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Nine Random Moments To Love At The 69th Annual Golden Globes

Nine Random Moments To Love At The 69th Annual Golden Globes

Hollywood's elite found their way back to the red carpet for the highly anticipated 69th Annual Golden Globes. And, like every awards show, it was ripe with all the ingredients of must-watch moment...


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Morgan Freeman Honored With American Film Institute's Lifetime Achievement Award

Morgan Freeman

Hollywood legends including Clint Eastwood, Sidney Poitier and Samuel L. Jackson paid tribute to Morgan Freeman as he was honored with the American Film Institute's (AFI) Lifetime Achievement Award...


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Sidney Poitier To Receive Prestigious Film Award

Sidney Poitier

Movie legend Sidney Poitier is to be honored with one of the film industry's most prestigious awards at a ceremony in New York City on Monday. The In the Heat of the Night star, who became the fir...


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30 Quick Interesting Facts About African Americans In Entertainment

Ray Charles

In celebration of Black History Month, we compiled a list of quick facts that consists of record-breaking moments, first accomplishments, and obscure facts that relate to African Americans in En...


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Whoopi Goldberg Hurt Over 'Sloppy' New York Times Oscar Article

Goldberg,_Whoopi

Whoopi Goldberg has slammed reporters at the New York Times for their "sloppy" journalism after they failed to mention the Ghost star's Oscar win in a factually inaccurate article about the lack of...


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Tony Curtis Dies At 85

Tony Curtis

Hollywood legend Tony Curtis has died at the age of 85. Jamie Lee Curtis' actor father passed away on Wednesday. No further details were available as WENN went to press. Born Bernard Schwartz to ...


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The Golden Age Of Black Talent In Hollywood

Are Black Men The Dominant Leading Actors Of This Era

Hollywood has always had its share of big-name black talent, from Sidney Poitier to Hattie McDaniel to Louis Gossett, Jr. But looking back, none of those big names owned Hollywood like Clint Eastwo...


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Celebrity Birthdays, February 20

Rihanna

Happy Birthday to: Caribbean singer Rihanna (1988) The Darkness drummer Ed Graham (1976) Backstreet Boy Brian Littrell (1975) Nirvana singer Kurt Cobain (1967; d. 1994) Supermodel Ci...


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Eartha Kitt's Publicist Lashes Out Over Oscar Snub

Eartha Kitt

Late actress/singer Eartha Kitt's former publicist has lashed out at Oscar producers for omitting her from a segment paying tribute to stars who had passed away over the past year. Kitt died ...


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Celebrity Birthdays, February 20

Rihanna

Happy Birthday to Caribbean singer Rihanna (1988), NBA star Stephon Marbury (1977), The Darkness drummer Ed Graham (1976), Backstreet Boy Brian Littrell (1975), late Nirvana singer Kurt Cobain (19...


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Overrated & Underrated Oscar Winners For Best Picture

Gladiator

Saying a Best Picture winner is overrated is quite simple. If you think a movie is terrible and it won Best Picture ipso facto it is overrated. But what about an underrated Best Picture winner? ...


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Tyler Perry's Treatment Of Writers No Cause For Celebration

Tyler Perry

Atlanta - Saturday, October 4th: At a glittering gala event, a bevy of Hollywood power players including Oprah Winfrey, Will Smith and Sidney Poitier, entertainers (singers Mary J. Blige, John Leg...


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Race Matters: Is Hollywood Truly Color Blind When It Comes To On-Screen Romance?

Die Another Day

In John Grisham's bestselling novel "The Pelican Brief," investigative journalist Gray Grantham and law student Darby Shaw uncover a political conspiracy and in the process, end up between the shee...


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Patrick Swayze Shows Up For Cancer Telethon

Patrick Swayze

Patrick Swayze made his first public appearance since his pancreatic cancer diagnosis to provide a big surprise at the start of "Stand Up 2 Cancer" telethon on Friday night. The star stepped ...


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The Demise of the Black Sitcom

The Bernie Mac Show

African Americans have come a long way in a relatively short time in the entertainment industry. From Hattie McDaniel becoming the first black actor to win an Academy Award in 1939 to the trailbla...


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Oprah's Etiquette Advice For Jamie Foxx

Jamie Foxx

Comedic actor Jamie Foxx has credited talk show host Oprah Winfrey with refining his rough exterior. Foxx debuted his new MTV show From G's to Gents in America earlier this week in an effort...


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Spotlight On Talented, Oscar-Winning Movie Stars

Daniel Day-Lewis

There are many talented people in Hollywood who have won a coveted Oscar, and there are so many talented winners that it's difficult to just name a few. Daniel Day-Lewis is known as one of the...


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Celebrity Birthdays, February 20

Kurt Cobain

Happy Birthday to NBA star Stephon Marbury (1977), The Darkness drummer Ed Graham (1976), Backstreet Boy Brian Littrell (1975), late Nirvana singer Kurt Cobain (1967; d. 1994), supermodel Cindy Cr...


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Burt Reynolds To Present Pal With SAG Honor

Burt Reynolds

Burt Reynolds will present the Life Achievement Award to Charles Durning at the 14th annual Screen Actors Guild Awards on January 27 in Los Angeles. Beloved TV and film actor Durning will be honore...


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Tom Cruise Wins MOMI Honor

Tom Cruise

Tom Cruise is set to be honored at New York City's Museum of the Moving Image (MOMI) in November. The Minority Report star, 45, follows in the footsteps of former honorees Sidney Lumet, Robert De N...


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Oprah Honors Sidney Poitier With Special Dinner

Sidney Poitier

Oprah Winfrey gave dinner guest Sidney Poitier a thrill when she invited him to join her for a sumptuous meal at the acting legend's favorite Los Angeles restaurant Spago's. Winfrey wanted to celeb...


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Sidney Poitier To Be Honored At Common Wealth Awards

Sidney Poitier

Legendary actor Sidney Poitier will be honored with a 2007 Common Wealth Award for his contributions to the movie industry at a ceremony next month. The 80-year-old star - who became the first blac...


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Celebrity Birthdays, February 20

Kurt Cobain

Happy Birthday to NBA star Stephon Marbury (1977), The Darkness drummer Ed Graham (1976), Backstreet Boy Brian Littrell (1975), late Nirvana singer Kurt Cobain (1967; d. 1994), supermodel Cindy Cr...


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Stars To Interview Other Celebs on Oprah Oscar Special

Nicole Kidman

Julia Roberts, Jamie Foxx and Nicole Kidman are set to show off their interviewing skills after landing TV chats with their Oscar-winning heroes. The three Oscar winners were invited to pick their ...


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Diddy To Star In 'A Raisin In The Sun'

Diddy

Sean "Diddy" Combs has reportedly been cast in the lead role in a new film version of A Raisin In The Sun despite his poor reviews in the Broadway production. The hip-hop mogul will reprise the ro...


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Veteran Movie Star Glenn Ford Dies

Glenn Ford in It Started With A Kiss

Veteran actor Glenn Ford has been found dead at his home in Beverly Hills, California. He was 90. The Superman star, who had suffered numerous strokes, was discovered by paramedics yesterday. Polic...


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British Film Group Honors Sidney Poitier, Rachel Weisz & Anthony Minghella

Rachel Weisz

Sidney Poitier, Rachel Weisz and director Anthony Minghella will receive Britannia Awards from the Los Angeles chapter of the British Academy of Film & Television Arts in October. Poitier will be o...


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TCM Celebrates Legendary Hollywood Stars This August

John Wayne

Turner Classic Movies (TCM) struts its stuff in August with the annual Summer Under the Stars festival, a month-long celebration during which each day is dedicated to one of Hollywood’s most enduri...


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Sidney Poitier Gets Prestigious Award at Cannes

Sidney Poitier

Veteran actor Sidney Poitier was named a commander in France's order of arts and letters at the Cannes Film Festival yesterday. The Oscar winner received the highly coveted award from the French cu...


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Ron Howard Defends 'The Da Vinci Code'

Ron Howard

The Da Vinci Code director Ron Howard used his film's star-studded world premiere at the Cannes Film Festival last night to launch a scathing attack on the poor reviews the film has attracted from ...


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