Sidney Poitier
LOS ANGELES, CA - MAY 08: Actors Sidney Poitier and Russell Sams attend the 2012 AFI Women Directors Showcase at Directors Guild Of America on May 8, 2012 in Los Angeles, California.
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If only Sidney Poitier could see me now.
This is nothing new in American culture. If you look at the civil rights march on Washington in 1963 you see photos of Sidney Poitier and Charlton Hesston
I really enjoyed leading the band that inducted B.B. King into the Handy Hall of Fame ... And meeting people I admired — Sidney Poitier, James Earl Jones, Colin Powell, people of that nature. Playing for H.W. Bush, and Clinton.More quotes »
Around the web
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Oprah, Jamie Foxx Talk Movies that Most Affected Them
Winfrey discussed the personal significance of seeing Lilies of the Field, starring Sidney Poitier, and also seeing Poitier win an Academy Award for it. Winfrey also touched upon wanting to be like Shirley Temple as a child. Additionally, Jamie Foxx described 12:19 PM from 24Wired.tv Read more »
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UCLA Longevity Center To Honor Sidney Poitier, Jane & Terry Semel, Dr. Peter Whybrow, Shlomo Rechnitz & Steve Rechnitz At 2012 ICON Awards
organization dedicated to enhancing and extending productive and healthy lives through research and education, honors Sidney Poitier, Jane and Terry Semel, Peter Whybrow, MD, Shlomo Rechnitz and Steve Rechnitz at the 2012 ICON Awards gala, June 6 at the Beverly 5/31/12 from PR Newswire Read more »
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Daily Cool…. Sidney Poitier
History is a relentless master. It has no present, only the past rushing into the future. To try to hold fast is to be swept aside. John F. Kennedy Enter your email address to subscribe to this blog and receive notifications of new posts by email. from Urban Mogul Life Read more »
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Rock dials it down and leaves his comedy comfort zone
a lot of fun and not a lot of work."It's not like I'm setting out to make bad movies, mind, but I don't see myself as the new Sidney Poitier. I just want to make people laugh, basically. And have a laugh whilst I'm doing it."That freewheelin' approach to filmmaking from Dublin Evening Herald Read more »
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Shit Lookalikes: Dedryck Boyata & Sidney Poitier
plays at the back for Bolton. Poitier is just about the coolest mo-effin’-fo that ever lived. In fact, he’s so cool that he only ever appears in black and white. He also directed ‘Ghost Dad‘, the worst film of 1990. Got a Shit Lookalike for Pies? Send it to from Who Ate All The Pies Read more »
