Over 90 minutes, Ryan Calais Cameron’s play Retrograde – which transferred to the West End's Apollo Theatre last month after ...

"Sidney Poitier said, 'You are not Denzel [Washington], and you are not Morgan [Freeman]. You are a breath of fresh air, and ...

Sidney Poitier told Eddie Murphy to not compete with actors like Denzel Washington or Morgan Freeman for a role in 'Malcolm X ...

Eddie Murphy was warned by Sidney Poitier not to star in "Malcolm X." During an interview for Apple TV+'s "Number One on the ...

Murphy admitted he "didn't know" if Poitier's advise "was an insult or a compliment," but was just shocked to be compared to ...

Murphy first crossed paths with Sidney Poitier at an event while he was still contemplating a role in Malcolm X, specifically the character of Alex Haley. As he approached the esteemed actor for ...

Eddie Murphy looked back on confusing career advice he received from Sidney Poitier.In the new documentary Number One on the Call Sheet: Black Leading Men in Hollywood, the Beverly Hills Cop ...

In a recent interview, Eddie Murphy shared that legendary actor Sidney Poitier advised him not to take on the role of Alex ...

Eddie Murphy has shared advice he received from Oscar-winning actor Sidney Poitier, who once told him to turn down a role in ...

And they approached me about playing Alex Haley. Around that same time, I bumped into Sidney Poitier at something, and I asked him, 'Yeah, I'm thinking about playing Alex Haley!' And Sidney ...

Eddie Murphy is opening up about some advice Sidney Poitier once gave him that left him surprised. “They were talking about doing Malcolm X,” Murphy recalled. “Norman Jewison was putting it ...