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Jan 7, 2022 · Alberto E. Rodriguez/Getty Images. Denzel Washington had great respect for the trailblazing Sidney Poitier. Washington, who considered Poitier a mentor, recalled asking the legendary actor for ...
Interviewer: One. Denzel Washington: One yeah, one, you know, I heard it many times in my career. Oh, you’re the next Sidney Poitier. I said, you know, that’s the most racist thing I’ve ever ...
Feb 24, 2017 · Denzel Washington has always admired the historic achievements of Sidney Poitier. This year Washington made some history of his own by becoming the only African-African actor to land seven Oscar nominations, and is on the verge of becoming the first black actor to win three Academy Awards.
Jan 13, 2022 · When he accepted his award, Denzel Washington looked up at the box where Sidney Poitier sat with his family and saluted him—and Poitier rose from his chair, held his Oscar aloft and saluted ...
Jan 7, 2022 · When Denzel Washington took the stage at the Kodak Theater on March 24, 2002, midway through the Academy Awards to introduce Sidney Poitier, he knew the moment was pregnant with significance.. Not ...
Jan 24, 2022 · Sidney Poitier was the rare performer who really did change lives, who embodied possibilities once absent from the movies. ... — Denzel Washington, in a statement. ... Growing up in the ’70s I ...
Jan 7, 2022 · Sidney Poitier, the first Black man to win an Oscar, has died at the age of 94. The star of “Guess Who’s Coming To Dinner” and “Lilies of the Field,” for which he won Best Actor, was a ...
