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Ossie Davis Wire

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  1. complete Schedule of MPT HDRead the original story

    Sunday | WMPB-TV Owings Mills

    ... amous singers and Celtic violinists perform at the fabulous Powers Court Estate. Rebroadcast 10:00 PM A janitor (Ossie Davis) brings an abandoned theater to life for a runaway. Performances by Jewel and Trans-Siberian Orch.

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    Related Topix: Dinosaur, Science, Paleontology

  2. Saturday: SABC1Read the original story

    Sunday Nov 8 | Sunday Times

    ... the various factions are heightened because of the heat, and things are about to get ugly. With Danny Aiello and Ossie Davis 00:15 Music Lounge: Music videos from local and international artists Loading... Be the first to comment

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    Related Topix: Crime Movies, Drama Movies, Do the Right Thing, Comedy Movies, Black Entertainment, Spike Lee

  3. Woodbury's Other Movie Star

    Friday Nov 6 | Syosset Jericho Tribune

    ... their mark, there was Billy Schulman, a 13-year-old Woodbury resident who starred alongside David McCallum and Ossie Davis in Teacher, Teacher, a Hallmark Hall of Fame movie that debuted on NBC in February of 1969. Teacher, Teacher told the ...

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    Related Topix: Syosset, NY, Teacher, Teacher, Drama Movies, David McCallum, Black Entertainment, Entertainment, Television, Emmy Awards

  4. Happy Halloween: Six spooky films to watch in the darkRead the original story w/Photo

    Oct 24, 2009 | Examiner.com

    ... away in a nursing home with a black wheelchair bound gentleman who is convinced he's John F. Kennedy (charming Ossie Davis in one of his last screen roles) who find themselves under attack by a cowboy suit wearing mummy who sucks souls out of ...

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    Related Topix: Bruce Campbell, Black Entertainment

  5. Ruby Dee

    Oct 26, 2009 | Hollywood.com

    ... the black experience and celebrated its finest wordsmiths. Off-screen, Dee and husband/frequent collaborator, Ossie Davis, were devoted civil rights activists, whose career choices did as much to further the cause as their presence at pivotal ...

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    Related Topix: Comedy Movies, Music!, Drama Movies, Biography Movies, St. Louis Blues, Musical Movies, Sport Movies, Film Noir, The Jackie Robinson Story, Edge of the City, Ruby Dee, Black Entertainment, Harlem (New York, NY), Entertainment

  6. went to white neighborhoods

    Oct 26, 2009 | Runnin' Scared

    ... , the former Manhattan borough president, who also later endorsed the Republican candidate. Veteran black actors Ossie Davis and Ruby Dee were also in the group. In a press release, Graves said he believed Bloomberg would aid minority-owned ...

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    Related Topix: US Politics, US News, 2008 Presidential Election, Public Relations, Ruby Dee, Black Entertainment

  7. Forgotten gem - Night GalleryRead the original story w/Photo

    Oct 21, 2009 | Examiner.com

    ... three intelligently written and thought-provoking stories presented here. The first one stars Roddy McDowall and Ossie Davis and concerns a greedy nephew trying to get his inheritance fast and being haunted by a supposedly haunted painting. The ...

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    Related Topix: Horror Movies, Thriller, Night Gallery, Science Fiction Movies, Night Gallery, Entertainment, Drama, Television, Painting, Arts, Roddy McDowall

  8. Fans of cult classic live by motto 'never say die'

    Oct 22, 2009 | Columbus Dispatch

    ... John F. Kennedy, who is also still living, fighting an evil Egyptian mummy in a Texas nursing home. "And we want Ossie Davis to play JFK." Studio executive: (silence) Somewhat miraculously, though, the 2002 movie not only was made but turned out to ...

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    Related Topix: Texas, Black Entertainment, Bruce Campbell, Yoo-hoo, Mrs. Goldberg

  9. Micki Grant Receives 2009 Paul Robeson AwardRead the original story w/Photo

    Sep 28, 2009 | BroadwayWorld.com Featured Content

    ... which Robeson himself lived. Past recipients include Sidney Poitier, Lloyd Richards, Judith Jamison, Carl Harms, Ossie Davis and Ruby Dee. Grant began her theatrical career with the Center Aisle Players. Her stage credits include Don't Bother Me, I ...

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    Related Topix: The Edge of Night, Entertainment, Television, Black Entertainment, Ruby Dee

  10. Actress-Songwriter Micki Grant Wins Equity's Paul Robeson AwardRead the original story

    Sep 28, 2009 | Playbill

    ... by which Robeson lived. Past recipients include Sidney Poitier, Lloyd Richards, Judith Jamison, Carl Harms, Ossie Davis and Ruby Dee. Grant began her theatrical career with the Center Aisle Players. Her stage credits include her star turn in Don't ...

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    Related Topix: The Edge of Night, Entertainment, Television, Black Entertainment, Ruby Dee

  11. CityListen Audio Tours Releases 'Walkin' Broadway'; Features Stories...

    Sep 25, 2009 | BroadwayWorld.com Featured Content

    ... from over a dozen exclusive interviews with a veritable who's who of the theater, including James Naughton , Ossie Davis , Stephen Schwartz , John Raitt and Hal Prince . Walkin' BroadwayTM was created by arts veterans Don Frantz and Elliott Forrest ...

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    Related Topix: Manhattan, NY, New York, NY, Greenwich Village (New York, NY), Lower East Side (New York, NY), Black Entertainment, Theater, Arts, Christian-Rock, Stephen Schwartz

  12. Lee Central High choir invited to perform in D.C.

    Sep 15, 2009 | The Item

    ... a journalist and author, asking the choir to perform music in a play, "The People of Clarendon County, A Play by Ossie Davis." The play is included in a book edited by Bernstein. The play, written by Davis, was first performed in 1955 by Davis, Ruby ...

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    Related Topix: South Carolina, Journalism, Clarendon County, SC, Black Entertainment, York, SC

  13. Clip Job: Burying Malcolm XRead the original story

    Sep 9, 2009 | Village Voice

    ... other people's floors. Asked what she thought of Malcolm, she said, "I love him." At the front of the church Ossie Davis, in a voice that kept cracking, began the first part of the service. "Malcolm was our manhood," he said. And the people in the ...

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    Related Topix: Obituaries

  14. Guy Davis paints the blues green at Clearwater Fest todayRead the original story

    Aug 15, 2009 | Asbury Park Press Online

    ... 'I'm privileged to have known Pete from the early '60s by way of my parents (actors Ruby Dee and the late Ossie Davis); he was close to my folks and still close with my mom and we're still close with he and (Seeger's wife) Toshi, and I actually got ...

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    Related Topix: Blues, Guy Davis, Pete Seeger, Folk, Monmouth County, NJ, Asbury Park, NJ, Ruby Dee, Black Entertainment

  15. Guy Davis heads to Clearwater

    Aug 11, 2009 | Metromix Jersey Shore

    ... Shore. "I'm privileged to have know Pete from the early '60s by way of my parents (actors Ruby Dee and the late Ossie Davis); he was close to my folks and still close with my mom and we're still close with he and (Seeger's wife) Toshi, and I ...

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    Related Topix: Blues, Guy Davis, Folk, Pete Seeger, Monmouth County, NJ, Asbury Park, NJ, Ruby Dee, Black Entertainment, Music, Entertainment

  16. Ruby Dee Speaks to WSU Campus about Civil Rights Life ExperiencesRead the original story

    Jan 18, 2006 | The Guardian

    ... McDowell also announced the establishment of a $10, 000 scholarship in the name of Dee and her late husband, Ossie Davis. When Dee took to the microphone, a hush fell over the audience as she dramatically read poems about King and social justice. ...

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    Related Topix: Ruby Dee, Black Entertainment, Documentary Movies, Malcolm X, Drama Movies, Biography Movies, Dayton, OH

  17. Ninth annual African Dance & Drum Conference, festival and...Read the original story

    Jul 28, 2009 | SavannahNow.com

    ... people as I can." Rivers has performed with Queen Latifah, Mario Van Peebles, Cicely Tyson, Blair Underwood, Ossie Davis and Ruby Dee, to name just a few. But she's seen her share of trouble, too. In 2007, Rivers' van was hit broadside by a pickup ...

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    Related Topix: Savannah, GA

  18. Ossie Davis and Ruby Dee Film Festival

    Jul 29, 2009 | Anderson@Large

    The films of legendary actors and activists Ossie Davis and Ruby Dee will be showcased at a two-day film festival that kicks off today in Harlem.

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    Related Topix: Jungle Fever, Drama Movies, Action Movies, Comedy Movies, Cotton Comes to Harlem, Ruby Dee, Black Entertainment, Activism, Howard University

  19. Born into showbiz, but not the blues

    Jul 24, 2009 | Las Vegas Sun

    ... down in New Orleans, did you?" His deep resonant voice reminds one of his father. He's the son of actors Ossie Davis and Ruby Dee. Although Davis grew up in a creative household, his parents didn't push him into show business. "Show business is what ...

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    Related Topix: One Life to Live, Soap Opera, Entertainment, Drama, Television, Blues, Guy Davis, Las Vegas, NV, New Orleans, Jazz, Black Entertainment

  20. Clip Job: Jack Newfield's Mugging

    Jul 22, 2009 | Village Voice

    ... what had happened at Town Hall on June 15 when "The Black Revolution and the White Backlash" was discussed by Ossie Davis, Ruby Dee, Lorraine Hansberry, LeRoi Jones, John Killens, Paule Marshall, Charles Silberman, James Wechsler, and moderator (?) ...

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    Related Topix: Black Entertainment