Sidney Poitier’s six-decade career in Hollywood ranks among the most iconic runs for any actor in history. The legendary performer became the first Black man nominated for Best Actor at the Academy ...

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When Sidney Poitier was honored as the first African American male to win a competitive acting Oscar in 1964 for his lead performance in “Lilies of the Field,” it had been 24 years since Hattie ...

Sidney Poitier, the Bahamian-American actor who broke numerous Hollywood barriers in the 1950s and 1960s — most famously in 1964 when he became the first Black man to win the Oscar for best actor — ...

In theory there’s only so much to be done with a celebrity biography, but when the subject is Sidney Poitier, that’s an unusually target-rich environment. “Sidney,” a documentary from director ...

Sidney Poitier, who broke through racial barriers as the first black winner of the best actor Oscar for his role in "Lilies of the Field," and inspired a generation during the civil rights movement, ...

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"When I first met him, I was terrified," she recalled to Fox News. "He was incredibly tall, and I’m so short. And I was living in Lululand because I was a rock ‘n’ roll, pop singer. I had never acted ...

As a newborn, Sidney Poitier — the legendary actor who passed away at 94 in January — was already at death’s door. “I was not expected to live,” says Poitier in the new documentary “Sidney,” which ...

Sidney Poitier, who became the first Black man to win the best actor Oscar in 1963, passed away at 94 Thursday evening. “Sidney Poitier does not make movies. He makes milestones. Milestones of ...