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There have been 54 black Oscar wins in 96 years

The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences says Oscar winning film producer Walter Mirisch has died at age 101

LOS ANGELES — Walter Mirisch, the last of three Mirisch brothers who produced or oversaw production of a string of highly regarded films in the 1950s and ’60s, including best picture Oscar winners “The Apartment,” “West Side Story” and “In the Heat of the Night,” as well as comedy classics…

More than 50 years after "Guess Who's Coming to Dinner," this alleged romance makes the same critical mistake

The ECHO remembers some of the treasured stars and notable people we lost over the past 12 months

From Britain’s Queen Elizabeth II to France’s iconic fashion designer Thierry Mugler and the Soviet Union’s last leader Mikhail Gorbachev, many notable public figures left us in 2022. FRANCE 24 takes a look back at the lives and legacies behind some of the year’s most high-profile deaths.

This year we sadly said goodbye to The Wanted star Tom Parker, BBC Breakfast presenter Bill Turnbull, The Railway Children's Bernard Cribbins, and many more

We look back at some of the beautiful, brave and the brightest stars in the world of celebrity and entertainment we lost in 2022.

Queen Elizabeth II, Sidney Poitier, Meat Loaf, James Caan, Ray Liotta, Olivia Newton-John and Ramsey Lewis were among the celebrities who passed away this year.

Amid the many familiar faces of "Beauty and the Beast: A 30th Celebration" — including Josh Groban, Martin Short, Shania Twain, David Alan Grier and Rita Moreno — is one TV viewers may not know yet: Joshua Henry as Gaston, the hunky himbo in pursuit of Belle (H.E.R.). With his…

The screen star’s daughter tells how her appreciation of his cultural and political significance grew – and what he taught her about acting