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Harry Belafonte, Calypso King Who Worked for African American Rights, Dies at 96
Variety via Yahoo Canada News· 1 year agoSinger, actor, producer and activist Harry Belafonte, who spawned a calypso craze in the U.S. with...
Sammy Davis Jr. Broke Barriers—Sometimes at His Own Expense
The Daily Beast via Yahoo Canada News· 1 year agoNationaal ArchiefIn the mid-1960s, Sammy Davis Jr. ranked behind only Martin Luther King Jr. and...
Retired Yankees announcer John Sterling was so much more than a friendly voice on the radio
USA TODAY Sports via Yahoo Canada Sports· 2 months agoNew York Yankees are waking up to the reality of a third weekend without their warm, familiar voice....
Oscars 2024 recap: Biggest moments from the 96th Academy Awards
ABC News via Yahoo Canada News· 4 months agoThe 2024 Oscars have come and gone, and "Oppenheimer" was the big winner of the night. Jimmy Kimmel...
Norman Jewison, acclaimed director of 'In the Heat of the Night’ and 'Moonstruck,' dead at 97
Associated Press via Yahoo Canada News· 5 months agoNorman Jewison, the acclaimed and versatile Canadian-born director whose Hollywood films ranged from...
Times that TV did Black history justice
Digital Spy via Yahoo Canada News· 9 months agoTimes that TV did Black history justiceABC/HBO/Getty Images/Illustration by Shyvonne Thomas/Digital Spy - BBC Under the scrutiny of global protest, the...
Why Are Oscar Documentary Prospects So Sparse This Year?
Indiewire via Yahoo Canada News· 1 year agoIn early summer, the still-slim Oscar conversation around documentary contenders got an unexpected...
Taylor Swift's upcoming Little Golden Book bio expected to rival Betty White one for the most...
Yahoo Entertainment· 1 year agoBiographies of Simone Biles, Taylor Swift and Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson are headed to bookstores....
'Sidney' Tackles The Not-So-Comfortable Conversations About A Black Cinema Icon
HuffPost via Yahoo Canada News· 2 years agoIt’s not about sensationalizing or even tarnishing the reputation of Sidney Poitier. Rather, the new...
Jonathan Majors Details the Mission of the Gotham’s Sidney Poitier Initiative: ‘To Push the Legacy...
Variety via Yahoo Canada News· 2 years agoWhen Jonathan Majors was a student at the University of North Carolina School of the Arts, he taped...