It was a gala night marked by a number of upsets, the principal one being Sidney Poitier’s garnering the “Best Actor” Oscar for “Lilies Of The Field,” an award which had been believed ...

During an interview for Apple TV+’s “Number One on the Call Sheet: Black Leading Men in Hollywood,” Murphy revealed he bumped into Poitier ... on to earn a Best Actor Oscar nomination ...

From Cillian Murphy and Will Smith to Sidney Poitier and Daniel Day-Lewis, a roll call of every Best Actor winner since the first-ever Academy Awards in 1929 And the ...

Eddie Murphy has shared the advice Sidney Poitier gave him after ... Washington was nominated for Best Actor at the 1993 Oscars for his role as the civil rights activist in the film ultimately ...

"Sidney Poitier said, 'You are not Denzel [Washington], and you are not Morgan [Freeman]. You are a breath of fresh air, and don’t f*** with that!'" Murphy recalls.

Murphy continued: “Around the same time, I bumped into Sidney Poitier at something ... Washington was nominated for Best Actor at the 1993 Oscars for his role as the civil rights activist ...

Eddie Murphy is opening up about some advice Sidney Poitier once gave him ... being a huge critical success, earning two Oscar nominations: best actor for Washington and best costume design ...

Eddie Murphy was warned by Sidney Poitier not to star in “Malcolm X ... Washington went on to earn a Best Actor Oscar nomination for his role in “Malcolm X” after Lee took over. “Number One on the ...

Eddie Murphy has shared the advice Sidney Poitier gave him after he was approached to ... Washington was nominated for Best Actor at the 1993 Oscars for his role as the civil rights activist in the ...