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Black Oscar winners over the years: the numbers. Just how bad is it in Hollywood?

There have been 54 black Oscar wins in 96 years

Evening Standard

Walter Mirisch, Oscar-winning producer, dead at 101

The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences says Oscar winning film producer Walter Mirisch has died at age 101

The Independent UK

Former Academy president and legendary producer Walter Mirisch dies at 101

LOS ANGELES — Walter Mirisch, the last of three Mirisch brothers who produced or oversaw production of a string of highly regarded films in the 1950s and ’60s, including best picture Oscar winners “The Apartment,” “West Side Story” and “In the Heat of the Night,” as well as comedy classics…

Los Angeles Times

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Where's the love, "You People"?

More than 50 years after "Guess Who's Coming to Dinner," this alleged romance makes the same critical mistake

Salon

Celebrity deaths 2022: Queen Elizabeth II, Robbie Coltrane and other stars we have lost

The ECHO remembers some of the treasured stars and notable people we lost over the past 12 months

Liverpool Echo

From Queen Elizabeth to Coolio, the celebrities and public figures who left us in 2022

From Britain’s Queen Elizabeth II to France’s iconic fashion designer Thierry Mugler and the Soviet Union’s last leader Mikhail Gorbachev, many notable public figures left us in 2022. FRANCE 24 takes a look back at the lives and legacies behind some of the year’s most high-profile deaths.

France 24

Celebrities we lost in 2022 including Robbie Coltrane, Meat Loaf, Olivia Newton-John and June Brown

This year we sadly said goodbye to The Wanted star Tom Parker, BBC Breakfast presenter Bill Turnbull, The Railway Children's Bernard Cribbins, and many more

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In memoriam: TND pays tribute to the beautiful, brave and the brightest celebrities we lost in 2022

We look back at some of the beautiful, brave and the brightest stars in the world of celebrity and entertainment we lost in 2022.

The New Daily

In Memoriam: Remembering actors, singers, artists, cultural icons we lost in 2022

Queen Elizabeth II, Sidney Poitier, Meat Loaf, James Caan, Ray Liotta, Olivia Newton-John and Ramsey Lewis were among the celebrities who passed away this year.

Chicago Sun-Times

Meet Joshua Henry, the hunky Gaston of ABC's 'Beauty and the Beast' special

Amid the many familiar faces of "Beauty and the Beast: A 30th Celebration" — including Josh Groban, Martin Short, Shania Twain, David Alan Grier and Rita Moreno — is one TV viewers may not know yet: Joshua Henry as Gaston, the hunky himbo in pursuit of Belle (H.E.R.). With his…

Los Angeles Times

Sidney Poitier remembered by Sydney Tamiia Poitier

The screen star’s daughter tells how her appreciation of his cultural and political significance grew – and what he taught her about acting

The Guardian - UK

Final goodbye: Recalling influential people who died in 2022

One would have to go back hundreds of years to find a monarch who reigned longer than Queen Elizabeth II

The Independent UK

'Everything Everywhere All at Once' Wins at Gotham Awards

“Everything Everywhere All at Once" won best feature at the 32nd Gotham Awards on Monday, taking one of the first major prizes of Hollywood's awards season and boosting the Oscar hopes of the anarchic indie hit of the year. Also taking an award for his work on the film was…

Asharq Al-Awsat

'Everything Everywhere All at Once' wins at Gotham Awards

“Everything Everywhere All at Once” has won best feature at the 32nd Gotham Awards on Monday, taking one of the first major prizes of Hollywood’s awards season and boosting the Oscar hopes of the anarchic indie hit of the year

The Independent UK

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Howard Johnson obituary

Film-maker whose hard-hitting documentaries addressed social issues from a black perspective

Chicago Tribune

Review: On Netflix, a revolution of 1968-1978 filmmaking ignites ‘Is That Black Enough for You?!?’

Now on Netflix, the invigorating documentary “Is That Black Enough for You?!?” borrows its title from a line in the 1970 caper “Cotton Comes to Harlem.” That movie was no highlight of the cultural revolution afoot. But for one especially rich decade, 1968-1978, Black representation finally got a foot in…

The Guardian - UK

Is That Black Enough for You?!? review – tremendous study of black American cinema

Elvis Mitchell delivers a vivid history of African American cinema, ranging from the unsung heroes of Hollywood’s golden age to the thrills of Blaxploitation

The Guardian - US

Is That Black Enough For You?!?: inside the Black cinema revolution of the 70s

Historian and critic Elvis Mitchell talks about his revealing Netflix documentary that focuses on an often forgotten era

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The New Daily

October streaming guide: Kenneth Branagh as PM, The White Lotus, witches and vampires galore

Kenneth Branagh plays former UK prime minister Boris Johnson in This England, there's a host of Halloween shows and The White Lotus goes to Italy

The Guardian - UK

Streaming: the best Sidney Poitier films

An engaging new Apple TV+ documentary about the trailblazing actor is an ideal introduction to his work, from Blackboard Jungle to In the Heat of the Night

Boston Herald

Movie review: ‘Sidney’ celebrates the legendary Poitier

He was the first Black male Academy Award winner. He was the first Black male movie star. For many white people, children included, he was the first Black male actor they loved. It is at first surprising to see Sidney Poitier talk about himself in an existing interview in Reginald…

The Guardian - UK

TV tonight: Daisy May Cooper’s twisted comedy is a peculiar treat

Cooper stars in cracking new BBC One series, Am I Being Unreasonable? Plus, it’s the Strictly launch show. Here’s what to watch this evening

ABC News

One trailblazer to another – Oprah Winfrey pays tribute to Sidney Poitier with new documentary

In an Australian exclusive, Oprah Winfrey speaks about her latest project, a documentary about her long-time friend and hero, Sidney Poitier.

Tribune News Service

What to stream: As 'Sidney' documentary arrives, where to find Poitier's best films

On Friday, Reginald Hudlin’s documentary “Sidney” debuts on Apple TV+, after its bow at the Toronto International Film Festival earlier this month. The film depicts the life and groundbreaking career of the pioneering Bahamian American actor Sidney Poitier, the first Black man to win an Academy Award. Produced by Oprah…

The Independent UK

New this week: 'Athena,' 'Sidney' and 'Quantum Leap' returns

This week’s new entertainment releases include albums from Kelsea Ballerini and 5 Seconds of Summer, a Oprah Winfrey-produced documentary about acting icon Sidney Poitier and a starry celebration of Norman Lear that includes George Clooney, Rita Moreno, Anthony Anderson and Jennifer Aniston

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