During an interview for Apple TV+’s “Number One on the Call Sheet: Black Leading Men in Hollywood,” Murphy revealed he bumped into Poitier and brought up that he had been approached to play Alex Haley ...

"Early on, Sidney said — I don’t know if it was an insult or a compliment, or something," he begins. "It was like… They were talking about doing Malcolm X. Norman Jewison was putting it together, and ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. NEW YORK (AP) — In 1963, Sidney Poitier made ...

Eddie Murphy is reflecting on puzzling career advice he received from Sidney Poitier. The Beverly Hills Cop star recalled an interaction that he had with the legendary In the Heat of the Night actor ...

The New York Public Library’s Schomburg Center celebrates its beginnings, at a moment when Black history is under attack. By Jennifer Schuessler By Gabe Cohn Sidney Poitier is memorialized in this ...

Sydney Poitier, the charismatic actor with the smooth-toned voice and intense gaze, rose to stardom in the 1960s. Honored by the Screen Actors Guild, winner of an Academy Award and recipient of the ...

Actor and director Sidney Poitier on the set of the movie 'Lilies of the Field' for which he won the Academy Award for best actor Legendary actor Sidney Poitier, who broke barriers in 1963 as the ...

This stark black-and-white design for the Sidney Poitier classroom drama is the work of Maria Ihnatowicz, one of the few female artists at the celebrated Polish School of Posters.