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Black Oscar winners over the years: the numbers. Just how bad is it in Hollywood?

There have been 54 black Oscar wins in 96 years

Evening Standard · Feb 27, 2023

Walter Mirisch, Oscar-winning producer, dead at 101

The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences says Oscar winning film producer Walter Mirisch has died at age 101

The Independent UK · Feb 27, 2023

Former Academy president and legendary producer Walter Mirisch dies at 101

LOS ANGELES — Walter Mirisch, the last of three Mirisch brothers who produced or oversaw production of a string of highly regarded films in the 1950s and ’60s, including best picture Oscar winners “The Apartment,” “West Side Story” and “In the Heat of the Night,” as well as comedy classics…

Los Angeles Times · Feb 26, 2023

In memoriam: TND pays tribute to the beautiful, brave and the brightest celebrities we lost in 2022

We look back at some of the beautiful, brave and the brightest stars in the world of celebrity and entertainment we lost in 2022.

The New Daily · Dec 27, 2022

In Memoriam: Remembering actors, singers, artists, cultural icons we lost in 2022

Queen Elizabeth II, Sidney Poitier, Meat Loaf, James Caan, Ray Liotta, Olivia Newton-John and Ramsey Lewis were among the celebrities who passed away this year.

Chicago Sun-Times · Dec 19, 2022

Meet Joshua Henry, the hunky Gaston of ABC's 'Beauty and the Beast' special

Amid the many familiar faces of "Beauty and the Beast: A 30th Celebration" — including Josh Groban, Martin Short, Shania Twain, David Alan Grier and Rita Moreno — is one TV viewers may not know yet: Joshua Henry as Gaston, the hunky himbo in pursuit of Belle (H.E.R.). With his…

Los Angeles Times · Dec 16, 2022

Sidney Poitier remembered by Sydney Tamiia Poitier

The screen star’s daughter tells how her appreciation of his cultural and political significance grew – and what he taught her about acting

The Guardian - UK · Dec 11, 2022

Final goodbye: Recalling influential people who died in 2022

One would have to go back hundreds of years to find a monarch who reigned longer than Queen Elizabeth II

The Independent UK · Dec 5, 2022

'Everything Everywhere All at Once' Wins at Gotham Awards

“Everything Everywhere All at Once" won best feature at the 32nd Gotham Awards on Monday, taking one of the first major prizes of Hollywood's awards season and boosting the Oscar hopes of the anarchic indie hit of the year. Also taking an award for his work on the film was…

Asharq Al-Awsat · Nov 29, 2022

'Everything Everywhere All at Once' wins at Gotham Awards

“Everything Everywhere All at Once” has won best feature at the 32nd Gotham Awards on Monday, taking one of the first major prizes of Hollywood’s awards season and boosting the Oscar hopes of the anarchic indie hit of the year

The Independent UK · Nov 29, 2022