*Mr. Sidney Poitier, who is Hollywood royalty as well as the first black actor to win a best actor Academy Award, celebrated his 89th birthday Saturday night at Craig’s Restaurant on Melrose Blvd. in ...

Sidney Poitier received virtually every showbiz award possible: An Oscar, Grammy, Golden Globe, plus Life Achievement Awards from AFI, BAFTA, NAACP Image Awards, SAG and Kennedy Center Honors, to name ...

Sidney Poitier wasn’t initially a fan of Atlanta when he traveled through what was then Atlanta Municipal Airport in the 1950s. He had already been a lead actor in films such as “No Way Out” and “Cry, ...