draw, was 94. Tributes pour in for groundbreaking actor Sidney Poitier 2022-01-07T05:00:00Z Subtitled “A Spiritual Autobiography,” it included Mr. Poitier’s thoughts on life, love, acting and racial politics. Sidney Poitier, Who Paved the Way for Black Actors in Film, Dies at 94 2022-01-07T05:00:00Z She starred in the films “Nothing but a Man,” in 1964, and “For Love of Ivy,” opposite Sidney Poitier, in 1968. Abbey Lincoln, Jazz Singer and Writer, Dies at 80 2010-08-14T19:25:00Z That’s true even though the musical “Cats” has long been superseded in the zeitgeist and Sidney Poitier may not be a name that playgoers any longer immediately recognize. 2010-01-27T06:00:00Z Sydney Poitier Heartsong, the actor’s youngest daughter, noted that the two most important things to her father as she grew up were education and the arts. New milestone for Sidney Poitier: namesake of a film school 2021-01-25T05:00:00Z On the 1967 production “In the Heat of the Night,” cinematographer Haskell Wexler adjusted the lighting for Poitier so the actor’s features were as clear as those of white cast members. Sidney Poitier changed movies, and changed lives 2022-01-07T05:00:00Z Both films broached America’s race issues, and both helped make Sidney Poitier Hollywood’s first bona fide black star. The Quentin Tarantino race debate isn't black and white 2015-10-13T04:00:00Z Poitier came up in that system and had no illusions about its interest in racial progress. Poitier and Bogdanovich: The Defiant Ones 2022-01-11T05:00:00Z The book was adapted into the well-known 1967 film starring Sidney Poitier and Rod Steiger and later inspired a television series, so why not a play? Spring and Summer Theater Listings 2010-02-21T00:33:00Z In 1992, actor Sidney Poitier hired him to write a thriller called “Red Money.” James L. White, who wrote screenplay for Ray Charles film, dies at 67 2015-07-28T04:00:00Z Mr. Poitier, who also starred in a 1961 film version of the play, said in an interview on Wednesday that Mr. Rose was a fine judge of acting talent. Philip Rose, ?Raisin? and ?Purlie? Producer, Dies at 89 2011-06-02T04:54:29Z He was in "Nothing But A Man" with Sidney Poitier, he was in "Landlord" with Beau Bridges, he played Uncle Henry in "The Wiz." Talib Kweli on hip-hop, Rudy "Ghouliani" and how Kanye West can make amends for supporting Trump 2021-03-11T05:00:00Z They chivvy and pester Poitier into being their unpaid oddjob man — at mealtimes, he exasperatedly mutters “feed a slave!” — and he perhaps envies the lilies of the title who neither toil nor spin. Who is the best Oscar winning lead actor of all time? 2018-02-21T05:00:00Z “In the Heat of Night” placed him opposite Rod Steiger, as an indolent, bigoted sheriff, with whom Virgil Tibbs, the Philadelphia detective played by Mr. Poitier, must work on a murder investigation in Mississippi. Sidney Poitier, Who Paved the Way for Black Actors in Film, Dies at 94 2022-01-07T05:00:00Z Carroll was married four times and had a few well-publicized affairs, including one early in her career with Sidney Poitier. A starlet of the civil rights era, Diahann Carroll looks back on a career of firsts 2017-07-17T04:00:00Z Consider “Erasure,” a race-in-publishing novel with a Blaxploitation parody inside, or the absurdist “I Am Not Sidney Poitier,” narrated by a man named Not Sidney Poitier. Percival Everett Has a Book or Three Coming Out 2020-05-03T04:00:00Z Tibbs slaps back, and Poitier breaks ground: That slap, Morris said, “is a reversal for everything that had happened to a Black person previously in the movies.” What’s on TV This Week: ‘The Eyes of Tammy Faye’ and ‘We Need to Talk About Cosby’ 2022-02-14T05:00:00Z Poitier, winner of the best actor Oscar in 1964 for “Lilies of the Field,” died Thursday in the Bahamas, according to Eugene Torchon-Newry, acting director general of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in the Bahamas. Oscar winner and groundbreaking star Sidney Poitier dies 2022-01-07T05:00:00Z But the film gives those characters, played by Sidney Poitier and Diahann Carroll, the B plot, while adding two white characters, played by Paul Newman and Joanne Woodward, to forward the A plot. With ‘Sylvie’s Love,’ Eugene Ashe Returns With a Big Hollywood Romance 2020-11-20T05:00:00Z Poitier’s life ended in adulation, but began in hardship, and nearly ended days after his birth. Sidney Poitier changed movies, and changed lives 2022-01-07T05:00:00Z If the Marvel cinematic universe had existed in the 1960s, Poitier might have made a perfect Hulk: Like that fictional hero, his superpower was to stay angry, even at his most relatable. Sidney Poitier was an icon of racial reassurance. But his genius lay in his rage. 2022-01-08T05:00:00Z Around him, Hudlin unrolls a life that, Poitier believed, fulfilled the predictions of the soothsayer his mother consulted when he was not expected to survive infancy. ‘Sidney’ Review: A Lovingly Assembled Career Portrait 2022-09-22T04:00:00Z A Winfrey spokesperson said that Winfrey is currently in production with Apple on a documentary about the late Sidney Poitier, whose memoir “The Measure of a Man” was a book club pick in 2007. Winfrey picks Viola Davis memoir for her book club 2022-04-21T04:00:00Z You end up longing for a dose of classroom fireworks - a taste of Sidney Poitier in "To Sir, with Love" or Edward James Olmos in "Stand and Deliver." Review: 'Won't Back Down' fails to make the grade 2012-09-26T13:54:09Z Winfrey began by discussing Sidney Poitier, who won the 1964 Academy Award for best actor and, in doing so, became the first black man to win an Oscar. 'Their time is up': Oprah Winfrey takes on sexual predators in Golden Globes speech 2018-01-07T05:00:00Z The retrospective, programmed by the film historian Donald Bogle, is dedicated not only to Poitier, but also to other African American screen actors from the time of his peak as a matinee idol. 5 Things to Do This Weekend 2022-03-31T04:00:00Z I kept telling Poitier that Tibbs was a sophisticated detective, not used to being pushed around. How we made In the Heat of the Night 2016-11-22T05:00:00Z It’s just that sense of comfort — the sense of normalization and permission — that Poitier represented as a bridging cultural figure in the 1960s. Sidney Poitier was an icon of racial reassurance. But his genius lay in his rage. 2022-01-08T05:00:00Z Sidney Poitier, your last sunset with us is the dawn of many generations rising in the path of light you blazed. Tributes pour in for groundbreaking actor Sidney Poitier 2022-01-07T05:00:00Z The actor Sidney Poitier, who died earlier this year at 94, set a standard of excellence that placed him among the all-time greats. The Best Movies and TV Shows Coming to HBO, Hulu, Apple TV+ and More in September 2022-09-07T04:00:00Z Another movie with Mr. Poitier, called “Brother John.” Laurence Fishburne Cools Down With Classic Jazz and Cashmere Blankets 2022-04-12T04:00:00Z Wexler used low light throughout In the Heat of the Night, in part to make sure Poitier’s facial features would always read clearly. Remembering Haskell Wexler, a Cinematographer More Passionate Than Medium Cool 2015-12-28T05:00:00Z This modestly liberal story – an archetypal Stanley Kramer film – proved important for Curtis, who insisted that his black co-star Sidney Poitier share top billing. Tony Curtis obituary 2010-09-30T13:06:00Z The film stars Poitier as nomadic former G.I. who stumbles upon a group of Roman Catholic nuns living in the Arizona desert, and eventually helps them build a chapel. What’s on TV This Week: ‘In Cold Blood’ and ‘The Black Church’ 2021-02-15T05:00:00Z Poitier is understandably being celebrated as an icon of cinematic representation and reassurance. Sidney Poitier was an icon of racial reassurance. But his genius lay in his rage. 2022-01-08T05:00:00Z Poitier had never seen a play and stumbled through his lines in a thick Caribbean accent. Sidney Poitier changed movies, and changed lives 2022-01-07T05:00:00Z Black men have been up for best actor 20 times, with four nominations going to Denzel Washington, three to Morgan Freeman, and two each to Sidney Poitier and Mr. Smith. What Does the Academy Value in a Black Performance? 2016-02-19T05:00:00Z Debates about diversity in Hollywood inevitably turn to the story of Poitier. Oscar winner and groundbreaking star Sidney Poitier dies 2022-01-07T05:00:00Z That year, Poitier turned 33 and started shooting “Paris Blues,” a film that I love despite its flaws, including his marginalization. Poitier and Bogdanovich: The Defiant Ones 2022-01-11T05:00:00Z You could be a serious thespian in the Sidney Poitier/Denzel Washington vein. Is Lakeith Stanfield the coolest actor of 2018? 2018-11-23T05:00:00Z Before Poitier, few Black actors were permitted a break from the stereotypes of bug-eyed servants and grinning entertainers. Oscar winner and groundbreaking star Sidney Poitier dies 2022-01-07T05:00:00Z As wire services and Time magazine picked up the story, national figures spoke out, including Sidney Poitier and Eleanor Roosevelt. Barbara Smith Conrad, Singer at Center of Integration Dispute, Dies at 79 2017-05-24T04:00:00Z Quoting American actor Sidney Poitier's documentary, she said: "Every day I promise to be a better person," emphasising it is important to be more kind, grateful and listen more. Sarah Ferguson: Duchess of York names reconstructed breast 'Derek' 2023-08-03T04:00:00Z More than 75 people gathered there that night: Actors Ossie Davis and Sidney Poitier, the only person present who was arguably a bigger celebrity than Belafonte himself. Opinion: Harry Belafonte and the Birmingham protests that changed America 2023-04-27T04:00:00Z He began volunteering at the theater, slowly earning small parts and befriending another budding performer, Sidney Poitier, who shared Mr. Belafonte’s impoverished West Indian background. Harry Belafonte, barrier-smashing entertainer and activist, dies at 96 2023-04-25T04:00:00Z After a heartwarming dedication from his friend Sidney Poitier, Belafonte spoke about the debate around gun reform, emphasizing that the groups of people who had suffered the most yet remained largely absent from the conversation. Harry Belafonte once asked Black artists to push against gun violence — and they have 2023-04-25T04:00:00Z With his friend Sidney Poitier, he entertained crowds campaigning for civil rights and stumped up $60,000 for the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee, one of the major civil rights organisations. Harry Belafonte obituary: Legendary singer, actor and civil rights activist 2023-04-25T04:00:00Z Yet once, Sidney Poitier joined us to talk about his autobiography and was nothing less than a delight. At Richard J. Riordan's book club, nearly 30 years of Proust, wine and friends 2023-04-23T04:00:00Z Uncommonly sensitive as an actor, lyrical and loquacious as a person, Majors, a profound admirer of Sidney Poitier, is a rare and potent combination of serious thespian, thirsted-after hunk and devoted artist. Jonathan Majors flexes his acting muscle, turns heavyweight 2023-03-01T05:00:00Z As Poitier began his Hollywood rise in the 1950s playing men of refinement and professional aspiration, Mr. Belafonte launched a film legacy that was far different. Harry Belafonte, barrier-smashing entertainer and activist, dies at 96 2023-04-25T04:00:00Z I thank my friend Sidney Poitier for stepping to the plate. Harry Belafonte once asked Black artists to push against gun violence — and they have 2023-04-25T04:00:00Z Mirisch was also among a handful of filmmakers Sidney Poitier acknowledged in his speech at the 2002 Academy Awards when he accepted an honorary Oscar for lifetime achievement. Walter Mirisch, Oscar-winning producer, dead at 101 2023-02-26T05:00:00Z As a concession to Poitier’s concerns for his safety in the Deep South, however, all but a few of “Heat’s” scenes were filmed on location in Sparta, Ill., instead of Mississippi. Walter Mirisch, who was a producer among the very first independents along with two brothers in the 1950s, has died 2023-02-25T05:00:00Z In the years since, Criterion has added titles including Sidney Poitier’s “Buck and the Preacher” and “Eve’s Bayou,” from director Kasi Lemmons, but glaring omissions remain. Robert Townsend’s ‘Hollywood Shuffle’ comes full circle 2023-01-28T05:00:00Z Sydney Poitier stars as a Philadelphian visiting his mother in the old hometown of Sparta, Miss. There’s an important murder. How to watch every best picture winner from 1960 through 1969 2023-01-25T05:00:00Z Sidney Poitier was another groundbreaker, though in an utterly different realm. Unlikely Parallels in a Year of Momentous Deaths 2022-12-29T05:00:00Z “Those filmmakers persevered, speaking through their art to the best in all of us,” said Poitier, who starred in Mirisch’s “In the Heat of the Night” and the sequel “They Call Me Mister Tibbs!” Walter Mirisch, Oscar-winning producer, dead at 101 2023-02-26T05:00:00Z Sidney Poitier, who broke through color barriers during a time when Black people on the Hollywood studio lots were generally given stereotypical roles, died at 94. Those we lost in 2022: A remembrance 2022-12-24T05:00:00Z I imagine some people will be surprised by how closely you resemble the late Sidney Poitier? Meet Joshua Henry, the hunky Gaston of ABC's 'Beauty and the Beast' special 2022-12-15T05:00:00Z And the ranks of stars — confined in the postwar decades to ethnically neutral white actors plus Sidney Poitier — has broadened to include more Black, Asian, Latino and international performers than before. How Streaming Has Rewritten the Script for Movies 2022-12-07T05:00:00Z Among the entertainers who died this year was groundbreaking actor Sidney Poitier, who played roles with such dignity that it helped change the way Black people are portrayed on screen. Final goodbye: Recalling influential people who died in 2022 2022-12-05T05:00:00Z The moment was reminiscent of 2018’s Wearable Art Gala, which saw Blue Ivy and Perry engage in a friendly bidding war over an acrylic painting of the late Sidney Poitier. Beyoncé's Renaissance tour was announced at auction where Blue Ivy stole the show 2022-10-24T04:00:00Z Poitier arose as one of the top box-office draws of the 1960s in films such as “In the Heat of the Night” and “Guess Who’s Coming to Dinner.” Those we lost in 2022: A remembrance 2022-12-24T05:00:00Z Oprah’s most recent project with the streamer was a documentary on the life of Sidney Poitier called “Sidney” that launched on Sept. 23 on Apple TV+. Oprah Winfrey and Apple TV+ end multi-year deal 2022-09-26T04:00:00Z In 2009, when Sidney Poitier was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom, President Barack Obama noted, “It’s been said that Sidney Poitier does not make movies; he makes milestones.” New movies to stream this week: ‘Sidney’ and more 2022-09-22T04:00:00Z Poitier, who died in January, became the first Black actor to win the Academy Award for Best Actor for his role in the 1963 film “Lilies of the Field.” Final goodbye: Recalling influential people who died in 2022 2022-12-05T05:00:00Z Sidney Poitier, who died in January at age 94, shouldn’t have been the only Black leading man of his talent, magnetism and stature in his Hollywood heyday, when all the firsts were his. Review: 'Sidney' celebrates Poitier's legacy, but does not go deep enough 2022-09-22T04:00:00Z "For many people that was their first relationship with a Black person," she said of seeing Poitier on the big screen. Oprah-produced 'Sidney' shows how Poitier 'redefined' Hollywood 2022-09-11T04:00:00Z But the loss of Poitier — whom Winfrey at the time of his death called “the greatest of the ‘Great Trees’” — has made “Sidney” only more poignant. For Oprah Winfrey, ‘Sidney’ is an act of love for Poitier 2022-09-11T04:00:00Z That’s certainly due in part to Poitier’s remarkable life, which began in 1927, when he was born to Bahamian tomato farmers. New movies to stream this week: ‘Sidney’ and more 2022-09-22T04:00:00Z Interview footage with Poitier himself, as well as his family, reminiscing about his life and career, gives the film an intimate feel. 'Knives Out' sequel, Spielberg's latest and 19 more major premieres at the 2022 Toronto Film Festival 2022-09-07T04:00:00Z At first, however, it’s Poitier himself talking to us through Hudlin’s camera, and it’s mesmerizing. Review: 'Sidney' celebrates Poitier's legacy, but does not go deep enough 2022-09-22T04:00:00Z Poitier's portrayals of a doctor, lawyer, and detective broke barriers. Oprah-produced 'Sidney' shows how Poitier 'redefined' Hollywood 2022-09-11T04:00:00Z Poitier was one of the few who could understand what she was going through as a Black entertainer. For Oprah Winfrey, ‘Sidney’ is an act of love for Poitier 2022-09-11T04:00:00Z But with a cast that includes Sidney Poitier, Robert Redford and River Phoenix, the caper film is an exceptionally good hang. The Future of California’s Last Nuclear Power Plant 2022-08-23T04:00:00Z Lulu also famously starred alongside Sidney Poitier in the 1967 film To Sir, with Love, and sang the theme to the 1974 James Bond film The Man with the Golden Gun. Lulu makes a shout for Glasgow to land Eurovision 2022-07-26T04:00:00Z As Lee puts it, Poitier suffered the “slings and arrows” Denzel Washington didn’t have to, but thankfully he had the shoulders for it. Review: 'Sidney' celebrates Poitier's legacy, but does not go deep enough 2022-09-22T04:00:00Z As a detective in the 1967 film "In the Heat of the Night," Poitier's character, Virgil Tibbs, is questioned by the white police chief in the U.S. Oprah-produced 'Sidney' shows how Poitier 'redefined' Hollywood 2022-09-11T04:00:00Z Interviews with Poitier were conducted earlier, separate of the film, before the star’s health deteriorated. For Oprah Winfrey, ‘Sidney’ is an act of love for Poitier 2022-09-11T04:00:00Z As he has also been developing material for a piece about actor Sidney Poitier, Randolph-Wright wasn’t sure another slice of towering-figure drama was in order. Thanks to a new musical, Frederick Douglass dances into pop culture 2022-07-23T04:00:00Z ‘Sneakers’ Robert Redford and Sidney Poitier lead a team of security experts and hackers in this now rather quaint 1992 techno thriller. Classic movies in SoCal: ‘The Empire Strikes Back,’ ‘Eraserhead,’ ‘Crooklyn’ and more 2022-06-16T04:00:00Z Much of “Sidney” plays like an Intro to Poitier class or a slick tribute for fans. Review: 'Sidney' celebrates Poitier's legacy, but does not go deep enough 2022-09-22T04:00:00Z Poitier, standing up for himself, famously and strongly responds "They call me Mr. Tibbs." Oprah-produced 'Sidney' shows how Poitier 'redefined' Hollywood 2022-09-11T04:00:00Z But the footage of Poitier speaking directly to camera, and hearing that voice narrate his life story, makes for one last chance to be in his regal presence. For Oprah Winfrey, ‘Sidney’ is an act of love for Poitier 2022-09-11T04:00:00Z At the height of segregation, with every film role and public appearance, Poitier redeemed Black folks’ dignity by pushing back against the relentlessly negative narrative against us. Opinion | Will Smith didn’t slap just Chris Rock 2022-03-31T04:00:00Z Nearly six decades after Sidney Poitier became the first black man to win an acting Oscar, four actors of colour are nominated at this year's Academy Awards. Poitier: 'My dad changed how black people were seen' 2022-03-26T04:00:00Z Poitier had received his honorary award earlier in the evening, and he was on Washington’s mind. How the Oscars have, and haven't, changed since Halle and Denzel's historic victories 2022-03-23T04:00:00Z Narrated by Poitier, the film paints the picture of a family man with tremendous self respect, emphasized by how his strong upbringing made him the man he was. Oprah-produced 'Sidney' shows how Poitier 'redefined' Hollywood 2022-09-11T04:00:00Z Poitier, born in the Bahamas, talks about how his young identity was forged without racism’s influence. For Oprah Winfrey, ‘Sidney’ is an act of love for Poitier 2022-09-11T04:00:00Z In turn, Poitier blazed a trail others followed, including Samuel L. Jackson, who received an honorary Academy Award on Sunday, and Denzel Washington, a 10-time Oscar nominee. Opinion | Will Smith didn’t slap just Chris Rock 2022-03-31T04:00:00Z There will be a tribute to Poitier, who died in January, at Sunday's ceremony in Los Angeles. Poitier: 'My dad changed how black people were seen' 2022-03-26T04:00:00Z The telecast cuts to Poitier and his family in the balcony, doubling over in laughter. How the Oscars have, and haven't, changed since Halle and Denzel's historic victories 2022-03-23T04:00:00Z "No matter who you are, this movie will speak to an important part of you, and it gives you the opportunity to elevate yourself by following Sidney Poitier's example," said Hudlin. Oprah-produced 'Sidney' shows how Poitier 'redefined' Hollywood 2022-09-11T04:00:00Z “I left the Bahamas with this sense of myself,” Poitier says in the film. For Oprah Winfrey, ‘Sidney’ is an act of love for Poitier 2022-09-11T04:00:00Z Washington won best supporting actor in 1990; his 2002 Oscar for best actor was the first for a Black man since Poitier. Opinion | Will Smith didn’t slap just Chris Rock 2022-03-31T04:00:00Z St. John remembers playing hooky from school to go to the movies, and looking up to Sidney Poitier, whom he met years later by chance. We found Black cinema's wild, fearless and underappreciated director Christopher St. John 2022-03-21T04:00:00Z Washington holding his Oscar aloft toward Poitier, reciprocating the gesture Poitier had just made to him, is one of my all-time favorite Oscar moments. How the Oscars have, and haven't, changed since Halle and Denzel's historic victories 2022-03-23T04:00:00Z Winfrey recalls watching Poitier become the first Black man to win the best actor Oscar in 1964 for "Lilies of the Field," saying it gave her hope for what was possible in her own life. Oprah-produced 'Sidney' shows how Poitier 'redefined' Hollywood 2022-09-11T04:00:00Z Above all, it captures how racism, or anything else, was never a match for Poitier’s unshakable integrity. For Oprah Winfrey, ‘Sidney’ is an act of love for Poitier 2022-09-11T04:00:00Z Jackson and Washington stood on Poitier’s shoulders and acted accordingly, on-screen and off. Opinion | Will Smith didn’t slap just Chris Rock 2022-03-31T04:00:00Z Plus, art and Omicron and Sidney Poitier’s theatrical legacy. Art godfather Ulysses Jenkins finally gets his close-up with a Hammer show of his video art 2022-03-21T04:00:00Z The signed photo reminds him of the first time he met Sidney Poitier, in 1978. Denzel Washington tackles Shakespeare and life's fourth quarter with grace 2022-03-08T05:00:00Z Take the case of the actor Sidney Poitier. History museum’s narrative reopens old wounds of racial division 2022-02-21T05:00:00Z In Screen Gab No. 18, we prepare for ‘Euphoria’s’ return, chat with the creators of ‘Search Party,’ and remember Sidney Poitier and Betty White. Zendaya hopes 'Euphoria' fans 'still see the good' in Rue after she 'hits rock bottom' 2022-02-07T05:00:00Z Poitier, the groundbreaking actor and enduring inspiration who transformed how Black people were portrayed on the big screen, died Jan. 6 at age 94. Sidney Poitier’s ‘To Sir, with Love’ co-star Lulu mourns late actor: ‘There's a great sadness with his loss' 2022-01-29T05:00:00Z Sidney Poitier, who made history as the first Black man to win the Oscar for lead actor and starred in “Guess Who’s Coming to Dinner,” has died. Classic movies in SoCal: ‘The Conversation,’ ‘A Raisin in the Sun,’ ‘Heat’ and more 2022-01-27T05:00:00Z While still TV’s “Fresh Prince of Bel-Air,” Smith took an unexpected role as a gay con man who pretends to be Sidney Poitier’s son, in “Six Degrees of Separation.” Is it time for Will Smith to take home the Oscar? 2022-01-25T05:00:00Z In other words, Sidney Poitier was too white in his appearance and manner. History museum’s narrative reopens old wounds of racial division 2022-02-21T05:00:00Z Sidney Poitier died from heart failure, according to the actor's death certificate. Sidney Poitier's cause of death revealed 2022-01-18T05:00:00Z In the British drama, Poitier played a teacher who wins over his unruly students at a London secondary school. Sidney Poitier’s ‘To Sir, with Love’ co-star Lulu mourns late actor: ‘There's a great sadness with his loss' 2022-01-29T05:00:00Z ‘To Sir, With Love’ The aforementioned Sidney Poitier plays a novice teacher tasked with wrangling a classroom full of unruly students in London’s gritty East End in this 1967 drama. Classic movies in SoCal: ‘The Conversation,’ ‘A Raisin in the Sun,’ ‘Heat’ and more 2022-01-27T05:00:00Z Poitier, who died on Jan. 6 at age 94, was the first, for his performance in 1963’s “Lilies of the Field.” Is it time for Will Smith to take home the Oscar? 2022-01-25T05:00:00Z Sidney Poitier wasn’t exactly an actor of my time. Perspective | Sidney Poitier movies bored me as a kid. Only later did I get what made him great. 2022-01-13T05:00:00Z Poitier passed away at his Beverly Hills home at the age of 94 from cardiopulmonary failure on January 6, the certificate obtained by TMZ said. Sidney Poitier's cause of death revealed 2022-01-18T05:00:00Z Lulu said she can vividly recall the moment Poitier heard her song for the very first time. Sidney Poitier’s ‘To Sir, with Love’ co-star Lulu mourns late actor: ‘There's a great sadness with his loss' 2022-01-29T05:00:00Z The long and rich life of Sidney Poitier, who died Jan.6 at age 94, leaves behind many legacies. Sidney Poitier leaves a rich legacy: the 'freedom to choose' 2022-01-12T05:00:00Z Sidney Poitier's daughter shared an emotional tribute to her late father who died January 6 at age 94. Sidney Poitier's daughter Sydney remembers late dad: 'There are no words for this' 2022-01-12T05:00:00Z As Walter, Poitier expressed battling notions of pride and put-upon inferiority, dignity and the feeling of oppressive futility that comes with swimming against the country’s strongest, darkest currents. Perspective | Sidney Poitier movies bored me as a kid. Only later did I get what made him great. 2022-01-13T05:00:00Z Davis had the Bahamian flag flown at half-mast in the Bahamas and at embassies around the world that day in honor of Poitier. Sidney Poitier's cause of death revealed 2022-01-18T05:00:00Z And it wouldn’t be the last time Lulu serenaded Poitier. Sidney Poitier’s ‘To Sir, with Love’ co-star Lulu mourns late actor: ‘There's a great sadness with his loss' 2022-01-29T05:00:00Z Having already found some success in the theater, Poitier made his screen debut with “No Way Out” in 1950. Sidney Poitier leaves a rich legacy: the 'freedom to choose' 2022-01-12T05:00:00Z "There are no words for this. No real way to prepare for this. No prose beautiful enough, no speech eloquent enough to capture the essence of my dad," Sydney Poitier wrote on Instagram. Sidney Poitier's daughter Sydney remembers late dad: 'There are no words for this' 2022-01-12T05:00:00Z When Poitier died Jan. 6, at age 94, I thought back to how he conveyed worth and Blackness — sometimes together and sometimes separately — throughout his movies. Perspective | Sidney Poitier movies bored me as a kid. Only later did I get what made him great. 2022-01-13T05:00:00Z Poitier was the first Black man to win the Oscar for best actor for his role in "Lilies of the Field." Sidney Poitier's cause of death revealed 2022-01-18T05:00:00Z Poitier died at his home in Los Angeles, according to Latrae Rahming, the director of communications for the Prime Minister of the Bahamas. Sidney Poitier’s ‘To Sir, with Love’ co-star Lulu mourns late actor: ‘There's a great sadness with his loss' 2022-01-29T05:00:00Z With 1980’s “Stir Crazy,” Poitier was the first Black director to make a film that grossed more than $100 million at the box office. Sidney Poitier leaves a rich legacy: the 'freedom to choose' 2022-01-12T05:00:00Z Sidney Poitier's daughter has posted a lengthy and emotional tribute to her father after the Hollywood veteran's death last week at the age of 94. 'He was like a lighthouse' - Sidney Poitier's daughter posts moving tribute 2022-01-12T05:00:00Z Some of Poitier’s most compelling performances could be linked to his personal history. Perspective | Sidney Poitier movies bored me as a kid. Only later did I get what made him great. 2022-01-13T05:00:00Z When presenter Anne Bancroft announced his victory, the audience cheered for so long that Poitier momentarily forgot his speech. Sidney Poitier's cause of death revealed 2022-01-18T05:00:00Z Sidney Poitier was an icon of racial reassurance. Perspective | Bob Saget’s wholesome gift of a dirty mouth 2022-01-10T05:00:00Z Before the museum opened in September, its 10,000-square-foot entry hall was named the Sidney Poitier Grand Lobby in recognition of his humanitarian work and artistic achievements. Sidney Poitier leaves a rich legacy: the 'freedom to choose' 2022-01-12T05:00:00Z There are watery caves off Cat Island in the Bahamas and it was into those shark-filled waters that a young Sidney Poitier loved diving, fearless and reckless, a kid being a kid. Opinion | Sidney Poitier gave Black Americans a reason to fall in love with movies 2022-01-07T05:00:00Z At his first-ever audition, the casting manager told him to go back to being a dishwasher — not realizing that Poitier did, in fact, work as a dishwasher at the time. Perspective | Sidney Poitier movies bored me as a kid. Only later did I get what made him great. 2022-01-13T05:00:00Z In interviews and in his 2000 autobiography, "The Measure of a Man," Poitier spoke and wrote about the hardships, responsibilities and importance of his historic ascent in Hollywood. Sidney Poitier: In his own words 2022-01-08T05:00:00Z Poitier remained the only Black man to win an Oscar for a leading role until Denzel Washington nabbed the same award for his work in "Training Day" in 2002. Sidney Poitier's family releases statement following his death: 'He is our guiding light' 2022-01-08T05:00:00Z When Poitier received the Oscar for “Lilies in the Field,” it did not represent the pinnacle of his career, only one stop along the way. Sidney Poitier leaves a rich legacy: the 'freedom to choose' 2022-01-12T05:00:00Z Sidney Poitier, who died Thursday at the age of 94, would need that persistence to conquer the apartheid system in America’s most enduring land of denial and make-believe, otherwise known as Hollywood. Opinion | Sidney Poitier gave Black Americans a reason to fall in love with movies 2022-01-07T05:00:00Z Poitier’s career unfolded alongside the civil rights movement, and his films are rich with tension. Perspective | Sidney Poitier movies bored me as a kid. Only later did I get what made him great. 2022-01-13T05:00:00Z Here are excerpts of Poitier in his own words through the years. Sidney Poitier: In his own words 2022-01-08T05:00:00Z "All of us who have walked in the shadow of Sidney Poitier owe him so much," Glover said in a statement to Fox News Digital. Sidney Poitier's family releases statement following his death: 'He is our guiding light' 2022-01-08T05:00:00Z In his acceptance speech,Poitier acknowledged all who had come before him. Sidney Poitier leaves a rich legacy: the 'freedom to choose' 2022-01-12T05:00:00Z Sidney Poitier, who seemed forever and unstoppable, is gone. Opinion | Sidney Poitier gave Black Americans a reason to fall in love with movies 2022-01-07T05:00:00Z Poitier’s roles were an exercise in control, dignity and comportment. Perspective | Sidney Poitier movies bored me as a kid. Only later did I get what made him great. 2022-01-13T05:00:00Z To celebrate an actor of Sidney Poitier’s greatness should require no qualifier, no asterisk, though before he died Thursday at the age of 94, a lot of people seemed eager to affix one. Sidney Poitier was more than a symbol. He was one of the great movie stars, full stop 2022-01-08T05:00:00Z It was there where Poitier was given the role of understudying Belafonte in "Days of our Youth." Sidney Poitier's family releases statement following his death: 'He is our guiding light' 2022-01-08T05:00:00Z In 1967 alone, Poitier saw the release of “To Sir, With Love,” “In the Heat of the Night” and “Guess Who’s Coming to Dinner” and became a box office sensation. Sidney Poitier leaves a rich legacy: the 'freedom to choose' 2022-01-12T05:00:00Z The role he played was one that Poitier may have himself turned down, but the seismic shift clearly marked some form of progress. Sidney Poitier changed the Oscars in 1964. The academy is still grappling with the promise of that moment. 2022-01-07T05:00:00Z With Poitier, it is hard, disingenuous even, to try separating the art from the artist: His life and career speak to the opportunity that lies in unifying them. Perspective | Sidney Poitier movies bored me as a kid. Only later did I get what made him great. 2022-01-13T05:00:00Z Seen through the lens of today, with so many more examples of Black representation thankfully available, Poitier’s achievements have grown easy to dismiss as quaint relics of a less progressive era. Sidney Poitier was more than a symbol. He was one of the great movie stars, full stop 2022-01-08T05:00:00Z Sidney Poitier's family is remembering the beloved Oscar-winning actor following his death. Sidney Poitier's family releases statement following his death: 'He is our guiding light' 2022-01-08T05:00:00Z In the days since Poitier’s death, much conversation has circled on a moment in “In the Heat of the Night.” Sidney Poitier leaves a rich legacy: the 'freedom to choose' 2022-01-12T05:00:00Z “Because it is a long journey to this moment I am naturally indebted to countless numbers of people,” Poitier said after being handed his award by Oscar-winning actress Anne Bancroft. Sidney Poitier changed the Oscars in 1964. The academy is still grappling with the promise of that moment. 2022-01-07T05:00:00Z In a joint interview with his longtime friend and collaborator Harry Belafonte, Poitier talked about seeing himself, Black American stories and history on a specific cultural continuum. Perspective | Sidney Poitier movies bored me as a kid. Only later did I get what made him great. 2022-01-13T05:00:00Z Poitier may have played his share of symbols, but you’d rarely catch him playing a cipher. Sidney Poitier was more than a symbol. He was one of the great movie stars, full stop 2022-01-08T05:00:00Z At his audition, Mr. Poitier’s unintelligible, singsong island accent dismayed theater founder Frederick O’Neal. Sidney Poitier, first Black man to win Oscar for best actor, dies at 94 2022-01-07T05:00:00Z An older racist white man, a powerful local plantation owner played by Larry Gates, slaps Poitier’s character, Virgil Tibbs, a Philadelphia detective who has come to a small Southern town to investigate a murder. Sidney Poitier leaves a rich legacy: the 'freedom to choose' 2022-01-12T05:00:00Z Poitier, who was criticized by some for the so-called colorblind roles he played, was clear about the legacy he was building. Sidney Poitier changed the Oscars in 1964. The academy is still grappling with the promise of that moment. 2022-01-07T05:00:00Z Growing up, I thought of Poitier as outdated, overly stately. Perspective | Sidney Poitier movies bored me as a kid. Only later did I get what made him great. 2022-01-13T05:00:00Z But look at it from a different angle, the angle that Poitier strived throughout his career to show us, and what you see looks an awful lot like freedom. Sidney Poitier was more than a symbol. He was one of the great movie stars, full stop 2022-01-08T05:00:00Z But O’Neal was in such dire need of male actors that Mr. Poitier was hired with the understanding that he would also moonlight as the theater’s janitor. Sidney Poitier, first Black man to win Oscar for best actor, dies at 94 2022-01-07T05:00:00Z Those same audiences cheered Poitier’s “In the Heat of the Night” slap a decade later. Sidney Poitier leaves a rich legacy: the 'freedom to choose' 2022-01-12T05:00:00Z While Poitier looked on from his balcony seat, Berry made sure to underscore that the moment was much bigger than her. Sidney Poitier changed the Oscars in 1964. The academy is still grappling with the promise of that moment. 2022-01-07T05:00:00Z But the casting manager’s comments offended Poitier so much that he resolved to become an actor. Perspective | Sidney Poitier movies bored me as a kid. Only later did I get what made him great. 2022-01-13T05:00:00Z But for many, including those who wanted Poitier to move in more confrontational directions, it wasn’t enough. Sidney Poitier was more than a symbol. He was one of the great movie stars, full stop 2022-01-08T05:00:00Z Still a relative unknown on-screen, Mr. Poitier owned and operated a Harlem ribs restaurant to support his growing family between movie assignments. Sidney Poitier, first Black man to win Oscar for best actor, dies at 94 2022-01-07T05:00:00Z Philadelphia coach Doc Rivers spoke fondly in remembrance of actor Sidney Poitier, who died Thursday at 94. Embiid scores 31, leads streaking 76ers past Spurs 119-100 2022-01-07T05:00:00Z At the height of the civil rights movement in 1964, Sidney Poitier became the first Black man to win an Oscar for best actor. Sidney Poitier changed the Oscars in 1964. The academy is still grappling with the promise of that moment. 2022-01-07T05:00:00Z One of the most mesmerizing aspects of Poitier’s acting was the power he packed into language. Perspective | Sidney Poitier movies bored me as a kid. Only later did I get what made him great. 2022-01-13T05:00:00Z It would be reductive to suggest that Poitier’s career was some triumph of positivity over rage, or that he took an easy, forgiving attitude toward the industry that slowly and grudgingly made room for him. Sidney Poitier was more than a symbol. He was one of the great movie stars, full stop 2022-01-08T05:00:00Z Mr. Poitier became the third Black recipient of an Oscar in an acting category. Sidney Poitier, first Black man to win Oscar for best actor, dies at 94 2022-01-07T05:00:00Z Robinson spoke with The Times about the passing of the trailblazing Poitier. Phil Alden Robinson: Sidney Poitier 'wasn’t just a good man; he was a great man.' 2022-01-07T05:00:00Z For decades, Poitier’s momentous win would be the bar by which other Black actors measured themselves — and the rest of the culture measured the academy. Sidney Poitier changed the Oscars in 1964. The academy is still grappling with the promise of that moment. 2022-01-07T05:00:00Z Early on in 1967’s “In the Heat of the Night,” Poitier’s character, Virgil Tibbs, has a tense exchange with the local chief of police. Perspective | Sidney Poitier movies bored me as a kid. Only later did I get what made him great. 2022-01-13T05:00:00Z Poitier was the first Black man to win an Academy Award for best actor, a blazer of representational trails that forever reshaped the landscape of American culture. Sidney Poitier was more than a symbol. He was one of the great movie stars, full stop 2022-01-08T05:00:00Z In some quarters, Mr. Poitier came under withering attack. Sidney Poitier, first Black man to win Oscar for best actor, dies at 94 2022-01-07T05:00:00Z I heard him literally drop the phone and yell, “Mom! Mom! Sidney Poitier’s going to be in the movie!” Phil Alden Robinson: Sidney Poitier 'wasn’t just a good man; he was a great man.' 2022-01-07T05:00:00Z That same year, three of Poitier’s most iconic films were released — “To Sir, With Love,” “In the Heat of the Night” and “Guess Who’s Coming to Dinner.” Sidney Poitier changed the Oscars in 1964. The academy is still grappling with the promise of that moment. 2022-01-07T05:00:00Z Gathered around the table with East German nuns, Poitier’s character coaxes the sisters into saying “Amen” with the tinge of Black enunciation. Perspective | Sidney Poitier movies bored me as a kid. Only later did I get what made him great. 2022-01-13T05:00:00Z But for too long a time, Sidney Poitier stood alone. Sidney Poitier was more than a symbol. He was one of the great movie stars, full stop 2022-01-08T05:00:00Z Mr. Poitier was hurt by such criticism, but he understood it. Sidney Poitier, first Black man to win Oscar for best actor, dies at 94 2022-01-07T05:00:00Z “Sneakers” wasn’t exactly lacking star power — Robert Redford was the lead — how did Mr. Poitier’s presence affect the set? Phil Alden Robinson: Sidney Poitier 'wasn’t just a good man; he was a great man.' 2022-01-07T05:00:00Z In each, Poitier played dignified characters who dealt with racism both overt and covert with a resolve that was revolutionary without being militant. Sidney Poitier changed the Oscars in 1964. The academy is still grappling with the promise of that moment. 2022-01-07T05:00:00Z This translator role often seemed to be Poitier’s calling card. Perspective | Sidney Poitier movies bored me as a kid. Only later did I get what made him great. 2022-01-13T05:00:00Z Too often, his critics noted, Poitier was cast as a pillar of rectitude, a figure of unimpeachable morals and manners who could gently counter — by to some extent accommodating — the virulent racism of white America. Sidney Poitier was more than a symbol. He was one of the great movie stars, full stop 2022-01-08T05:00:00Z After being off the movie big screen for 10 years, Mr. Poitier returned in a pair of action thrillers in 1988, playing FBI agents in “Shoot to Kill” and “Little Nikita.” Sidney Poitier, first Black man to win Oscar for best actor, dies at 94 2022-01-07T05:00:00Z Robert Redford is there, but there was no one like Sidney Poitier. Phil Alden Robinson: Sidney Poitier 'wasn’t just a good man; he was a great man.' 2022-01-07T05:00:00Z “It’s a choice, a clear choice,” Poitier said in a 1967 interview with the New York Times. Sidney Poitier changed the Oscars in 1964. The academy is still grappling with the promise of that moment. 2022-01-07T05:00:00Z Muddied and linked to Tony Curtis in “The Defiant Ones,” about two escaped prisoners, Poitier’s Noah Cullen bitterly opens up about the life he lost. Perspective | Sidney Poitier movies bored me as a kid. Only later did I get what made him great. 2022-01-13T05:00:00Z In their eyes, the other star-making vehicles of Poitier’s ’60s heyday were liberal message movies aimed at soothing the brows of a mostly white audience. Sidney Poitier was more than a symbol. He was one of the great movie stars, full stop 2022-01-08T05:00:00Z Despite sterling reviews and leading-man Oscar nominations for Mr. Poitier and Curtis, they both lost to David Niven in “Separate Tables.” Sidney Poitier, first Black man to win Oscar for best actor, dies at 94 2022-01-07T05:00:00Z It was the 1940s, and Sidney Poitier and Harry Belafonte were young men working for the American Negro Theatre in Harlem. Friends Sidney Poitier and Harry Belafonte 'made as much mischief as they could' 2022-01-07T05:00:00Z The Hollywood moment did not just make history but intrinsically tied together two cultural institutions: the venerable Poitier and the Academy Awards. Sidney Poitier changed the Oscars in 1964. The academy is still grappling with the promise of that moment. 2022-01-07T05:00:00Z Poitier was an actor-activist in the best sense of the word. 'Guess Who's Coming to Dinner' told the story of many families, including mine 2022-01-07T05:00:00Z Poitier seems to lose himself in this moment, and maybe he did and maybe he didn’t; he was a great enough actor to keep you from telling the difference. Sidney Poitier was more than a symbol. He was one of the great movie stars, full stop 2022-01-08T05:00:00Z Sidney Poitier was born on Feb. 20, 1927, in Miami, where his parents were on a visit to sell tomatoes they had grown on their farm in the Bahamas. Sidney Poitier, first Black man to win Oscar for best actor, dies at 94 2022-01-07T05:00:00Z This was how a long, enduring friendship was formed, as Belafonte recalled Friday, shortly after Poitier’s death at the age of 94. Friends Sidney Poitier and Harry Belafonte 'made as much mischief as they could' 2022-01-07T05:00:00Z In his Oscar-winning role in “Lilies of the Field,” Poitier plays a “big, strong” handyman who helps a group of White nuns build a chapel in Arizona. Sidney Poitier changed the Oscars in 1964. The academy is still grappling with the promise of that moment. 2022-01-07T05:00:00Z Not only was he committed, in word, deed and dollar, to the civil rights movement, but his performances were their own form of activism; Poitier made breaking barriers and rearranging cultural consciousness an art form. 'Guess Who's Coming to Dinner' told the story of many families, including mine 2022-01-07T05:00:00Z This was the kind of movie Poitier’s critics dismissed as hopelessly retrograde, a trap for a legend who deserved better. Sidney Poitier was more than a symbol. He was one of the great movie stars, full stop 2022-01-08T05:00:00Z Mr. Poitier’s place in the 1960s Hollywood hierarchy — a major star with critical and popular appeal — was exceptional in the ranks of Black actors. Sidney Poitier, first Black man to win Oscar for best actor, dies at 94 2022-01-07T05:00:00Z Even as Belafonte reigned as the King of Calypso, and Poitier became the first mainstream black movie star, they were, as Belafonte put it, “trying to make this world a little better.” Friends Sidney Poitier and Harry Belafonte 'made as much mischief as they could' 2022-01-07T05:00:00Z The honorary Oscar bestowed “in recognition of his remarkable accomplishments as an artist and as a human being” was presented to Poitier by Denzel Washington, who would also make history later that same night. Sidney Poitier changed the Oscars in 1964. The academy is still grappling with the promise of that moment. 2022-01-07T05:00:00Z She could have been describing Poitier, who brought to every character a clear sense of not only himself, exhibited in whatever way best fit the part, but also in the character’s social and emotional context. 'Guess Who's Coming to Dinner' told the story of many families, including mine 2022-01-07T05:00:00Z But what he wrote does explain some of the rich, complicated emotional and psychological layers you see in a Poitier performance. Sidney Poitier was more than a symbol. He was one of the great movie stars, full stop 2022-01-08T05:00:00Z His mother dressed the seven Poitier children in flour sacks. Sidney Poitier, first Black man to win Oscar for best actor, dies at 94 2022-01-07T05:00:00Z Poitier advised only having the funeral, according to his 1980 autobiography, “This Life.” Friends Sidney Poitier and Harry Belafonte 'made as much mischief as they could' 2022-01-07T05:00:00Z He received an Oscar later that evening for his role as a corrupt detective in “Training Day” — the first time a Black man had won lead actor since Poitier, 39 years before. Sidney Poitier changed the Oscars in 1964. The academy is still grappling with the promise of that moment. 2022-01-07T05:00:00Z Poitier seemed to understand exactly who and where he was, and he granted every man he played that same grace. 'Guess Who's Coming to Dinner' told the story of many families, including mine 2022-01-07T05:00:00Z But it took Poitier years to achieve that degree of creative control. Sidney Poitier was more than a symbol. He was one of the great movie stars, full stop 2022-01-08T05:00:00Z Working on location in South Africa, Mr. Poitier was forced to live far from the studio, and he had to deal with other restrictions and insults. Sidney Poitier, first Black man to win Oscar for best actor, dies at 94 2022-01-07T05:00:00Z When they determined their choice to direct, Joseph Sargent, wasn’t the right man for the material, Poitier stepped in to direct his first of nine movies. Friends Sidney Poitier and Harry Belafonte 'made as much mischief as they could' 2022-01-07T05:00:00Z Sidney Poitier has received a tribute from another Hollywood icon following his passing. Sidney Poitier honored by Halle Berry after 'decades of friendship': 'You left an indelible mark' 2022-01-07T05:00:00Z Kassim died when I was still young, and as I entered adolescence and adulthood, their relationship became, to me, a pinnacle of romance, with Poitier and Houghton as dreamy stand-ins. 'Guess Who's Coming to Dinner' told the story of many families, including mine 2022-01-07T05:00:00Z Poitier’s body of work is often spoken of, both rightly and reductively, as a series of historic firsts. Sidney Poitier was more than a symbol. He was one of the great movie stars, full stop 2022-01-08T05:00:00Z Mr. Poitier later called South Africa “on a racial, political and social level, the worst place I have ever been.” Sidney Poitier, first Black man to win Oscar for best actor, dies at 94 2022-01-07T05:00:00Z Poitier plays Buck, a wagon master and Union veteran trying to protect formerly enslaved people and Native Americans in the wake of the Civil War. Friends Sidney Poitier and Harry Belafonte 'made as much mischief as they could' 2022-01-07T05:00:00Z Berry's tribute is a significant one, as nearly 40 years after Poitier's Oscar win, her own made her the first Black woman to win an Academy Award for playing a lead character. Sidney Poitier honored by Halle Berry after 'decades of friendship': 'You left an indelible mark' 2022-01-07T05:00:00Z While she was very sad over Poitier’s passing, she said she didn’t think much of “Guess Who’s Coming to Dinner.” 'Guess Who's Coming to Dinner' told the story of many families, including mine 2022-01-07T05:00:00Z “Through his groundbreaking roles and singular talent, Sidney Poitier epitomized dignity and grace, revealing the power of movies to bring us closer together,” Obama said in a statement after Poitier’s death was announced. Sidney Poitier's legacy lives on: Here's where to watch his classic film performances 2022-01-07T05:00:00Z Filmmaker Stanley Kramer’s “The Defiant Ones,” in 1958, marked Mr. Poitier’s first star billing, which he credited to co-star Curtis’s insistence. Sidney Poitier, first Black man to win Oscar for best actor, dies at 94 2022-01-07T05:00:00Z But with Poitier behind the camera, and starring alongside Belafonte, these movies were different. Friends Sidney Poitier and Harry Belafonte 'made as much mischief as they could' 2022-01-07T05:00:00Z Poitier remained the only Black man to win an Oscar for a leading role until Denzel Washington nabbed the same award for his work in "Training Day," also in 2002. Sidney Poitier honored by Halle Berry after 'decades of friendship': 'You left an indelible mark' 2022-01-07T05:00:00Z Poitier was wonderful, she said, but she hated the character of Joey, who doesn’t seem to have a thought in her head. 'Guess Who's Coming to Dinner' told the story of many families, including mine 2022-01-07T05:00:00Z Here’s where you can watch seven of of Poitier’s most notable films. Sidney Poitier's legacy lives on: Here's where to watch his classic film performances 2022-01-07T05:00:00Z The personal assistant to Frederick A. Mitchell, the minister of foreign affairs in the Bahamas, where Mr. Poitier was raised, confirmed the death. Sidney Poitier, first Black man to win Oscar for best actor, dies at 94 2022-01-07T05:00:00Z And they marked a departure from Poitier’s extremely popular ‘60s persona of, as many wags called it, “ebony sainthood.” Friends Sidney Poitier and Harry Belafonte 'made as much mischief as they could' 2022-01-07T05:00:00Z Among those was one from Halle Berry, whose Oscar win made her the first Black woman to win such an award in her category, paralleling Poitier's own history-making 1964 win. Sidney Poitier honored by Halle Berry after 'decades of friendship': 'You left an indelible mark' 2022-01-07T05:00:00Z It’s Poitier who radiates as the mesmerizing center of the story, watchful but certain of himself as everyone else flutters around in various states of shock and fear and prejudice. 'Guess Who's Coming to Dinner' told the story of many families, including mine 2022-01-07T05:00:00Z The film won an Academy Award for best story and screenplay and best cinematography, while Poitier earned his first Oscar nomination for best actor. Sidney Poitier's legacy lives on: Here's where to watch his classic film performances 2022-01-07T05:00:00Z Pamela Poitier said her father died at his home in California, but she did not provide further details. Sidney Poitier, first Black man to win Oscar for best actor, dies at 94 2022-01-07T05:00:00Z Poitier and Belafonte would continue celebrating each other and lifting each other up through the years. Friends Sidney Poitier and Harry Belafonte 'made as much mischief as they could' 2022-01-07T05:00:00Z She began her caption with a quote from Poitier's 2008 book "Life Beyond Measure": "A tiny bit of myself is lost when my friends are gone." Sidney Poitier honored by Halle Berry after 'decades of friendship': 'You left an indelible mark' 2022-01-07T05:00:00Z From ‘A Raisin in the Sun’ to ‘Guess Who’s Coming to Dinner’ to ‘To Sir, With Love,’ here’s where to stream some of Sidney Poitier’s most acclaimed movies. 'Guess Who's Coming to Dinner' told the story of many families, including mine 2022-01-07T05:00:00Z In his Oscar-winning role, Poitier plays a handyman named Homer Smith who meets a group of nuns from Germany, who are convinced he’s been sent from God to help build their chapel. Sidney Poitier's legacy lives on: Here's where to watch his classic film performances 2022-01-07T05:00:00Z As a suave and dignified star, Mr. Poitier challenged audiences to accept Black performers in leading roles in movies and on television. Sidney Poitier, first Black man to win Oscar for best actor, dies at 94 2022-01-07T05:00:00Z It is impossible to underestimate Sidney Poitier’s Hollywood legacy. Broadway ought to dim its lights in honor of Sidney Poitier 2022-01-07T05:00:00Z I only spoke to Mr. Poitier twice — in 2000, during an interview about a documentary exploring his groundbreaking career, and a more informal encounter at a book signing a few years later. Sidney Poitier made it easy to be in the presence of greatness 2022-01-07T05:00:00Z In “Guess Who’s Coming to Dinner,” as in so many other films, Poitier captured all the action and reaction roiling beneath the surface of human interaction. 'Guess Who's Coming to Dinner' told the story of many families, including mine 2022-01-07T05:00:00Z Hollywood celebrates Sidney Poitier and how he ‘epitomized dignity and grace’ Sidney Poitier's legacy lives on: Here's where to watch his classic film performances 2022-01-07T05:00:00Z Mr. Poitier’s Oscar was for “Lilies of the Field,” a film released in 1963 — the same year as the March on Washington for civil rights. Sidney Poitier, first Black man to win Oscar for best actor, dies at 94 2022-01-07T05:00:00Z Poitier, who death at 94 was announced Friday, will always be remembered for being the first Black actor to win the Academy Award for lead actor. Broadway ought to dim its lights in honor of Sidney Poitier 2022-01-07T05:00:00Z And “brilliant actor” was far from the only line on Mr. Poitier’s resume. Sidney Poitier made it easy to be in the presence of greatness 2022-01-07T05:00:00Z When Denzel Washington took the stage at the Kodak Theater on March 24, 2002, midway through the Academy Awards to introduce Sidney Poitier, he knew the moment was pregnant with significance. Why Sidney Poitier felt indebted to Denzel Washington. And the feeling was mutual 2022-01-07T05:00:00Z This Oscar best-picture winner features Poitier as Virgil Tibbs, a Black police detective from Philadelphia mistakenly accused of murder while passing through a town in Mississippi. Sidney Poitier's legacy lives on: Here's where to watch his classic film performances 2022-01-07T05:00:00Z In 2002, Mr. Poitier received a lifetime achievement Oscar for “his extraordinary performances and unique presence on the screen and for representing the industry with dignity, style and intelligence.” Sidney Poitier, first Black man to win Oscar for best actor, dies at 94 2022-01-07T05:00:00Z His inexperience and “very thick West Indian accent,” as Poitier put it, got him thrown out of his audition for the American Negro Theatre in Harlem. Broadway ought to dim its lights in honor of Sidney Poitier 2022-01-07T05:00:00Z Poitier was promoting “Sidney Poitier: One Bright Light,” a biographical “American Masters” documentary directed and narrated by his friend and “In the Heat of the Night” co-star Lee Grant. Sidney Poitier made it easy to be in the presence of greatness 2022-01-07T05:00:00Z Not only was Washington paying tribute to a man whose footsteps he had long been following, as Poitier received his honorary Oscar in recognition of his trailblazing career. Why Sidney Poitier felt indebted to Denzel Washington. And the feeling was mutual 2022-01-07T05:00:00Z Poitier plays Mark Thackeray, an unemployed engineer who turns to teaching to make ends meet. Sidney Poitier's legacy lives on: Here's where to watch his classic film performances 2022-01-07T05:00:00Z Mr. Poitier, who received the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 2009 from President Barack Obama, disliked sweeping statements about his legacy. Sidney Poitier, first Black man to win Oscar for best actor, dies at 94 2022-01-07T05:00:00Z There’s no shortage of praise and accolades pouring in Friday after the death of trailblazing actor Sidney Poitier at age 94. Hollywood mourns the loss of Sidney Poitier: 'This is a big one' 2022-01-07T05:00:00Z Mr. Poitier greeted me with a strong handshake. Sidney Poitier made it easy to be in the presence of greatness 2022-01-07T05:00:00Z But with his own nomination that night for the gritty crime thriller “Training Day,” Washington was poised to follow Poitier as only the second Black person to win the lead actor prize. Why Sidney Poitier felt indebted to Denzel Washington. And the feeling was mutual 2022-01-07T05:00:00Z Sidney Poitier, the trailblazing actor and activist who became one of Hollywood’s most important Black figures, died Thursday evening at 94. Sidney Poitier's legacy lives on: Here's where to watch his classic film performances 2022-01-07T05:00:00Z Mr. Poitier shoots back with a mixture of pride and barely contained rage, “They call me Mister Tibbs.” Sidney Poitier, first Black man to win Oscar for best actor, dies at 94 2022-01-07T05:00:00Z Sidney Poitier, who made history as the first Black man to win the Oscar for lead actor and starred in ‘Guess Who’s Coming to Dinner,’ has died. Hollywood mourns the loss of Sidney Poitier: 'This is a big one' 2022-01-07T05:00:00Z It was that aversion to celebrity that made it so difficult for Grant to convince Poitier to participate in the project. Sidney Poitier made it easy to be in the presence of greatness 2022-01-07T05:00:00Z “But you couldn’t cut Sidney Poitier out of a Sidney Poitier picture. He was the reason a movie got made: the first solo, above-the-title African American movie star. He was unique.” Why Sidney Poitier felt indebted to Denzel Washington. And the feeling was mutual 2022-01-07T05:00:00Z In a career spanning more than 70 years, Poitier made his mark on cinema, often refusing roles he felt would be degrading to Black America. Sidney Poitier's legacy lives on: Here's where to watch his classic film performances 2022-01-07T05:00:00Z Harry Belafonte, a popular singer of calypso and other folk songs, exuded more sexual charisma than Mr. Poitier but lacked his range. Sidney Poitier, first Black man to win Oscar for best actor, dies at 94 2022-01-07T05:00:00Z Davis wrote, posting a picture of herself and her husband with Poitier at a lunch at Spago. Hollywood mourns the loss of Sidney Poitier: 'This is a big one' 2022-01-07T05:00:00Z Mr. Poitier took a while when I asked him to name his favorite performance or movie. Sidney Poitier made it easy to be in the presence of greatness 2022-01-07T05:00:00Z Receiving his Oscar after a long and warm standing ovation, Poitier shared the honor with those who had supported him throughout his career. Why Sidney Poitier felt indebted to Denzel Washington. And the feeling was mutual 2022-01-07T05:00:00Z Poitier co-starred with Tony Curtis in “The Defiant Ones,” in which the two prison escapees are shackled together and must work together to survive. Sidney Poitier's legacy lives on: Here's where to watch his classic film performances 2022-01-07T05:00:00Z After his Academy Award win, Mr. Poitier said he doubted that the honor would be a “magic wand that will wipe away the restrictions on job opportunities for Negro actors.” Sidney Poitier, first Black man to win Oscar for best actor, dies at 94 2022-01-07T05:00:00Z “I put this quote on my daughter’s wall. Rest well Mr. Poitier. Thank you! Thank you for leaving a legacy. May flights of angels sing thee to thy rest.” Hollywood mourns the loss of Sidney Poitier: 'This is a big one' 2022-01-07T05:00:00Z I grabbed the recording and awkwardly attempted to tell Mr. Poitier how much he meant to me and how I wished we could keep talking. Sidney Poitier made it easy to be in the presence of greatness 2022-01-07T05:00:00Z Years later, in 2014, Poitier spoke in an interview of the remarkable synchronicity of that evening — and of the meaning of Washington’s words. Why Sidney Poitier felt indebted to Denzel Washington. And the feeling was mutual 2022-01-07T05:00:00Z In Lorraine Hansberry’s signature play, Poitier starred as Walter Lee Younger, a man trying to lead his family to prosperity after the death of his father. Sidney Poitier's legacy lives on: Here's where to watch his classic film performances 2022-01-07T05:00:00Z So what was on offer for Mr. Poitier was being a middle-class guy who, to a degree, challenged White smugness.” Sidney Poitier, first Black man to win Oscar for best actor, dies at 94 2022-01-07T05:00:00Z “Sir Sidney Poitier R.I.P. He showed us how to reach for the stars.” Hollywood mourns the loss of Sidney Poitier: 'This is a big one' 2022-01-07T05:00:00Z Mr. Poitier was there — the two were good friends. Sidney Poitier made it easy to be in the presence of greatness 2022-01-07T05:00:00Z Celebrities around the world are paying tribute to Sidney Poitier, the beloved Oscar-winning actor, following his death. Celebrities remember Sidney Poitier following his death: 'One of the greats' 2022-01-07T05:00:00Z Morgan Freeman, Viola Davis and former President Obama are among the many saluting the legacy of pioneering actor Sidney Poitier, who has died at 94. Sidney Poitier's legacy lives on: Here's where to watch his classic film performances 2022-01-07T05:00:00Z After that brush with glory, Mr. Poitier said he felt forced to take a leap backward in the 1959 film version of the George and Ira Gershwin-DuBose Heyward folk operetta “Porgy and Bess.” Sidney Poitier, first Black man to win Oscar for best actor, dies at 94 2022-01-07T05:00:00Z “Immediately dispelling the perverted, obscene, and misinformed notion of white supremacy in every beautifully human, artistic and dignified way = Sidney Poitier,” Mark Ruffalo tweeted. Hollywood mourns the loss of Sidney Poitier: 'This is a big one' 2022-01-07T05:00:00Z Hearing of Mr. Poitier’s death fills me with such sadness. Sidney Poitier made it easy to be in the presence of greatness 2022-01-07T05:00:00Z Piers Morgan noted Poitier's milestone of becoming the first Black man to win an Oscar for best actor. Celebrities remember Sidney Poitier following his death: 'One of the greats' 2022-01-07T05:00:00Z Sidney Poitier, who made history as the first Black man to win an Oscar for lead actor and who starred in ‘Guess Who’s Coming to Dinner,’ has died. Sidney Poitier's legacy lives on: Here's where to watch his classic film performances 2022-01-07T05:00:00Z But Samuel Goldwyn insisted on having him, and Mr. Poitier said it would have been a career-ending move to refuse such a powerful producer. Sidney Poitier, first Black man to win Oscar for best actor, dies at 94 2022-01-07T05:00:00Z Sidney Poitier, the first Black man to win an Oscar, has died at the age of 94. Hollywood mourns the loss of Sidney Poitier: 'This is a big one' 2022-01-07T05:00:00Z Sidney Poitier, the star of Hollywood classics like Guess Who's Coming to Dinner and To Sir, With Love, has died at the age of 94. Remembering Hollywood trailblazer Sidney Poitier 2022-01-07T05:00:00Z Joseph Gordon-Levitt called Poitier an "absolute legend. One of the greats." Celebrities remember Sidney Poitier following his death: 'One of the greats' 2022-01-07T05:00:00Z “Blackboard Jungle” was Poitier’s breakthrough role, in which he played a rowdy high school student with a hidden musical talent as a pianist and singer. Sidney Poitier's legacy lives on: Here's where to watch his classic film performances 2022-01-07T05:00:00Z New York Times theater critic Brooks Atkinson singled out Mr. Poitier as “a remarkable actor with enormous power that is always under control.” Sidney Poitier, first Black man to win Oscar for best actor, dies at 94 2022-01-07T05:00:00Z Some actors mentioned the role he played in their professional development, with actor Paul Wesley noting that he had read Poitier’s autobiography years ago “and it was quite the inspiration.” Hollywood mourns the loss of Sidney Poitier: 'This is a big one' 2022-01-07T05:00:00Z Tall and handsome, with a low and seductively smooth voice and what one writer called an “almost princely bearing,” Poitier projected an air of quiet dignity in roles that shattered stereotypes. Sidney Poitier, who helped break down Hollywood’s on-screen color barriers and made history as the first African American to win an Academy Award for best actor, has died 2022-01-07T05:00:00Z "Rest in power mr Poitier! Your legacy will live on! Thank you for sharing your talent with us," she wrote on Twitter. Celebrities remember Sidney Poitier following his death: 'One of the greats' 2022-01-07T05:00:00Z When Poitier told his wife, the former Juanita Hardy, with whom he had four daughters, she became so distraught he didn’t seek a separation. Sidney Poitier, whose film Oscar was social landmark, dies at 94 2022-01-07T05:00:00Z Sidney Poitier, who has died aged 94, once turned down the role of Othello because he did not want to be typecast as a black actor. Obituary: Iconic black actor Sidney Poitier 2022-01-07T05:00:00Z Sidney Poitier was full of grace in every aspect of his life .. Hollywood mourns the loss of Sidney Poitier: 'This is a big one' 2022-01-07T05:00:00Z Basinger said Poitier “had everything it took” to be the screen’s breakthrough Black actor. Sidney Poitier, who helped break down Hollywood’s on-screen color barriers and made history as the first African American to win an Academy Award for best actor, has died 2022-01-07T05:00:00Z Actress Viola Davis called Poitier's death a "big one." Celebrities remember Sidney Poitier following his death: 'One of the greats' 2022-01-07T05:00:00Z Poitier returned to the stage in 1959, starring in Lorraine Hansberry’s “A Raisin in the Sun,” a play about the dashed hopes of a Black family in Chicago. Sidney Poitier, whose film Oscar was social landmark, dies at 94 2022-01-07T05:00:00Z Sidney Poitier was born on 20 February 1927 in Miami, Florida. Obituary: Iconic black actor Sidney Poitier 2022-01-07T05:00:00Z “Nuance and power, humour and grit — Sidney Poitier had it all. Imagine what it meant to see him on the big screen in the 50s, 60s and 70s. Every word, every gesture was an inspiration.” Hollywood mourns the loss of Sidney Poitier: 'This is a big one' 2022-01-07T05:00:00Z Racial stereotyping in the movies was still in full force when Poitier appeared in “No Way Out.” Sidney Poitier, who helped break down Hollywood’s on-screen color barriers and made history as the first African American to win an Academy Award for best actor, has died 2022-01-07T05:00:00Z At a young age, Poitier was captivated by cinema and, at age 16, he moved to New York. Celebrities remember Sidney Poitier following his death: 'One of the greats' 2022-01-07T05:00:00Z The civil-rights leader called Poitier a “soul brother” for supporting him over the years. Sidney Poitier, whose film Oscar was social landmark, dies at 94 2022-01-07T05:00:00Z Unfortunately Poitier was tone-deaf and was unable to sing, something audiences felt was a prerequisite of black actors at that time. Obituary: Iconic black actor Sidney Poitier 2022-01-07T05:00:00Z Sidney Poitier, the first black man to win a best actor Oscar, has died at 94. Sidney Poitier: Hollywood star dies aged 94 2022-01-07T05:00:00Z As Homer Smith, Poitier played an ex-GI drifter who meets five refugee nuns from East Germany after his station wagon overheats in the Arizona desert, and he is talked into building a chapel for them. Sidney Poitier, who helped break down Hollywood’s on-screen color barriers and made history as the first African American to win an Academy Award for best actor, has died 2022-01-07T05:00:00Z Daughter Sydney Tamaii Poitier appeared on such television series as "Veronica Mars" and "Mr. Knight." Celebrities remember Sidney Poitier following his death: 'One of the greats' 2022-01-07T05:00:00Z Following his Oscar win, announced by Anne Bancroft during the Academy Awards on April 13, 1964, Poitier said he was so surprised that he “leaped six feet from my seat,” the New York Times reported. Sidney Poitier, whose film Oscar was social landmark, dies at 94 2022-01-07T05:00:00Z The Defiant Ones, in 1958, saw Poitier nominated for best actor at the Academy Awards, and he won a Bafta for the same film. Obituary: Iconic black actor Sidney Poitier 2022-01-07T05:00:00Z Poitier was a trailblazing actor and a respected humanitarian and diplomat. Sidney Poitier: Hollywood star dies aged 94 2022-01-07T05:00:00Z A delightful high point of the film is when Poitier leads the nuns in singing the Baptist spiritual “Amen.” Sidney Poitier, who helped break down Hollywood’s on-screen color barriers and made history as the first African American to win an Academy Award for best actor, has died 2022-01-07T05:00:00Z Stars began paying tribute to Poitier on social media early Friday following the news. Celebrities remember Sidney Poitier following his death: 'One of the greats' 2022-01-07T05:00:00Z Poitier and his wife divorced in 1965, after his romance with Carroll had ended. Sidney Poitier, whose film Oscar was social landmark, dies at 94 2022-01-07T05:00:00Z With the growing civil rights movement in the US, it was inevitable Poitier would find himself lauded as an example of black achievement. Obituary: Iconic black actor Sidney Poitier 2022-01-07T05:00:00Z Poitier went on to direct a raft of films, and a Broadway play about life and career was announced last month. Sidney Poitier: Hollywood star dies aged 94 2022-01-07T05:00:00Z At the peak of his popularity in 1967, Poitier starred in three of the highest-grossing movies of the year: “In the Heat of the Night,” “Guess Who’s Coming to Dinner” and “To Sir, With Love.” Sidney Poitier, who helped break down Hollywood’s on-screen color barriers and made history as the first African American to win an Academy Award for best actor, has died 2022-01-07T05:00:00Z Actor Jeffrey Wright said: "Sidney Poitier. What a landmark actor. One of a kind. What a beautiful, gracious, warm, genuinely regal man. RIP, Sir. With love." Celebrities remember Sidney Poitier following his death: 'One of the greats' 2022-01-07T05:00:00Z Sidney Poitier, the Academy Award-winning Black actor who experienced in life many of the racial stresses explored in his films, has died. Sidney Poitier, whose film Oscar was social landmark, dies at 94 2022-01-07T05:00:00Z Poitier was nominated for Bafta and Golden Globe awards for Norman Jewison's film In the Heat of the Night. Obituary: Iconic black actor Sidney Poitier 2022-01-07T05:00:00Z In 1963, Poitier made a film in Arizona, "Lilies of the Field." Sidney Poitier, Oscar-winning actor, dead at 94 2022-01-07T05:00:00Z |
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