NEW YORK (AP) — We go to movies not just to escape, but to discover. We might identify with the cowboy or the runaway bride or the kid who befriends a creature from another planet. To see yourself on ...

Sidney Poitier’s two most iconic moments as an actor both occur in the 1967 Oscar-winning drama “In the Heat of the Night.” The first is his famous declaration “They call me Mister Tibbs!” The second ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Eddie Murphy was warned by Sidney Poitier not to star in “Malcolm X.” During an interview for Apple TV+’s “Number One on the Call ...

In this 2000 interview, Poitier talked about his disastrous first audition, why reading was a struggle and how he went on to become the most famous Black actor of his generation. This is FRESH AIR.

As an actor, writer, director, philanthropist, and ambassador, Sidney Poitier leaves behind an indelible stamp on our artistic, cultural, and social landscape. For most he will undoubtedly be ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. "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 ...

This is FRESH AIR. Let's get back to our series, Classic Films and Movie Icons, with the interview I recorded with Sidney Poitier in 2000 after the publication of his memoir. Poitier said he always ...

Eddie Murphy was warned by Sidney Poitier not to star in "Malcolm X." During an interview for Apple TV+'s "Number One on the Call Sheet: Black Leading Men in Hollywood," Murphy revealed he bumped into ...