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Blind Al (#LeslieUggams) from Deadpool was Kizzy from Roots...
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0075572
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#tv #blacktv #greattv #blackactors #blackwomen #the92percent #LeVarBurton #JohnAmos #LouisGossettJr #OliviaCole #MadgeSinclair #BenVereen #GeorgStanfordBrown #blackbritish #blackhistory #alexhaley #blackmastodon
Captive Heart: The James Mink Story released in 1996
A wealthy [young] Black [Woman] in Canada gets kidnapped and sold into slavery in the American South.
[The movie suggests that Quakers were the only Christians who stood for everyone]
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0115826
#movie #blackmovie #greatmovie #blackactors #LouisGossettJr #RubyDee #MichaelJaiWhite #RachaelCrawford #blackmastodon
Song of the Day December 27 2024
In remembrance of the birth of John Amos
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Amos
The Archive of American Television - John Amos On Getting Cast in "Roots" (Recorded December 2 2014)
https://youtu.be/Hpw2KA4JfLw?si=2c2rPJZJmygCMzsq
#SongOfTheDay #SOTD #SOTD2024 #December27 #JohnAmos #ArchiveOfAmericanTelevision #Emmy #Roots #AlexHaley #DavidWolper #StanMargolis #LeVarBurton #LouisGossettJr #ABC #Miniseries #USHistory #BlackHistory #TVHistory #Racism #WhiteSupremacy #Slavery #DeathsIn2024 #1970s
#BehindTheScenes
#AnOfficerAndAGentleman (1982)
A young man must complete his work at a Navy Officer Candidate School to become an aviator, with the help of a tough Gunnery Sergeant and his new girlfriend.
#LouisGossettJr talking to Director #TaylorHackford with #RichardGere in background
#FilmMastodon 📽️ 🎬
Terry Matalas is working on a remake of Enemy Mine. Details here https://bit.ly/4bZNrxF
#EnemyMine #TerryMatalas #remake #scifi #film #WolfgangPetersen #LouisGossettJr #DennisQuaid #HellInThePacific #StarTrek #StarTrekPicard
‘Star Trek: Picard’ Showrunner Terry Matalas Tackling Remake of 1980s Sci-Fi Movie ‘Enemy Mine’ (Exclusive)
#MovieNews #Movies #DennisQuaid #LouisGossettJr #StarTrekPicard #WolfgangPetersen
https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/star-trek-picard-enemy-mine-1235922620/
Miles Teller to Star in ‘An Officer and a Gentleman’ Remake for Paramount
#MovieNews #Movies #LouisGossettJr #RichardGere
‘IF’: See Who Voices the Imaginary Friends in John Krasinski’s Film
#MovieFeatures #Movies #AmySchumer #Awkwafina #BlakeLively #BradleyCooper #EmilyBlunt #GeorgeClooney #IF #JohnKrasinski #LouisGossettJr #MattDamon #MayaRudolph #MeettheFamousVoices #PhoebeWallerBridge #RyanReynolds #SteveCarell
https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/lists/if-cast-imaginary-friends-voice-actor-guide/
Film Review: IF (2024): John Krasinski's Film is a Fun and Magical Delight from Beginning to End
#FilmBook #AlanKim #AudreyHoffman #BobbyMoynihan #CaileyFleming #CatharineDaddario #EdHerbstman #FionaShaw #If #JohnKrasinski #LizaColónZayas #LouisGossettJr. #MovieReview #ParamountPictures #PhoebeWallerBridge #RyanReynolds #SaRayaParisJohns...
Louis Gossett Jr. Cause Of Death Revealed
#News #Obituaries #LouisGossettJr
https://deadline.com/2024/04/louis-gossett-jr-cause-of-death-1235890470/
Michael Cieply: For Hollywood, Q1 Was A Bust; Will CinemaCon Bring Some Q2 Hope?
#Commentary #News #AlamoDrafthouse #AMC #AngelStudios #BoxOffice #CinemaCon #DunePartTwo #Florida #GodzillaXKongTheNewEmpire #LouisGossettJr #MichaelCieply #NelsonPeltz #Paramountglobal #WaltDisneyCo
Colman Domingo Pays Tribute to Louis Gossett Jr. : ‘There Would Be No Me, if There Was No Him’
#Variety #News #ColmanDomingo #LouisGossettJr #TheColorPurple
https://variety.com/2024/film/news/colman-domingo-louis-gossett-jr-tribute-1235956279/
Richard Gere Remembers His ‘Officer and a Gentleman’ Co-Star Louis Gossett Jr.: ‘He Really Cared About His Craft’
#IndieWire #GeneralNews #News #AnOfficerandaGentleman #Film #LouisGossettJr #RichardGere
https://www.indiewire.com/news/general-news/richard-gere-remembers-louis-gossett-jr-1234969765/
Richard Gere Salutes His ‘An Officer And A Gentleman’ Costar Louis Gossett Jr.
#Casting #Commentary #LouisGossettJr #OfficerandaGentleman #RichardGere #TaylorHackford
Louis Gossett Jr., el primer actor afrodescendiente en ganar un Oscar, será recordado por sus inolvidables interpretaciones en películas como Oficial y Caballero y Enemigo Mío #cine #LouisGossettJr 😥🎬 https://www.cinemascomics.com/louis-gossett-jr-estrella-de-enemigo-mio-fallece-a-los-87-anos/
Richard Gere Salutes ‘An Officer and a Gentleman’ Co-Star Louis Gossett Jr. : ‘We Could Trust Each Other’ as Fellow Actors and Human Beings
#Variety #News #AnOfficerAndAGentleman #LouisGossettJr #RichardGere
Remembering Louis Gossett Jr. in ‘An Officer and a Gentleman’: His Timeless Acting Elevated the Movie Drill Sergeant Into a Mythic Figure
#Variety #Columns #AnOfficerAndAGentleman #LouisGossettJr
Good afternoon. It's 12PM, Saturday, 30th March. The headlines: Previously unheard Marvin Gaye songs have been found in Belgium. Tensions escalate in the Israel-Gaza conflict over Ramadan and #Easter, with US and #UK delivering aid by air, as the US also supplies arms to #Israel. #Ukraine experiences power cuts due to airstrikes. DUP's Jeffrey Donaldson steps down facing allegations of sexual offences. Oscar laureate Louis Gossett Jr dies aged 87. #LouisGossettJr #BBC #News
Good morning. It's 9AM, Saturday, 30th March. The headlines: Netanyahu consents to ceasefire discussions as regional strains persist. #UK households brace for higher bills, while press freedom worldwide faces jeopardy. DUP's Sir Jeffrey Donaldson steps down amid charges of historical sexual offences, determined to challenge them. Oscar laureate Louis Gossett Jr dies aged 87. #LouisGossettJr #BBC #News
Sad to hear of the passing of #LouisGossettJr today.
An actor who helped breakdown many doors and pave the way for black actors and actresses in the industry.
Here's a short clip of LG as Sgt. Emil Foley in his Oscar winning performance in #AnOfficerAndAGentleman (1982)
R.I.P. Louis Gossett Jr.
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#LouisGossettJr #RIP #Celebrities
Oscar- and Emmy-winning actor Louis Gossett Jr. has died at 87. Read more on Hotchka+.
#LouisGossettJr #RIP #Entertainment #Movies #Television #TV #Streaming #Broadway #PerformingArts
I had the very great pleasure of interviewing Louis Gossett, Jr. He told me about his early acting roles and about being in acting class with Marilyn Monroe (he said she smelled like Lifebuoy soap!). Rest in power, Mr. G. https://moviemom.com/interview-oscar-winner-louis-gossett-jr-star-of-smitty/ #LouisgossettJr
R. I. P. Louis Gossett Jr. Out of all of his great work I'll never forget him in Enemy Mine. A fine actor and wide body of work. #LouisGossettJr https://www.rollingstone.com/tv-movies/tv-movie-news/louis-gossett-jr-first-black-man-best-supporting-actor-oscar-dead-obituary-1234996461/
Colman Domingo, LeVar Burton, Viola Davis and More Pay Tribute to Louis Gossett Jr.: “You Will Continue to Inspire”
#MovieNews #Movies #LouisGossettJr
#LouisGossettJr., Oscar-winning actor in 'An Officer and a Gentleman,' dies at 87
In 1982, Gossett Jr. starred as Marine Gunnery Sgt. Emil Foley in "An Officer and a Gentleman," for which he scored an Academy Award for best supporting actor and became the first Black man to win in the category.
#LouisGossettJr., #Oscar-winning #actor from ‘#AnOfficerandaGentleman’ and ‘#Roots,’ #dies at 87
Gossett’s victory at the 55th #AcademyAwards in 1983 made him only the second #Black #man to win an #acting #Oscar, 19 years after #SidneyPoitier won for his leading role in “#LiliesoftheField.”
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De Amerikaanse acteur Louis Gossett Jr. is op 87-jarige leeftijd overleden. Dat nieuws heeft zijn familie in een verklaring naar buiten gebracht, meldt Reuters. Een doodsoorzaak werd niet gemeld.
https://www.rtlnieuws.nl/entertainment/artikel/5442800/oscarwinnaar-louis-gossett-jr-overleden
Louis Gossett Jr. #Dead: 'Officer and a Gentleman' #Oscar Winner Was 87
#LouisGossettJr ., who won a supporting #actor Oscar for playing the hard-as-nails drill instructor in 1982’s “An Officer and a Gentleman” a few years after winning an #Emmy for his role as the cunning #Fiddler in “Roots,” has #died the AP reports. He was 87.
#obituaries #death
Actor Louis Gossett Jr., Oscar and Emmy winner, has died at age 87, according to his family.
AP reports: "Gossett broke through on the small screen as Fiddler in the groundbreaking 1977 miniseries 'Roots,' which depicted the atrocities of slavery on TV." He was the first Black man to win the best supporting actor Oscar for "An Officer and a Gentleman."
#LouisGossettJr #Hollywood #Film #Actor #Broadway #Theater #BlackMastodon
