12, 2009 file photo, then U.S. President Barack Obama presents the 2009 Presidential Medal of Freedom to Sidney Poitier during ceremonies in the East Room at the White House in Washington.... His close friend and great contemporary Harry Belafonte issued a statement Friday, remembering their extraordinary times together.... " For over 80 years, Sidney and I laughed, cried and made as much mischief as we could," he wrote....

NEW YORK — Sidney Poitier, the groundbreaking actor and enduring inspiration who transformed how Black people were portrayed on screen and became the first Black actor to win an Academy Award for best lead performance and the first to be a top box-office draw, has died.... Before Poitier, the son of Bahamian tomato farmers, no Black actor had a sustained career as a lead performer or could get a film produced based on his own star power.... With his handsome, flawless face; intense stare and d

What a beautiful, gracious, warm, genuinely regal man.... Bob Iger, former chairman of the Walt Disney Company, also paid tribute.He tweeted: “ Former@ disney board member Sidney Poitier was the most dignified man I’ve ever met.... Towering… gentle… passionate… bold… kind… altogether special.” Star Trek actor George Takei said Poitier was a “ trailblazer who will be mourned by so many for whom he opened the very doors of Hollywood ”....

Recommended Teachers’ union calls on Government to address ethnicity pay gap Call to prioritise booster jab rollout as NHS faces staffing crisis UK set for cold and wet weekend with ice warning for Scotland “ Sidney was more than just one of the finest actors in our history.... He had an enormous soul I will forever cherish.... Following news of Poitier’s death the Prime Minister of the Bahamas, Philip Davis, held a press conference during which he reflected on the actor’s legacy.He said: “ Ou

It is the only time in my life when I’ve been rendered speechless!... You are and always will be the true measure of a man.” US rock musician Lenny Kravitz said the actor had “ opened doors ” as he paid tribute to the “ Bahamian King ”.... You showed the world that with vision and grace, all is possible.“ Your excellence will always be the benchmark.“ Rest in divine peace, Bahamian King....

The head of the UK’s armed forces has warned that Russian submarine activity is threatening underwater cables that are crucial to communication systems around the world. Admiral Sir Tony Radakin said undersea cables that transmit internet data are “ the world’s real information system ”, and added that any attempt to damage them could be considered an “ act of war ”.... Recommended What the papers say – January 8 Family of Sidney Poitier pays tribute to their ‘guiding light’ Artists of colour t

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Sidney Powell, a former attorney for Donald Trump who has pursued a spurious legal bid to overturn 2020 election results, is suing Verizon to block her phone records from a congressional committee investigating the attack on the US Capitol. Bob Holmes, representing Ms Powell, argued in US District Court filing in Texas that the phone company should be barred from sending such records to the House select committee would cause her “ irreparable harm ” and may violate attorney-client privilege.Ms P

The second-most-infamous news conference of Donald Trump’s failed effort to subvert the 2020 presidential election occurred at the Republican National Committee offices in Washington on Nov.... “ Rudy Giuliani, Joseph diGenova, Victoria Toensing, Sidney Powell, and Jenna Ellis, a truly great team, added to our other wonderful lawyers and representatives!... ” But at the news conference at the RNC, Powell did Trump few favors....

" It is another to take on the charge of deceiving a federal court and the American people into believing that rights were infringed, without regard to whether any laws or rights were in fact violated.... The Washington Post via Getty Images Attorney Sidney Powell speaks during a news conference with Rudy Giuliani, lawyer for President Donald Trump, about lawsuits contesting the results of the presidential election at the Republican National Committee headquarters in Washington, D.C., Nov....