Sidney Poitier news, related photos and videos, and reviews of Sidney Poitier performances. According to Wikipedia: Sir Sidney Poitier KBE, , is a Bahamian American Academy Award-winning actor, film director, and activist. He has been...
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Sidney Poitier news, related photos and videos, and reviews of Sidney Poitier performances. According to Wikipedia: Sir Sidney Poitier KBE, , is a Bahamian American Academy Award-winning actor, film director, and activist. He has been hailed as a breakthrough star thanks to acclaimed performances, which, by consciously defying racial stereotyping, gave a new dramatic credibility for black actors to mainstream film audiences in the Western world.
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Academy Award-winning actor, writer, director, diplomat and recent Presidential Medal of Freedom recipient Sidney Poitier will grace the ADA Distinguished Speaker Series stage tonight beginning at 5:30 p.m. for the Opening General Session of the 150th Annual Session of the American Dental Association. Read Full Story
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These scans come from my rather large magazine collection. Instead of filling my house with old moldy magazines, I scanned them (in most cases, photographed them) and filled a storage area with moldy magazines. Now they reside on an external harddrive. I thought others might appreciate these tidbits of forgotten history.
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While driving through Arizona, Homer Smith (Sidney Poitier) stops at a chapel run by a group of East German nuns. He intends to stay only briefly, but ends up building most of the chapel for them. Naturally, both sides are a bit unfamiliar... Read Full Story
To the world he's known as the face who broke the color barrier in American film by winning the Best Actor Award at the Academys, yet to thousands of Bahamians, he is regarded as a son of the soil, who along with others, paved the way in making The Bahamas a household name. And yesterday, American born and Bahamian reared Academy Award winner Sidney Poitier, made history yet again when he Read Full Story
Mr. Sidney Poitier was recently awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom. Excerpt: ""It's been said that Sidney Poitier does not make movies, he makes milestones -- milestones of artistic excellence, milestones of America's progress," Obama said of the famed star of "Guess Who's Coming to Dinner." Poitier, the president added, had not only entertained, but shifted racial attitudes, broadened hearts and brought Americans together." Read Full Story
Acting legend Sidney Poitier was presented with the Presidential Medal of Freedom by U.S. leader Barack Obama on Wednesday (12Aug09). 1 Vote(s) Read Full Story
Sidney Poitier was one of 16 recipients of this year's US Presidential Medal of Freedom. A look at his legacy. Contributor: Tina Molly Lang Published: Aug 12, 2009 Read Full Story
Sidney Poitier is an inspirational figure. He is not just a great, award-winning actor and the first African-American ever to take home an Oscar for Best Actor, but also a writer, director, diplomat and cultural icon.
He is a man who has made his mark on popular culture. Starting from the humblest of beginnings in a poor farming family in The Bahamas he has worked his way up through half a century in show business and fifty-five roles, to the pre-eminent position he now holds. He has built... Read Full Story
Filed under: Wacky & Weird Photog: Is it alright if I call you Mr. Tibbs?Sidney Poitier: Silence ...So ... that's a "No" then?See Also Sidney Poitier Plays in Traffic ... Permalink Read Full Story
