Richard Dreyfuss is blasting the Oscars’ looming new inclusivity requirements — and defending the use of blackface in the process. These benchmarks aren’t particularly difficult to reach — all films ...
Billy Dee Williams in "Star Wars: Episode IX - The Rise of Skywalker," and Laurence Olivier in costume as Othello at the Old Vic.Disney/Lucasfilm Ltd./John Downing/Staff/Daily Express/Mirrorpix via ...
"If you’re an actor, you should do anything you want to do," Williams said during a podcast appearance this week. By Zoe G. Phillips Billy Dee Williams said this week he believes actors should be ...
Billy Dee Williams just shocked Bill Maher with a surprising take on blackface. In a conversation on Maher's "Club Random" podcast, the "Empire Strikes Back" star, 87, argued actors should be able to ...
Star Wars actor Billy Dee Williams shocked Bill Maher during a recent appearance on his Club Random podcast when he revealed that he believes actors should be allowed to do blackface. The pair were ...
David Harewood has defended the use of Blackface by white actors in productions of William Shakespeare’s Othello. The actor, 58, spoke about his concerns regarding the impact of identity politics on ...
As William Shakespeare turned 400 last week, Sir Laurence Olivier was only a month shy of becoming 57. Neither man had aged much. And the younger one proved it by stunning all London with a ...
Dame Maggie Smith, one of Britain’s best-known actresses whose long career ranged from starring opposite Laurence Olivier in “Othello” on stage and screen, to roles in “Harry Potter” and “Downton ...
"He played a Black man brilliantly. Am I being told that I will never have a chance to play a Black man?" ...