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22 hrs ago | CBS News

Relics of 1967's Past

Sidney Poitier as Virgil Tibbs with Rod Steiger in scene from movie "In the Heat of the Night." In the conclusion of "The Early Show" 's "Time Machine" series, weather anchor and features reporter Dave Price "traveled" back to the year 1967, the year of the "Summer of Love." He returned dressed in suede pants, among other iconic garb of the era, ...

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Related Topix: In the Heat of the Night, Mystery Movies, Crime Movies, Drama Movies, Rod Steiger, Entertainment, Drama, Television, The Early Show

Wed Oct 21, 2009

City Paper

Dynamite

I've been looking forward to Black Dynamite since I first saw the promo writer/star Michael Jai White put together last year.

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Related Topix: Black Dynamite, Fred Williamson, Uptown Saturday Night, Crime Movies, A Piece of the Action, Comedy Movies, Black Entertainment, Bill Cosby

Sun Oct 04, 2009

Sunday Times

A Raisin in the sun

If you have never seen a production of this play written by Lorraine Hansberry, make a point of seeing it because it is a landmark in the history of black performance and one of the key symbols of the Civil Rights movement.

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Related Topix: Drama Movies, A Raisin in the Sun, Ruby Dee, Black Entertainment, Emmy Awards, Entertainment, Television, Drama

Wed Sep 16, 2009

Jamaica Gleaner

US classic film series begins

The United States Embassy in Jamaica and the Jamaica Library Service began its classic film series yesterday with a screening of To Kill a Mockingbird.

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Related Topix: Animation Movies, Short, Comedy Movies, Family, The Wizard of Oz, Adventure, Musical Movies, A Patch of Blue, Drama Movies

Thu Sep 03, 2009

Brattleboro Reformer

Weston handles an enduring classic with the deftest touch

It has been more years than I care to think about when I last saw Lorraine Hansberry's groundbreaking play, "A Raisin in the Sun." As I prepared to review it during its current all-too-short run at the Weston Playhouse, I wondered if it stood the test of time and would it move me as much as the first time I saw it.

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Related Topix: Drama Movies, A Raisin in the Sun, Ruby Dee, Black Entertainment

Mon Aug 31, 2009

Creative Loafing

DVD Pick: Brother John

August 31st, 2009 by Brian Daye in Brian Daye , Film , Film Reviews For those who are devotees of film, or in this case, film acting, or deeper still, minimalist acting 101, check out Brother John , a 1971 film starring Sidney Poitier as John Kane.

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Wed Aug 26, 2009

Manchester Journal

A Raisin in the Sun' celebrates 50th anniversary in Weston

"A Raisin in the Sun," Lorraine Hansberry's prize-winning modern classic that featured Sidney Poitier in its Broadway debut 50 years ago, will wrap up The Weston Playhouse Theatre Company's 2009 summer Main Stage season with performances from Aug.

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Related Topix: Drama Movies, A Raisin in the Sun, Weston, VT, Weeds, Comedy, Entertainment, Drama, Television, Franklin, VT

Mon Aug 17, 2009

The Hartford Courant

On Tonight: Woodstock Doc, 'Mental' Finale: Roger Catlin | TV Eye

Not involved with the original film , Barbara Kopple returned to the 25th and 30th anniversary events of Woodscock in 1994 and 1999 to draw comparisons.

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Related Topix: Now and Then, Drama Movies, Pop/Rock, Neil Diamond

Sat Aug 15, 2009

Thebahamasblog.com

President Obama honored Bahamian Sidney Poitier with Medal of Freedom for work on race relations

President Obama honored Sidney Poitier with the Presidential Medal of Freedom on August 12, 2009 at the White House for his life work on interracial relations.

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Related Topix: Drama Movies, To Sir, with Love, Crime Movies, Guess Who's Coming to Dinner, Comedy Movies, In the Heat of the Night, Mystery Movies

Fri Aug 14, 2009

Darien News-Review

It's all relative for Darien native

Some people explore their roots through genealogy and the creation of family trees.

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Related Topix: Life, Hobbies, Genealogy, Theater, Arts, Manhattan, NY, New York, NY

Thu Aug 13, 2009

ABS-CBN News

Obama honors Tutu, Hawking, Poitier, Robinson

President Barack Obama Wednesday conferred America's highest civilian honor on 16 examples of unshakeable human spirit, including Archbishop Desmond Tutu and British scientist Stephen Hawking.

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Related Topix: US Politics, 2008 Presidential Election, Barack Obama, Drama Movies, Guess Who's Coming to Dinner, Comedy Movies

Tue Aug 04, 2009

The TV Guy

Angela Lansbury, Sidney Poitier in TCM's Summer Under the Stars

Stars who die young generate tear-stained legends and what-if speculation. Stars who age age gracefully and keep working steadily don't gain the same adulation.

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Related Topix: The Manchurian Candidate, Thriller, Mystery Movies, War Movies, Drama Movies, Science Fiction Movies, Comedy Movies, Blue Hawaii, Musical Movies, A Raisin in the Sun, Angela Lansbury, Blithe Spirit

Sat Aug 01, 2009

Deseret News

Afterthoughts

It's easy. Send a link to the story you were just reading to a friend. Just fill out the form on this page and we'll send it along.

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Related Topix: Crime Movies, Drama Movies, In the Heat of the Night, Mystery Movies

Thu Jul 30, 2009

The TV Guy

Sidney Poitier, Chita Rivera to receive Presidential Medal of Freedom

President Barack Obama wants to honor "agents of change" in presenting the Presidential Medal of Freedom.

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Related Topix: Crime Movies, Drama Movies, To Sir, with Love, Guess Who's Coming to Dinner, Comedy Movies, The Defiant Ones, Thriller, In the Heat of the Night, Mystery Movies, A Raisin in the Sun

Wed Jul 29, 2009

The TV Guy

Angela Lansbury, Sidney Poitier in TCM's Summer Under the Stars

Stars who die young generate tear-stained legends and what-if speculation. Stars who age age gracefully and keep working steadily don't gain the same adulation.

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Related Topix: The Manchurian Candidate, Thriller, Mystery Movies, War Movies, Drama Movies, Science Fiction Movies, Comedy Movies, Blue Hawaii, Musical Movies, A Raisin in the Sun, Angela Lansbury, Blithe Spirit

Tue Jul 28, 2009

The Detroit News

TCM puts on a month-long celebration featuring Hollywood's trailblazing stars

There is something wonderfully romantic and tragic about old Hollywood. Unattainably beautiful women and men said terribly smart, touching and funny things while setting standards even beyond their own grasps.

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Related Topix: Drama Movies, The Grapes of Wrath, Henry Fonda, Of Human Bondage, Bette Davis, Crime Movies, The Defiant Ones, Thriller, Opinion

Fri Jul 24, 2009

Desert Sun

Free screening: 'Guess Who's Coming To Dinner'

The Tolerance Education Center in Rancho Mirage invites residents to free showings Wednesday of the 1967 film "Guess Who's Coming To Dinner." The classic film ,which stars Spencer Tracy, Sidney Poitier and Katharine Hepburn is about a white couple who meets their daughter's fiance, a black man, for the first time.

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Related Topix: Drama Movies, Guess Who's Coming to Dinner, Comedy Movies, Rancho Mirage, CA, Spencer Tracy

Sat Jul 04, 2009

The Jersey Journal

Looking back at 'blaxploitation' films

Richard Roundtree starred in one of the films that sparked the blaxploitation movement -- the original 1971 film, "Shaft." It lasted too long to be a fad, and was probably too much fun to be a movement.

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Related Topix: Thriller, Crime Movies, Shaft, Drama Movies, Action Movies, Richard Roundtree, Black Entertainment, Fort Lee, NJ, In the Heat of the Night, Mystery Movies, Entertainment, Television

Fri Jul 03, 2009

SFGate

'I Am Not Sidney Poitier,' by Percival Everett

Percival Everett made news 20 years ago at the South Carolina State House, where he stopped in the middle of a speech - he had been invited by the Legislature - and refused to go on because of the presence of the Confederate flag.

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Related Topix: Guess Who's Coming to Dinner, Comedy Movies, The Defiant Ones, Thriller, In the Heat of the Night, Mystery Movies, Crime Movies, Drama Movies, Entertainment, Drama, Television

Tue Jun 30, 2009

Los Angeles Times

At El Segundo High School, disquiet about the film sets

Principal James Garza strode onto El Segundo High's North Quad, tennis courts behind him, and pointed to the school's bell tower.

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Related Topix: Blackboard Jungle, Drama Movies, Glenn Ford, Los Angeles, CA, Entertainment, Drama, Television, Soap Opera, Comedy

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