Screenshot via YouTube Sidney Poitier will always be noted for being the first Black man to win an Academy Award for Best Actor, winning for the nun flick Lilies Of The Field (1963). When Poitier went on stage to collect his Oscar, Ann Bancroft, presenting him the award, gave … [Read more...]
#BornThisDay: Actor / Director / Activist, Sidney Poitier
Photo by Damian Dovarganes, CBS via YouTube February 20, 1927 – Sidney Poitier: "For the first 10 years of my life in the Bahamas there were no mirrors or glass, so I never had the chance to see a reflection of myself. I saw myself in a mirror in a Florida store … [Read more...]
#GoldenGlobes: Oprah Had Hollywood on It’s Feet & In Tears with Her Acceptance Speech –”A New Day is on the Horizon” Watch
Oprah Winfrey accepted her Cecil B. DeMille Award on at the Golden Globes with an inspiring message of hope to the young girls watching: "A new day is on the horizon." At the first major award show since Hollywood first began addressing rampant sexual harassment against women … [Read more...]
Old Hollywood Comes Out for Oil Heiress Barbara Davis’ Birthday – UPDATED WITH MORE STARS!
Socialite/philanthropist/future me Barbara Davis (the widow of billionaire oil magnate Marvin Davis and grandmother of my honeybunnybabylover Brandon Davis) celebrated her 85th … [Read more...]
