For Black History Month, the cinema is hosting a six-film retrospective shining a spotlight on groundbreaking performances ...

She also starred on Broadway alongside Sammy Davis Jr. in ‘Mr. Wonderful’ and was married to famed musicians Cannonball ...

Actress-singer Olga James who portrayed the jilted sweetheart of Harry Belafonte character in the landmark Otto Preminger-directed film musical Carmen Jones ...

But a few of her fans felt movies like Dorothy Dandridge and Queen deserved Oscar recognition more. Dorothy Dandridge saw Berry play the late actor and singer in 1999, a role she was so scared to ...

Olga James, a renowned singer and actress best known for her role in 'Carmen Jones,' passed away at 95. She achieved fame ...

The Tony Award-winning Best Musical “The Wiz” will return to the Orpheum Theatre in July. Tickets will go on sale on ...

Otto Preminger. 1954, 105 mins. U.S. DCP. With Dorothy Dandridge, Harry Belafonte, Pearl Bailey, Diahann Carroll, Brock Peters. Following up on his successful 1953 screen debut Bright Road ...

School of Science and Technology-Bayshore students are being introduced to a powerful new initiative, "Dear Future Me," that ...

Phylicia Rashad, Bill Walker, Mario & Melvin Van Peebles, Djimon Hounsou and James Avery interviewed for the SAG-AFTRA ...

In the early 1970s, Berry Gordy decided to take Motown to Hollywood, and he made a gamble on the first film he put the ...

and “The Harlem Globetrotters” (with Dorothy Dandridge). His first headline mention came in 1952, when he landed a featured role in “Mississippi Gambler.” Walker’s obituary was published ...

The Highland Rogue (1953), and moved into international production with Darryl Zanuck’s Caribbean-set social drama Island in the Sun (1957), dressing the stars Dorothy Dandridge and Joan Collins ...