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The Oscar goes to ... you! At new L.A. museum, it's time to thank the Academy

Stars and Stripes 03 Nov 2021
Not to brag, but I recently received an Academy Award. As I took the stage, that wonderfully schmaltzy Oscars music began to play and a giant chyron with the words "And the Oscar goes to ... Full disclosure ... The vast Sidney L. Poitier lobby, dotted with CVS-red pouf-style seating, doesn't exactly evoke the glamour of Old Hollywood ... IF YOU GO..
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TheWrap’s Top 50 Film Schools of 2021

The Wrap 02 Nov 2021
TheWrap’s sixth annual ranking of film schools was assembled through an anonymous poll of more than 1,200 entertainment-industry insiders, educators, deans, filmmakers and film pundits, along with experts tasked with evaluating each school ... In January, ASU named its film school after actor Sidney Poitier. The Sidney Poitier New American Film School ... .
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Giving the Western some swagger in ‘The Harder They Fall’

The Associated Press 30 Oct 2021
“When Dean Martin pops up in a movie, you know. Oh, there’s going to be a song,” Samuel says with a giant grin. “It doesn’t matter if the movie is ‘Silence of the Lambs,’ he will find a way.”. Samuel tilts his head upward and lightly croons ... There’s a rich if lesser known tradition of Black Westerns, like “Buck and the Preacher” with Sidney Poitier ... .
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Giving the Western some swagger in 'The Harder They Fall'

Times Union 30 Oct 2021
“When Dean Martin pops up in a movie, you know. Oh, there’s going to be a song,” Samuel says with a giant grin. “It doesn't matter if the movie is ‘Silence of the Lambs,’ he will find a way.”. Samuel tilts his head upward and lightly croons ... There's a rich if lesser known tradition of Black Westerns, like “Buck and the Preacher” with Sidney Poitier.
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Spotlight: Local entertainment listings

TDN 29 Oct 2021
The Daily News. AUCTION. Out the Window Art Auction. through 10 p.m. Nov. 13, Columbia Pacific Heritage Museum, 115 Lake Street S.E., Ilwaco, and online at fundriaser.bid/cphm ... Raffle tickets also available at the museum for $20 per ticket ... Only 50 raffle tickets will be sold ... 6 p.m ... “A Raisin in the Sun.” A 1961 drama starring Sidney Poitier and Ruby Dee.
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Arkansas's Alan Ladd was famous western star

Log Cabin Democrat 28 Oct 2021
I’ve always had a lot of respect for the picture business ... His childhood, however, would be a nightmare ... His mother was able to find only meager work ... In later years, his film roles decreased, but he still offered memorable performances, such as with Sidney Poitier in All the Young Men (1960) and George Peppard in The Carpetbaggers (1964) ... .
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Feedback: Times coverage of ‘Rust’ shooting tragedy

The Los Angeles Times 28 Oct 2021
Misfire on a movie set. Regarding “Details of ‘RustShooting Emerge” [Oct. 26]. I’m writing as a brand-new subscriber (as of this morning) to congratulate The Times and its writing and editing staff on the superb coverage of the tragedy on the set of the movie “Rust.” ... I hope the L.A ... Alix Burack ... I understand now why Sidney Poitier felt the way he did.
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The Harder They Fall: 'Raising hell' in Netflix's all-black Western

BBC News 26 Oct 2021
Netflix's new Western, The Harder They Fall, opens with an intriguing disclaimer. "While the events in this film are fictionalised... These ... "Oscar Micheaux was making black Westerns a century ago, and the big screen saw notable examples via Sidney Poitier and Harry Belafonte in Buck and the Preacher and Mario Van Peebles' Posse ... .
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Diversity study: TV looks more like US and viewers approve

Napa Valley Register 26 Oct 2021
By LYNN ELBER, AP Television Writer ... The report's biggest takeaway is "the mounting evidence for how important diversity is to today's audience," Hunt said in an interview ... 83 ... Different social issues and difficult decisions arise throughout the film with leads like Sidney Poitier, Ruby Dee, Claudia McNeil, and Diana Sands. Poitier is an acting legend.
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Book World: A panoramic history of Black cinema, from forgotten auteurs to 'Black Panther'

The Philadelphia Tribune 24 Oct 2021
Things began to change in the late 1950s and 1960s with the rise of “two cool cats with Caribbean roots,” as Haygood calls Harry Belafonte, the male star of “Carmen Jones,” and his good friend Sidney Poitier ... Poitier broke racial ground with his roles in movies such as “A Raisin ...
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Top 15 ASU Accountancy And Data Analytics Master's Coming To Los Angeles In 2022

Enid News & Eagle 22 Oct 2021
TEMPE, Ariz., Oct. 22, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- The W. P ... The 10-month MACC in L.A. curriculum will be delivered on a flexible schedule designed for working professionals ... P ... P ... P ... Carey School, more than 15 academic colleges and administrative units call the ASU California Center home, including the recently christened Sidney Poitier New American Film School.
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Mildred ‘Millie’ Cruzat, dancer, renowned teacher who taught her students to always stand tall, dead ...

Chicago Sun-Times 22 Oct 2021
Millie Cruzat in 2017. Fred Brown / FBP Studio. ‘I’m not just about dancing,’ she once sid. ‘I’m about character, their attitude, them being special . ... She said yes and started touring with performers less than half her age ... Ms ... She was 94 ... Ms. Cruzat danced in 1940s revues and met then-rising actors like Harry Belafonte and Sidney Poitier ... Ms ... ....
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Review: Netflix's starry Black Western 'The Harder They Fall' is both a dazzler and a muddle

Finger Lakes Times 22 Oct 2021
Old-school cinema buffs, meanwhile, will have fun spotting homages to the significant but under-seen canon of Black Westerns, such as Sidney Poitier's "Buck and the Preacher" (1972), whose bank robbery scene gets a playful echo here, and Mario Van Peebles' "Posse" (1993), which mounted its own starry corrective to the genre's whitewashed history ... .
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Review: Netflix’s starry Black western ‘The Harder They Fall’ is both a dazzler and a muddle

The Los Angeles Times 22 Oct 2021
Old-school cinema buffs, meanwhile, will have fun spotting homages to the significant but under-seen canon of Black westerns, such as Sidney Poitier’s “Buck and the Preacher” (1972), whose bank robbery scene gets a playful echo here, and Mario Van Peebles’ “Posse” (1993), which mounted its own starry corrective to the genre’s whitewashed history.
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Black cowboys get their due in far from factual 'The Harder They Fall'

Times Union 21 Oct 2021
Mainstream Hollywood, too, has overlooked this fascinating part of the past though — from Sidney Poitier’s “Buck and the Preacher” and Mario Van Peebles’ “Posse” to Mel Brooks’ “Blazing Saddles” and Quentin Tarantino’s “Django Unchained” — images of Black cowboys and gunfighters ...
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