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He's a famously provocative — and infamously difficult — comedy trailblazer. But lately, something even more upsetting than usual has been going on at his stand-up gigs.

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Diahann Carroll and daughter, Suzanne Kay. Simply gorgeous

Actress, Singer. She appeared in numerous movies during the late 1930s to the end of the 1940s including, Keep Punching, Paradise in Harlem, Tall, Tan and Terrific, Big Timers and Dirty Gertie from Harlem USA. She also worked with Sidney Poitier in No Way Out, her final film in 1950. Everett appeared in more than fifty...

Remembering Hattie McDaniel: the first black Oscar winner passed away today in 1952. The 'Gone with the Wind' star accepted her Best Supporting Actress honor in a "no blacks" hotel in L.A. Read her historic 1940 #Oscars speech on THR.com. (Photofest)

Lovely photo of Phylicia Ayers-Allen (now Phylicia Rashad)

The renowned actress and producer, Viola Davis is being honored with a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame at the top of the new year.

— 𝓙𝓐𝓝𝓔𝓣 𝓙𝓐𝓒𝓚𝓢𝓞𝓝 𝓐𝓢 𝓓𝓞𝓡𝓞𝓣𝓗𝓨 𝓓𝓐𝓝𝓓𝓡𝓘𝓓𝓖𝓔 (1996) ᥫ᭡.🌹🎞️ | she was letting out her inner old hollywood black starlet with this photoshoot. wish i had gotten a film with her playing in that era. we did kinda get it with her m/v “twenty foreplay” playing homage to mother dorothy. 💋🎬 📸 by: firooz zahedi edited by me. ♡ photo credits to: my twitter, filmsbratz. ♡ 🏷️ | #dorothydandridge #janetjackson #janetjacksonedit #oldhollywood #oldhollywoodglamour…

Spanish postcard by Ediciones Europacolor, no. 272. Again, we have to announce that one of our film stars has passed away. Today, we learned that former Cuban actress, dancer and sex-symbol Chelo Alonso has died on 20 February 2019. Alonso was a star in the Italian cinema of the late 1950s and early 1960s. In several sword and sandal epics she played femme fatales with fiery tempers and she did sensual dance scenes, mixing Afro-Cuban rhythms with ‘bump and grind’. Ultimately in the DVD era…

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Dorothy Dandridge Dies at Age 42 and Endures More Tragedy in Her Last Years than Anyone Should, but Her Talent & Accomplishments Continue to Inspire. Visit my website for all about Dottie’s last years and Tamango (1958). ♥️ #dorothydandridge #tcm #letsmovie #macaronsandmimi #oldhollywood #classicfilms #classicfilm #classichollywood #oldmovie #oldmovies #classicactress #hollywoodstar #vanguardofhollywood