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Harry Belafonte died on Tuesday, April 25. He was 96.

Turner Classic Movies, TCM for short, today announced that the fourth annual Robert Osborne Award will be given to Donald Bogle. Bogle, considered to be among the foremost authorities on African Americans in Hollywood, will receive the award at the 2023 TCM Classic Film Festival prior to a screening of “Carmen Jones.” That 1954 feature first ignited Bogle’s interest in Black artists in the movies.

Robert Katz, a film and television producer best known for Gettysburg, Selena, and Introducing Dorothy Dandridge, died June 22 at the Valley Presbyterian Hospital in Van Nuys following a long battle with lung cancer. He was 79 years old and his death was confirmed by his family.

made history in 2002 when she became the first black woman to win the Oscar for Best Actress.However, two decades on, no other African-American lady has scored the prize.The “X-Men” star, 55, looked back on the evening and admitted that she doesn’t think much progress has been made for actresses of color.“Back in those days, if you didn’t win the Globe, you really didn’t get the Academy Award,” Berry told the New York Times recently.She added, “So I’d pretty much resigned myself to believing, ‘It’s great to be here, but I’m not going to win.'”Sissy Spacek won the Golden Globe that year for her turn in the film “In the Bedroom.” Berry received the Academy Award in 2002 for the drama “Monster’s Ball,” a gripping tale of a grieving mother and widow.“It didn’t open the door,” Berry continued. “The fact that there’s no one standing next to me is heartbreaking.”The “Swordfish” star said, “We can’t always judge success or progress by how many awards we have.”“Awards are the icing on the cake — they’re your peers saying you were exceptionally excellent this year,” she told the outlet.

Oscar win “didn’t open the door” for more Black female actors.Berry won the Oscar for Best Actress in 2002 for her role in Monster’s Ball making her the first Black female actor to win the Oscar in history.

Owen Gleiberman Chief Film CriticIn 2002, when Halle Berry won the Oscar for her performance in “Monster’s Ball,” becoming the first African American woman to take home the Academy Award for best actress, after 30 seconds of convulsive tears she said, “This moment is so much bigger than me.

Marc Malkin Senior Film Awards, Events & Lifestyle EditorJanelle Monáe pays tribute to legendary Black female entertainers in Ralph Lauren’s fashion film for its spring 2021 collection.The 20-minute “Casablanca”-inspired movie, which premiered on Thursday night on ralphlauren.com, features the song “Dorothy Dandridge Eyes.”“Dorothy Dandridge, Josephine Baker, Ella Fitzgerald — we love you,” Monáe says mid-song.

Among those nods was Tyson’s Oscar nomination, making her only the third black actress to be nominated for an Academy Award, along with Dorothy Dandridge (1922 – 1965) in 1955 and Tyson’s 1972 competition, Diana Ross. Tyson also received a Golden Globe nomination and won the National Society of Film Critics and National Board of Review awards for best actress.

Ramin Setoodeh New York Bureau ChiefHalle Berry’s 2002 win at the Academy Awards was a historic moment.When presenter Russell Crowe opened the envelope and read Berry’s name for her performance in “Monster’s Ball,” she became the first Black woman to win an Oscar for best actress.

Critics are claiming Kim Kardashian West was styled in subtle blackface for her latest magazine cover. Twitter users note the hair, makeup, lighting, and possible editing used on Kardashian made her appearance similar to the likes of Dorothy Dandridge and Diana Ross.